Another captivate owner brought this to my attention and i wanted to see if I could replicate it. I didn't notice it on my own or with my pictures so I wouldn't say it's a big deal but wanted to see if anyone else noticed this as well.
In low light, taking pictures of a white surface shows a clear red tint/blotch in the center of the picture. Not sure why this would be, but it seems more evident in low light conditions.
Here are some samples.
Same issue here. It definitely shows up in the camera preview on the AMOLED
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Same issue here. It definitely shows up in the camera preview on the AMOLED
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This is because the camera over-saturates the images. If you can find a camera app that lets you change those settings it would be fixed. The reason it shows up more on the AMOLED is because the AMOLED is already over-saturated.
I'm not sure that makes sense since the problem is visible on my computer upon export, which means that it's not just a problem while viewing on the SAMOLED screen.
Greetings guys, ive just bought the Xperia Z5 but for some reason there semms to be a problem with the lens, i am here to ask you if you can confirm this issue with your phone, i took a snapshot of my monitor and ive found out that the middle of the picture is of crispy clear quality, but as soon as i move a little to the left on the bottom part of the screen i find a blurr and if i move even further to the left the blurr is gone.
Is this normal? is there any hidden plastic stickers glued on the camera lens that i should remove?
Please take a minute to look at my pictures to help me understand if im missing something or it is really a defect unit, my version is REV2, android updated to latest firmware and camera settings cleared.
Both 20mp and 8mp pictures have this problem visible, due file size limitation ill only post the 8mp one with red arrows and text showing exactly where the blurr is:
8mp
http://postimg.org/image/xap2uuy6l/full/
EDIT: After the phone swap, the blurry picture is gone, now the image is crystal clear without any problems whatsoever:
http://postimg.org/image/fc6v40yvd/full/
Best regards,
Eugen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/general/im-doing-tally-z5-series-affected-left-t3242302
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Just have a conversation with Sony Xperia Support center. They would be in better position to answer your queries.
Regards,
Riya Taneja
Xperia support might say "we need to take a look" but i dont want to send it to repair as if its defective i can just go to store and swap for a new one.
Please guys, i beg you to take a moment to relook at the photo, this time i added some arrows explaining the issue to be quicker and easier for you to see what im talking about and compare with yours.
http://postimg.org/image/xap2uuy6l/full/
Its not that the left side is blurred, it starts ok then blurrs then goes ok again.
Sorry, but the test doesn't prove anything. Probably unstable image from screen refresh and being hand-held. Try it with a real image - not a monitor - and set it on holder or tripod of some kind. Also don't zoom in so close... cameras have a minimum focal length. My initial impression is that it's not a problem with the Z5.
this is a flat TFT LCD DVI monitor, refresh rate doesnt work as you think they do on digital monitors with digital connections, only the area needing refreshing is actually refreshed rather than the entire screen like a CRT, and if my hands were shaking it was the entire picture that was going to be blurred and not just a tiny portion of the center picture, i also took several photos and the blurred area is exactly in the same spot no matter where i do it.
I just wanted to know if that blurry spot was normal on all phones but this does not semm to be true so ill have to replace mine today.
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this is a flat TFT LCD DVI monitor, refresh rate doesnt work as you think they do on digital monitors with digital connections, only the area needing refreshing is actually refreshed rather than the entire screen like a CRT, and if my hands were shaking it was the entire picture that was going to be blurred and not just a tiny portion of the center picture, i also took several photos and the blurred area is exactly in the same spot no matter where i do it.
I just wanted to know if that blurry spot was normal on all phones but this does not semm to be true so ill have to replace mine today.
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You need to take a landscape photo with focus mode set to infinty or touch to focus and touch the sky for a proper image to view if your camera lenses are decentered, has micro particles on the sensor lenses and/or lens cover is not 100% flat and clear. Could be any of those reasons, none or a mix. If you haven't dropped your phone or in any way damaged it then and have spots of bluriness then it might be factory faulty, either lenses, cover lens or a mix.
Though by looking at your photo I would doubt the lenses are decentered as it appears as soft spots in random places around focus place and doesn't look like decentered lens(es) as there is no "multi-step" ghosting. I would think the cover lens is warped or have spots, dirt smudging or on the sensor lens. But do try the above first. Remember to put the phone on something stable as you dont want any vibrations for test photos.
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this is a flat TFT LCD DVI monitor, refresh rate doesnt work as you think they do on digital monitors with digital connections, only the area needing refreshing is actually refreshed rather than the entire screen like a CRT, and if my hands were shaking it was the entire picture that was going to be blurred and not just a tiny portion of the center picture, i also took several photos and the blurred area is exactly in the same spot no matter where i do it.
I just wanted to know if that blurry spot was normal on all phones but this does not semm to be true so ill have to replace mine today.
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Sigh... I'm not going to get into an LCD display discussion. Try a real image with text like a book or a piece of paper. Don't get too close while taking the pic. Set the phone on a stable surface and use the self-timer. We're trying to diagnose the camera, not your monitor.
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FYI, why it's not a good idea to use an LCD monitor to test a camera: PWM. Yes, LCDs can cause flicker, banding, distortion. That's not to mention flicker induced by room lighting on the monitor. So in summary, please do not use a monitor to test a camera.
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/wtf-just-happened-my-computer-monitor-looks-awful-on-camera/
I can see the wording of "how powerful" is blur. The word below it of "certain" also blur, as well as below it of "straightened out".
Both edge of left and right is also blur.
But still better you test with others object for example a wording from book/paper not the monitor.
Great news guys! swapped my phone at the store for a new one and here are the new results
http://postimg.org/image/fc6v40yvd/full/
Blurr free, YESS!! im so happy with my new phone now! With the old phone when i got at the store I even snapped a book text instead of a monitor text (taking into account what you guys tought about the monitor) to prove them that it was the lens fault and not just a bad photo and they seen the blurr exactly in the same spot of the camera lens no matter how many photos i took.
I came from samsung galaxy s6 very dissapointed that my phone had isocell instead of the sony imx240, isocell sensor (same of the galaxy s5) has way worse edge blurr than this phone and the details are soft all across the board, the only advantage of the isocell is in low light because of its OIS, but even then the colors are washed out and black is tinted as purple with iso ver 400, noise is visible more with xperia z5 than with isocell but the xperia z5 has much more sharp image and details in daylight come much clearer, overall i like this phone alot more than the galaxy s6.
Thank you all for your time guys, im a happy owner now and i when i get the chance ill do my best to help you with what info i can for the attention paid to my cry for help.
Cheers.
Sigh... i spoke too soon, this new phone has 6 dead pixels, what on earth is going on with Sony?
I guess I'm lucky then, I don't notice any blur in my pictures, or what do you guys think? https://goo.gl/photos/DneNpL8KVQtobykc7
Hi,
I'm in the market for a new phone and really interested in the P20, it ticks a lot of boxes for me.
However the most important thing for me is the camera: I take a lot of pictures of my kids - often indoors
I went to 2 shops to test the phone and noticed that the pictures came out sharp but dark. The light grey carpet turned out dark grey in many instances.
Only when tapping on the screen (and focusing on the carpet) the brightness was increased but then the focus of the picture was on the carpet instead of the overall picture I wanted to take.
Also the pictures were sometimes not consistent, taking a couple of pictures in a row produced different results.
I tried switching on/off different settings but pictures remained quite dark.
The night mode really took a good picture but asking my kids to sit still for 4 seconds is nearly impossible
Same thing for the P20 pro, pictures also turned out darker then irl.
The S9 was in the shop as well and this phone actually made everything a bit more bright then irl but the pictures seemed more pleasing.
Where I really had to focus on the picture to see what was in the darker parts in the P20's pictures, the S9's photo revealed all without effort.
Although a samsung user for a long time, I'm not attached to the brand, I was in fact really hoping to make a switch to another brand but the test pictures I took are putting me off a bit.
Anybody else experience this? Any advice on which combo of settings to try?
Cheers
B
This is true they use the night mode feature to steer attention away from the photos taken with the flash. Those pictures are terrible even a midranger can take better photos than that with the flash enabled. Don't buy the phone if you take a lot of photos which requires a flash.
hi, am I the only one to have all these "hot pixels" in the photos?
they are especially noticeable when low ISO and high values of shutter speed are set.
the first photos is taken by covering the sensor (so it should be alla black)
the second photo is a zoom of the first, the white points can be clearly seen
i can't shot photos in low light condition...and i have the same problem with my htc 10.
i think i will send the phone to a repair service
thanks
This is a dng photo of my dark room.
Iso 100/ ss 16 s
It's full of rgb dots.
https://ibb.co/mLAriK
Had a go and have similar results, getting worse towards the edges of the image, so I think it's probably not a fault per se, just noise. Smartphone cameras can't match up to professional cameras anyway but this is a bit disappointing to be honest. Unless mine is broken as well :silly:
i think it's normal to have some of this dots but not so many...with other smartphone like samsung or honor and the same setting there are no problem.
other htc users in the same conditions have no problem
i think it's a problem of the sensor. i will send the phone for a repair.
byo91 said:
i think it's normal to have some of this dots but not so many...with other smartphone like samsung or honor and the same setting there are no problem.
other htc users in the same conditions have no problem
i think it's a problem of the sensor. i will send the phone for a repair.
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Cause those companies are a smudge feast and smudging just takes care of erasing a lot of those dots.
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Is anyone's pixel 6a having a green tint issue. I bought a pixel 6a (japanese set) and noticed the screen, even on a white screen, looks significantly greener than other phones, which I'm ok with because it is consistent across the screen. However, at minimum brightness (when I was using it at night in a dark room), the top part of the screen shows an even more severe green tint.
Also, the camera viewfinder seems to lag (low frame rate) and has high noise level even when compared to my pixel 3. Sadly the image quality post-processing isn't significantly better either. A little disappointed because I was expecting decent upgrade without having to burn a hole through my wallet.
The seller that I bought from is willing to do an exchange and I will be heading down soon, but just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue. Hopefully this is an isolated issue and doesn't affect a whole batch of pixel 6a users out there.
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I have tried changing every display setting,
updated to the latest Android 13 firmware and also done factory reset multiple times yet the issues persist.
Dont got that massive green Tint, as i got my Phone, on first start there where alot green Pixels around the Camera Punchhole. After Setting up everything , they disappeared.
Good you can replace it...seems like an HW Issue.
Return it that is not normal
This is a hardware issue, you should never see that much magenta or that type of striping through a camera. The green is as bizarre, but visible to the naked eye. A refund or exchange is in order, I would personally be wary of the seller should they try to give you another phone instead of a refund.