Camera Sensor specs - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

I have searched Google as well as XDA and cannot find detailed specs on the camera in the Skyrocket. I am looking for details such as sensor size and type, focal length, aspect ratio, pixel ratio, etc.
Samsung's site doesn't seem to go into much detail.
Does anyone know where I can find this information? Or perhaps who manufactured the camera component so I can look there?
Thanks,
Chris

The Skyrocket's rear facing camera has an 8 megapixel sensor with a 1920 x 1080 pixel ratio. It has an F2.6 aperture, and I believe the focal length has been determined to be basically equivalent to 40 mm.

aycockonxion said:
The Skyrocket's rear facing camera has an 8 megapixel sensor with a 1920 x 1080 pixel ratio. It has an F2.6 aperture, and I believe the focal length has been determined to be basically equivalent to 40 mm.
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Thanks for the reply. That's not exactly the information I was looking for but I was able to figure out the information that I needed:
The sensor is 1/3.2 which is approximately 5.68mm diagonally or 4.536mm x 3.415mm
I found that information here ( I presume that the Skyrocket uses the same camera as the S2):
http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=78174
and here:
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=sensor+sizes
For anyone else that is interested. If anyone know where I can get the 'official' specs for the camera, I'm still interested. I hope what I have found is accurate, but it would be nice to get a definitive answer.
Thanks again.

I think you are the only one who cares
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Illnevertell said:
I think you are the only one who cares
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The reason I was interested is that I was experimenting with using the camera in the skyrocket in Blender 3D for camera tracking. While a smart phone's camera is probably not suited for this purpose, I was experimenting and the camera solvers in Blender uses the size of the sensor as well as the focal length in its calculations.
Thanks for your response.

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[Q] Help my phone's camera!

i just got htc one xl (international versionfor at&t) and everything is just superb. but wait here is a problem with my phone's camera the image quality is not awesome in low lights its average with some noise at the ends of picture now where is the BSI sensor result??and the major issue is that my phone looses its focus while recording video and when i press centre of phone's screen then it appears ok what the hell is this? is it a software problem or my phone is buggy
There's an international One X forum, go there. Some others may be having the same problem. Honestly, it just sounds like you're expecting too much from the camera in terms of low light. Try messing with exposure? The phone comes over exposed though already.
vioalas said:
There's an international One X forum, go there. Some others may be having the same problem. Honestly, it just sounds like you're expecting too much from the camera in terms of low light. Try messing with exposure? The phone comes over exposed though already.
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yes i am expecting too much because htc and gsmarena makes me to expect that too much impressive result by talking about f/2.0 and BSI sensor performance. i also used n8 and that was mind blowing result and camera phone. anyhow what about problem in focus while recording? any one have any idea?
It must be a faulty handset. I've taken shots in almost absolute darkness and still been blown away by the camera's low level light performance. Like someone mentioned it's already oversaturated out the box.
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shawn1224 said:
It must be a faulty handset. I've taken shots in almost absolute darkness and still been blown away by the camera's low level light performance. Like someone mentioned it's already oversaturated out the box.
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And oversaturation is good for low light pictures right? Sorry, my camera knowledge is slim to none at best.
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The only thing can really help the low light photography is a large sensor. You need a sensor the size of APS-C or full frame 35mm to achive that. The pee sized sensor in all phones can never get what you want no matter what technological wonders they have.
Unfortunately, those larger sensor (and the larger lens) is impossible to embed into a phone.
I also have a problem with the camera where the pics are mostly too yellow. Is this a common issue and is there a fix? I can't fine RGB adjustment in the stock camera app. Is there a good 3rd party camera app that has this feature?
plau13 said:
I also have a problem with the camera where the pics are mostly too yellow. Is this a common issue and is there a fix?
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It happens when you shoot indoors with incandescent lamps as lighting. You need to manually change the white blance to Incadescent mode in camera settings.
It's a common issue for majority of the cameras out there.
n70shan said:
yes i am expecting too much because htc and gsmarena makes me to expect that too much impressive result by talking about f/2.0 and BSI sensor performance. i also used n8 and that was mind blowing result and camera phone. anyhow what about problem in focus while recording? any one have any idea?
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The continuous autofocusing does seem to be quite aggressive, resulting in the phone always searching for something to focus on. This may be what you're experiencing. Try turning off the Face Detection option in the cameras settings. Hopefully that helps!
The low-light performance of this camera is not mind-blowing. The overall image quality and abilities of the camera is, to me, quite spectacular. But take my word, and the word of reviews around the internet, with a grain of salt, as we are all speaking relatively. That is, understand that this is a pretty awesome camera for a camera phone. It's not an 808, n8, n9, nor is it your average point and shoot camera, which will have a large sensor and better image processing. But the HOX is capable of taking photos that compare to those types of devices.
fitchpuckman said:
The continuous autofocusing does seem to be quite aggressive, resulting in the phone always searching for something to focus on. This may be what you're experiencing. Try turning off the Face Detection option in the cameras settings. Hopefully that helps!
The low-light performance of this camera is not mind-blowing. The overall image quality and abilities of the camera is, to me, quite spectacular. But take my word, and the word of reviews around the internet, with a grain of salt, as we are all speaking relatively. That is, understand that this is a pretty awesome camera for a camera phone. It's not an 808, n8, n9, nor is it your average point and shoot camera, which will have a large sensor and better image processing. But the HOX is capable of taking photos that compare to those types of devices.
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ok fine but plz tell that whether galaxy s3 has better camera compared to one xl or one x?
The verge has a hands on review go read it
Make sure you're using Low light mode in the settings too and not just Auto.
gunnyman said:
The verge has a hands on review go read it
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where?plz give me link to that site?
http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/25/3042640/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-review
n70shan said:
ok fine but plz tell that whether galaxy s3 has better camera compared to one xl or one x?
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I can't tell you one way or the other. I have not used the S3 or really looked deeply into it's camera. I'm sure this would be something you'd want to look around the web for, to see if any sites have gotten a hold of an S3 to test it out.
Just read that the SGIII has the same camera as the 4S. Take it as you will, but I like that camera. However its the post processing in the software that will produce the end result.
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Replacing the camera of the Moto X 2014 with the camera of the Nexus 6

hello XDA-members,
i was searching the XDA-threads and of course google but wasn't able to find an answer to my question:
Is it possible to replace the original camera of the Moto X 2014 with the camere of the Nexus 6?
Both seem to be the same size and the flex cable of both cams look identical to me.
Specs of the Moto X 2014 camera:
- 13MP Sony IMX135 1/3.06-inch CMOS sensor, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus,
- F2.25 aperture
- 31mm equivalent focal length
- Dual-LED (ring) flash
- ISO 50 - 1000
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
- 4K-video
- 2MP front camera (1080p)
Specs of the Nexus 6 camera:
13 MPSony IMX214 (Stacked CMOS; Exmor RS), 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, optical image stabilization,
- F/2.0 aperture
- Dual-LED (ring) flash,
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
- 4K video -> [email protected], optical stabilization,
- 2MP front camera (1080p)
so in conclusion: would be nice to have a little camera upgrade to get optical stabilization etc. on our Moto X 2014 with this little trick...
here are the links to Etradesupply, where you can get a look how the cameras look like in detail:
Nexus 6 : http://www.etradesupply.com/motorola-nexus-6-rear-facing-camera.html
Moto X 2014: http://www.etradesupply.com/motorola-moto-x-xt1092-xt1095-xt1096-xt1097-rear-facing-camera.html
If sombody has already made some experience in replacing / changing the cameras, would it be nice if he/she would share his/her experience..
All opinions are welcome!
If they use the same connection, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Only issue I could foresee is a potential driver issue. Are the dimensions the same to fit in the phone casing?
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xKroniK13x said:
If they use the same connection, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Only issue I could foresee is a potential driver issue. Are the dimensions the same to fit in the phone casing?
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the look pretty much the same to me:
http://www.ultrabookitalia.net/wp-c...730c330fbe40c2b51cfff530890d172ampfileext.jpg
Interesting mod. Anyone tried it?
They're not the same
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They're not the same
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what do you mean?
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what do you mean?
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Quite different connectors.
Even if they was the same the drivers for sure will be very different, but the main problem is at the connector.
My job for living is to repair mobile devices and i ve seen both cameras and they are far from be the same.
The only thing that is the same is the main placeholder that meke them look the same.
I have a moto x2 and i think the same way when i first bought it but i end up on the wall when digg a little ?
Sad to hear, but not surprising. Thanks for your input.

App - Camera Super Pixel - Improved resolution

Hi guys,
The camera of my S7 works perfect and the photos are great, but I was just a little bit curious with it having less MP than the S6... So I googled a bit and came across this camera super pixel app in AC and decided to try it. And wow!!! It works! It definitely works! The interface is rather simple and the whole thing is in beta, but holy crap I really took detailed 48 MP photos!!
Have you tried it??
It's most likely a placebo effect. A 12MP sensor cannot takes photos of a higher resolution.
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It's most likely a placebo effect. A 12MP sensor cannot takes photos of a higher resolution.
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Even I don't think mobile phone cameras can do this: there are cameras that are able to do this!
Cameras with in body stabilization can move the sensor four times one pixel to create a bigger resolution picture.. I think Olympus has a 16 mp camera sensor that's able to create a 40mp pictures. Other cameras use this technology to create pictures with more detail I think Pentax has this.
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Yes but it's not the case with mobile phones.
To achieve more MP there has to be some interpolation, 'invented' pixels. Besides, 12mp is more then enough.
Hi all, I'm one of the developers of the app.
We have been working on this app for 2 years. "Camera Super Pixel" is implementing a super-resolution algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-resolution_imaging
The camera takes a burst of 8 photos (which are aligned with sub-pixel accuracy) and reconstructs an image with 4X pixels . To work well it needs a static scene.
We are now on beta phase and we hope to improve more the quality & speed of the app.
If you have any question please ask me. Thanks for all the feedback!
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anforapps.camerasuperpixel
Article on Android Central: http://www.androidcentral.com/taking-super-resolution-photos-nexus-6p
Mobileillusion said:
Hi all, I'm one of the developers of the app.
We have been working on this app for 2 years. "Camera Super Pixel" is implementing a super-resolution algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-resolution_imaging
The camera takes a burst of 8 photos (which are aligned with sub-pixel accuracy) and reconstructs an image with 4X pixels . To work well it needs a static scene.
We are now on beta phase and we hope to improve more the quality & speed of the app.
If you have any question please ask me. Thanks for all the feedback!
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anforapps.camerasuperpixel
Article on Android Central: http://www.androidcentral.com/taking-super-resolution-photos-nexus-6p
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In low light, it's not really good: the pic are blurry.
what should i use, super pixel or google camera? stock is lame.
peace
rawandroid said:
what should i use, super pixel or google camera? stock is lame.
peace
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Stock.
rawandroid said:
what should i use, super pixel or google camera? stock is lame.
peace
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stock is superb
rawandroid said:
what should i use, super pixel or google camera? stock is lame.
peace
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Stock has way more options than the Google camera.
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Stock camera is great. Especially in "Pro" mode.
Tried it.. Worry.. But the image is worse than stock camera..
rawandroid said:
what should i use, super pixel or google camera? stock is lame.
peace
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Although I understand the hate after the lame stock cam app in my S4, the stock one in S7 is really great.
- Nice and ergonomic UI
- Not too much lame mode, you can hide then, and even add some more for free
- No shutter sounds when phone is muted
- can store in SD card
- can shoot selfie with heart rate sensor
- can register RAW file in pro mode (DNG format)
- HDR in video ! when at or below FHD 30FPS
and so on...
I still like having the nexus app, but mostly for photosphere...
About the super camera app this thread is about ill give it a try, but for me, the 12Mp are already really impressive for a smartphone. the 48Mpx would be no use for me, as if I want better photo, I already have a high end DSLR.

Ultra-wide angle camera color science is off?

Apart from the frustrating fact that you can't record video and that the ultra-wide lens isn't very wide, the colors and seem to be extremely off in the comparisons I've seen to the point that I don't know if it's solvable through a software update. Maybe fixing the distortion and the super low saturation through software will somewhat save it, I don't know. Heck, even Mi 9 has a clearly superior ultra-wide WITH recording. What do you think? Does anyone that has the phone have a different experience? I want to buy this phone, but at this point in my country it's about the same price as a S10+ (Exynos) and I'm struggling to make a decision.
I wish GCam mods come early to save this mess.
NightmareAndroid said:
Apart from the frustrating fact that you can't record video and that the ultra-wide lens isn't very wide, the colors and seem to be extremely off in the comparisons I've seen to the point that I don't know if it's solvable through a software update. Maybe fixing the distortion and the super low saturation through software will somewhat save it, I don't know. Heck, even Mi 9 has a clearly superior ultra-wide WITH recording. What do you think? Does anyone that has the phone have a different experience? I want to buy this phone, but at this point in my country it's about the same price as a S10+ (Exynos) and I'm struggling to make a decision.
I wish GCam mods come early to save this mess.
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I cannot answer specifically to the 7 Pro, but I can tell you that the colour science is off on my now-sold Galaxy S10 Plus Exynos version. Switching between the main lens and the wide angle lens in the same exact lighting and spot yields different colour reproduction. It might be down to the actual lens used in junction with the software, but I can safety say that this problem isn't exclusive to the 7 Pro if anything.
Also, don't buy the Exynos version of the S10. It has garbage battery life, and has different camera lenses to the SD version that have shown to be inferior to the SD version.
There is a setting in the camera called "Ultra Wide Lens Correction." I wonder if testers are switching this setting to see if this is the issue. I just got mine, but it's night time right now so I will need some time to test (but I only have the LG G7 ThinQ to compare to.)
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I cannot answer specifically to the 7 Pro, but I can tell you that the colour science is off on my now-sold Galaxy S10 Plus Exynos version. Switching between the main lens and the wide angle lens in the same exact lighting and spot yields different colour reproduction. It might be down to the actual lens used in junction with the software, but I can safety say that this problem isn't exclusive to the 7 Pro if anything.
Also, don't buy the Exynos version of the S10. It has garbage battery life, and has different camera lenses to the SD version that have shown to be inferior to the SD version.
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Yes, but at least every other wide angle camera in the market gives decent results. 7 Pro's results are very undersaturated, very soft and sometimes seem like out of focus.
I know about the S10+. If it was a Snapdragon version I would have already bought it.
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There is a setting in the camera called "Ultra Wide Lens Correction." I wonder if testers are switching this setting to see if this is the issue. I just got mine, but it's night time right now so I will need some time to test (but I only have the LG G7 ThinQ to compare to.)
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Great! Post some samples when you can. I'm not that worried about the lens correction, I don't mind the distortion. My problem is mainly the saturation and softness of detail. If you can, post original results + "corrected" versions using Snapseed/Photoshop to check if some post-processing saves the day at least. Thank you in advance!
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Yes, but at least every other wide angle camera in the market gives decent results. 7 Pro's results are very undersaturated, very soft and sometimes seem like out of focus.
I know about the S10+. If it was a Snapdragon version I would have already bought it.
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Beauty of OnePlus and this wonderful community is the fact that there'll be GCam for it very soon, and we'll undoubtedly be able to take amazing shots through GCam using the wide angle lens.
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Beauty of OnePlus and this wonderful community is the fact that there'll be GCam for it very soon, and we'll undoubtedly be able to take amazing shots through GCam using the wide angle lens.
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That's what I hope!
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Beauty of OnePlus and this wonderful community is the fact that there'll be GCam for it very soon, and we'll undoubtedly be able to take amazing shots through GCam using the wide angle lens.
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It really depends. It might not be fixable with gcam.
The main camera uses a pretty good sensor. But it is a different sensor for the wide angle lens. So the quality of the wide angle shots will heavily depend on the quality of the sensor they use for their wide angle lens. It might be a weak sensor, we don't know right now. Huawei uses 4 Sony sensors for example, their wide angle pictures are pretty good. And yes, the best hardware is useless without a good software. But the best software also can't fix a bad sensor.
Not saying that it is a bad sensor, it's just that we don't know by now. We might have to wait for a teardown and some talented devs to see what is inside and if it is fixable.
I can only link you the specs from dxomark:
Primary: 48Mp Sony IMX586 sensor (12Mp output size), 26mm-equivalent lens with f/1.6 aperture and OIS
Ultra-wide: 16Mp sensor, 17mm-equivalent lens with f/2.2 aperture
Telephoto: 8Mp sensor, 78mm-equivalent lens with f/2.4 aperture and OIS

Question Camera

Good morning! I bought a Google pixel 7 pro and while using the camera I see that I have the cameras in the back of the phone but when I take pictures I only get 12.5 megapixels instead of 50 megapixels. Could someone help me with this issue please. Thank you!
It's not issue. That's how it works.
But should it have 50 megapixels as it says in the specifications?
Emmanuelthebest said:
Good morning! I bought a Google pixel 7 pro and while using the camera I see that I have the cameras in the back of the phone but when I take pictures I only get 12.5 megapixels instead of 50 megapixels. Could someone help me with this issue please. Thank you!
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@Emmanuelthebest
This seems to be a known issue from the google forum. Google support says it captures at 50 MP but is saved at 12 MP".
Check this thread.
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But should it have 50 megapixels as it says in the specifications?
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No. 12.5MP is what it takes.
What is pixel binning, and what does it mean for your mobile photography?
AKA four teeny tiny pixels are pushed together to create a slightly larger teeny tiny pixel.
www.androidpolice.com
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@Emmanuelthebest
This seems to be a known issue from the google forum. Google support says it captures at 50 MP but is saved at 12 MP".
Check this thread.
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Thank you!
Dayuser said:
No. 12.5MP is what it takes.
What is pixel binning, and what does it mean for your mobile photography?
AKA four teeny tiny pixels are pushed together to create a slightly larger teeny tiny pixel.
www.androidpolice.com
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It is very weird that I bought a flagships that takes only 12.5 megapixels pictures when others take between 100 and 200 megapixels.
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No, no it doesnt, nowhere do Google say you get 50MP images or do they say it is a 50MP sensor (even though it is but pixel binned 50/4= 12.5), they rather confusingly say it has a 50MP wide lens which means bugger all, they might as well have said it has a frog for a lens because a lens certainly doesn't have a resolution.
Emmanuelthebest said:
Thank you!
It is very weird that I bought a flagships that takes only 12.5 megapixels pictures when others take between 100 and 200 megapixels.
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S23 ultra 200mp sensor defaults to 12.5mp by pixel binning 16 of the smallest pixels known to man in to 1 (although you do get the option to take 200mp whoppers)
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@Emmanuelthebest
This seems to be a known issue from the google forum. Google support says it captures at 50 MP but is saved at 12 MP".
Check this thread.
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It's not an "ISSUE". lol
It's called "Pixel binning". Literally, the majority of the OEMs do it nowadays, not only Google.
What is pixel binning? Everything to know about this photographic technique
Pixel binning has been a fixture in smartphone photography for years now, but what is it and why is it so important? Find out here.
www.androidauthority.com
If 50, 100, 200 MP take "the best pictures", then how come 5,000 dollar and more D-SLR's pretty much
top out at 46 megapixels?
My d-slr "only" has 24 MP, but it takes photos better than any phone.
In most cases, where "more is better" comes into play is when you take a photo, save it, then zoom in.
You will retain a better photo per se, with more megapixels.
It's not the number of pixels, so to speak, as it is the SIZES of each sensor.
Also, the lens on the front has A LOT to do with it.
p51d007 said:
If 50, 100, 200 MP take "the best pictures", then how come 5,000 dollar and more D-SLR's pretty much
top out at 46 megapixels?
My d-slr "only" has 24 MP, but it takes photos better than any phone.
In most cases, where "more is better" comes into play is when you take a photo, save it, then zoom in.
You will retain a better photo per se, with more megapixels.
It's not the number of pixels, so to speak, as it is the SIZES of each sensor.
Also, the lens on the front has A LOT to do with it.
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Because people think the more megapixels the better the photo.
A phone camera will never beat out a decent DSLR camera.
Emmanuelthebest said:
Thank you!
It is very weird that I bought a flagships that takes only 12.5 megapixels pictures when others take between 100 and 200 megapixels.
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Read first the article that been quoted to you, so you understand the concept and how our smartphone camera works (inc one from other brands). Else, you might sound like a troll.
It is all marketing, Samsung would be better off using 12.5 million bigger pixels rather than 200 million tiny ones and then combining them with binning but 200 is a bigger number so it has to be better in most peoples minds.
Emmanuelthebest said:
Thank you!
It is very weird that I bought a flagships that takes only 12.5 megapixels pictures when others take between 100 and 200 megapixels.
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Can you explain why you want 100 or 200 megapixels?
Bigger is better? No, not at all and given the right conditions the p7p creates outstanding images. You make them, Google creates them using there software and ai wiz.
What bothers me though is that also raw is binned 4x and therefore pretty pointless. From what I've seen there's not enough raw data in the image to make for excellent personal post-processing. But then again, the involved hardware is not extra special or anything so by a proper camera if you want the hassle of carrying a big bag with stuff.
Here's some testing results.
Google Pixel 7 Pro Camera test : is it the best camera out there ?
From photo to video to bokeh, get to know everything about the latest Google pixel 7 pro camera from Dxomark’s comprehensive test results!
www.dxomark.com
Google Pixel 7 Pro review
The Pixel 6 Pro brought the major camera upgrades, the 7 Pro builds on them. For starters, the main camera is unchanged from last year's model. The...
www.gsmarena.com
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Bigger is better? No, not at all
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If you are referring to what i said then you have totally missed the tone of my post
I was definitely not responding to you and now I wonder what gave you that impression.
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I was definitely not responding to you and now I wonder what gave you that impression.
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Because in my post i said
200 is a bigger number so it has to be better
and you said
Bigger is better? No, not at all
I just was clarifying any confusion that was all, i didn't wish for my post to be misconstrued
Than consider my post a confirmation of what you said!
I think we are in agreement but just to be absolutely clear about this i was saying big pixel counts is marketing cobblers

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