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Onite 5200mAh Extended Battery review (AT&T)

This is a looooong lasting battery! Received the extended battery yesterday and fired it up for a full days worth of use. I literally had to go out of my way to kill it by the end of the day because it would not die. My ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 is stock rooted, with most Samsung gestures and bloatware frozen (via Titanium Backup). The device was tested under the following criterion:
- 25% brightness (was mostly indoors, so did not need the brightness cranked up)
- 100% on 4G LTE (no wifi usage as the LTE modem is usually a power guzzler and i'm usually in a densely covered LTE area anyways)
- Bluetooth was on at all times
- Streamed music for 2 hours via bluetooth to car stereo (maximum volume)
- listened to 1 hour of music via headphones (40% volume)
- heavy web usage and chat programs was continuously engaged throughout the day.
End result? ~9.5 hours screen on time, with 10% left to spare (could easily push to 10.5 hours if I wanted to).
The finish of the extended battery cover was adequate. Fit is fine and easily snaps into place.
If you want me to do any additional testing or anything else, lemme know and i'll try to help!
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any comparison pics of size?

Could you do a quick video review of the installation so we can get an idea of how thick this makes the phone?

km8j said:
any comparison pics of size?
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+1
Wanna see how bulky it gets
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Any Pictures or Links?
How to prove?
Share yours.

km8j said:
any comparison pics of size?
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MrPlNK said:
+1
Wanna see how bulky it gets
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Sure thing guys!
zombies1337 said:
Could you do a quick video review of the installation so we can get an idea of how thick this makes the phone?
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Maybe i'll do a video later in the week.
cresmonni said:
How to prove?
Share yours.
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Prove what? What do you want me to share?

Does the battery have the NFC chip in it?

waiting for your video
Tenkie said:
Sure thing guys!
Maybe i'll do a video later in the week.
Prove what? What do you want me to share?
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Thanks for your share.
wait for your video this week.

SpaceRanger69 said:
Does the battery have the NFC chip in it?
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Nope. No NFC on the battery.

2 times thickness of the stock one?
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Nope. No NFC on the battery.
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Wonderful holding time indeed. +1
How about share a picture of the battery size? +1
2 times thickness of the stock one with a cover?
I found their NFC extended battery on amazon.
I have no idea. Who can give me an advice?

Any update?
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Thanks for your share.
wait for your video this week.
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I almost bought the Anker battery.
But someone shows pictures about Anker's wrong size in another thread.
What a pity!
Does Onite have right size? Does this extended battery fit well?
I hope to see the video of the battery.

Hmm take a picture on the gs4 using flash and compare it to using the oem bsckplate.
I've seen issues in the past where the extneded battery backplate causes a glare effect when using flash.
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cresmonni said:
I almost bought the Anker battery.
But someone shows pictures about Anker's wrong size in another thread.
What a pity!
Does Onite have right size? Does this extended battery fit well?
I hope to see the video of the battery.
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I'm waiting to buy a new battery on Amazon for my S4, Anker or Onite?
Wait for the updates.

This battery will work in the tmobile Gs4? Thanks
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It'll work with every s4
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Can you fit the phone in your pocket with that battery!?

Yes you can fit it in your pocket lol,..I'm trying one out right now
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This one has nfc also
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I changed my mind
cresmonni said:
I almost bought the Anker battery.
But someone shows pictures about Anker's wrong size in another thread.
What a pity!
Does Onite have right size? Does this extended battery fit well?
I hope to see the video of the battery.
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I saw my colleagues' Onite 5200mAh battery, and it did fit every S4.
They say good, but I won't buy this one.
I'm waiting for their legend 7800mAh extended battery.
Though that's only hearsay. I hope it is not a utterly groundless lie.

I just ordered one of these beasts for my tmobile Gs4 I should have it monday.thanks for all the great input on this battery guys. Takecare. ...
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Have you ever ran a anker battery?If yes what battery would you say is better the onite or the anker. Thanks in advance
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S4 camera better than lumia 920 and iPhone 5

The s4 has been ranked second after the untouchable Nokia 808. http://bgr.com/2013/05/24/galaxy-s4-camera-test-iphone-5/ funny enough the over hyped HTC one is no where to be found.
I think our dear phone has been proven to be worth the money once again.
Views and comments below please.
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well it doesn't suprise me since it's 13mp vs 8mp it even does beat xperia Z's 13mp and htc even super duper ultra won't help it

I think DXO hasn't tested HTC One yet..but I seriously doubt it will score anything higher than 70.

strip419 said:
The s4 has been ranked second after the untouchable Nokia 808. http://bgr.com/2013/05/24/galaxy-s4-camera-test-iphone-5/ funny enough the over hyped HTC one is no where to be found.
I think our dear phone has been proven to be worth the money once again.
Views and comments below please.
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The One is nowhere to be found cause they didnt tested it yet.
Now try again.

strip419 said:
The s4 has been ranked second after the untouchable Nokia 808. http://bgr.com/2013/05/24/galaxy-s4-camera-test-iphone-5/ funny enough the over hyped HTC one is no where to be found.
I think our dear phone has been proven to be worth the money once again.
Views and comments below please.
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Read your post twice. Still desperately trying to find a sense in it that would justify opening yet another camera thread. Camera still superb at good conditions. And really crap at lowlight and fast moving objects. Shutter speed is pathetic. ONEs video/sound recording also way better. And I tested both for weeks. But wait: that's been basically said on every second page here.

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Read your post twice. Still desperately trying to find a sense in it that would justify opening yet another camera thread. Camera still superb at good conditions. And really crap at lowlight and fast moving objects. Shutter speed is pathetic. ONEs video/sound recording also way better. And I tested both for weeks. But wait: that's been basically said on every second page here.
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I will listen to the certified camera tech company , NOT YOU
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shox22 said:
The One is nowhere to be found cause they didnt tested it yet.
Now try again.
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I bet you a £100 it won't beat the s4.....NEVER... Not with 4-detail lacking- ultrapixel camera.
This will go down as probably the most hyped tech of 2013 that ended up being @*****
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I hate the way reviewers just say Galaxy S4......WHICH VERSION????
They are both very very different!

I think Samsung could do better camera. In low light conditions it is crap, shutter speed is still very low and on 1080p videos you've got tearing smearing with picture zoomed in.

You know, low-light (especially with motion) is the weak-spot of the GS4 camera but we have plenty of examples of high shutter speed images in the various camera threads.
Captures of hose water, kids jumping and so on are "frozen" as long as it's medium light or above.

ChronoReverse said:
You know, low-light (especially with motion) is the weak-spot of the GS4 camera but we have plenty of examples of high shutter speed images in the various camera threads.
Captures of hose water, kids jumping and so on are "frozen" as long as it's medium light or above.
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My low light experience with the S4 is superb. It's able to capture, in night mode, even pictures made in a dark room.
Anyway, use the flash if you in a dark place

I would agree, the s4 really has got itself a very good camera. Im an outgoing person and I take most of my photos in high or medium lights. Its very seldom that I would take pictures of something or someone in low lights. I would use a flash if i really want to capture them with as much detail as possible.
Heres my very first shot of my s4 after i got it out of the box. It was very cloudy thst day. I cropped the fountain area only.
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All cameras are useless in low light unless you can control the shutter speed and keep the camera stable. Even high end Cannon or Nikon cameras need a good flash or a tripod to get good results in those kinds of conditions. If you have unwanted motion in the framing then it's game over. At the end of the day, if you can't get light through the lens and onto the sensor, you can't expect to get good pictures. There are dirty tricks that can are employed, such as a high ISO speed, merging images, or a large low res sensor, but at the end of the day you're still making sacrifices with the image.
This low light camera business has become a proper skit for selling smart phones.

low light conditions with Night Mode One.
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Gear S2 Strap Adapter

Hello,
I'm currently doing R&D to create a strap adapter for the Gear S2 which will allow the use of any standard 22mm band w/1.8mm diameter pins. I'm expecting to try some prototypes in early January, to verify fit and finish.
I am open to creating a version that accommodates 20mm and 18mm as well if there is interest.
The options out there for replacement bands are.. extremely lacking. Case in point, there's no leather band available at the time of this writing. I know that many of us, myself included, would love to be able to wear any band we want.
Open to feedback and general opinion on the undertaking!

Sounds good let me know what you come up with. I'm really looking to make an adapter for a mesh black or Silver band along with other types too. Just have been so busy haven't had time to sit down and tinker.
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I'm developing two designs concurrently, and will see which one turns out to be better and cost efficient. There will be at least 3 sizes offered, 22mm, 20mm, and 18mm , all of which will allow the use of standard pin bar straps. By the end of January people should be able to purchase them.

Sounds good, I would be interested in the 20 and 22mm adapters. I really can't believe Samsung skipped out on this feature. I honestly was going to go with the Moto 360 2nd Gen but couldn't pass up the rotating dial and I also needed 3G because of my job.
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CJ_SKYWALK3R88 said:
Sounds good, I would be interested in the 20 and 22mm adapters. I really can't believe Samsung skipped out on this feature. I honestly was going to go with the Moto 360 2nd Gen but couldn't pass up the rotating dial and I also needed 3G because of my job.
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Definitely - that's why I got the Gear S2 3G as well.

Haha Cowboy....
What would pricing possibly be?
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CJ_SKYWALK3R88 said:
Haha Cowboy....
What would pricing possibly be?
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I can't say for certain due to the design variations, and then also the material used for manufacturing, but I would say a stainless steel version without the bar pins would be between $40 and $50 (for a set of 2 adapters). Each watch needs two adapters, and then you need two bar pins and whatever strap you want to use.
If a plastic adapter can be made and is strong enough, that would reduce the cost by about $10, so $30-40 for a set of two adapters.
Rough estimates but I would say that's the higher end of the price range. People are probably going to buy the adapter, then go to a jewelry store to pick out a band and have them install the band, due to the difficulty of bar pins. An alternative would be including two quick release spring bar pins which might be the most user friendly path to take.

That a not a bad price at all, you think it would be possible to use the push pins like the ones built into the watch band?
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CJ_SKYWALK3R88 said:
That a not a bad price at all, you think it would be possible to use the push pins like the ones built into the watch band?
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The adapter will insert into the S2 in the same, or similar, manner as the oem band does, however the 22/20/18mm straps will be attachable through pin bars only. Not sure if that answers your question, let me know if not.

Moderators: I want to be sure that I'm staying within forum guidelines; this thread isn't about me selling to anyone, but rather about feedback regarding the adapter.

Yes partially it does answer my question but I was thinking along the lines of this.
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very interested also

please hurry up with this. JK.
I am also very interested in a 22mm version.

mr neutron said:
please hurry up with this. JK.
I am also very interested in a 22mm version.
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Doing my best! Watching the thread daily and testing out prototypes to see what works well.

Another interested gear guy...
simplyphp said:
Doing my best! Watching the thread daily and testing out prototypes to see what works well.
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I am ready for this. Please post info as soon as available. :good::fingers-crossed:

I too, am interested.
No worry on the pins, every strap I have purchased comes with a set and they are not hard to deal with at all.
Fred

The main issue is going to be the clip portion, which has a very very small amount of "bite". Even the stock connector if you hit it hard enough, will come off your wrist. I had it happen while putting my carseat (newborn) into the car - my watch hit the back of the carseat and it feel to the floor.
My designs have been keeping with this clip design, to utilize what Samsung provided. However, I'm not sure it's sufficient. It's a poor design on Samsung's part to do it like this in my humble opinion.
I will have some pictures very soon of a final prototype, before I get it made in stainless steel. Once its made in stainless steel and I verify it's as good as can be, I'll start selling them.

Most recent prototype, with carving marks from x-acto knife. The final version in stainless steel should look even better.
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Most recent prototype, with carving marks from x-acto knife. The final version in stainless steel should look even better.
Thoughts/comments appreciated!
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Looks great can't wait, my boss wants one too so I may go ahead and get two from you. Great work!
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simplyphp said:
Most recent prototype, with carving marks from x-acto knife. The final version in stainless steel should look even better.
Thoughts/comments appreciated!
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It does look good, do you have a picture of the back of the watch so we can see how far off the watch the band will start?
I am looking forward to seeing the SS version!
Cheers,
Fred

front facing camera not focusing?

so seems like my front facing camera won't focus. it only has a set focus for whatever is in the background and will NOT focus on a face. it's absolutely awful. whatever is in the foreground is blurry and there's no options in the new Samsung cameras to adjust exposure or anything which also makes making some videos on the ffc suck. anyone else having this issue? my note 4 ffc was much better than this one. ugh.
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I have the same problem with mine. I thought it was because of the beauty filter.

maybe it's just how this camera is. pardon my ugly mug, but here's a great example. notice it's focusing on the background. it honestly seems just like it's a problem where it's focusing on infinity rather than what's in foreground. maybe a software tweak can fix it? I really don't want to return the damn phone because of this...
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my note 4 had no problems. everything was crisp and sharp when i used the ffc. it focuses on the face much better.
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wtf my reply didn't go..

yep, definite issue. here's a pic of how it focuses on the background
http://imgur.com/6tuhdwe
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my apologies for all the replies.. Tapatalk is a god awful app that is useless so it was giving me issues. but yeah, does anyone else have this issue? ugh.
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I also noticed this when i compared my s6 with my s7.
The s6 when I'm closer to the camera is crisper than the s7 but when I hold my arm strait the s7 wins almost like it finds the sweet spot, the s6 behaves smilar but like i said more crisper up close.
Both cameras show the face detect cirkel.
Could be an issue with the new 3D beauty filter maybe? (And yes i have turn both down to zero)

all the filters are off and it still does it.. unless it's the software processing in the background, who knows. either way I hope they fix it!
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jayochs said:
all the filters are off and it still does it.. unless it's the software processing in the background, who knows. either way I hope they fix it!
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Could be the new 3d beauty mode they have added.
I think that event though we turn all filters off there is still some processing going on.

3d beauty eh? I never heard of that
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jayochs said:
3d beauty eh? I never heard of that
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It is a new thing they added to improve low light shots and so on (it takes the light into account when processing the image etc.).
See if i can find a link.

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It is a new thing they added to improve low light shots and so on (it takes the light into account when processing the image etc.).
See if i can find a link.
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sounds cool. the quality is WORSE in low light, and it's very oil painty looking, which i presume is the processing..however, they don't give you raw features for FFC..they don't even let you adjust exposure which pisses me off, bc i used my note 4 to record guitar videos for youtube, and the FFC looked fine on the note, but it's so overexposed on the s7 it sucks.

front facing cameras don't support auto focus, they have a Fixed-focus lens, & since the sensor is so small there is no bokeh(blur), so its focus distance is set to infinity, that's why it looks a bit blurred when you are too close to it

FalconFX said:
front facing cameras don't support auto focus, they have a Fixed-focus lens, & since the sensor is so small there is no bokeh(blur), so its focus distance is set to infinity, that's why it looks a bit blurred when you are too close to it
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yeah but the thing here is that previous phones didn't have this issue.
my note 4 is crisp and clear when you're close up, and shows much more detail.

jayochs said:
yeah but the thing here is that previous phones didn't have this issue.
my note 4 is crisp and clear when you're close up, and shows much more detail.
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Thats because its has a very wide f/1.7 aperture, it will give some blur at very close distance, since its focus distance is set to infinity

the note was f1.9. not that big of a difference to create such a drastic difference in quality.
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Tested two S7 and both was blurry and looked lika filter all over the picture.
Then i tested two S7 Edge and they was crisp sharp, better than my S6.
Both the S7 and the S7 edge had the same camera sensors. Forgot to check FW version but since it is the sames sensors in both the s7 and s7 edge it may be a FW diffense.
What is your FW version on the s7 edges front camera.

hmm very interesting! I wonder if it's a firmware issue then. why would the edge have a different firmware than the s7 though?
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Don't know, but I'm having some issues with home button not responding so i will try to get and exhange tomorrow (only 4 days old so I'm within DOA time).
Anyway if i get a new unit i will se if it has them same issue.

there's a video of ffc. you can see how blurry the guitar is compared to the background.

LG V20 *Camera Thread*

I couldnt find one so please remove this if there is one.
Here is the first picture I took with the V20.
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Looks pretty good. Can you post up so lowlight snaps?
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Comparison pic. Note 7 top, v20 bottom
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same thing
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Heres a low light pic of my daughters "Rare Shiny" Vaporeon.
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I've been prepping for this thing to get into my hands by shooting in a few places that I usually find myself in, some being really low light. (Jazz clubs and art museums with fragile items.) I've shot in these spaces with every camera I've ever owned. (FF DSLR's on down to cellphones)

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YUM GT35O.
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Low-light
Here is a recent low-light
No flash, manual focus, Aperture 1.8 , exposure time 1/17, iso 600

joseguillen1994 said:
Here is a recent low-light
No flash, manual focus, Aperture 1.8 , exposure time 1/17, iso 600
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Lots of noise at the top of the photo! Eeek... I may be sending this phone back.

lightninbug said:
Lots of noise at the top of the photo! Eeek... I may be sending this phone back.
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Up to you . Im going to keep mine and see if it gets rooted. If it doesn't... well, i might keep it quite a few month. after all i only paid 600+ for it, not 800+
I think that the problem relies on the ISO i was using. Let me show you all 3 pictures and zoom them in , you will see that the noise significantly diminishes .

Oh man. Looks like I need to get a case.

Camera on auto mode is AWFUL at any kind of action shots. In a CrossFit competition this weekend and the camera couldn't keep up at all and most shots are BLURRY. I ddn't go into manual mode cuz i figured the phone would keep up, wish i would have viewed the pics before. Disappointed big time with this.

Nerowoof said:
Camera on auto mode is AWFUL at any kind of action shots. In a CrossFit competition this weekend and the camera couldn't keep up at all and most shots are BLURRY. I ddn't go into manual mode cuz i figured the phone would keep up, wish i would have viewed the pics before. Disappointed big time with this.
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Is there not a sports shot or action shot mode like in Samsung?

docwood2011 said:
Is there not a sports shot or action shot mode like in Samsung?
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I looked in the modes after the fact and did not see one, may need to find an alternative cam app. Problem was I know exposure and all that but when competing i gave it to my husband to take pics., i could have made corrections shooting manual but honestly, didn't expect to have to do so.

joseguillen1994 said:
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No flash, manual focus, Aperture 1.8 , exposure time 1/17, iso 600
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I actually really like how that looks. It's got a quality I really like to work with. Once I actually get my phone in hand and start playing with it, I'll see if I have the same type of noise. If it's the same and I can figure out a workflow on mobile to recreate what I used to do with my old Nikon D80, I'll share the workflow to make that kind of noise work for you.

CHH2 said:
I actually really like how that looks. It's got a quality I really like to work with. Once I actually get my phone in hand and start playing with it, I'll see if I have the same type of noise. If it's the same and I can figure out a workflow on mobile to recreate what I used to do with my old Nikon D80, I'll share the workflow to make that kind of noise work for you.
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Check the last post on page number one. There you will see that the noise was reduced alot from left to right. The first one is the same one i posted first, the second and third i lowered the iso and adjusted the aperture. Now, remember, i was using manual mode, if it had been in automatically, maybe it would have adjusted everything itself and reduce the noise on its own.

joseguillen1994 said:
Check the last post on page number one. There you will see that the noise was reduced alot from left to right. The first one is the same one i posted first, the second and third i lowered the iso and adjusted the aperture. Now, remember, i was using manual mode, if it had been in automatically, maybe it would have adjusted everything itself and reduce the noise on its own.
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I'm actually very keen to play with the noise generated off of this sensor. Something to note is that on the Nexus 6, engaging HDR in the Google Camera app cleaned up a lot of the noise from that sensor's files and made them quite usable so I'll be looking into that too. But yeah, if the noise has certain characteristics, it can make for some good photos.

A couple of shots of a photogenic spider from yesterday. Between Google's compression during upload, then redownloading and uploading to XDA only to be compressed again, I think they still look pretty good.
Anybody know how to embed links straight from Google Photos?

On action shots , did you use burst mode. The LG G5, LG G4 and V10 were brilliant using this method. Another option is record in 4K and then extract 8mp stills from the video.

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