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What's wrong with the camera?

The camera appears to be OK when shooting objects over 3 feet away. However, it has problems when object is close. See attached picture. The edge of the object shows waves. IPhone 4 doesn't have this issue. Any recommendations? Thanks.

Looks like you have a special effect turned on.

i couldn't find any macro mode
maybe this feature is not offered ?

mcca555 said:
i couldn't find any macro mode
maybe this feature is not offered ?
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There is no macro mode, except just tap to focus on the object that you want to photograph.
I don't have that problem. Not sure why the picture is rotated to the left, though.

harlenm said:
There is no macro mode, except just tap to focus on the object that you want to photograph.
I don't have that problem. Not sure why the picture is rotated to the left, though.
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Wow, that pic looks almost NSFW...

id10terrordfw said:
Wow, that pic looks almost NSFW...
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Its really bad. Lol. I'll take a pic of the whole thing tomorrow if I remember. And its the official schedule for the local minor league baseball team.

Here is the whole thing. LOL!!

harlenm said:
Here is the whole thing. LOL!!
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Because that's a whole lot better...

andycai said:
The camera appears to be OK when shooting objects over 3 feet away. However, it has problems when object is close. See attached picture. The edge of the object shows waves. IPhone 4 doesn't have this issue. Any recommendations? Thanks.
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just tap to zoom when objects r too close n ur camera looses focus...it re adjusts in 1-3 secs

MBT93 said:
just tap to zoom when objects r too close n ur camera looses focus...it re adjusts in 1-3 secs
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Pretty sure there was something wrong with his phone. Either that or he added a wave effect in a photo editor so he could troll.

Night vision....

This was at a little before 6am this morning. To my eye the sky was dark but the GS7 really does have a KILLER low light camera (it's practically like having night vision). I am impressed in every way by this phone so far.

Pneumatic said:
This was at a little before 6am this morning. To my eye the sky was dark but the GS7 really does have a KILLER low light camera (it's practically like having night vision). I am impressed in every way by this phone so far.
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hu really impressed??? So MUCH NOISE! impossible to use this pic.

Yep. There's noise but it was very dark and every other phone camera I have ever used would have only shown a couple of blurry street lights. There's detail there that I couldn't see with my eyes so I'm impressed even if you aren't.

Canard caché said:
hu really impressed??? So MUCH NOISE! impossible to use this pic.
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Looks like he used it, so definitely not impossible to use.
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Canard caché said:
hu really impressed??? So MUCH NOISE! impossible to use this pic.
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Someone didn't read that with the naked eye it was extremely dark, and other cameras only show blobs of light from the street light.

geoff5093 said:
Someone didn't read that with the naked eye it was extremely dark, and other cameras only show blobs of light from the street light.
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He just keeps coming on the forums to bash the s7

I realize this isn't going to win any photography contests. I was just impressed because I couldn't see the clouds in the sky, most of the pond was an inky black spot, and most of the ducks weren't visible. Standing there in the dark looking at the scene then looking at the picture was a stark contrast.

Canard caché said:
hu really impressed??? So MUCH NOISE! impossible to use this pic.
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GO AWAY TROLL!!! Everybody and their uncle knows you don't like the S7. Don't spend your money. Just go away!

Canard caché said:
hu really impressed??? So MUCH NOISE! impossible to use this pic.
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Are you just going from thread to thread to talk smack in the s7? It's all I see out of you. I've taken a few pics in low light that the phone sees what I don't. Don't like it, don't get it. Everyone else is highly impressed.

Canard caché said:
hu really impressed??? So MUCH NOISE! impossible to use this pic.
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The only comments I see from you are bad mouthing this phone. Please save us from the displeasure of seeing your comments

Was this in auto mode?

mklass said:
Was this in auto mode?
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Yes, that was on auto. I was out for my morning run and got curious as to what the GS7 would do with such a poorly (and oddly) lit scene so I pulled it out of my pocket, double tapped the home button, and took that picture in a matter of about 5 seconds. I am sure that someone who knows how to adjust the settings properly in 'pro mode' could take it much better.
As for the guy from the first comment.... I have now seen some of his other posts. I have had some pretty spirited debates about phone choices with my friends (IOS vs. Android) but to seek out a forum full of people using some other device just to throw shade is a special kind of odd to me.

Pneumatic said:
This was at a little before 6am this morning. To my eye the sky was dark but the GS7 really does have a KILLER low light camera (it's practically like having night vision). I am impressed in every way by this phone so far.
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I disagree, the camera is great, but the 6P is still better during low light. I wrote a comparison between the two that you can view.
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Pilz said:
I disagree, the camera is great, but the 6P is still better during low light. I wrote a comparison between the two that you can view.
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The comparison seems to show the S7 being much better than the 6P imo.

Could you possible upload the details of photo?
Just wanna know what the shutter speed and ISO were set to and maybe if ois was on

CuBz90 said:
The comparison seems to show the S7 being much better than the 6P imo.
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I disagree, but we are all entitled to our own opinion. I've taken more pictures I can upload later tonight after my exam or tomorrow morning. The S7 tends to overexposure and was out images. I want them to fix that issue because otherwise it's great.
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Pilz said:
I disagree, but we are all entitled to our own opinion. I've taken more pictures I can upload later tonight after my exam or tomorrow morning. The S7 tends to overexposure and was out images. I want them to fix that issue because otherwise it's great.
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Yes I look forward to seeing them. If it is the case that the S7 is overexposed, then hopefully they will release an update to fix it like with the S6.

CuBz90 said:
Yes I look forward to seeing them. If it is the case that the S7 is overexposed, then hopefully they will release an update to fix it like with the S6.
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??? i had gotten no cam problem with the s6 at its release

Canard caché said:
??? i had gotten no cam problem with the s6 at its release
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You again lol
Calm down and go to the S6 forums. Why are you still here?

CuBz90 said:
Yes I look forward to seeing them. If it is the case that the S7 is overexposed, then hopefully they will release an update to fix it like with the S6.
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To be clear I like the S7E's camera, but I don't like the post processing Samsung does. It won't let me save a RAW image yet otherwise I could easily correct them in Photoshop CC2015. The 6P might have slightly darker images in areas, but it captures the true colors of things which I like. I'll post them up tonight/tomorrow because I have an exam at 1800-2000 as I mentioned.
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Lens Flare?

Has anyone else noticed significant lens flare during night shots with a source of light in the frame? It happens in day shots as well, but its less noticeable as the dot isn't in a dark/black background.
I realise lens flare is normal when shooting in a sunny conditions, but this was a night shot triggered by not a particularly bright porch light and the moon. For whatever reason the S7 cam seems to be particularly sensitive to it. And its not a normal corona type lens flare, but just a dot.... that depending on how I angled the phone, I could get to move around and see in the live view before I took the photo, some angles I could get it to go away (or at least out of frame).
I have the titanium silver S7, in a clear case. I wonder if it isn't an issue with some sort of reflection off the case?

Never noticed! Can you upload an example?
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upload example

Two examples.
angelo27093 said:
upload example
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Here's a couple. The dots are marked. I think I know whats happening. These were taken on auto, so in determining the exposure, it raised ISO so it tended to capture more light that didn't look like it was there. The first one is a light blob is appearing on a spruce, it couldn't possibly reflect light, but the 2nd one similar, though there is a light varnish on the stair so it could reflect something back. I think its reflecting off the back of the phone, hence the more squarish appearance. My eyes didn't see that light though, so I don't know why the sensor picked it up.
First One:
imgur.com/i1eF0tj
2nd:
imgur.com/e1pa8v6

33buddyrich said:
Here's a couple. The dots are marked. I think I know whats happening. These were taken on auto, so in determining the exposure, it raised ISO so it tended to capture more light that didn't look like it was there. The first one is a light blob is appearing on a spruce, it couldn't possibly reflect light, but the 2nd one similar, though there is a light varnish on the stair so it could reflect something back. I think its reflecting off the back of the phone, hence the more squarish appearance. My eyes didn't see that light though, so I don't know why the sensor picked it up.
First One:
imgur.com/i1eF0tj
2nd:
imgur.com/e1pa8v6
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go back to the samsung store

Camera issues

Hey guys,
My wife and I have the same phone.
I've noticed something odd since getting my.s7 (exynos) . The white in the photos I take often have a yellow tint whereas the photos my wife tales of the same thing are more natural and have no yellow. I've tried messing.with the camera setting and brightness slide from in the app, And it helps a bit. However, I feel that my.wifes phone tales better photos. Has anyone else had a similar issue with the camera?

I tried uploading some photos but cannot do so from I the app.

More details please. ROM, kernel, etc? Also this is a wrong place to create this thread
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XDevOS said:
More details please. ROM, kernel, etc? Also this is a wrong place to create this thread
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Well I was rooted on nougat and was using superstock,superman rom,helios (I think that's the name of the rom) and the issue persisted. I went back to stock mm . Issue was there too. Went back to stock nougat and kernel and issue is there sometimes. It almost seems like my camera is over sensitive to light but not sure .
I have images but again cannot upload via the app .

Here's an example

The chairs are an egg white colour but in some of the photos they come off as being yellow in the same light. I really don't get it .

Especially here

Ps-where do I put the thread?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help Here

Xdevillived666 said:
Here's an example
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The sheet of paper on the wall is white.

Maybe you just got a dirty camera glass? ?
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teenoo said:
The sheet of paper on the wall is white.
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Yeah, but check the chairs!! Same style, all egg white but the camera put all kinds of color variation ....All under same lighting, too!!I should have kept my 5x,lol
goo.gl/nkd9Nm

Xdevillived666 said:
Especially here
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if the chairs are white and show up yellow.....how come your shoes aren't showing yellow?
can't possibly be your camera.

HTCMDA said:
if the chairs are white and show up yellow.....how come your shoes aren't showing yellow?
can't possibly be your camera.
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Not sure man. tested it again last night against my wife's camera and she noticed it too. Its only specific things under lowlight. We can reproduce it on hers if the ccamera trieds to focus on an object in the foreground , then the background becomes yellowish, but mine does it alone. Ive messed about in rpo mode and it seems to go away, but I dont wanna have to manually set the camera preferences everytime I take a photo.

Final update. Took it to my retailer and they wanted to send it in for hardware check. Sold the phone instead and went back to Nexus 5x .

Why is nobody talking about the Astrophotography mode?

I have searched the internet for examples of Astrophotography with the Google Pixel 4/4XL and couldn't find any other than what Google has put out. So, I recently went to the closest International Dark Sky Reserve in my area and captured these photos.
Am I the only person interested in this feature? ?

No, you're not alone I too have been playing with this. I just got my tripod mount and live in the country. I haven't had time to get some shots like yours, very good!

Those are amazing. I might try it now. Have you tried with any human subjects in the photo? Would it even come out at all?

biggiestuff said:
Those are amazing. I might try it now. Have you tried with any human subjects in the photo? Would it even come out at all?
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Yeah. Like the one with the tree.
By the way, the light on the tree is coming from a cellphone flashlight that was behind the camera. That's a cellphone flashlight at about twenty-thirty feet away!

What about the moon?. Have you guys taken pictures of it yet?

nooblearner said:
What about the moon?. Have you guys taken pictures of it yet?
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I've tried it but suns light on the moon made the picture awful, too much light interference.
You'd need to get a relatively dark moon for it to be decent

Mackay53 said:
I've tried it but suns light on the moon made the picture awful, too much light interference.
You'd need to get a relatively dark moon for it to be decent
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The picture I took was the November full moon.

It certainly a great feature, but it is also pretty niche.
First, you have to have a tripod or other way to hold the phone steady. This isn't that difficult to figure out, but it also means that all the people that simply rush outside to try it the first time are going to get crappy results if they try to hand hold it.
Second, having access to a dark environment away from light pollution is very helpful. Unfortunately, the vast majority of us live where light pollution is a real problem. Even the smallest towns have so many lights that it prevents these dramatic pictures from being taken. The images I have been able to take are "meh" at best. Impressive technologically, but meh photographically......

nooblearner said:
I have searched the internet for examples of Astrophotography with the Google Pixel 4/4XL and couldn't find any other than what Google has put out. So, I recently went to the closest International Dark Sky Reserve in my area and captured these photos.
Am I the only person interested in this feature? ?
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It's a great feature, but it's simply not viable for most people due to the excessive light pollution from most cities. I had to drive 1.5 hours away from home just to take my shots: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-camera-review/

MishaalRahman said:
It's a great feature, but it's simply not viable for most people due to the excessive light pollution from most cities. I had to drive 1.5 hours away from home just to take my shots: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-camera-review/
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As does anyone attempting to photograph the stars. On a side note, my city is changing out the lighting here to improve star visibility. It has been working. I took this in my backyard. I used Photoshop Express "Vibrant" filter and this is it. All Astrophotography has post processing.
Can you see Orion? ?

nooblearner said:
As does anyone attempting to photograph the stars. On a side note, my city is changing out the lighting here to improve star visibility. It has been working. I took this in my backyard. I used Photoshop Express "Vibrant" filter and this is it. All Astrophotography has post processing.
Can you see Orion?
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Yes, but that's the problem: Most people won't want to go that far just to take photos of the stars. They might do it during the occasional vacation, though. Since there aren't that many people taking Astro shots, the feature won't get talked about that much.

sic0048 said:
It certainly a great feature, but it is also pretty niche.
First, you have to have a tripod or other way to hold the phone steady. This isn't that difficult to figure out, but it also means that all the people that simply rush outside to try it the first time are going to get crappy results if they try to hand hold it.
Second, having access to a dark environment away from light pollution is very helpful. Unfortunately, the vast majority of us live where light pollution is a real problem. Even the smallest towns have so many lights that it prevents these dramatic pictures from being taken. The images I have been able to take are "meh" at best. Impressive technologically, but meh photographically......
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Have you tried with a regular camera? If so, can you still capture even with the light pollution?
I drove an hour and a half to get these photos. I had to do research to find the location, e.g. Light Pollution Map app, local Dark Sky Reserve, and opportunity to access it.
I want to get the Milky Way. I'll have to buy the Photopills app and plan for that shot months in advance. I already know where I want to get the shot, otherwise I would have to plan that too.
It takes planning to get these shots. ?

nooblearner said:
Have you tried with a regular camera? If so, can you still capture even with the light pollution?
I drove an hour and a half to get these photos. I had to do research to find the location, e.g. Light Pollution Map app, local Dark Sky Reserve, and opportunity to access it.
I want to get the Milky Way. I'll have to buy the Photopills app and plan for that shot months in advance. I already know where I want to get the shot, otherwise I would have to plan that too.
It takes planning to get these shots. ?
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The light pollution map is pretty good, I'm too far away from black skies but I'm lucky where I can get some good shots from my garden (30 mins from nearest city)
Astro filter in the photos app makes it a bit better

Mackay53 said:
The light pollution map is pretty good, I'm too far away from black skies but I'm lucky where I can get some good shots from my garden (30 mins from nearest city)
Astro filter in the photos app makes it a bit better
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Those are really good!

MishaalRahman said:
Yes, but that's the problem: Most people won't want to go that far just to take photos of the stars. They might do it during the occasional vacation, though. Since there aren't that many people taking Astro shots, the feature won't get talked about that much.
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Honestly, I don't think many people know how to use it.

nooblearner said:
As does anyone attempting to photograph the stars. On a side note, my city is changing out the lighting here to improve star visibility. It has been working. I took this in my backyard. I used Photoshop Express "Vibrant" filter and this is it. All Astrophotography has post processing.
Can you see Orion? ?
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Nice how you can see the colour differences in Rigel and Betelgeuse and Alnilam.
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nooblearner said:
What about the moon?. Have you guys taken pictures of it yet?
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That's very good for a phone camera which would normally just over-exposure the hell out of it.
Saw a full moon shot someone posted in OnePlus 7 Pro reddit. It looked like a painting by a 7 year old, no detail at all!
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Mackay53 said:
The light pollution map is pretty good, I'm too far away from black skies but I'm lucky where I can get some good shots from my garden (30 mins from nearest city)
Astro filter in the photos app makes it a bit better
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You are really killing it with these shots, absolutely amazing!
It's about on par with the dedicated CCD cameras on tracking tripods about 20 years ago, and they cost 000s and needed dedicated software and hours of processing.

m+a+r+k said:
Nice how you can see the colour differences in Rigel and Betelgeuse and Alnilam.
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That's very good for a phone camera which would normally just over-exposure the hell out of it.
Saw a full moon shot someone posted in OnePlus 7 Pro reddit. It looked like a painting by a 7 year old, no detail at all!
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You are really killing it with these shots, absolutely amazing!
It's about on par with the dedicated CCD cameras on tracking tripods about 20 years ago, and they cost 000s and needed dedicated software and hours of processing.
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Here's a few more from tonight. The moons light just gets in the way.

Mackay53 said:
Here's a few more from tonight. The moons light just gets in the way.
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Loving the first one, great image, you have a flair for this and composition.
Is that a lens flare in the third one? And the bright object bottom left a planet? Venus, Saturn and Jupiter set late afternoon, early evening and like you it's dark by 4:30 - 5, so Saturn?
I remember now we had a Saturn+Moon conjunction. Nice one.

m+a+r+k said:
Loving the first one, great image, you have a flair for this and composition.
Is that a lens flare in the third one? And the bright object bottom left a planet? Venus, Saturn and Jupiter set late afternoon, early evening and like you it's dark by 4:30 - 5, so Saturn?
I remember now we had a Saturn+Moon conjunction. Nice one.
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I think it was a plane but usually those usually give big light trails. Managed to get a light trail from the space station a few weeks ago so surprising what you can see.
Not sure about the planets as I'm still working out where they all are.
Managed to get Andromeda galaxy tonight (right hand side of photo) but not as much detail as I hoped cause the moon's out again.

m+a+r+k said:
Loving the first one, great image, you have a flair for this and composition.
Is that a lens flare in the third one? And the bright object bottom left a planet? Venus, Saturn and Jupiter set late afternoon, early evening and like you it's dark by 4:30 - 5, so Saturn?
I remember now we had a Saturn+Moon conjunction. Nice one.
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Possibly Uranus to the right of Andromeda on this one (according to Google star map app)