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[Q] Camera help!

Everyone seems to think the froyo camera (2.2) is phenomenal, but I really must be missing something, because mine sucks. This is my second G2X, and both cameras had the same issues. The biggest issue is that the focus is always slightly off, no matter what setting I choose (yes, manual setting can make the focus somewhat better, but that's not a real fix for me as I can't always be manually focusing the camera to catch a shot in time). Basically, the picture looks decent, but if you enlarge any details at all, they are fuzzy. I'm obviously doing something wrong, and if anyone could help me figure out what that is, it would really be a huge help.
Thanks in advance!

Try pixel peeping on a PC. The gallery app does not seem to render properly when zooming on the phone.
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I have checked out the pics on my pc, and they're almost ALL fuzzy. Doesn't matter what the lighting was like, the setting of the phone, whether the object was stationary...they are decent from far away, but up close, not that great at all. If you're getting great shots, what settings are you using? Auto everything? Some preset scene? Or specially tweaked settings?

Erislover said:
I have checked out the pics on my pc, and they're almost ALL fuzzy. Doesn't matter what the lighting was like, the setting of the phone, whether the object was stationary...they are decent from far away, but up close, not that great at all. If you're getting great shots, what settings are you using? Auto everything? Some preset scene? Or specially tweaked settings?
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Try taking off the battery cover and taking a pic. If its better than you may have forgotten to take off that little liner that covers the lens or the battery door camera hole is dirty or something

Even with the back cover off the phone, the pictures look the same.
Just to make sure we're all on the same page - when I look at the pictures on my pc, they look fine, but when I zoom in at all, the pixelation is extremely obvious. I do not have this problem with pics from my sony camera (non-phone).
Are people saying their photos are good FOR A CAMERA-PHONE, or are they actually good photos?? If they are actually good, are people using special settings??

Mine are great. Do you have the settings set to very fine image quality? Also make sure you are taking them using 8mp rather than 2mp.

jrwingate6 said:
Mine are great. Do you have the settings set to very fine image quality? Also make sure you are taking them using 8mp rather than 2mp.
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Yes, I have it set on very fine and 8mp.
See http://www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/?added=2
These are a couple of shots I just took without the back cover on the phone. Notice the pixelation. Can anyone with consistently great photos please post theirs?

Erislover said:
Yes, I have it set on very fine and 8mp.
See http://www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/?added=2
These are a couple of shots I just took without the back cover on the phone. Notice the pixelation. Can anyone with consistently great photos please post theirs?
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I dont see any photos in Flickr. Can you post the images in this thread?

jrwingate6 said:
I dont see any photos in Flickr. Can you post the images in this thread?
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well, if I post them here, they'll be shrunken photos!
this link should take you to "photos taken by g2x group" on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/groups/g2x/pool/

bump...i also have this issue. did u ever resolve it?
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that photo looks fine to me. remember this a camera phone, just because it is an 8MP camera that doesn't mean it will take crystal clear shots. A lot of the issues will come down to a poor/cheap lens, overall the camera take good pics for a camera on a phone.
Until manufacturers start using quality lenses like the new WP7 device named sea ray from nokia which uses a carl zeiss lens, pictures will not be great.

Erislover said:
Yes, I have it set on very fine and 8mp.
See http://www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/?added=2
These are a couple of shots I just took without the back cover on the phone. Notice the pixelation. Can anyone with consistently great photos please post theirs?
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I checked out your link and it that pic looks very good to me. I do not think a camera phone is going to give you the clarity and detail a larger ccd does in a $400 digital camera.

Camera Quality

I started using my Sensation camera and it looked like everything is ok .. but then I looked at the photos I took on the computer and there quality was pretty bad.. like my old HTC hero got nicer pics when i was watching them on the computer..
then I started looking around for review on the camera to find out if it was that bad.. but apparently the photos that i saw in the review were really nice..
and i tried to create the same invarment as in the reviews photos .. and mine still look horrible - all the colors washed out and looks like the old nokia camera phones..
i looked over the settings and it's 8 megapixels and everything set right..
some one has the same issue? or is there a fix? any advise?
thanks

Try and do a "reset to default" in your camera settings. Also make sure your lens is clean.

Xperia Tipo camera

Hello,
I know that tipo's camera its kinda sucky.
But...., it's this image quality/settings normal? it looks a little bad imo, photos on nearer objects work better imo.
Which camera software do you tend to use? (any setting suggested for this kind of photos? daylight and from far distance).
Thanks,

yah , my tipo camera is very bad now ,, i noticed this from few days ,,, it's quality is turned more bad than the past , i don't know what happened , i wish there is a solution for this

Use Camera360 app
-Hit thanks if I helped you

Black_ice_Spain said:
Hello,
I know that tipo's camera its kinda sucky.
But...., it's this image quality/settings normal? it looks a little bad imo, photos on nearer objects work better imo.
Which camera software do you tend to use? (any setting suggested for this kind of photos? daylight and from far distance).
Thanks,
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you can use Lomo Camera

Apparently if you use the lens from a laser pen over the lens of the camera you can improve the image quality.

Bad camera

m2 has a really bad stock camera app,.does anyone know better camera app,that make better picture...with which app you have best experiance...?

tandrcak90 said:
m2 has a really bad stock camera app,.does anyone know better camera app,that make better picture...with which app you have best experiance...?
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Look for the stock Android camera.

I'm using the FV-5 camera (non-free). Gives you control over sharpening/post processing options and also a "raw" mode (png).
Did sony tweak the camera on kitkat? Or is it still so terribad?

To answer my own question, sony did in fact improve the camera quality with kitkat. Though it's still not quite good. In the past it had lots of sharpening artifacts, now it does not have those. However, the edges are now fuzzy instead of being slightly unsharp...

I need some photo samples taken by Xperia M2 in full-size after KitKat upgrade.
Thank you.

After kitkat upgrade the pictures a cleaner, they don't have that black dot's any more, that was the first thing i checked after upgrade
BUT still the pictures are far from great.
ll upload some pic's when i get home.

pirej said:
After kitkat upgrade the pictures a cleaner, they don't have that black dot's any more, that was the first thing i checked after upgrade
BUT still the pictures are far from great.
ll upload some pic's when i get home.
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Thank you so much.

Here is a picture with kitkat.

Camera sucks compared to Xperia Z2

Hi there,
got the D6603 Z3 and compared it to my girlfriends Z2. The camera of the Z2 looks much better than from my Z3.
Thought it is the same hardware in both phones. Tried in automatic and manual mode with same settings and got a lot of frame drops on Z3. On Z2 everythings looks sharper an run smoother.
Any ideas?

fknpwned said:
Hi there,
got the D6603 Z3 and compared it to my girlfriends Z2. The camera of the Z2 looks much better than from my Z3.
Thought it is the same hardware in both phones. Tried in automatic and manual mode with same settings and got a lot of frame drops on Z3. On Z2 everythings looks sharper an run smoother.
Any ideas?
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do you have advanced power saving on?

Funny enough i to havent been very impressed with the camera although i never had a z2 so cant compare but i came from a htc one so expected a huge improvement! Its not bad by any means but it just doesnt seem as sharp as i was expecting! And background focus rarely works , Its alot trickier then it appears when seen in reviews!

Bäcker said:
do you have advanced power saving on?
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No.

Yeah, i got the z3c. Its underwhelming for sure. Never played with a z2 say cant say anything about that. Anybody find good cam settings for their z3 (or z3c, same hardware i believe)?

Manual, 15mp, auto iso, image stabilisation off, metering spot, focus mode touch.
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fknpwned said:
Hi there,
got the D6603 Z3 and compared it to my girlfriends Z2. The camera of the Z2 looks much better than from my Z3.
Thought it is the same hardware in both phones. Tried in automatic and manual mode with same settings and got a lot of frame drops on Z3. On Z2 everythings looks sharper an run smoother.
Any ideas?
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the Android 4.4.2 on Xperia Z2 is more stable than new 4.4.4 on Xperia Z3
it always happen for all phone that because there is firmware update
Connect you Z3 to PC companion & Repair firmware
then check the camera
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Check both Camera (Z2 with Z3) with same setting
1. both superior mode
2. then set manual setting and compare
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Funny enough I had the same problem with my Xperia Z1.
Image quality was worse than my previous Z at first but after a firmware update it was fixed.
Probably the same issue here.

In order to make the image looks better in the viewfinder,Z3 let the ISO not the highest like Z2
this change makes shutter speed slow,and fps decrease.
you can notice that viewfinder's image quality in Z3 at a low light environment much better than Z2

corallus said:
Manual, 15mp, auto iso, image stabilisation off, metering spot, focus mode touch.
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Hey corrallus,
Do you or anyone on here know how to make Manual the DEFAULT setting when you first activate the Camera app instead of Superior Auto? Lemme know if you do.
Thanks,
RockStar2005

I don't think that's possible yet without root RockStar2005, it is definately a big annoyance. I have ruined a few photos by not realizing/forgetting I have to keep setting manual after opening via button.

Ok thanks abhinav! The one person on xda said if you use Xperia Home Launcher it has the option on the home screen right of the default one to do this, but I use Nova Launcher, so I just have to deal with it too. lol But if you use Xperia Launcher, you may wanna read that post (#3).

I'm not really concerned with the finished product; both Z2 and Z3 produce fotos of a quality much higher than I would really need.
What bothers me, is how much the Z3 slows down to take a picture. I'm currently playing with Cyanogen 11 and the camera app launches instantaneously and takes photos without lag; neither possible with Sony; super super ultra omega mode or otherwise.