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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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? ?
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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?
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Honestly, I don't think many people know how to use it.
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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.
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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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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)
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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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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.
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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)
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Friends,
Post Your Best Fuze Photo's
Tvos
Very nice shot and panorama stitch but please... there is no such thing as fuze photos. There might be mobile photos and pro photos, there is no point to focus on brand/model specific photos
Fire Training
Here is a pic I snapped at a Firefighter Survival training I attended.
I took this picture off a customer's balcony, great view in Dawsonville GA looking south toward ATL
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Very nice shot and panorama stitch but please... there is no such thing as fuze photos. There might be mobile photos and pro photos, there is no point to focus on brand/model specific photos
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Yes, there is a point to focus on brand/model specific photos.
The idea is to share photos made with the same device, to compare quality and find the best camera settings.
johanromijn said:
Yes, there is a point to focus on brand/model specific photos.
The idea is to share photos made with the same device, to compare quality and find the best camera settings.
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I think he was saying it should be TP not Fuze. I think the only TP that has anything dif about the cam is the Sprint one and its just the lack of the filter over the lense because the battery case is sealed.
damn these pics look good...I forgot that this is armed with a 3.2mp camera until now haha.
not to thread jack
Just thought I'd ask a friendly group here, since you guys have your panorama working. When i switch to panorama on my phoneand attempt to take a photo it says, "Camera: Unable to capture photo. Disk full." I'm using 3GB of my 8GB card, so I know there is room on my card. I also tried saving it to main memory with no luck. I also tried switching it to the lowest quality and resolution, all with the same results. Any help would be appreciated.
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I think he was saying it should be TP not Fuze. I think the only TP that has anything dif about the cam is the Sprint one and its just the lack of the filter over the lense because the battery case is sealed.
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In that case, I didn't say anything.
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Just thought I'd ask a friendly group here, since you guys have your panorama working. When i switch to panorama on my phoneand attempt to take a photo it says, "Camera: Unable to capture photo. Disk full." I'm using 3GB of my 8GB card, so I know there is room on my card. I also tried saving it to main memory with no luck. I also tried switching it to the lowest quality and resolution, all with the same results. Any help would be appreciated.
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Anyone know whats going on? I am having the same problems
Could it be that the new rom update messed up the Panaroma function?
Cant be, because when I flashed it I could still take panoramic pictures after, something happened recently that I cant figure out
the picture quality on this phone is amazing. Camera phone has come a long way since the Nokia American Idol version...lol
Heres a lil macro shot I took of a jigsaw puzzle
Flowers are always the best inanimates.
Dont you LOVE flowers?
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Flowers are always the best inanimates.
Dont you LOVE flowers?
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lol. Man it's been a long time since I had some flowers!
no tweaks were done. Just the camera in it's stock form!
It's pretty sad to say that this camera gives just as good of pictures as my Nikon S550.
freekquency said:
Flowers are always the best inanimates.
Dont you LOVE flowers?
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I love THOSE flowers haha
kudos, looks like dank
Here's a few of my wife's Infiniti G35x
19" G37 Sport rims
225/45/19 Bridgestone Potenza
18% window tint
Stillen/K&N intake with Z-tube
Pioneer AVIC to connect with Fuze (in the near future)
AkumaMax said:
lol. Man it's been a long time since I had some flowers!
no tweaks were done. Just the camera in it's stock form!
It's pretty sad to say that this camera gives just as good of pictures as my Nikon S550.
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Holy!!!
08 STi police?! I need a bigger turbo..
here's one from my comicon 09 trip.... top of rock in NYC... shot through a plexi security wall (so you don't jump off the top!).
I did a quick review of the camera and video. So far I am very impressed.
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ebpman said:
To see the photos find me on twitter
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So looked for photos and found this link
http://imgur.com/a/K4lef
Problem with imgur is it strips out exifs as well as compresses images.
So use a site that doesn't do this. flickr is a good option very easy for people to browse and link on forums for discussions.
google photos is another option but its difficult to link. So use flickr.
I just added them to flicker. Here is the link http://bit.ly/1jsOlIg
it's crazy to think that we are now able to do manual long exposure on a phone!
I was playing around with it earlier, and was pretty impressed with the quality. At ISO 50, 4 sec exposure.
All my photos have a yellow tint. See the attached. If I focus on bright light then focus on what I'm taking a photo of the yellow goes away. Is it just a sensor thing or do I have a defective unit?
mikeyinid said:
All my photos have a yellow tint. See the attached. If I focus on bright light then focus on what I'm taking a photo of the yellow goes away. Is it just a sensor thing or do I have a defective unit?
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Seems like that's just the cast from the type of bulbs in your room, dude. If you're wanting to tweak that try manual mode and playing with the white balance.
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mikeyinid said:
All my photos have a yellow tint. See the attached. If I focus on bright light then focus on what I'm taking a photo of the yellow goes away. Is it just a sensor thing or do I have a defective unit?
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play with the white balance and see if it goes away.
on the side note, is that what I think it is? :angel::angel:
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Seems like that's just the cast from the type of bulbs in your room, dude. If you're wanting to tweak that try manual mode and playing with the white balance.
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I wish it was the lighting. It happens no matter the lighting.
baymon said:
play with the white balance and see if it goes away.
on the side note, is that what I think it is? :angel::angel:
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Lol. Nothing illegal. I vape and put my favorite liquid in a 4oz pump bottle lol.
mikeyinid said:
I wish it was the lighting. It happens no matter the lighting.
Lol. Nothing illegal. I vape and put my favorite liquid in a 4oz pump bottle lol.
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lol, I definitely wasn't thinking about anything illegal either.
So you're saying, even in daylight/white light or other scenery you're still getting the yellow tint? What happens when you adjusted the WB?
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lol, I definitely wasn't thinking about anything illegal either.
So you're saying, even in daylight/white light or other scenery you're still getting the yellow tint? What happens when you adjusted the WB?
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I haven't messed with manual mode much. Yes. Even in daylight. If I point it at the sun then back to whatever I'm taking a pic of once it focuses I can see the yellow go away.
Very impressed
I just got my Z5 Compact today and obviously I tested the camera out ASAP. I can't lie... It kind of bothers me and to me it's quite obvious. It's right in the top left corner but it's quite strong. I got it from Amazon, should I ask for a replacement or should I send it to Sony for a repair? I'm from the UK. I've attached the photo below:
Please take a pic of a book or some normal object. It's already been explained... monitors can cause distorted pics.
joe_dude said:
Please take a pic of a book or some normal object. It's already been explained... monitors can cause distorted pics.
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My bad. Here is two pics:
Let me know if I should retake them.
I can see some corner blurriness on the top left and the bottom left. I'm not sure it really bothers me though.
Should I return and get a brand new device or should I try and get Sony to repair it?
Could you rotate the camera 180 degrees and take the same pics again. That should verify it.
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Could you rotate the camera 180 degrees and take the same pics again. That should verify it.
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The way i see it, it's not a big problem. It's a common wide lens issue. If i'm on your position, i'll just keep the phone as it is. others result might be sharp from edge to edge, but it is really a narrow lens.
it seems you have a problem, your photos give an idea that there is a displacement of elements of the camera module, because the right side is blurred little less than it should be, and the left side is blurred more than it should be. I, I think almost perfectly semetrichno blurry right and left, later lay out a photo, and you can put the photo Made in so: put your phone camera at the table, or close the lens and take a picture in auto mode, photos need to do so that you can see the blue noise, it is a hypothesis, where it has been, and I think this can be judged from the defect. Please upload pictures, I have to see it, it can give more understanding of the problem for me, for you and for all.
To be able to detect the blurr properly, you need to have your phone leveled properly when taking the picture, for example in most of your pictures you take them from a weird angle, like from up to down, or from down to up, you need to take the photo exactly in the front leveled to the same angle as the monitor/book or whatever.
I hope you know what i mean.
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Could you rotate the camera 180 degrees and take the same pics again. That should verify it.
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No problem. "DSC_0377" is the rotated picture. Thank you for helping me with this issue.
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The way i see it, it's not a big problem. It's a common wide lens issue. If i'm on your position, i'll just keep the phone as it is. others result might be sharp from edge to edge, but it is really a narrow lens.
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I'm not sure it really bothers me, I will only notice it when I look for it and sometimes it doesn't look as severe as other pictures. Also by looking at the camera lens it DOES seem pretty much straight. I probably will not go through the hassle of returning/repairing. Maybe I will try to get it repaired near the end of it's warranty (a year in the UK I think).
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it seems you have a problem, your photos give an idea that there is a displacement of elements of the camera module, because the right side is blurred little less than it should be, and the left side is blurred more than it should be. I, I think almost perfectly semetrichno blurry right and left, later lay out a photo, and you can put the photo Made in so: put your phone camera at the table, or close the lens and take a picture in auto mode, photos need to do so that you can see the blue noise, it is a hypothesis, where it has been, and I think this can be judged from the defect. Please upload pictures, I have to see it, it can give more understanding of the problem for me, for you and for all.
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No worries, I don't think I understood 100% what you said but I put the phone face down on my table and took a picture. There's more light coming from the bottom left but I think that is where the flash is located. If there are any other tests I can conduct for the community please let me know :good:
Pictures:
(1st one - "DSC_0375" is taken normally)
(2nd one - "DSC_0377" is taken upside down)
(3rd one - "DSC_0376" is the one requested by vyshgorado)
Thank you guys for helping a guy out!
EDIT: I'm not sure why the first picture is upside down... on my desktop it is the correct way up.
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To be able to detect the blurr properly, you need to have your phone leveled properly when taking the picture, for example in most of your pictures you take them from a weird angle, like from up to down, or from down to up, you need to take the photo exactly in the front leveled to the same angle as the monitor/book or whatever.
I hope you know what i mean.
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Ah yeah I think I know what you mean. Basically have the phone level? If the above photos are not good enough then I'll retake them, thank you for the advice though.
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It's not something that would necessarily bother me but it's clearly annoying you. I'd take it to a Sony store.
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Ah yeah I think I know what you mean. Basically have the phone level? If the above photos are not good enough then I'll retake them, thank you for the advice though.
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I took a look at both pics, and there is a bit of corner blurring in both. But I can't say if that's actually a lens problem or just do wind, lighting conditions, hand movement, etc. Normally, the problem shows up only on one side, so when the phone is rotated, the blurring should have followed. It doesn't look like that is what is happening here.
Okay, so I need you to do another, more conclusive, test. Take a pic indoors, where you have good lighting. Set the camera on a stand/mount/wall - something that will hold it steady (no hand-held pics, please), and use the self-timer, so you don't have to physically touch the phone. Then take the same pic using the timer, rotating it 180 degrees.
Basically, I need a couple of comparison pics where I can rule out any other external factors. Take a pic of some objects at, say, 2m to 4m away (or 5 to 10 ft). Blank wall is no good, as there isn't any details to see blurring. If you have time, take a few sets of pics of different objects/background. Makes it a bit easier to judge with more data.
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I can't see any blur on your photos lol.
joe_dude said:
I took a look at both pics, and there is a bit of corner blurring in both. But I can't say if that's actually a lens problem or just do wind, lighting conditions, hand movement, etc. Normally, the problem shows up only on one side, so when the phone is rotated, the blurring should have followed. It doesn't look like that is what is happening here.
Okay, so I need you to do another, more conclusive, test. Take a pic indoors, where you have good lighting. Set the camera on a stand/mount/wall - something that will hold it steady (no hand-held pics, please), and use the self-timer, so you don't have to physically touch the phone. Then take the same pic using the timer, rotating it 180 degrees.
Basically, I need a couple of comparison pics where I can rule out any other external factors. Take a pic of some objects at, say, 2m to 4m away (or 5 to 10 ft). Blank wall is no good, as there isn't any details to see blurring. If you have time, take a few sets of pics of different objects/background. Makes it a bit easier to judge with more data.
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Cool, sorry I've been a bit busy, it's probably going to be impossible for me to do this in natural sunlight as by the time I leave work it's already dark!
joe_dude said:
I took a look at both pics, and there is a bit of corner blurring in both. But I can't say if that's actually a lens problem or just do wind, lighting conditions, hand movement, etc. Normally, the problem shows up only on one side, so when the phone is rotated, the blurring should have followed. It doesn't look like that is what is happening here.
Okay, so I need you to do another, more conclusive, test. Take a pic indoors, where you have good lighting. Set the camera on a stand/mount/wall - something that will hold it steady (no hand-held pics, please), and use the self-timer, so you don't have to physically touch the phone. Then take the same pic using the timer, rotating it 180 degrees.
Basically, I need a couple of comparison pics where I can rule out any other external factors. Take a pic of some objects at, say, 2m to 4m away (or 5 to 10 ft). Blank wall is no good, as there isn't any details to see blurring. If you have time, take a few sets of pics of different objects/background. Makes it a bit easier to judge with more data.
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Hi there, ur advice is apreciated, but dont u think that any fone sitting on a stand with a superior lighting conditions will get the pic 100% right ?
In my case m not having any distortion but rather lots of blurr, and i think the reason for this is bcuz once u snap the pic it takes abt 1 sec to 1.5 sec to fully take the pic.
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I can't see any blur on your photos lol.
Cool, sorry I've been a bit busy, it's probably going to be impossible for me to do this in natural sunlight as by the time I leave work it's already dark!
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you are blind then. the first have blur at left and the second is with phone rotated with blur at right. is pretty visible.
Sh4rkill3r said:
you are blind then. the first have blur at left and the second is with phone rotated with blur at right. is pretty visible.
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Woah, calm down bre.
Ok here are some pics
Ok, thought I'd upload some photos.
I'm not a pro
Just an average joe.
They were all done with superior auto.
I don't think I have the blurring issue due to the misaligned lens.
Low light performance is an absolute abomination though (I don't have any because I delete them) Does anyone want to share camera settings with me that allows for decent low light performace?
I really love the Oneplus 6, top to bottom, don't care the missing of the stereo speaker or the notch (cause OOS seem to deal with it quite good)
The only issue keeps me from buying it is the camera. I have seen a lot of reviews and comments about the camera and they are pretty mixed which confused me.
I need the phone to last for about 3 years or so and I mainly use it when I travel and to takes photos. I heard that there are updates that fix things but still read that there are issues.
Can you guys give me your own opinion about the camera and if I should go for it or move to the Galaxy S8 plus?
P/s: quite sure that I will try to use Gcam instead on both phone, have it on my old phone and it absolutely surprised me cuz the image came out quite nice for such an old phone.
Not a fan of any brands (except Iphone which I don't really like, but I do like Ipad and I don't hate Apple by any means) so if you have other recommendation under $500 then feels free to say, so far I only see these 2 are the best for what my budget can buy.
Thank you for your helps.
It's right there with the best cameras. It beats then in certain shots and they beat it on certain shots in the comparison tests. I still think it might be a hair behind the likes of the s9, pixel 2xl and I think it's better then the iPhone overall. It's close in low light to them, as good if not better in good light and it handled the bright areas better then dinner of this phones in not blowing out the highlights.
I have zero complaints and I'm an enthusiast photographer. Unless I'm doing a wedding or something really important, I have no issues using this camera. It more then does the job. Of course you can get a shot it doesn't handle well, but every PHONE is the same way. None will replace a dslr
The camera is mint works amazing!
Eric214 said:
It's right there with the best cameras. It beats then in certain shots and they beat it on certain shots in the comparison tests. I still think it might be a hair behind the likes of the s9, pixel 2xl and I think it's better then the iPhone overall. It's close in low light to them, as good if not better in good light and it handled the bright areas better then dinner of this phones in not blowing out the highlights.
I have zero complaints and I'm an enthusiast photographer. Unless I'm doing a wedding or something really important, I have no issues using this camera. It more then does the job. Of course you can get a shot it doesn't handle well, but every PHONE is the same way. None will replace a dslr
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Wow glad to hear from a photographer, I would definitely pick OP 6 if I don't mind the camera as I used to, but planned to go on multiple vacations with it and personally loves to take scenery photos so your reply helps a bunch.
Gonna take another look and get the OP 6. My friend has a deal for it with about 100$ off
No, it's not worth it. Theres bad oil painting effect in low light. Pics are very hit and miss, some are great, some are awful and now I have dust under the lens and I have a black spot I can't get rid of on photos. I certainly couldn't recommend it.
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No, it's not worth it. Theres bad oil painting effect in low light. Pics are very hit and miss, some are great, some are awful and now I have dust under the lens and I have a black spot I can't get rid of on photos. I certainly couldn't recommend it.
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Darn that sounds bad, but I head it only apply to A6003 model?
Some of the people I know used the OP 6 but none reported that issues ((
But sounds worrying
Ethan140310 said:
Darn that sounds bad, but I head it only apply to A6003 model?
Some of the people I know used the OP 6 but none reported that issues ((
But sounds worrying
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Its not bad. On my recent trip to Canada and USA, I packed my Nikon 850. I took over 1200 pictures during my 2 weeks vacation. I might have used my Nikon for less than 75 shots. Convenience of phone camera outweighs the hassle of lugging a complete system. Unless you are taking pictures for a luving, this phone camera will be more than suffice to satisfy your shutterbug needs.
I strongly believe that it's not the camera but eye behind the camera that make or break the picture. If you are little dissatisfied with extremely low light shots, you can enhance in post production. Make sure to keep HDR option on. I had S8+ abd my wife still has S9 and I can tell you from a bormal viewing distance, you could not tell the difference apart. Remember, you can always switch to pro camera mode for better control. Hope this helps. Good luck.
Photos quality
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/review/photo-quality-t3772651
Video quality
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/review/video-quality-t3772652
Low light
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/review/low-light-t3772650
i will not suggest samsung phone if you love to take pic on kid or pet in indoor with (basically any moving object in low light on samsung phone come up blur mess), other than that i agree s8 has a bit better on camera, and you may need to get use to the very slow update on samsung
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Photos quality
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/review/photo-quality-t3772651
Video quality
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/review/video-quality-t3772652
Low light
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/review/low-light-t3772650
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I do really understand why you bring the links here but seriously I read all of those (except the video one since I'm not fond of that anyway, have like 1 or 2 videos taken with my 2.5 years old phone) and it's really confusing, some said good some said bad (and they do have evidence)
I check on xda (which tbh my trusty place to find user experience) and they are mixed.
I check on youtube with those reviewers I think that are not bs, and it's still mixed.
I check all those reviews on the internet and other forums, and it's still mixed.
I don't usually do these Q&A on XDA (this actually my first) because this is just too hard to decide this time.
Thanks you for your help but it yet solve my confusions.
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i will not suggest samsung phone if you love to take pic on kid or pet in indoor with (basically any moving object in low light on samsung phone come up blur mess), other than that i agree s8 has a bit better on camera, and you may need to get use to the very slow update on samsung
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That's interesting, I use it for my vacations and I love to take scenery shots (and probally a few shot with my friends or selfies but only a little as I don't like to take photos of myself or person in general)
I'm still yet decided if I stick with Samsung software or move to a custom rom since they both have pros and cons (and somehow I find the S8 forum is not really active?)
but I totally love the experience that I saw on the OP 6 so far.
If you have either of the phone or both, I would really love to hear more of your opinion, thank you.
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Its not bad. On my recent trip to Canada and USA, I packed my Nikon 850. I took over 1200 pictures during my 2 weeks vacation. I might have used my Nikon for less than 75 shots. Convenience of phone camera outweighs the hassle of lugging a complete system. Unless you are taking pictures for a luving, this phone camera will be more than suffice to satisfy your shutterbug needs.
I strongly believe that it's not the camera but eye behind the camera that make or break the picture. If you are little dissatisfied with extremely low light shots, you can enhance in post production. Make sure to keep HDR option on. I had S8+ abd my wife still has S9 and I can tell you from a bormal viewing distance, you could not tell the difference apart. Remember, you can always switch to pro camera mode for better control. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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That sounds really interesting, can i have a few of your shots to check out cause really I love the phone just the camera is bugging me.
If I need a phone purely for daily experience then this definitely in my pocket right now
Scenery shots will be best since I will use it mostly for scenery, thank you so much!
Ethan140310 said:
That sounds really interesting, can i have a few of your shots to check out cause really I love the phone just the camera is bugging me.
If I need a phone purely for daily experience then this definitely in my pocket right now
Scenery shots will be best since I will use it mostly for scenery, thank you so much!
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I will post few sample shots thus evening whe I return home.
Ethan140310 said:
That sounds really interesting, can i have a few of your shots to check out cause really I love the phone just the camera is bugging me.
If I need a phone purely for daily experience then this definitely in my pocket right now
Scenery shots will be best since I will use it mostly for scenery, thank you so much!
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Here are some sample shots.
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Here are some sample shots.
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That looks absolutely good!
Already contacted my friend for the deal but there is an issue bugging me tho.
Others said that they have some issue with dust in the lens, do you have any idea about this?
Ethan140310 said:
That looks absolutely good!
Already contacted my friend for the deal but there is an issue bugging me tho.
Others said that they have some issue with dust in the lens, do you have any idea about this?
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I am not sure who and why they are saying about the dust issues. Absolutely no dust issues here. Previously posted shots are the proof. You would have noticed diffraction if there was any dust. To put your mind at ease, spend $2 and buy tempered glass lens protector on Amazon, eBay, or Aliexpress. I dont even use cover or screen protector for my phone (never have used for the last 15 years or so). Rather than worrying about protecting, enjoy by actually using the gadget-my two cents worth advice.
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I am not sure who and why they are saying about the dust issues. Absolutely no dust issues here. Previously posted shots are the proof. You would have noticed diffraction if there was any dust. To put your mind at ease, spend $2 and buy tempered glass lens protector on Amazon, eBay, or Aliexpress. I dont even use cover or screen protector for my phone (never have used for the last 15 years or so). Rather than worrying about protecting, enjoy by actually using the gadget-my two cents worth advice.
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I tend to drop my phone so probably a shockproof case (and be more careful since it's glass) but thank you so much for the advice! :highfive::highfive:
There is that Church in my neighborhood which stays nicely illuminated into the night, it has always been my favorite spot to test cameras at night. Always identical light conditions throughout the year.
Is that close up a crop or a zoomed shot? Impressive either way!
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There is that Church in my neighborhood which stays nicely illuminated into the night, it has always been my favorite spot to test cameras at night. Always identical light conditions throughout the year.
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Very nice pictures! Hand held?
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There is that Church in my neighborhood which stays nicely illuminated into the night, it has always been my favorite spot to test cameras at night. Always identical light conditions throughout the year.
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Those are wonderful photos! I am going to try and get some good photos tonight that show off night mode. I would like to test the astronomy exposure thing but I have no idea how to enable it or make it work since I don't see any settings.
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Those are wonderful photos! I am going to try and get some good photos tonight that show off night mode. I would like to test the astronomy exposure thing but I have no idea how to enable it or make it work since I don't see any settings.
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That was my first venturing out for some night samples, I didn't dig deeper into all the camera setting, this is my first Pixel phone.
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Is that close up a crop or a zoomed shot? Impressive either way!
Two were taken at full size (4:3) no cropping, little zooming just to set the composition, the cupola pic was at +2.9 zoom.
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Very nice pictures! Hand held?
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Hand held, noticed that the low light processing on P4a goes much faster than with Note 10+ which needs a long, long time holding it steady.
btw, I found the same place pic taken w/ Note 10+ almost exactly one year ago after they updated its(Samsung's) low light process. When comparing, we have to remember that Note 10+ initial price was more than x3 that of Pixel 4a. I'm still impressed with what Pixel 4a camera does.
Surprised, sometimes hangs but still...
com.google.android.GoogleCamera75_7.5.105.323030203-62772387_minAPI29(arm64-v8a)(400,420,480dpi)_apkmirror.com.apk
Astro mode, default settings, tripod, street lights shielded (shoulder+hand) auto exposed at 4:30 minutes. Pacific Northwest due South 10:30 pm. Better noise compared to my 3a..in my opinion.
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Surprised, sometimes hangs but still...
com.google.android.GoogleCamera75_7.5.105.323030203-62772387_minAPI29(arm64-v8a)(400,420,480dpi)_apkmirror.com.apk
Astro mode, default settings, tripod, street lights shielded (shoulder+hand) auto exposed at 4:30 minutes. Pacific Northwest due South 10:30 pm. Better noise compared to my 3a..in my opinion.
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Can see the milky way ??
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Surprised, sometimes hangs but still...
com.google.android.GoogleCamera75_7.5.105.323030203-62772387_minAPI29(arm64-v8a)(400,420,480dpi)_apkmirror.com.apk
Astro mode, default settings, tripod, street lights shielded (shoulder+hand) auto exposed at 4:30 minutes. Pacific Northwest due South 10:30 pm. Better noise compared to my 3a..in my opinion.
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Pretty good.
I'm trying to construct a little contraption to steady my phone for taking long exposure pics on the go. My car has a roof rack so I want to be able quickly and securely attach the phone to it, slide on or prop it up to take couple of shots and drive on w/o much of any special efforts e.i. setting up tripod etc...
The sky, far from any light pollution sources while driving on some remote highway at night, presents sometimes a chance opportunity to get a crisp view of the stars.
Have you tried using the 'double exposure' controls?, interesting feature, happy to see it on Pixel 4a.
https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/08/live-hdr-and-dual-exposure-controls-on.html
Darn, I missed that... Excellent link to explain settings, results!
Thank You
I've found with my old cell phone holders × rubber bands × handy fixed structure
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I've found with my old cell phone holders × rubber bands × handy fixed structure
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Funny, I forgot about my bike phone holder I've made over 2 years ago, now I can clamp it on the roof rack, didn't think of it before.
Been thinking about getting gimbal too, DJI just released their newest design OM4 - am posting some info about it in the accessories thread.
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Surprised, sometimes hangs but still...
com.google.android.GoogleCamera75_7.5.105.323030203-62772387_minAPI29(arm64-v8a)(400,420,480dpi)_apkmirror.com.apk
Astro mode, default settings, tripod, street lights shielded (shoulder+hand) auto exposed at 4:30 minutes. Pacific Northwest due South 10:30 pm. Better noise compared to my 3a..in my opinion.
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I was trying to get astro mode to trigger early this morning with Night Shot but it never activated. Is there something special I need to do? I was holding down the shutter button but wasn't sure if it was because of too much light pollution from neighborhood street lights or if I was doing it incorrectly. Planning on trying to piece together my own make shift tripod just for fun shots and to see what I can capture.
A lot of processing is done to make great shots, easy. So research exactly what triggers Astro mode for more. Here is stock camera on a tripod in a room with doors to control lighting. First is camera, second is nightshot since Astro did not trigger from light source (this is done by app, so no screen option popup) Third is Astro because I reduced lighting to trigger... No device movement AT ALL (tripod)
I'm looking to take some astrophotography shots on a clear night, any recommendations on a cheap tripod? I'm in the UK.
Astrophotography photo I took on the side of the road in complete darkness. I put the camera in night mode and a 4:30 timer started. About 3 minutes into the shot a truck drove by.
Edit: When I attached this photo, the website shows the photo upside down. When I uploaded a 180 degree rotated (upside down) image, it still appears upside down. WTF!?!?!?
Astrophotography mode (4 minute timer appeared):
Non-astrophotography Night Sight mode (no timer):
Astro mode. Street lights were on nearby though. Gonna go into the fields some time and try and get some better ones.
Random picture made few days ago. If you take an closer eye you can also see the conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn.