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Camera on X10

Guys
How would you able to take good shots on X10?
Why is it blurred or like my pics is taken on an Iphone cam. Too much noise etc and not good. It's like I'm using a VGA or 0.3 cam.
Can you guys advice me a good settings or tips to make the cam better
TIA

I got the same issue, the pic taken by X10 is worse than X1 (8M VS 3M)
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Post some examples.. My phone takes great pics.

Here are the sample shot.
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a few mine findings on x10 camera..
when is enough light there is no problem, auto settings is good.
when taking pic indors but with enougt light use sport setting, then pic will not be blured (same for video) coz exposure time is shorter, but if there is not enough light pic will be tooo dark with sport setting, then use defaul setting and try to keep phone steady as you can while focusing and while pressing key and second after that..
i got great results

Pics
Personally, I find the camera fantastic (until you zoom right, right in). It almost seems like they've used a 4mp camera and doubled the res as the pixels seem very blocky close up.
I'll upload when i can!

I never changed the settings or MP nor cam I enabled photo light too on some shots.
Example of a very good light condition is my laptop. you see its disgusting. the light is from bulb that is very good, and yet I get a crappy pics even with image stabilizer on

i've also noticed that image stabiliser make pic even worse, with that option i got less details, washed out colours...

Man those pictures look like NOTHING my X10 makes. You are either the worst photographer or there's something wrong here. Here's a few I made with my X10:

I've had no problems with the camera either.. i've really good quality photos with the X10. the only i have is the ease of access to the flash

Any tips? I'm bad at photography I know that that's why I'm asking for what settings what things do to etc.?

gr3yh0und said:
Any tips? I'm bad at photography I know that that's why I'm asking for what settings what things do to etc.?
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EV -7 when is too much light.
EV -3 in "normal" conditions
Always keep the sun behind you.
Also, depending what you shoot you can change the metering.

Well, my X10i also takes great pictures, and i usually use automatic settings. Here are some samples (I resized image size, just click the thumbnails):

Yeah those things bugs me
The metering too.
What should I set to this center average?

Well, my X10 also takes good pictures, one thing i noticed on your shots is that they're not focused and all blurry, did you wait until the focus was alright ? (when semi pressing the camera button, the focus in the middle of the screen should become green or red if it thinks the focus is not good enough)
Also, for close-up shots you should definitely enable macro mode.
here's an example i just took of a 20ct coin, with low lighting :
(unfortunately i can't give any higher res pic since i can't post links :/)

I had blurry pictures when I first got my x10.. but after setting the camera to "Scene Reognition" under Capturing Mode, it fixed all the problems. Hope that helps

i use touch fokus and now take better pictures

i have the same problem as gr3yh0und
and i dont know what to do ?!!
please someone tell me the ebst setting for camera

My pictures are too soft.
Way too soft.
I will have to give it a try without image stabilization to see if it makes a difference.

Here's a low-light shot from tonight... Went to the Airport park.
It's geotagged correctly on flickr as well.

Photos & video with Desire HD-video update-

http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/93c9ada2ad4d20f983f3269bdb10c7c9.jpg
http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/96d317dc32e75853bb8d9418736807de.jpg
http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/15c6e2c354905a9300da277dc6326ec5.jpg
http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/fa4fb57af7c61c23e5831db6ac39f6b7.jpg
What do you think?

faby71 said:
http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/93c9a...9bdb10c7c9.jpg
http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/96d31...18736807de.jpg
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http://www.iouppo.com/lite/pic/15c6e...7dc6326ec5.jpg
What do you think?
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I think your links don't work.

Yes... File not Found is all I get too.

Beards said:
Yes... File not Found is all I get too.
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Link update

faby71 said:
Link update
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No... Still showing file not found.

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No... Still showing file not found.
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Link 1° post work!!!

faby71 said:
Link 1° post work!!!
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Where did you bought it?

Wow, very nice!

xazac said:
Where did you bought it?
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swiss

faby71 said:
swiss
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Ah, so bad! xD

Soooo much noise and artifact in those shots, resolved detail not very good either.
That said, looks like HTCs best camera ever (apart from perhaps the Mozart with its Xenon Flash, but I haven't seen many examples from that handset yet).

I think that mobile phones' cameras are not for the ones who are obsessed with photo quality.
I am sure long years I will prefer to carry a DSLR camera even though I have got a 8 mp camera integrated phone.

i agree buying a phone based on its camera is silly, the only time i have ever used my phone camera was when i got a parking ticket so i took photos of the signage and my car wrote a letter to the council and got off without having to pay
if i know im going to take photos i just take my DSLR

NZtechfreak said:
Soooo much noise and artifact in those shots, resolved detail not very good either.
That said, looks like HTCs best camera ever (apart from perhaps the Mozart with its Xenon Flash, but I haven't seen many examples from that handset yet).
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Yes, I agree.
However, what I am finding is the DHD does not leave much EXIF data.
Below is what is missing when shown in PhotoMe which is shown on the SGS:-
Under Overview
Aperture
Exposure Time
Program Mode
Flash Mode
Metering Mode
White Balance
Under Image
Orientation of Image
Software Firmware
Under Thumbnail view
Nothing. There's no section!
Under Camera
Exposure Time
F-Stop
Exposure Program
Shutter Speed
Aperture
Brightness
Exposure Bias
Maximum Lens Aperture
Metering Mode
Light Source
Flash Details
Manufacturer Notes
Sensing Method
Scene Type
Exposure Mode
White Balance
Digital Zoom Ratio
Focal Length in 35mm Film
Scene Capture Type
Contrast
Saturation
Sharpness

eozen81 said:
I think that mobile phones' cameras are not for the ones who are obsessed with photo quality.
I am sure long years I will prefer to carry a DSLR camera even though I have got a 8 mp camera integrated phone.
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Nice

More photos..............

Any chance in taking an evening shot (sunset/sunrise) without flash.
Also if possible another two low light shots with and without flash (basically the same shot for comparison on how well the camera handles low lighting with & without a flash).
Cheers.

Ouch those shots are really poor in terms of quality, noise, too strong noisereduction, chromatic abberation and hell everything.
I'm afraid Nokia N8 wins this round.
/ Magnus

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Pepsi anyone!??
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eozen81 said:
I think that mobile phones' cameras are not for the ones who are obsessed with photo quality.
I am sure long years I will prefer to carry a DSLR camera even though I have got a 8 mp camera integrated phone.
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You don't need to be obsessed with photo quality to demand more from your mobile phone camera than the Desire HD is offering though. For many of us the camera is quite an important consideration because day to day photography with our phones is part of our regular use (most of us don't carry a DSLR all the time, eh?). Its nice to have shots that are 'good enough' for that kind of casual photography, and many other non-HTC phones offer that.
I won't, and haven't ever, based a decision to buy a phone solely on the camera, but certainly its a consideration, more important for some of us than others (but you can't dictate to others how they come to a decision to get a phone or not).

G2 camera application is terrible

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Blackberry Curve on the left
G2 on the right.
No flash in either case.
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It looks to be the camera application rather than the camera itself. Camera 360 (from market) gave me MUCH MUCH better images than the default Android camera.
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My pictures usually come out sharp. That's weird..
Sent from my HTC Vision G2

This is zoomed in quite a bit.
It came out a lot better with flash, I'll put that one up next.

keenerb said:
Blackberry Curve on the left
G2 on the right.
No flash in either case.
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mine takes pictures just fine

well, I've taken probably 20 indoor photos and they all look like crap. None of them are focused well, and all over motion blur.
Possibly a bad camera?
Can I see a few examples of indoor photos?

keenerb said:
well, I've taken probably 20 indoor photos and they all look like crap. None of them are focused well, and all over motion blur.
Possibly a bad camera?
Can I see a few examples of indoor photos?
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perhaps you need to adjust lighting effects and try holding the camera for steady?

Short of mounting the camera on a tripod I can't get much steadier.
I've toyed with lots of options also. Give me some pointers on what to try.

keenerb said:
well, I've taken probably 20 indoor photos and they all look like crap. None of them are focused well, and all over motion blur.
Possibly a bad camera?
Can I see a few examples of indoor photos?
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i will admit the g2 you have to hold really steady to take decent pics

Wow your pictures look kinda bad. Try to take some of other things and post back. Because my pictures look way better then those. Also are these zoomed pictures? there really is no need to zoom pictures because its digital zoom.

xile6 said:
Wow your pictures look kinda bad. Try to take some of other things and post back. Because my pictures look way better then those. Also are these zoomed pictures? there really is no need to zoom pictures because its digital zoom.
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They are cropped portions of the full-sized images, zoomed in to be about 150% of the original size.
I'll put up some other photographs later this evening.

Odd, i've seen some 720p videos from a desire Z while someone is driving in a car and they look fine.

Well, I think I have gotten to the bottom of it.
I took two almost identical pictures, one with my phone and one with a Samsung Moment. Samsung Moment has significantly higher image quality, and the image size was about twice that of my G2.
My guess is that the G2 is applying a significantly higher level of image compression...

Took a few quick pics for comparison sake:
I could bust out the ol Incredible for comparison sake...

try pushing the cam button halfway to focus and set option to auto instead of infinity

I appreciate your response, but honestly, I DO know how the camera works.
I think mine might be defective. It's also extremely foggy in a lot of situations.

Best photo you've taken on the GS2

As the topic suggests, what is the best photo you've managed to capture on your Galaxy S 2?!
Examples would be great.

I'm not proficient with photography by any means, but these came out pretty good for a phone camera. I'm starting to find the following:
1) Low light pictures don't look good at all, seems this camera really needs a good amount of light to put out decent looking pictures. But, many standalone point and shoot digital cams have issues with low light as well, so this isn't all that shocking.
2) Pictures taken with flash look really off colorwise sometimes. Many times, the pictures come out with a blueish purple hue.
3 pictures: Macro, close range, and medium to far away.

cmd512 said:
I'm not proficient with photography by any means, but these came out pretty good for a phone camera. I'm starting to find the following:
1) Low light pictures don't look good at all, seems this camera really needs a good amount of light to put out decent looking pictures. But, many standalone point and shoot digital cams have issues with low light as well, so this isn't all that shocking.
2) Pictures taken with flash look really off colorwise sometimes. Many times, the pictures come out with a blueish purple hue.
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Awesome pics, finding the same with low light, not with the flash issue though. Well I recently went to my sister's wedding and took what has been said to be the best photo of the happy couple...
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This is probably the best photo i've taken on my GSII.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=635956&stc=1&d=1308949101
It's of my mates old LG phone after a crowbar "accidentally" got dropped on it a few times....

My son playing in the fountain in the town centre square in Sundsvall, Sweden. Standard settings on the phone. In bright conditions. Lovely detail in some shots with this camera in the right conditions.
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I still find it hard to believe my SGS2 took a photo of an ant standing ON a bubble of water. Has to be that!
"One Giant Step For Ant Kind"
{click picture for the full version - too big to post full size!}

Awesome thread, I've been amazed at the results i'm able to achieve with the SGS2 Camera. It may not be a DSLR but it's damn good for a phone camera. Anyway, I'll have plenty of pictures to post as time goes on......

ive taken many, dont think the missus would take so well to be posting them up mind

Some great photos here you should get them in my flickr group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sgs2/

Please don't let this thread die!
With the heatwave now in force I'll be making the most of the outdoors today and adding some more pics later. Surely there some other photographic gems out there.
Share!
Regards.

Great thread
This is a macro shot of some lavender...pretty good for a phone cam, huh?

ghostdog276 said:
Great thread
This is a macro shot of some lavender...pretty good for a phone cam, huh?
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How to enter in macro mode?

Razer(x) said:
How to enter in macro mode?
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Open up the camera app and then click Settings -> Focus-Mode...
hope that's the proper translation as i have a german device...

I took this one when I went hiking with my girl and my dog.

A little bit offtopic, but, just little!
Video, instead of photo : Put Full HD on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7RUS-j5Z24

Just taken in my zafira.... Macro mode at about 2inches from gear stick....
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best pic of my sgs2 so far

Did somebody say macro?! Resized so as not to blow your mind with detail, you still get an idea of the quality with this.
Regards.

freshly smoked...

Took these today
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Show off those pics!

I'll start posting more pictures after I get done work today, here's a teaser.
Stock Camera app, HDR on, manual focus, 16:9 widescreen 15.5 megapixel mode.
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When you say stock Google camera, do you mean the Motorola camera?

fury683 said:
When you say stock Google camera, do you mean the Motorola camera?
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I don't know why I put Google there, I just meant to say stock camera app lol, thanks for the heads up.
Maybe the Google keyboard did it on its own. ?

joshm.1219 said:
I'll start posting more pictures after I get done work today, here's a teaser.
Stock Camera app, HDR on, manual focus, 16:9 widescreen 15.5 megapixel mode.
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Very nice! Can post any just point and shoot? I am on the fence with this phone. The only thing holding me back in the camera. Cameras have not been that good in past Moto phones.....
Thanks!

jamezr said:
Very nice! Can post any just point and shoot? I am on the fence with this phone. The only thing holding me back in the camera. Cameras have not been that good in past Moto phones.....
Thanks!
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Real quick, point and shot in Auto Focus, Auto HDR mode. First one is widescreen, second is standard (4:3 full 21mp).

joshm.1219 said:
Real quick, point and shot in Auto Focus, Auto HDR mode. First one is widescreen, second is standard (4:3 full 21mp).
Those are great pics! Thanks!
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I definitely want ice cream now, good pics, thanks.

Looks pretty decent, although I'm more of a vanilla guy!

@ joshm.1219 What do you think of the camera compared to other phones you have owned? I recall you on the note II forums, does the camera perform much better all around?

everyone with a droid turbo, keep posting pictures, we want to see what you can do with those 20.7 megapixels!

Purchasing mine after work around 5pm est. My main focus right now is the camera since I'm pretty much impressed with everything about this phone when I messed around with store demo.
I'll post a whole bunch of shots and comparisons to my S5 around 8-9 est if all goes well. I did notice that reds were a bit over saturated in the samples I took at Verizon. Which was a big issue for me with my original Moto X.

This one is 21MP

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This one is 21MP
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Looks damn good, if people complain about that then they just need to use a DSLR.

Here is a couple from today....

Are these being alerted when uploaded? I assume they aren't 21MP files being uploaded to the forums

I think the problem is people have crazy expectations. Its a good camera but its never going to touch a dedicated camera with large sensors. I'm now switched to Google Camera because Moto one doesn't really seem to be much better.
These are using Moto camera still.

Low light shots I took while messing around with our prototype mini 3D printer this morning. Just quick snaps, no effort at all... Pretty impressive, although reds seem to be a little off -- oversaturated.
http://imgur.com/a/NMd58
However, I do have a post with some serious concerns about the camera (link below) that I need to further test this weekend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/major-camera-issues-t2923916
I'll try to post more pictures throughout the day.

It's definitely hit or miss.
Outdoor HDR shot:
Indoor shot:
Indoor low light shot:

Stock app, no HDR, 21MP, didn't adjust the focus/exposure.
Taken at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.
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I'd have to say with the physical limits of sensor and aperture size the output is pretty decent and not overly over processed. A raw output would still be nice though.