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I took a picture and the picture looked good until I zoomed in. Despite taking a "superfine" picture on the maximum available resolution, zooming in resulted in an extremely grainy photograph. Pictures taken on my HTC Raphael running Windows Mobile look far better.
I am still happy with the phone and I am sure the picture quality will be fine for what little I use it for, but I really expected a much higher level of detail.
Have you considered the Galaxy S allows for larger zoom?
I moved the pictures from the Raph to my Galaxy S, so I am viewing them on the same platform.
jaredangus said:
I moved the pictures from the Raph to my Galaxy S, so I am viewing them on the same platform.
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But the picture you took on your ralph is how many megapixels?
Either way a photo when viewed on a monitor will be resized to 1080 max.your just Digital Zooming farther...megapixel doesn't mean quality..it just means your capturing more
3.2 Megapixels on the Raph. I'm going to mess around with settings and see if I can get a better picture, but I was really hoping for this phone to have everything working well out of the box without tweaking.
It's not disappointing because I wasn't expecting much. But the signal to noise ratio of the pics is low. You can see quite a bit of grain. I do like the color saturation.
Meh, it works as a phone cam.
So far with the GPS/Compass issues and the average quality cam, I'm not considering this a "superphone" or a premium Android device. It's just ok. And I'm ok with that.
jaredangus said:
3.2 Megapixels on the Raph. I'm going to mess around with settings and see if I can get a better picture, but I was really hoping for this phone to have everything working well out of the box without tweaking.
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it is working well....take your pc and resize the images to 1920x1080...
again megapixels does not give you quality..but allows you for farther zoom..if you zoom in more...I have a 6mp canon camera...when I zoom it it looks grainy as well..but when its printed or uploaded..it is rescaled to proper resolution..then it looks perfect...
More megapixels equals less quality on any small device.
Ps I thought that Vibrant didnt have gps issues, no ?
I noticed the same grainy quality and am slightly disappointed as well. But if you make sure you are in the best mode for your environment the quality improves appreciably. Still, the issue is not happy making.
kolyan said:
More megapixels equals less quality on any small device.
Ps I thought that Vibrant didnt have gps issues, no ?
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From what I read...the GPS issue is only with Google Maps when there was one, when using a GPS software there was no issue..but firmware upgrade fixed that either way..
@bdjnk - Again..this is to be expected...megapixels != quality...it only allows for more zoom...the quality when compared was no different then a 5mp canon camera...so far the Galaxy S actually has the best camera of any phone of the same class...
gTen said:
From what I read...the GPS issue is only with Google Maps when there was one, when using a GPS software there was no issue..but firmware upgrade fixed that either way..
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Wrong, the GPS issue is actually more pronounced in other apps, for example, My Tracks.
Firmware upgrade didn't fix anything.
GPS and compass both are ****ty.
jaredangus said:
I took a picture and the picture looked good until I zoomed in. Despite taking a "superfine" picture on the maximum available resolution, zooming in resulted in an extremely grainy photograph. Pictures taken on my HTC Raphael running Windows Mobile look far better.
I am still happy with the phone and I am sure the picture quality will be fine for what little I use it for, but I really expected a much higher level of detail.
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Apparently the gallery isn't zooming in on photos like it should. Instead of comparing on your phone in the gallery, transfer the photos to a PC and compare on the PC.
You'll notice the GalaxyS pictures come out just fine.
gTen said:
From what I read...the GPS issue is only with Google Maps when there was one, when using a GPS software there was no issue..but firmware upgrade fixed that either way..
@bdjnk - Again..this is to be expected...megapixels != quality...it only allows for more zoom...the quality when compared was no different then a 5mp canon camera...so far the Galaxy S actually has the best camera of any phone of the same class...
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Droid X might've nailed it. Dual Leds, panoramic shotting....
I moved over from a Nexus One...and I feel the same way...i love this phone, but the picture quality is not on par with the Nexus. I'm going it's a software issue and can be fixed.
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kolyan said:
Droid X might've nailed it. Dual Leds, panoramic shotting....
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They did a side by side of a Galaxy S and DroidX camera...the Galaxy S pretty much destroyed the DroidX..mostly in video recording...
http://thedroidguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/samsung-captivate-vs-motorola-droid-x.html
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They did a side by side of a Galaxy S and DroidX camera...the Galaxy S pretty much destroyed the DroidX..mostly in video recording...
http://thedroidguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/samsung-captivate-vs-motorola-droid-x.html
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i dont really use Video feature on cellphones, but I do use Camera for shots when I dont have my S90 around.
I noticed on then vid that Galaxy was recording in 480p and Droid X in 720p.....whats up with that ?
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i dont really use Video feature on cellphones, but I do use Camera for shots when I dont have my S90 around.
I noticed on then vid that Galaxy was recording in 480p and Droid X in 720p.....whats up with that ?
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Yes I noticed that too..but for some reason the 480p version came out still better then the Droid 720p...its possible he accidently had it set to 480p or uploaded it as 480p
The G being an actual photo camera...
http://gadgetsdna.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/smartphone-comparisons_original1.jpg
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@bdjnk - Again..this is to be expected...megapixels != quality...it only allows for more zoom...the quality when compared was no different then a 5mp canon camera...so far the Galaxy S actually has the best camera of any phone of the same class...
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I didn't mention the word megapixel. I was talking about the noticable graininess that exists when viewing pictures, taken with the vibrant, at 100% zoom.
reuthermonkey said:
Apparently the gallery isn't zooming in on photos like it should. Instead of comparing on your phone in the gallery, transfer the photos to a PC and compare on the PC.
You'll notice the GalaxyS pictures come out just fine.
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Hm, not really. I am not an expert, but to my eye the same level of noticeable graininess is present on the phone and on my computer.
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I didn't mention the word megapixel. I was talking about the noticable graininess that exists when viewing pictures, taken with the vibrant, at 100% zoom.
Hm, not really. I am not an expert, but to my eye the same level of noticeable graininess is present on the phone and on my computer.
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What I am saying is this is generally normal on an unprocessed image with high megapixel count..resize both images to 1920x1080 (which is maximum screen resolution now) and you can see what the actual quality is...
Or are you expecting the phone to act like microscope?
to explain, if you do 100% zoom a 1mp would look better then a 3mp, a 3mp will look better then a 5mp..a 5mp would look better then a 20mp..its just how it is..
Hi. Before this weekend, I had no idea that the Evo could take such nice pictures... From all the posts I've been reading about the iPhone 4 vs the Evo camera, I thought the Evo would just take mediocre photos; however, from messing with the camera settings, these two photos came out completely different! What do you guys think?
Nice, yeah I've played around with em too. Higher saturation/contrast will do that but I tend to like my pics more realistic rather than showy. So it depends ill usually keep my stuff around 0, maybe tweak it a little bit. And yes, the evo has a very nice camera
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They still look fuzzy to me...
which is my only complaint with this camera
mnguy said:
Hi. Before this weekend, I had no idea that the Evo could take such nice pictures... From all the posts I've been reading about the iPhone 4 vs the Evo camera, I thought the Evo would just take mediocre photos; however, from messing with the camera settings, these two photos came out completely different! What do you guys think?
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Nice shot!
What were you using for settings?
Hi VSack. I think I was using contrast +1, saturation +2 and sharpness +1 for the right photo while the left photo was all set at zero except for sharpness which was +1.
Is there a way to take longer exposure shots with the evo?
Is the camera used on the droid 2 the same as the original droid? droid's camera has got to be one the WORST cameras ive tried awful quality and slow
I never owned an original droid but I have been surprised at how good the images on my D2 look. They're still not at the level of a dedicated camera, of course, but they are miles above what I had before--a Samsung Omnia. Holy crap, now THAT was a terrible camera... I cringe just thinking about it.
yeah the droid 2 camera is one of the high points of the phone except you can't zoom
ljbaumer said:
yeah the droid 2 camera is one of the high points of the phone except you can't zoom
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Use the volume buttons...it can zoom zoom zoom
can u guys post some samples? btw heres what engadget had to say about droidd's 2 camera: "Motorola seems to have glossed over the camera without much thought... it's still 5 megapixels with a max video capture resolution of 720 x 480 (in other words, 480p). The original Droid has a famously bad shooter, and we regret to say the Droid 2 doesn't seem to be much better -- autofocus is still noisy and slow, macro mode doesn't really work, and images are often hazy and heavily artifacted. "
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I never owned an original droid but I have been surprised at how good the images on my D2 look. They're still not at the level of a dedicated camera, of course, but they are miles above what I had before--a Samsung Omnia. Holy crap, now THAT was a terrible camera... I cringe just thinking about it.
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I totally disagree. I think the Omnia camera is much better than the D2. In order for me to get decent pics on the D2 I have to take the pics in really good lighting. I have taken pics in almost total darkness with the Omnia and they still looked good.
The first pic was taken with the Omnia, the 2nd with the Droid 2, the 3rd with the Droid 2 plus the Vignette software set to velvia, which made the pic a lot better.
The first 2 were taken one after the other in the same room with the same light, no flash on either. Though I think I had changed the settings on the D2 camera trying to get a better picture. I may have changed the ISO .
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I totally disagree. I think the Omnia camera is much better than the D2. In order for me to get decent pics on the D2 I have to take the pics in really good lighting. I have taken pics in almost total darkness with the Omnia and they still looked good.
The first pic was taken with the Omnia, the 2nd with the Droid 2, the 3rd with the Droid 2 plus the Vignette software set to velvia, which made the pic a lot better.
The first 2 were taken one after the other in the same room with the same light, no flash on either. Though I think I had changed the settings on the D2 camera trying to get a better picture. I may have changed the ISO .
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that droid pic loks AWFUL :/ , im surprised at how much it looks with vignete :/
I like the D2 camera...
Even after reading the negative camera reviews, I really like it. I take pictures of my newborn daughter all the time. I use it in standard mode, b/w, and with the flash in low light. I have never had the washed out results that you see in the above attachment. I have attached a pic using the panorama function in my neighborhood. Really surprised at how easy it is to use. I agree that it should have been update in the D2 since the D1, especially with 720p recording, but I will keep it.
Chad_Petree said:
that droid pic loks AWFUL :/ , im surprised at how much it looks with vignete :/
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I have a few more with the D2 in good lighting and they are actually pretty good, but the key is the lighting.
Here is one.
Attached are some photos I've taken with mine. Keep in mind XDA resizes images to about 90kb. At full resolution, these look even better.
jamiedhouse said:
Even after reading the negative camera reviews, I really like it. I take pictures of my newborn daughter all the time. I use it in standard mode, b/w, and with the flash in low light. I have never had the washed out results that you see in the above attachment. I have attached a pic using the panorama function in my neighborhood. Really surprised at how easy it is to use. I agree that it should have been update in the D2 since the D1, especially with 720p recording, but I will keep it.
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that pic looks effing good, you almost convinced me until i saw the pics from these guys x.x
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Attached are some photos I've taken with mine. Keep in mind XDA resizes images to about 90kb. At full resolution, these look even better.
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I have a few more with the D2 in good lighting and they are actually pretty good, but the key is the lighting.
Here is one.
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You did read where he said that xda resizes them, therefore the bad quality, right? lol
kwheel596 said:
You did read where he said that xda resizes them, therefore the bad quality, right? lol
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they should look even better in smaller size
Not dimensional shrink, file size shrink - he said they resize them to 90k.
I've found that in my testing, if you take a picture at 5mp and then resize to about 1024x768, the pictures look pretty good (unless it's in low light).
It's when you blow up the 5mp picture to 100% that you see the grain and noise.
I didn't like it at first but it's growing on me
It 's impossible. That Droid2's pic is awful. I can't believe it
S 3 owners! Please post photos taken with your s 3 here!
I'd definitely like to see some outdoor shots of Dubai and such!
shoot, no takers?
guess not
Taken in QATAR University!
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Taken in QATAR University!
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I think that looks pretty good!
Any more photos of that basketball game?
dang.. low light, and action shot? it looks totally awesome!
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Wond3r said:
Wow I think that looks pretty good!
Any more photos of that basketball game?
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we played with the insect lols
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Ill click a few today...
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Ill click a few today...
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include your hox too.
I'm going to take a lot of pics today but i made a small comparison between the ARC and the SGSIII. The photo i have taken looks similar in both devices with a resolution about 1280x960 or so, with only subtle differences in color reproduction(cold colors in the SGSIII and hot colors with the ARC) .
However, when you zoom in at 100% and look at the crops of some details and text almost impossible to read at 1280x960 you find an enormous difference between both:
Also, you can see that reds are TOO RED in the ARC but the rest of the picture is very similar knowing that those differences in sharpness tend to disappear when you reduce both photos to a more normal resolution:
In case some of you think i don't have this device, i made a little review but it is in Spanish:
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=388656
oXunknownXo said:
I'm going to take a lot of pics today but i made a small comparison between the ARC and the SGSIII. The photo i have taken looks similar in both devices with a resolution about 1280x960 or so, with only subtle differences in color reproduction(cold colors in the SGSIII and hot colors with the ARC) .
What is ARC anyway?
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aviatorarun said:
oXunknownXo said:
I'm going to take a lot of pics today but i made a small comparison between the ARC and the SGSIII. The photo i have taken looks similar in both devices with a resolution about 1280x960 or so, with only subtle differences in color reproduction(cold colors in the SGSIII and hot colors with the ARC) .
What is ARC anyway?
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I believe he is referring to an Xperia ARC from Sony?
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Easy to see there is more detail in the s3 for the long distance photos.
The up close photos of the strawberries are very similar between the two - they both look great
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What is ARC anyway?
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Xperia ARC
long distance shots - sgs3 takes it. arc's pics are blurry.
near objects shots - both looked good.
I took around 46 pictures but most of them of my GF so...even knowing that some of them are great i can only post a few:
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oXunknownXo - I like the second photo and the leaves the best.
This thread is topic is turning out some good results. I'm liking the quality of everyones photos!
Today it was a bit cloudier than yesterday so don't expect blue sky and super bright sunlight in my pictures
are you using touch to focus on the photos?
Great looking flower photo. The colours are looking great with the camera.
May have some issues with the leaves on the trees that are farther though.
hi everyone,
is there a new update of tips or tricks in improving Nexus 4's default camera app photos ?
is there a way a paid camera app to way make the Nexus 4's photo quality much like the Htc one X or the iphone 5 ?
Note: I already know about the nexus 4 modified photo hack in increasing its photo file size.
souleater11 said:
hi everyone,
is there a new update of tips or tricks in improving Nexus 4's default camera app photos ?
is there a way a paid camera app to way make the Nexus 4's photo quality much like the Htc one X or the iphone 5 ?
Note: I already know about the nexus 4 modified photo hack in increasing its photo file size.
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No.
My wife has a HTC One X and I don't think the difference is that great. I think it is more how the N4 displays pics than how it takes pic. I can send a pic I took with my phone to my wife and it looks better on her phone. When she sends me a pic, it doesn't look the same as it does on her phone. Regardless of which camera was used, pics on her phone look more vibrant, while pics on my phone look a little more washed out.
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fernandezhjr said:
My wife has a HTC One X and I don't think the difference is that great. I think it is more how the N4 displays pics than how it takes pic. I can send a pic I took with my phone to my wife and it looks better on her phone. When she sends me a pic, it doesn't look the same as it does on her phone. Regardless of which camera was used, pics on her phone look more vibrant, while pics on my phone look a little more washed out.
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That`s why God created devs who create custom kernels and color controll
The majority of camera quality depends on the hardware in each phone. Megapixel count is useless these days in phones and point and shoots. What matters is the sensor size/quality, ISO levels, shutter speed, etc. Software can only enhance so much of what the hardware will do the bulk of. Unfortunately, these specs typically aren't readily available on phones, normally only the megapixel count is listed.
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My wife has a HTC One X and I don't think the difference is that great. I think it is more how the N4 displays pics than how it takes pic. I can send a pic I took with my phone to my wife and it looks better on her phone. When she sends me a pic, it doesn't look the same as it does on her phone. Regardless of which camera was used, pics on her phone look more vibrant, while pics on my phone look a little more washed out.
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I found that the way the Nexus displays the pic AS you're taking it is pretty poor quality. Like right after you snap a pic and it shoves that shot aside so you can take another, the quality of that pic seems really poor but when I actually go into Gallery and view the picture, it has crazy-good quality. That threw me off the first few times I took pics with my Nexus. I thought the picture quality was sub-par, because I had taken around a dozen pics at different times before actually viewing them and each time they looked bad. Once I went and viewed them, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality.
I feel like if you need more than 8 megapixels to capture whatever moment you're photographing, then you should be using something more than a cellphone. Most people expect their cellphone to produce profession-grade photographs and I think that's unrealistic. And correct me if I'm wrong, I'm no photographer, but isn't it impossible to even display all of the 8 million pixels taken by the Nexus 4 on the screen, or even a standard 1920x1080 pixel screen? Again, I'm not a professional so I could be wrong, I'm just breaking down the word 'megapixel' and doing the math based on that.
after updating to 4.4.1 the camera seems better.
i went further by installing nexus 5 camera apk. the nexus 5 camera apk in 4.4.1 is about 1mb larger in size than in nexus 4. i have no idea whats the difference, but i am quiet satisfied now. atleast in daytime.. low light is still a no no. i wished they had included IS in nexus 4