does anyone else find that the nexus takes much better still pictures than the galaxy.
Better contrast, saturation, less noise, better focus, especially in low light conditions.
Here are 2 examples, both at the same settings, except the galaxy i activated anti-shake, which seems to reduce the graininess a little.
Sure the galaxy pic looks fine when shrunk down by 50% but compared at full size, imo it looks like crap compared to the nexus
Galaxy
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Picture quality is indeed very poor on the SGS, maybe even worse than the HTC Hero I had before...pics look very blurry, almost useless really...hope future roms can improve this...(little hope).
After using the camera i feel that the auto focus system used aint that great and is the real failing point of the camera. Overall, pictures are soft and not well focused, and i just can never seem to focus on close subjects. E.g. when i try to take a picture of an insect, it focuses till its clear but then backs out and gives me the red box.
I think my Captivate cam is great.
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those captivate pics are better than my galaxy.
i tried a second galaxy and the image quality was quite improved over the first one ....wether it is the firmware or the hardware i have no idea, but i have a feeling they are using different sensors at random.
with an HD video camera, you would think it would also take decent still images
....they either come out very grainy or out of focus
also my SGS camera is very poor, i hope that it can be improved by future software. Previously i had an Nokia E90 3M camera and it was way better.
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I am considering buying a Universal and one concern is that the camera is only 1.3 mp....many reviews have said that 1.3 mp cameras are poor at best ....worthless use of space at worst...
Can any of you Universal users comment on your use of camera?? Can you get good pics from it ....or is it truly a waste of space?
thanks
on the fence...
Scott
The camera is not that great but this might be of assistance, have not tried it personally as I have a good digital camera
http://www.ateksoft.com/features.html
It's not the best camera I've used but if you have a stable hand then it can work pretty well.
This is from K750:
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All of these are from Universal:
I am not too impressed with the camera either, but then again, it's my first camera on a phone and I am used to digital camera quality. I use it for taking snapshots, and I use a good digital camera for photo's. That's the way it should be.
It just comes in handy when I'm on the road or whatever, because I always carry the phone with me, whereas I do not have a digital camera with me all the time.
I think it's just handy and the quality doesn't matter all that much for it's purpose.
look for more photos made by the universal here: http://www.newmobile.nl/eur/en/photos.php?phone_id=12bb134
you can also find photos on that site taken with other phones for comparing..
thanks everyone
thanks for the advice on universal camera
Much appreciated!!
scott
Its crap. And mine is broken.....
JAmes
Poor, but not crap!
Camera is poor, but definitely not crap!
These pictures were taken with Universal camera:
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ady said:
It's not the best camera I've used but if you have a stable hand then it can work pretty well.
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That last photo of yours...do you notice the dead/bright/insensitive pixels? I get that on mine as well....how come?
using my topaz camera, focalization is really slow and this is not good when i need to take a picture quickly. any registry tweak or something else to solve this problem?
thank you in advance
I changed my ISO from Auto to 800, it helped me out. Also turned Keep Backlight to Off (although I have no idea why that helped, but it did as well).
Hope it suits you.
It's probably stating the obvious, but the TD2 camera is not for taking pictures quickly. All small digicams are slow, the TD2 is slower still. I guess all the work (focussing, exposure evaluation, colour balancing etc) is being done by the main phone processor. A proper camera is optimised for this, probably with a dedicated chip to do the work.
Using ISO 800 will give a shorter shutter speed to minimise blur in low light, but I find the quality poor, with interference lines and noise in the picture. The noise is expected, but the interference is a TD2 problem.
Sorry to not offer any help, though
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I did have one more thought, though. Rather than leave ISO and colour balance on "auto", set them both manually, the camera might take pictures more quickly, because it hasn't got to calculate as much. Use ISO 100 for sunlight, 200 for cloud, 400 for indoors and 800 for emergencies!
thank you all
Hi Guys,
Did a bit of a camera comparison showing the differences between UltimaROM and UltimaAOSP, highlighting the differences between Samsung and AOSP ROMs like CM/Omni etc. Thought it was worth sharing it here.
In a nutshell, AOSP can take acceptable camera phone shots, but struggles when compared against the stock app. Exposure issues when faced with high contrast scenes and focusing problems on bright lights in addition to a lack of vividness means for some, the AOSP experience will never be complete.
Check out my Instagram to see the quality of some of the shots taken on my S3 using UltimaROM (Samsung base).
Any questions regarding the differences, from someone who values the camera performance of his device, then let me know!
Regards.
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I wish I could say aosp better,but cm rocks. Much more details and less light problems
I personally did an even bigger test. AOSP vs. Stock Samsung. With different camera apps and so on.
You can check it out here (Swedish forum, just check under "Testet:".)
http://www.swedroid.se/forum/showthread.php?t=95071
Sammy-based ROMs always do better in the photography department. But I still find AOSP/AOKP to be fair enough for everyday pics. That is, if they can get working without FC and autofocus issues
~ RazorMC
Hi Z5 Users! Just curious how we can get a good shot with moving objects?.... or anyone can show how to do it in a proper way?.... As I'm wondering how Sony did the following shots in their website? As I myself is always ending up with either focus center and blurry shots outside the focal point of the picture, or mostly with blur edges or noisy pic, do we have to always use a tripod to get a good moving shot? (especially for me with shaky hands lol).
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I don't believe they shoot those pics with a phone, didn't believe it as soon as the pics came online.
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Hi Z5 Users! Just curious how we can get a good shot with moving objects?.... or anyone can show how to do it in a proper way?.... As I'm wondering how Sony did the following shots in their website? As I myself is always ending up with either focus center and blurry shots outside the focal point of the picture, or mostly with blur edges or noisy pic, do we have to always use a tripod to get a good moving shot? (especially for me with shaky hands lol).
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Use sports mode. In Scenes
Or Manual with low ISO and lowered Exposition im good light.
In a more difficult light with a slightly higher ISO which pushes faster shutter speeds. And lowered Exposition.
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These cameras are really only sold for the zoom feature. The fact is, there’s a reason that the equipment needed for quality photos of distant subjects in motion is so expensive. At the end of the day, these Nikon cameras are just your slightly above average point-and-shoot cameras with a giant plastic lens and some newer optical zoom/stabilization tech. The autofocus capability and sensor tech suffer from the same issues most other cheaper cameras do. That being said, there’s no real throwing money at the situation to even come close to that zoom capability otherwise, hence why it’s pretty special/unique in the space. Even if you’re a pro wildlife photog and are one of the few Canon 1200mm L series owners for example, you still aren’t getting as close with zoom and that lens costs more than some houses. But if you’re looking to get into taking better stuff of your kids sports and birds in your backyard, consider getting into photography and buy something with better autofocus and image quality over something like the p900/p1000. I’d Nox Vidmate VLC recommend something from the Sony a6XXX series and a 70-200/70-300 personally as a starting point for anyone going down that rabbit hole.