Hello,
I've had my X10a for about 2 weeks now and noticed very poor picture quality while taking pictures. My old iPhone 3G takes much better pictures in comparison.
I've read forum posts and have googled for possible solutions, such as different settings (scene recognition and others) which have not helped.
All pictures I take look grainy and pixelated in well lit conditions and worse in not so bright environments. I can notice this while previewing the pictures on the phone however it's exponentially worse when I transfer them to my computer to see.
- Any ideas how to address this issue?
- Firmware issue?
- Faulty camera?
Model = x10a (rooted)
Firmware = 1.6
Kernel = 2.6.29 rel
Build Number = R2BA023
Thanks,
B.
I'm having a similar problem as well,
I've read about the causes being shaky hands, smudged lens, etc,
but I tried a lot of things and I'm having difficulty getting a decent picture. I hope it's not a 2mp sensor they put in there.
I don't think my camera issues are as bad as yours sound to be but my X10i takes worse pics than my pervious C905 did, blurry and bad focusing.
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I don't have that issue at all. Compared to my iPhone my X10 takes superior pictures. The quality is sometimes grainy when the lit is dim, but in direct sunlight the pictures are phenomenal.
yeh when i used the touch screen to take pictures i always get blurry images. I guess sometimes its the settings you use.
Try out Vignette from the market...It works a lot better than the stock camera app. There's a discussion about it on here somewhere...
Thanks for the replies so far. I'll give Vignette a try.
Hi,
Did you try turning on the image stabilizer?
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I'm using Camera 360 with a lot better results. The stock camera app compress too much, and using Camera 360, you can set the quality to 80 or even 100%, so now I getting a lot more detailed pictures.
Let me know if this software addresses your problem!
+1 for Vignette. Money well spent.
Yeh I tried the IS setting but that didnt make the image any sharper.
I moaned about pictures too but gave it to a bloke from work who's an amteur photograper (i.e. pervert) and he got some amazing pictures out of it. I guess you need a bit of skill, not that I've got any!!! my pics are all drunk at festivals
wbkang said:
Hi,
Did you try turning on the image stabilizer?
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How did I miss this?! I didn't even notice that before. My shots were perfect before but with this it may be a lot better.
I'd post some examples but it wont let me.
IS makes images too soft.
Vignette doesn't have EV control (or iso, aperture, etc)
Camera FX ... i can;t seem to find a way to set it to 8MP.
I will have to try Camera 360.
Sorry, but my X10 takes better pictures than any other smartphone that I've seen, besides the N900.
You're shooting it wrong
With image stabilization my camera has been pretty damn good.
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Im using the x10a as well, definately something wrong with your camera. I'd try cleaning it like others have mentioned. Here are a couple i took with Vingette that you can compare to.
Here's a picture I took last Friday at night of a bright building using the stock camera app. If you think the image quality is poor, I can't help you.
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You know, you should post some of your images so we can give you advices
I gave Vignette and Camera360 a go, the pictures do look good.
Thanks for all your suggestions. btw those are very nice pics you've captured on your phone.
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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.
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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..
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
Hi, I decided to buy SGS II as soon as it will be on stock in my country. For now there is so few reviews with full res. photos. Many people will be glad to see camera quality from real users. So please share some photos with us. Many THX
PS: Its not condition, but only full 8Mpx resolution photos show the real quality and amount of detail and sharpness of the photos.
Here are some untouched Macro shots taken in my backyard in fading light with the Galaxy S II, was a bit windy so the flowers kept moving:
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Nice macros, I can imagine better shots without wind and with some exposure correction EV -0.5 or EV -1 you will get more sharpness and contrast...THX I will doubt more mates will join and show off their own photos...I will appreciate some sceneries and middle range photos in good light conditions...
I'll get some done later.
I'll post a few for you shortly. Stay tuned
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Here are my shots from the weekend.
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THX for your contribution, but they are TOO small for discovering quality of photos could you please upload at least zip file with originals??? That would by really great...
The outside pics are odd, my phone seems to have flipped them, lol
Apologies for my $2 dinner.
I quickly snapped some around the house earlier. I'm still getting to grips with the best way to get good photos with this camera, but I'm extremely impressed with it. Best Android camera I've used.
Photos are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/danwoolstencroft/SamsungGalaxyS2Samples#
I've uploaded the full res images.
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The outside pics are odd, my phone seems to have flipped them, lol
Apologies for my $2 dinner.
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please refrain from posting pictures of food and naked ladies.
very nice photos...it seems that SGS II camera is very good in focusing for near and middle distances (up to 5-8m). Macro is nice oo...maybe far distances wont be so nice and sharp but still great result in good light conditions...
PS: Beautiful dogs, I have black one at home...
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PS: Beautiful dogs, I have black one at home...
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Thanks!
Yeah, the longer range stuff does seem to lack a little sharpness at the moment. I don't know if I can overcome that with the settings or not. Macro and reasonably close range stuff is excellent, and it's taking some brilliant pictures of my kids.
I haven't done a vast amount of low light stuff yet either.
Also quite importantly, it's quick. I've found that compared to the iPhone, a lot of smartphone cameras take a while to actually get the shot, or to load up so you can start using them. SGS2 does neither, it's quick to load in, and the shots are pretty much instant in the right mode.
I'll try and get a sports mode example too, that's quite a fun toy to play with. It'll track a moving target in a panorama mode.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/864/20110510151306.jpg/
a pic of my camera
nice shot, hope to see more low light performance ;-)
Daytime pix are great but pix at night with flash give off this yellow tinge
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Daytime pix are great but pix at night with flash give off this yellow tinge
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Notice the yellowish on right side of photo, it seem like many of the user of sgs2 having this problem on led flash, and it all occur at the right handside of photo
this made me remember on the n86 led flash ---> yellowish led light. May I know sgs2 flash light color is white or yellowish?
I was messing around with the macro on one of the grass shots but I didn't tap focus for any of the pics, just point and click. For the first two I think they look like that because I was pointing the lens in the direction of the sun to see how they would come out.
macro mode
how do you set the camera to macro mode, on the xperia x10 it was in the settings with a tulip icon but can't find it on the sgs2? any help would be appreciated.
THX for your contribution, but they are TOO small for discovering quality of photos could you please upload at least zip file with originals??? That would by really great...
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Are you using xda app to view this? Or pc? I'm uploading the photos straight from gallery via xda app.
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silentbob59 said:
how do you set the camera to macro mode, on the xperia x10 it was in the settings with a tulip icon but can't find it on the sgs2? any help would be appreciated.
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Camera > Settings > Focus Mode > Macro.
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.
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freshly smoked...
Took these today
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When someone talks about the G Note photos looking bad, just show them
these. All taken on auto mode, fine mode. Cropped.
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The last photo I crudely washed out the little girls hand out of the frame.
how in did you get so close to that cute lil creature?
I just put the phone within 12 inches of his face. He was very docile. I even had him sitting on my shoulder. Not sure if he was scared or what his problem was, but he let me hold & pet him without too much moving around.
What attracted me was we were in the back yard, and heard this noise that sounded like a dog, it was this little guy. I looked all over this small tree, didn't find a nest of any kind, no other squirrels any where. Street next to the tree...didn't see any road kill. Not sure if he fell out of a tree, was abandoned or what his problem was. Plan on checking tomorrow to see if he is still there...take some shots with my dSLR.
Cute little Pup.
If the sounds were like a high-pitched 'yelp' that is normally an indication or associated with a call to either a mother calling her Pup/Kitten or the same calling the Mother.
Good shots btw..... Clear and evenly lit. The latter one I would have maybe used flash but that would have more than likely scared the little guy away.
I had a look at all three EXIF Data. Nice to see there were variations.
The last one gave results of:-
Camera Maker: SAMSUNG
Camera Model: GT-N7000
Image Date: 2012-03-24 17:05:30 +0000
Focal Length: 4mm
Aperture: f/2.7
Exposure Time: 0.010 s (1/100)
ISO equiv: 64
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Average
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Comment: User comments
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Great shots of the little critter!
I really love the picture and video quality of my Note!
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Those really are some very nice looking pics, thanks for sharing them.
Hi m8, awesome pics and you are right the colors are so beautiful.
cheers
Macro-mode looks great too
Normal auto-mode:
I think it is not so safe when a squirrel gets so close to somebody
Video quality is pretty nice too.
just made this video of our retarded kitten to try out
http://youtu.be/GvWCbb_tC_M
It does take awesome photos for a pinhole camera, doesn't it?
mR.fR34ky said:
Hi m8, awesome pics and you are right the colors are so beautiful.
cheers
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I use macro for work, it's fantastic. I work on office machines, and you know how much the factory likes it when you send them a photo of what you are describing?
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Macro-mode looks great too
Normal auto-mode:
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lg camera is the best for close-up video because the stock one doesn't focus (or I don't know how)
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Video quality is pretty nice too.
just made this video of our retarded kitten to try out
http://youtu.be/GvWCbb_tC_M
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Is that a Bengal?
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I think most people who were complaining about photo quality were, like me, doing so before the recent OTA firmware updates. When on KKA the focus didn't seem to work at all - since updating to LA4 the camera is focusing properly (in most cases) and I've got some great shots.
If you guys don't know about it, check out Pano - I've created some amazing panoramas with it.