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hey..
my friend has a SE satio which comes with a 12MP camera..
i just thought my photos sucked when taken at night because it's dark outside..
but when my friend took the same photos in same setting with her satio, it looked so much better..
i don't think 4MP would make such difference .. would it??
x10 came out after satio.. but i guess they put a crappier camera on x10.. hm..
So what you got Android
Considering most phones don't even break 4MP 8.1MP is quite a good camera for a cell phone. SE has been beastly with cameras in their phones and those 4MP do matter. if you took a picture with a 4MP camera and compared it to a picture taken with the X10, the X10 would look infinitely better.
Phone's rarely do well with lighting because they have fixed focus lenses, it's not practical to have a lense that extends and retracts on a cell phone. Cell phones are getting better and better camera but they will never be able to replace a good professional camera.
As for the decision to give the X10 an 8.1MP camera, it likely had to do with pricing. if SE would have put a 12MP camera in the price would have been much higher.
oh no.. i don't mean "i want a 12MP camera!"
but just i didn't think 'megapixels' made much difference in qualities when taken in dark...
it's just that when i took photos with the satio, we could see ppl's faces and etc.. but with x10 it was really dark, pixelated, and etc....
The Satio also has a xenon flash. I'd expect my C905 to beat out my X10 at night too.
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The Satio also has a xenon flash. I'd expect my C905 to beat out my X10 at night too.
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+1! i loved the flash on my c905! it was awesome - infact sometimes too good. it would light up dust in the air and they would appear on shot
The amount of megapixels have nothing to do with the quality of the colors and how well it does in bad lit scenes. If you limit the amount of layers the light has to pass to get to the converting(light to electricity) layer of the cmos sensor then you get better results in dark settings.
Sony developed a back lit sensor in 2008 (i think). This sensor is lit from the back and the light doesn't have to pass all the layers. The result of this is it catches more light. And then you can take better pictures at night. Not sure if they have implemented it yet into mobile phones.
A xenon flash helps idd. Are the pictures in the dark also better without flash?
The x10's camera can capture colors very well with fine detail, it's not a bad camera.
Satio wins at night hands down (xenon flash ).
I saw images in day light and they were better compared with X10.
Problem with Satio is the software.
At least X10 got firmware updates for bug fixing but Satio is pretty much dead.
4 mp matters when it comes to Cypershot processor and Xenon Flash in Satio
even thought Pixels have nothing to do with quality but only in size of the picture
xperia x10 camera quality lacks
sony Ericsson want to sell his all mobile phones thats why there is no camera quality in x10..company never introduce all rounder phone which has good camera , android 2.1 (at least 2.1) , wifi , gps , 4inch screen , sexy look..
if such phone any company introduce than his other handset will not sold..
its marketing policy...nothing else...
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sony Ericsson want to sell his all mobile phones thats why there is no camera quality in x10..company never introduce all rounder phone which has good camera , android 2.1 (at least 2.1) , wifi , gps , 4inch screen , sexy look..
if such phone any company introduce than his other handset will not sold..
its marketing policy...nothing else...
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What are you talking about? The X10 had the absolute best camera on a smartphone when it was released.
Also, megapixels mean absolutely, positively nothing when it comes to image capture in the dark. In fact, the more megapixels you shove into a tiny sensor, the crappier the image will be. A bigger CMOS sensor will give you a better picture, not more megapixels.
Exactly
Take a look at the pictures posted here : http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=195111&start=210
They are taken with a xperia x10 and they look stunning compared to other phones.
Infinity1988 said:
Exactly
Take a look at the pictures posted here : http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=195111&start=210
They are taken with a xperia x10 and they look stunning compared to other phones.
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Yes, but not compared to Satio
and you can see that in the link you provided
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Yes, but not compared to Satio
and you can see that in the link you provided
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I didn't come across any comparison between the satio and the xperia x10 on that url, maby i overlooked it. But there are people there that switched from the satio to the x10 and are happy with it. That thread is for x10 pictures only.
Besides take a look here : http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Sony-Ericsson-Satio-12471 Those pictures don't look better than the pictures of the x10.
I think the only thing that's better on the satio (besides amount of mp) is the xenon flash.
I would like to see a direct comparison between the satio, c902 and x10.
not only photo taking sux... music oso sux...
SE never improvise the technology of cybershot and walkman to X10...
wat's the point trying to come out a high end phone but lack of all these... sux... even my brother lousy W350i tat have much much nicer music than mine...
shame on SE....
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I didn't come across any comparison between the satio and the xperia x10 on that url, maby i overlooked it. But there are people there that switched from the satio to the x10 and are happy with it. That thread is for x10 pictures only.
Besides take a look here : http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Sony-Ericsson-Satio-12471 Those pictures don't look better than the pictures of the x10.
I think the only thing that's better on the satio (besides amount of mp) is the xenon flash.
I would like to see a direct comparison between the satio, c902 and x10.
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I'm not saying that x10 picture quality is not good, I am happy with it :-D
But I used both cameras and excluding the mp difference satio's photos are better due to cypershot technology. However, using 3rd party applications like vignette in x10 makes its photos much better and more professional ;-)
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I'm not saying that x10 picture quality is not good, I am happy with it :-D
But I used both cameras and excluding the mp difference satio's photos are better due to cypershot technology. However, using 3rd party applications like vignette in x10 makes its photos much better and more professional ;-)
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I agree on that. The stock camera application uses too much compression. They don't finetune the software of the camera like with the cybershot phones.
Hi,
i took some photos using the x10, Arc and iPhone 3GS as a comparison.
Which do you think is better?
The x10 looks too blurry and the Arc seems more detailed but too compressed. The iPhone does pretty well considering.
http://honglong1976.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/quick-camera-test-sony-ericsson-arc-vs-x10i-vs-iphone-3gs/
Arc is too smudgy
X10 is too blurry
iPhone is too dark, too smudgy and too blurry
Arc looks the best out of the 3, but are they all setup the same? Very bad lighting for a test environment...
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And scale it to 3 megapixel.
It's really no comparison. The iPhone 4 is closer (maybe slightly better in the dark without a flash) but it's color accuracy is horrendous.
I wish i could get the EXIF info on all 3 photos to make sure they all used the exact same settings.
To make sure its a fair comparison.
By the way, the Arcs sensor is superior to the X10 and iphone 4.
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Well obviously Arc and X10 should be on one side, You seriously can't compare in between these 2 because Arc is ought to be better bcoz it has an eXmor Sensor and is new and both are from SE.
So Arc camera is definitely better than X10
Otherwise X10 has got no competition in picture quality.
Just one thing i hate about X10 is its Flash
You won't find that much detail in pictures of any mobile phone.
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Well obviously Arc and X10 should be on one side, You seriously can't compare in between these 2 because Arc is ought to be better bcoz it has an eXmor Sensor and is new and both are from SE.
So Arc camera is definitely better than X10
Otherwise X10 has got no competition in picture quality.
Just one thing i hate about X10 is its Flash
You won't find that much detail in pictures of any mobile phone.
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Yes, the X10 is excellent and besides the Arc...the Nokia N8 beats it up as well along with the Sony Satio...but i cant confirm the satio as ive never used it. Just going by MANY opinions
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Hi, in reply to your questions.
All the lens were clean. All were in the same position and using the default settings.
Didn't look at the pics but I own a X10 and an Arc.
Arc has the better camera.
If it isn't bright or sunny X10's pics get too dark. Arc hasn't that problem.
I think on Android the Arc has the best camera, followed by Neo and then on 3rd place is the X10.
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Hi, in reply to your questions.
All the lens were clean. All were in the same position and using the default settings.
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Thats a problem. Leaving the cameras in default settings is not accurate enough to compare. They will all have different deafult settings. which will effect many different areas of the photo itself.
Mind sharing the EXIF info for each photo?
Flo95 said:
Didn't look at the pics but I own a X10 and an Arc.
Arc has the better camera.
If it isn't bright or sunny X10's pics get too dark. Arc hasn't that problem.
I think on Android the Arc has the best camera, followed by Neo and then on 3rd place is the X10.
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Im sure with the Exmor R Sensor, the Arc is possibly on top of the mountain right now.
At night time the Arc wins hands down, but during the day. Not that much between the X10 and Arc. iPhone does quite well.
Wouldn't mind seeing a comparison against an iPhone 4, Arc, Neo, X10.
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You won't find that much detail in pictures of any mobile phone.
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I beg to differ: on the same link from total undone, select the 1 year old Nokia N8: http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=3619&idPhone2=2964&idPhone3=3252
I do own it, but I like X10 more due to bigger screen and because is lighter. Since I did photos with N8, all the hype with Arc superior camera makes me laugh. No guys, they have to say something anyway - how to sell that phone if the housing breaks ??
Arc photos look great scaled down to 800x600, but if you pixel peep is almost like any android phone so far. Very small differences.
iPhone 4 looks the noisiest in the test picture.
i think sony has nearly the best camera. did anyone here took a look at the reference cameras??? in comparison to the reference cam the iphone looks really unnatural and way too much contrast. the arc has nearly the best pic i would say
Arc has the best quality hands down.
I always seem to get blurry pictures with my x10. Pictures ends up okay in sunlight though.
yeah... havent used arc's camera but x10 camera is awesome for a phone... iphone sucks
First test is very bad, iphone totaly suck
There's any h/w difference in camera btw X10 and Incredible s ? .. Both are a good 8 MP camera sensors but the photos shot with Incredible S are a lot crisp , clear and snappier , almost like shot with Digi Cam. What's the big difference ? ... Can our Devs for X10 improve photos quality ?
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There's any h/w difference in camera btw X10 and Incredible s ? ..
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Sure there is h/w difference. They are two different phones hardware-wise.
n4naveen said:
Both are a good 8 MP camera sensors but the photos shot with Incredible S are a lot crisp , clear and snappier , almost like shot with Digi Cam. What's the big difference ? ... Can our Devs for X10 improve photos quality ?
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Have you tried comparing photos on your PC instead of the phones' displays?
Because the IncS has an AMOLED display, if I am not mistaken, thus the colors
should be more vibrant and the images sharper.
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Sure there is h/w difference. They are two different phones hardware-wise.
Have you tried comparing photos on your PC instead of the phones' displays?
Because the IncS has an AMOLED display, if I am not mistaken, thus the colors
should be more vibrant and the images sharper.
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+1. Also, x10 runs on 60k color =/ and i believe increS has 16 mil on it.
n4naveen said:
There's any h/w difference in camera btw X10 and Incredible s ? .. Both are a good 8 MP camera sensors but the photos shot with Incredible S are a lot crisp , clear and snappier , almost like shot with Digi Cam. What's the big difference ? ... Can our Devs for X10 improve photos quality ?
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My friend, the X10 camera is more than sufficient enough to get day to day great quality pics.
Learn the camera is the first thing you should do....experiment with it.
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Sure there is h/w difference. They are two different phones hardware-wise.
Have you tried comparing photos on your PC instead of the phones' displays?
Because the IncS has an AMOLED display, if I am not mistaken, thus the colors
should be more vibrant and the images sharper.
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Alright , I attached some pics taken from X10 and Incredible S , but won't mention which one is taken from which mobile ... You just try to pick the best ones in terms of clarity n crispness ... I will reveal the answer once u are done .. btw IncS has Clear LCD display .. and it seems that incS display is the best of all HTCs ..
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^umm no way...incS is a great phone but evolution 3d and sensation are better HTC phones
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Yep, X10 camera damn good. But in dark you won't able to capture lol
OMG!! Jaipur!!
X10 camera is only capable to focus properly using cyanogen camera app or vignette. Stock app really fails to focus promptly..
And yes, our camera sensor sucks for taking night shots, its not about how many mp at all
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photos 1 n 2 are shot with Inc S
photos 3 n 4 are shot with X10
the difference is pretty obvious, isn't it ? .. 1 n 2 are very crisp !
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photos 1 n 2 are shot with Inc S
photos 3 n 4 are shot with X10
the difference is pretty obvious, isn't it ? .. 1 n 2 are very crisp !
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try capturing same photo with both the devices!
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X10 camera is only capable to focus properly using cyanogen camera app or vignette. Stock app really fails to focus promptly..
And yes, our camera sensor sucks for taking night shots, its not about how many mp at all
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I honestly experience just the oposite, getting better shots with stock cam, although vignette is great for filters and effects.
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Hey, I see what you are trying to say but you can't say it's a fair comparison if you don't take the same shot from both cameras...then we can really see the differences.
Your Jaipur-ish building picture honestly doesn't look great, even with the X10, it's too pixelated...my X10 takes much better shots than that in similar light.
to do a fair n honest comparin
the same pics has to b taken with both phones
its hard to say as the pics are all diff
HI,
So, I'm one of the few who is definitely not happy with his new Xperia Z. Having had my go at the screen, where I understand things might get mixed with personal taste I decided to have a look at the camera.
I took some photos today with it and also with my Galaxy S2. Images on the left are from the Sony.
Full size images:
Samsung: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8p9lsf08oa1l0rq/Samsung.zip?m
Sony: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ep5vco70vgqh5yz/Sony.zip?m
You be the judge
Edit: One interesting thing is image size in MB. Images from the Sony are significantly smaller than the ones from the S2 even though they are 12MP vs 8MP (last image from the Sony sampes is 9MP)
Cheers,
P
Can you upload a video sample too..nobody seems to help me with this..can you help uploading the video sample to dropbox i really want to check the video quality.
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Yes I'm disappoint about the camera too, washed out color, poor details.X(
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shame on sony felt it would be like this.........they produce sensors for most device manufacturers but they keep poor sensors in their devices
will never return to sony in near future
Thanks for the post. I have S2 and have been waiting to buy either this phone HTC one or s4. I can cross xz off my list. Very disappointed at sony
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I thinks the pics here are not correct.
Photoshop editing
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Either you're good at Photoshop or your phone is faulty. My camera is better than the S3 + iPhone 5 even without looking in depth. Same with the screen, as always, anyone who gives any care about "viewing angles" is idiotic. You don't hold your phone sideways.
The XZ in my opinion is everything I expected maybe more. Stop *****ing.
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Either you're good at Photoshop or your phone is faulty. My camera is better than the S3 + iPhone 5 even without looking in depth. Same with the screen, as always, anyone who gives any care about "viewing angles" is idiotic. You don't hold your phone sideways.
The XZ in my opinion is everything I expected maybe more. Stop *****ing.
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Definitely agree. Since the op made this topic, I've done side by side comparisons between the GS2 and Xperia Z and no way in hell is the s2 camera better than the Xperia Z. The s2 over-saturates all the colours. The XZ takes a picture of the object as it is, it doesn't try to bloat it with over-saturated colours or try to richen the picture which I like.
How can 8mp sensor takes a bigger pics than 13mp sensor?
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if the OP had said GS3 camera maybe it would have been worth a look, but a GS2 camera doing better then XZ...well..
Lol at this post. Check the images closely..
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
How can 8mp sensor takes a bigger pics than 13mp sensor?
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ever heard of compression levels
Tyr rsatsi
I had a camera trial with my mates iphone 5, the Sony lost on all but daytime shots, so not happy with my Z Even my old 4s takes better night shots than the Z, and the half second lag before it takes the picture makes it feel like a 5 year old cheap digi camera.
djbbt said:
I had a camera trial with my mates iphone 5, the Sony lost on all but daytime shots, so not happy with my Z Even my old 4s takes better night shots than the Z, and the half second lag before it takes the picture makes it feel like a 5 year old cheap digi camera.
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Thanks man. This seems to be the truth. Sony didn't make the effort with camera or speaker. The speaker made me laugh when I tested it in the 3 store. Really wanted to like this phone but too many negatives to jump in for a two year contract !
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Nothing wrong with the speaker louder than sg3, also the cam is good on this i think people are trolling and chatting bs.
To everyone saying that the Z has a great camera can you please attach some photos (straight from the phone please)?
The samples on dropbox are completely untouched, the other images are just put side by side on Photoshop to get the screenshot.
Sony clearly under performs, specially in color reproduction (wrong wb) and less sharp images. On the second sample you can't even perceive the small cracks on the sticker while they are perfectly visible on the sgs2.
So please, attach some photos. Maybe I have a defective model, who knows. But I've looked around for camera samples and they all look the same.
I do, however, believe this is a software problem. Too much noise reduction and compression. There is no way a JPEG that has more pixels and is, on average, 30% smaller is size has more detail
May be a sony hater, sammy's spy doing some ****ty work here.... i dont think he will be seen here anymore ... he knows he is caught.... heheehhe
I can see that everyone here appears to want to believe the camera is great, but that isn't quite the truth. Check some sites like GSMArena - the camera doesn't fare that well in comparison with good 8mp shooters from last year in fact. It's not bad by any stretch of the imagination, I mean those 8mp weren't either by cellphone standards, but I think it is fair to say that it is a bit disappointing considering the increased mp count and supposed sensor advancements.
The thing that I am curious about is the file size. It seems common sense to me that if 2 pictures are in the same format then the larger file will have more detail. Is it possible that we can make the XZ compress the pictures less (maybe take pictures in a better format) and have a much better result???
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I will post some pictures tonight from my xz and my 4s.
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Hi. I have xperia sp.
It has the worst 8MP camera i'v ever seen.
images and videos are always grainy no matter what light conditions are.
every image has noise. its quality is equivalent to some 2MP shooter.
Is any one experiencing same issue? Is this software issue or hardware??
Please help me. after spending so much of money m not at all happy with the camera quality.... feeling cheated
xperia SP
Clean your camera lens first..
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absolutely true. worst camera considering the brand Sony. Micromax has better camera than SP. cleaning camera lens or cover does not improve anything.
I regret buying this phone. should have gone for ZR
I us this camera mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655322 on cm11 and it's nice.
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Regretting buying a phone just because of crappy camera? And you feel cheated? It's not like Sony forced you to buy it and said its camera is excellent. In fact, all of the reviews say that the camera is bad and not good enough. Do some research before buying a phone. And don't expect wonders from a mid range with such high end specs
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No better pic. On the other ones are my family.
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For me it is not the worst. Stock 4.1.2. Superior auto mode. Indoor could be better though.
outdoor
indoor
my camera works just fine, you need to fine tune the settings
vvstorm2 said:
Hi. I have xperia sp.
It has the worst 8MP camera i'v ever seen.
images and videos are always grainy no matter what light conditions are.
every image has noise. its quality is equivalent to some 2MP shooter.
Is any one experiencing same issue? Is this software issue or hardware??
Please help me. after spending so much of money m not at all happy with the camera quality.... feeling cheated
xperia SP
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Don't worry...!! All the Xperia SP got worst camera like you...!! It has worst camera than all other sony devices I've used till now..!!
sell your phone and buy new a phone
Okay i do not get all of ur complaints bout xperia SP's camera
The camera is pretty good, ya we cant compare to high end devices, but its still pretty good man
I was able to take perfectly clear pics of cells with this camera via a microscope, which i cudnt using a iphone 5
First 3 pics are from 4.1
Other 3 are from 4.3
I do not get how you can say its really bad :-/
Just try to take multiple pics, then delete all except best, or use burst
Low light is not as good
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honestly, the camera is fine, take it off superior auto and put it on manual and take a better pic, its not the camera its the photographer. now to prove this theory, please try and tell me what camera took this un-edited, un-filtered un modified pic
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honestly, the camera is fine, take it off superior auto and put it on manual and take a better pic, its not the camera its the photographer. now to prove this theory, please try and tell me what camera took this un-edited, un-filtered un modified pic
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okay there is no argue here
that picture is just... OMG XD
thanks brotha, feel free to use the pic if you wish
Sadman Khan said:
Regretting buying a phone just because of crappy camera? And you feel cheated? It's not like Sony forced you to buy it and said its camera is excellent. In fact, all of the reviews say that the camera is bad and not good enough. Do some research before buying a phone. And don't expect wonders from a mid range with such high end specs
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i am saying this because i have compared pics taken by xperia sp and xperia L. (in auto mode and in manual mode with same settings.)
xperia L inspite of being cheaper than xperia sp has nice camera quality and much less noise whereas xperia sp always has noise which drastically reduces the quality as compared to xperia L (Which is cheaper 8MP shooter)
and i am saying it because sony is advertising xperia sp and xperia L both for 8 mp shooter with "Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor"
How the same sensor with same resolution can produce so much of noise on xperia sp
vvstorm2 said:
i am saying this because i have compared pics taken by xperia sp and xperia L. (in auto mode and in manual mode with same settings.)
xperia L inspite of being cheaper than xperia sp has nice camera quality and much less noise whereas xperia sp always has noise which drastically reduces the quality as compared to xperia L (Which is cheaper 8MP shooter)
and i am saying it because sony is advertising xperia sp and xperia L both for 8 mp shooter with "Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor"
How the same sensor with same resolution can produce so much of noise on xperia sp
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Because they have to sell both.
L for camera
SP for GPU and illumination bar.
These are market tactics and every manufacturer does it. Dont say you dont know this. My desire x was a low/midranger, with excellent camera, but crappy everything else. every set is made to sell for 1 or two points, and flagships are made to cover all of the points. simple.
neXus PRIME said:
Because they have to sell both.
L for camera
SP for GPU and illumination bar.
These are market tactics and every manufacturer does it. Dont say you dont know this. My desire x was a low/midranger, with excellent camera, but crappy everything else. every set is made to sell for 1 or two points, and flagships are made to cover all of the points. simple.
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Can i use any specific custom ROM for xperia SP which will have a better camera than what stock ROM has.??
vvstorm2 said:
Can i use any specific custom ROM for xperia SP which will have a better camera than what stock ROM has.??
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Changing ROM wont change camera result. however you can try some camera apps from play store. like camera mx and camera 360 etc...
Some focus issues are solved by using 3rd paarty apps. But still, nothing great or extraordinary. Its a decent camera, not a world-beater. you have to accept and live with the fact like all of us. cheers
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my camera works just fine, you need to fine tune the settings
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Do you have any settings to take a nice picture? Please share
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meshramjatin said:
Do you have any settings to take a nice picture? Please share
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i change the settings after every pic but i will post what i generally do
First of all put the phone in manual mode auto is ok but not great
set the focus to single auto focus
put on image stabilizer
you should put the phone to take 5mp 16:9 photos not 8mp 4:3
when you are about to take the picture set the exposure so that the pic isnt too bright or too dark
set the white balance now and change it till the pic looks right
now you must click the camera shutter so it focuses the pic then after 1-2 seconds take the shot :good: