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Not impressed with the camera

I'm not impressed with the camera quality on this phone. It just seems too dark and when I slightly move the phone about it gets blurry.
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it's better than many 5mp cameras

seeraj15 said:
I'm not impressed with the camera quality on this phone. It just seems too dark and when I slightly move the phone about it gets blurry.
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Change the setting to sport mode to stop blur.

Can't help myself. ... canon make cameras.
Sorry, in a weird mood today and couldn't help myself. But I never expect a phone camera to take good pics.

Sometimes you get really good pictures out of the sgs1
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Way better than the phone on my Nikon D80.

This is a phone not a camera want good photos buy a camera

got-petrol said:
This is a phone not a camera want good photos buy a camera
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What happens if you buy a camera-phone then? Do you have neither a phone nor a camera?

well known facts:
- this is a phone not a camera
- 5mpix used in SGS1 is enought to make quality pictures and record 720p video IN GOOD LIGHT CONDITIONS
- when not enought light pictures/videos become grainy - and that is the problem also in SGS2 (at least it was)

But the SGS2 has an LED flash. Compared to my SGS1 my wife's SGS2 produces *way* better pictures. Agree to all the other well-known-facts.

sgs2 is 8mpix while sgs1 is 5mpix - the picture MUST have better quality =)
same as recorded video is 1080p not 720p in sgs1 ...
as for the led flashlight i had phones with it and only use for it i found was a flashlight ... never was good enought for lighting_up pictures in closed spaces not to mention a picture in the dark, open space ...
at that matter but only that (night pictures) i liked carl zeiss optics in nokia n95, saw a hardware-mod somewhere in forums that takes n95 lens and put it in sgs1 place, will have to check that when original lens will get scratched more

Try HDR on the market.
to the person talking about movement blur, don't move.
Sorry, didn't see this was sgs i forum.

haha yes pictures taken by HDR app are superb ... still that needs 3 ones to assemble that quality =) so not much usefull for taking pictures of moving objects i guess as the process takes lik 3 seconds ?

$omator said:
sgs2 is 8mpix while sgs1 is 5mpix - the picture MUST have better quality =)
same as recorded video is 1080p not 720p in sgs1 ...
as for the led flashlight i had phones with it and only use for it i found was a flashlight ... never was good enought for lighting_up pictures in closed spaces not to mention a picture in the dark, open space ...
at that matter but only that (night pictures) i liked carl zeiss optics in nokia n95, saw a hardware-mod somewhere in forums that takes n95 lens and put it in sgs1 place, will have to check that when original lens will get scratched more
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When I compare two things (pictures, benchmarks,whatever) I like to use same settings (that includes image resolution) as far as possible - and more pix do not mean better quality. If I take a picture of my son in a closed room in the evening the sgs2 DOES take the better picture due to its flashlight (which is not meant to light up dark, open space ). The flashlight also helps to shorten the exposure time which reduces blurryness in those conditions (I *think* - did not check exposure times sgs/sgs2 but the sgs2 definately produces less often blurry images).
Nokia95 lens -> SGS1: Woha, i definately need more time Thanks for mentioning this.

8Mpix compared to 5Mpix means comparing picture 'builded' from 8 milion pixels to one made from 5 milion pixels, so that means better quality however you look into it
as for the led i miss it but not that much ":]
anyways here is the guid of lens changing
[I9000][I9000B][MOD] Camera Glass (replace scratched one)
and here is grainy picture when night_recording on sgs2 also looking like that on sgs1

Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs Nikon D5000 DSLR

Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs Nikon D5000 DSLR
Why?
I have a week off this week and while my fiancee is working, I thought I wpould charge my camera battery and have a practice. I am a really amateur photographer. By that I mean I own a nice DSLR (Upper Entry-level) and a couple of lenses but I've never really taken much time to get used to it. Today was a great oppurtunity.
Whilst I started taking snaps, i thought "Wouldn't it be cool if..." and here we are.
Disclaimer - Scientific conditions.
Mode:
Whilst I am only an amateur, I am familiar with my camera and its modes. Although I usually shoot in manual mode, adjusting the aperture and shutter speed as I see fit, for a reasonable degree of accuracy, I decided to use Auto mode. This is also what I used on the SGS 3.
Where as I tried to maintain Automode, I did slip into landscape mode a couple of times on the DSLR. Unfortunately I do not recollect which images were taken in each mode. It was mostly Auto though.
Zoom:
I stuck to my 18-55mm lens on the Nikon and used digital zoom on the SGS3. Although these can never be compared, as this is more a "look what the SGS3 can do" thing, I didn't think that should matter.
MegaPixels:
I set both top their top resolution. The DSLR is 12MP so obviously the detail is better when shown on a huge billboard. On a screen which is smaller than that, it shouldn't be noticable. remember, a HD display (1920x1080) is less than 2.1MP
Galaxy Resolution - 3264×2448 pixels
D5000 Resolution - 4310×2868 pixels
Image format:
The SGS3 takes images in .JPG format by standard. The DSLR took them in .NEF (Nikon RAW) and was converted afterwards. Converting RAW to .JPG on a computer (I used UFraw command line tool on Linux) gives a little bit better quality than letting the camera save as .JPG directly
Conclusions
Obviously this test was just for fun and was never intended to show that the SGS3 would be better than an upper entry level DSLR which even now, 3 years after release, can cost upwards of £500 GBP with a basic 18-55MM lens. Well guess what?! It's not better than the DSLR but hey, we never expected it to be.
What you can tell from the images is that where some of the DSLR images were a bit dark in auto mode, the SGS3 had some nice and bright shots. You can clearly see the difference in quality on some shots, but in others, not so much. I was very surprised at how well the SGS3 took pictures and how nice some of them did look, even compared to the superior DSLR, some of the pcitures the SGS3 took looked nicer, if not better.
Slightly related, but the experience of previewing the image taken was MUCH more enjoyable on the SGS3 with its bright and vibrant screen. You can instantly tell if the image will come out blurry or not, which with the DSLR was really tricky. You cna onyl really check if the photo is framed as you expected.
All in all, the SGS3 is a fantastic little camera. It may not be able to keep up with the big boys but it was never intended to. I would never be disappointed whipping it out of my pocket to capture an "of the moment" photograph. I am very impressed.
Further diclaimer
As mentioned, I am not a photographer. I am sure there are others out there who can do much better than I did with both devices. Remember this is just for fun.
I haven't scientifically analysed the outputs of both devices and used any software or anythign like that. If anyone is into that, please feel free to post results here. I would definitely be interested. All I have done, is used my eyes.
The Images
Each photo tells you if its SGS3 or Nikon from the properties but essentially, the first image is always the SGS3, the second is always the D5000
https://picasaweb.google.com/101616642112510848507/SamsungGalaxyS3VsNikonD5000DSLR
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Have you try another phone like nexus 4 or htc one x?
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glossywhite said:
Was this a joke post? lol.
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?? I think its a good post showing off the gs3 camera well done op
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glossywhite said:
Was this a joke post? lol.
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You didn't have to quote the entire first post! Geez!!!!
I think it's good. I'd love to see comparison results!

I think it's a Inovative idea to Compare s3 and slr but really a daft comparison
The whole point of an slr is control, and whether Full frame or cropped and the list goes on. Quality of sensor.
As much as the s3 has a reasonable lens it is no comparison to a good slr or even a simple slr.
I've been am-tog for over 25yrs from good old 110 days, 35mm film, med format and digital.
S3 auto exp
Canon 50D 10mm-22mm lens and 580ex flash.... Full manual
Taken in almost complete darkness with strobe and coloured lighting.
There's absolutely no way a camera phone could produce this.
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It is a daft comparison. The real aim was to show by removing the element of control, given that the lens and sensor are not of the same quality, the s3 really isn't that bad at all.
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rootSU said:
It is a daft comparison. The real aim was to show by removing the element of control, given that the lens and sensor are not of the same quality, the s3 really isn't that bad at all.
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In the street almost all photo good - camera it is or Nokia 1100
Try make photo INside, at home - and you WILL see REALLLL difference

[Q] Horrible camera quality after 4.3 update

I remember getting my nexus 4 for the first time. I wasn't totally happy with the camera but I thought it was ok. It's the best thing I could get for the price. But after the 4.3 update, the quality is now comparable to cheap android phones. I now rely heavily on HDR apps but we all know they somehow distort the image.
So here's a sample I took using the stock camera app. Take note that I shot it outdoors so there should be no problems with the light. When my phone was still in 4.2, outdoor shots were usually ok using the stock camera in auto (no HDR). The photo below just looks washed out and horrible.
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And here's the same scene but using camera 360. Image is slightly improved but still horrible (too much glare, I guess?)
Any idea how to solve this issue? I am so embarrassed with my phone, I refuse to take pictures from it now, haha!

with 4.3 i am in the same boat. Pictures are washed out compared to 4.2. I dont feel embarrassed but I think Google needs to work on the Camera app.
I recommend using a third party app.

I might decide to install a different ROM and see if the quality improves. It's a little time consuming though (need to backup everything, etc).

Off topic: What location is that?

A mountain in Neihu district, Taipei, Taiwan
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I did'nt notice any real change from 4.2.2 to 4.3 but still the camera is not perfect at all.
Did you try the scene modes ?
HDR could be a good way to improve fr this kind of picture but I'm sure you tried it also.

I never used the scene modes even on 4.2.2 but I'm usually able to take awesome photos using HDR before. I'm pretty sure the quality degraded this time.
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I am now using CyanogenMod 10.1.3 in the hopes that it uses the old camera driver that takes good photos. But the pictures I take are still not as good as the first time I bought this phone. Can anyone tell me what version of Android was the nexus 4 when it first came out? Because CyanogenMod 10.1.3 is from android 4.2.2.

cribol said:
I am now using CyanogenMod 10.1.3 in the hopes that it uses the old camera driver that takes good photos. But the pictures I take are still not as good as the first time I bought this phone. Can anyone tell me what version of Android was the nexus 4 when it first came out? Because CyanogenMod 10.1.3 is from android 4.2.2.
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It started with 4.2.
4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3
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sometime what you think is enough light really isnt. camera works perfectly here, but it does look like your lens cover is dirty. also, dont be afraid to mess with your camera settings...

simms22 said:
sometime what you think is enough light really isnt. camera works perfectly here, but it does look like your lens cover is dirty. also, dont be afraid to mess with your camera settings...
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how come light isn't enough outdoors? also I do clean my phone every once in a while.
Anyway, were those photos taken with android 4.3? I was able to take nice macros before when my phone was still 4.2. Check out the samples below. These were all taken early this year (january to february) using the stock camera's HDR mode.
Needless to say, I was quite happy with my phone before the updates

cribol said:
how come light isn't enough outdoors? also I do clean my phone every once in a while.
Anyway, were those photos taken with android 4.3? I was able to take nice macros before when my phone was still 4.2. Check out the samples below. These were all taken early this year (january to february) using the stock camera's HDR mode.
Needless to say, I was quite happy with my phone before the updates
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by the looks of your photos in the op, there wasva lot of moisture in the air. that tends to block light. btw, did you just point and shoot, or did you focus on something first? as just a point and shoot, the camera isnt that good, but if you go and focus on something first the camera takes better photos. try adjusting the setting per shot, raise exposure +1 if in doubt about the light. also, for close up shots, ill use the flash with a -1 exposure in direct sunlight. btw, mine photis posted were with android 4.3, from this week.

Focal camera
Try using Focal camera by the CM team....its quite useful....helped me out too....its available for free on the play store....

simms22 said:
by the looks of your photos in the op, there wasva lot of moisture in the air. that tends to block light. btw, did you just point and shoot, or did you focus on something first? as just a point and shoot, the camera isnt that good, but if you go and focus on something first the camera takes better photos. try adjusting the setting per shot, raise exposure +1 if in doubt about the light. also, for close up shots, ill use the flash with a -1 exposure in direct sunlight. btw, mine photis posted were with android 4.3, from this week.
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hhmm.. I'm still not convinced simply because I haven't been able to take good photos ever since the updates. I used to be contented with the stock camera app's HDR mode. Now even camera 360 takes bad, grainy photos. I just noticed that photos after the update were usually washed out. I do remember that the camera was pretty unstable during 4.2, sometimes it would crash and I would have to reboot to make it work again.
I think I just point and shoot, but doesn't the camera autofocus when it detects movements? I usually wait a second or two for the camera to focus before i press the shutter button. Anyway, thanks for the tips about the exposure. Yes, I usually don't change those settings.

how to improve camera quality

Hi ,
can you please tell me , how to improve camera quality in Nexus 4 please.

Buy a camera.
No really, what do you expect to really "improve"? It's a smartphone camera.
Though had you tried to search you would've noticed a thread that kind of improves the quality slightly (never tested it myself)
But please don't expect to make good pictures, it will remain a smartphone camera
Well ok, might be I'm wrong - can't find a thread for that
But I do recall something that said to improve camera - could've been video capturing though

sravan008 said:
Hi ,
can you please tell me , how to improve camera quality in Nexus 4 please.
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I like the hdr effect in the stock app have you tried it yet?
There are some good photography apps in the appstore you can try
the truth is the camera hardware is not that great on the nexus 4.
always remember that to take a great photo it doesnt necessarily always need a good camera
A couple of my snaps took on my nexus-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/10242291964/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9759818504/in/photostream/

sravan008 said:
Hi ,
can you please tell me , how to improve camera quality in Nexus 4 please.
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quality is fine. its on your end that you will have to improve photo taking. make sure there is plenty of light for the photo that you want to take, or it will come out blurred. play with the camera settings if need be.
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l33ch0r said:
Buy a camera.
No really, what do you expect to really "improve"? It's a smartphone camera.
Though had you tried to search you would've noticed a thread that kind of improves the quality slightly (never tested it myself)
But please don't expect to make good pictures, it will remain a smartphone camera
Well ok, might be I'm wrong - can't find a thread for that
But I do recall something that said to improve camera - could've been video capturing though
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whats the point of your post? the nexus 4 takes great pictures, if you know how to use a camera. dont say it doesnt take good photos, just because yours turn out bad.

colemanuk said:
I like the hdr effect in the stock app have you tried it yet?
There are some good photography apps in the appstore you can try
the truth is the camera hardware is not that great on the nexus 4.
always remember that to take a great photo it doesnt necessarily always need a good camera
A couple of my snaps took on my nexus-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/10242291964/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9759818504/in/photostream/
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Seeing your picture of the moon - do you have the same Nexus 4 as me?

l33ch0r said:
Seeing your picture of the moon - do you have the same Nexus 4 as me?
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haha lol, thats shot with a 20 times zoom

l33ch0r said:
Buy a camera.
No really, what do you expect to really "improve"? It's a smartphone camera.
Though had you tried to search you would've noticed a thread that kind of improves the quality slightly (never tested it myself)
But please don't expect to make good pictures, it will remain a smartphone camera
Well ok, might be I'm wrong - can't find a thread for that
But I do recall something that said to improve camera - could've been video capturing though
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Thanks for your useless reply sony xperia arc s is my previous mobile it is having 5mp camera and pics was awesome .nexus 4 is having 8mp but it is not giving good quality pics .
by the way I am having SLR :laugh:
Just I am asking is their any way to improve the camera quality

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quality is fine. its on your end that you will have to improve photo taking. make sure there is plenty of light for the photo that you want to take, or it will come out blurred. play with the camera settings if need be.
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whats the point of your post? the nexus 4 takes great pictures, if you know how to use a camera. dont say it doesnt take good photos, just because yours turn out bad.
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make sure there is plenty of light --- May be this is right !! I am taking pics in normal conditions , I never felt it requires 1000 watts blumb's or more than that any how I got to know that we can take pictures in very sunshine areas :laugh: not in dim lights :angel: that's okay .
the intention about this post was , is there any mod or software which improves the picture quality .If you know any app's please suggest .

colemanuk said:
haha lol, thats shot with a 20 times zoom
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So it's not taken by Nexus 4? Lol, imagine 20x digital zoom
sravan008 said:
Thanks for your useless reply sony xperia arc s is my previous mobile it is having 5mp camera and pics was awesome .nexus 4 is having 8mp but it is not giving good quality pics .
by the way I am having SLR :laugh:
Just I am asking is their any way to improve the camera quality
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I agree my comment was rather not helpful but you have to admit: Nexus 4 camera is known to be mediocre at best. You can make good pictures with plenty of light, especially with HDR - but nevertheless the camera won't make really good pictures. (Way better pictures than Desire HD 8MP camera though but that's not really a surprise)
To try to be helpful: I still recall some thread where someone changed some files to improve quality of photos and or videos. But I can't even find it anymore :silly:
Just to show what I see as a good picture by Nexus 4, here's a picture of two rainbows And a nice picture of the sun.
But as example for a bad picture: the cockpit of the Mercedes Benz Sprinter, which was taken while there was no light and this picture really looks bad

l33ch0r said:
So it's not taken by Nexus 4? Lol, imagine 20x digital zoom
I agree my comment was rather not helpful but you have to admit: Nexus 4 camera is known to be mediocre. You can make good pictures with plenty of light, especially with HDR - but nevertheless the camera won't make really good pictures. (Way better pictures than Desire HD 8MP camera though but that's not really a surprise)
To try to be helpful: I still recall some thread where someone changed some files to improve quality of photos and or videos. But I can't even find it anymore :silly:
Just to show what I see as a good picture by Nexus 4, here's a picture of two rainbows And a nice picture of the sun.
But as example for a bad picture: the cockpit of the Mercedes Benz Sprinter, which was taken while there was no light and this picture really looks bad
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it was videos. and it never actually improved quality(its a dead thread right now).
and no, there isnt a mod to improve photos. learn to make adjustments in the cam settings and your photos will be fine. a good camera app is A Better Camera.

sravan008 said:
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can you please tell me , how to improve camera quality in Nexus 4 please.
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Well, one small suggestion would be that you could mount it on a small tripod or other device that you can carry around. That would help stabilize it, so the photos and videos aren't as shaky.

Disgusting sharpening

The first thing I noticed when using the camera on this phone was how the images looked over processed. Most notably, I did a digital zoom photo yesterday and the sharpening on it was disgusting. It didn't even look like a photo.
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See what I mean? All I did was zoom in and take a photo. It looks horrible.
Look at this picture for example
Even just zoomed in a bit you can see way too much sharpening going on
Now I know this phone is a "budget phone" but it supposedly has the same lens as the Galaxy S7 so that isn't really an excuse. It looks like it comes down to it being the processing that moto put in.
Can anybody out there please let me know if rooting my phone and shooting RAW will produce cleaner photos? I would have to guess so, since I can control the sharpening myself. I haven't been able to find any RAW samples from this phone.

is it a software thing? I've converted to snap camera on whatever device.

I'm afraid it's in the firmware. Any camera app I've tried yields the same results

U should probably return or replace u your phone I had the same issue without even zooming
The phone couldn't focus on things right next the camera mine also had pink tints while recording
So I got mine replaced​
Now everything works good

It's also the processor. The G5 plus has the 625 while the S7 had the 820 allowing for much better image processing.

nigaindelhi said:
U should probably return or replace u your phone I had the same issue without even zooming
The phone couldn't focus on things right next the camera mine also had pink tints while recording
So I got mine replaced​
Now everything works good
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Well it focuses just fine, and pictures in day light look alright but there is some heavy noticeable processing going on in the moto firmware.
This picture looks pretty good but if you zoom in just a bit you can really see the over sharpening.
Here is a photo of my Nexus 5x
It looks much cleaner to me. Less over processing and less sharpening artifacts. The processor on the G5 Plus should be pretty comparable to the 808 in the N5x so I really don't think its a processor issue. It seems to me like it was a design choice by Moto. All of the sample photos I have seen also have too much sharpening. I am strongly considering just rooting the device and shooting raw. At least then I can control the sharpening myself

Well then we would have to wait for an update then

emoney1219 said:
It's also the processor. The G5 plus has the 625 while the S7 had the 820 allowing for much better image processing.
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It should make no difference, if you do the same processing in software - other than perhaps taking slightly longer to process the photo?
Otherwise, we'll have to shoot RAW if we want the best quality I guess?
It seems to me however, that any settings affecting the image processing quality should have parameters which could be changed?

critofur said:
It should make no difference, if you do the same processing in software - other than perhaps taking slightly longer to process the photo?
Otherwise, we'll have to shoot RAW if we want the best quality I guess?
It seems to me however, that any settings affecting the image processing quality should have parameters which could be changed?
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The processor contains the ISP or the Image Signal Processor which controls HDR, white balance, auto focus, exposure, color filters and so on. The better the ISP the better the image. So while the 2 phones have the same sensor they will never have the same image results because they have different processors and the more powerful chips have better ISP on board resulting in better images even with the same sensor.

The strength of this camera's focusing is in the sensor chip - "dual pixel focus".
All the other things you mention such as white balance, HDR, color filters are applied after the RAW image is taken - so, there's really no reason that you couldn't generate the same quality of image.

if nothing else, I'm upgrading my everyday knock around (2015) moto e. I won't complain toooooo much.

I have to agree with the OP on this one - there is some horrendous post-processing going on with this phone.
I'd love to get that to stop - even if we have to go to RAW/DNG to get it.
Has anyone done the root/Freedcam method described in another thread on here and gotten DNGs from this camera?
I'd love to see how they look... I'll eventually do it when LOS gets stable enough.

wait couple of days more, there will be some nice mods incoming for g5p camera.

srb- said:
I have to agree with the OP on this one - there is some horrendous post-processing going on with this phone.
I'd love to get that to stop - even if we have to go to RAW/DNG to get it.
Has anyone done the root/Freedcam method described in another thread on here and gotten DNGs from this camera?
I'd love to see how they look... I'll eventually do it when LOS gets stable enough.
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2017_05_09_17_44_53-Edit-Edit by defcomk, on Flickr
Raw No Flat Field Correction - Bad Noise Profile so color bleed when doing NR

defcomg said:
Raw No Flat Field Correction - Bad Noise Profile so color bleed when doing NR
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Looks like a promising photo to me!
I'm new around XDA... is will flat field correction and NR come with time, or is this the best we'll get?

srb- said:
Looks like a promising photo to me!
I'm new around XDA... is will flat field correction and NR come with time, or is this the best we'll get?
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Probably before Friday its only day two of having the phone but thanks for reminding me gonna do flat field now light nice and diffused