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Show OFF : Images Captured from Stock Camera

Lets Show OFF our skills with the Images captured from the stock camera.
Here is mine:
First is with Automatic settings with SCn... Second is Macro....

Bro I'm sorry, but that is a poor effort..

sasc said:
Bro I'm sorry, but that is a poor effort..
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Not a problem, Buddy. Show yours to prove you can do better...

TechGuru_x10 said:
Not a problem, Buddy. Show yours to prove you can do better...
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Not to pile on you or anything, but your lens appears to be smudged a bit. A macro shot should be far, far clearer than that, with any camera.
Try giving it a clean with a cloth.

Nice pictures, thanks for sharing. I've yet to take some outside and the only others I've taken are of family, which I'm not putting up here, and the dog lol.
And for those being critical, lets see yours!

Thanks for sharing, nice shots of outdoors!
Here is a shot of some food. Lighting was quite weird, high dim lights with a window right next to me. Anyways I thought it turned out decent!
Sent from my X10a using XDA App

not much of a photographer but here is mine

XperiaX10iUser said:
Nice pictures, thanks for sharing. I've yet to take some outside and the only others I've taken are of family, which I'm not putting up here, and the dog lol.
And for those being critical, lets see yours!
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Not being critical. Just saying his lens looks dirty. The X10 camera is far better than what he's posted.
Here's a shot of mine.

Here's another shot for you, lest you think I was just chastizing.

That is a nice photo iead1. Here's a similar one..
Sent from my x10 using XDA and swype.

I have a similar one
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

And one of my daughter doing the high ropes at centerparcs...
Sent from my x10 using XDA and swype.

Hahaha.
Maybe this should be the "Pink Colored Sunset" Thread.

check the clouds on the building in the back

Here's a picture of my car.

edit: looks like they didn't upload...

Here is my attempt

One I just took using vignette.. For comparison..
Sent from my x10 using XDA and swype.

I think there is a quality drop here
I remember someone pointed out a quality drop after root or the 23 firmware upgrade and I have just noticed the guy might be right.
the glasses pic was taken earlier before root on the 16 firmware.
the markers took just now after root with the 23 firmware.
the markers pic appears to have too much noise reduction and less details.

Some pictures from me:

Xperia Z1 Review - From a Note 3, Nexus 5, and iPhone 5S Owner

Since people are posting their reviews, here is mine: http://www.thegeeksoffice.com/?p=1485

The Z1 is waterproof not water resistant. Waterproof = fully submerge in water and no water will get in. A water resistant phone will survive say splashes of water but if you fully submerge it, it will malfunction.
Also the scratches you speak about on the screen is the anti-shatter film protector not the glass itself.
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Sonys website claims that z1 is waterproof but if you check the manual you can read there that its water and dust resistant.
Then if you damage your phone with water, they will say that water damage is not covered by warranty.
Sent from my C6903 using xda app-developers app

Please don't enter his website... He just posted it here to have more views. Everyone are posting reviews on xda site but there are different people which don't understand to don't advertise own website and post on XDA FORUM ANY "REVIEWS"(reviews can do special websites like Engadget etc, not single person). Just report as a spam or virus(on site there can be a virus etc)
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c312eal said:
The Z1 is waterproof not water resistant. Waterproof = fully submerge in water and no water will get in. A water resistant phone will survive say splashes of water but if you fully submerge it, it will malfunction.
Also the scratches you speak about on the screen is the anti-shatter film protector not the glass itself.
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I have scratches on the BACK, not on the SCREEN.

the back also has an anti-shatter film.
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imo Z1 -right now- is the best looking Android phone but not as good as the 5S, every thing else I pretty much agree with you (5S aside!)

Vaith said:
Please don't enter his website... He just posted it here to have more views. Everyone are posting reviews on xda site but there are different people which don't understand to don't advertise own website and post on XDA FORUM ANY "REVIEWS"(reviews can do special websites like Engadget etc, not single person). Just report as a spam or virus(on site there can be a virus etc)
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The back also has the film, if you take a closer look at the phone you will notice it.
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aridoasis said:
the back also has an anti-shatter film.
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It's a matter of personal preference when it comes to looks.
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3/5 is not good for one of best smartphone ever..
and Note III 4.5/5. LOL
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45 posts in six years, and you review phones? And you do so very poorly, in my opinion. Please get more educated before posting your biased blather.

mdt73 said:
45 posts in six years, and you review phones? And you do so very poorly, in my opinion. Please get more educated before posting your biased blather.
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Thank you for amazingly useful feedback. :good:

Here's some additional help for you:
Forum Rules
I suggest you stick to rules 7 and 13.
Here's an additional pro-tip for you, Louie: If you are going to review products, don't write articles about patio workspace and every single Apple product you own. It just gets back to showing you are an Apple fan and extremely biased. XDA isn't the place for you or your attempts to glean page views. Just like twelvesouth.com isn't for us... Ciao.

mdt73 said:
Here's some additional help for you:
Forum Rules
I suggest you stick to rules 7 and 13.
Here's an additional pro-tip for you, Louie: If you are going to review products, don't write articles about patio workspace and every single Apple product you own. It just gets back to showing you are an Apple fan and extremely biased. XDA isn't the place for you or your attempts to glean page views. Just like twelvesouth.com isn't for us... Ciao.
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Maybe you can show me how to write a review, even though I have written for Notebook Review, Brighthand, TabletPCReview, etc for about 10 years, I would be happy to read yours and fr you to give me more pro-tips :highfive:
Just because I write about Apple products doesn't mean I am biased. I also write about Android so does that make me biased on Android as well? Where is it written that I can't own a MacBook and a Nexus 5 at the same time? Or have a Windows gaming rig as well as an iPad?
If the MODs want to close this thread, they are welcome to do so and I apologize in advance for violating the rules. Last time I checked you aren't a MOD.
Anyway, just to get back on topic - I am really excited about the upcoming update for the Z1. Like I mentioned earlier, if it fixes the camera issues, then this product will be a winner.

soulreaver. almost 400 views, ignore the few lifefrustrated ones. Thank you for your review.
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soulreaver99 said:
Maybe you can show me how to write a review, even though I have written for Notebook Review, Brighthand, TabletPCReview, etc for about 10 years, I would be happy to read yours and fr you to give me more pro-tips :highfive:
Just because I write about Apple products doesn't mean I am biased. I also write about Android so does that make me biased on Android as well? Where is it written that I can't own a MacBook and a Nexus 5 at the same time? Or have a Windows gaming rig as well as an iPad?
If the MODs want to close this thread, they are welcome to do so and I apologize in advance for violating the rules. Last time I checked you aren't a MOD.
Anyway, just to get back on topic - I am really excited about the upcoming update for the Z1. Like I mentioned earlier, if it fixes the camera issues, then this product will be a winner.
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I have to agree with you that the superior auto mode isn't very good. But if you understand photography and use the manual mode. You'd be able to take the best pictures for a android phone. There are quite a bit of options to play around with compared to the limited options of the Nexus 5.
You can tell by your review you do not have a very good understanding of this phone.

However, most camera photographers want to just pull their phone out and take a decent photo without having too much thought and effort put into it in which the iPhone and Nokia Lumia do a great job of.
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Really, well you obviously dont really know jack diddly about photography as the Lumia has a nice array of camera settings that would benefit tweaking in most scenarios, just like any other camera phone or any camera for that matter.

homer285 said:
Really, well you obviously dont really know jack diddly about photography as the Lumia has a nice array of camera settings that would benefit tweaking in most scenarios, just like any other camera phone or any camera for that matter.
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Wow you sure showed me how smart you are with that reply

This thread needs to be shut down lol OP's just trolling
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soulreaver99 said:
Wow you sure showed me how smart you are with that reply
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And you showed how ignorant you are with your horrible review. You don't even know what the difference between waterproof and water resistant is.

soulreaver99 said:
Since people are posting their reviews, here is mine: http://www.thegeeksoffice.com/?p=1485
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it's been said many times to go with manual as SA isn't mature yet.
On one occasion it takes an excellent shot of spam, eggs and rice. It looks utterly fantastic and damn I am hungry right now even looking at this. Colors, contrast, white balance is all perfect with no post processing from me at all.
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You like this. ISO 50, 1/399s, scn mode : landscape
But you don't like this. ISO 160, 1/64s, SA
You say..
And here we have a plate of Mongolian BBQ, on a different day, similar lighting situation and the picture looks dark, colors are off and has a lot of unnecessary noise. I don’t get it.
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- Only thing similar is there is a half hour time difference so you would expect similar light at that time of the day but the ISO is three times higher and the shutter speed is 6 times slower. The camera saw a darker subject and compensated with slower shutter and higher iso so it's not similar lighting. These two weren't even taken in the same location.
- Looking at the two photos, the first was taken in landscape SCN mode. why did you choose that scn mode for a food shot ?The second one has no scn mode set so its a SA one.
- Where is the noise in that second picture ?An ISO 160 does not give much noise. Start pushing 800 and you will see it much more. There is no camera shake in either shot.
If the shot does not come out right then experiment with the modes. Or exposure compensation, you will need this in darker or very bright situations. You can get that shot to be brighter with a lower iSO but you will need to rest you hands on something to get a blur free shot.
Remember that low light shots of still life are easy, relatively speaking. Moving subjects in low light are a lot harder.
Here’s a link to photos I took with the Xperia Z1 posted on Flickr: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjNvQniV
And just for fun, you can compare it with photos taken with the Note 3: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjNvQxN5
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Unfortunately you have not taken the same pictures in the same lighting conditions with both cameras, so a random sample of one compared with an equally random sample of another does not tell us much.
In areas where I know the iPhone 5S or even the Galaxy Note 3 won’t struggle, the Xperia Z1 disappoints with poor white balance and contrast.
I would go picture by picture with you at full resolution but it would take way too much space on this blog. If I reduce the photos to a lower resolution, then of course they will look better but it won’t really tell the truth about the camera!
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Pls do go picture by picture, there is no space limitation here
Lighting is key in photography, lower light can trick the camera to pick the wrong WB.

Xperia Z5 Rev 4 suffers from blur in the camera?

I'm going to buy the Xperia Z5 in a neighboring country. Arrived and the store owner sent me photo confirming that Rev 4! The Rev 4 is suffering from blur in the camera? It is software or hardware problem?

Rev 2 seems to be the best right now.. I haven't seen one in the thread that suffers from Camera Blur.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/general/im-doing-tally-z5-series-affected-left-t3242302
Rev 2 reported with blur and without.
Rev 4 reported with blur and without.
It's not that simple guys.

Looking all over the internet, I have not come to the conclusion it comes to hardware or software problem! I'm definitely scared to buy the device!

are people just being paranoid? All circular lens have bluring on corners right?
Looking at the Lumia 950 samples
http://fortheloveoftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WP_20151121_11_23_42_Rich.jpg
there are bluring on all corners and it is using Carl Zeiss lens where people say it is suppose to be the best.

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are people just being paranoid? All circular lens have bluring on corners right?
Looking at the Lumia 950 samples
http://fortheloveoftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WP_20151121_11_23_42_Rich.jpg
there are bluring on all corners and it is using Carl Zeiss lens where people say it is suppose to be the best.
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So why have devices that have the blur others do not?

BR4DOKYBrazil said:
So why have devices that have the blur others do not?
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I dunno, thats why Im asking

BR4DOKYBrazil said:
So why have devices that have the blur others do not?
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Maybe different standards as i do not have the same scenary as you have, and some are taking pics in 4:3 which isn't affected with blur while others are using 16:9 which is affected.

BR4DOKYBrazil said:
Looking all over the internet, I have not come to the conclusion it comes to hardware or software problem! I'm definitely scared to buy the device!
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Blur, and uneven blur is lens alignment issue, and mine has strong blur on the left, right has normal lens fall off blur.

This may not be normal! It is a hardware problem for sure!

Well I'm going to chime in that on my rev 4 I'm not seeing any blur. But I prefer to shoot in 4x3 anyway.

cj1171 said:
Well I'm going to chime in that on my rev 4 I'm not seeing any blur. But I prefer to shoot in 4x3 anyway.
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Can you post your photos?

Sure. Here's a few I took today. Took in wide so you can see the far edges. There seems to be a tiny bit on the left but it looks about even with the right so I'm hesitant to say it's the problem. If it is, it's quite minor to some other ones I've seen.
Edit: Ugh, I see the XDA app smashed these down...I'll upload elsewhere shortly...

Okay, here you can check em out: https://goo.gl/photos/ZeU2KxxogdWPwWTx6
If anything, with the cloudy skies making the light muddy you can see how nasty Sony's overprocessing can get.

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Okay, here you can check em out: https://goo.gl/photos/ZeU2KxxogdWPwWTx6
If anything, with the cloudy skies making the light muddy you can see how nasty Sony's overprocessing can get.
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The right side has a bit of a blur!

my camera does not suffer from any blur

a00r said:
my camera does not suffer from any blur
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Can you post photos?

Here

No blur!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c083eqvz9znl9ay/DSC_0192.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s1lgypufjiqxsp7/DSC_0002.JPG?dl=0

a00r thanks for your pictures but to see if your camera is blurry or not you need to post full resolution photos.

Misaligned Front Camera S7 EDGE

Hi Guys,
I purchased the Galaxy S7 Edge from Uae and now I am back in my hometown.
unfortunately my phone is only a month old and i just noticed that the front camera is misaligned by 1mm or so, you can see more of the black ring and the lens of the camera is more towards the right.
Although the camera works perfect and there are no problems, should i be worried?
I am extremely worried as the phone has no warranty in my country .

Mine is a bit misaligned as well. I wouldn't worry about it as long as it works as it should.

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Mine is a bit misaligned as well. I wouldn't worry about it as long as it works as it should.
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Thank God that is such a relieve as I don't have warranty support in my country and if i go to a service center they are known to rip customers off by selling unwanted parts especially to phones without warranty.
Is this normal, I saw this on other devices and some were aligned correctly?
Could you please share a picture of your device if possible?

Yea dont worry about that. I believe most are like that people just dont look that hard at there phones.

salvator101 said:
Hi Guys,
I purchased the Galaxy S7 Edge from Uae and now I am back in my hometown.
unfortunately my phone is only a month old and i just noticed that the front camera is misaligned by 1mm or so, you can see more of the black ring and the lens of the camera is more towards the right.
Although the camera works perfect and there are no problems, should i be worried?
I am extremely worried as the phone has no warranty in my country .
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I have a misaligned REAR Camera (the 12MP one) but works fine so no problem..

Checked now, mine is misaligned as well...no issues

termdj said:
Checked now, mine is misaligned as well...no issues
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Do you mean your front camera or rear camera?
I am referring to the front one

sensationvsgalaxy said:
I have a misaligned REAR Camera (the 12MP one) but works fine so no problem..
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Hi thanks for the reply.
How is your front camera?
Well the rear camera aint misaligned, it uses OIS so it keeps on moving
Refer to this http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/skp/faq/1084605

xile6 said:
Yea dont worry about that. I believe most are like that people just dont look that hard at there phones.
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is yours like this too?

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is yours like this too?
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Yea its just a bit off on the bottom of the camera.
You gotta look real hard to see. But its there. Doesnt effect anything since it doesnt cover the lense.

Same here i can see that theres much room on the bottom part of my front camera, but its working fine.
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Yea its just a bit off on the bottom of the camera.
You gotta look real hard to see. But its there. Doesnt effect anything since it doesnt cover the lense.
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Same here i can see that theres much room on the bottom part of my front camera, but its working fine.
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By room you mean the black part correct? As I can see more of the black ring which makes a gap between the lens and the outer ring but again mine is on the left side and not bottom so is that okay?

Yes. Its like the hole in the top glass was cut to big and off ceneter.

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Yes. Its like the hole in the top glass was cut to big and off ceneter.
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Ahh alright,
sorry if it's not too much to ask its my humble request if you could please share a picture of it?

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salvator101 said:
Hi Guys,
I purchased the Galaxy S7 Edge from Uae and now I am back in my hometown.
unfortunately my phone is only a month old and i just noticed that the front camera is misaligned by 1mm or so, you can see more of the black ring and the lens of the camera is more towards the right.
Although the camera works perfect and there are no problems, should i be worried?
I am extremely worried as the phone has no warranty in my country .
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Why do you post this several times?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/misaligned-camera-normal-t3381707

henklbr said:
Why do you post this several times?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/misaligned-camera-normal-t3381707
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Hi sorry, i guess it was done by mistake, I didn't know if the first post went through as my screen just refreshed.
How can I delete the second thread?

salvator101 said:
is yours like this too?
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salvator101 said:
Ahh alright,
sorry if it's not too much to ask its my humble request if you could please share a picture of it?
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Yea when i get home

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Yea when i get home
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Alright thanks a ton

The black one is mines. It has a screen protector on so thats the top offset.
But if you look at the black trim you can see where on the buttom of the camera it has more space then the top as its off center
My wife is the sliver one.
I did my best to take a picture of it. You can see how hers is center.
Either way it dossnt effect the camera.
And fyi these pictures were taken with the phone lol.
My nikon battery was dead.

xile6 said:
The black one is mines. It has a screen protector on so thats the top offset.
But if you look at the black trim you can see where on the buttom of the camera it has more space then the top as its off center
My wife is the sliver one.
I did my best to take a picture of it. You can see how hers is center.
Either way it dossnt effect the camera.
And fyi these pictures were taken with the phone lol.
My nikon battery was dead.
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Thank you so so so much for the pictures.
Mine is somewhat just like yours, I am glad that I'm not the only one.
Your wife's camera also looks a little misaligned from the right or I don't know if its because of the picture.
It's just ironic that a phone with such a hefty price, one would expect some quality and tolerance?

Problems with camera?

Two photos, two defects...
HW or SW Problem? Does anyone have the same problem?

There is a thread on OP Forums about it. Seems like Hardware issue. Rma!

It's a flare within the lens. Not a lot you can do.
I don't have this, is it always there?

dladz said:
It's a flare within the lens. Not a lot you can do.
I don't have this, is it always there?
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On a sunny day or against the sun it is 6 out of 10 photos, on the main camera as well as on the ultra-wide.

Mischell53 said:
On a sunny day or against the sun it is 6 out of 10 photos, on the main camera as well as on the ultra-wide.
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So strange, do you think applying heat would help it?
Re: a heat gun or a hair dryer?

dladz said:
So strange, do you think applying heat would help it?
Re: a heat gun or a hair dryer?
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It's not water its a reflection on lens. Unfortunately, heat will not help.

It's in the design of the lens hardware of the camera,how light reflects around the inside of the lens case at a certain angle. Much like the original Pixel had lens flare,its essentially a design feature(flaw) although some phones will have it more and some none at all (people with the iPhone 11 have been complaining about it a bit)There's nothing you can do about it except know its there and try and shoot so it doesn't affect the photo. I also get it badly from street lights at night from a certain angle.
You can see it here in this video at 55sec and 2.13
https://youtu.be/V40l25LUoEc
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Mischell53 said:
It's not water its a reflection on lens. Unfortunately, heat will not help.
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Just a thought. Send it back then

Cheap lens

Mischell53 said:
Two photos, two defects...
HW or SW Problem? Does anyone have the same problem?
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Yes sometimes!
Shadow the lens whit your hand!
Problem solved?