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Xperia X10 Camera tips for better results

Hello people
We have a wonderful 8 megapixel camera and if used properly we can get really amazing shots.
Lets discuss some tips and tricks we use to make the result even better.

Oh we have? I thought you said that android native camera app is much easier, better and faster to use? And now you make a thread for tips and tricks?
Why not give us a link of the android camera app. Its much easier dont you think?
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I just flashed from 2.1 to 2.2 (wolfbreak's rom)
Any tips and tricks for that?

when taking pic which is less than 10 CM we use macro,but does anyone has a idea how to take a similar pic like a portrait where only the person is focussed rest is blurred ,something like DSLR takes!!

My tip is to use the new HD1080 mode.... Seriously my pics since the last camera update have been incredible. Better than my digital camera by far.

kunalgahlot said:
when taking pic which is less than 10 CM we use macro,but does anyone has a idea how to take a similar pic like a portrait where only the person is focussed rest is blurred ,something like DSLR takes!!
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yeah I would also like to knew that
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kunalgahlot said:
when taking pic which is less than 10 CM we use macro,but does anyone has a idea how to take a similar pic like a portrait where only the person is focussed rest is blurred ,something like DSLR takes!!
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just click on the screen where is that person is stand.
if its work click thanks button

Hussain Isa said:
just click on the screen where is that person is stand.
if its work click thanks button
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does that work for Xperia too,its looks like a feature in Iphone...i know that multi auto focus...but i don't know if we can focus by click on a particular spot on screen..!!
or can we

i've 3 ROM in my SD,
First : CM7RC2v012 for all days
Second : 2.1.A.0.435 Generic for photos
Last : TripNMiUI 0.2.9) for tests
i dont flash the baseband ; just "backup/restore" with xRecovery.
Exemple of photos with my x10i :

fiscidtox said:
My tip is to use the new HD1080 mode.... Seriously my pics since the last camera update have been incredible. Better than my digital camera by far.
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I've tried the HD1080 mode, and I still find it worse than vignette, nothing beats vignette in my opinion, except that its so slow.
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Even with stock camera,what are the best settings to get amazing pictures...like some tweaks in normal settings...
Does anyone find difference between single autofocus and multi autofocus!!

i make my photo with this settings
- macro
- 8M
- very-high quality
other in "auto"

What is hd1080 mode guys?
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Nigeriax10holland said:
What is hd1080 mode guys?
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It's widescreen, and the pics are amazing quality.
Ever since the new camera upgrade for 2.2 it's been a new selection. I find it fantastic

fiscidtox said:
It's widescreen, and the pics are amazing quality.
Ever since the new camera upgrade for 2.2 it's been a new selection. I find it fantastic
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Wasnt it available in stock rom, wvga or something?
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blondprod said:
i've 3 ROM in my SD,
First : CM7RC2v012 for all days
Second : 2.1.A.0.435 Generic for photos
Last : TripNMiUI 0.2.9) for tests
i dont flash the baseband ; just "backup/restore" with xRecovery.
Exemple of photos with my x10i :
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Wow how did you get such vibrant colors? I am using stock 2.1 (435) rom and all my greens and yellows are washed out - i get a bluish tinted image....tinkering with white balance does no good either

fiscidtox said:
It's widescreen, and the pics are amazing quality.
Ever since the new camera upgrade for 2.2 it's been a new selection. I find it fantastic
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Dude, all it is is wide screen. The quality is even lower than the 6mp wide mode.
Trust me, look at the compression on that mode.
Stick with 8mp mode
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
Dude, all it is is wide screen. The quality is even lower than the 6mp wide mode.
Trust me, look at the compression on that mode.
Stick with 8mp mode
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Well my pics look way better in 1080 mode, so much that I've been getting comments on how good they are. The focus on the 8mp has been terrible, pics look pretty bad. I compared modes and the 1080hd is much better

fiscidtox said:
Well my pics look way better in 1080 mode, so much that I've been getting comments on how good they are. The focus on the 8mp has been terrible, pics look pretty bad. I compared modes and the 1080hd is much better
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Ok, now your making me wanna check this again. I really didn't put alot of time in it. Im gonna compare that against vignette 16:9 mode which is outstanding.
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bbsrailfan said:
Wow how did you get such vibrant colors? I am using stock 2.1 (435) rom and all my greens and yellows are washed out - i get a bluish tinted image....tinkering with white balance does no good either
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photo make with big sunshine @ south of france
(sorry my english)

X10 Camera sucks compared to Incredible S , Why ?

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 ?

n4naveen said:
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.
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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.

My_Immortal said:
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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My_Immortal said:
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 !

n4naveen said:
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!

xtbk9999 said:
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

Xperia Z - Camera test/comparision

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.

Roscobigfoot said:
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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Xperia Z Review Update

Hey guys, some of you may remember i posted a link to my Xperia Z review from my blog here a few weeks back and a lot of you seemed to like it. I have now posted a small update to my review along with camera samples in a new blog post so heres the link if you fancy reading some more
http://techoffanddie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/sony-xperia-z-review-update-camera.html

keyz86 said:
Hey guys, some of you may remember i posted a link to my Xperia Z review from my blog here a few weeks back and a lot of you seemed to like it. I have now posted a small update to my review along with camera samples in a new blog post so heres the link if you fancy reading some more
http://techoffanddie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/sony-xperia-z-review-update-camera.html
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Good update
But why opening new thread, just update the old one.
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abd_alazeez2002 said:
Good update
But why opening new thread, just update the old one.
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I figured most people probably wouldn't open the old thread as they would just assume it was just someone else making a comment that bumped it back up to the top... actually now i think about it i could have changed the title of the thread... ok my bad! Its been a VERY busy few weeks for me at work and my brain just isn't working as it should be.
If the mods want to delete this thread let me know and i'll update the other one. Thank god its a bank holiday weekend, i can finally get some rest!

Daytime the camera is amazing night time or any low light situation sucks lots of noise.

Teknohtc said:
Daytime the camera is amazing night time or any low light situation sucks lots of noise.
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I did manage to take some really nice night shots by messing around with the camera settings but i accidentally deleted them before writing the blog post
I may update it in a few days with some new pictures but i rarely find myself needing to take any photos after dark, the ones that i deleted i actually went out one evening specifically just to take some night shots with the phone for this blog but i just haven't had the time since to take any more.

wolf0491 said:
Enjoyed your reviews :thumbup:
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed reading
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Really useful. Thanks a lot, we appreciate the effort and concern. Keep up the good work!
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If anyone is interested in following my blog i have added RSS links on the page, or use this URL : http://techoffanddie.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Amaazing!!!!!!!
So its really Xperia Z Camera result,Why In Picture Properties didn't anything shown regarding Camera info by which its taken ??????????????

jhony.liver said:
Amaazing!!!!!!!
So its really Xperia Z Camera result,Why In Picture Properties didn't anything shown regarding Camera info by which its taken ??????????????
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I think it has something to do with the way Picassa hosts them or links to them, the copies I have on my PC have all the information there.
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jhony.liver said:
Amaazing!!!!!!!
So its really Xperia Z Camera result,Why In Picture Properties didn't anything shown regarding Camera info by which its taken ??????????????
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Yes they are from the Z. I've taken enough pictures myself with the phone to instantly recognise the quality.
My only gripe with the Zs camera is the fact that it doesn't hold as much detail as the Xperia S does. Don't get me wrong, the picture quality is better on the Z but the S seems to focus much better. Even before taking the shot, if I just hold both cameras up side by side and point at an image, I can clearly see that the S's camera is just better focused. It might take longer to do so but the focus is better. Details get blurred out a bit too easily on the Z.
At first like most, I blamed the image processing for cleaning up the noise at the expense of detail but now I'm convinced it's a focusing problem. At zero crop, it's all fine, but once you begin to crop, you see it all.
Having said that, the S only performs better in daylight and good light situations. Under low light and indoors, the amount of noise on the S's pictures make them much worse even if they hold more detail. If Sony can fix this focusing issue with an update, the Zs camera will quite simply, be the very best out now.
But until then, I can't really make that claim with the S4 packing a similar camera without the same problem.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the image processing algorithms or compression as many have claimed. Like I said even before you take the shot, you can see that the S's camera is better focused. Everything just looks sharper, I'm surprised people haven't clued on to this yet.
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Let's see them Pictures!!

Always wanted to be the guy who created the pictures thread for a note . Post pictures when you get them.

I don't know if this is what you want but here is a picture I grabbed on my first day.

Slie said:
I don't know if this is what you want but here is a picture I grabbed on my first day.
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Have you edited the photo before posting?

Slie said:
I don't know if this is what you want but here is a picture I grabbed on my first day.
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That picture looks amazing
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Hamidd said:
Have you edited the photo before posting?
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No sir, I snapped it. Then saw this thread and uploaded it. I admit I might have been able make it better. I do agree the fact I can see the rain off to the left is amazing!

The camera on the N5 is fantastic!!
Birdy
Doggy

Unedited snapshot from my Note 5
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it's about time. I had been looking for a pictures thread a few days ago.
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It's great. The night time shot was done manually in pro mode. In auto it came out too exposed.

foulmouthedruffian said:
The camera on the N5 is fantastic!!
Birdy
Doggy
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Wow, that bird pic looks amazing. This is great stuff, better than my LG G4 for sure.
How is the new 4k DIS with OIS like? Is it much better?

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I must admit, you have kept that dinosaur in very good condition. Clean too. Nice Pic as well

Hendrickson said:
Wow, that bird pic looks amazing. This is great stuff, better than my LG G4 for sure.
How is the new 4k DIS with OIS like? Is it much better?
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here's someone's video sample...
https://youtu.be/WVjoMU1SlLg
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xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
I must admit, you have kept that dinosaur in very good condition. Clean too. Nice Pic as well
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Lol thanks
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Hendrickson said:
Wow, that bird pic looks amazing. This is great stuff, better than my LG G4 for sure.
How is the new 4k DIS with OIS like? Is it much better?
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Thanks! To be fair, he's super handsome and photogenic and makes every picture good. The slow motion (which my last phone did not have) has been my obsession as of late to capture flying video.
To my great embarrassment, I haven't even messed with the 4k recording. I do take a lot of bird video, but my excuse is I run a blog for my parrot and have some pretty steep limitations on video upload.

Took a couple macro shots, quite impressed with what I see (got the phone today)
(motherboard of the Galaxy S4)
The camera still has some issues with low light conditions; however, certainly a major improvement from any other Android device and on par with iPhone low light shots (though I would say Note 5 dominates during regular lighting conditions)
Also, for anyone wondering about the aggressive RAM profile, loaded up Hearthstone, Vainglory, Chrome, iFunny, and Pandora. No Apps killed. Seems to only affect some phones (or models?)

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Took a couple macro shots, quite impressed with what I see (got the phone today)
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Now those are some damn impressive shots!

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foulmouthedruffian said:
Now those are some damn impressive shots!
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Yep especially considering its using the standard mode (I can only imagine the quality I can get if I take the time to set it up for macro in pro mode) and a regular desk lamp lighting.

https://goo.gl/photos/Sforc3Ar73jhBkwS9
Duke