We all know that N4 has a very bad camera..specially in low light photos..photos have very much dots..They seems good on mobile but when zoomed even a little its pathetic.
Was anyone able to find out what the issue is..? is it software or hardware..?
If its software related than is there any solution..?
ramkumar2000 said:
We all know that N4 has a very bad camera..specially in low light photos..photos have very much dots..They seems good on mobile but when zoomed even a little its pathetic.
Was anyone able to find out what the issue is..? is it software or hardware..?
If its software related than is there any solution..?
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Low light noise, no tap to snap picture, horrendous flash photos.
It's just not as good as the Galaxy S2+ I was going to sell.
The camera is the biggest disappointment for me as a one week N4 owner. I'm seriously considering selling the phone.
I tried the Moto X apk, which seemed to be a little better on the noise front, but I can't live with that aspect ratio. "Focal" was even worse than the stock camera.
PmT
Are you expecting the sensor performance of a 5dmk3?
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Are you expecting the sensor performance of a 5dmk3?
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No We are just expecting a decent camera..coz i think its a make or break feature for a smartphone..accept it or not..camera is not good enough on N4. And please i was just asking a question, its not about what i expect.
Just FYI i have a DHD and its camera is great..even in low light
agree camer not good..but it depends on what u use most..it is subjective..for me this is a perfect phone for daily driver
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chasist said:
agree camer not good..but it depends on what u use most..it is subjective..for me this is a perfect phone for daily driver
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I just wanted to know whats causing this Low light Noise..i love the phone and i am using it from last 6 months..but if someone could figure out the root cause than i guess it could be solved..
I don't in any way think the N4 has a terrible camera. The pictures of takes for me at least are clear and sharp.. Way better than my S2 and honestly look just as good as my brothers Optimus g and NY wife's Note 2..
Not sure what your talking about..
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PJcastaldo said:
I don't in any way think the N4 has a terrible camera. The pictures of takes for me at least are clear and sharp.. Way better than my S2 and honestly look just as good as my brothers Optimus g and NY wife's Note 2..
Not sure what your talking about..
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Yea, I concur. I'm able to take great pictures with this phone. I'm not sure what the issue is. I mean I did come from the Evo 4G to this though, that phone had so many camera issues so I guess anything is better.
After reading around the subject, the only thing I've that gives me any hope is someone suggested using Snap Camera HDR app and fixing the ISO at 100. I'll be giving it a try in the hope of reducing noise in the pictures my N4 makes. Ta-ta, PmT
I am not expecting a 5DmkIII quality but I was expecting the camera to be as good as the one on my Galaxy S2 Plus (also 8MP).
My camera works great for a phone.
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I think the camera is not bad but not the greatest either. What I hate about it is that you HAVE to tap the screen to take a pic. Is there a way to enable one of the volume buttons to take a pic or something?
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Give it a fair amount of light and it's on par with other smartphone from last year
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Bad camera my ass, just stop comparing it to real camera's.
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I have procapture camera app and takes great pictures. Just like any other camer at night/low light you have to mess with settings.
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konoplya said:
I think the camera is not bad but not the greatest either. What I hate about it is that you HAVE to tap the screen to take a pic. Is there a way to enable one of the volume buttons to take a pic or something?
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Have you not upgraded to 4.3? On 4.3, you can use the volume rocker to take pics.
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Bad camera my ass, just stop comparing it to real camera's.
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I never said its bad in good light..i just said in low light photos there is very noise
konoplya said:
I think the camera is not bad but not the greatest either. What I hate about it is that you HAVE to tap the screen to take a pic. Is there a way to enable one of the volume buttons to take a pic or something?
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you dont have to tap the screen. long press the shoot button until its focused, then release. or in 4.3, you can hold down the down volume button then releae when focused.
btw some recent photos..
This phone sold for $200, of you want better camera you're going to have to shell out more money for other phones with better camera.
If you want less noise in low light shoot with iso 100. Or get n HTC One.
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Have you not upgraded to 4.3? On 4.3, you can use the volume rocker to take pics.
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Haven't upgraded yet since there is a lot of talk that 4.3 messes up the nexus in a lot of people
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Haven't upgraded yet since there is a lot of talk that 4.3 messes up the nexus in a lot of people
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I have been running 4.3 since it was leaked and have had no issues. I did have a couple of apps that were misbehaving, but once the devs updated for 4.3 compatibility, they were fixed.
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Anyone else noticed the camera shutter speed and focus issues since the JB update?
I use to be able to take fast, focused snaps. It takes seriously longer to get a good crisp shot.
Any pointers?
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Anyone else noticed the camera shutter speed and focus issues since the JB update?
I use to be able to take fast, focused snaps. It takes seriously longer to get a good crisp shot.
Any pointers?
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I haven't noticed that issue. Are you on stock or custom ROM?
I'm on Omega JB ROM.
I'm stock all the way. Have had my JB for about a week, played with all the camera settings & it still sucks!
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I can see your point about the focus issue but the shutter speed seems similar to me.
Me To, i'm on ARHD 13 and the foucs got quite slow.
on ICS it was perfect
theslashy said:
Me To, i'm on ARHD 13 and the foucs got quite slow.
on ICS it was perfect
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I think the S3 camera is Ok, but just so... OK... nothing special.
I think my neo takes better pictures by far...
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I think the S3 camera is Ok, but just so... OK... nothing special.
I think my neo takes better pictures by far...
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Really? I think the S3 takes some of the best pictures out of most android devices.
I'm getting very blurry pictures even with anti shake enabled and also poor focusing
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I have tested with s2 S3 and neo on big TV and the neo pictures where sharper. The only thing that was good was filming with full HD. But get the same results from s2.
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I'm using completely stock.
Noticed setting storage type back to phone from SD fixed the lag. Think it needs a defrag somehow.
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Although it doesnt help you. I actually found the camera to be much better in JB. Most of my shots previous would either not focus or blur and the only way I could get a decent shot was to use the Best Shot feature. Now it snaps well each time.
I hope we get the PhotoSphere in the 4.1.2 update that looks ace!
Camera is not worse. Its more grainy for videos thats what i noticed. But i prefer it that way. More noise and looks like blu-ray video. I can use deblock later if i wanna edit the file
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Check out pro capture in the play store, its a much better alternative. Which is a shame because its obviously not the hardware thats letting this phone down.
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Have you made sure your lense is clean?
For the Price Samsung could do better. You have Xperia s with 12 MP and good lens. For a top device. ..
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I didn't notice that , i am update to JB from 2 days to UAE version and it's doing great and nothing happened in the camera speed or focus .
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Is there any way to lower how bright the flash is when taking a picture? Are there any settings within the stock camera app or is there an aftermarket camera that does this? Using filters to darken the picture works ok but it sucks seeing good pictures ruined by how bright they ended up. Really disappointed with the camera on the Nexus 4 especially coming from the HTC Amaze and even my wife's SG2 does a better job.
Turn down the exposure to -1?
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Turn down the exposure to -1?
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That did help and even went as low as -2. Thanks
Hey guys,
am I the only one who's not entirely happy with the new camera in Android 4.3.
The first thing i noticed is that many of my photos seem to be a little more washed out than they used to be.
And the second thing: Whenever i take a photo sphere with my N4, the corresponding location is not saved to the picture. No matter if location is turned on/off in the photosphere settings.
Does anyone have an idea for fixing these issues? Or at least for the second one? Or have you noticed similar behavior?
Thanks in advance
I don't have those. For me the camera seems taking better pictures than 4.2.2 and flash seems stronger. But I think camera has become a bit more slow in starting.
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I noticed the washed out pictures as well compared to 4.2.2. 4.3 has too many problems. I reverted it back to 4.2.2.
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I noticed the washed out pictures as well compared to 4.2.2. 4.3 has too many problems. I reverted it back to 4.2.2.
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4.3 is waaaay better than 4.2.2
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BigDig said:
4.3 is waaaay better than 4.2.2
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I noticed the wash pics too, 4.3 isn't a big jump, only the colors and touch drivers.
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I noticed the washed out pictures as well compared to 4.2.2. 4.3 has too many problems. I reverted it back to 4.2.2.
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I noticed the wash pics too, 4.3 isn't a big jump, only the colors and touch drivers.
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Glad I'm not the only one noticing this. hope it will be fixed
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Glad I'm not the only one noticing this. hope it will be fixed
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Yeap, I hope key lime pie change the way we use and see android. Hope they could make a good job.
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I'm also waiting for this to improve so that I can go back to 4.3.
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I noticed the wash pics too, 4.3 isn't a big jump, only the colors and touch drivers.
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You check these washed out pics on other monitors? It's probably just the colour on your N4, not the camera.
^^ nope. Its not the screen colors. I used PA 4.3 version which has screen calibrated colors.
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^^ nope. Its not the screen colors. I used PA 4.3 version which has screen calibrated colors.
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something I said offended you or unusual?
I trade pics with my wife. She has an HTC One X. Pics she takes that look good on her phone don't look as good once they are on my phone. Pics that I take that don't look so good on my phone look much better on her phone. Colors are more vibrant on her phone no matter which camera was used and colors on my N4 do look washed out no matter which camera used.
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I had the same problem with the missing location. Just go to Google settings and enable location access for Apps under the location settings... After that the camera stores the location again..
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Guessing this is old news but I just found out. Pretty cool.
http://www.androidpit.com/surprise-android-4-3-also-brought-a-physical-camera-button
News to me, thx!
News for me too, but this camera sucks big time so I probably won't use it much.
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The rom I'm using on my Galaxy Nexus uses the new Moto X camera and it really really takes pics better. The stock app always takes blurry apps. CM Focus helps but I like the Moto one.
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The rom I'm using on my Galaxy Nexus uses the new Moto X camera and it really really takes pics better. The stock app always takes blurry apps. CM Focus helps but I like the Moto one.
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Which ROM and is it possible to flash the Moto X camera onto any custom?
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Which ROM and is it possible to flash the Moto X camera onto any custom?
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News to me. However, I am questioning the usefulness of it -- considering the focus and other camera functions are touch-screen. Just another good-to-know-it-is-there "feature" I suppose.
Cool!
Thanks didn't know that!
Wow your right. That's what we get for not reading operators manual.
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Wow your right. That's what we get for not reading operators manual.
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Haha true
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All my photos look really soft, like almost smudged detail, i tried all the modes and still same, can someone help me make it better in detail? Will camera mod actually help alot? Thanks guys
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Is anyone even having this :S
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Indoors or low light conditions?
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Happens everywhere, i
Outdoors, indoors,
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Happens everywhere, i
Outdoors, indoors,
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Have you tried the instant awesome feature? The camera is the only thing that really got dinged on this phone.
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Ghstudent said:
Have you tried the instant awesome feature? The camera is the only thing that really got dinged on this phone.
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what is that? thanks, never heard of it.
technostein said:
what is that? thanks, never heard of it.
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The '"IA" option in the camera.
Jimi Mack said:
The '"IA" option in the camera.
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ah right, yeah i tried that dont see much of a difference, would the camera MOD help?
It would depend on which Mod. I always suggest making a Nanroid and then try flashing several Camera mods till you find on what works to your liking.
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ah right, yeah i tried that dont see much of a difference, would the camera MOD help?
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The camera is rather annoying on this device.
Camera MODs will improve the camera; It focuses faster, removes the "lag" in the viewfinder and massively improves the AI mode. Unfortunately, the "painted" effect is still there when you zoom in but it does make a noticeable difference.
Shame, because the camera is the only thing letting this device down.
Here's the mod that I applied - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548974
I couldn't get any of the files to work but the dev recently posted this test version which worked for me - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48688463&postcount=703