I updated to 4.3 and am rooted and stable. I used the camera a bit yesterday. I know we're all different, but a good camera was one of the top two reasons I went to the S4 and paid a bunch of money to early terminate my HTC Evo 4G LTE contract. And up until this update, I've been very happy with it. I take a lot of outdoors pictures and the S4 camera was great at that.
But the pictures I took yesterday, all in good sunlight, were pretty badly over exposed. Reminded me of my line of HTC phones. It has me very worried at this point. Anyone else experience this on 4.3?
Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate the difference. And this is consistent so far in direct sunlight. I can turn the "exposure value" down to -1 in the settings and the pictures look pretty good again, but that's a PITA to do everytime I take a picture, since that setting does not stick between camera uses/reboots. Can anyone comment if they are or are not seeing the same behavior? Or post pictures from your stock 4.3 camera in direct sunlight?
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jejb said:
I updated to 4.3 and am rooted and stable. I used the camera a bit yesterday. I know we're all different, but a good camera was one of the top two reasons I went to the S4 and paid a bunch of money to early terminate my HTC Evo 4G LTE contract. And up until this update, I've been very happy with it. I take a lot of outdoors pictures and the S4 camera was great at that.
But the pictures I took yesterday, all in good sunlight, were pretty badly over exposed. Reminded me of my line of HTC phones. It has me very worried at this point. Anyone else experience this on 4.3?
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Mine looks fine... looks like dirty lense...:what:
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Thanks for checking. It was not caused by a dirty lens. First thing I checked.
We're suppose to finally get some sun again late today or tomorrow. We've had a rainy/cloudy period since I took the picture above. So I'll do some more testing when the sun comes back. The pictures I've taken that were not in direct sunlight or more distant shots in sunlight seem fine.
Well, the sun finally came back out today, and my problem has mysteriously vanished. I've not done any resets, etc since noting the issue a few days ago. I did install several other camera apps to test, so maybe one of those somehow made things better? But I only tested with the stock S4 app today, and it's working great again (thank goodness).
That's not overexposure. That's haze or diffusion due to something on or behind the lens. If the lens was clean, then there may have been moisture or condensation on the backside of the lens that has now evaporated or dissipated.
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That's not overexposure. That's haze or diffusion due to something on or behind the lens. If the lens was clean, then there may have been moisture or condensation on the backside of the lens that has now evaporated or dissipated.
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While I appreciate the input, that was for sure not the cause. When I switched to other camera apps shooting the same picture on the same day, there was no problem. It was over exposure.
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Hy 4 all!
I have CM6.1 with Froyo on my Legend and I use the built-in camera app. My photos are always blurry and like so they were taken in a foggy, cloudy place. I have tried to increase the ISO, Deblur, decrease the lightness, increase the sharpness and etc... but nothing has helped. I think the LED flash is too strong. I dont know what more can I do. Has somebody else this problem? Is there a solution?
Thank you forwards!
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Unfortunately, the camera sensor on Legend has it's limitation, if you do care the quality of photo you shot, you better carry a DC or a DSLR to solve this problem.
Yes, the flash is way to strong and built too close to the lens I think. The only thing this cam is good for is well lit day time shots. The flash will destroy any picture if used.
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The flash is good as a flashliht though...I couldn't live without that...
I'm using Stock-like ROM with the original app and the quality is just bad too...
I don't find the Legend too bad, though I've never owned a really good camera so that might be why. I'm happy with the quality tbh, I used the app Vignette with the quality set to 'superfine'.
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Well, yes, it can do a good picture while taking shot on a sunny day, although the shot is too light and unbalanced...Also the quality is good because of the resize - look at it in original an you will be surprised
Oh, come on, boys and girls.
What do you expect from a lens as big as a pinhead, a focal distance of maybe 4 mm and 5 mm sensor behind it?
It's good for a snapshot but you woulnd't want your wedding picture being taken with that.
Yeah, I use both Legend and Samsung Fascinate, the Fascinate's camera is much much much better, and flashlight mode is really good. I believe I can take wedding photos with my Fascinate. HTC's camera is never close to "good", always causes pink area on the photo.
Actually none of HTC's phone produce good quality pictures. NONE. I find the quality is acceptable for a phone. If you want the picture perfect quality then I don't think phones will cut it. It is good enough for my use though.
First, there will be no disassembly pictures, because i did not have a camera, just look at the youtube disassemblyvids.
You basically open the batterydoor, unscrew the screws for the back, pop it of, pop out the cameraglas, and polish away the faded AntiReflective coating with a rag and toothpaste.
Clean the Camerasensor and glas with windowcleaner afterwards. Put it back togheter.
Profit.
Before and after pictures.
This i guess, works for all phones.
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I did this to mine the other day, although I didn't disassemble it, I just cleaned the lens while it was on the phone. It really made a huge difference to my photo's, before they were all bloomy and blurry, now they are nice and sharp! :laugh:
Reminds me of the 'fix' back when I had a MyTouch 3G Limited Edition Fender (i.e.: HTC Magic/Sapphire). Except the glass filter was much much easier to remove.
But yea for me, since I'm already walking around with an expensive Olympus Pen E-P3 I have a number of Lens pens in my bag, one of which being a micro that just enough to cover the G2's glass cover and take any film right off.
Wouldn't that have a negative impact on shots outdoors in sunlight?
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Wouldn't that have a negative impact on shots outdoors in sunlight?
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Indeed it would, harsh glare/flare, the alternative would be to simply kick up the contrast a little on the image. Which is what I suspect the software did on gb, when full camera driver/control was available.
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Exactly what I suspected, thanks for clearing that up.
One thing I read about. CM7 and such ROMs compress pics, causing picture quality to be subpar. Believe someone posted a fix on another phone thread, I could never figure out how to implement that for the G2. It explains why Sense ROMs and stock have better picture quality.
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Exactly what I suspected, thanks for clearing that up.
One thing I read about. CM7 and such ROMs compress pics, causing picture quality to be subpar. Believe someone posted a fix on another phone thread, I could never figure out how to implement that for the G2. It explains why Sense ROMs and stock have better picture quality.
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Depends on the camera drivers used in the kernel and how the provided software works with it. For example If the Desire HD had gotten ICS, or when the Virtuous team manages to rewrite the drivers, direct control over camera's hardware will allow some camera apps (third party or otherwise) to make the most use of the camera's raw data, which can then be tweaked prior to compression.
I'm not very familiar with how it even works now, just that the drivers some of the ICS roms use currently is kind of a work around, i.e.: no real control over the camera but 'functional' for the most part. It's like getting your 3D accelerated graphics card working with at least some 2D functionality.
I also used tootpaste today for cleaning glass and result is very big! :good:
Thank you, I hadn't considered the glass.
We have 2 LG G2 phones in the house and recently I noticed one of them has had problems with about 80% of the photos looking blurry or having a ghosting effect. At first I thought it was the lighting conditions since I first noticed them during an indoor concert but after some additional testing I saw it was happening under different lighting conditions as well. Only very close macro shots consistently came out great but most others experienced the ghosting effect.
The interesting thing I discovered was that if I tapped or shook the phone and retook the same picture, it would usually snap the picture properly. The photos below were taken within seconds of each other to show what the before and after the "shake" did to the pictures. For the blurry pictures, I could see the ghosting on the screen while it was trying to focus. I also tried manual focus and although it looked clear for a brief moment, the ghosting would remain and is clearly seen on the clock and thermostat pictures below.
My other G2 does not experience this at all so hopefully it's just a bad phone but I'm curious if others have seen this with their G2.
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I appear to be having a similar issue. Even a still image with no moving objects looks blurry. Not sure what the problem is. I have the D802 UK version.
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I know exactly what you mean. At times it seems just part of the image is blurry or not in focus.
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well, the last photo was better on the left one.
Can you get warranty for the left one ? Because there is something weird with it.
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well, the last photo was better on the left one.
Can you get warranty for the left one ? Because there is something weird with it.
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The last photo was just reversed. I received my warranty replacement and the new phone works perfectly. I was even able to get some really good low light photos during our weekend blackout.
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I have the same problem. Most pictures out of focus. I thought this camera was supposed to be good...
Camera MX also has its issues, but seems to work better...
Video on the other hand just flat out doesn't produce viewable videos. Its always trying to focus during the video. Really disappointed in this phone.
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I have the same problem. Most pictures out of focus. I thought this camera was supposed to be good...
Camera MX also has its issues, but seems to work better...
Video on the other hand just flat out doesn't produce viewable videos. Its always trying to focus during the video. Really disappointed in this phone.
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I'd replace the phone under warranty as that's not the normal behavior. Both my wife's and my new replacement G2 take perfect pictures now. It's interesting that the whole reason I switched from my HTC One to this phone was because the the famous purple picture issue and the first one I get has the ghosting image issue . All good now though.
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I have had this phone for three months, and have taken care of the phone very carefully. Now this random dark spot appears on the none wide angle camera in photos and videos. I haven't done anything that I can think of that would cause this other than accepting this big update on my phone a week or so ago. Anyone know if it's defective, or something else like software? This is the Canadian Rogers LG G6 version. I love this phone and just got it no long ago... I have no idea what I should do, because it ruins certain videos or pictures now. Here's a video to show what I mean, https://youtu.be/31gP0E3hmwo
Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?
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Weird - did you take an extended video of the sun? Also, I'm sure you already have cleaned the camera glass many times, but when you clean it, did you look closely for anything out of the ordinary, maybe trapped between the outer glass and the inner lens?
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No, I always avoid getting the sun into my camera for the fear burning the lens. Only thing I can think of my lens getting a lot of light is when taking extreme zoom in pictures of leaves that were in the sun one of those zoom in clip on lenses. Though the camera was facing down on leaves and not towards the sun.
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I will have to look at the lens again when cleaning, because I didn't notice anything before.
I just did another test while looking for dust on the lens with a soft flashlight and this spot turned into something else. So confused, because I don't see anything when I look at it. Here I recorded it https://youtu.be/ujwJEvfcQ44
I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.
I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared
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I've the same problem few month ago, I just shake the phone because I thought it was a dust and the dark spot disappeared
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I think there is something between the lens and the sensor. I would send it to repair.
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I'll trying shaking it before sending it to repair, hopefully shaking works, thanks for the ideas.
Just got the following update.
Change log is minimal:
Camera improvement
Security patch
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So what is your question or is this just a statement?
From what I feel before and after this update, white balance issue seems to be fixed, photos taken isn't too warm anymore.
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I hope this update for the S20 plus 5g exynos will arrive also this week...
I have a simlock free German device.
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So what is your question or is this just a statement?
From what I feel before and after this update, white balance issue seems to be fixed, photos taken isn't too warm anymore.
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It was a statement officer.
I can see more improvement to autofocus, less over sharpening effect, better image quality when zooming.
One bad thing I noticed regarding stabilization magnets. They seem not to hold the sensor when using the phone. Lens makes a lot more noise [rattling] even though I'm not using the camera. Very annoying.
Not sure if it's a defect on my unit or something that this update caused.
I'll try to shoot a short video in a different thread about the issue.
new firmware already released in China ATD1 with more improvements
waiting for it in EU.
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One bad thing I noticed regarding stabilization magnets. They seem to not hold the sensor when using the phone. Lens makes a lot of noise even though I'm not using the camera. Very annoying.
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That was noticed by a number of people as soon as the phone was launched, it's annoying to have that rattle if you shake the phone but it seems standard and not a fault.
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That was noticed by a number of people as soon as the phone was launched, it's annoying to have that rattle if you shake the phone but it seems standard and not a fault.
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Yes totally aware about the rattling noise due to IOS. But after the update it seems louder than before. Is it due to the zoom improvement via firmware? Not sure.
In any case I think it should be easy to develop a tiny app to activate the magnets at all time (same as when opening the camera app). Might drain the battery a bit but that rattling is very annoying. I'm ok to trade 5% of battery drain to suppress the noise.
Those of you who got the ATCT fimrware update on exynos, can you try something out?
Pls take a pic of a white wall, indoor, dim indoor lighting, using night mode. Does it come out darker than it is or looks normal?