The front-facing Camera is very bad! - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

It's pretty noisy and produces horrible selfies, the front facing camera of my s3 is 10 times better, what do you think?

Agreed. Just compared the FFC on my S3 to the S5 and the S3 produces a much better picture

Megaleo2 said:
It's pretty noisy and produces horrible selfies, the front facing camera of my s3 is 10 times better, what do you think?
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Interesting, I do think that a 2.0 megapixel front facing camera is a little low compared to the 5.0 on the M8.

SuperTek said:
Interesting, I do think that a 2.0 megapixel front facing camera is a little low compared to the 5.0 on the M8.
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Megapixel count only really matters when you want to zoom and see the finer details.

True, front camera sucks big time!!! no good!! to the point that is making me want to return it, defective. and they send me another one!?

Seems like the same front camera used in the Xperia Z1/Z1 Compact (EDIT: Actually the Z1 uses aggressive software softening of the picture afterwards to reduce noise so it's not as bad). iPhone 5s has the best front camera from my experience - I haven't tried the M8.

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Selfie quality

Current have the note 3 coming from nexus 6 due to a horrible front camera. Looking to purchase this phone how's the front cam. I use snapchat alot which is why the camera is my main focus.
It's very good, more like a rear camera. Sharp and large photos.
You should be good..my girl uses Snapchat and she loves the camera..
No complaints and she was coming from the HTC m8
just4747 said:
It's very good, more like a rear camera. Sharp and large photos.
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MrDSL said:
You should be good..my girl uses Snapchat and she loves the camera..
No complaints and she was coming from the HTC m8
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I don't know if you guys used nexus 6 so it nothing compared to the 6. The front camera picture looked like there were from the 1980's all blury and pixeled.
I still have my nexus 6..my 6p won't be here till tomorrow and the 6p camera is leaps and bounds above my nexus 6.
It blows mine away
Selfie camera is awesome, but in my opinion it doesn't beat S6 edge's front cam. S6 edge has by far the best selfie camera I've ever seen on any phone.
thayl0 said:
Current have the note 3 coming from nexus 6 due to a horrible front camera. Looking to purchase this phone how's the front cam. I use snapchat alot which is why the camera is my main focus.
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have you got the 6p? If so is the front camera good and not blurry and pixelated ?
Selfies are great when I take them with my kids, especially when using HDR the noise is greatly reduced.
6P had great front camera for selfies...
Heisenberg said:
Selfies are great when I take them with my kids, especially when using HDR the noise is greatly reduced.
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Is there any noise in the photos on apps like snapchat or instagram? my v10 has that problem and if the 6p doesnt that would be the only reason to switch over lol
jordy787 said:
Is there any noise in the photos on apps like snapchat or instagram? my v10 has that problem and if the 6p doesnt that would be the only reason to switch over lol
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Unfortunately I can't help you there, I don't use either of those apps.

Selfie Camera 16MP?

I just noticed the selfie Camera is always out of focus or not as sharp as the mega pickles it says. I turned off the beautification mode and still same results. I compared it to my S8+ and even though it has 8mp; it captures sharp focused selfies. Tsk tsk tsk!
sharpness has nothing to do with mega pixels..
maybe you can take some sample photos with the front cameras of both devices and show here to illustrate..
hatyrei said:
I just noticed the selfie Camera is always out of focus or not as sharp as the mega pickles it says. I turned off the beautification mode and still same results. I compared it to my S8+ and even though it has 8mp; it captures sharp focused selfies. Tsk tsk tsk!
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The OP5 selfie cam has a fixed focus.
This means that there is an optimal distance which has to be kept to the camera for the pictures to be in focus.
If you are too close or too far away from the sensor you won't be sharp and there is nothing you can do about this.
Your S8+ selfie camera has autofocus, so the distance to the camera doesn't matter.
Wrong! Lol. Megapixels plays a part in photo sharpness and quality. I'm just baffled the sheer amount of marketing they have for better pics. It's a huge b.s. Ifou have the 1+5 you can try it out! And compare it to your other phones!
AcmE85 said:
The OP5 selfie cam has a fixed focus.
This means that there is an optimal distance which has to be kept to the camera for the pictures to be in focus.
If you are too close or too far away from the sensor you won't be sharp and there is nothing you can do about this.
Your S8+ selfie camera has autofocus, so the distance to the camera doesn't matter.
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So you're saying I need to hold the phone in a certain distance for the selfie shooter? I tested it in arms length but the results are still awful.
hatyrei said:
So you're saying I need to hold the phone in a certain distance for the selfie shooter? I tested it in arms length but the results are still awful.
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Exactly.
But if you still are unhappy you might try Google Camera for selfies.
I use it on my OP3 and it uses less postprocessing so depending on the lighting,
selfies come out better in my opinion. In lowlight you will see more noise though.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...amera-4-4-012-156195200-android-apk-download/
hatyrei said:
So you're saying I need to hold the phone in a certain distance for the selfie shooter? I tested it in arms length but the results are still awful.
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Are you sure it's a focus problem? :angel:
hatyrei said:
Wrong! Lol. Megapixels plays a part in photo sharpness and quality. I'm just baffled the sheer amount of marketing they have for better pics. It's a huge b.s. Ifou have the 1+5 you can try it out! And compare it to your other phones!
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it does take part in quality but not sharpness. Sharpness has to do with optical lens and sensor size. I am in the process of returning OP5 because my 6P camera is sharper and crispier. 1.55 µm on 6P vs 1.12 µm and 1.0 µm on OP5.
Full frame DSLR like Canon 5D has 6.5+ µm.
OP5 just used legacy marketing tactic using mpx size instead of actuality of the quality.
zerosource said:
it does take part in quality but not sharpness. Sharpness has to do with optical lens and sensor size. I am in the process of returning OP5 because my 6P camera is sharper and crispier. 1.55 µm on 6P vs 1.12 µm and 1.0 µm on OP5.
Full frame DSLR like Canon 5D has 6.5+ µm.
OP5 just used legacy marketing tactic using mpx size instead of actuality of the quality.
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i think you are baby-sitting the wrong target.. selfie-shooters tend to know little or nothing about photography..
i ceased to provide any help here after that initial "Wrong" response.. typical response not surprisingly..

Selfie quality

You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Xiaomi Poco F1 performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
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I've rated selfie cam average coz it's a mixed bag
In artificial lighting conditions it produces somewhat blurry images. In fact selfies in complete darkness with the screen flash look better than selfies in artificial lights such as tubelights, bulbs etc. Bokeh selfies are better with more details as compared to normal selfies.
I'm talking about selfies with 0 beautification.
I must admit that I'm coming from nexus 5 which has 1.2 mp front camera so maybe I was expecting a bit too much from the 20 mp cam of Poco f1!
Come to think of it, various hardware checking apps show front camera as 5 mp!
May be they are detecting secondary camera at the back as front camera...anyone knows any app that detects all 3 cameras (megapixel and sensor used) correctly??!
It is correct with 5mp. The Cam combines four Pixels top one Superpixel.
I thought it's detecting 5 mp is secondary back camera and mistaking it for front cam
ConradB said:
It is correct with 5mp. The Cam combines four Pixels top one Superpixel.
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So you mean the front camera is actually a 5 mp cam and it should be denoted as such in hardware info apps such as CPU X? This explains why the selfie quality wasn't much much better as I had expected. I'm not that impressed with this 4 pixel combining to form a Superpixel technology....at least in poor lighting conditions.
It would also mean that the secondary 5 mp camera at the back isn't mentioned in the information generated by such apps!
Shouldn't it be mentioned?
I hope I'm clear on this point.
Noticed nowadays new camera unable to capture sharp pic for grp selfie
Grp selfie is where u at front n few members at the back to ensure everyone fit it in the picture
But what happen is only ur pic is sharp while the rest quite blur
This not happened during single lens with fix focus like s7 or 2016 model
How to fix this ?
I must admit that the selfies come out blurry when taken indoors especially when taken with volume rocker. It shakes up due to the press of the button. Do you guys face that?
senthilrameshjv said:
I must admit that the selfies come out blurry when taken indoors especially when taken with volume rocker. It shakes up due to the press of the button. Do you guys face that?
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I assume you might already be aware, they do have the option to use the fingerprint scanner as shutter.
Camera - Settings , scroll down and find it under Additional settings
watsinaname said:
I assume you might already be aware, they do have the option to use the fingerprint scanner as shutter.
Camera - Settings , scroll down and find it under Additional settings
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Yes indeed. But just verifying if it's only my phone gets blurry due to such small shakes.
senthilrameshjv said:
Yes indeed. But just verifying if it's only my phone gets blurry due to such small shakes.
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It's the same with me also, even on the rear camera most of the pictures taken on artificial lighting conditions are blurry because of that shaking.
The correct name for this thread is "Blurry camera" Quality
Even with the tripod its taking blurry shot - Cool is it ?
Need a Fix for this soon
The youtube reviews were good regarding the front camera & even the photos were good. Were the review units different or the camera hardware in the 8gb+256gb?
am i just speculating? :crying:
nC3rtaintiy said:
The youtube reviews were good regarding the front camera & even the photos were good. Were the review units different or the camera hardware in the 8gb+256gb?
am i just speculating? :crying:
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Mine is 128gb 6Gb variant bought during 1st flash sale
Same camera blurry image issue
zaro143 said:
Mine is 128gb 6Gb variant bought during 1st flash sale
Same camera blurry image issue
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its all units
all get blurry with even the slightest nudge
I see the phone uses a 20MP sensor from Samsung.
This not a real 20MP camera...I mean, it can't be! Or it's very, VERY bad, even in natural light conditions.
The quality of selfies is way inferior to the 12MP sensor of the back camera.
The amount of details captured by it makes it look more like a 5-8MP sensor...
CygnusBlack said:
I see the phone uses a 20MP sensor from Samsung.
This not a real 20MP camera...I mean, it can't be! Or it's very, VERY bad, even in natural light conditions.
The quality of selfies is way inferior to the 12MP sensor of the back camera.
The amount of details captured by it makes it look more like a 5-8MP sensor...
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Cause that Samsung lens contain 4 5mp lens
sayan1st said:
Cause that Samsung lens contain 4 5mp lens
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Nice travesty
It's pretty good considering Huawei and Samsung selfie are overfiltered and poor quality.
This one can see your pores and pixel bins to prevent noise.
Hi look at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssw9H08ddlw
You guys are completely crazy or have fault devices. The frontal camera is absolutely amazing. My girlfriend have a XS and its there's no comparison, F1 is much better in every way. You just need to turn off Beautiful Mode and increase sharpness on Options to make things more clear. It's one of the best selfie cameras that I ever see in my life. Get out of here you guys.
But there's a issue that Xiaomi need to fix. The camera dont focus acurately subjects at 1 meter from device. If you use Selfie Group Mode, the problem is gone.
The issue is with focus which is fixed at a distance of around 50cm. Beyond that, objects get blurred.

Selfie quality

You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
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Very poor performance. Selfie camera pic quality is way too low even a 10k phone can click better
This has to be the worst front camera. Maybe m30 series will have better one. Disappointed
Worst selfie camera
Mine seems to be fine
Just got the February update with camera improvements so going to test the front cam.
hands0m3 said:
Just got the February update with camera improvements so going to test the front cam.
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Can you please give us your feedback. I've tested the front camera on the note 10 lite and it's literally the worst, the pictures are so blurry with no details, it's like taking a photo with 2 MP Camera. And the weird thing is that the camera on the A71 is much better than the Note 10 lite even though they have the same 32MP sensor.
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No improvement after February update. Really disappointed.
For me, It is not bad, compare to a galaxy note 4 !
I try with last update (N770FXXU2ATB6) and it seem slightly better.
Seem to me....
banzaip said:
For me, It is not bad, compare to a galaxy note 4 !
I try with last update (N770FXXU2ATB6) and it seem slightly better.
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Needless croaking phone and camera are ok...
Awful selfie quality of note 10 lite
Has any of you guys check camera hardware with device info apps?
I checked it with 6 different apps and they all say the selfie camera's resolution is 5.2 mp NOT 32 mp!!
In my opinion, this is the best smartphone with selfie camera and the rear camera is very good with telephoto and 100 zoom
improvement update!
No improvement after February update. Really disappointed.
Selfie quality like low-end A51. But the camera hole is very small and it looks good, and as design - one of the best solutions on the market, imo.
Hello
I have no complaints about the quality of the selfies, it is more than correct.
Front camera is not bad, it's horrible. even compared to galaxy A series. but since I barely use it, this is not a big deal for me. having a non-curved amoled screen with headphone jack and s-pen is something that I've been waiting for since note 5. So I accept the shortcomings of this phone...
Not sure what is wrong.
The selfie quality seems to be fine for me on the Note 10. The only issue is the shutter button takes to long. Has to be instant. But the photo quality seems good to me.
Yeah the selfie quality is very good and the camera of Samsung note 10 lite is amazing I used it and get awesome results I hope everyone like it :good:
Just bought this phone, and the selfie camera is PLAIN AWFUL not just compared with my A71, but in general.

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Mi 10 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Today I get it my Mi10. Im long time owener of Mi8. First look im very dissapointed. I see, that the Mi8 make better and sharper pictures like the Mi10.
krepsz said:
Today I get it my Mi10. Im long time owener of Mi8. First look im very dissapointed. I see, that the Mi8 make better and sharper pictures like the Mi10.
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hmm i have mi8 mi9 an mi10
an mi10 takes way better pictures than mi8 an mi9
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hmm i have mi8 mi9 an mi10
an mi10 takes way better pictures than mi8 an mi9
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I belive you. The first impression for me not so good. Tomorrow i will testing.
Its Not the full Quality but still amazing
Some cloud
Gesendet von meinem Mi 10 mit Tapatalk
108 mpx
Crop from a 108 pmx photo
natedogg20050 said:
Its Not the full Quality but still amazing
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Horrible quality on the leafs and overall green balance. Way better on Mi 9(T).
hammer1973 said:
Crop from a 108 pmx photo
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Oh wow - that blurryness showcases either bad skills (no offense) or an issue with exposure - it should ever have a blurryness on daillight with OIS.
Lackluster- quite lackluster - I've seen better pictures with a Mi A2 Lite and GCam (no OIS) and both Mi 9T Stock camera.
Night photo on pro mode long exposure iso
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Horrible imagines, total lack of sharpness due to large sensor and aperture
The camera is a big shame!!! I'm soooo disappointed by the rear camera. Contrast and so on seems to be ok, but all pictures with the rear camera lack complete sharpness, it's awful. Compared to both the Nexus 5x and the Samsung Galaxy s9, which both only have 12mpx, the quality when zooming is soooo much worse on the mi10. Also photos in low light were better and brighter with the older two phones. Only when turning night mode on they get brighter but still. So the mi10 camera is unusable for me due to the horrible sharpness. Probably that's what comes from the huge aperture and sensor size, you only get a tiny area which is sharp on a photo, while 90% of the image is just blurry ****. Honestly if Xiaomi Cannot fix this issue soon I'll sell that dumb phone, it makes me more than mad on such an expensive phone!!! Also probably the low light imagines are not so good due to the high megapixel. Just very embarassing for Xiaomi to put a camera capable of making photos which are 90% blurry and complete inability to zoom in the picture as it just looks blurry when zooming only a little, each 12 Mox shooter has a much better sharpness when zoomed in the final picture compared to this phone. Even the front camera takes sharper pictures!!!!!!!
Plus there's the issue that photos often get only taken in 0.7mpx. I don't know if that's an issue of xiaomi or of Google photos, usually resizing to 16mpx but sometimes 0.7mpx. But might also be that photos are sometimes only taken in 0.7mpx of this stupid phone. And no the quality when zoomed in the final picture is equally worse in the full 25(27) and even 108mpx photos!!!
donksterswag said:
The camera is a big shame!!! I'm soooo disappointed by the rear camera. Contrast and so on seems to be ok, but all pictures with the rear camera lack complete sharpness, it's awful. Compared to both the Nexus 5x and the Samsung Galaxy s9, which both only have 12mpx, the quality when zooming is soooo much worse on the mi10. Also photos in low light were better and brighter with the older two phones. Only when turning night mode on they get brighter but still. So the mi10 camera is unusable for me due to the horrible sharpness. Probably that's what comes from the huge aperture and sensor size, you only get a tiny area which is sharp on a photo, while 90% of the image is just blurry ****. Honestly if Xiaomi Cannot fix this issue soon I'll sell that dumb phone, it makes me more than mad on such an expensive phone!!! Also probably the low light imagines are not so good due to the high megapixel. Just very embarassing for Xiaomi to put a camera capable of making photos which are 90% blurry and complete inability to zoom in the picture as it just looks blurry when zooming only a little, each 12 Mox shooter has a much better sharpness when zoomed in the final picture compared to this phone. Even the front camera takes sharper pictures!!!!!!!
Plus there's the issue that photos often get only taken in 0.7mpx. I don't know if that's an issue of xiaomi or of Google photos, usually resizing to 16mpx but sometimes 0.7mpx. But might also be that photos are sometimes only taken in 0.7mpx of this stupid phone. And no the quality when zoomed in the final picture is equally worse in the full 25(27) and even 108mpx photos!!!
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I completely agree with you.
Is your phone defective?
1. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro is top camera on dxomark
2. Xiaomi Mi 10 camera is the same as the Pro = Samsung Bright S5KHMX
Now check this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBUR3NvJWFc
kanton said:
Is your phone defective?
1. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro is top camera on dxomark
2. Xiaomi Mi 10 camera is the same as the Pro = Samsung Bright S5KHMX
Now check this video:
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Dxomark lol do not base camera quality on this score
Mackay53 said:
Dxomark lol do not base camera quality on this score
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Any suggestion of a better one and why is that?
kanton said:
Is your phone defective?
1. Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro is top camera on dxomark
2. Xiaomi Mi 10 camera is the same as the Pro = Samsung Bright S5KHMX
Now check this video:
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It's the same sensor yes. But a different config of lenses.
Xiaomi mi 10 and mi 10 pro is very different in the camera sektion.
Mi 10 dosent have 5x telephoto as Mi 10 pro has, for one more example.
Just check the specsheet.
kanton said:
Any suggestion of a better one and why is that?
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Chinese companies are always at top of the leaderboard and are known for offering money for reviews. Why offer money for reviews when it's free?
I wouldn't trust the reviews.
donksterswag said:
Horrible imagines, total lack of sharpness due to large sensor and aperture
The camera is a big shame!!! I'm soooo disappointed by the rear camera. Contrast and so on seems to be ok, but all pictures with the rear camera lack complete sharpness, it's awful. Compared to both the Nexus 5x and the Samsung Galaxy s9, which both only have 12mpx, the quality when zooming is soooo much worse on the mi10. Also photos in low light were better and brighter with the older two phones. Only when turning night mode on they get brighter but still. So the mi10 camera is unusable for me due to the horrible sharpness. Probably that's what comes from the huge aperture and sensor size, you only get a tiny area which is sharp on a photo, while 90% of the image is just blurry ****. Honestly if Xiaomi Cannot fix this issue soon I'll sell that dumb phone, it makes me more than mad on such an expensive phone!!! Also probably the low light imagines are not so good due to the high megapixel. Just very embarassing for Xiaomi to put a camera capable of making photos which are 90% blurry and complete inability to zoom in the picture as it just looks blurry when zooming only a little, each 12 Mox shooter has a much better sharpness when zoomed in the final picture compared to this phone. Even the front camera takes sharper pictures!!!!!!!
Plus there's the issue that photos often get only taken in 0.7mpx. I don't know if that's an issue of xiaomi or of Google photos, usually resizing to 16mpx but sometimes 0.7mpx. But might also be that photos are sometimes only taken in 0.7mpx of this stupid phone. And no the quality when zoomed in the final picture is equally worse in the full 25(27) and even 108mpx photos!!!
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Brother brother install gcam and you're good to go.
P.s always use China developer rom you'll get your problems fixed i currently use miui mmx
I've no issues so far with my device

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