Guys I've noticed when recording a video and I focus on something close the focusing noise comes through when playing the video back. When I move away from the object I can hear the camera ree focus but the buzzing is not loud. The refocusing noise is only loud when I focus on something close.
How is the camera? Can you make with the camera close macro photo's?
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Shiesh1 said:
Guys I've noticed when recording a video and I focus on something close the focusing noise comes through when playing the video back. When I move away from the object I can hear the camera ree focus but the buzzing is not loud. The refocusing noise is only loud when I focus on something close.
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I have not had that experience. I just tried it now in my office and I didn't hear any focusing noise. I went from focus on a wall about 10 ft away to a water bottle maybe 10 inches away and no focus sound.
The video was not made in total silence you could hear some people moving around in the background but it was pretty quiet.
I was super impressed with how quickly it refocused though!
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How is the camera? Can you make with the camera close macro photo's?
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The camera is very impressive. The auto focus is faster than my DSLR. The picture quality is better than any smart phone I ever had. There was a lot of talk about the lack of Image Stabilization but my last phone had stabilization and i often got blurry photos in low light anyway. The 6p gets crisper shots w/o the stabilization.
You can't really take "macro" photos w/o using a macro lens adaptor. You can get rather close though. I have found the auto focus will focus on things as close as 5 inches away (I measured it).
The autofocus can refocus from less extreme distances so quickly that you can't even really see it. It is almost instant.
I made a video https://youtu.be/pCye3xSqKVA
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I have not had that experience. I just tried it now in my office and I didn't hear any focusing noise. I went from focus on a wall about 10 ft away to a water bottle maybe 10 inches away and no focus sound.
The video was not made in total silence you could hear some people moving around in the background but it was pretty quiet.
I was super impressed with how quickly it refocused though!
The camera is very impressive. The auto focus is faster than my DSLR. The picture quality is better than any smart phone I ever had. There was a lot of talk about the lack of Image Stabilization but my last phone had stabilization and i often got blurry photos in low light anyway. The 6p gets crisper shots w/o the stabilization.
You can't really take "macro" photos w/o using a macro lens adaptor. You can get rather close though. I have found the auto focus will focus on things as close as 5 inches away (I measured it).
The autofocus can refocus from less extreme distances so quickly that you can't even really see it. It is almost instant.
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Thanks for the confirm that macro shots works with auto focus. How about 5 inches? How much cm?
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I made a video https://youtu.be/pCye3xSqKVA
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What is that sound?
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Thanks for the confirm that macro shots works with auto focus. How about 5 inches? How much cm?
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I'm pretty sure that's the camera focusing. Not sure if it's software or hardware?
Is anyone else experiencing it?
I just took a couple of test videos and noticed that there is a slight sound when focusing. However, it's only discernible with the volume way up. At that point you're going to hear all kinds of other distracting/background noises as well (in my case the hum of the fridge and my fan). Not really a deal-breaker for me.
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I'm pretty sure that's the camera focusing. Not sure if it's software or hardware?
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Is anyone else experiencing it?
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I just took a couple of test videos and noticed that there is a slight sound when focusing. However, it's only discernible with the volume way up. At that point you're going to hear all kinds of other distracting/background noises as well (in my case the hum of the fridge and my fan). Not really a deal-breaker for me.
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That you hear the auto focus in your movie you take to record is not good..
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I'm pretty sure that sound is your hand moving the camera not the lens focusing.
It's definitely the autofocus. Put the phone next to your ear and tap to focus for a picture. You'll hear very fast clicks. My best guess is this is the laser firing repeatedly for laser auto focus. A diode firing can make a sound. Idt there is anything that can be done about this.
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With a wide angle lens auto focus works at under an inch
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I've just discovered something very interesting about the S3 camera -its ability to use very -and i mean VERY high shutter speeds. I first noticed it in the EXIF data of a shot taken into a misty sun...a shutter speed of 1/10,000th second..so I decided to experiment a little to see what the shortest shutter speed the camera was capable of. I first took a close up photo of 250w infrared bulb filament with the bulb on. The result? A clear picture of the filament at 1/55,000th of a second! The highest I've seen so far is an only slightly overexposed closeup shot of the emitting surfaces of a 5w LED bulb straight on at 1/199,680th of a second!!. That's 1/200,000th of a second!!
This must be near a record for any consumer camera...now to find a use for it Filament photos becme a little boring after a while......
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Yup, curious about the photo too
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Note the almost black LED surround in reality is too bright to see properly by eye, the LEDs are just a blaze of brightness, not discernible by eye. Check the EXIF data for exposure.
http://www.carbontide.com/led.jpg
http://www.carbontide.com/bulb.jpg
You don't have any noise in your picture. How come? :-o
I want my Canon EOS 550 to do that (no more NDs needed)
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You don't have any noise in your picture. How come? :-o
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I've never noticed much noise in my S3 camera, besides at the reduced size of the images you wouldn't see noise anyway. If you're getting what you feel is 'noise' have you made sure your camera lens covering glass is scrupulously clean?
(BTW before the noise debate rises again I have a Sony module camera in my S3, my wife's S3 has a Samsung camera module and appears to have about the same noise level as noise as mine -both are excellent for such a small sensor)
nokia n8 camera can also do that for you...better than s3 i suppose!
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You don't have any noise in your picture. How come? :-o
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Here's the original shot that triggered my interest (full sized) taken with my wife's Samsung camera module S3. Not too bad for noise I think, check the clouds -the unresolved distant gravel and mist droplets look like noise but aren't.
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Here's the original shot that triggered my interest (full sized) taken with my wife's Samsung camera module S3. Not too bad for noise I think, check the clouds -the unresolved distant gravel and mist droplets look like noise but aren't.
http://www.carbontide.com/drive.jpg
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That would make a good homescreen wallpaper!
My wife uses it as her homescreen wallpaper.
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Here's the original shot that triggered my interest (full sized) taken with my wife's Samsung camera module S3. Not too bad for noise I think, check the clouds -the unresolved distant gravel and mist droplets look like noise but aren't.
http://www.carbontide.com/drive.jpg
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Yeah, I agree. It's a brilliant shot with minimal amount of noise. The S3 does indeed have an excellent camera but it doesn't perform in medium to low light conditions as expected. For example, my friends and I went to a somewhat dimly lit restaurant. Let's say it was just above low light conditions. The camera took rather blurry pictures (as expected of moving subjects in low light conditions) and there was a large amount of noise in the picture.
I've attached the picture (it is cropped a bit at the top). You can see a large amount of noise on the blue table.
Actually, I wonder if the "party/indoor" scene in the camera might have resolved this issue. It seems to be doing quite a fine job on dark indoor pictures right now. Hmmm...
Really???
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Yeah, I agree. It's a brilliant shot with minimal amount of noise. The S3 does indeed have an excellent camera but it doesn't perform in medium to low light conditions as expected. For example, my friends and I went to a somewhat dimly lit restaurant. Let's say it was just above low light conditions. The camera took rather blurry pictures (as expected of moving subjects in low light conditions) and there was a large amount of noise in the picture.
I've attached the picture (it is cropped a bit at the top). You can see a large amount of noise on the blue table.
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Hey come on now, that's low light.and I'd call the amount of noise totally reasonable for a high ISO, low light shot. The level of noise is way below the resolution of the photo..i.e.the noise is sharp the image isn't from camera shake. You're expected a lot from a phone camera. I've been a photographer for 40 years...from long before digital cameras and I'm very happy with the performance of my S3 in low light..I think it's nothing short of marvelous for a phone camera!
Samsung could have easily included more noise reduction for high ISO shots, but it would have reduced resolution, its always a trade off.
If you're worried about noise check out Noise Ninja..(for PC) with it you can select your own trade offs between visible noise and resolution on any given image.
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Ah, okay. lol. Well, I suppose I have high expectations because I've been using a DSLR a lot for the past few weeks.
I just took a few more outdoor sunlight shots and they're brilliant! So, no big gripes with the camera.
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nokia n8 camera can also do that for you...better than s3 i suppose!
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But it runs on outdated out phased symbian
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I've just discovered something very interesting about the S3 camera -its ability to use very -and i mean VERY high shutter speeds. I first noticed it in the EXIF data of a shot taken into a misty sun...a shutter speed of 1/10,000th second..so I decided to experiment a little to see what the shortest shutter speed the camera was capable of. I first took a close up photo of 250w infrared bulb filament with the bulb on. The result? A clear picture of the filament at 1/55,000th of a second! The highest I've seen so far is an only slightly overexposed closeup shot of the emitting surfaces of a 5w LED bulb straight on at 1/199,680th of a second!!. That's 1/200,000th of a second!!
This must be near a record for any consumer camera...now to find a use for it Filament photos becme a little boring after a while......
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how about the possibility that the EXIF data might be wrong? how else can you verify the true speed with what the EXIF says? shoot a hummingbird in mid flight?
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oo yeah! symbian is **** like hell.
but we r talking abt camera here
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how about the possibility that the EXIF data might be wrong? how else can you verify the true speed with what the EXIF says? shoot a hummingbird in mid flight?
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Firstly experience tells me it's very bright...after all 1/200,000th @ F2.6 is roughly the same as 1/6000 @ f16 which is about 35 times brighter than full sunlight on a 18% gray card...that seems reasonable.given that it's looking right into a very bright light.
Second, I then metered it with my DSLR and got 1/8000th @ F22 at 100 ISO which equates to 1/256,000 @ F4 which is close enough for me.to the S3's overexposure at 1/200,000th @ F2.6 at ISO80
So I think it's both using a real 1/200,000th, and writing the EXIF data correctly.
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nokia n8 camera can also do that for you...better than s3 i suppose!
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Love n8 camera.. but i hate it OS.. LOL
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yeap, but the camera is still great :good:
Hi everyone,
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S4.
The front camera is producing blurred photos, almost as if they have been automatically edited/badly Photoshoped.
Before I capture a photo, the quality looks normal.
I've made sure the lens is clean and there is no plastic covering the lens. The same happens with Instagram... quality looks fine before capturing and then the same awful result afterwards.
Any help would be great!!
Anyone?
Can you post any photos you took with the front camera?
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Can you post any photos you took with the front camera?
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Thanks for the reply!
Here is an example.
This is on the highest possible resolution but the same thing happens with every option. The quality is absolutely fine before I capture the photo and then, as you can see, it's as if a soft blur filter is added.
Any ideas?
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I think it's because the post procesing, which tries to reduce the noise for the cost of details (blury).
Try to take some photos in brighter enviroment.
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I think it's because the post procesing, which tries to reduce the noise for the cost of details (blury).
Try to take some photos in brighter enviroment.
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That sounds about right.
I was trying out different apps and Snapchat captures what is on the screen and doesn't apply any after effect.
Have you got any ideas about how I can change some settings or something?
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It's the camera. There's a definite lack of sharpness, and it happens on every ROM, so it's not software related.
Having the same issue.
Under good lighting, it's decent.
But under low light, or even under normal room lighting conditions, the image becomes grainy.
Even my previous S3 takes sharper and clearer images.
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Having the same issue.
Under good lighting, it's decent.
But under low light, or even under normal room lighting conditions, the image becomes grainy.
Even my previous S3 takes sharper and clearer images.
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Exactly. I just upgraded from S2 and never had these problems. My software has just updated but with no effect.
S4 Front camera, STRANGE.
Hi,
I was having problems with my S4 trying to make an ordinarily phone call. The phone seamed sluggish and my voice did not go through once I was connected. So, I switched to hangouts. I made a video call so I was expecting to see myself in the small picture on my screen. I did see a zoomed picture in good quality? Better quality I ever had seen before! I was surprised to see a good quality zoomed picture under poor light conditions. Since I am a computer guy I realized that something is fishy so I looked for an appropriate forum to put this story in.
My question is since you are talking about a suspected software filter. Are we without our knowing it have better camera performance than we the user are allowed to use? I do not buy the ROM explanation of the problem.
/duediligence
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Hi.
I had an encounter with something, well, alarming.
I had some problems making an ordinary phone call, sluggish phone, so I switched to hangouts instead.
I made a video call to my friend. For some reason the phone had not stopped being funny. In the small picture, the one of me, I saw something I never had seen before. Instead of the expected streamed image of me I had a zoomed in version in surprisingly good quality! I could see holding my phone, S4, at 30 to 40 cm distance my mouth covering the with of the image.
Question: I looked for an appropriate forum and thread before posting. Since you are here talking about the poor picture quality of the front camera being manipulated by a software filter you might be intrigued like me about this observation I had by chance stumbled up on.
My question is whether the cameras on our phones have capabilities we are not aware of?
/duediligence
Hey,
I have come from a HTC One phone and the photo quality was fantastic... I no have the Note 3 and have noticed that the auto focus isnt that great and photo quality isnt that brilliant either, not sure if its my phone or the lighting...
I have added a fews that I have taken...
Any suggestions would b great on how to improve photo quality... Being Samsung I thought camera would be very high quality...
coolfreebies
coolfreebies said:
Hey,
I have come from a HTC One phone and the photo quality was fantastic... I no have the Note 3 and have noticed that the auto focus isnt that great and photo quality isnt that brilliant either, not sure if its my phone or the lighting...
I have added a fews that I have taken...
Any suggestions would b great on how to improve photo quality... Being Samsung I thought camera would be very high quality...
coolfreebies
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try turning on the touch to snap picture feature. this allows the phone to auto focus and then take the picture, removing the possibility of you bumping your phone pressing the snap button
Yeah those photos area really out of focus... Try resetting the focus mode from center to matrix and back.
The minute you zoom in on a photo taken with the Note 3 you will find that a huge amount of noise and grain exist but if you take a picture on a sunny and clear day outside without zooming in on picture it is taken then you will find picture to be acceptable.
Vide recordings on the Note 3 are great but picture quality and speaker volume/sound leave a bit to be desired. Otherwise I love my Note 3. Had it come with pair of speakers like those on the HTC ONE and with a better camera it would have been perfect.
Set 'tap to take pics' to off, then tap the screen anywhere to focus there. It'll show a green square if the focus is locked.
Also check that the protective foil is removed from the camera.
If you're having difficulty focusing close to the camera (+- 20cm), turn on Macro.
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ShadowLea said:
Set 'tap to take pics' to off, then tap the screen anywhere to focus there. It'll show a green square if the focus is locked.
Also check that the protective foil is removed from the camera.
If you're having difficulty focusing close to the camera (+- 20cm), turn on Macro.
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I did not find a macro option on mine
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I did not find a macro option on mine
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Huh, that's odd... Mine had
It but it's gone now... Did they delete it in the recent update?
I still hate the lack of a manual mode.. Made me leave the stock camera behind.
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I took a couple of videos and the quality to me just isn't that great. This is with the UHD setting. Just isn't that clear for UHD.
I agree I had lots of noise/grain in mine. FHD60 seems a bit cleaner
This is a pic zoomed in half way. Looks awful. I bought this phone because the camera was supposed to be unreal. Is this normal or just maybe I have a bad cam?
Shot some video in a dark bar venue of a band playing. Using the main lens and manual settings, it turned out really well. The wide angle left a bit to be desired as shot but I think I have an idea for that lens. Shot with 1080 at 30fps high bit rate. Posted it in another thread over the weekend.
And at full zoom
Shot at 1080 30...
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Shot at 1080 30...
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Looks as though you may have a dirty lens.
The light in the room is a give away of grease or finger prints across lens. As the ceiling light starts to chase across your shot.
Same thing can cause grainy pictures. As it effects even a camera shot the same way.
Always try cleaning the lens if the shot seems to be poor.
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Looks as though you may have a dirty lens.
The light in the room is a give away of grease or finger prints across lens. As the ceiling light starts to chase across your shot.
Same thing can cause grainy pictures. As it effects even a camera shot the same way.
Always try cleaning the lens if the shot seems to be poor.
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I've tried to clean the lens, no luck. Do u think it's the phone itself?
Did you set to record in high bit rate?
Personally, I think the camera, both video and still, is the weakest part of the phone. I am not happy with that, but will live with it until the Note 8 comes out.
And you removed protector of the camera lens?
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Shot at 1080 30...
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What other settings did you use? (ISO, Shutter Speed, Bit Rate, Filters?)
I will say that it looks like you're using the digital zoom, which is always problem #1. Never use digital zoom unless you have to do so. Whoever came up with this gimmick should be dragged out into the street and hung. It just doesn't get you anything but a mess. Optical zoom is optimal. Bipedal zoom is your secondary option. Digital zoom just shouldn't be an option. It is quite literally the option you choose when you want to have some sort of shot, any shot, and you don't care about the quality of the shot. This goes for any device from a cellphone up to a DSLR.
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This was shot in a very dark bar venue with mediocre stage lighting. (Strike one against getting decent footage.) ISO 3200 (Another strike against any decent footage as you're maxing out the gain on the sensor.) 1080 at 30fps so I used a shutter speed of 1/60. I used the high bit rate setting. The refocusing is me touching the screen as I couldn't tell if I had good focus since it was dark and my eyes kinda suck these days without readers. I was playing with the audio settings and had no idea how to set it for a concert so I cheated and used approximately what I found for concert settings in the HD recorder app.
Considering the conditions..... the V20 did extremely well! I could pick things out in the audio that I couldn't live in person. In person, it was just a wall of sound sometimes. The video turned out amazing for being a tiny camera sensor. The only real thing I can knock the V20 on is the video stabilization. There needs to be settings somewhere so I can turn the OIS and EIS off and on so I know if it is on or off.
Are you using the stock cam app? I don't see anything where I can change the zoom type.
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Are you using the stock cam app? I don't see anything where I can change the zoom type.
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Yup, stock camera app. There is no setting for changing the zoom type. If you aren't clicking the one tree/three tree buttons, then you are going through a digital zoom. Only clicking those two buttons uses purely "optical zoom" although in reality, you're just completely switching cameras. (Different sensors and different lenses which presents its own issues since the wider view uses a smaller sensor and smaller aperture while the main shooter uses a "larger" sensor and larger aperture.)
Using pinch to zoom or the zoom slider means you're going through digital zoom. So if you start at the widest setting with the wide view and start zooming, the image quality is only going to get worse until you pop over into the main imaging group. Then if you continue to zoom, the image quality will degrade again. The best quality you're ever going to get out of any single focal length imaging assembly (which is what we're technically dealing with here, two single focal length imaging assemblies) is at its native focal magnification and at its base ISO. Which the photo options says is 50 but that's not always necessarily true, I'd have to look up the native sensor ISO online to be sure.
Did an unprocessed and processed test with my v20. By far the best dynamic range of any phone camera I've worked with.
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What other settings did you use? (ISO, Shutter Speed, Bit Rate, Filters?)
I will say that it looks like you're using the digital zoom, which is always problem #1. Never use digital zoom unless you have to do so. Whoever came up with this gimmick should be dragged out into the street and hung. It just doesn't get you anything but a mess. Optical zoom is optimal. Bipedal zoom is your secondary option. Digital zoom just shouldn't be an option. It is quite literally the option you choose when you want to have some sort of shot, any shot, and you don't care about the quality of the shot. This goes for any device from a cellphone up to a DSLR.
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The only positive thing I found about the digital zoom on the v20 which is unique in my experience is that when you're shooting 1080p on other phones, even though it's a 4k sensor it zooms up on the post sampled 1080p frame instead of taking advantage of the 4k sensor and zooming up without any quality loss. The V20 appears to do just that and up to a point there's no fidelity loss with the digital zoom because you're sampling a smaller section of the sensor..
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Don't remove that. It helps protect the glass from scratches and shatter.
anth75 said:
This is a pic zoomed in half way. Looks awful. I bought this phone because the camera was supposed to be unreal. Is this normal or just maybe I have a bad cam?
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Did you gain any insight to help fix your grainy pic issues? I'm having the same problem. I keep seeing people suggest to remove the plastic protector but it has cutouts for the lenses and the sensors so I don't see how that makes a difference. I'm taking pictures without any zooming but when I take a look at the results and zoom in to different parts to review, it looks horrible and grainy.
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Did you gain any insight to help fix your grainy pic issues? I'm having the same problem. I keep seeing people suggest to remove the plastic protector but it has cutouts for the lenses and the sensors so I don't see how that makes a difference. I'm taking pictures without any zooming but when I take a look at the results and zoom in to different parts to review, it looks horrible and grainy.
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What is your photo size set at? 16mp or 12mp?
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Did you gain any insight to help fix your grainy pic issues? I'm having the same problem. I keep seeing people suggest to remove the plastic protector but it has cutouts for the lenses and the sensors so I don't see how that makes a difference. I'm taking pictures without any zooming but when I take a look at the results and zoom in to different parts to review, it looks horrible and grainy.
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I haven't. I wouldnt take the plastic off. As you said, it has cutouts for the lens. Not impressed at all with the camera
I'm amazed at your low light video. I also thought the camera was the weak point of the phone. Guess I need to work on my manual focus skills.
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Anyone else notice how the front cam isn't so sharp at times? If I am not holding my phone from the same direction as the light source, the pics are kinda blurry. It's currently 10am where I am and the sun is shining bright yet this camera is producing low quality images while indoors like there isn't enough light though there is. It's as if the light needs to shine directly into the sensor to create sharper images. My Nexus 6p took way better pics in low and even no light. I will post pics from both devices for comparison. Anyone else care to post some as well?
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Anyone else notice how the front cam isn't so sharp at times? If I am not holding my phone from the same direction as the light source, the pics are kinda blurry. It's currently 10am where I am and the sun is shining bright yet this camera is producing low quality images while indoors like there isn't enough light though there is. It's as if the light needs to shine directly into the sensor to create sharper images. My Nexus 6p took way better pics in low and even no light. I will post pics from both devices for comparison. Anyone else care to post some as well?
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I had an issue with the screen protector i had put on..it was covering the front cam and due to finger print smudges the selfie pics were coming blurry.i removed that protector and now it looks quite good. Jist check if ur front camera is not getting smudged with finger prints.
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Nah, I have a very nice microfiber cloth I cleaned it with several times before posting this. It's just a strange thing with the lighting. I feel as if the camera just isn't good without all of the light available going into the sensor. Give me some time to get these pictures in order. You will see what I mean
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Anyone else notice how the front cam isn't so sharp at times? If I am not holding my phone from the same direction as the light source, the pics are kinda blurry. It's currently 10am where I am and the sun is shining bright yet this camera is producing low quality images while indoors like there isn't enough light though there is. It's as if the light needs to shine directly into the sensor to create sharper images. My Nexus 6p took way better pics in low and even no light. I will post pics from both devices for comparison. Anyone else care to post some as well?
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I noticed this. Here is a pic I snapped yesterday, definitely soft, https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=c3QtZHpLdlNWRjVkNXNtUWpua2hGN240em82UElR I went into the settings and had to adjust the Skin tone, it was on 2. 0 seems clearer? I'll have to test. FFC is the Sony IMX320 (rear is Sony IMX333) on mine.
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I noticed this. Here is a pic I snapped yesterday, definitely soft, https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=c3QtZHpLdlNWRjVkNXNtUWpua2hGN240em82UElR I went into the settings and had to adjust the Skin tone, it was on 2. 0 seems clearer? I'll have to test. FFC is the Sony IMX320 (rear is Sony IMX333) on mine.
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Yea, the 0 setting is none while 8 is extremely smooth. Here's a pic I just snapped. https://goo.gl/photos/tGDJtMX7Xt821oBU8
This picture isn't sharp by no means. Soft as you described it. This is disappointing. Coming from a two year old phone.
This is mine with skin tone set to 0
https://goo.gl/photos/qLtbwWbamJqUe9Qi9
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rocku_dj2000 said:
This is mine with skin tone set to 0
https://goo.gl/photos/qLtbwWbamJqUe9Qi9
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It is indoor..so lighting is quite low..but i think it came out quite well..decently sharp
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Is the shape correction on? I disabled it on mine, now pics with the front camera seem sharper.
GibMcFragger said:
Is the shape correction on? I disabled it on mine, now pics with the front camera seem sharper.
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Even i didn't use shape correction
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vlug said:
Yea, the 0 setting is none while 8 is extremely smooth. Here's a pic I just snapped. https://goo.gl/photos/tGDJtMX7Xt821oBU8
This picture isn't sharp by no means. Soft as you described it. This is disappointing. Coming from a two year old phone.
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Agree. There has to be an update as this has a killer sensor.
Sounds like the issue that plagued some GS7 units as well. Sad to see
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I thought it was just me or the lighting in my room here. Definitely seems like the focus is off and they all come out somewhat blurry. Big draw for me was getting this to get better group selfies (don't judge). I hope a firmware update fixes this.
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Sounds like the issue that plagued some GS7 units as well. Sad to see
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After doing research, it seems to be the exact same issue. I read where someone had taken their S7 to best buy and compared it with other display units or something like that. Their results were that another device had an okay camera and then another was bad just like theirs... Or something like that lol. Can't remember currently. Either way, this camera is butt ???