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Not satisfied with front camera

Hello everyone and a Happy New Year to all.. Well it was not going well since begining and i had to post here.. The Z2 has excellent rear cam and it just blew me with the quality...
But the front cam is really poor compared to my previous devices(Samsung phones).. Its grainy and the pictures come out like it has got a "smooth" filter applied on it.. The photos lose their details and isn't clear.. I have tried other apps like Camera360,Camera fv5 and Retrica only to find that it gets way worse with those filters... Photos turn blurry as hell and are too grainy.. On the New Year's eve while celebrating with my friends i found out that it isn't doing my job.. It was poor than iPhone 6 too.. The rear cam has such amazing capabilities but the front is so terrible of Z2.. I don't know of other Xperias as this is my first and i totally love it... But the front cam really spoils the mood..
So is there any solution to it??? Any rom?? Or any other way.. Please help![emoji24] [emoji24]
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EthanDev said:
Hello everyone and a Happy New Year to all.. Well it was not going well since begining and i had to post here.. The Z2 has excellent rear cam and it just blew me with the quality...
But the front cam is really poor compared to my previous devices(Samsung phones).. Its grainy and the pictures come out like it has got a "smooth" filter applied on it.. The photos lose their details and isn't clear.. I have tried other apps like Camera360,Camera fv5 and Retrica only to find that it gets way worse with those filters... Photos turn blurry as hell and are too grainy.. On the New Year's eve while celebrating with my friends i found out that it isn't doing my job.. It was poor than iPhone 6 too.. The rear cam has such amazing capabilities but the front is so terrible of Z2.. I don't know of other Xperias as this is my first and i totally love it... But the front cam really spoils the mood..
So is there any solution to it??? Any rom?? Or any other way.. Please help![emoji24] [emoji24]
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The problem is noise reduction which as I know is impossible to disable - it makes photos indistinct. If you don't want to have it just unlock bootloader (it will void warranty), but remember to backup DRM Keys first

Are you using a screen cover/protector that covers the front camera?
If so, remove it and clean the area where the front camera are.
My front camera works fine and is really crisp. Sure, it is a tad noisy when it's dark around. But not annoyingly

As far as I know, our phone doesn't really have a good front camera...
It truly sucks, but it's the truth

I'm not satisfied either, but it is well known how crappy are the front cameras on Xperias, at least 2014 and older models.

SysGhost said:
Are you using a screen cover/protector that covers the front camera?
If so, remove it and clean the area where the front camera are.
My front camera works fine and is really crisp. Sure, it is a tad noisy when it's dark around. But not annoyingly
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No protectors.. I clean it regularly
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Bruce666 said:
The problem is noise reduction which as I know is impossible to disable - it makes photos indistinct. If you don't want to have it just unlock bootloader (it will void warranty), but remember to backup DRM Keys first
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But thats supposed to make the camera more poor right? As the bootloader is unlocked all features are lost and camera quality degrades..
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Camera quality doesnt "degrade" when your bootloader is unlocked
Post processing is disabled.

The front camera is better on snapchat. Just try it.
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Guys its a fact the camera on Z2 is mediocre both front and back! Live with it! 21 mpxl is only on papper!
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diecast said:
Guys its a fact the camera on Z2 is mediocre both front and back! Live with it! 21 mpxl is only on papper!
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And what is your best camera phone?
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diecast said:
Guys its a fact the camera on Z2 is mediocre both front and back! Live with it! 21 mpxl is only on papper!
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Well... kinda half-true.
I'd say that anything over 5 megapixels needs a far better lens than any mobile phone/tablet can provide, due to limited space for the lens.
Sure... there are some exceptions, but those exceptions isn't that far off 5 megpixels anyway.
A really good 5 megapixel camera can take better pictures than any <insane amount of mpxls> -mobile device.

Your not the only one thats not satisfied with the front camera...

diecast said:
Guys its a fact the camera on Z2 is mediocre both front and back! Live with it! 21 mpxl is only on papper!
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Bro the rear cam is great... I find it better than Samsung
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beni8978 said:
And what is your best camera phone?
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Obviously 6s got the best camera

Austin.gonzo said:
Obviously 6s got the best camera [emoji14]
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Obviously you've poor eyesight! [emoji23]
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EthanDev said:
Obviously you've poor eyesight! [emoji23]
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Not really ! I mean if you use chrome effect on 6s you'll drop your android phone in a trsh can asap

Austin.gonzo said:
Not really ! I mean if you use chrome effect on 6s you'll drop your android phone in a trsh can asap
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Lol! there are thousands of effects on android too..
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S7 Camera

Is it possible to remove all the post processings from the front selfie camera? I turned off all the beauty stuff and even then the pictures still have a cartoony smoothing effect and I dislike it. I used the Google camera once and it took the pictures perfectly fine without any post processing and I liked it but it doesn't take full advantage of the front camera resolution.
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Photos Taken with the Xperia X

All taken on Manual mode.
Full versions can be found here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/djlukew/

DjLukeW said:
All taken on Manual mode.
Full versions can be found here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/djlukew/
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Wow, awesome shots man. Viewing these on my X and the quality is great!
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Really good pics.
What setting are you set on manual mode?

ali_bobo said:
Really good pics.
What setting are you set on manual mode?
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Can't remember exactly but I think
8mp 16:9
Iso100 or 50
Multi metering
Object tracking off

Summer beer

Sunrise in St Ives.
Iso50
8mp
Exposure slider - 2

St Ives harbour

can somebody post some pictures with low light. i was thinking to keep my z3, but i'm beggining to like and thinking about buying the xperia x. The sunrise picture from djlukew looks like a difficult one for a camera and it looks amazing. Does this phone have the option to choose the exposure time btw? Thanks for your shares

Odesláno z mého telefonu Xperia Z2(D6503) root, xposed

Shot in auto mode.

great quality

Related question: Anyone else experience problems focusing with the sony camera app? Had to switch to Open Camera for it to work as I expected. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Things I've tried to fix focus on sony camera app:
- Clear app data
- Tried manual and automode
- Disables object tracking
None really helped.

SONY XPERIA X 7.1.1. - Sony’s Concept for Android™

DjLukeW said:
All taken on Manual mode.
Full versions can be found here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/djlukew/
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Can u please upload a night photo with flash, on Nougat? I've a big issue with that. Greenish tint over the picture in night shot with flash. U find a post in other section. Thank you
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Camera samples?

I plan to buy this phone soon, but I'm curious about the camera quality.
Can someone upload camera samples with the original size and quality? Thanks!

Dimebag . Uploaded from app, I'm pretty sure it's full res

Here are a few pics I snapped.

denver
here you go.

lazerus06 said:
Here are a few pics I snapped.
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There's a problem with your second picture. It was partially spoiled. Hope that's not cause of the camera

I've made this a few moments ago....
HDR is ON, the rest in Auto.

My cats
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1.Macros

I was a little disappointed at the zooming and quick snap pics. I took pictures of everything I was around yesterday. I'm coming from an iPhone 6s, so it's not apples to apples in my opinion.

Some reviewers are liking the camera, and some users are disappointed - perhaps we need some 3rd party DEV magic and come up with a great camera app, because, with the same sensor in this camera as the one in the Galaxy S7 we should be able to get some great results!

This video I recorded today was pretty much a dealbreaker. That was some pretty bad pixelation
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Another one
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cfclay said:
This video I recorded today was pretty much a dealbreaker. That was some pretty bad pixelation
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This was on a Facebook upload. From experience something gets messed up when uploading to Facebook. I haven't had any issues like this when stored on my phone of through Google

cfclay said:
This video I recorded today was pretty much a dealbreaker. That was some pretty bad pixelationView attachment 4114962
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To be fair, Facebook artifacts the heck out of videos so that is Facebook's fault not the camera.

Does facebook force the camera into the vertical position when filming?

cfclay said:
This video I recorded today was pretty much a dealbreaker. That was some pretty bad pixelationView attachment 4114962
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Are you seriously trying to tell us that's from a Moto G5 Plus? That doesn't even look remotely similar to any videos I've taken.

2017_05_09_17_44_53-Edit-Edit by defcomk, on Flickr
Raw No Flat Field Correction - Bad Noise Profile so color bleed when doing NR

Monochrome No Demosaic Images - Purest Sensor Test
Lens Vignette - Light distribution across sensor
2017_05_10_18_01_50 by defcomk, on Flickr
Lens Sharpness - Check Textures center seems sharpest gets softer as you get close to edges
2017_05_10_14_39_52 by defcomk, on Flickr
Sensor DR/ISO Sensitivity
RAW 2017_05_10_18_06_57 by defcomk, on Flickr

Camera Samples
These photos were taken on a recent business trip to Las Vegas. All my photos are set to backup to google photos then delete the device copy (no need to have multiple copies of the same photo). I have my google photos set to back up at the lower resolution. As you can tell...they are still pretty darn good for the price of the phone...and I am sure the originals would be even better at full resolution.

IMG_2017_05_13_14_04_29-2 by defcomk, on Flickr
IMG_2017_05_13_14_01_07 by defcomk, on Flickr
IMG_2017_05_12_15_05_35_ff-Edit by defcomk, on Flickr

Original Google camera HDR + needed

Hi guy's
I had to reset my phone because of the moisture detection message error (don't even ask nightmare)
Anyways I had the excellent ORIGINAL HDR + camera app and loves it used it for all my pictures but cannot find it now! I've tried seriously about 100 version from here of new nodded one but most crash and don't work or the ones that do don't get close to the over egged pictures I use to love using the original.
I've been looking all over Google with no luck please if anyone can help it would be much appreciated
Just checked on my photos I uploaded to Google photos on my lost Google camera app and is as below info
20180519_092409.jpg
12.2MP 4032 x 3024 2.5 MB
samsung SM-G950F
f/1.7 1/2832 4.20 mm ISO40

HDR is in your camera settings. Auto, on or off are the choices. I suppose any app for HDR hooks into this setting.
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