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Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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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Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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Good lord I hope that's with the telephoto lens

Quite impressed with low light performance. Took this at the weekend at the back on a dark cinema whilst waiting for the trailers to start. Auto mode, no flash, no editing.

wnp_79 said:
Quite impressed with low light performance. Took this at the weekend at the back on a dark cinema whilst waiting for the trailers to start. Auto mode, no flash, no editing.
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Wow, that looks amazing. I just got the Note 8 too but I haven't had a chance to do low-light yet.

By far, the best camera I've ever owned.
Just need to find a big-ass spider so I can post some examples.

jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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Please tell me you set fire to that nope...

jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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Just a little TOO CLOSE for me!

jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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that's an awesome background/screensaver.

I'm aware that during low light the images will appear grainy or noisy, but I can see the grain even in medium light condition. Image is set at 4.3 ratio highest bit rate for pics.
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How about wide color
So, what is the use of a wide color gamut capable display if the camera still shoots sRGB jpg?! I have not found any info on the color space profile of Note 8 jpegs and videos, can anyone chime in?
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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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It was very dark at that hour and taken with telephoto camera not wide angle one.

ksekhar said:
It was very dark at that hour and taken with telephoto camera not wide angle one.
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have you edited this photo in some app or this is original unedited pic? looks not natural tho

meryguadelupe said:
have you edited this photo in some app or this is original unedited pic? looks not natural tho
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Google photos auto

Now, this is by far not the best *quality* photos, but it does show off the functionality quite well. I took this photo of a room in my apartment with absolutely no lights on other than some light leaking into the hallway behind me from a neighboring room, and a pure red heat lamp for a tank (pictured). I went full manual, mounted the camera with some objects on a table, and set it to a 10 second shutter, thinking that I wouldn't be able to pull off holding it by hand. Then I held it by hand. These are the two photos I got (one braced on a table, one by hand) with a 10 second shutter in a DARK room (the braced one is zoomed in).

Here's a shot of that same room from out in the hallway where there's a little light (so you can see about how dark it is).

What happened to the scalable function between 0-100% when using photo filters like Vignette and Stardust etfc? Gone?
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I love the camera, works great for me

same
Limeybastard said:
I'm aware that during low light the images will appear grainy or noisy, but I can see the grain even in medium light condition. Image is set at 4.3 ratio highest bit rate for pics.
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Mine to even in really good lighting, using highest resolution.

Few observations after a month of use:
Picture quality overall is great, however the stock app tends to overblow the highlights in high contrast scenes. This is the effect of the small sensor size and it's prominent on all cellphones, however both Pixel 2 and iPhone X I've tested don't have that issue. However, installing and using the Google camera port helps the issue dramatically, so it's the HDR algorithm employed in the stock app, not the actual sensor.
Stock camera app is, however, both faster and more reliable in terms of snapping every day photos. Furthermore stock app has marginally less noise than Google Camera, but it also captures marginally less details. Stock camera also has less saturation and sharper gradients than Google Camera, likely a product of the algorithm as well.
The telephoto camera is decidedly worse than the wide angle one, even in bright light. You're trading off the dynamic range for zoom, and it's not just the difference in the lenses.
Lightroom HDR raw files (40mb 3.2MP image that contains 10 bit of colour) are mind-blowing. As an owner of full-frame Canon 6D I was blown away by the colour retention in Lightroom Camera app. On a DSLR you'd absolutely have to use bracketing to get those colours (although you'd get a 20 MP image), it's very impressive that a cellphone can do that. If only it shot out a 12 MP raw file.
Overall Note 8 has a very versatile camera with awesome picture quality, but certain scenes require he use of Google Camera for HDR+ algorithm to get the best results.

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S 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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Not so bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk7vd_yv17A
More videos in process coming soon

I'm finding that most of the pictures I'm taking of people seem to be softened by the software. The softening of the pictures actually make them look pretty bad. Anyone else having this issue? Just using default settings when taking the pictures

skw5115 said:
I'm finding that most of the pictures I'm taking of people seem to be softened by the software. The softening of the pictures actually make them look pretty bad. Anyone else having this issue? Just using default settings when taking the pictures
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I don't have that problem but I deactivated the AI feature because it's not very usefull

Flatric said:
I don't have that problem but I deactivated the AI feature because it's not very usefull
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Deactivating the AI feature seems to have made it better

Pretty happy with color range and image sharpness

Low-light obviously lacking a bit, but over all I think the camera is fine.
https://imgur.com/a/m8Kukwm

No raw support?
I like the camera especially bokeh effect is very good.

Totally happy with the camera...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vRwj5MiUMSMf9NM49
Here's some photos taken on a Mi MIx 2s

noahthedominator said:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vRwj5MiUMSMf9NM49
Here's some photos taken on a Mi MIx 2s
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Wow nice shots, im really glad that i bought this phone

my photos...
https://1drv.ms/f/s!ApGcvIa3rva_pNR64hm7SVp1sZoJOQ

jirka607 said:
Wow nice shots, im really glad that i bought this phone
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Thanks! I have a lot more photos to shoot. I will be adding to that album with many more pictures this weekend.
Has miui10 added any camera changes for the Mi Mix 2s?

Hi guys, curious, has anyone experienced choppiness when viewing through the camera? and the potrait mode is terrible contrary to much of the rave reviews.. the background blur is not uniform most of the time.. any advice or tips?

androFRUST said:
Hi guys, curious, has anyone experienced choppiness when viewing through the camera? and the potrait mode is terrible contrary to much of the rave reviews.. the background blur is not uniform most of the time.. any advice or tips?
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Agree, portrait mode is terrible, also all the photos add some kind of softening filter. Only good thing is that you can edit the center of the photo so you can move the bokeh effect.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGOjwqFHujdcRiJDo75J7cy5Ezaw9GYF/view?usp=drivesdk[/url] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pYueJj1z2iiQMgxW3_rTbwoGNj5oUWmk/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z0HN1UU8pDx1zcS9uAy4Rtq75-nRMnOn/view?usp=drivesdk The camera is very good,not the best but quite close. For the price(460€) is just excellent

Well I use open camera mostly due to options. At low light I've found that the image quality is GREAT if you use 4MP(16:9) checked with 9MP and 12MP(always at 16:9 ratio).
In 4MP at very low light I was super impressed(always 100% jpeg quality in the open camera app). Test it yourself, it worth your time. Just make sure you have a steady surface
EDIT: uploading pictures 12MP, 9MP, 4MP
Image difference 2-3 seconds apart - 9:00pm (4MP>12MP>9MP). Don't know why 4MP is so much better(less MP is worse than 12MP)

evronetwork said:
Well I use open camera mostly due to options. At low light I've found that the image quality is GREAT if you use 4MP(16:9) checked with 9MP and 12MP(always at 16:9 ratio).
In 4MP at very low light I was super impressed(always 100% jpeg quality in the open camera app). Test it yourself, it worth your time. Just make sure you have a steady surface
EDIT: uploading pictures 12MP, 9MP, 4MP
Image difference 2-3 seconds apart - 9:00pm (4MP>12MP>9MP). Don't know why 4MP is so much better(less MP is worse than 12MP)
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What do you give up by using open camera (does tele and wide angle switch work and how is 4K video etc) so far I like the manual mode of the stock miui camera app but also like the idea of using a standard app off the play store

attackthedefault said:
What do you give up by using open camera (does tele and wide angle switch work and how is 4K video etc) so far I like the manual mode of the stock miui camera app but also like the idea of using a standard app off the play store
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Well if you want optical zoom you still need to use the stock camera, 4K rec? you can but I pref 1080p also I do like to adjust the bitrate of the video and audio and open camera does have that. I use to use this app to my 1+1 too
I like to customize everything and miui camera well ..2-3 settings at best
P.S. Open camera also doesn't have panorama but talking to the dev and said he's planning to include a panorama soon - Did you check the low light quality in 4MP? impressive(compered to higher res)

testing

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the 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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I installed the Gcam port hoping it would give me more accurate colours, but unfortunately it is not what I was hoping for. Coming from the Poco f1, the Gcam was a dramatic improvement. Comparing Gcam on Poco vs. K20 Pro, Poco wins hands down. Not 100% about the Miui cam. Wish I could change the colour temperature / white balance easier. Not super excited about the photos

forzenl said:
I installed the Gcam port hoping it would give me more accurate colours, but unfortunately it is not what I was hoping for. Coming from the Poco f1, the Gcam was a dramatic improvement. Comparing Gcam on Poco vs. K20 Pro, Poco wins hands down. Not 100% about the Miui cam. Wish I could change the colour temperature / white balance easier. Not super excited about the photos
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Need GCam source

Really? No one has uploaded any pictures on day light? Pfffffffffffff

I just saw MKBHD is review of K20 and he said front facing camera quality is garbage and also shows some really bad pictures, is it true or he's is overlooking something.

bot88 said:
I just saw MKBHD is review of K20 and he said front facing camera quality is garbage and also shows some really bad pictures, is it true or he's is overlooking something.
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Not true, I took decent images with mine. (China ROM)

Back camera is good but front camera needs a lot of improvement

This is what the camera is really capable of. I am pretty impressed.

bot88 said:
I just saw MKBHD is review of K20 and he said front facing camera quality is garbage and also shows some really bad pictures, is it true or he's is overlooking something.
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Visit the comments on that video u'll know what you need ! I think that front camera was damaged or not working accordingly .

Very nice photos, but a little over saturated...

The back cameras are garbage. If the app detects a face, it smudges it too badly, no matter what settings you use. The colours are good in jpg, but the raw files are very desaturated and with such a bad quality, that I can't believe you get something in jpg. I believe this is a software problem, because it's the same with all the three sensors, and I have some hopes for fix.

check this out

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The back cameras are garbage. If the app detects a face, it smudges it too badly, no matter what settings you use. The colours are good in jpg, but the raw files are very desaturated and with such a bad quality, that I can't believe you get something in jpg. I believe this is a software problem, because it's the same with all the three sensors, and I have some hopes for fix.
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same as Huawei algorithms do, same as Iphone XS, don't bother shooting portraits with a phone if u want faces that aren't water painting mush

vandal4e said:
same as Huawei algorithms do, same as Iphone XS, don't bother shooting portraits with a phone if u want faces that aren't water painting mush
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Keeping the functionality, if just adding a dng option is possible, everything will be fine and possible to fix. Guess there's a reason to keep the computational photography away still...

Here are photos taken by all three back cameras (taken from same place):

Thx, great collection

cile1977 said:
Here are photos taken by all three back cameras (taken from same place):
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Nice photos. They were taken by you? Were they processed in photoshop or any other software?
Could you please share some details?

abstract123 said:
Nice photos. They were taken by you? Were they processed in photoshop or any other software?
Could you please share some details?
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Thanks! Yes, I have taken those photos. No, they were not processed in any way - came directly from phone...

cile1977 said:
Thanks! Yes, I have taken those photos. No, they were not processed in any way - came directly from phone...
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The correct answer is "processed by the phone". The RAW images would be different and the processing on this phone is "good" having in mind what you get for raw file. I'm in real wonder what's wrong but I believe this sensors can do better...

Here is one from short distance:
My review (croatian language): https://android.bswireless.hr/2019/...iji-mobitel-s-najbrzim-snapdragon-procesorom/

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy A71 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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Few random from my a71. Just got it, photos seem good but sometimes they come out looking like I've sent them to snapseen for saturating and sharpness

I made all in daylight, except the picture of paradise (Food mode). On the second photo : material of my pant in macro mode. I think this phone is make very good photos. Not like a DSLR, but very good

carlosthwaites said:
Few random from my a71. Just got it, photos seem good but sometimes they come out looking like I've sent them to snapseen for saturating and sharpness
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I realy like your pictures, it seems better then my huawei p20 pro. Did you compared to others phones?

achour7 said:
I realy like your pictures, it seems better then my huawei p20 pro. Did you compared to others phones?
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I have the p30 Pro now. A71 Camera seems good but they are too sharp and processed not to my liking. P20 Pro better honestly

carlosthwaites said:
I have the p30 Pro now. A71 Camera seems good but they are too sharp and processed not to my liking. P20 Pro better honestly
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My P20 pro just destroys pictures in hdr situations, it's verry bad.
My old S8+ did better in Goode light with stock camera app, and destroys it in low light using Gcam.
Did you tested with Gcam on A71?

achour7 said:
My P20 pro just destroys pictures in hdr situations, it's verry bad.
My old S8+ did better in Goode light with stock camera app, and destroys it in low light using Gcam.
Did you tested with Gcam on A71?
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Yes I tested a71 with gcam I didn't try mamy ports but 1 or 2 were good but just used the stock app most of the time

I'm finding the quality to be worse than poor. Even taking a photo at 16MP and not the max 64MP you see awful smearing of detail on the images when looking at 100% scale, demonstrated in the attached image. The smearing is much worse at 64MP. This smearing artifacting is identical to the artifacting you see on Samsung 4K TVs when looking at SD or 720p content.
From this I would assume the main camera is in fact only 5-8MP and it's being upscaled to 16/64MP.
EDIT: I have not yet tried an alternative camera app. The poor results are straight from the default app. I will eventually try an alternative app incase the default app is adding extra postprocessing that cannot be disabled.

Hitsuji666 said:
I'm finding the quality to be worse than poor. Even taking a photo at 16MP and not the max 64MP you see awful smearing of detail on the images when looking at 100% scale, demonstrated in the attached image. The smearing is much worse at 64MP. This smearing artifacting is identical to the artifacting you see on Samsung 4K TVs when looking at SD or 720p content.
From this I would assume the main camera is in fact only 5-8MP and it's being upscaled to 16/64MP.
EDIT: I have not yet tried an alternative camera app. The poor results are straight from the default app. I will eventually try an alternative app incase the default app is adding extra postprocessing that cannot be disabled.
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What are you talking about? The color temperature okay, the dynamic range and the edge sharpness very correct for main camera. The contrast is good, the colors are vivid and saturated. Noise reduction is also good, and the software seems to know when to fix images. Overall i mean , the default 16MP images are very good. So many tests praises, not by accident!
Of course, not this camera is the best in the market. Nevertheless good and more than enough even if you want to print on A4 paper or bigger. Everything what you wrote only just pixel war, nothing more.

I think the photos from this phone are quite good for the price point.
Photos are frameable. That's all a camera needs to be.

First Pics
Hell of a great camera. I came from a more expensive Oneplus 7 Pro. "Never Settle"??? More like "Never Again". Samsung kills it.
Depth and macro samples.

Comparison of the OnePlus 7 Pro, Samsung Galaxy A71 and the flagship Huawei P40 Pro, primary cameras, highest pixel settings and good lighting conditions. Source GSM Arena. Follow the link in my signature.

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Wish they added denoise and sharpness control options

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Redmi Note 9 Pro 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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I do have to add, that I tested the fine detail of the 48MP Redmi note 9S vs the LG G6 16MP camera, static shot, side to side and guess what, at the same image width, the LG is sharper and has more detail
48 super mega random pixels LOL

/\ Megapixels was never a comparison thing.. You have to dig into pixel density of the sensor, not quantity of Megapixels.. that's noob.... I'm on iPhone 8 Plus right now and it have only 12MP and is SUPERB.. But I'm planning to buy a cheaper phone.. I would add that Redmi note 9 Pro has 64MP sensor I guess.. It's a little bit better.. the photo is larger and so it can accomodate more pixel density.. I don't know if my iPhone 8 Plus is better or not regarding camera but I won't afford another one if anyone steal it from me.

Luckzzz said:
/\ Megapixels was never a comparison thing.. You have to dig into pixel density of the sensor, not quantity of Megapixels.. that's noob.... I'm on iPhone 8 Plus right now and it have only 12MP and is SUPERB.. But I'm planning to buy a cheaper phone.. I would add that Redmi note 9 Pro has 64MP sensor I guess.. It's a little bit better.. the photo is larger and so it can accomodate more pixel density.. I don't know if my iPhone 8 Plus is better or not regarding camera but I won't afford another one if anyone steal it from me.
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i just bought the RN9PRO global, i took this picture in 64MP this morning, what do you think of the quality ?

Quad Bayer 48MP means only 12MP after pixel binning. I do not see how choosing one from every four small pixels is better than simply having regular sized pixels without binning (other than being able to market it as a 48MP camera). The photo quality is not crap. It has less noise than my older phones. But that is all I can say about it.

Here is a sample image. It is a set of three images of the same scenary side-by-side. Among the first two (left and centre), one is taken in 48MP mode, the other is taken in default mode. I will not tell which one is taken in 48MP mode. See if you can figure it out. (Hint: You can not, because there is no difference). The last one (rightmost one) is HDR.
https://imgur.com/d66cSqS.jpg
Notice how the HDR mode preserves a lot more details in the darker areas, but everything in the brighter areas get a ton of halo around themselves. The halo is present in non-HDR image too, but its effect is much less.
Overall, this camera is nothing special.

Camera on curtana sucks! I don't like it at all. My old oneplus phone can even do better shots than it.

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i just bought the RN9PRO global, i took this picture in 64MP this morning, what do you think of the quality ?
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Honestly, I didn't like it.. It's blurred(not focused) on the center of image.. look likes there's a huge circle unfocused on center..
I guess I will go for S10 Lite or S10+

Well, I have noticed that you can zoom-in deeper with the gallery app on pics taken with 48MP mode.
But the differences on quality compared to pixel binning pics is really small, on the screen of the phone almost not noticeable.
Cam is okay for quick shots, I guess.
But what I'm missing for example are details when zooming into a taken pic. When zooming in, pics becoming blurry fast, will say things that are more in the background are not really as sharp as I wish they would be.
Have also tested different versions of GCam, but returned to the stock cam app. It gives me the "best" results and works most stable.

I have clicked the photo on redmi note 9S/ 9 Pro and edited in Adobe Lightroom

ArjunMC said:
I have clicked the photo on redmi note 9S/ 9 Pro and edited in Adobe Lightroom
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Btw the car is not mine. I have just captured a parked car.