Hi all,
I just wanted to start a new thread regarding galaxy s6 camera issue, particularly about the pink tint/flare at night shots.
This is well known issue for HTC M7, and I did not expect the same issue from Samsung.
Basically, the camera is fine at daylight shots, but at night shots it will produce pink tint or flares around the corner edges. Sometimes the whole photo will just look pink.
See the attached photos for example.
I have taken a photo at the same location with iphone 6. As you can see it is so much better reflecting black colour sky. The s6 camera fails miserably at low light shots.
Even in the pitch black room, it will produce this pint flares.
I am wondering whether this issue is going to be massive one, just like for the HTC M7 handset (its thread on XDA runs very very long).
I hope this is not the case for s6.
I have returned mine for replacement. I'll report back whether the replacement unit is faulty as well.
This is going to be my 3rd replacement. First two times had a bad screen with yellowish tint. I have to say I am very disappointed with Samsung's QA.
By the way, my phone was 64gb, ISOCELL camera.
Today, I have visited many different network stores and retailer shops to to see if I can replicate this issue on the display models.
When I covered the camera lens on the display models with a cloth so that it shows total blackness, none of them exhibited the issue I have. Same experiment on mine will produces these pink tint.
I have checked more than 15 display models, galaxy s6 and s6 edge, in different stores and it surprised me they all had Sony sensors.
They were all 32gb models.
A friend of mine has a 64gb galaxy s6 gold colour as well and he's experiencing the similar problem, but not as bad as mine. This leads me to believe, perhaps the issue is only with ISOCELL units.
If you are experiencing the similar issue, could you please post what sensor you are using?
Thanks
I only have the pink tint issue in the centre of the screen. All my s6s have it in the centre,whether Sony or Samsung
I forgot to mention that all settings were set to auto.
Even in the pitch black light condition, I get those pink flares around the edges of the photo.
trenzterra said:
I only have the pink tint issue in the centre of the screen. All my s6s have it in the centre,whether Sony or Samsung
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Not the same issue then, surely?
isocell=inferior quality
This is with Sony sensor
From a Isocell. Did the cover the camera thing, no pink tint.
isocell=inferior quality
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Maybe if you talk about build quality, I don't know. I would disagree though if you meant picture quality.
Mine is NOT pink
[email protected] said:
Hi all,
I just wanted to start a new thread regarding galaxy s6 camera issue, particularly about the pink tint/flare at night shots.
This is well known issue for HTC M7, and I did not expect the same issue from Samsung.
Basically, the camera is fine at daylight shots, but at night shots it will produce pink tint or flares around the corner edges. Sometimes the whole photo will just look pink.
See the attached photos for example.
I have taken a photo at the same location with iphone 6. As you can see it is so much better reflecting black colour sky. The s6 camera fails miserably at low light shots.
Even in the pitch black room, it will produce this pint flares.
I am wondering whether this issue is going to be massive one, just like for the HTC M7 handset (its thread on XDA runs very very long).
I hope this is not the case for s6.
I have returned mine for replacement. I'll report back whether the replacement unit is faulty as well.
This is going to be my 3rd replacement. First two times had a bad screen with yellowish tint. I have to say I am very disappointed with Samsung's QA.
By the way, my phone was 64gb, ISOCELL camera.
Today, I have visited many different network stores and retailer shops to to see if I can replicate this issue on the display models.
When I covered the camera lens on the display models with a cloth so that it shows total blackness, none of them exhibited the issue I have. (Same experiment on mine will produces these pink tint).
I have checked more than 15 display models, galaxy s6 and s6 edge, in different stores and it surprised me they all had Sony sensors.
They were all 32gb models.
A friend of mine has a 64gb galaxy s6 gold colour as well and he's experiencing the similar problem, but not as bad as mine. This leads me to believe, perhaps the issue is only with ISOCELL units.
If you are experiencing the similar issue, could you please post what sensor you are using?
I hope this issue
Thanks
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I have the Isocell and I see NO pink at all. I did have the M7 with the pink issue and I know exactly
what you are talking about. Absolutely NO pink cast in any low light shots.
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Looks like amp glow or noise coming from somewhere, turn the ISO down and it'll stop that, perfectly normal when the ISO is being boosted to stupid levels.
What do the image properties say on the originals? What ISO are they set at?
These things aren't all built equally either though, maybe yours is getting more interference from somewhere.
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Looks like amp glow or noise coming from somewhere, turn the ISO down and it'll stop that, perfectly normal when the ISO is being boosted to stupid levels.
What do the image properties say on the originals? What ISO are they set at?
These things aren't all built equally either though, maybe yours is getting more interference from somewhere.
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Every photo was taken with auto mode setting. Tried different locations at night to see if they all produce this pink cast and they all did.
I don't play with ISO or any other camera setting on a smartphone. For a smartphone, I just want to take it out of my pocket and then take a shot.
I tried lowering the ISO and it does reduce the noise and pink tint; however, the photo then becomes all dark. What is the point of having a F1.9 camera sensor if you can't even take a brighter photo at low light conditions compared to an iphone..
Also, when I do that covering the camera lens thing with a cloth, mine produces this pink cast whereas the display models did not. Display models produced pitch black photos without any pink cast like the one Aletheia posted above. All settings were set to auto mode for this "experiment".
Since Aletheia's camera sensor is ISOCELL, I wonder if this pink cast issue is not related to camera sensor types. Mine could be just faulty.
I would like to find out though how many people are having this problem and what percentage of these people have got ISOCELL sensor.
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From a Isocell. Did the cover the camera thing, no pink tint.
Maybe if you talk about build quality, I don't know. I would disagree though if you meant picture quality.
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This is what I got from the display models (all setting set to auto) and no pink cast at all.
MIne is just un-usable at this stage at night. Every photo gets this nice pink cast..
20150504_233419 by Reuben Chew, on Flickr
20150504_233447 by Reuben Chew, on Flickr
20150504_233602 by Reuben Chew, on Flickr
20150504_233657 by Reuben Chew, on Flickr
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I don't have this problem as far as I can see.
i have this very same issue
this is when i covered the lens, full auto with hdr auto
shiningarmor said:
i have this very same issue
this is when i covered the lens, full auto with hdr auto
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What sensor do you have?
le_lutin said:
What sensor do you have?
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isocell
Sensor isocell
Non problem
Okay I tried it for you and get a little of the pink stuff. I think it's normal because the ISO is boosted above 1250.
If someone is willing to do the same with Sony to compare, that'd be great.
Here's a shot at ISO800. No pink ****.
I still see overall pink cast on the photo to be honest.
Can someone with Sony sensor take a photo in the pitch black condition with setting set to all auto and see if it produces any pink cast.
The display models I tried with showed no pink tink whatsoever.
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Here I have compared s6 vs iPhone 6.
Both phones had all settings set to auto.
Left is s6 and right is iPhone 6.
I don't know if s6 is having trouble with auto iso or something. For me I have to decrease the iso significantly to get the pink cast effect to minimal but by then whole photo becomes darker than iPhone.
Look at the difference when you take a photo in the pitch black condition.
Clearly something is not right with my s6. All settings were set to auto for both phones..
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Took some photos with iso set to 100 and pink cast is still present (more obvious if you turn screen brightness to max.)
I am concluding this is sensor related issue at this point.
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http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php
I've always used the above link for testing how accurate my displays are. The tests on that site I've found most important in descending order are black level, white saturation, and contrast. (the gamma calibration test never seems to work well on phones)
The Axon 7 (A7) is my first AMOLED display. My old phone is the Nexus 5 (N5) with an IPS display.
On the black level test, squares 1-6 all blend with the black background on the A7, while the N5 only loses square 1 to the background. On white saturation, the A7's last visible square is 251, while on the N5 I can see up to 253. Finally, on the contrast test the A7 colours start at 2-3, with red and pink washing out the soonest at 21. On the N5 all the colours are visible at 1, and red and pink wash out at 25.
Through all these tests it seems the stock A7 AMOLED display is over saturated with poor contrast. On the stock ZTE firmware, the only display adjustments are in settings under "screen effects". Mine is set to Natural and Warm, but all settings here do not affect the test results.
I've read that after many complaints, OnePlus updated their firmware to give the OnePlus 3 special RGB calibration tools. Are there any apps that could do similar corrections on the Axon 7? Any rooted apps, or would CyanogenMod correct this?
It's becoming quite obvious when browsing photos or watching video, and especially takes away from the experience in dark movies.
Howdy, a quick question. Has anybody noticed with the Mate 9 camera that the colors get quite over saturated (especially the skin color) when the photo is taken under artificial light (i.e. incandescent or fluorescent)?
I've had the Mate 9 now about a week and otherwise the great camera really struggles with the white balance in certain lighting conditions.
My previous phone was Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the camera took some really really good photos.
Thanks.
I noticed more general difficulties of all kind of digital cameras with artificial light. Especially with led or energy-saving bulbs or even fluorescent tubes, ranging from focussing problems over incorrect white balance and saturation to some kind of miscolored yellowish waves.
I have almost the same problem. Photos are useless in bright light. whenever there is bright white color the camera cannot handle it. the result is a photo taken with very cheap camera. useless. Anyone know how to fix it? is it a software or hardware problem?
Never got issues with white objects even on artificial light...! Camera performing well... No blur
I have two Mate 9 here. Both cameras working very well in a way that I sometimes let my Nex at home. They do not better than the Nex but good enough. I have the impression that the one with Nougat works better than Oreo in dark situations, pictures have less noise.
White coloured objects are no problem at all.
Not sure if it's visible but I'm fairly certain that I can spot this. Check the attached gif. Notice how the lower three thumbnails lag while scrolling . This thing is slowly making me insane.
Any suggestions? Phone is pure stock, no modifications, miui 11 global 11.0.1.
yes, i can also spot wavy motion when using Instagram in dark mode with brightness low.
the edges of images give some black wavy shades on scrolling same occurs when we use in direct sunlight color are too sharp on full brightness under the sun
I think you speak about the big AMOLED weakness, that's "normal" and can't be fixed...
It's normal for AMOLED displays and VA Lcd displays.
when its complete black pixels turn off and it takes a while for them to turn on again and show the new color
less visible in higher brighnesses
Yeah i have this problem any solution to fix?
Its very simple. Because we have an OLED display the individual pixels can and will turn off to display a true black. But when that black pixel that was turned off needs to change color to for example green, the pixel will have to turn back on again. And this takes a few miliseconds (probably more than 15ms, but thats just my opinion) thats why you see ghosting/trail. We cant do anything about this. Better have true blacks then less ghosting and greyish blacks on other panels like LCD.