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Zuk 1 camera interpolation?

I just bought the Lenovo Z1
The phone is perfect for my needs, but I'm not so happy with the camera.
I find the images not crisp enough, like if they were interpolated.
Anyone knows if there is a way to turn off interpolation?
Here is a sample.
i.imgur.com/lK3qnU7.jpg
Thanks in advance

Do you have HDR enabled?
Swipe up and down in the camera app to change the mode and report back!
(the UX/UI of the camera app really makes no sense...no sense...).

karramarrez said:
I just bought the Lenovo Z1
The phone is perfect for my needs, but I'm not so happy with the camera.
I find the images not crisp enough, like if they were interpolated.
Anyone knows if there is a way to turn off interpolation?
Here is a sample.
i.imgur.com/lK3qnU7.jpg
Thanks in advance
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Doesn't look too bad.
Although, im not happy with the camera either, it is the only thing that i dont like about it. The rest is perfect

My best camera results are with Lenovo Supercamera.
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othe01 said:
Do you have HDR enabled?
Swipe up and down in the camera app to change the mode and report back!
(the UX/UI of the camera app really makes no sense...no sense...).
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Thanks !I checked the camera mode, and there were 3 o 4 effects checked (I've never touched thar section)
Disabled all and it looks much better.
After and before
i.imgur.com/kU9VJFC.jpg

Would be great if someone who knows about this stuff could recommend a better camera app than the default one.
I dont like the layout and the picture quality.

I prefer CameraZOOM.

Hanswurst02 said:
Would be great if someone who knows about this stuff could recommend a better camera app than the default one.
I dont like the layout and the picture quality.
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This has been the biggest thing stopping me from ordering one. On paper, the camera should be pretty damned good. Reviews have been extremely mixed, but it seems that reviewers only use the CM camera app, which has always been somewhere between 'meh' and terrible.
How does this phone do with the Google camera or F-V5, or any of the other common third party apps. One would think that since the Z1 is one of the only lower priced phones with OIS, someone would actually care about the camera beyond CMs crappy software.

How do you see the quality of the camera in general?
Tema cámara. Cómo la ves de calidad?

mmugatti said:
How do you see the quality of the camera in general?
Tema cámara. Cómo la ves de calidad?
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As I said, I see the pictures not enough crispy and interpollated looking.
I also missed the Ice Cream Sandwich camera look.
I tried this camera.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraicsplus
This is the free version, there is another one without ads.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraicsplus
I made this comparison with the same picture, same time and both cameras.
I find the ICS camera one much more crispier, so I bought the pro version.
Here is the picture.
i.imgur.com/GNBWVfO.jpg
I'll try to make more tests in worst light conditions.
(Sorry for the non clickcable links. I'm new here and can't still post links

Is the camera really so bad? I don't mind a phone with a decent camera, but if it's so bad it's a deal breaker for me.

MUG3NHC said:
Doesn't look too bad.
Although, im not happy with the camera either, it is the only thing that i dont like about it. The rest is perfect
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I too feel bad, and I am missing badly Color OS camera which I have used in One plus one, Any possible to develop or get it like taht camera effect, plugging in Zuk Z1..?

Sblast said:
Is the camera really so bad? I don't mind a phone with a decent camera, but if it's so bad it's a deal breaker for me.
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Well it's relative as my friend Einstein says!
Comparing it to my note 4, this camera is really weak!
Comparing it to my old nexus 4 it's fine!
It performs currently like an old 8mpx camera! I'm sure it can be improved with software!

You get what you pay for. As the guy above says it's relative. For the money it's super. A better camera app helps alot. Open Camera is good

this is one of the reason also that im not buying yet this device because of the camera quality though im not a selfie or camera guy. but im still considering a phone with good camera. hope Cyanogen improves the camera performance on this device.

I don't have any problem with camera it's ok not really good, If you are using Cynogen camera 10 i believe you will get much better clarity for the pictures...

That's true CameraNext Mod doing the job better quality but still not as we all want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...eranextmod-t3086513/post60202401#post60202401

Sblast said:
Is the camera really so bad? I don't mind a phone with a decent camera, but if it's so bad it's a deal breaker for me.
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It's not bad. To have a reference, it's very similar to the OnePlus One.

javirenart said:
It's not bad. To have a reference, it's very similar to the OnePlus One.
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Yes. Very similar.
Only different in video. No 2K video, but yes it has 60fps normal speed video
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abelvarela said:
Yes. Very similar.
Only different in video. No 2K video, but yes it has 60fps normal speed video
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Alex from Exodus says he may be able to implement 4k recording as the hardware supports it, but he hasn't got enough donations to buy the device.
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Camera Quality

I was hoping some of you Zenfone 3 Zoom owners could elaborate on the camera quality. Are you guys happy with it? What level would you say it's at, anywhere remotely close to current or last gen's top flagships? I'm mainly interested in the standard lens.
I obviously don't own one myself but have looked at quite a lot of reviews and videos on youtube and I get that the camera is good for a mid range phone, but can it actually compete with high end phones in terms of details it produces and dynamic range? Quite often the greens seem to be too saturated, the highlights look blown out, and, maybe the factor putting me off the most, the leaves on the trees look like they are painted (I couldnt figure out if that's because of poor HDR processing or whether it happens even with HDR off). Here are two galleries with sample photos that I found online:
Sample Gallery 1, all photos from ZF3Z
Sample Gallery 2, not all photos from ZF3Z
I feel like some of the photos within these galleries demonstrate the described 'issues' quite well, especially those in the google photos album.
Maybe some of you can add more sample galleries to this thread?
This photo shows the leaves and gras looking painted very well, just zoom in and look at the grass in front of the river. Could somebody please test with their own device whether this issue can be solved by turning HDR off or by using a different camera app? Or is it solved with the Nougat update? If this can't be fixed by different settings I would have to conclude that the camera on my Samsung S4 was better than this..

Yes it would be nice to see some pictures. I've just broken my zf3 deluxe and I wondering if zoom s would be good enough to buy.
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Hi. The camera is very good, comparable to my previous galaxy note 4 and my wife's galaxy s7 edge.
Fast focus, good image quality and two cameras, one wide 25mm wide and one normal 59mm wide.
Strong point is the portrait mode, which uses both cameras to create a background blur and works much better than I expected. In addition the manual mode is quite interesting.
However I found the front panoramic (for wide angle selfies) much worse than the equivalent of the galaxy note 4: slow, difficult to use and often with mistakes in joining images.
Overall I'm pretty satisfied with the camera and the phone.

Ok. Thanks for your opinion. It would be pleasure, if You could post here some pictures in original size. I'm interested the most with some text and exterior fotos to see its quality with details. Thanks in advance.
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Some photos, wide, 2,5x and 5x
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rsimas said:
Some photos, wide, 2,5x and 5xView attachment 4202805View attachment 4202806View attachment 4202807View attachment 4202808View attachment 4202809
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Thanks, would you be able to upload them in full quality somewhere please? Also I can see from the file naming that they were shot with HDR Auto, could you please upload some comparison shots of the same motive, once with HDR auto on, once HDR off?
Would be much appreciated!

Since no one here has shared photos in the original quality so far I guess the camera really is just good for a mid tier device but can't compete with flagships.
I've read a couple of reviews that also pointed in that direction, eg
digitaltrends.com asus-zenfone-3-zoom-review/ :
[...] the camera is only just usable in low-light. It’s not all that surprising – few phones have come close to offering great low-light capabilities, but with such a camera-centric device, you might expect better. In broad daylight, photos are more saturated than we’d like, and details aren’t as sharp. Not only that, but colors just seem a little off. Photos look somewhat like an oil painting rather than a photograph
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I just compared the zf3z camera with that of the iPhone 7 indoors. The iPhone's definitely better, but if you use HDR Pro, the zf3z can get close.
I also own the S7, and in low light its way better than the zf3z.
When using the telephoto in daylight, the zf3z is clearly better.
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Tomorrow, I'm taking both the S7 and the zf3z to a concert to see which one delivers better pictures and video.
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Camera is very good, but the app does tend to lag or crash. Very powerful for photographers / manual settings. Reminds me of Sony's a6000.

A cheap Pixel 2
serialteg said:
Camera is very good, but the app does tend to lag or crash. Very powerful for photographers / manual settings. Reminds me of Sony's a6000.
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It has the same sensor as the Pixel 2. Just install the Pixel3Mod camera port from Pixel and you have a Pixel 2

I find with the stock camera that If you turn off HDR and optimization the photos come out really good.

Low light

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the OnePlus 6's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

very bad....sorry to say it!

It is much better though than many 12mpxl cameras of the past without any low-light tricks. But it still sucks.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13038/the-oneplus-6-review/8
V30 with MUCH smaller sensor and pixels obliterates OP6 with its pixel binning. Op5T had pixel binning, but it had it on a sensor without OIS. Hence nobody liked op5t low light blurry mess shots. I have no idea why OP6 devs cant just port pixel binning software to the main camera with OIS and see how it obliterates competetion.
I wish we had somebody who can make this happen. Just make a port of op5T second camera binning software to op6 main camera and have a best allround flagship killing camera. Is it that hard?

I would say its quite good. I compared this with my friend that owns Samsung S8. My photo came out a lot of sharper with so much light in contrast of his photo that came out a little blurry and with less light on photo.
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Colour temperature is not accurate....too much yellow....

Mord0rr said:
Colour temperature is not accurate....too much yellow....
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But if the lights were yellow then? :s
Only him know how the scene looked as the picture was taken.

Im saying it on basis of my OP6 too... but of course, im not sure.

Mord0rr said:
Im saying it on basis of my OP6 too... but of course, im not sure.
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So you're not sure how the scenery looked or which color the street light has and you still say that it's too much yellow... "okay".

Uauuu....we have here a "Spock" logical person...
And how about this photo?
Too much what in your wise opinion?

Coming from Nexus 6p, feels like Oneplus 6 is a downgrade when it came to low-light camera performance.. Some samples below..
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tOrNadO™ said:
Coming from Nexus 6p, feels like Oneplus 6 is a downgrade when it came to low-light camera performance.. Some samples below..
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Yeah, it's not forgiving when you use point and shoot mode!
I found turning off hdr makes better pictures. However, lots of reports says 5.1.7 has better low light performance. So one can only hope an update makes it better. Or we just have to hope that when the pixel 3 comes, we can use resources from Google cam for 845 snapdragon.

We hope.....
When zooming the photos...the horror starts....what disappointing!

Mord0rr said:
We hope.....
When zooming the photos...the horror starts....what disappointing!
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But if I zoom in on the p20 pro pictures I feel the same... In fact all cell cameras if you zoom just look horrible not made for zooming in tbh. Looks better if looked at a bigger screen.

I own other phone less expensive with Gcam, and zooming the detail is more present...
My daughter face is full of grain and lacks detail...

I've never owned a "premium" phone before and I must say that I'm actually quite impressed with the low-light photo quality - I was having a tour through a cavern, took a few photos and they've actually shown more detail than I could even see! Of course, when I looked at them on a big screen, the photos were noisy and oversharpened, but they were definitely an "instagramable" material and that's what counts for me.

tOrNadO™ said:
Coming from Nexus 6p, feels like Oneplus 6 is a downgrade when it came to low-light camera performance.. Some samples below..
Sent from my ONEPLUS A6000 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Indeed
Big failure are usual in low light
Nexus 6p was amazing with face details and low light was good

Stock nightmode

GCAM NIGHT SIGHT for OnePlus 6
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6-oneplus-6t-get-working-night-sight-mode-from-pixel-3/amp/

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE 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).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

i made a comparison between Mi 8 And Mi 9 se Camera
it,s obvious that mi 9 se have better camera either main camera or zoom lens
mi9 se ultra-wide lens is not that good but i think it gets better with software improvement and when google camera will be available for ultra wide lens
all photos taken with AI on and HDR off
HDR in Mi 9 se make photos worse but i guess it should get fixed in the future update
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X7tT1T1Y3y2qNVZ4puKrPMKgIRjtFOHi?usp=sharing

here is more camera sample:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Md8fHTcW0IAvC-NdmDaU2__-rMBJ6loT?usp=sharing
one thing that i don't understand is that zoom lens is 8 MP but image output is 12 MP!!

daniyal62 said:
i made a comparison between Mi 8 And Mi 9 se Camera
it,s obvious that mi 9 se have better camera either main camera or zoom lens
mi9 se ultra-wide lens is not that good but i think it gets better with software improvement and when google camera will be available for ultra wide lens
all photos taken with AI on and HDR off
HDR in Mi 9 se make photos worse but i guess it should get fixed in the future update
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X7tT1T1Y3y2qNVZ4puKrPMKgIRjtFOHi?usp=sharing
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Hi daniyal62, have you tried GCam on Mi9 SE? I'm thinking of buying it but I have some doubts about the quality of the camera (I now have a Nexus 6P which does great shots in any condition) and judging by your shots it could improve with the GCam.

Leyous said:
Hi daniyal62, have you tried GCam on Mi9 SE? I'm thinking of buying it but I have some doubts about the quality of the camera (I now have a Nexus 6P which does great shots in any condition) and judging by your shots it could improve with the GCam.
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hello i am very satisfied with the image quality yes i have gcam but i rarely use it because stock app most of the time take better image than gcam

daniyal62 said:
hello i am very satisfied with the image quality yes i have gcam but i rarely use it because stock app most of the time take better image than gcam
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Dadash dar kol mi 8 ro bedam bere va mi 9 se begirm vase tanavoo khube??
Dorbin o display o battery kodom bhtre

daniyal62 said:
i made a comparison between Mi 8 And Mi 9 se Camera
it,s obvious that mi 9 se have better camera either main...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X7tT1T1Y3y2qNVZ4puKrPMKgIRjtFOHi?usp=sharing
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Thanks for the effort appreciate it!

I have Mi 9 SE since it became available in EU, April. There are some small things which bother me. One of them is camera. I tried latest gcam but it crashes and can't be used normally. I found that camera is worst in artificial lighting conditions. Both, main and selfie camera.
I visited Samsung brand store last week and tried to make selfies with almost all of their latest models. What surprised me is that selfies were better also on low budget Samsung phones compared to those I made with my Mi 9 SE in the same room under the same conditions. Room has lights on the ceiling and that was the biggest problem for Mi 9 SE - photos were foggy. Unfortunately I didn't save photos to show you examples.
The same problem occurred with main camera. I have one photo made by my phone, even Night mode was enabled while making that photo. You can see what I'm complaining about: drive.google.com/open?id=1-VvaDb8AQHGUKa5DVWNdEq3AfUsLkkSU
How does your phones act? Is there way to fix that problem?

My photos are Foggy too

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I would not buy this phone if Gcam did not exist.
With Gcam this phone takes at least better pics than iPhone X.
Also it really depends which Gcam you use and which settings you prefer.

Androidzor said:
I would not buy this phone if Gcam did not exist.
With Gcam this phone takes at least better pics than iPhone X.
Also it really depends which Gcam you use and which settings you prefer.
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Indeed, with the Urnyx 7.3 Gcam and the bufferfix flashed in TWRP, the results are much better than Stock Xiaomi Camera.
Google really makes wonders at treating the picture quality, whereas Xiaomi sucks at it, no details in the pics, strange colors and white balance. The hardware is good but poorly used.
The results would even be better with EIS, but for a 300€ phone, the results are already pretty good with Gcam

Color saturation & accuracy

If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Sony Xperia 1's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Really where the phone's screen really shines: the colour calibration on this screen is as good as I've ever seen.

Colour saturation on this phone is proper. From sde by side comparison with S8 and HTC one M8, I can say it's not too saturated like S8 and not dull like M8. It's in between which I think is closer to reality.

https://youtu.be/a4iSpQPVLHw
Reference display
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More examples

I'm not satisfied with the callibration, could be definitely better. Mine has a visible green tint which I can minimize by adjusting WB, but the colors are still dull and I miss vibrant colors mode from XZ1. And still, tilting the screen just a bit makes everything greenish.

https://youtu.be/nocU3NwIMuk
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wow im so impressed by color accuracy and quality of display in this smartphone, as im so curious so i did research and found something great..
as at the moment sony xperia 1 leading the class like notebookreview said
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missing the image processor x1 xtrem than destroy S10+ and p30 pro in quality images
Xperia 1 also scale to 4k, converts sdr to watch and has high cinema mode,
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Do you people use white balance setting on cool or medium?

snake218 said:
Do you people use white balance setting on cool or medium?
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customized everything to 0 less a little blue
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snake218 said:
Do you people use white balance setting on cool or medium?
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I do prefer slightly colder settings. My white balance is on custom. Slightly towards blue.

Mix: Sony Bravia OLED 4K (Demo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nkUr8ClmFw&list=RD8nkUr8ClmFw
see these videos in the Xperia1 you run of taste
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Display Xperia 1 it is addictive
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My custom settings to have a better white balance than the blueish out of the box:
R 72
G 68
B 0
Always on Creator mode.
The screen is great then, good color vibrancy but not Poppy like chinese ones.

Nits
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Interesting info, thanks.
About the screen color, i also find the default cool setting to be too blueish, im using the medium setting.

I love how Sony optimized this phone for movie, combine with dynamic vibration, awesome experience!

snake218 said:
Interesting info, thanks.
About the screen color, i also find the default cool setting to be too blueish, im using the medium setting.
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use this setting + creator mode
the most accurate color and ideal temperature
thanks for notebookcheck.com

https://youtu.be/qg-9gqUaXeo
The display S10 + looks like a midrange
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After some trial and error i set mine to this:
Red 61
Green 56
Blue 0
You can play with those numbers, moving in 1 or 2 increase/decrease both at same time red and green numbers