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photos look great

When someone talks about the G Note photos looking bad, just show them
these. All taken on auto mode, fine mode. Cropped.
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The last photo I crudely washed out the little girls hand out of the frame.

how in did you get so close to that cute lil creature?

I just put the phone within 12 inches of his face. He was very docile. I even had him sitting on my shoulder. Not sure if he was scared or what his problem was, but he let me hold & pet him without too much moving around.
What attracted me was we were in the back yard, and heard this noise that sounded like a dog, it was this little guy. I looked all over this small tree, didn't find a nest of any kind, no other squirrels any where. Street next to the tree...didn't see any road kill. Not sure if he fell out of a tree, was abandoned or what his problem was. Plan on checking tomorrow to see if he is still there...take some shots with my dSLR.

Cute little Pup.
If the sounds were like a high-pitched 'yelp' that is normally an indication or associated with a call to either a mother calling her Pup/Kitten or the same calling the Mother.
Good shots btw..... Clear and evenly lit. The latter one I would have maybe used flash but that would have more than likely scared the little guy away.
I had a look at all three EXIF Data. Nice to see there were variations.
The last one gave results of:-
Camera Maker: SAMSUNG
Camera Model: GT-N7000
Image Date: 2012-03-24 17:05:30 +0000
Focal Length: 4mm
Aperture: f/2.7
Exposure Time: 0.010 s (1/100)
ISO equiv: 64
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Average
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Comment: User comments
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows

Great shots of the little critter!
I really love the picture and video quality of my Note!
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Those really are some very nice looking pics, thanks for sharing them.

Hi m8, awesome pics and you are right the colors are so beautiful.
cheers

Macro-mode looks great too
Normal auto-mode:

I think it is not so safe when a squirrel gets so close to somebody

Video quality is pretty nice too.
just made this video of our retarded kitten to try out
http://youtu.be/GvWCbb_tC_M

It does take awesome photos for a pinhole camera, doesn't it?
mR.fR34ky said:
Hi m8, awesome pics and you are right the colors are so beautiful.
cheers
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I use macro for work, it's fantastic. I work on office machines, and you know how much the factory likes it when you send them a photo of what you are describing?
anonymous572 said:
Macro-mode looks great too
Normal auto-mode:
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lg camera is the best for close-up video because the stock one doesn't focus (or I don't know how)

phbruintjes said:
Video quality is pretty nice too.
just made this video of our retarded kitten to try out
http://youtu.be/GvWCbb_tC_M
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Is that a Bengal?
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I think most people who were complaining about photo quality were, like me, doing so before the recent OTA firmware updates. When on KKA the focus didn't seem to work at all - since updating to LA4 the camera is focusing properly (in most cases) and I've got some great shots.
If you guys don't know about it, check out Pano - I've created some amazing panoramas with it.

14.1.G.1.534 vs 14.1.G.2.257 Camera Comparison

These pictures were taken with both firmwares about 8 minutes apart (updated in the park) on the same phone and in roughly the same light. I would have been faster but there was a Dutch family taking pictures and I didn't want to have them in the picture.
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jluster said:
These pictures were taken with both firmwares about 8 minutes apart (updated in the park) on the same phone and in roughly the same light. I would have been faster but there was a Dutch family taking pictures and I didn't want to have them in the picture.
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Great job! Is nice to see some actual comparisons behind everyone's anecdotal comments that the camera is better in 257. Thanks for the proof. :thumbup:
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Are these on SA mode?

kiwi45 said:
Are these on SA mode?
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No, Manual, 8MP 4:3, no scene, no EV, no processing.

goodjob dude

This is brilliant. Only just got my xperia Z1 yesterday, so these comparisons are superb

Great comparison, thanks! Any chance of uploading the full size originals?

jluster said:
No, Manual, 8MP 4:3, no scene, no EV, no processing.
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Perfect! I was wondering if the improvement only applied to Superior Auto mode, Burst, Panorama and what not but not the Manual. Turns out it seems to really be on their post-processing software and not just the various modes!
This made my day and I'm excited to shoot even more stuff with the new firmware. Thanks!
P.S. 8 Minute update time is really fast! I updated mine through SUS around 2 hours

bloodfire1004 said:
P.S. 8 Minute update time is really fast! I updated mine through SUS around 2 hours
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I had the download finished, all it took was the flash and reboot. Was amazed, too, considering it takes about 3 hours for my HTC phones to upgrade.

SA mode compare, please, someone.

jluster said:
I had the download finished, all it took was the flash and reboot. Was amazed, too, considering it takes about 3 hours for my HTC phones to upgrade.
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I see Phones Review have picked up on this.

Beards said:
I see Phones Review have picked up on this.
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Yeah, way to go just grab content and **** adverts around it (I am borrowing liberally from the commenter on the piece). Also how did they make me "Dutch". As an Icelander I am shocked by this accusation. An Icelander taking pictures in Germany becomes Dutch, I guess...

jluster said:
Yeah, way to go just grab content and **** adverts around it (I am borrowing liberally from the commenter on the piece). Also how did they make me "Dutch". As an Icelander I am shocked by this accusation. An Icelander taking pictures in Germany becomes Dutch, I guess...
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every site has copied the same post and even on GsmArena, PhoneArena everyone calling you Dutch :silly: Mail them regarding this if you want :good:

one more here .

Post full res pic please. Wanna see the noise levels.

eggman89 said:
Post full res pic please. Wanna see the noise levels.
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u can have very good comparison idea with the one i've posted its only resided 50% coz of huge size .

Thanks for this @jluster
I was in a dilemma should I flash 257 or wait for next firmware and now I have my answer.... I will flash it and will flash it as soon as possible
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It seems that the old version can't focus accurately, or it was a Gauss Blur filter in the old algorithm.

more photos comparison pleaseeeee :good:

New firmware using manual
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Show off those pics!

I'll start posting more pictures after I get done work today, here's a teaser.
Stock Camera app, HDR on, manual focus, 16:9 widescreen 15.5 megapixel mode.
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When you say stock Google camera, do you mean the Motorola camera?

fury683 said:
When you say stock Google camera, do you mean the Motorola camera?
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I don't know why I put Google there, I just meant to say stock camera app lol, thanks for the heads up.
Maybe the Google keyboard did it on its own. ?

joshm.1219 said:
I'll start posting more pictures after I get done work today, here's a teaser.
Stock Camera app, HDR on, manual focus, 16:9 widescreen 15.5 megapixel mode.
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Very nice! Can post any just point and shoot? I am on the fence with this phone. The only thing holding me back in the camera. Cameras have not been that good in past Moto phones.....
Thanks!

jamezr said:
Very nice! Can post any just point and shoot? I am on the fence with this phone. The only thing holding me back in the camera. Cameras have not been that good in past Moto phones.....
Thanks!
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Real quick, point and shot in Auto Focus, Auto HDR mode. First one is widescreen, second is standard (4:3 full 21mp).

joshm.1219 said:
Real quick, point and shot in Auto Focus, Auto HDR mode. First one is widescreen, second is standard (4:3 full 21mp).
Those are great pics! Thanks!
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I definitely want ice cream now, good pics, thanks.

Looks pretty decent, although I'm more of a vanilla guy!

@ joshm.1219 What do you think of the camera compared to other phones you have owned? I recall you on the note II forums, does the camera perform much better all around?

everyone with a droid turbo, keep posting pictures, we want to see what you can do with those 20.7 megapixels!

Purchasing mine after work around 5pm est. My main focus right now is the camera since I'm pretty much impressed with everything about this phone when I messed around with store demo.
I'll post a whole bunch of shots and comparisons to my S5 around 8-9 est if all goes well. I did notice that reds were a bit over saturated in the samples I took at Verizon. Which was a big issue for me with my original Moto X.

This one is 21MP

mobilehavoc said:
This one is 21MP
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Looks damn good, if people complain about that then they just need to use a DSLR.

Here is a couple from today....

Are these being alerted when uploaded? I assume they aren't 21MP files being uploaded to the forums

I think the problem is people have crazy expectations. Its a good camera but its never going to touch a dedicated camera with large sensors. I'm now switched to Google Camera because Moto one doesn't really seem to be much better.
These are using Moto camera still.

Low light shots I took while messing around with our prototype mini 3D printer this morning. Just quick snaps, no effort at all... Pretty impressive, although reds seem to be a little off -- oversaturated.
http://imgur.com/a/NMd58
However, I do have a post with some serious concerns about the camera (link below) that I need to further test this weekend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/major-camera-issues-t2923916
I'll try to post more pictures throughout the day.

It's definitely hit or miss.
Outdoor HDR shot:
Indoor shot:
Indoor low light shot:

Stock app, no HDR, 21MP, didn't adjust the focus/exposure.
Taken at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.
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I'd have to say with the physical limits of sensor and aperture size the output is pretty decent and not overly over processed. A raw output would still be nice though.

camera?

I had my essential but returned it due to numerous issues. Have software updates done anything major to the camera? Is it anywhere close to the pixel now?

Nope nor will ever be anything like Pixel camera. It's more like 2015 ish camera quality.

km8j said:
I had my essential but returned it due to numerous issues. Have software updates done anything major to the camera? Is it anywhere close to the pixel now?
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Camera is great with gcam. Stock app is still bad and compresses the pics. They just pushed another update today. I just took a pic using both came and gcam file size was 4.47 mbs while stock app was 1.4 mbs. Not sure why they can fix that but it's never going to be good compressing pics like that.

Gcam. 4.0., 3.8c settings.
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bill3508 said:
Gcam. 4.0., 3.8c settings.
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Where'd you get that gcam port from??

mpetruzz said:
Where'd you get that gcam port from??
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/themes/google-camera-port-t3665197

How about low light?

Bump

Has the quality drastically improved after the update? Any side by side comparisons of gcam and stock as I'm looking to buy this today

ermacwins said:
Has the quality drastically improved after the update? Any side by side comparisons of gcam and stock as I'm looking to buy this today
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I had an LG v30 and took multiple pics and showed them to my wife on my laptop. Out of 20 or so comparisons there were only 1 or 2 that she felt looked different and they weren't even that bad.
Is it going to beat the Pixel 2 no. Is it a more than capable phone that takes great pics most of the time, yeah!!
After the recent update it's WAY better than when it launched and I'm actually liking it.

Performance, both visually and functionally, has improved greatly from when I first bought the phone earlier this month after the drop to $499. Pictures are still compressed, would be great if they'd get rid of that, but to my/my wife's eyes, *that* is the difference between GCam and Essential Camera. It's like the pictures it takes are good quality, and then it compresses them down to less-than-good quality. GCam doesn't compress, and is visually nicer, but can be a bit of a pain to get the settings right. For quick/social media pictures, the camera is just fine, and hopefully soon they'll either give an option for disabling compression or just disable it altogether, which would (I believe) drastically increase picture quality. Until then, almost any other camera app that doesn't compress will be better.
Also, I've found the quality of the B&W pictures to be considerably better than they were, and that has also increased the quality of the low-light photos (though they still suffer from the same compression artifacting).
Short answer - if you're able to get it from Amazon for the $400 with the 360 Camera, it's well worth the price. It is an amazing phone for the current price.

Did they add EIS for video recording? If so does it also work I'm google camera?

The issue isn't the lens or optics. The camera hardware is legit.
The problem was the dodgy camera app which Essential has been ACTIVELY fixing and releasing speedy updates for.
I have an Essential; hell I'm writing this post from it right now; and I can tell you that with all the updates that Essential had pushed out, the native camera so had gotten MUCH better.
The stock camera is still about 1-2 updates from being perfect so in the meantime I alterenate between the stock camera app and the Google HDR+ app depending on what I'm doing and the effect I'm going for.
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Just received an update to fix camera issue

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I will report as soon as possible.

Briefly tried the camera and it seems the autofocus is much much faster than before.
I will test more during the day.

What region you are ? I'm UK BTU and still nothing

Adam1906KSC said:
What region you are ? I'm UK BTU and still nothing
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Middle East
Israel

cizake said:
Middle East
Israel
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Looks like they are starting to roll out. Exynos version in this video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snatjrpJ6eI
Video of actual footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoWAben4CA&feature=youtu.be

I have been taking pics and videos for the last hour and it's night and day.
Auto focus and auto brightness are finally fixed.
Dynamic range working as it should.
The camera is much faster. Zoom has also improved up to X10. After that it remains funky.
Really happy now.

cizake said:
I have been taking pics and videos for the last hour and it's night and day.
Auto focus and auto brightness are finally fixed.
Dynamic range working as it should.
The camera is much faster. Zoom has also improved up to X10. After that it remains funky.
Really happy now.
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Glad to hear man. Really excited to see this roll out in the US.
Cheers!

slow mo video also fixed dynamic range and autofocus.

Have you tried pictures in a dim environment?
For me it's absolutely smudging every detail even after the update, doesn't matter if scene optimiser is on or off.
Taking a picture of my dog she looks like a white splotch where as the Plus model shows her fur in very good detail

Those are pics in dim light. They are so much better than before the update.

cizake said:
I have been taking pics and videos for the last hour and it's night and day.
Auto focus and auto brightness are finally fixed.
Dynamic range working as it should.
The camera is much faster. Zoom has also improved up to X10. After that it remains funky.
Really happy now.
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Can you please tell me if the zoom is improved only after taking a pic, or in the viewfinder as well?
Also can you post some pics to imgbb in full res before and after, if you got some close stuff you took shots before. Thanks alot.

Just took a few pics so far, but Soooo much better!!! Auto focus and dynamic range are fixed!!
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Neo_Sk8eR said:
Have you tried pictures in a dim environment?
For me it's absolutely smudging every detail even after the update, doesn't matter if scene optimiser is on or off.
Taking a picture of my dog she looks like a white splotch where as the Plus model shows her fur in very good detail
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Can you post this example of the dog?
Curious to see it.

hello mate, glad that you received the update. can you tell how is the quality of the picture when you zoom in like 50 times, is it still oversharpened and like oil paint?

Here are examples of zoom X0.5 X2 X4 X10 X30 X100
It's indoor, I think it's much better than it was before. I'll post outdoors pics tomorrow.

Are you sure this is the update for the Camera ? Looks more like the march security update to me...
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the one that fixes the camera has an atch at the end.

Got the update, downloading now.
For reference: US, Unlocked.

What carrier are you on?

Yes I'm sure, look at the original screenshot on my opening post. ATCH.
Here are outdoor images: