xperia z camera photo and video - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I think xperia z camera is great but software post-production is bad, iphone works better
Look at the compression of jpg...this is very bad.
this is not what you expect from 13 mpxl camera!!

Software or not it sucks for a 13 megapixels camera. On the phone the pic looks ok because of the bravia engine, but on a computer...
I dont know if you guys have the same problem as me when recording a video: the output audio of the movie is really bad, it sounds like when are you searching manually on a radio.

I was about to buy the Xperia Z from Sony US website and stopped short when I see this..
The picture REALLY look bad... I assume there is no fix on this?

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.253 camera quality

Hey guys, although sony improve on the sharpness of the camera quality, i found a serious problem. Picture taken are really really over exposed.
Not mentioning superior auto, even normal modes. I compared it side to side with quite a number of phones, S3, S4 & even xperia ion.
What happened. Is it the new firmware or i need to do a clean wipe? Even my wife's xperia z has this problem
I have the same problem, pictures taken by the xperia Z have many visible grainy dots, and when I enlarge to 100% on my laptop the matters get worse, compare to my sister's htc one 4mp camera the xperia Z's performance is really disappointed, may be something wrong with the software
Very picture taken is too bright. Very bright
It s about software fortunately and I guess Sony will solve it by 4.2.2 update cause camera need to be changed 100% in it.
(redesign completely )
And I get better quick pic with small app camera
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Especially when ur taking pic of ppl, the scenes mode keep switching and pictures taken were overly bright or washed out. Had to use a 3rd party camera app , so many problems..
From wi-fi , washed out screen, mic muting problems, now overly exposed camera ...
I followed from Sony Ericsson w800 till now and every flagship from sony Ericsson to sony. Every models has problems. Yellow tint, bla bla... Very tired.
You mean the problem will be solved in 4.2?
Or thats how camera behaves when taking pic of ppl faces? The scenes will radomly flicker and background would be overly bright, even the faces are very bright and washed out. Does anyone experience this issue?
The xperia z have a very serious problem with it's camera I will upload a photos after 30 min
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These two are the photos that i talked about them. the 21.jpg is for 434 and the 51.jpg is for the 253
Yes, thats the problem exactly i am facing, overly bright and exposed pic. So confirmed its because of the new .253 software .?
I suspect it's the changes in the built props or the mediaprofiles, as I see camera version is still the same as. 434, still ver 1.00
Any one can confirm or modify it?
yes the camera is a big problem the colors look bad
and the flash is way to weak compared to other phones
must.sayim said:
These two are the photos that i talked about them. the 21.jpg is for 434 and the 51.jpg is for the 253
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The tree on the left grows fast.haha
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finoqq84 said:
Hey guys, although sony improve on the sharpness of the camera quality, i found a serious problem. Picture taken are really really over exposed.
Not mentioning superior auto, even normal modes. I compared it side to side with quite a number of phones, S3, S4 & even xperia ion.
What happened. Is it the new firmware or i need to do a clean wipe? Even my wife's xperia z has this problem
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Do you mean when you use flash light? just close it, i found the pictures are in light blue. What's your rom, if you update to 253, it would be improved. but i cannot deny that the quality of camera is not good.
sony will release a new update 10.1.1.A.1.307 .... it's in the "xperia blog .com"
Yep, i saw it too.. Hopefully .307 really solves the problem. Its certified in the 29th, hopfully would be released within these few days

IS the i9100 Galaxy S2 camera better than the Xperia ZR?

ZR is my dream phone well the Z is but due to so many hardware issuses and bad design I want to go with the ZR
But can the camera match my previous i9100 S2?
My S2 was incredible at taking photos especially at night. No noise at all.
The Samsung used SONY camera module till S3 Galaxy. The ZR takes incredible pictures once you do the settings right and for critical pictures use HDR Cam+ or other utilities like I do.
ZR gets better photo than GNexus. The camera sound effects can't mute by sound settings, I can't take photo of my sleeping kid with this. It's good camera among phones.
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I keep reading on review websites that the Z and ZR camera is horrible its really really bad
But some people are saying thats cause those guys are morons and don't enable HDR
can anyone confirm how the Z and ZR camera matches other phone cameras?
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5421&idPhone2=5204&idPhone3=3621
chewdaniel said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5421&idPhone2=5204&idPhone3=3621
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wow thanks holy crap
the S2 i9100 is significantly better sharper and less noise than the Z and ZR
the Z does look better than the ZR
how the heck a old phone like the i9100 S2 can have such a better camera? how is that even possible?
it's sony's post-processing and crap compression that screws up a great camera... it's the software :/
so can this be fixed using HDR?
what about rooting and flashing custom rom etc?
john5220 said:
so can this be fixed using HDR?
what about rooting and flashing custom rom etc?
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i believe it'll be fixed by next software updates.. as most of the reviews about the Xperia ZR camera was made on the 4.1 ROM ,and we have some positive feedbacks about camera quality and focus-speed enhancement in the new 4.2.2 update
so we need someone who is using the 4.2.2 ROM to confirm it..
DoO37 said:
i believe it'll be fixed by next software updates.. as most of the reviews about the Xperia ZR camera was made on the 4.1 ROM ,and we have some positive feedbacks about camera quality and focus-speed enhancement in the new 4.2.2 update
so we need someone who is using the 4.2.2 ROM to confirm it..
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4.2.2 user here.I can tell that the camera is way better,and for the lowlight shoting please turn off the SAM - superior auto mod. and try playing with the settings abit like stopping HDR / chosing Fill flash / focus - multi auto focus.It really gives a very good low light pictures.So basicly the camera is great for me here
effective said:
4.2.2 user here.I can tell that the camera is way better,and for the lowlight shoting please turn off the SAM - superior auto mod. and try playing with the settings abit like stopping HDR / chosing Fill flash / focus - multi auto focus.It really gives a very good low light pictures.So basicly the camera is great for me here
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Thanks @effective for confirming :good:
and guys don't listen to just one review specially the one from Phonearena.. it's the worst review ever for the ZR and you may see the positive comments there for the users..
you can just only check the photos quality from Here ,but don't read the the whole page you'll hate the phone
the photo's aren't that perfect.. but they're still great for me (note that these photos were taken on the 4.1.2 FW)
DoO37 said:
Thanks @effective for confirming :good:
and guys don't listen to just one review specially the one from Phonearena.. it's the worst review ever for the ZR and you may see the positive comments there for the users..
you can just only check the photos quality from Here ,but don't read the the whole page you'll hate the phone
the photo's aren't that perfect.. but they're still great for me (note that these photos were taken on the 4.1.2 FW)
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No probs man here u go a link from here that some ppl incl me made some pics with the phonie - 4.1.2 firmware tho.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389624

Sony Xperia Z camera

Xda Developers can you please make a fix for xperia z camera, i thing that 13mp camera should have much better pictures. Can you please try to fix that softwear, thank you
Smoke690 said:
Xda Developers can you please make a fix for xperia z camera, i thing that 13mp camera should have much better pictures. Can you please try to fix that softwear, thank you
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You should try Normal mode or Burst to Capture better pictures and the latest stock version's camera is at its Best I guess except Low Light pictures which are a bit Grainy!
indeed , our camera is not that great compared to S4's , why is that ? are there any apps that can be used to greatly automatically enhance our camera experience ? or are there some special settings ? or just leave it on superior auto ? on normal mode I find the pictures worse
Try this,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46111181
If you feel that I've helped you in anyway, please hit the thank button
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galaxy s4 has much better camera just because of software so i text to xda developers, becouse i would be very happy if their would make some fix
Looking at the hardware side of the camera on the Z is good, but Sony still needs to work on the software for the camera, there should be more optimization.
Djuro89 said:
Looking at the hardware side of the camera on the Z is good, but Sony still needs to work on the software for the camera, there should be more optimization.
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Try other cameras. LG Camera is a great one and works on other than LG phones.
I'm fairly sure that the stock camera creates awful JPEG pictures with bad compression. I'm not sure if there are any 3rd party cameras that capture lossless .PNG stills?
iDroid8 said:
I'm fairly sure that the stock camera creates awful JPEG pictures with bad compression. I'm not sure if there are any 3rd party cameras that capture lossless .PNG stills?
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Camera FV-5 for PNG
More here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48134355
Smoke690 said:
Xda Developers can you please make a fix for xperia z camera, i thing that 13mp camera should have much better pictures. Can you please try to fix that softwear, thank you
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Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48134355
iDroid8 said:
I'm fairly sure that the stock camera creates awful JPEG pictures with bad compression. I'm not sure if there are any 3rd party cameras that capture lossless .PNG stills?
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LG Camera takes clear PNG photos even on low end phones.
I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before when Xperia Z was released early this year. It was petty bad compares to latest firmwares. Few people tried improving this with different camera apps and build prop editing etc. And we all came to the conclusion only Sony has the ability to fully improve the XZ camera. You may notice better picture quality with different camera apps due to iso profiles and other colour setting handled by specific third party camera apps. But the jpeg compression and other things still remains unchanged as they are depends on camera libs which is closed source and only Sony can improve them
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Go to theme section and follow my thread.. You'll find a best camera app... and check the sample pic's I got... that app gives the best quality photos...
From Xperia Z LTE (C6603) by Kaniboy

Camera usage at nighttime questions

I would like to know more about the camera and video camera usage at night time with flash enabled.
Is it good quality when viewed on the phone's screen?
If not, could you please state the affects produced by the camera of the phone during night. For example, grainy pictures, interlaces, glitches etc...
If that is so, would you suggest the iphone 4 instead of this sony xperia z?
Thanks very much.
raghavsood999 said:
I would like to know more about the camera and video camera usage at night time with flash enabled.
Is it good quality when viewed on the phone's screen?
If not, could you please state the affects produced by the camera of the phone during night. For example, grainy pictures, interlaces, glitches etc...
If that is so, would you suggest the iphone 4 instead of this sony xperia z?
Thanks very much.
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Xperia Z is 10x better than iPhone 4
For me,i tried to take photos at dark place with flash
So far so good,quality is okay,but i suggest to enable HDR for better quality but only with 12MP.
Ben Ling said:
Xperia Z is 10x better than iPhone 4
For me,i tried to take photos at dark place with flash
So far so good,quality is okay,but i suggest to enable HDR for better quality but only with 12MP.
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Ok well thanks for the reply. Why is HDR only 12 MP. Isn't the back camera 13 MP. Does it matter if it is 1 MP less or not?
raghavsood999 said:
Ok well thanks for the reply. Why is HDR only 12 MP. Isn't the back camera 13 MP. Does it matter if it is 1 MP less or not?
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For all devices,if take pictures with HDR,it will reduce 1MP,and doesn't matter.
For Sony's Superior auto mode,only with 9MP
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Post your Shots from Xperia Z(with details of the app & ROM)

As I'm getting New Xperia Z in place of Xperia Z ultra, I searched about Xperia Z and came across the bad camera quality.....
Its a software issue(i read it),Burst mode had better image quality than superior mode...and other things
so people who installed custom rom ,did they also face the same camera problems or are they getting better image quality from their Z
So i wanna ask you all to post your images from Z & do include your Camera app name and the Rom you r using...
if you know how to take better images from Z,please share it here...
No xperia don't have bad camera quality. I had a XZ with Stock LP installed and images were very good using Superior Auto.
Now I have a LG G2 image quality is much worse than that of XZ.
ankitsxperiago said:
As I'm getting New Xperia Z in place of Xperia Z ultra, I searched about Xperia Z and came across the bad camera quality.....
Its a software issue(i read it),Burst mode had better image quality than superior mode...and other things
so people who installed custom rom ,did they also face the same camera problems or are they getting better image quality from their Z
So i wanna ask you all to post your images from Z & do include your Camera app name and the Rom you r using...
if you know how to take better images from Z,please share it here...
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Why would you get a xperia z over a xperia z ultra?
And the camera quality is amazing with both stock and custom rom
ankitsxperiago said:
As I'm getting New Xperia Z in place of Xperia Z ultra, I searched about Xperia Z and came across the bad camera quality.....
Its a software issue(i read it),Burst mode had better image quality than superior mode...and other things
so people who installed custom rom ,did they also face the same camera problems or are they getting better image quality from their Z
So i wanna ask you all to post your images from Z & do include your Camera app name and the Rom you r using...
if you know how to take better images from Z,please share it here...
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One image from stock and one from custom
Dont get me wrong, but Jesus Christ you just choose really bad images to call it "amazing" 0_o
Not only both images are resized, so we cant see original detail, but also this amount of contrast and HUGE overexposure in second one is just hilarious bad.
Also first one have color filter so we dont see original colors that xz capture.
And look at the blurred corners of second image, behind that hilarious big overexposure at top...
I love my Xperia Z like probably most of you, but seriously stop bending the spacetime saying that it have good camera, because it dont have. It have really average one and in automatic mode its sometimes really bad.
I jumped to XZ from Xperia Arc S, and I was shocked that XZ take worst quality images than Arc S, especially with android LP.
I can even make blind compromising of XZ, Arc S, Neo V, Galaxy s4 and Galaxy Grant Prime(dont have more phones with me right now)... And I can ensure you that people would not choose XZ in terms of quality of picture.
post some more shots
Please post some more shots...from Xperia Z

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