Hello everyone,
I'm using the camera of my brand new Z3C for the first time and I'm getting these incredibly blurry shots with both the default (Sony) camera app and Google camera:
Sony App:
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The device hasn't gotten wet since I received it and there's no protector on the back.
But before sending it to a repair center, I'd like to have your opinion on this..
Do you guys think this is resolvable trough SW? Or is this most likely a HW defect?
Thx!
EDIT: I just checked and I have the same issue with the front facing camera
UPDATE: Corrected img links. Performed factory reset, but issue remains. Seems like both camera's are unable to focus..
still I'm waiting mines shipment, but did you try restart or factory reset? hopefully mine will be flawless, cause ı ordered in austruia and livin in Turkey
I would get it exchanged pronto..
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pricey2009 said:
I would get it exchanged pronto..
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Can you see any condensation in the camera, if you hold it under bright light?
It's kind of curious to me that the blurriness happens to front as well as rear camera.
elaurens said:
Hello everyone,
I'm using the camera of my brand new Z3C for the first time and I'm getting these incredibly blurry shots with both the default (Sony) camera app and Google camera.
The device hasn't gotten wet since I received it and there's no protector on the back.
But before sending it to a repair center, I'd like to have your opinion on this..
Do you guys think this is resolvable trough SW? Or is this most likely a HW defect?
Thx!
EDIT: I just checked and I have the same issue with the front facing camera
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My girlfriend's arrived on Saturday and we experienced the same as you. Grainy, noisy, blurry shots indoors and out. Difficult to focus on a subject. Tried stock and google camera. Stock camera could do with a UX makeover!
NeonFrogFreak said:
My girlfriend's arrived on Saturday and we experienced the same as you. Grainy, noisy, blurry shots indoors and out. Difficult to focus on a subject. Tried stock and google camera. Stock camera could do with a UX makeover!
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Do you use the physical shutter button? If so, do you press it fully at once or do you let it focus with a half-press? Make sure you half-press first, until it focused.
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elaurens, do objects very close to the camera appear sharp and clear? If not, you must check under bright light if there is fog in the camera. The kind of blur looks more like a foggy blur than an out-of-focus blur.
If there's no fog and very near objects look blurry too, then the only thing I can think of is that one or more lens elements could actually be missing from the lens?!
I had this same problem for ages*
Then by accident discovered that theres an app on there that is called background defocus ,just disable the **bleep** and delete it then your camera will be brillant ,bloddy sony should tell you this*
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What do you think?
Can anyone test this?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nexus-4s-camera-produces-purple-lens-flare-too_id36705
Nexus 4's camera produces purple lens flare, too
Well, we guess nothing is perfect in this world. Not even the Google Nexus 4 by LG, although we can easily forgive its few drawbacks due to the marvelous price Google has attached to it and the tons of cool features that have made their way inside the package.
When the iPhone 5 came out, some unhappy users started complaining that in some situations, the otherwise very capable camera makes bright lights such as lamps to appear with a nasty purple lens flare effects in images. Apple has even responded to those claims, saying that... this is the camera's normal behavior.
Now that we're seeing that the same happens with the Nexus 4, we can really believe that it's a normal issue for such camera sensors. Thanks to a Google+ user who has uploaded a rather coarse Photosphere shot, we notice that Google's handset is prone to producing abundant amounts of purplish lens flare, too. Unfortunately, we doubt it that there can be any kind of normal solution for that nasty effect, plus we guess that an accessory maker won't come to the rescue this time.
But you know what the good part of all this is? That it doesn't really matter much, since phone cameras have never been that great, really. And why should you bother with such issues, when you have so many other awesome features to enjoy, such as the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset, the beautiful 4.7" True HD IPS Plus display, or Android 4.2!
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I read about this happening with other phones as well only when being pointed at direct light.. they said it was the glass lens..rarely will it happen but some seem to be trying..
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Richieboy67 said:
I read about this happening with other phones as well only when being pointed at direct light.. they said it was the glass lens..rarely will it happen but some seem to be trying..
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Not on Galaxy Nexus... But yeah, Galaxy Nexus camera is mediocre.
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Happens on the new iphones too I believe. Not a big deal when taking regular shots.
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gogol said:
Not on Galaxy Nexus... But yeah, Galaxy Nexus camera is mediocre.
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Nope.
(you can see it on the right side of the sun)
Btw this effect is something "common" when making photo in direct light, even reflex objetice have that defect, so i don't really mind if a smartphone have some purple fringing... just don't make high contrast/direct light photos
Canon lenses have purple too. It's just a side effect of CA/flaring:
the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Flare.aspx?FLI=0&API=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0&LensComp=0&CameraComp=0&Lens=115
dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p4_c16/5 (scroll down to the flare section)
(XDA won't let me post URLs because I'm still a liability)
It's just worse on a phone because the back isn't meant to be high grade optical glass but a rather flat piece of glass.
There is thread about this already.
Please continue the discussion there.
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I believe my camera has faulty sensors. It seems to have a purple tinge in darker areas. Compared it with my brother's One and indeed, color on mine looks weird as hell around the shadows and darker areas.
Left is my brother's , Right is mine.
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My brother's
http://i.imgur.com/vrGxG4S.png
http://i.imgur.com/Wzhr03c.png
http://i.imgur.com/ExFFVHj.png
Mine
http://i.imgur.com/7gIih6N.png
http://i.imgur.com/xSgbSGg.png
http://i.imgur.com/4Csf0Kn.png
Similar effects I've found on the One S and D600 on google.
http://mynokiablog.com/2012/05/18/camera-comparison-nokia-n8-and-t-mobile-htc-one-s/
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3376914
So time to send it in to change a new camera module?
Are you rooted? Maybe you could try a different rom. I remember this happened when Chad (dev) was switching the rezound over to ion memory management.. Long story short the cameras had a purple tint which he said could be memory leak. So given that experience I think it could be software.
I talk to much lol. If it were my phone id exchange it.
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Make sure you have not set a certain non auto white balance, and make sure you are not applying a filter to all photos (the camera app can apply filters before photos are taken, the button at the right bottom). If they all checked out, then it's probably faulty sensor.
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Are you rooted? Maybe you could try a different rom. I remember this happened when Chad (dev) was switching the rezound over to ion memory management.. Long story short the cameras had a purple tint which he said could be memory leak. So given that experience I think it could be software.
I talk to much lol. If it were my phone id exchange it.
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Nope. Everything stock, non rooted. One is the only phone I got so far that makes me feel I should stay stock. Everything just flies on stock launcher.
I've restored factory settings and its still the same. Looks like I have to send my phone for repairs then:silly:
townay said:
Nope. Everything stock, non rooted. One is the only phone I got so far that makes me feel I should stay stock. Everything just flies on stock launcher.
I've restored factory settings and its still the same. Looks like I have to send my phone for repairs then:silly:
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I don't know where you are, but now I'm hungry for Chinese.
Looks like a faulty sensor to me, personally. And by the way, thanks for providing as much information as you can. Alot of the time folks come here asking for help/input and provide not even an iota of what you have. Very thorough, I'm highly impressed.
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Make sure you have not set a certain non auto white balance, and make sure you are not applying a filter to all photos (the camera app can apply filters before photos are taken, the button at the right bottom). If they all checked out, then it's probably faulty sensor.
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Yeah its all default. Only thing different is Saturation -1 on both phones.
unremarked said:
I don't know where you are, but now I'm hungry for Chinese.
Looks like a faulty sensor to me, personally. And by the way, thanks for providing as much information as you can. Alot of the time folks come here asking for help/input and provide not even an iota of what you have. Very thorough, I'm highly impressed.
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Thanks lol. Everyone has been praising how good One camera is. Looks like I've got the jackpot out of the masses there and that was what was troubling me lol
hi all.
this is my 2nd htc one as the 1st i had had a half black'd screen problem out of nowhere.(photo 1)
the auto focus wouldnt work especially in close range shots.
photo 2,3,4,is the shots , this 2nd htc one took.when i got this replacement i noticed this problem but didnt care as i dont use camera too often,but when i had a close look at it today, the focus would do auto focus reapeatedly for a like many times then stoped there ,with a very blurry picture,no matter how many times i press the screen to make it focusd,just wont do it.
unless i suddenly move the camera to take a further picture,it would focus a bit, but later when i stopped moving and stood my arm still, it happens again. only 1 or 2 photos i took out of 30 would be a "good" one like photo No.5 , but still not perfect at all...
check out the youtube video clip i uploaded to show you whats the video is like took by this camera...
Thinking this was strange behavior, I gave up .seeing as how I was able to take about 30 clear pictures while manually focusing before, went ahead and closed all apps, changed view modes, changed camera scenes, toggled from video to picture modes, restarted the phone several times and checked for available updates to the firmware. All with no luck.
My current firmware is still 4.1.2, as OTA hasnt arrived in my country NewZealand yet...damn...whats taking it so long.
will the new 4.2.2 fix this or should i just bring it back for another repaire (becuase most likely in NZ,it sux bcz you will not get a replacement straight away after a month) ?
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here is the video sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y74RKHtCDkQ
Well these are horrible pics
I'd suggest using the option of touch to focus+snap.
Once you allow this option and you tap the screen it focuses and immediately snaps a photo, in my opinion it brings the best pics.
opher50 said:
Well these are horrible pics
I'd suggest using the option of touch to focus+snap.
Once you allow this option and you tap the screen it focuses and immediately snaps a photo, in my opinion it brings the best pics.
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you mean in "shutter option-Touch to capture" ?
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you mean in "shutter option-Touch to capture" ?
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Exactly, couldn't remember what's it's called..
opher50 said:
Well these are horrible pics
I'd suggest using the option of touch to focus+snap.
Once you allow this option and you tap the screen it focuses and immediately snaps a photo, in my opinion it brings the best pics.
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Exactly, couldn't remember what's it's called..
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thx
I got exactly the same problem.but your tip doesnt change anything
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I have the same problem
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I have the same problem
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If that cheer you, gents, I have EXACTLY the same problem. My One was never dropped, nothing mechanically-abusive happened to this dmn phone, lens are crystal-clear - because I use the protective case.
My guess is faulty camera, which gets fckd up after some time of using it.
In my case, camera stopped working after OTA update to 4.3. I would blame the software update, but since so, so many folks have the same issue with totally various firmwares I'd rather go into thinking that this is a hardware failure.
One advice: if you are sure they're gonna give you new device, go for it. However, these bastards often try to "repair" the damn thing, which is of course the worst idea ever - they're never gonna put all pieces together, rather more likely, they will destroy 10 another things along the way.
I got to have to make a call to HTC - if they start talking about "the repair" - fck'em.
I will have to live with broken camera. I once gave the HTC One X, under warranty of course, and they did a mess to the device (squeaky noises while grabbing it, wifi module - broken almost immediately, after "the repair", battery life shorter more than a half than before giving it to "repair" and so on).
So, thanks, but no thanks.
I have the same problem, there isnt a way to repair it by software or something??
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Hi all, is there any way to disable Superior Auto Mode on camera start-up? I would like it to start on "Normal" mode (green arrow in picture) since SAM is awful in low light situations and creates a grainy mess.
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Hi all, is there any way to disable Superior Auto Mode on camera start-up? I would like it to start on "Normal" mode (green arrow in picture) since SAM is awful in low light situations and creates a grainy mess.
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no idea... i just came back from a 4 days trip with my phone, best solution i could find is open the camera, put it in normal mode, than lock the phone with the lock key, next time when you unlock the phone (not with camera start up) you will go directly to camera on normal mode.
Thanks but I'm thinking of selling my ZR. Camera is just awful even my Galaxy Nexus took better pictures with just a 5mp camera. Didn't want an S4 but I guess it's the best phone right now. I have contracted Sony about their over processing and low headphone volume. Hopefully they issue an update or at least a reply. Or should I wait for a fix our maybe CM?
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SocalTeknique said:
Thanks but I'm thinking of selling my ZR. Camera is just awful even my Galaxy Nexus took better pictures with just a 5mp camera. Didn't want an S4 but I guess it's the best phone right now. I have contracted Sony about their over processing and low headphone volume. Hopefully they issue an update or at least a reply. Or should I wait for a fix our maybe CM?
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thats wierd, in my opinion the camera does a great job, pictures look good and sharp, colors are always nice and mostly white balance is fine.
i've had nokia N8 up untill now which had a great camera and i feel the ZR is not disapointing me.
about headphones are you sure the volume is low? i feel my head exploding if i put the volume to maximum... didn't feel it was low at all...
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thats wierd, in my opinion the camera does a great job, pictures look good and sharp, colors are always nice and mostly white balance is fine.
i've had nokia N8 up untill now which had a great camera and i feel the ZR is not disapointing me.
about headphones are you sure the volume is low? i feel my head exploding if i put the volume to maximum... didn't feel it was low at all...
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Sorry I meant the camera is bad in low light it's almost useless without the aid of additional light. I came from an HTC Amaze (aka HTC Ruby) that had a superb camera and the ZR feels like a downgrade. As for the volume. It's not as loud as my previous phones. I like loud music, specially when working out or mountain biking but I can live it it though
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Can anyone upload the 4.1 camera apks from the ZR ?
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Can anyone upload the 4.1 camera apks from the ZR ?
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Extract them for 4.1 FTF in frameworks thread of xperia zr>android development.
Yeah but still does any one have those apks?
Hi guys...
i have a problem with camera,
when i try to snap photos with white back ground, am able to see moving black and white lines.
the same lines are observed on photos also.
the service centre people have replaced my mother board, but still same problem :crying:
Again my friend adviced, it can be due to some light effects, but taking a snap at same place with other mobile is fine
please advice me guys if anyone have faced this problem.. :highfive:
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Depends on the lighting so not much can be done.
I've had the problem with my X once. It was in Hershey Park Arena (the old one) in one of the halls, taking a picture of a logo on a wall.
I've never seen it since. So it may be related to specific lighting conditions.
What happens at home, under low non-florescent lights?
KidJoe said:
I've had the problem with my X once. It was in Hershey Park Arena (the old one) in one of the halls, taking a picture of a logo on a wall.
I've never seen it since. So it may be related to specific lighting conditions.
What happens at home, under low non-florescent lights?
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Under non fluorscent lights, it is fine.
why i am worried is, i am using this phone from 5 months, and recently this change is observed and
at the same place , with the same model (moto x) doesnt show this lines/this behaviour.
so i thought this is problem my handset itslef.
Here is mine -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50969034&postcount=289
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Here is mine -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50969034&postcount=289
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so did you found any solution, am very depressed with this behaviour because am a lover of camera, :crying: i would love to capture a lot.
but now under lights, i cannot take a good one.
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so did you found any solution, am very depressed with this behaviour because am a lover of camera, :crying: i would love to capture a lot.
but now under lights, i cannot take a good one.
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That was the only time I ever saw it. I haven't seen it since.
nagendra.badam said:
so did you found any solution, am very depressed with this behaviour because am a lover of camera, :crying: i would love to capture a lot.
but now under lights, i cannot take a good one.
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from what you are describing it sounds like the issue only arises in just the right conditions. that means your camera hardware is probably fine and the problem can be seen as software related. Moto X camera software doesn't give you much in the way of settings to mess around with, so you should try third party apps that do have more settings. Maybe a more photography enthusiastic user can chime in here, but I'd think trying an app that has settings for different lighting conditions, stuff like white balance, etc might help.
I use stock camera myself, and not that much at that, but I do notice you can get completely different exposure of the same scene in the same lighting if you change something like the manual focus or the angle of your shot.
I have a Moto X and was facing a similar problem. Using a third-party camera app named CameraMx solved it for me! I dont know why or how but it worked for me! That app seems to correct those black and white lines in some way! Hope it works for u too!