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[Q] Sony Xperia Z Camera

Is that true? that you can only take 1MP pictures while recording a video?
cause I saw in a video that it can only take 1MP snaps while recording a video.

No. actually max video resolution is 640x480 pixels.

mcFactor said:
No. actually max video resolution is 640x480 pixels.
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Sony Mobile, recycles SGSIII in exchange for my brand new Sony Xperia ™ ZQ?

mcFactor said:
No. actually max video resolution is 640x480 pixels.
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Wut? Where's your source? In addition to shooting 1080p HDR video, it apparently has:
Engadget said:
ability to grab full-resolution stills while recording video
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/sony-xperia-z-hands-on-ces-2013/

Photos shot during video aren't full resolution, but it's not far off. I believe it was somewhere between 6 and 9 megapixels.

Ambroos said:
Photos shot during video aren't full resolution, but it's not far off. I believe it was somewhere between 6 and 9 megapixels.
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Indeed, I think it's good enough and if you don't take pictures during a video the quality is even better.

Ambroos said:
Photos shot during video aren't full resolution, but it's not far off. I believe it was somewhere between 6 and 9 megapixels.
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even I heard it about that on slashgear I guess, the maximum stills are 9MP. well it's more than enough, I just wanted to double check about that.

chesterr said:
Is that true? that you can only take 1MP pictures while recording a video?
cause I saw in a video that it can only take 1MP snaps while recording a video.
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when recording full hd 1080x1920 video, still image capture is also at 1080x1920 (about 2megapixels) which results in 1mb image files
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It was clearly said in promo video that it shoots 9mpx while video recording
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beeboss said:
It was clearly said in promo video that it shoots 9mpx while video recording
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Link to the video where this is stated explicitly, then this thread can end.

beeboss said:
It was clearly said in promo video that it shoots 9mpx while video recording
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9 MP is for burst mode, capturing pictures at a stretch in 10 FPS. Not for the photo shoot in video i guess!

AW: [Q] Sony Xperia Z Camera
jaydeee007 said:
when recording full hd 1080x1920 video, still image capture is also at 1080x1920 (about 2megapixels) which results in 1mb image files
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Not if you have a Dual shutter dude
And the Xperia Z has a dual shutter
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9 MP is for burst mode, capturing pictures at a stretch in 10 FPS. Not for the photo shoot in video i guess!
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In Bustmode you can use full 13mpx at 10-15 fps depends on the cpu frequency and free ram
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tessut said:
Not if you have a Dual shutter dude
And the Xperia Z has a dual shutter
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In Bustmode you can use full 13mpx at 10-15 fps depends on the cpu frequency and free ram
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But a sony executive said so in a video that, it utilises only 9mp to the max for burst mode!
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gire.prasad said:
But a sony executive said so in a video that, it utilises only 9mp to the max for burst mode!
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If it has HDR turned on.
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tessut said:
If it has HDR turned on.
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Can't use burst and HDR at the same time.

Ambroos said:
Can't use burst and HDR at the same time.
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burst has 3 settings, high speed (1280x720) mid (3920x2204) and low (1920x1080)
HDR must be automatically disabled as turning it on/off manually makes no difference to burst speeds.
Stills settings on NORMAL
HDR on =12mp top resolution (4:3 3920x2940) or 9mp (16:9 3920x2204)
HDR off =13mp top resolution (4:3 4128x3096) or 9mp (16:9 3920x2204)
Stills settings on SUPERIOR AUTO
HDR NOT SELECTABLE =12mp top resolution (4:3 3920x2940) or 9mp (16:9 3920x2204)
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so what does burst mode exactly mean?
I really like taken pictures with my smartphone but unfortunately Android Phones are VERY slow taking a picture. I saw how a friend of mine was taking pictures with his Iphone5 camera and I was only thinking "I want that fast camera for my next Android Phone!! ^^
So how fast is that burst mode?

bonsai112 said:
so what does burst mode exactly mean?
I really like taken pictures with my smartphone but unfortunately Android Phones are VERY slow taking a picture. I saw how a friend of mine was taking pictures with his Iphone5 camera and I was only thinking "I want that fast camera for my next Android Phone!! ^^
So how fast is that burst mode?
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Burst mode is different again. Hold the button and it'll keep taking photos. What you want is a low shutter lag.. which is the delay between pressing the button and getting a photo. This depends very much on the camera hardware and the app driving it - it's very possible for one android phone to be slow and another very fast.
Rest assured this should be good... who do you think makes the iphone camera modules that you like so much
M.

mattman83 said:
Burst mode is different again. Hold the button and it'll keep taking photos. What you want is a low shutter lag.. which is the delay between pressing the button and getting a photo. This depends very much on the camera hardware and the app driving it - it's very possible for one android phone to be slow and another very fast.
Rest assured this should be good... who do you think makes the iphone camera modules that you like so much
M.
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ah ok burst mode seems to be nice feature! Yeah I didn't really know if shutter lag is the right word^^ I didn't know that Sony is making the Camera hardware for apple, but that doesn't mean that it will be as fast as the Iphone taking pictures, because of their software...

bonsai112 said:
ah ok burst mode seems to be nice feature! Yeah I didn't really know if shutter lag is the right word^^ I didn't know that Sony is making the Camera hardware for apple, but that doesn't mean that it will be as fast as the Iphone taking pictures, because of their software...
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Being slow isn't a bug it's a feature A feature called auto focus. When you click the camera button it first try to focus on the object it's facing before actually taking a pic. Try disabling it and you could use your camera to shoot like using a machine gun
And yeah burst mode is something similar to what I explained in a single click.

slow motion in xperia z is possible?

There's a Q/A, Help section, post questions there.

I don't know if this is possible. I think hardware is limited at 30fps:
https://developer.qualcomm.com/mobile-development/development-devices/snapdragon-s4-pro-apq8064-mdpt
I can't find official hardware camera specs, sorry. But maybe with a lower resolution and a custom kernel it is possible, isn't it?
Someone who knows much about this can answer us. I'm interesting in it too
Thank you!!!
(Sorry for my bad english)

Any progress? it'd be a great feature.....

Any possibility to have slow motion?
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Hope Soo..
Yeah.. I See all the thread inside the XDA, but it Seem Time Shift Video is unable to run greatly on Our Beloved XZ that can Take A Smooth Slow Mo video 120fps like XZ2 was, i do everything for what their said.. Root, Odex, Superuser Mod, But it useless.. Please someone, anything that might help.. the only thing that might help for now is install Xperia Z2 Movie Creator that can Make slow mo but not good as Time Shift Video was.. Have A Try Guys.. Search it on any thread.. I hope it would help..:good::good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

i think u can

The Snapdragon S4 Pro is not capable of capturing 720p video at 120fps, therefore timeshift video is not possible.
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Moto x have Snapdragon S4 Pro(dual-core) and it have slowmotion...
on xperia Z it could be even vga 120fps, dont care to much about res.
Beside its hilarious that old LG Viewty from 2007 have this and flagship from 2013 dont have it...

Yeahh.. What ashamed..
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Akinaro said:
Moto x have Snapdragon S4 Pro(dual-core) and it have slowmotion...
on xperia Z it could be even vga 120fps, dont care to much about res.
Beside its hilarious that old LG Viewty from 2007 have this and flagship from 2013 dont have it...
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Moto X uses the same CPU as Xperia SP, but SP lacks slow motion recording too. I guess XZ's CPU is powerful enough to capture 120FPS at least in VGA resolution. But may be Sony do not want to put that because their latest flagships need more selling.

Who wants videos captured in 640*480 any more? It would cause more complaints that it was locked at such a low resolution than it's worth for Sony to provide the feature.
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We have to wait and to hope...

kingvortex said:
Who wants videos captured in 640*480 any more? It would cause more complaints that it was locked at such a low resolution than it's worth for Sony to provide the feature.
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da what?
so what if it would be VGA? its still something, beside its not like you record Oscar movies using your phone... probably most of videos recorded using phone is party, fun with friends, or random events with crappy lighting. I can assure you that no matter what res you would use quality is still crappy, blurred(motion) and similar to VGA on 5" screen.
Most of my movies that I have on my phone is 720x400 and thx to good bitrate its look perfect on my xperia z.
Beside I can show you images taken using old SE k750i that would blow most of new cameras on phones. BECAUSE ALL DEPEND ON USER, I can shoot you good looking image using even pencil and some a$$ with DSLR for 3000$ would take selfi in McDonald.
VGA is still better than nothing.

Maybe to you it is better than nothing. The rest of us like our videos to look bigger than a postage stamp or not look like everything is made of Lego on other devices though.
Anyway, I was and am still mainly joking about the resolution, but my point was that I highly doubt they will bother to provide timeshift video if they have to lock it to such a low resolution, as it would just cause many complaints that you cannot use a higher resolution. You cannot expect them to backport every feature from new devices, especially if they have to cripple them to get them to even function.
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can anyone port timeshift video 120fps in 480p for xperia z?

Does the Z1 camera have slo-mo capabilities?

Just saw the Z2 and it had the same camera as Z1. After seeing that Sony enabled 4K on Z2, which Z1 was already capable of doing but not activated cause SONY, was wondering whether the Z1 has the Slow-mo feature too but was hidden cause SONY.
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Well the logical answer would be that SONY wants to make money because Snapdragon 800 is capable of taking 4K natively without lags and so on.. but SONY wants you to upgrade and spend money all the time... There is a big chance that SONY will add 4K in Kit Kat update so let's just hope. And about Slo-Mo, so logically 4K is 4 Times 1080p right? If phone takes 1K at 60FPS then it can take slow-mo at 240FPS... All complaints to SONY ...

It will all ported from Z2 to Z1 so I am not worry about anything. Z1 will get better and better with time.

I agree with you theres nothing to worry about cause the XZ 4.3 has all the camera features of XZ1 but the chances of it having 4K recording are pretty much almost 0%.
What I want to know is, does the XZ2 use the same G lens as XZ1 or does it have some treaked/updated version. If it has the same then Slo-mo coming to Z1 is almost 100% yes.
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Judging by what you said that would mean that the Note 3 and every Snapdragon 800 phone along with 4k 30fps cameras have slo-mo capabilities which I highly doubt.
Also the Z2 does Slo-mo at 120fps.
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RealiableCandy4 said:
I agree with you theres nothing to worry about cause the XZ 4.3 has all the camera features of XZ1 but the chances of it having 4K recording are pretty much almost 0%.
What I want to know is, does the XZ2 use the same G lens as XZ1 or does it have some treaked/updated version. If it has the same then Slo-mo coming to Z1 is almost 100% yes.
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The camera still the same and lens too. Software was improved that is why Z2 have better pictures. The 4K recording will be available on Z1 soon. Is not Hardware limitation buy Software only. It's a matter of time. This for sure will be made all for the end of this year.

Thanks bro that's the answer I was looking for. :thumbup:
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[q] 4k on z1?

Does z1 can play/record 4k videos?.
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It can play them, but not record them

Thanks bro!.I was planning to buy z1.I had q?.does the roms available in development section support all the z1 models.
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gregbradley said:
It can play them, but not record them
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Do you know what the maximum in recording? 2K?

eclyptos said:
Do you know what the maximum in recording? 2K?
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1080p
if you want 4k recording then buy a z2 instead

4k on z1
no need to buy z2 u can record 4k videos on ur z1 ihackers roms supports 4k recording and timeshift http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716182

duman715 said:
no need to buy z2 u can record 4k videos on ur z1 ihackers roms supports 4k recording and timeshift http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716182
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4k recording does not work on iHackers or any other Z1 rom. It is reported in the thread itself that it does not.

Tonian1878 said:
1080p
if you want 4k recording then buy a z2 instead
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I did not ask what the stock Z1 can do, I asked what it can do, pushed to the limit, tweeked, overclokked, whatever.

Maybe currently not
But i believe the hardware have the ability
just not enabled in kernel.

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I did not ask what the stock Z1 can do, I asked what it can do, pushed to the limit, tweeked, overclokked, whatever.
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You didnt state that and the answer is still the same. 1080p
Yeah the hardware could support 4k but the isnt any mods to do it as of yet.

As Greg has already said, the Z1 doesn't have 4K nor will it ever get it I don't think. As for 2K, it's probably more plausible to get that than 4K, but again I can't see it happening.
In all fairness you aren't missing out on that much, at the end of the day it's simply a phone and for the most part you're showing other people what videos you have on your phone / tablet / computer.
If you really want 4K video then a phone that supports it out of the box is where you want to be.
Not great news but hey ho.

Timeshift Video for Xperia Z C6603

How can I install and run timeshift video in my Xperia Z C6603 10.7.A.0.222...
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How can I install and run timeshift video in my Xperia Z C6603 10.7.A.0.222...
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It is not available for Z..

There must be some way to bring that supercool slow-mo feature to this fone. I need it too, and yes m too eager. Please somebody port it to XZ.

amitgudwill said:
There must be some way to bring that supercool slow-mo feature to this fone. I need it too, and yes m too eager. Please somebody port it to XZ.
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We don't have that much frames per second to achieve that slow-mo

-CRO-Maher said:
We don't have that much frames per second to achieve that slow-mo
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C'mon dude, its 1.5 quad core coupled with 2gigs of ram...if phones like moto g, yu yuphoria and meizu m2 which have much lower specs can record with charm, so why can't xz or xzr??

amitgudwill said:
C'mon dude, its 1.5 quad core coupled with 2gigs of ram...if phones like moto g, yu yuphoria and meizu m2 which have much lower specs can record with charm, so why can't xz or xzr??
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depends on the camera module.

Pretty sure we used to have it. I've got a few timeshift photos on my phone.
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codfx said:
depends on the camera module.
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Well m pretty sure that the IMX135 in XZ and XZR posses enough firepower to record slow-mo videos.
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deerhurst said:
Pretty sure we used to have it. I've got a few timeshift photos on my phone.
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Dear, we r not talking about timeshift burst, but timeshift video.

there is a way to make camera record at 60 fps, which is bare minimum for slow-mo, you can find the rom in here http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-official-sony-lollipop-5-1-1-t3196237
But idk if you can make it to record more then that

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there is a way to make camera record at 60 fps, which is bare minimum for slow-mo, you can find the rom in here http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-official-sony-lollipop-5-1-1-t3196237
But idk if you can make it to record more then that
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Thanks mate this rom looks awesome but it would be far more better if i could record at 120fps. If this fone can record 1080p at 60fps, then it can b able to record 720p or 480p at 120fps.

amitgudwill said:
Thanks mate this rom looks awesome but it would be far more better if i could record at 120fps. If this fone can record 1080p at 60fps, then it can b able to record 720p or 480p at 120fps.
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I agree, logic is there, it would be amazing to achieve that

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I agree, logic is there, it would be amazing to achieve that
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Oh yes sir, I am constantly searching for this, but if u get somthing interesting, please do post it here.

Slomotion on Xperia Z is really "edgy" topic.
Because hardware it self(camera chip and CPU) IS capable to record 120fps at 480p
Some local xda developers say that its impossible, but Oppo Find 5 have THE SAME camera and CPU and... it record 120fps.
Problem lay on camera software, and to be more precise on "drivers" that our Xperia Z have, and that are messed up by Sony.
With some good skills and knowledge it would be possible to copy code from Oppo Find 5 and enable this mode on Xperia Z, but as I said its hard topic, because no one here want mess with that.
Also as you would probably know, Xperia Z is really old device, and for past year or two most of developers on this forum where focused more on creating LP ROMs and modifying existing one rather than making something new.
Its probably offend some devs, but creating your own ROM based on stock is really easy,and 90% of what we have on xda are just stock roms filled with custom additions gathered from forum. There is nothing new here, only few people still trying to mess with device it self to make it "better/cooler".
So yeah, you can forget about 120fps on Xperia Z, its just better to buy new phone (even Z1compact have the same price as XZ in most of places, and even if its smaller device its WAY better than XZ)