I have noticed my main phone camera stretches the pictures in a weird way.
Faces are stretched vertically.
Anyone with the same problem?
Did you hit the full veiw button? Top second icon?
It was said in a review that it effects the pictures.
xile6 said:
Did you hit the full veiw button? Top second icon?
It was said in a review that it effects the pictures.
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It doesn't stretch for me when hitting the full view. Full view doesn't just change the view on the screen, it actually changes the picture size for the camera. I didn't know this until looking in the settings. You can toggle then check your camera settings to see that it changes. Full view is 4032x1960, 18.5:9, 7.9m. Full view turned off is 4032x2268, 16:9, 9.1m. I prefer to take pics with full view turned off. 18.5:9 is an odd aspect ratio size.
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It doesn't stretch for me when hitting the full view. Full view doesn't just change the view on the screen, it actually changes the picture size for the camera. I didn't know this until looking in the settings. You can toggle then check your camera settings to see that it changes. Full view is 4032x1960, 18.5:9, 7.9m. Full view turned off is 4032x2268, 16:9, 9.1m. I prefer to take pics with full view turned off. 18.5:9 is an odd aspect ratio size.
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I agree, found out today same but it's good option to have ability to switch between two resolutions
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vadimo said:
I agree, found out today same but it's good option to have ability to switch between two resolutions
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So what is full view good for if it stretches images?
I just took two pictures one in full view it was 4032x1960 and the other was none full view at 4032x3024 .
Was hoping full view was merely the view finder setting. But it ain't.
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Limeybastard said:
So what is full view good for if it stretches images?
I just took two pictures one in full view it was 4032x1960 and the other was none full view at 4032x3024 .
Was hoping full view was merely the view finder setting. But it ain't.
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It doesn't actually stretch the photo. All it's doing is taking a photo at a lower resolution. Same width but shorter height. I suppose if you are taking landscape photos it just saves you the trouble of having to crop it if you want a wide view photo.
But really I don't understand it either, full view is lower quality as well if it even matters. My guess is it's just there so the photos you take will fit the Note8 screen in full. Which is useless for use outside of the Note8. Full view has an odd aspect ratio. I found myself always having to crop the photos when sending them or posting somewhere cause they look funny.
I'm using 16:9 now as I was on my Note 5. But I may just change to 4:3. It's odd that to get the highest quality & resolution you have to shoot in 4:3. My Note 5 had a higher resolution than the Note 8.
shouren04 said:
It doesn't actually stretch the photo. All it's doing is taking a photo at a lower resolution. Same width but shorter height. I suppose if you are taking landscape photos it just saves you the trouble of having to crop it if you want a wide view photo.
But really I don't understand it either, full view is lower quality as well if it even matters. My guess is it's just there so the photos you take will fit the Note8 screen in full. Which is useless for use outside of the Note8. Full view has an odd aspect ratio. I found myself always having to crop the photos when sending them or posting somewhere cause they look funny.
I'm using 16:9 now as I was on my Note 5. But I may just change to 4:3. It's odd that to get the highest quality & resolution you have to shoot in 4:3. My Note 5 had a higher resolution than the Note 8.
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Maybe full view is to show off the note 8 screen ? LOL just my idea .
That's one thing that annoys me also , 4.3 gives you the highest resolution. 16.9 is more mainstream I thought. Wasn't 4.3 ratio the old square television?
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Limeybastard said:
Maybe full view is to show off the note 8 screen ? LOL just my idea .
That's one thing that annoys me also , 4.3 gives you the highest resolution. 16.9 is more mainstream I thought. Wasn't 4.3 ratio the old square television?
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Yep, exactly my thought as well. Cause if the photos we took didn't fully fit the screen, you know there will tons of people complaining about it!
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Yep, exactly my thought as well. Cause if the photos we took didn't fully fit the screen, you know there will tons of people complaining about it!
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True that !
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I'm not talking about the full screen view when taking pictures. My problem is, when I shot, people's faces are stretched vertically. I go to my dex to take a look at the pics on a bigger screen and I can see my pics are actually vertically stretched, so... Any problem with Note camera? With my camera?
Ps. Depending on the angle I'm shoot the pic writing the phone, pictures are taken stretched or not.
I'll try to upload some samples.
javier24 said:
I'm not talking about the full screen view when taking pictures. My problem is, when I shot, people's faces are stretched vertically. I go to my dex to take a look at the pics on a bigger screen and I can see my pics are actually vertically stretched, so... Any problem with Note camera? With my camera?
Ps. Depending on the angle I'm shoot the pic writing the phone, pictures are taken stretched or not.
I'll try to upload some samples.
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Does it only show it like that stretched in Dex?
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Limeybastard said:
Does it only show it like that stretched in Dex?
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I think you're onto something.
I would say the OP try transferring a photo to your computer & view in a browser or photo editor. Or post a photo online somewhere or here directly from your phone. See if the pic actually looks stretched as described.
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I think you're onto something.
I would say the OP try transferring a photo to your computer & view in a browser or photo editor. Or post a photo online somewhere or here directly from your phone. See if the pic actually looks stretched as described.
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Or sending it via email or something to someone else.
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It looks stretched on my dex, my pc, my work pc, etc.
So, faces look stretched vertically. Weird.
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What do you use and why? Also does it effective imagine quality or just pixel count?
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It doesn't affect the quality. Really all the crop does is take a wide image and then crops it so it has a 4:3 aspect ratio.
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Razwaz said:
What do you use and why? Also does it effective imagine quality or just pixel count?
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From what I have read the, sensor on the phone is wide so you won't be be losing anything when shooting in wide angle mode. But if you use regular mode the sides of the images are cropped to fit the format. And for that reason I shoot with wide knowing that if need be I can crop it to regular 4:3 format myself.
Dear all,
I am a proud owner of this phone for a few days now, but I noticed that the camera stretches the picture on the top. Let me try to explain, so when I take a picture of a person then the forehead is abnormally stretched... of course not only with the head, but everything...
Is it normal? or Faulty camera?
you can see it on the attachments..
zimilaci said:
Dear all,
I am a proud owner of this phone for a few days now, but I noticed that the camera stretches the picture on the top. Let me try to explain, so when I take a picture of a person then the forehead is abnormally stretched... of course not only with the head, but everything...
Is it normal? or Faulty camera?
you can see it on the attachments..
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You should try with a full wipe and see if that persist... I Don't think that it is an hardware related problem
matt95 said:
You should try with a full wipe and see if that persist... I Don't think that it is an hardware related problem
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full wipe = factory reset?
The front camera does the same tho.... it seems like a filter, for distorting..
zimilaci said:
full wipe = factory reset?
The front camera does the same tho.... it seems like a filter, for distorting..
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look at this sorry cause of my ugly face this is the front camera, ( i hope its only software
haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIxMiHCaWxI
but another video has the same
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6T1BbwJwiE
It is a tradeoff that happens with the choice to go with a widescreen lense (maybe their is a more accurate way of saying that?). If you compare the One with any other phone (that I know of) you will see that it gets much more into the picture when held horizontally. The tradeoff to this is that pictures look stretched when taken in portrait mode. So what you are seeing is normal.
I agree that I don't like the stretching, but man is it nice being able to get so much I to a picture when you hold the phone horizontally.
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ataft said:
It is a tradeoff that happens with the choice to go with a widescreen lense (maybe their is a more accurate way of saying that?). If you compare the One with any other phone (that I know of) you will see that it gets much more into the picture when held horizontally. The tradeoff to this is that pictures look stretched when taken in portrait mode. So what you are seeing is normal.
I agree that I don't like the stretching, but man is it nice being able to get so much I to a picture when you hold the phone horizontally.
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Not anymore, I took back the phone and got an s4 at least I can find out now which one is better
Thanks for the help
Check out this picture as an example. I was the only one in the room that was able to get this picture. Maybe if the wall went back a couple feet, someone else could get the same picture without cutting people right next to them out.
So, sucks a bit to stretch pictures out in portrait, but this is pretty damn cool.
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I have to say that I checked my camera and I don't see anything like in zimilaci's video. So for me it actually doesn't look normal.
I don't know why my wide angle photos show a fish-eye type distortion where only the part where the photo is focussed is clear and everything else seeps into a slight blur.
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
NxNW said:
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
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Well I dont care anymore I got it back again, I hope its only a matter of software issue....
The video... forget it, the front camera is worse but its still ok. because of that I am not gonna take it back or whatever, Support says its not normal tho
NxNW said:
Feature not a bug. It *is* a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses start to exhibit fish eye distortion the wider they go. Anything in the corners of the frame is not going to be orthogonal. End of story.
If you think it's bad on the back camera, try the front facing camera lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260286
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I am not quite sure anymore... a friend mine told me that she did not encounter any distortion.... I will check today other devices as well...
its not that annoying...or mabye ? its only the front camera, and a bit with the rear....
HTc online support told me it a faulty device, but both cameras?
Come on...
Go over to Android Central. They mentioned this effect in their review of the camera.
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ataft said:
Go over to Android Central. They mentioned this effect in their review of the camera.
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Then my question is, how come that the official HTC support said its not normal?
or its only one of the technicians?
HI guys
Can anyone have idea how to make the photos fit to all screen size ???
I put picture size 16:9 in gcam app but still the photos not fit to all screen and there be black borders like apple phone :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
virusman222 said:
HI guys
Can anyone have idea how to make the photos fit to all screen size ???
I put picture size 16:9 in gcam app but still the photos not fit to all screen and there be black borders like apple phone :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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The aspect ratio of the screen is 19:9, the camera would also have to take photos in ratio 19:9 to fill the screen. When I had OnePlus phone with 18:9 aspect, the OnePlus camera took photos with the same ratio to take advantage of the full screen.
It's better to not crop your photos anyway. You're basically cutting out information. Now if you want it for a wallpaper on your phone, that's a different story.
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srimay said:
The aspect ratio of the screen is 19:9, the camera would also have to take photos in ratio 19:9 to fill the screen. When I had OnePlus phone with 18:9 aspect, the OnePlus camera took photos with the same ratio to take advantage of the full screen.
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yes you are right
also the other android phones like sam and huwaei the photos cone out fit to all screen
I hope google update the cam app
virusman222 said:
yes you are right
also the other android phones like sam and huwaei the photos cone out fit to all screen
I hope google update the cam app
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They won't. They make one camera app for all of there pixel phones to share, and every phone they have made all have different sized screens and aspect ratios. 16:9 is the standard that works on all of them
Can someone comment on camera performance, specifically indoor shots with pets. How well does it pick up fur? I've just got the S21 and I'm sending it back because the camera software is pretty bad. Wondering if it's the same story with the Ultra or not?
I think it works really with, here`s my cat
It depends if they are moving or not plus what settings you have on. I'm happy coming from a S20+.
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I think it works really with, here`s my cat
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Thanks! This is the perfect example as to what I was looking for, even down to the colour of the cat! Unfortunately it confirms to me that while it is much better than the regular S21, its just not up to scratch.
Here's my cat (Pixel 4 vs S21). The Pixel does a much better job of not blurring the fur and retains a lot of the detail and more colour accuracy.
The main camera seems to be really good and sharp and has motion tracking to maintain focus on moving subjects. I dont have pets but don't think you should have a problem. However, I find the quality from the 10X zoom camera to be really bad. I dont know if it is just my unit or if others are experiencing these issues as well. The images are soft, lack detail and are over processed. See examples below. Not sure if this is due to low light or some other reason as its been quite cloudy in the UK these past few days. Let me know what you guys think. Can my unit be defective? Look at the processing on the robins tail in the 1st image its so grainy. Also the 3rd image lacks detail looks like the bird has been painted.
yeah I know my pics are lot better coming from the S20 ultra, with close up shots lol
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The main camera seems to be really good and sharp and has motion tracking to maintain focus on moving subjects. I dont have pets but don't think you should have a problem. However, I find the quality from the 10X zoom camera to be really bad. I dont know if it is just my unit or if others are experiencing these issues as well. The images are soft, lack detail and are over processed. See examples below. Not sure if this is due to low light or some other reason as its been quite cloudy in the UK these past few days. Let me know what you guys think. Can my unit be defective? Look at the processing on the robins tail in the 1st image its so grainy. Also the 3rd image lacks detail looks like the bird has been painted.
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yeah here is my moon pic at 30x zoomed that wasn't even on a tripod that was a steady hand, I know the pic looks way better on my phone then regular crappy computer screen. lol
2003vstrom said:
yeah here is my moon pic at 30x zoomed that wasn't even on a tripod that was a steady hand, I know the pic looks way better on my phone then regular crappy computer screen. lol
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Wow! that looks really good. Was that on your S20 Ultra? Or the s21 ultra.
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Wow! that looks really good. Was that on your S20 Ultra? Or the s21 ultra.
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on my s21 ultra, the s20 ultra I had the you could never get a nice image out of the zoom
I should get a new unit while I can then. I probably have a defective unit as my pictures from the 10x zoom camera are horrible.
Camera is no where near as good as touted. Which is a familiar story. Anything other than bright light the zooms are essentially pointless. Night mode helps, but unless your taking a pic of a still scene or a sleeping pet then it's going to look bad.
Funny thing is, you snap a pic and click the photo preview and it's snapped the shot instantly and is in focus, but then it's almost like the processor catches up and gives you the blurry pic. I don't get it.
3x zoom pic in good light attached. View attachment 5206487
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Camera is no where near as good as touted. Which is a familiar story. Anything other than bright light the zooms are essentially pointless. Night mode helps, but unless your taking a pic of a still scene or a sleeping pet then it's going to look bad.
Funny thing is, you snap a pic and click the photo preview and it's snapped the shot instantly and is in focus, but then it's almost like the processor catches up and gives you the blurry pic. I don't get it.
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This is what I feared and it's exactly the same as the regular S21. The hardware is capable enough, just the Samsung processing can be awful. You can see the difference when switching between gcam and the Samsung camera app. How have they managed to do such a bad job?
It's a shame because other than the camera I love everything else about the phone.
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This is what I feared and it's exactly the same as the regular S21. The hardware is capable enough, just the Samsung processing can be awful. You can see the difference when switching between gcam and the Samsung camera app. How have they managed to do such a bad job?
It's a shame because other than the camera I love everything else about the phone.
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Yeah. I have a 12 Pro currently and bought this thinking I could have similar still performance with the added benefits of the great zoom. But my P30 Pro from two years ago took better photos than this IMO.
Samsung do not know what to do with post processing. It's painful. And I'm sick of reviewers saying contrary. Every year it's the same thing. Cameras are bigged up, Samsung "finally get it right" and then normal users get them in hand and it's the same story.
I'll be returning to my 12 Pro.
Pets yes and no. I've only had the phone since Friday, so I have a lot more time shooting on my Pixel 4, but so far, I think the P4 was better for pets. Especially for those quick shots. Now I may get used to the ultra and learn to shoot with it better, because it does take some amazing shots, but for now, I'd give the Pixel the slight edge. It gave me more confidence anyways that I would get a good shot
So are the noisy over sharpened pics from the 10X zoom camera normal then? I am thinking of sending mine back. I got the phone only for the camera.
2003vstrom said:
yeah here is my moon pic at 30x zoomed that wasn't even on a tripod that was a steady hand, I know the pic looks way better on my phone then regular crappy computer screen. lol
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What camera settings are you using to achieve it. I've tried several times to take a moon shot and mine come out horrible... Maybe it's the bright lights of the city, don't really know.
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What camera settings are you using to achieve it. I've tried several times to take a moon shot and mine come out horrible... Maybe it's the bright lights of the city, don't really know.
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It was default mode and I just open the camera app and zoomed it to 30x and made sure I was very steady then took the pic, I didn`t mess with any settings and it could be the the city lights I was out were there is little light pollution.
Does anyone have any S21U portrait photos they can share with a comparison to either Pixel or iPhone 11/12 Pro Max?
I will be coming from a Pixel 5 and really hoping pet and portrait photos are of comparable quality.
Tmel14 said:
Does anyone have any S21U portrait photos they can share with a comparison to either Pixel or iPhone 11/12 Pro Max?
I will be coming from a Pixel 5 and really hoping pet and portrait photos are of comparable quality.
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Judging from what I've seen and the replies in here, pet pictures definitely won't be comparable. The processing is too soft and just makes the fur look too blurry.
I have had trouble taking photos from close angles. Anthony closer than 6 inches is blurry and gives me a "move back to improve focus" message. I tried open camera as an alternative, but have the same blurry quality photo. I'm not looking for macro photos, but I do like taking closeup shots. Just wondered if anyone had noticed the same issue, and if you've found a work around for it.
I tried the same distance with my Galaxy S10+ as well as a Note 8, and they both handled the shots well. The second picture was taken by the Pixel, the 1st and 3rd taken by the S10+.
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I have had trouble taking photos from close angles. Anthony closer than 6 inches is blurry and gives me a "move back to improve focus" message. I tried open camera as an alternative, but have the same blurry quality photo. I'm not looking for macro photos, but I do like taking closeup shots. Just wondered if anyone had noticed the same issue, and if you've found a work around for it.
I tried the same distance with my Galaxy S10+ as well as a Note 8, and they both handled the shots well.
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There's no workaround. It's a common thing with new smartphone cameras. Step further, take a photo and then crop into your desired space.
SharifOthman said:
There's no workaround. It's a common thing with new smartphone cameras. Step further, take a photo and then crop into your desired space.
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Thanks man. I guess I am going to have to wait and get a macro option in my next upgrade. Progress
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Thanks man. I guess I am going to have to wait and get a macro option in my next upgrade. Progress
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If you really care about macro photography then you should get a phone with an autofocus macro lens, none of these useless 2 megapixel cameras that are being thrown in every phone these days. I'd rather use the main sensor than to use these awful sensors.
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If you really care about macro photography then you should get a phone with an autofocus macro lens, none of these useless 2 megapixel cameras that are being thrown in every phone these days. I'd rather use the main sensor than to use these awful sensors.
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Well you are right. I would pay for the exra feature if it didn't involve exra large phones with curved screens. But that is another topic....
I guess I don't look at closeup photos and macro photography as the same thing. The S10+ I took the above photo with has a 16mp and two 12mp cameras. They seem to perform fairly well in this range, but I know that I am not going to pick up the detail on the eyes of a bee with them (which is what I consider macro to be).
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Well you are right. I would pay for the exra feature if it didn't involve exra large phones with curved screens. But that is another topic....
I guess I don't look at closeup photos and macro photography as the same thing. The S10+ I took the above photo with has a 16mp and two 12mp cameras. They seem to perform fairly well in this range, but I know that I am not going to pick up the detail on the eyes of a bee with them (which is what I consider macro to be).
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I fully understand what you mean. As for big phones, that's the exact reason why I chose the smaller Pixel 7, even if I'm missing the telephoto and the macro.
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Well you are right. I would pay for the exra feature if it didn't involve exra large phones with curved screens. But that is another topic....
I guess I don't look at closeup photos and macro photography as the same thing. The S10+ I took the above photo with has a 16mp and two 12mp cameras. They seem to perform fairly well in this range, but I know that I am not going to pick up the detail on the eyes of a bee with them (which is what I consider macro to be).
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I noticed also that the minimun focus distance is quite far away. Althought, I've been happy with the results of the 2x crop (before taking the picture). Just get the minimun focus distance, then hit the 2x and take the picture. That big sensor and Super Res Zoom does the rest. Results are quite ok IMO.
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I noticed also that the minimun focus distance is quite far away. Althought, I've been happy with the results of the 2x crop (before taking the picture). Just get the minimun focus distance, then hit the 2x and take the picture. That big sensor and Super Res Zoom does the rest. Results are quite ok IMO.
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That's a good tip! Thanks!