I had an S8 before the Note and with the s8 I had no problems with the camera, on the Note 8 every image that has movement is blurry, as if the shutterspeed is too slow. Has someone experienced this and maybe know a solution it drives me crazy. I switched from the s8 to an iPhone 7 plus to find out that the s8 camera was better but I hated the edges of the s series. Now I put a 1000 bucks on an a Note 8 and the picture quality is great but even when my Hands are shaking the pictures are blurry.
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I had an S8 before the Note and with the s8 I had no problems with the camera, on the Note 8 every image that has movement is blurry, as if the shutterspeed is too slow. Has someone experienced this and maybe know a solution it drives me crazy. I switched from the s8 to an iPhone 7 plus to find out that the s8 camera was better but I hated the edges of the s series. Now I put a 1000 bucks on an a Note 8 and the picture quality is great but even when my Hands are shaking the pictures are blurry.
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If your hands are shaking it's not surprising that your photos are blurry! Try to give some support when taking a photo by leaning against a wall or resting your elbows on something that might help! Also, why go for the Note 8 if you hate curved screens?
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If your hands are shaking it's not surprising that your photos are blurry! Try to give some support when taking a photo by leaning against a wall or resting your elbows on something that might help! Also, why go for the Note 8 if you hate curved screens?
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For me it is suprising, why wasn't the pictures from the s8 and iPhone 7 Plus blurry under the same circumstances?
Is obviously known note8 camera issue. Some off as steel believes that some of next maybe even soon update will fix this... But now it looks terrible. I also did some test at shop today considering to buy one but I captured ghosts not even blurry people hehhe.
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That's interesting - because my wife didn't experience this at all (and she is definitely not one that would be mistaken to be a photographer). In fact her pictures came out so well (both landscape and macro shots) that she couldn't stop taking pictures.
The telephoto lens will have a slower shutter than the wide angle lens, keep that in mind when shooting.
It's really a shame, I switched 3 phones this year to get the best camera, s8 had the best results but I didn't like the form factor so I got the note 8 in the thinking it's a far superior s8. And it's not in the case of the camera. Hope they fix it if not I have to go for the V30
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That's interesting - because my wife didn't experience this at all (and she is definitely not one that would be mistaken to be a photographer). In fact her pictures came out so well (both landscape and macro shots) that she couldn't stop taking pictures.
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In great light conditions or with a steady hand you get amazing shots, macro is also no problem. But try to Fotograph moving ppl or children and you find out what I mean
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The telephoto lens will have a slower shutter than the wide angle lens, keep that in mind when shooting.
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That is not correct. The 'telephoto' lens will always use a faster shutter speed relative to the 'normal' lens.
Isn't it because of CPU? Maybe exynos has problems and snap dragon is better to capture quicker?
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Isn't it because of CPU? Maybe exynos has problems and snap dragon is better to capture quicker?
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This is not how photography works. The CPU might make the after-process of taking a picture, like post processing it and converting it into JPEG and saving it, quicker or slower. But, in no way does a CPU affect shutter speed. My bet is that somehow there is a bug that is preventing the camera from choosing the correct ISO level and thus pictures are coming out blurry.
Btw i got an exymos variant and I am yet to see this problem.
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This is not how photography works. The CPU might make the after-process of taking a picture, like post processing it and converting it into JPEG and saving it, quicker or slower. But, in no way does a CPU affect shutter speed. My bet is that somehow there is a bug that is preventing the camera from choosing the correct ISO level and thus pictures are coming out blurry.
Btw i got an exymos variant and I am yet to see this problem.
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Same here.. and I'm picky with my pictures... not one to please easily...
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In great light conditions or with a steady hand you get amazing shots, macro is also no problem. But try to Fotograph moving ppl or children and you find out what I mean
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Ok I'll test it out when I get mine tomorrow (or if I can get access to my wife's phone before that) But is there a sport mode that can be used? If so do you think that that would help? At least as a temporary solution until it can be fixed (yea I know that this shouldn't be the case with a $1000 phone)
Also I'm curious to find out if this occurs while shooting in Pro Mode.
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No it's not the s8 i had was exynos also and the exynos soc are superior to the Snapdragons
You need a tripod if Your hands are shaky. Just saying ....
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That is not correct. The 'telephoto' lens will always use a faster shutter speed relative to the 'normal' lens.
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Erm, no.
The zoom lens has a much smaller aperture than the wide angle lens.
Smaller aperture means less light getting to the sensor which means a slower shutter speed to compensate.
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Erm, no.
The zoom lens has a much smaller aperture than the wide angle lens.
Smaller aperture means less light getting to the sensor which means a slower shutter speed to compensate.
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I am aware of that. This is why when you take a picture with the telephoto lens, it is always slightly grainier than with the main lens. The algorithm ups the iso instead of changing the shutter speed.
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I am aware of that. This is why when you take a picture with the telephoto lens, it is always slightly grainier than with the main lens. The algorithm ups the iso instead of changing the shutter speed.
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The algorithm doesn't just up the iso lol. It's a tad more complex than that
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The algorithm doesn't just up the iso lol. It's a tad more complex than that
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It is not any more complex. There is a target exposure to achieve. The only variables are shutter speed and ISO. Most cameras in phones are fixed apertures lens. If you check the EXIF of the pictures from the Note 8, the algorithm employed pushes the ISO the maximum it can before lowering the shutter speed.
So in pro Mode even after pushing the shutter to 1/250 the pictures are still blurred out during movement
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I played around some today comparing the Force camera to the Hasselblad mod. As was expected, the Force did better in non zoom situations and the HB in zoom situations. I think there's still some room for the HB camera to improve through software updates.
These two photos are full zoom plus crop, which isn't terribly easy for a cell phone camera. Naturally the HB blew it away.
First pic is Force, second HB.
Next two photos are full zoom, no crop. Again, HB has the advantage. First pic is Force, second HB.
But in non zoom situations the Force has the upper hand.
First pic is Force, second is HB.
The flip of the previous photos. First pic is Force, second is HB.
Another full zoom plus crop. Not the same shot as it was a moving train.
First pic is HB, Second pic is Force.
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The flip of the previous photos.
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But in non zoom situations the Force has the upper hand.
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What device took what?
I labeled them in the posts now but I thought it would be pretty clear.
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I labeled them in the posts now but I thought it would be pretty clear.
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Thanks. My Moto is never overestimate the intelligence of a person.
Your photos prove what I've been trying to tell people on G+. The HB is good when zooming but the Z Force takes better photos otherwise.
I do think there's potential with software updates for the HB to improve.
One more comparison, again a zoom.
Just ordered a Hasselblad out of sheer curiosity. Moto Mods are such a cool concept compared to the shoddy implementation by LG, it'll be hard to switch to any other phones unless Moto releases a new mod enabled device.
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Just ordered a Hasselblad out of sheer curiosity. Moto Mods are such a cool concept compared to the shoddy implementation by LG, it'll be hard to switch to any other phones unless Moto releases a new mod enabled device.
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did you find a deal? or just decided to go with it?
which Moto Z are you putting it on?
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did you find a deal? or just decided to go with it?
which Moto Z are you putting it on?
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I got it as a seller refurbished item from eBay... 179$ US with shipping and duties, came to 100$ cheaper than if I got it in Canada.
I'm putting this on a Z-force droid! I wanna sell my RX100 camera, so I'm hoping the combination of the Hasselblad and Moto Z will be sufficient.
it's a real shame that the hasselblad doesn't actually help to get a better picture
hows the camera speed when using the mod?
The Hasselblad mod is definitely much much better than the force camera it has better stabilization, wider aperture and almost a full manual adjustment not to mention the raw imaging which take us to a new dimension
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You can't really compare the Moto Z camera's "Zoom" to the Hasselblad's "Zoom" as these are two different technologies. One is digital zoom while the other is optical. The only way to truly compare the two would be to not use zoom on the Moto Z and use the zoom on the Hasselblad mod and crop the Moto Z picture to match the zoom on the mod - then compare the two images side by side.
Yes and no because you can also crop the zoomed in Hasselblad shot. But I agree it's generally better not to use the digital zoom on a cell phone camera.
Ok, so I really want to love this phone but I can't figure out why the front camera wide angle photos look sharp (almost too sharp) and the normal 8 Mp photos from the front camera have no detail whatsoever. Look at the attached picture and compare the clarity of the nose, eyes, and eyebrows. The difference is huge. When taking portraits, you don't have an option to take wide angle photos, so portraits from the 8Mp camera don't look good. Normal camera should be the same as the one in G7, but it's not nearly as good.
No effects / skin smoothing etc is applied, so I'm thinking mine is defective. Can you guys take some side by side normal and wide angle photos with the front camera to compare?
Thanks.
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Your “standard” camera looks unfocused, which is why it is blurrier.
That said, after some testing I do think the “wide” selfie camera looks better in general. The main thing that bothers me is the two cameras have differing color profiles. I prefer the default color profile of the wide, so that looks better to be.
The same problem applies to the rear camera as well.
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It doesn't seem to focus. When I tap on the screen, all it does is change the exposure / brightness, but there is no change in focusing. It seems that both front cameras have a fixed focus because neither adjust to tapping, but wide angle has a good bit more detail.
I stopped by the store and took two pictures side by side - store unit was noticeably better, though as good as I would've liked. I'm getting another G7 for my wife and will have to compare them.
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Your “standard” camera looks unfocused, which is why it is blurrier.
That said, after some testing I do think the “wide” selfie camera looks better in general. The main thing that bothers me is the two cameras have differing color profiles. I prefer the default color profile of the wide, so that looks better to be.
The same problem applies to the rear camera as well.
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From what I can tell, and based on some reviews I've watched, front cameras have fixed focus... maybe, due to this, the main lens has a larger minimum distance that needs to be maintained for a clearer shot. It still seems a bit off.. but I've been able to get somewhat better shots out of it holding the camera a bit farther away. I'm getting a G7 for my wife, so I'll be able to do some comparisons.
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Your “standard” camera looks unfocused, which is why it is blurrier.
That said, after some testing I do think the “wide” selfie camera looks better in general. The main thing that bothers me is the two cameras have differing color profiles. I prefer the default color profile of the wide, so that looks better to be.
The same problem applies to the rear camera as well.
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From what I can tell, and based on some reviews I've watched, front cameras have fixed focus... maybe, due to this, the main lens has a larger minimum distance that needs to be maintained for a clearer shot. It still seems a bit off.. but I've been able to get somewhat better shots out of it holding the camera a bit farther away. I'm getting a G7 for my wife, so I'll be able to do some comparisons.
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Can you help me to check the camera sensor using 'device hw info' from playstore?
I can.. what would you like to know?
harysviewty said:
Can you help me to check the camera sensor using 'device hw info' from playstore?
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I can.. what would you like to know?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/how-to/lg-v40-pentacamera-sensors-t3870789
I just wanna make sure that what I wrote here is correct. Some say that the front camera is sl846, not Sony imx219 sensor
I can post a screenshot, but everything is exactly the same as in the image you posted in the thread you linked. It doesn't say exactly which camera model it is.. only the specs..
I can say this - I just compared the front camera with a G7, and the G7 is a little brighter and clearer, at least in semi-low light situation. It's possible that the main camera on my V40 is defective, but not bad enough to worry about it right now.
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I just wanna make sure that what I wrote here is correct. Some say that the front camera is sl846, not Sony imx219 sensor
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I can post a screenshot, but everything is exactly the same as in the image you posted in the thread you linked. It doesn't say exactly which camera model it is.. only the specs..
I can say this - I just compared the front camera with a G7, and the G7 is a little brighter and clearer, at least in semi-low light situation. It's possible that the main camera on my V40 is defective, but not bad enough to worry about it right now.
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Do you still have G7? Is it using 3 imx351 & 1 sl846?
Yes, I got the G7 yesterday. How can I tell the model number of the camera? I don't think the Device Info HW app tells me that. It only shows specs.
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Do you still have G7? Is it using 3 imx351 & 1 sl846?
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Found it. Attached photo is for the V40. G7 lists imx351 and sl846.
Interesting to note that the 16mp rear wide angle cameras have a different focal length between V40 and G7 - 2.18mm vs. 2.38mm. Both are f/1.9.
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Do you still have G7? Is it using 3 imx351 & 1 sl846?
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Found it. Attached photo is for the V40. G7 lists imx351 and sl846.
Interesting to note that the 16mp rear wide angle cameras have a different focal length between V40 and G7 - 2.18mm vs. 2.38mm. Both are f/1.9.
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Thank you so much for your help. ?
Do you find any difference in picture quality from both of these phones (the identical sensors)?
Wait... Different focal length?, I hope this isn't like LG G6 variants
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/how-to/lg-g6-wide-angle-camera-2-versions-one-t3712985/page1
Not sure about the focal length differences...but they're definitely not the same.
When taking a close-up selfie, the main camera on the G7 is much clearer than the V40's. But V40's wide angle is sharper than the main camera, and despite lower resolution, is much closer in clarity to the G7 only front camera. At a distance, the difference is a bit harder to notice.
That said, I did compare my phone to another V40 in the store, and the store demo was clearer, so I think mine might just be defective. I'm just not sure if it's worth trying to replace, since I would likely have to pay restocking and I don't want a refurbished unit from LG.
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Thank you so much for your help.
Do you find any difference in picture quality from both of these phones (the identical sensors)?
Wait... Different focal length?, I hope this isn't like LG G6 variants
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/how-to/lg-g6-wide-angle-camera-2-versions-one-t3712985/page1
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https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/brxs28/oneplus_7_pros_telephoto_camera_is_not_3x/
Marketing nonsense from OP then?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/brxs28/oneplus_7_pros_telephoto_camera_is_not_3x/
Marketing nonsense from OP then?
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Maybe I'm misreading something but mine is going up to 10x zoom.
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Maybe I'm misreading something but mine is going up to 10x zoom.
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The optical zoom.
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The optical zoom.
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Gotcha, I just tried again with the bottom camera covered and the zoom works right up to 3x, anything over 3x and it goes black.
I have the same problem, no optical zoom, but the main camera do a digital zoom.
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Here is a demo of the cam problem at 1:23 min
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Mulitple things going on here. First off the camera switches between the normal camera cropped for 3x to the tele camera depending on the lighting condtions. You can test this yourself using different lighting conditions and your finger in front of the various lenses. Second, in order for the lenses to be 3x optical, the tele has to magnify 3x closer than another lens. All the reviews cry foul because the tele lens is about 2.2x optically stronger than the normal lens. It is however about 2.9x stronger than the wide angle lens.
So, everyone is arguing about what the optical zoom range is. My result is from my actual personal result testing output images from the cameras. In looking at this, I ignored cropping and varying MP of each camera. I believe the total zoom range of the system to be 3x.
This was out 3 days ago. They've already got responses from OnePlus. It's a 2.2x optical zoom. It's in the post processing that they crop the image to make it 3x. It is 3x lossless zoom actually. So it's just as sharp and no degradation of quality.
To me, the image quality is the same so it really doesn't matter much how they get it to 3x as long as it's lossless it's all good
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So it's just as sharp and no degradation of quality.
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This made me smile as the photo quality is really extremely sub par, without using GCam that is,
Unless one is into water paintings, in that case this phone is a must have.
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This made me smile as the photo quality is really extremely sub par, without using GCam that is,
Unless one is into water paintings, in that case this phone is a must have.
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I never said it was tack sharp I just said the 3x tele is lossless from the crop. I know the 3x lens needs much improved post processing
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This was out 3 days ago. They've already got responses from OnePlus. It's a 2.2x optical zoom. It's in the post processing that they crop the image to make it 3x. It is 3x lossless zoom actually. So it's just as sharp and no degradation of quality.
To me, the image quality is the same so it really doesn't matter much how they get it to 3x as long as it's lossless it's all good
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It is a bad design if 2.2x-2.9x zoom is digital crop
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It is a bad design if 2.2x-2.9x zoom is digital crop
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Never said it wasn't. I said the crop is lossless . Lossless means from the 2.2x-3x not that is the same as a 3x optical
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Never said it wasn't. I said the crop is lossless . Lossless means from the 2.2x-3x not that is the same as a 3x optical
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2.2-2.9x is not lossless if it uses digital zoom of primary lens. Even if the primary lens use the full resolution
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2.2-2.9x is not lossless if it uses digital zoom of primary lens. Even if the primary lens use the full resolution
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You can but I don't have time or the energy to explain it to you.
The whole measure of "x times" zoom is marketing nonsense to begin with. All this means, is a ratio of that particular lens' longest focal length to its shortest focal length. It doesn't really mean much. For instance, my 70-200mm DSLR lens "only" has a 2.8x zoom. Yet the "reach" of this lens is so much greater than any smartphone, that it is comical to even compare the zoom this way!
This "spec" is only useful for folks that compare and buy things based on those specs (or companies to market to such people), instead of real world experiences. The phone takes some nice pictures, and happens to zoom and do some other useful things. That's all I really care about.
The zoom focal length is also not of much use without knowing the film or sensor size. It used to be that cameras all shot 35mm film and the focal range meant something. Today a 70mm lens is quite worthless shooting indoors compared to the wide angle on even the 7pro.
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The zoom focal length is also not of much use without knowing the film or sensor size. It used to be that cameras all shot 35mm film and the focal range meant something.
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A full frame DSLR sensor measures 35mm. The focal lengths for full frame DSLR (and full frame mirrorless cameras) lenses still mean the same as they always have. Even on smaller sensors for "real cameras" the focal length is still meaningful, if you take crop factor into account.
The tiny sensors (around 4mm) on smartphones are a different animal. The focal length on these smartphone lenses are around 1-4mm. They often speak of "35mm equivalent" focal lengths when looking at camera specs. But it's a bit ridiculous. The fisheye affect is so drastic at such a focal length, that there really is no "35mm equivalent" not matter how small the sensor.
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Today a 70mm lens is quite worthless shooting indoors compared to the wide angle on even the 7pro.
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That completely depends on your subject matter. I usually photograph people (face shots). The 70-200mm lens rarely leaves my camera, indoors or out. Many portrait photographers will tell you the same. 50-85mm is the minimum focal length considered acceptable for portraiture (not making a person's nose look huge, for example) by many photographers. Obviously, that range is too long a focal length for things like group shots, whole rooms (like you example) etc. But that is what interchangeable lenses are for.
Yep and since you can often swap full frame lenses into micro formats there is really no assumption that can be made other than the overall range of a lens.
It's ironic that selfie cameras are probably the worst equipped to shoot people. Smart of OnePlus to use the back tele lens for portrait. In effect the 7pro has interchangeable back lenses. Still not what my dslr or high end compact cameras deliver but impressive none the less.
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
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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
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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.
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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.
mprunty said:
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 bought the second-hand s21 ultra a few days ago and the x100 zoom comes out quite blurry, even the x10 zoom looks good but after that it looks very blurry. Someone went through the same thing? the owner told me what happened after an update.
Come on, it's a digital zoom, it's not a real optical zoom. 100x looks garbage most of the time... so yes, it's quite blurry but it depends on what you mean by that. If you put down the phone and are in proper light and temperature conditions, you can get average picture. Otherwise, it's a mess most of the times.
100x is pretty good (as far as digital zoom goes) in auf6/auf9. Stabilization is much better then when the phone was just released.
Here are some 100X zoom pictures for you to compare with yours.
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definitely something is wrong, there are times when the zoom works well but then it blurs as in the photo
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definitely something is wrong, there are times when the zoom works well but then it blurs as in the photo
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It depends on the distance between the camera and the object. If the distance is short and for example a 60x zoom can do the shot, if you try to zoom to 100x in exactly the same circumstances the photo will look blury bc it does the job digitally and not optically. In your scenario there you should ve tried to use less zoom and see if the photo appears blurry
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It depends on the distance between the camera and the object. If the distance is short and for example a 60x zoom can do the shot, if you try to zoom to 100x in exactly the same circumstances the photo will look blury bc it does the job digitally and not optically. In your scenario there you should ve tried to use less zoom and see if the photo appears blurry
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I took it to Samsung to repair it and it was a zoom problem, they will replace the camera module
MephoxSlam said:
I took it to Samsung to repair it and it was a zoom problem, they will replace the camera module
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Ah lol
It seems like everything Samsung has been making recently is very likely to break after a limited amount of time using it.. So I'm just glad that you got it repaired while you still can and haven't been shafted out of another $600 (kinda like what Apple does to their iPhone customers lmao).
So expect something like this to happen again! For if it does, try getting it repaired by Samsung ASAP!