Hi guys,
I've had my X1 (Vodafone UK) for quite a while now and on the whole i'm very impressed. The only big let down has been the camera.
Recording videos is fine but when I take a picture, 99% of the time it comes out blurry. If someone moves an inch in the photo then that person comes out blurry.
I flashed my ROM yesterday to use Itje's Touch-IT 4.5 and there is different camera software included. I was hoping this would make a difference but it doesn't.
My question is does anyone know if this is a software issue or a hardware issue? (and if anyone else has the same problem as me?)
If this is indeed a software issue, does anyone have any tips or fixes they have found?
Thanks in advance.
Nav
The camera seems fine to me, although it does blur from movement. I just you just need to make sure everyone stays still.
My old N95 was worse, the pictures were blurry regardless of movement. The camera just never focused properly.
Make sure you choose the appropriate profile (On original ROM). Default is automatic. Set it manually to whatever you are recording, for example portrait for people. You might also consider sport event, I think this might help you with the blur. One more advice: Make sure not to move the camera UNTIL you are sure the picture's been taken. The shutter sound is too early.
Try setting the phone down and using the self-timer. The X1 camera has an extremely slow shutter speed which makes it sensitive to tiny shakes. It could be that you have shaky hands and the mere act of pressing the shutter makes the entire right side of the phone shake.
If that's the case, you can set the self-timer to 2 seconds, press the shutter, then keep still until it takes the picture. That way your squeezing the shutter won't interfere in the capture. It also helps if you prop your elbows onto a surface (like a table) or onto your torso to keep your arm (and your hands) still.
I've found that I actually take better pictures with my 3.2 MP slow Xperia X1i than with my 5.0 MP Cyber-shot K850i. Of course, both of them are a big FAIL when compared to my Nikon D90
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sports scene should solve your blur.. but it will be darker than usual
Does your recorded video look crap too? I think it's because of the low bitrate, but when I am moving the phone while recording, all I can see is coloured squares... I use the latest camera from R3A and it is set on "high framerate" in VGA widescreen. Oh, and the sound is terrible...
My record looks pretty good but that may be down to the ROM i'm using.
I tend to try and stay as steady as I can and when i'm taking a picture of something that isn't a person it tends to be crystal clear. It's just when I take a picture of a person, if they move slightly or if I move slightly.
I will try the timer setting, as I do sometimes struggle with the button and probably end up moving the phone slightly.
Why would SE release a camera which is SO sensitive to movement? It's on a mobile phone, movements are expected here and there. I never used to get any blur on my SE Walkman phone and thats 2mp!
Thanks for the tips guys!
yep, it's terrible for movement. i'm fairly sure it's the hardware, but you never know.
best solution is to change to "Sports" mode. this takes the photo faster (so less blurring) but at a cost (photos will appear darker, to the point that darkish scenes will become black).
I find it hard to use the camera especially the camera button at the side of the phone. Its very hard to press down after focusing and because its hard to press it caused the photo to become blurry.
If I use the keypad center button for picture it become blurry too because the focus aint that good. See the picture below..
Picture 1 - Using keypad auto focus Image seems blurry
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Picture 2 - Manual focus using the side camera button.
I only can say that im disappointed with the speaker and camera..
Hope that the next rom update can fix or at least improve the camera..
As for the speaker, at least I can still install SRS WOW HD and do some volume hack..
The camera... Nothing can be done.. T_T!
dancemacabre said:
I find it hard to use the camera especially the camera button at the side of the phone. Its very hard to press down after focusing and cause the photo to become blury.
If I use the keypad center button for picture it become blury too because the focus aint that good. See the picture below..
Picture 1 - Using keypad auto focus [Image seems blury zzz]
Picture 2 - Manual focus using the side camera button.
I only can say that im disappointed with the speaker and camera..
Hope that the next rom update can fix or at least improve the camera..
As for the speaker, at least I can still install SRS WOW HD and do some volume hack..
The camera... Nothing can be done.. T_T!
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the second pic looks good.
have u got the new camera software from the r3 rom ( i have but have not noticed any improvement in quality of pic)
Ganondolf said:
the second pic looks good.
have u got the new camera software from the r3 rom ( i have but have not noticed any improvement in quality of pic)
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Nope, im just using rom 1.03.931.10 software R2AA010 Generic_uk
Lucky shot for picture 2.. sometimes i tried more than 10 times to take a good shot but all come out blurry.. Im pissed and i just give up.. *vomit blood*
dancemacabre said:
Nope, im just using rom 1.03.931.10 software R2AA010 Generic_uk
Lucky shot for picture 2.. sometimes i tried more than 10 times to take a good shot but all come out blurry.. Im pissed and i just give up.. *vomit blood*
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i know they have improved it on the r3 rom but as i never used it much cant really tell the difference
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i know they have improved it on the r3 rom but as i never used it much cant really tell the difference
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Well, hope that r3 rom user out there can give some answer on this
Its not rubish on my X1i, its loads better than the se 8.1 cybershot phone.
hey
m using xperia stock rom uk r1a0017
but m not facing any prob with xperia camera
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I'm not happy too using the X1 camera. Photos even in Sport mode are shaked. Till now I've made about 300 photos and can say that maybe 10 are ok. My previous SE k800i was much better. The comparison of this 2 phones is like trying to compare k800i vs my Canon 20D.
About making movies - this sucks, really sucks. In good light, VGA mode and framerate set to high the movie is so laggy and pixelized that really can't watch them. I saw that they are almost 30 fps and same speed in playback mode on my laptop. So should be good. Must try to save them to phone memory, maybe this will be the solution. Perhaps SDHC is to slow?
Hope someone will find fix for it....
dancemacabre said:
I find it hard to use the camera especially the camera button at the side of the phone. Its very hard to press down after focusing and because its hard to press it caused the photo to become blurry.
If I use the keypad center button for picture it become blurry too because the focus aint that good. See the picture below..
Picture 1 - Using keypad auto focus Image seems blurry
Picture 2 - Manual focus using the side camera button.
I only can say that im disappointed with the speaker and camera..
Hope that the next rom update can fix or at least improve the camera..
As for the speaker, at least I can still install SRS WOW HD and do some volume hack..
The camera... Nothing can be done.. T_T!
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I'm very disappointed with the camera especially since I came from the Sony Ericcson K750 which had an awesome camera.
I can live with it though as I don't take that many photos, and they're usually landscapes which reduces the blurryness problem...btw
THE CAKE IS A LIE!
(Yeah i'm sorry but i had to do it...didn't I? Didn't I!)
It's Tiramisu!!
Another attempt.. The lobster !!
The second picture seem blur.. and im not really happy with the first picture either When I manually focus using the side button the camera focus on the little rocks instead of the lobster.. What can I say...
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About making movies - this sucks, really sucks. In good light, VGA mode and framerate set to high the movie is so laggy and pixelized that really can't watch them.
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Happened to me too.. Every movement of people just blurry.. Cant even see their face..
I have a Touch Pro but I think fundamentally we have the same issues and generally the same solutions. Take a look here: http://www.fuzemobility.com/decrease-the-blur-of-your-camera-really/
To decrease the blur try to toggle the brightness setting to something a few notches lower (effectively changing the shutter speed) and there are also tips in that link to changing the delay in taking the photo. Again, I can't test these on an X1 but a lot of the X1 and Touch Pro elements are identical because of HTC. Hope it helps
We discuss ISOCELL camera technology and new camera features, photos shared on the internet, and Your user photos and videos here.
Features of the Galaxy S5 ISOCELL camera unit:
15.87 MP (5312x2988) 16:9 aspect ratio Samsung BSI ISOCELL sensor
PDAF (phase detection auto focus) for fast auto focus
4k video recording, [email protected]
Live HDR phoro and video preview (Rich Tone available for video)
Software image stabilization
Selective focus
Drama mode
I got my hands on the S5 thx to the guys at XXL GSM, so here's my review:
Since smartphones took over compact cameras as the most popular tool for daily photography, each manufacturer is trying to create it's own camera tech. Sony put the metal wiring behind photo diodes to capture more photons (BSI), HTC introduced the large UltraPixels, and Nokia came up with the large sensor 41MP PureView tech with OIS. Samsung only slightly adjusted it's sensor size (1/2.6") and pixel count (16MP with 1.12um sensor pixels) for it's 5th Galaxy S phone, but with a new sensor manufacturing method, they are introducing higher dynamic range and better color reproduction, in what they call "3D-Backside Illuminated Pixel with Front-Side Deep-Trench Isolation (F-DTI) and Vertical Transfer Gate", or because they're physically isolating pixels to decrease light crosstalk, "ISOCELL". For faster focus they also added a phase detection auto-focus layer (PDAF) delivering ~0.3s focal speed, plus image processing capable of live HDR and HDR video recording. Add sensor-level digital zoom in video, meaning you don't zoom into the 1080p picture anymore but use all the 16MPs, and the S5s new 16:9 sensor delivers a much needed step-up in camera technology.
In good light conditions the S5 rivals any rival phone in snappiness, white balance, color gamut and focal accuracy, also offering healthy amounts of details for print quality images. HDR works seamlessly and sometimes you can't tell it was on, only you realize little to no detail is lost to clipping, it works darn fast too, albeit with some loss of details. Facing directly into sunlight, and dynamic range stays solid without lens issues, color errors or aberrations, and noise levels are kept at a minimal. Jpg compression is slightly above ideal as seen in the smallest details, on the other hand, speeds are excellent, tap-to-focus and tap-to-shot is almost instantaneous, and the app opens and finishes the first shot from cache in about 1.5s, 2,5s from a locked screen. The S5 can take about 7 shots per second in a photo burst (long tap on the photo icon).
Check my full size daylight album with EXIF info here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157643999248563/
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In lower light conditions, as most small sensor smartphones, the S5 is a mixed bag, but an improvement in color reproduction, focal accuracy and snappiness over the S4. Missing are the optical image stabilization (OIS) and longer than 1/17s exposure times (Camera Zoom FX can do 1/10). The Photography app ranges from ISO40 to the very soft ISO2000 shots with manual setup available between ISO100 and ISO800 (Zoom FX does ISO1600 too). In dark conditions, if LED flash not used, you can turn on image stabilization (former night mode) to battle noise, and a multi-exposure of about 3-4 seconds (hold the phone steady) compiles an improved low-light image. HDR works too (with more noise on the sides), and while movement requires stability turned off with higher ISO or flash, optionally Sport Mode, overall I like the accurate color reproduction, which is a problem for many rivals. My biggest criticism besides OIS is the lack of 1/5 1/2 1s and other longer exposure times and manual control for it, at ISO100 with a 1 second exposure the ISOCELL sensor could capture much more details, and since the Lumias have OIS, they are better than the S5 in this category.
Full-size low-light album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157643997683364/
The S5 works well in macro mode too with tight DOF, full-size shots with EXIF here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157643999323404/
Besides setting up ISO, exposure, white balance, resolutions, timer, voice control etc. from the menu, there are Samsung's various camera MODEs. Selective Focus shoots multiple focal shots of the same subject, and you can later select the preferred focal point - foreground, background or both - algorithm is not perfect. In Shot and more the camera takes a series of images before a fixed background, and allows you to choose Best photo, Best face, Drama mode to record multiple phases of a movement on one image, delete unwanted stuff with Eraser and add motion blur via Panning shot. The Shot and more editing menu comes up after taking the shot, later you can access it from the Studio.
Beauty face lets you play around with skin tones and stuff, Virtual tour is like moving around in Street View: you turn and walk around taking several shots in a house for example, and later revisit it virtually moving around with arrows. Dual shot places both camera images on a single shot, Animated photo creates a gif, Sound and shoot allows you to add a voice comment to your shot and Sport mode uses high ISO and wide focus not to miss any fast movement, have this one on with kids around. There are two Panorama modes, regular 2D one with horizontal movement, and the Nexus-like Surround shot that does 3D photosphere, with some inconsistency. Trick for a good sphere is to hold the camera lens at the same spot and move the phone/yourself around it.
Full gallery here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157644000900844/
The Samsung Gallery is quite advanced app, you get several views of you single images, folders and multi-folders with previews, and Air View helps checking content without tapping on it, hovering over with your fingers. Studio gives you a whole lot of options for editing, besides Photoshop-like functions and manipulations, you can make photo montages, trim videos, render slideshows and edit Shot and more mode photos.
Video recording is a great joy on the S5. Sound is clear (though I made the mistake of covering one of the stereo mics due to hand stabilization), software stabilization is quite usable and HDR is good, as well as recording in 60fps for smooth motion, though these are limited to 1080p resolution maximum. There's fast motion up to 8x and slow motion recording down to 1/8 speed without sound, but the real gem is recording the the marvelous 3840x2160 or 4k resolution, which is 4 times the pixel count of 1080p. Eventually we'll get 4k TVs and monitors, heck, tablets and phones come out with 2k/4MP displays nowadays which is almost there, so why not record in 4k right now? Just check the frame captures I posted below to see the details and low level of mp4 compression, you could print some of these frames. The trade-off is the lack of HDR, stabilization and 60FPS at this resolution, and a 5 minute clip limit since each 60 seconds recorded at 47MBit/s takes up around 350MBs. Yeah... In lower light you obviously lose some of the gorgeous details and noise comes up, but it's still quite nice.
60FPS sample 1: https://app.box.com/s/l5fwiyo0rfsm1wj2q328
60FPS sample 2: https://app.box.com/s/o1vlbzgjcel1pslw9nkv
Single frames: (click)
http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-12-00c0j9q.jpg
http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-17-142fjwg.jpg <--- 4x zoom!
http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-17-146ekni.jpg
http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-12-00aek89.jpg
http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-17-1486j80.jpg
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http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-17-14lokom.jpg
http://abload.de/img/vlcsnap-2014-04-12-00kyj81.jpg
More frame captures here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157644093280315/
Conclusion
Overall the S5 camera is highly satisfying in this reviewer's option. I did not find a single case when white balance, saturation or exposure was off, operation is fast unless you have stability mode on in low-light, focus and dynamic range definitely improved, and you can choose among many video and photo options. Where's the biggest step forward? In consistency. Out of 10 shots you'll get good ones at a far better rate than before.
Obviously low light is the S5's weaker point, with less light you get softer images and need flash or high ISO to capture movement, but where you lose details to some rivals, you gain color accuracy, so Samsung's ISOCELL is getting there. Next stop should be OIS, but one thing they could do right now: allowing longer than 1/17s exposure times so we can set low ISO value and capture more dark details. Maybe the future Google camera API will open this option. Overall however, I think the shots speak for themselves: the S5 is a very capable shooter with some room for improvement, and you'll be able to pull many print-ready shots over your long usage. Just be aware: as good as the S5 battery is, things like 100% screen brightness and 4k recording kills the 2800mAh quite quickly, bring a spare battery or power bank.
Check the full gallery with EXIF info here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/
Tips and tricks
- Do multiple shots of the same subject, a good momentum or less handshake can later be selected out of the many
- HDR is one tap away, so do one with and without it, some shots look better with high contrast, others benefit from HDR
- In low light with movement, you have to use LED flash without stability, cause high ISO and longer shutter will not capture these moments with good detail
- In low light with stationary subject however, use stability, optionally LED, no HDR cause of noise. With enough lights you may try using ISO800 with darker results but more details. Much will depend on the amount of available light
- use voice commands to avoid tap-shake, hold the phone steady with two hands, optionally use a monopod
- try and use the photo Modes, some will do fancy images, others come handy like Sport mode to capture fast movement
- between Panorama and Surround Shot, I prefer the latter, cause it captures surroundings vertically too, so result won't be an overly wide image. The trick with photospheres is to not be close to the surrounding objects and have the camera lens in the absolute middle in space, and move the phone and yourself around that spot as the take the sphere images
- try alternative apps if they are better for you: CameraZoom FX, Focal, Google Camera etc. Camera Zoom FX allows 1/10 exposure and ISO1600 manually
- be aware not to cover the top and bottom microphones during video shoot. Best image quality comes from 4k, but image stabilization, 60FPS or HDR only works with 1080p, again best to test all these and later use the one best suited for you or the scene
- use AirView in Gallery, and try out Studio options for your recordings
- bring a power bank with longer photography tours cause a lot of camera usage and 100% brightness eats the battery quickly
Let's analyze! The first two striking qualities of the ISOCELL samples are: 1) eye popping wide dynamic range with rich colors, and 2) relative high noise and softness of the picture. I guess that's the tradeoff here.
Saturation is quite high yet not unrealistic, it simply looks to capture a wide color range, especially impressive in the Angry Birds photo inside. White balance is spot on. As far as Rich Tone (HDR) shots goes, it's pretty impressive as well, look how much more detail is presented without overprocessing the image. On the other hand, noise and softness is always present on these shots, even at low ISO, PureView and Exmor technology seems well ahead in per pixel sharpness. More to come.
men.. you are sure that it photo's from SGS5 ?
Pako7 said:
men.. you are sure that it photo's from SGS5 ?
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Yup. :good:
BTW, it appears that selective focus takes 4 photos or at least renders 4 photos, as samples played around with that setting have ~16MB size instead of the regular 4. So I guess the file can be shared and focus changed afterwards, wouldn't mind Google+ and other services allowing you to choose focus after upload.
BoneXDA said:
Yup. :good:
BTW, it appears that selective focus takes 4 photos or at least renders 4 photos, as samples played around with that setting have ~16MB size instead of the regular 4. So I guess the file can be shared and focus changed afterwards, wouldn't mind Google+ and other services allowing you to choose focus after upload.
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but why you delete all info? including EXIF.. It's not secret
Again its not isocell ( probably they saving it for Note 4 or GS6 )
no new flash ( same old led flash )
indoors photos still look like oil paint -->> no OIS indoors and low light images will suck
overall i think it will be like most of Galaxy flagships : great images when there is enough light but when there is not the image will suck
I think it is ISOCELL technology, the photos on PhoneArena are really not bad at and higher 5s z1.
yahyoh said:
Again its not isocell ( probably they saving it for Note 4 or GS6 )
no new flash ( same old led flash )
indoors photos still look like oil paint -->> no OIS indoors and low light images will suck
overall i think it will be like most of Galaxy flagships : great images when there is enough light but when there is not the image will suck
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It is the 16MP ISOCELL sensor they developed.
Pako7 said:
but why you delete all info? including EXIF.. It's not secret
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Oh, sorry about EXIF, I think that's the upload site doing, not sure why.
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Oh, sorry about EXIF, I think that's the upload site doing, not sure why.
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please re-upload a few full shot on other fileshare
These are apparently the official Samsung Galaxy S5 samples, normal vs. HDR
source, full size: http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2014/mwc-samsung-galaxy-s5.shtml
Skander1998 said:
It is the 16MP ISOCELL sensor they developed.
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why they didn't mention anything about it in the unpacking event ? even the official spec didnt say anything about isocell
all i can see some news writers bs
yahyoh said:
why they didn't mention anything about it in the unpacking event ? even the official spec didnt say anything about isocell
all i can see some news writers bs
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They just started mass production for the 16MP ISOCELL sensor.
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=34630
The article also mentions the new octa for the octa variant for the S5, also beginning mass production.
Samsung doesn't mention specific hardware specs anymore.
4k video sample in dim light:
yahyoh said:
why they didn't mention anything about it in the unpacking event ? even the official spec didnt say anything about isocell
all i can see some news writers bs
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Because Samsung never EVER goes technical about sensor tech, check their track record, they don't.
It is a vastly different sensor to the Exmors however, closer to Samsung own's Galaxy Cameras (softness of image, noise), but far superior in color balance and dynamic range, which is exactly what ISOCELL is all about. Add that announcers did show off new camera HW features and Android Authority claims ISOCELL was confirmed to them, so it's almost certainly that tech.
So where do you get your information that it isn't?
BoneXDA said:
All right, new stills from GSM Arena, normal vs. rich tone (HDR), direct linking so EXIF info should be included. Level of details don't justify 16MPs, but color reproduction and HDR quality is quite awesome!
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Thanks, but I saw this "photo".. It's not include full EXIF (view software version - Adobe Photoshop Ligthroom )
Pako7 said:
Thanks, but I saw this "photo".. It's not include full EXIF (view software version - Adobe Photoshop Ligthroom )
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Use this site, just copy image link:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?
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Use this site, just copy image link:
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?
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hmm.. you don't understand
I know how will view full_exif. Full EXIF will be for example such as (sorry by russian lang)
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hmm.. you don't understand
I know how will view full_exif. Full EXIF will be for example such as (sorry by russian lang)
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I'm not sure I understand you.
GSM Arena samples show EXIF info just fine.
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I'm not sure I understand you.
GSM Arena samples show EXIF info just fine.
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ok..
ps.. View snapshots from gsmarena, I found that on MWC_devices used camera modules :
16 Mp
ISP - Qualcomm
Sensor manufacturer - Samsung LSI
Release date - January 2014
Manufacturer of the module - is not yet known
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I'm not sure I understand you.
GSM Arena samples show EXIF info just fine.
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This is what he means, the S4 pic shows which fw the device was running, while the S5 pic shows Photoshop.
So coming from a photographer-background i feel that the camera on the P30 Pro is a bit heavy on the HDR. Meaning that it doesn't recreate blacks very well, and in some shot's where shadows would be better left natural, it gives it too much HDR. (Sorry the bad English)
Is there a way to adjust/turn off HDR on this camera?
I believe if you turn off the AI and shoot in auto it shouldn't apply any HDR - but I don't know this to be true.
It's somewhat difficult to get away from the HDR look since when you shoot in Auto mode at 10mpix it utilizes pixelbinning which will kinda look like HDR where highlights are pulled down and shadows are lifted. The only way to get around this is to use a third party camera application or to shoot RAW, and i do recommend you shoot RAW anyways to get away from the heavy overprocessing, noisereduction and sharpening.
/ Magnus
Use pro mode.
Thanks for the reply guys. But I don't have the time to shoot pro and RAW all the time when it comes to smartphone-photos. The phone is for taking quick shots for Instagram-stories and such.
If I want to get a proper shot I pull out my Nikon D800. But there should be an option to adjust the level of HDR in photo mode, turning off "AI" doesn't change much, sadly.
TordFuglstad said:
Thanks for the reply guys. But I don't have the time to shoot pro and RAW all the time when it comes to smartphone-photos. The phone is for taking quick shots for Instagram-stories and such.
If I want to get a proper shot I pull out my Nikon D800. But there should be an option to adjust the level of HDR in photo mode, turning off "AI" doesn't change much, sadly.
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Use pro mode without changing any setting you will be fine.
Just surfing comparisons online and this video shows it goes both ways. Sometimes the P30 Pro pulls out the shadow detail, other times the 6T does:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wevRTMspBIM
This is also bothering me, I turned off the AI on my previous P20 Pro, and this wasn't a problem. But now on the P30 Pro, even if I turn off the AI sometimes photos come out as horribly overprocessed to the extent that the photos can't even be fixed by post processing. The effect is very similar to heavy HDR (or glike going overboard with the Google Photos' Pop effect)
A request to those who have updated to 12.1, check the optical stabilization. In the camera application, in photo mode, on the main module, with micro movements, the picture should be static. Or through instagram, telegrams, etc. Stabilization should also work there.
(I just can’t understand either a mechanical failure, or OIS disappeared after the update)
Same here. OIS only works on video mode, not in photo mode.
The preview is shakey but the picture seems focused nicely. So i dont see any issue here.
maxellxl said:
The preview is shakey but the picture seems focused nicely. So i dont see any issue here.
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It is more difficult to take a night photo without a tripod. Or a long exposure photo.
maxellxl said:
The preview is shakey but the picture seems focused nicely. So i dont see any issue here.
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^ this summarize OPPO hahaha
the preview while your taking the photo is sh*t like it's not focusing(it keep saying go further or go near the target) , not colorful enough and somewhat pixelated but after taking it and OPPO applied AI correction and HDR it would turn out really beautiful
usually i just ignore warning like go near or further the target since it would still take the photo anyway
ineedroot69 said:
^ this summarize OPPO hahaha
the preview while your taking the photo is sh*t like it's not focusing(it keep saying go further or go near the target) , not colorful enough and somewhat pixelated but after taking it and OPPO applied AI correction and HDR it would turn out really beautiful
usually i just ignore warning like go near or further the target since it would still take the photo anyway
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I dont get any warnings like you do. In addition preview is shakey when you shake your phone, but when you click shutter button the picture is cristal clear and sharp in my case
If you dial *#899# then go to manual test - camera, you can see how the stabilization should work in the photo.
It's not a bug, it's a feature
Hope it comes back in the next update.
I just received my x90 pro plus, and i playin with the cameras but i can't find something that i saw review in the x80 pro and i assume that this X90 Pro Plus got it too.
That is night mode durin video, i see nigh mode but only for photos, and i don't see anmy icon of night mode while i am at the video option.
It activates by his own, there is a setting maybe, or this x90 pro plus doesn't have it?
Thanks
You need to go to settings in video and turn on smart notification for video, then when you are in video mode and the camera detects it is dark (put your hand over the lens) it will give you an icon to the left of the shutter button of a moon and star, tap that and it will go into night mode, it doesn't work in 4K 60, works in 4K 30
Thanks, that's it, got another question if you don't mind. I can't make it work notification on the lock screen with or without password. I mean show basic icon or details, I had to unlock the phone. Just try several settings but not luck.
I add a photo if it is some use to you.
hirsti said:
You need to go to settings in video and turn on smart notification for video, then when you are in video mode and the camera detects it is dark (put your hand over the lens) it will give you an icon to the left of the shutter button of a moon and star, tap that and it will go into night mode, it doesn't work in 4K 60, works in 4K 30
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