Alright so, here's the deal. Being a photographer, and hearing a lot of you complain about 5mp vs 8mp, you don't know what the hell your talking about.
There is a difference between Image Quality, and resolution. For those of you complaining, do you even know the difference? If you don't then listen up.
Image Quality is self explained. It means just that, the quality of the image. Sensor size has NOTHING to do with quality. Lenses have a lot to do with quality. Also, matching lens size with sensor size will give you better quality. Quality Sensors are everything when it comes to Image Quality.... Imagine that.
But just because you stick a 8mp Sensor in your cell phone with a tiny ass lens, doesn't mean my 5mp DSLR wont stomp your phone in Image quality.
So exactly what does MegaPixels do for you? I'll tell you. It's about print size. That's IT!! At 300ppi, and using a 5MP sensor, you can print up a nice 6"x9" photo of your little kids at the zoo sucking on icecream. Or with your fancy 8mp Cell Phone you can print up a HUGE 8"x11" photo of the same little kids at the zoo sucking on icecream. (not a big difference is there?)
So unless your wanting to print up pictures in 8x11, rather than 6x9, don't worry about it. Here, incase you wanna see it for yourself. http://www.design215.com/toolbox/megapixels.php
If you wanna post your kids sucking on icecream at the zoo to facebook, either camera will work fine, but I betcha the 5mp camera on the Gnex will have better image quality.
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Alright so, here's the deal. Being a photographer, and hearing a lot of you complain about 5mp vs 8mp, you don't know what the hell your talking about.
There is a difference between Image Quality, and resolution. For those of you complaining, do you even know the difference? If you don't then listen up.
Image Quality is self explained. It means just that, the quality of the image. Sensor size has NOTHING to do with quality. Lenses have a lot to do with quality. Also, matching lens size with sensor size will give you better quality. Quality Sensors are everything when it comes to Image Quality.... Imagine that.
But just because you stick a 8mp Sensor in your cell phone with a tiny ass lens, doesn't mean my 5mp DSLR wont stomp your phone in Image quality.
So exactly what does MegaPixels do for you? I'll tell you. It's about print size. That's IT!! At 300ppi, and using a 5MP sensor, you can print up a nice 6"x9" photo of your little kids at the zoo sucking on icecream. Or with your fancy 8mp Cell Phone you can print up a HUGE 8"x11" photo of the same little kids at the zoo sucking on icecream. (not a big difference is there?)
So unless your wanting to print up pictures in 8x11, rather than 6x9, don't worry about it. Here, incase you wanna see it for yourself. http://www.design215.com/toolbox/megapixels.php
If you wanna post your kids sucking on icecream at the zoo to facebook, either camera will work fine, but I betcha the 5mp camera on the Gnex will have better image quality.
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Thumbs up for you, buddy. You see, everyone wants to get photobombed every time they take a photo with their kids at the zoo sucking on ice cream. Seems legit.
Yes, 5mp vs 8mp argument is for idiots. Its all about the sensor and lens quality. Moreover, same size 5mp sensor and 8 mp sensor with same lens, 5mp images will be better and higher quality.
Yup, now lets hope that the sensor is good in Nexus.
More flexibility when cropping is another benefit of higher resolution.
We need an objective thorough review of the phone's camera before making any conclusions much like the op said. Megapixels doesn't mean quality.
Let's wait until the formal release before casting judgement.
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Yup, now lets hope that the sensor is good in Nexus.
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Yup! Exactly.
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Sensor size has NOTHING to do with quality
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Being an amateur photographer myself I completely agree that the pixel count is completely, COMPLETELY irrelevant when it comes down to phone cameras. Where I disagree with your original post is the sentence above. Sensor size has absolutely everything to do with image quality (ie. Full Frame > DX > Micro 4/3rds > Compact > Phone). Fact is you are not going to get a large sensor built into a camera and cramming that sensor with as many light grabbing sensors as possible often leads to noisier, grainier images. This is where sometimes smaller = better.
Please sticky this. I'm tired of hearing people complain about this
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More flexibility when cropping is another benefit of higher resolution.
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Sorry, didn't mention that, but yes, totally.
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Sensor size is a misnomer in this case, I believe the sensor is the same 1/32inch size. In which case, each of those pixels is actually larger. Which means that each individual pixel receives MORE light. Which enhances low-light performance. This same phenomenon is seen when you compare Canon's 5D and 7D cameras. The 7D is 18mp, while the 5D is 21mp, but the 5D's sensor is 1.6 times larger (full 35 vs APS-C) This means that the 5D ends up with superior low light performance, despite not having the full 1.6 times greater pixel count that one might expect.
Admittedly, there are other differences that effect this, such as sensor back-lighting, the quality of the amplifiers, and the compression of the image data. As well, the technology powering the actual sensor, CCD or CMOS, as well as the more in depth tech that goes on at the design level. The 18mp, APS-C sensor from Sony that Nikon uses on it's cameras does not perform the same as the 18mp, APS-C sensor that Canon uses in it's 7D.
...So there it is, if you don't know sensor tech, here is a little explanation from someone who does...
another point is the 5mp = smaller file size = less write time = less lag time = zero shutter speed.
The best daylight photos I have ever had is from my SE k750i. Well old and only 2.5 Mps as I recall
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another point is the 5mp = smaller file size = less write time = less lag time = zero shutter speed.
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In my oppinion, people think smartphones (high-end) should have 8mp at least, because in earlier times, the megapixels were a "real" indicator of the fact, how new and good a mobile phone is, i think.
and of course brands like SE or LG made a real big deal about mp. and its clear, consumers said then: "wow, this new mobile has 8 mp, so its better than the one with 5mp."
but i think today, you cant tell how good a phone is by just looking at the mp. and i also suppose that development in cameras today is more about image quality and no more about mp.
the only issue is that people dont realize that, unfortunately...
Actually Canon also went the other way with some better cameras. They reduced MP size and increased sensor size to improve image quality.....outcome was the best compact Canon camera....
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Please sticky this. I'm tired of hearing people complain about this
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We DO have the right to complaint, ain't ??
And in my personal case, here's why:
- I use 8 Mpix in wider mode (which in the end equals aprox 6 MPix)
- Instead of using the digital zoom, I frequently prefer to crop my 8 MPix pics
So this phone is not for me, which is a tad sad because I really wanted to have a taste of pure ice cream sandwich experience
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We DO have the right to complaint, ain't ??
And in my personal case, here's why:
- I use 8 Mpix in wider mode (which in the end equals aprox 6 MPix)
- Instead of using the digital zoom, I frequently prefer to crop my 8 MPix pics
So this phone is not for me, which is a tad sad because I really wanted to have a taste of pure ice cream sandwich experience
PS: I love your sig, Dawkins rulez
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I just found with my Sensation that there isn't much of a difference. The pictures seemed like they were just blown up copies from my G2 with no quality enhancements. Then again, this is HTC. Their speakers and cameras aren't very good.
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the megapixels argument is just a who's got the bigger d*** game.
It means nothing in the long run and in fact, more pixels packed into the same sensor makes the image WORSE!!! and creates more noise.
gtrab said:
We DO have the right to complaint, ain't ??
And in my personal case, here's why:
- I use 8 Mpix in wider mode (which in the end equals aprox 6 MPix)
- Instead of using the digital zoom, I frequently prefer to crop my 8 MPix pics
So this phone is not for me, which is a tad sad because I really wanted to have a taste of pure ice cream sandwich experience
PS: I love your sig, Dawkins rulez
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Just my opinion, but if you have time to crop images "and do it right" why not sharpen it, and photoshop it and enhance it too? That way you won't need an 8mp sensor. Heck, if you have all that time, just use a real camera.
The whole point of these cell phone cameras is it take a quick pic and share to Grandma and what not. I don't think shes gonna care if its cropped or not. If you need professional pictures I don't recommend a cell phone to take them
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Ok, this camera states its 3.2 megapixels. But the picture quality is worse than the one from my old phone which had only 2 megapixels. Do I need to change the settings or anything?
Megapixels have nothing to do with quality, only size. Make sure you have the largest resolution picked and that it is set to SuperFine. Still, the camera on the TP2 is only so-so.
Wow thats stupid. I don't like the camera at all.
Picture quality also depends on the camera lenses used. HTC doesn't really use great lenses.
Sony Ericsson (I had the SE C702 CyberShot phone before) uses very-high-quality camera lenses, and the pictures it produced were great!
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Megapixels have nothing to do with quality, only size. Make sure you have the largest resolution picked and that it is set to SuperFine. Still, the camera on the TP2 is only so-so.
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Well, if you have a 8MP camera vs. a 3.2MP camera taking the same exact photo, and you were to print a 3x5" photo from each, the 8MP should still give you better quality than the 3.2MP. The 8MP camera is able to produce 8 mil. pixels whereas the 3.2MP camera can only produce 3.2 mil. pixels. If you were to print the 3x5" photo, the more pixels, the clearer the image.
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Well, if you have a 8MP camera vs. a 3.2MP camera taking the same exact photo, and you were to print a 3x5" photo from each, the 8MP should still give you better quality than the 3.2MP. The 8MP camera is able to produce 8 mil. pixels whereas the 3.2MP camera can only produce 3.2 mil. pixels. If you were to print the 3x5" photo, the more pixels, the clearer the image.
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Again, that's not a quality issue, per se. Anytime you increase the size of a photo without increasing the number of pixels used to display it, the pic will suffer because things like compression artifacts and aliasing will be more pronounced and visible. Not that these things aren't present in both the 3mp and the 8mp images, they will just be more noticeable in the 3mp image that is displayed at the same size as the 8mp image. That's the real value of more megapixels, the ability to increase print or display size without the ill effects. But that has little to do with quality.
I've been a pro photog for the past 18 years and shooting digitally for magazines since 1997. I started with a sub-1mp camera back then and the quality was fine, but the low pixel count limited our ability to use digital pics for more than just 1/4 page shots or smaller. By the time we got to 4mp cameras we were using them for full page spreads without issue. An 8mp camera can now yield a decent two-page spread. Still, the quality of pics hasn't been increased with more megapixels, only our ability to display them at larger print sizes.
It's easy to confuse megapixels with quality and manufacturers share much of the blame for convincing consumers that more mp=better quality with their sales shtick, but when you understand that quality is not necessarily tied to size, you realize that application is the main factor. For instance a 2mp camera can shoot very high quality 4X6 photos, but blowing those same pics up to 8X10 will reveal the weakness in megapixels, not quality. At the optimum size for a particular mp format, more mp does not yield higher quality, only higher storage and processing needs. It will give you more flexibility in cropping if your skills with the camera are lacking, and more format choices when printing, but not higher quality.
So how would I get the best quality out of my camera?
Have you installed the cab that gives you more camera settings? It gives you a SuperFine setting unavailable on the stock setup. Do a search for it. Also, make sure the lens is clean. Handling the phone often causes fingerprints and smudges on the lens that reduce photo quality.
Thank you so much, do you have a link or know the name of it?
The one I found is ExtraCameraModes.cab.
Here ya go.
Ok, it didn't change anything haha. But thanks anyways
I thought it comes with Super Fine by default. Anyway, I've always had to play around with the light settings the get the color I wanted. I set the ISO at 200. And lighting also takes a toll on the quality of the picture.
Anyway, the camera sucks. i wish they had a button to turn off auto focusing when i need to take quick shots lol
Cameras on cell phones are more of a convenience than a sophisticated capture device. While some actually take fairly good photos, I wouldn't expect too much from any of them. They certainly aren't designed to replace a good point-and-shoot.
OK, well thanks for the help everyone!
Anyone have some input on the best WP7 phone to get if I want to use it to replace my Kodak digital camera? The camera on the HD7 kind of sucks.
Don't go with the LG Quantum either. In bright daylight it's sort of ok, but as soon as you need flash, it's like taking a picture on a RAZR from 2007. Awful.
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I think the HTC Mozart is the only wp with an 8mp camera. Probably the best?
I would say pretty much all of them are the same; the only phone that has more mp is the HTC Mozart (8mp). Idk if that might make a difference though as mp doesn't necessarily define the whole aspect of good pictures. I hear the focus is nice for taking pictures (in terms of clarity and color balance) as well. It also has the SAMOLED screen, which means the pictures show up more vibrant on your phone
I'm interested in hearing what other people say
Don't know about the Focus, but the Samsung Omnia 7 is definitely the best one available in Europe. I would rank them Samsung, LG, HTC - with the Mozart's 8MP not really being any better than the other HTC phones.
I've been extremely satisfied with the photo quality on my Focus.
its worth pointing out that higher MP does not equal better quality.
Most 5MP cameras will be fine in teh correct lighting conditions, low light is the biggest issue, the reason for this is down to optics and CCD size.
If you had a 12MP camera with a lense the size of the HD2/7 the pictures will be crap in low light as well, to be perfectly honest unless you get a phone with a big arse lense and 5+MP you wont get good "poor" light photos
I find the HD2/7 camera is grand in good lighting, had some cracking shots, mess with the lighting a bit and i pull out my slim line 12MP camera with its 32mm lense
yeah, don't replace your camera.
Just buy a second hand canon Ixus series (60 - 95) for less than £70 on ebay and you won't ever be disappointed! They are ultracompact but the picture quality has always been so good!
I don't really understand people who try to replace their camera with their mobile phone.. the mobile phone will take mediocre shots but i guess you have it with you all the time.
BUt even a cheapo crappy dedicated camera with LOWER MP will shoot better pictures than a 5MP-10MP phone.
Get one of the ultracompacts whcih are actually smaller than a lot of the new smartphones anyway!
I don't think I've used my Omnia 7 camera except for when taking lecture notes on Onenote!
Otherwise I stick to using my Canon 550D and Ixus 95
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I don't really understand people who try to replace their camera with their mobile phone.. the mobile phone will take mediocre shots but at least you have it with you all the time.
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You just answered yourself - it's because you've always got your phone with you. The less gadgets you have to carry the better.
I tend to use my Omnia7 for photos several times a day. Quick snaps of just about anything. The fact they're snaps doesn't mean I'll be happy with ****ty quality though, you never know, you might get lucky enough to catch that one moment and decide you want it printed.
Now, if I'm out specifically for taking photos I'll obviously use my Nikon DSLR, but for everyday use I want a phone that gives at least half decent results.
The fact is that all WP7 cameras could be better. Especially the HTC ones.
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You just answered yourself - it's because you've always got your phone with you. The less gadgets you have to carry the better.
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Yeah agreed it is slightly more convenient..
But I personally don't like swapping quality for slight convenience
I still use my Cowon for music (better sound quality than phone) and carry my ultra compact when out with friends and my DSLR when I want to take decent photos!
I also find that the lens of the phone camera is always grubby resulting in slightly soft photos!
BUt coming back to the topic..I think the OMnia 7 takes fairly decent photos compared to other phones although I don't know how it compares to other WP7
Engadget reckons the Focus has an "impressive camera" and the Omnia 7 has a "good camera" while the others either aren't mentioned in the scorecard or specifically mention "subpar camera"
They've actually posted all the photos so you should have a look yourself.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/29/htc-trophy-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/22/samsung-focus-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/22/lg-optimus-7-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/21/htc-7-mozart-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/htc-hd7-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/samsung-omnia-7-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/htc-surround-review/
I'm having real problems with the focus camera. I can't seem to get a steady shot. Maybe it's because of the hardware button, and I'm slightly moving the camera when I take it. I hope that's it, because it usually takes me 5 or 6 shots to get a decent one...
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I'm having real problems with the focus camera. I can't seem to get a steady shot. Maybe it's because of the hardware button, and I'm slightly moving the camera when I take it. I hope that's it, because it usually takes me 5 or 6 shots to get a decent one...
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Have you tried holding the camera button down half-way to let it focus before taking the pic? Also, there is an anti-shake setting on Focuses (and other Samsungs, I presume), but unfortunately the setting doesn't save.
yes i use the auto-focus feature, i've tried the anti-shake setting, i've tried lowering the resolution, pretty much everything...i can get a decent shot about 1 out of 5
I've been reading about how lower MP can actually mean better low light performance and this camera may just beat the 8MP competition. Zero-shutter lag being really awesome too.
But then looking at the photos taken with it by an Android developer...
https://plus.google.com/photos/107606703558161507946/albums/5669407328146570481
Where is this awesome quality? Those pictures look no better than what my Galaxy S takes.
Not only is this outclassed by the 8MP camera in the S2 and iPhone 4S, it may be outclassed by the old 5MP Galaxy/Nexus S.
Those photos seem to have more noise and odd colour compared to photos from my Galaxy S.
Low light photos look like they might be better, but overall these don't look good.
I don't know how people manage to compare image quality between different phone cameras - they all look equally terrible to me.
Not sure how you can make a quality call based on 1 phone and 1 person operating.
How can you tell without having side by side shots of the same scenes at the same time with 2 or 3 different devices?
I find it extremely hard to believe that the Galaxy Nexus would have the same camera performance as the Nexus S.
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How can you tell without having side by side shots of the same scenes at the same time with 2 or 3 different devices?
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Do you need to put a Mini and a bus side by side to tell which is bigger?
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Do you need to put a Mini and a bus side by side to tell which is bigger?
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How is that comparison even remotely similar? Size difference can be seen in anything but pitch black.
Would you be able to determine if the Mini and the bus were the exact same color (exact nuance) in completely different light? No, probably not and even then you are basically cheating because your brain will adjust the colors you see based on what it "knows" other things should look like.
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Do you need to put a Mini and a bus side by side to tell which is bigger?
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That only works because the size of a Mini and a bus are known values (relatively). The quality of this camera is not a known value, and because of that you can't make an accurate comparison.
By this analogy, you're saying that you can look at a photo of one car, and immediately tell me if its the same as another car you've never seen...
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How is that comparison even remotely similar? Size difference can be seen in anything but pitch black.
Would you be able to determine if the Mini and the bus were the exact same color (exact nuance) in completely different light? No, probably not and even then you are basically cheating because your brain will adjust the colors you see based on what it "knows" other things should look like.
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This
People love to jump to conclusions that its a bad camera because its 5MP, and then from that initial point, they simply assume everything it does is terrible. I wonder how the tables would be turned if it were a low quality 12MP camera, and every picture it took was sh*t but everyone just said it was amazing. People see what they want to see.
Just wait until the galaxy nexus comes out, and then you'll see the true power of the 5mp camera they put in it. It will be a great shooter.
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Seriously? Its a phone, not a dedicated camera. If you don't like it don't get the phone.
Punched in..
It really does not look very good. I hope that it is not final version of nexus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dPe3lsoVQA
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I don't know how people manage to compare image quality between different phone cameras - they all look equally terrible to me.
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I agree. Phone cameras arent like absolute trash terrible but they're all so equally bad thats its incredibly hard to tell the difference.
Between the click of the light and the start of a dream.
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It really does not look very good. I hope that it is not final version of nexus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dPe3lsoVQA
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And you're judging that video what about this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhlL-ys5iOA
So you see we have two totally different videos. Which one should we believe now?
I recommend wait until it's out and test it if possible or trust your preferd reviewer when he did his job with the Nexus.
The only photos I've seen are of a shipping dock. Hard to make that look good.
I am not judging. I am shareing what I found. Video that I posted was shot in "realistic" environment, another one is heavily modified. Anyway, there is no need to be nervous or judgemental.
I agree that we should wait and see how retail model performes.
Lets judging when phone is out
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I am not judging. I am shareing what I found. Video that I posted was shot in "realistic" environment, another one is heavily modified. Anyway, there is no need to be nervous or judgemental.
I agree that we should wait and see how retail model performes.
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That's what the filmer says to the video.
The only processing done on the original footage was to speed it up in the first clip.
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The video clips were shot without the help of a tripod and shake a little bit. The time-lapse clips were shot using a Stage Zero Dolly from Dynamic Perception
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So it was as well made under "realistic" circumstances. Expect from the first part. But he is a Android dev so who knows if it's true or not.
I didn't really pay much attention to the camera on the Galaxy Nexus as it seems good enough. The Engadget comparisons sometimes show it on par with the Nexus S, sometimes a little worse. What I'm more interested in is the 1080p video, which looks a whole lot better than anything else on the market (I've seen a dozen videos from different places already) and even better than the Galaxy S II. The audio capture, another sadly ignored pivotal part of video recording, is quite stellar. It really irks me when all the reviewers tout the earsplitting garble of sound on HTC phones as first-class because they look at the 44khz stereo spec and somehow ignore the actual sound, which is really terrible. I would love to get a unibody HTC phone, but this has been their achilles heel for me, and their video capture as a whole.
You can't deny that the camera on a phone is important, is a very very big selling point, and many people do make their buying decisions on the phone's ability to replace a dedicated point-and-shoot camera, and many phones are at that level right now. If you are too enamored with DSLR quality photos, you might not notice that camera quality in phones has jumped up leaps and bounds, regardless of MP. My five megapixel Samsung slider I bought 4 years ago is worse than your typical 5 megapixel budget smartphone camera. It's also 50% fatter and super slow. The software and processing, backlight sensors, wide angles, apertures, and other fancy stuff have improved drastically over the years. 1080p video is leaps and bounds above the QCIF stuff only a few years back.
Um, am I alone in thinking those pictures look just dandy? It's a phone. I'm not taking artistic photos, as long as they're clear and sharp (which those are) then there's no issue.
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Um, am I alone in thinking those pictures look just dandy? It's a phone. I'm not taking artistic photos, as long as they're clear and sharp (which those are) then there's no issue.
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+1 on that. And Most of the pictures where shaky und unsharp but that's due to the user and not to the camera. The pictures which were sharp however are okay and look totally fine for a phone.
have we all really forgotten about the fact that if you upload a picture to most websites, the picture becomes compressed?
being a car enthusiast like others here apparently, this is like comparing the same car on the same track with the same driver.. except one lap is in the rain and one lap is in the dry. of course results will be different!
For everyone who is complaining about the quality of the camera, I don't see what you're basing your judgement on. First, admit right now that all cell phone cameras take crap pictures! It's simple physics. Your point and shoot camera is only marginally better. More to the point, the limited samples I have seen would appear on par with other current devices. But without a comprehensive side by side comparison of the Galaxy Nexus to the 4s (or others) either qualitatively or quantitatively in a controlled environment, you just can't tell much. Shooting video of the sun and then the ground demonstrates very little especially when the comparison video is un-synced and crammed into a small PIP box.
Seems some are having a knee jerk reaction to not getting all 8 megapixels. Unless you are printing 8x10s, it doesn't really matter. If you are, get a DSLR! A good quality lower resolution camera can easily spank a cheaper higher resolution camera. The glass plays a huge role. As do chromatic aberration, exposure, latitude, color balance, sensitivity, focus, speed, image stabilization, noise reduction, white balance and so on. And don't even get me started on compression.
Is this common in smartphones or is dual-lens camera specific for just P930?
Tried to google and found links with specs http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-P930-nitro http://www.androidunstoppable.com/2011/lg-p930-nitro-hd/ http://www.buyonsalecheap.com/att-lg-nitro-hd-p930-4g-android-v234-phone-unlocked_p1155.html saying 'Dual-Lens 8 MP Autofocus Camera with LED Flash'
And nothing more. Is dual-lens any better than in iPhone or wot?
I think it is just referring to the fact that the phone has a front-facing camera in addition to the standard lens on the back. I think.
Marketing hype? Just like 3D toothpaste?...
From what I saw it is not better then iPhone4s camera, although it's better then most other phones to date.
I've done some comparison of our pic qualities with an iphone 4 quality, and we are definitely better than the iphone 4, except at night shots, we get quite some noise, which I can use a program on PC to clear away noise and voila, it's better than the iphone 4 again.
Why I keep saying iphone 4? Cuz I know the 4s has a newer lens (or improved software algorithm?) which produces better pics than the regular 4. So I don't know how ours stand against it.
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Why I keep saying iphone 4? Cuz I know the 4s has a newer lens (or improved software algorithm?) which produces better pics than the regular 4. So I don't know how ours stand against it.
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This weekend I'll be able compare both, but so you know, iPhone4s camera can produce full size photos at the speed you tap on screen and I mean like 10fps! (Nitro max at 0.3 - 0.2fps?) Photos sure won't be crisp and nice at that rate, but the fact how fast it is - is amazing.
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This weekend I'll be able compare both, but so you know, iPhone4s camera can produce full size photos at the speed you tap on screen and I mean like 10fps! (Nitro max at 0.3 - 0.2fps?) Photos sure won't be crisp and nice at that rate, but the fact how fast it is - is amazing.
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Yeah, the speed of the camera on our phone is just pathetic. I know it's partially my SD card, but we need to start fixing the issues on this phone lol.
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This weekend I'll be able compare both, but so you know
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So? was it successful?
Aquariuz, what program on the PC do you use to clean up pictures?
Hi guys I just want to share with all of you a new app for all lg v10 phones It take photos with a resolution of 63.5MP on our V10 i saw this thread on nexus 5x and tried on my v10 and it works flawlessly I'm not part of the development of the app . It's on the Play Store here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anforapps.camerasuperpixel
good one to share , thank you
anirudhks said:
good one to share , thank you
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Your welcome mate
Tested camera Super Pixel, quite impressive, 43.3 MB, couldnt attach, too large, had to upload to OneDrive :good:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=1ADC5303B8000E17!167484&authkey=!AB8IRnFt2qnChbQ&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg
Photo by LG camera attached :good:
Not much different, doesnt have manual setting, take up too much space
vip57 said:
Hi guys I just want to share with all of you a new app for all lg v10 phones It take photos with a resolution of 63.5MP on our V10 i saw this thread on nexus 5x and tried on my v10 and it works flawlessly I'm not part of the development of the app . It's on the Play Store here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anforapps.camerasuperpixel
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I appreciate you sharing this and all but...... The V10 camera is capable of producing a photo that is 5312 pixels x 2988 pixels, that has 16 million pixels in it. That is the maximum that the sensor is capable of producing. They are not ever REALLY going to be able to increase it 4x without physically changing the camera sensor. You can modify the dimensions of the image all you want, but the sensor just cant do any more than 16mp
kangi26 said:
I appreciate you sharing this and all but...... The V10 camera is capable of producing a photo that is 5312 pixels x 2988 pixels, that has 16 million pixels in it. That is the maximum that the sensor is capable of producing. They are not ever REALLY going to be able to increase it 4x without physically changing the camera sensor. You can modify the dimensions of the image all you want, but the sensor just cant do any more than 16mp
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You cannot change the sensor size, but you can get different number of pixels with the same sensor size, you have 23 Mp phone cameras with same size sensor, or smaller, than others with 12 Mp, like the last Samsung and Huawei, etc...
Having said that, you dont get more info, just 4x more pixels extrapolated from the original. The photos do look sharper, as I confirmed with my tests, but when I resize them to same size, they look the same, and the files are so large they wont load to apps, or be resized like on facebook and look the same again
Bottom line, only worth if we want to make a large print or display in a large hi-rez screen
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You cannot change the sensor size, but you can get different number of pixels with the same sensor size, you have 23 Mp phone cameras with same size sensor, or smaller, than others with 12 Mp, like the last Samsung and Huawei, etc...
Having said that, you dont get more info, just 4x more pixels extrapolated from the original. The photos do look sharper, as I confirmed with my tests, but when I resize them to same size, they look the same, and the files are so large they wont load to apps, or be resized like on facebook and look the same again
Bottom line, only worth if we want to make a large print or display in a large hi-rez screen
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The point I was trying to make (although maybe not all that well), is that you CAN increase the size of the picture, you can make it 100000x160000 and have a picture at 16GP, but if the sensor is only capable of capturing 16MP, you're going to have a pixilated image. Even with some very fancy software work.
With the actual resolution the V10 is capable of taking photos, they can be printed out to large format or displayed on any large monitor without ANY issues at all. (I have a 12mp DSLR and have printed photos up to 4ft wide with EASE)
I guess I'm just calling BS on what is really being accomplished and the expectations that are being set that the app is going to "Get your 16mp camera shoot a 63mp photo"
kangi26 said:
I appreciate you sharing this and all but...... The V10 camera is capable of producing a photo that is 5312 pixels x 2988 pixels, that has 16 million pixels in it. That is the maximum that the sensor is capable of producing. They are not ever REALLY going to be able to increase it 4x without physically changing the camera sensor. You can modify the dimensions of the image all you want, but the sensor just cant do any more than 16mp
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You are right. This superpixel camera gives a fake better image. I taken the same image in the same condition with the original V10 H961N camera and with the supercamera, analysed both in paintshop after magnifying and the details in supercamera are very dissapointing. Uninstalled without regrets.
My Sony NEX6 camera has a much larger sensor than the V10, but the same 16 Mp resolution...
I am not saying this app will have 4 times more detail, but dividing every pixel in 4 blended with the pixels around, if properly done, will increase sharpness, as I confirmed with my tests.
Having said that, I will not use it, not worth what we loose on features
The results are real, the app is using a well known photoshop technique but in-app.
Olympus is also using it to up their resolution on their e-m5mII camera.
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http://petapixel.com/2015/02/21/a-practical-guide-to-creating-superresolution-photos-with-photoshop/
I recommend having a look at cortexcamera. It uses a similar "trick", but increases the size by only 50%. The result is a stunning 24 MP photo with almost no visible noise and lots of details with no adverse affects from noise reduction. There are a number of limitations though that are basically inherent in the technic. It's best used for rather static scenes and between shots the phone needs a couple of seconds to calculate the resulting image (combined from up to 100 single frames). That being said especially for night or landscape shots I find the results impressive.
Using the Super Resolution Method does not add any more details. Of course it is limited by the sensor. But by doing this, noise is greatly reduced and artifacts like Moire get removed since the program averages the images. This method is done by professional photographers if they want to enhance images when using a mid range shooter.
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kangi26 said:
The point I was trying to make (although maybe not all that well), is that you CAN increase the size of the picture, you can make it 100000x160000 and have a picture at 16GP, but if the sensor is only capable of capturing 16MP, you're going to have a pixilated image. Even with some very fancy software work.
With the actual resolution the V10 is capable of taking photos, they can be printed out to large format or displayed on any large monitor without ANY issues at all. (I have a 12mp DSLR and have printed photos up to 4ft wide with EASE)
I guess I'm just calling BS on what is really being accomplished and the expectations that are being set that the app is going to "Get your 16mp camera shoot a 63mp photo"
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There are certain benefits upon doing this 4x Spatial Reso Increase. The details don't bump up so much but noise gets significantly reduced and edges become much more detailed rather than edgy. Still its an improvement than nothing. Tho the hype should be re calibrated.
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The results are real, the app is using a well known photoshop technique but in-app.
Olympus is also using it to up their resolution on their e-m5mII camera.
more info:
http://petapixel.com/2015/02/21/a-practical-guide-to-creating-superresolution-photos-with-photoshop/
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Exactly this. I was just about to mention the OM-D E-M5 MII. This camera has a 16MP sensor but has a 40MP high-res shooting mode which combines eight exposures into a single image which is how it can manage to get such a high pixel count out of a sensor that's only natively capable of 16MP. You and your subject would need to be completely still though as any movement can create blurs and jagged lines but the results are real, there is a noticeable difference if you look closely.
But that's if you look closely. Having a high pixel counts doesn't mean much unless you need extremely large prints and even then, have you guys seen the huge billboards from Apple saying that the picture was taken with an iPhone 6 or 6S? That's a 8MP and 12MP sensor respectively. Of course, they probably edited the pictures like there's no tomorrow but then if you were going for such huge prints, you probably wouldn't be printing directly from the in camera RAW or JPEG file.
As a hobbyist photographer, I would say learn the manual settings in the built-in camera app. It's more than enough to squeeze the best possible pictures you can get out of the V10's camera. Then go out and buy yourself a MILC or DSLR (but MILC is probably the smarter choice).
thanks for posting this app
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vip57 said:
Hi guys I just want to share with all of you a new app for all lg v10 phones It take photos with a resolution of 63.5MP on our V10 i saw this thread on nexus 5x and tried on my v10 and it works flawlessly I'm not part of the development of the app . It's on the Play Store here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anforapps.camerasuperpixel
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Don't lile it
Image processing is way better in stock lg cam app
Yeah pixel count does not matter much. 16mp is plenty for most pics. Unless the program managed to use the ois in here to emulate what the Olympus OMD EM5 Mark II does I dont see how it would get a actual useable larger pixel count without the possiblity of introducing digitial artifacts in the image. And even then unless you were shooting non moving subjects in a studio environment you would get that ghosting effect in the pics. Id rather just take regular shots in Raw and post process if I need to work the pics some more. On a side note, the 5 axis OIS on the Olympus is very Nice. I agree with a previous poster about learning what the manual controls do. Then get a nice camera if you are serious about taking better shots.