I've noticed that the stock htc camera is bad for taking photos
when i had Acer liquid with acer stream camera photos quality was really good
now i'm asking: is a software issue or what? also liquid with stock camera was bad,but only changing the application,the quality was a lot better
any suggestion? which parameters do you use with desire ? ( like saturation,brightness,iso etc)
Attacched photos to see differences ( sorry aren't 100% the same but you can notice the difference)
Just to know (I have pretty the same problem).
Try to make a photo without the back cover.
mmm tried but didn't noticed difference...
you noticed difference without backcover??
Camera indeed sucks. So what other camera applications are available?
Retro Camera and FX Camera. Those are not really for replacement.
erto90 said:
mmm tried but didn't noticed difference...
you noticed difference without backcover??
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Yes, I can clearly see the difference with and without the cover. Especially when making videos but also with photos.
Would be great to port camera from other devices.. also the google camera ( source camera) is better as i saw.. is possibile to port to all roms?
the camera of acer stream is awesome with awesome settings,but don't know if will be possible to ort to desire..
You right! without back cover there is a very visible difference!
Why this and how to solve?
Here you can see the difference with and without the backcover. For me, it's because of the plastic used for the lens. It spoil out using the phone with time.
You can try to remove the plastic or replace the cover. I have not found a good solution yet. For now... I just remove the cover when needed (thanks god I don't make a lot of photos)
Hurizen said:
I have not found a good solution yet. For now... I just remove the cover when needed (thanks god I don't make a lot of photos)
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a friend of mine was at a clockmaker. He just drills out the plastic cover and glues a saphire-glass in, now its a scratch free and HQ camera cover. Costs are around 20 Euro including work (it lasts 10 Minutes). But you need and old-style clock-maker with its own repair-shop.
I like Vignette alot. Well worth the money, really professional-ish look & feel to it.
Hurizen said:
Here you can see the difference with and without the backcover. For me, it's because of the plastic used for the lens. It spoil out using the phone with time.
You can try to remove the plastic or replace the cover. I have not found a good solution yet. For now... I just remove the cover when needed (thanks god I don't make a lot of photos)
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too difference! i think there will be a way to solve this problem,is inammissible for htc to made these things
someone has home-made solution working?
Or for 20 € I've found a battery cover replacement.
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=199270
But it's brown or silver . And it will get scratched in no time, like in the original one. Brian's solution is definitive.
Have you tried cleaning really well on the inside, as well on the outside ? Mine is a bit scratched too, but I can't see much difference when taking photos. (can you ? http://picasaweb.google.com/101504838761028525419/CoverOnCoverOffCleanedCoverLens?feat=directlink)
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Or for 20 € I've found a battery cover replacement.
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=199270
But it's brown or silver . And it will get scratched in no time, like in the original one. Brian's solution is definitive.
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aint that using the same plastic cover??
Mine aint scratched but I still notice a different without cover so replacing it with glass seems to be only option other then removing cover everytime you wanna take a pic/vid.
andycted said:
Have you tried cleaning really well on the inside, as well on the outside ? Mine is a bit scratched too, but I can't see much difference when taking photos. (can you ? http://picasaweb.google.com/101504838761028525419/CoverOnCoverOffCleanedCoverLens?feat=directlink)
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Your pictures seem much more to what I am experiencing taking photos. Hardly(if any) difference cover on or off. I did notice there isn't a lot of color in your pictures.
Tbh, I don't think having a tiny smudge on the cover affects the quality that much as andycted demonstrated. The real limitation is that after all, its a phone camera.
Try using different camera app's with some image-enhancing effects. I recommend Vignette, try it out!
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Your pictures seem much more to what I am experiencing taking photos. Hardly(if any) difference cover on or off. I did notice there isn't a lot of color in your pictures.
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I'm inside, in a very drab cloudly light coming from the window. Indeed the default settings for the camera (stock froyo) lack a bit of saturation, I forgot to set it to +1.
I remember noticying quite a lot of difference and thinking that since my protector is scratched, that was the cause. Turns out it was greasy on the outside, as well as the inside, as I remove the cover every other day to change battery
EDIT: I've added a couple of shots with +1 and +2 saturation and one where the autoflash went off
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Have you tried cleaning really well on the inside, as well on the outside ? Mine is a bit scratched too, but I can't see much difference when taking photos. (can you ? http://picasaweb.google.com/101504838761028525419/CoverOnCoverOffCleanedCoverLens?feat=directlink)
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For me, also your pics lacks of shaprness. You'll notice it better with hi-def images.
just bought Vignette to see, I think is great apllication and take better photos than stock camera
There are a lot of optimization and i really like it
try this out!
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For me, also your pics lacks of shaprness. You'll notice it better with hi-def images.
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I didn't take the pain to change the settings, or to take great pics, it's a chair and a bottle ! it was just in order to compare lens on/off photos, in every day conditions and the difference isn't all that great. My lens is scratched too.
Stock camera is ugly to see, dodgy in some stuff, but has a ton of functionality. I can't, even remotely, be called a photographer, but I had some fun while going for a walk some minutes ago.
http://picasaweb.google.it/101504838761028525419/MarePesaroTemporale?feat=directlink
The sky was very grey and light quite dim, so I tried to play with exposure and saturation, burning the sky and pretty much everything else in the process. A couple shoots aren't bad though. Try to guess which are with and without lens cover hehe.
since i love to take images using X. Arc .... i noticed that images taken with flash tend to be "yellowish" means the colors aren't represented well !!
one thing else... do u feel that the camera algortihm tends to sharpen the photos in the post processing step, this can be seen in photos taken in a sunny day with zomm in ?
post ur impressions and ur thoughts
one thing I noticed is that when using it with flash the pictures become over-exposed especially in the Auto Mode.
I think the image quality is pretty poor. The Mrs had an LG Renoir and the images look better to me.
The Arc is better than my old HTC HD Blackstone, but a $65 camera (Samsung) has better quality.
Yellowish skin, over saturated blues and reds... just poor.
I have only one thing to say, EXMOR R sucks! it is a marketing trick and nothing more!
Hi,
bashar.enjarini said:
since i love to take images using X. Arc .... i noticed that images taken with flash tend to be "yellowish" means the colors aren't represented well !!
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I noticed that sometimes, not allways, but its not a sign of a bad camera in the Arc!
Many cameras, also most expensive, have this "yellow-problem" by indoor photos, what is caused by artifical light sources like neon lamps etc and the automatic settings for white balance, as I found out via google.
http://www.mu-43.com/f42/indoor-images-very-yellow-tint-8290/
http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/qnaDetail.asp?threadID=30717
http://rolandlim.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/who-is-telling-the-liar-the-camera-or-the-brain/
Iphone4 based but also intresting:
http://blog.wirelessground.com/iphone-4-camera-2/
and so on...
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I have only one thing to say, EXMOR R sucks! it is a marketing trick and nothing more!
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I tested it, my Arc with Exmor R vs other phone cameras and there is a much better result in quality overall with it.
No marketing trick at all, but perhaps a wrong imagination of some people how it works!
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Alef
+ 1 alefthau.. It's amazing how quickly people who don't understand their technology our how to use it blame it for being' bad'
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hi, when using camera i have a single white horizontal line going across the top of my screen, very noticable when picture is dark and very noticable when i cover the lens . This only happens when using camera and not when viewing a taken picture. its also there when i take a screenshot.
this is a replacment i recieved because i thought it was a fault,but i still have the same issue.
could some others check if the have the same please as i dont know if its a fault or not now.
thanks in advance
naijishi said:
hi, when using camera i have a single white horizontal line going across the top of my screen, very noticable when picture is dark and very noticable when i cover the lens . This only happens when using camera and not when viewing a taken picture. its also there when i take a screenshot.
this is a replacment i recieved because i thought it was a fault,but i still have the same issue.
could some others check if the have the same please as i dont know if its a fault or not now.
thanks in advance
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screen shot would help
There's another thread on this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366811
Anyway, it's either a deliberate part of the camera UI, or a mistake... but as it doesn't affect the picture taken it matter not a jot as far as I can see!
thankyou for replies. was unable to post screenshot as i assume i dont have enough posts.
apologies i didnt see other thread.
atleast the replacement three sent me was samsung sealed this time and unlocked!
thanks againe for pointing me to right thread
Hello, i have installed camera mod cyber shot and anyway when i use my video camera in my house (warm light) i see lot of noise. but when i use my video cam in the street (lightday) works 100% without noise.
i THINK (im not secure) That started when i upgraded my version of xperia ion 6.1.c.1.105 to 6.1.c.1.111.
Then i wanna know if any1 of u have a xperia ion and tell me if u have the same problem that me.
TY
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Hello, i have installed camera mod cyber shot and anyway when i use my video camera in my house (warm light) i see lot of noise. but when i use my video cam in the street (lightday) works 100% without noise.
i THINK (im not secure) That started when i upgraded my version of xperia ion 6.1.c.1.105 to 6.1.c.1.111.
Then i wanna know if any1 of u have a xperia ion and tell me if u have the same problem that me.
TY
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Its because when your inside the camera will bump up the ISO to compensate for low light. Which will bring in more noise. Outside theres plenty of light so the ISO will stay low (less noise)
However, in the end, I don't care what mod you install, the noise performance on this phone is bad! And you can blame Sony for shoving 12mp in such a small sensor. Its ridiculous, and not needed!
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Its because when your inside the camera will bump up the ISO to compensate for low light. Which will bring in more noise. Outside theres plenty of light so the ISO will stay low (less noise)
However, in the end, I don't care what mod you install, the noise performance on this phone is bad! And you can blame Sony for shoving 12mp in such a small sensor. Its ridiculous, and not needed!
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Thank you bro, anyway i always use 9 mp xD
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Thank you bro, anyway i always use 9 mp xD
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You can use 9mp all you want, it doesn't change the fact that they stuck 12mp into that sensor.
I'd at least recommend using the full 12mp and cropping after.
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Hi friends, i will be buying xperia m tomorrow. But before that i need few suggestions and help from the beloved members here
I am confused between black and white colour. Heard white colour is prone to damage easily. And is black colour so dull? Please suggest me between these two
Saw many online members complaining about the camera quality. Is there any improvement in its quality with the recent software update? ( i am buying single sim version,not the dual one ) And how is the camera picture quality when compared with other 5mp snappers,like lumia 520 or galaxy s duos/core?
Last but not the least, how is the viewing angle,are the colours getting faded out easily because of the poor viewing angle? And how bright is the screen?
(Please don't suggest me to go search google to know more i need some genuine reply from the beloved members here,and hope you guys can help me )
Thanks,
Rajesh.
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Yes the camera has been fixed after the update. Earlier I used to find the pictures too shaky with a little dim light but now its much better. The video camera works very well in the day light(as what I've seen) and colours are all bright and clear no problem of being washed away
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Yes the camera has been fixed after the update. Earlier I used to find the pictures too shaky with a little dim light but now its much better. The video camera works very well in the day light(as what I've seen) and colours are all bright and clear no problem of being washed away
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Thanks for your reply!
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Bought Xperia m! And I am loving it!
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Good to know.
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