I just noticed at the full 8MP resolution setting the pictures are not Widescreen. Is there a big difference resolution wise between the two? I prefer the look of the 6.5MP Widescreen on the phone but don't want to sacrifice too much resolution in case I want to print the pictures. I don't see a difference on the phone between the two resolution wise but the phone's screen resolution is so low it is hard to tell. Any advice on which setting is best?
Thanks!
dcam1075 said:
I just noticed at the full 8MP resolution setting the pictures are not Widescreen. Is there a big difference resolution wise between the two? I prefer the look of the 6.5MP Widescreen on the phone but don't want to sacrifice too much resolution in case I want to print the pictures. I don't see a difference on the phone between the two resolution wise but the phone's screen resolution is so low it is hard to tell. Any advice on which setting is best?
Thanks!
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You will only notice the difference when you blow up the picture beyond its own dimensions. Megapixels have really nothing to do with quality. Sure higher megapixels mean a larger resolution, what really matters is the sensor. As long as there is enough light, you should get some great looking pictures. The rest is personal preference.
Why not shoot full, and crop those you'd prefer wider later?
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Why not shoot full, and crop those you'd prefer wider later?
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I mostly view the pictures on the phone and at the full 8MP they don't fill the screen when viewing them. That was my reason for wanting to use the 6.5MP Widescreen mode, I just didn't want to lose quality if I later wanted to print those same images at 8x10.
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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!
Miami_Son said:
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!
I haven't had a chance to do a test myself. I'm hoping someone has or already know.
One can set the camera to take pictures at 4:3 or 5:3 (so-called wide). Looking at the screen, 5:3 actually crops a bit of the viewing area. 4:3 appears to be a wider-angle [lens, if you like] shot.
Any information?
Thanks.
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I haven't had a chance to do a test myself. I'm hoping someone has or already know.
One can set the camera to take pictures at 4:3 or 5:3 (so-called wide). Looking at the screen, 5:3 actually crops a bit of the viewing area. 4:3 appears to be a wider-angle [lens, if you like] shot.
Any information?
Thanks.
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Yes, 5:3 crops pixels off the top and bottom to make it widescreen at only 6MP. This is the default setup on sense probably to avoid annoying questions like why the pictures have black bars on either side. If you want to use the full resolution, and have a more standard aspect ratio like other digital cameras, set it to 4:3.
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Yes, 5:3 crops pixels off the top and bottom to make it widescreen at only 6MP. This is the default setup on sense probably to avoid annoying questions like why the pictures have black bars on either side. If you want to use the full resolution, and have a more standard aspect ratio like other digital cameras, set it to 4:3.
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Thank you.
Anyone have this issue?
All I can select is 1:1, 4:3, and 16:9. Nothing else. What the heck is this?
Same here. No quality adjustment. Only aspect ratio.
Same very weird
aachil said:
Same very weird
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Between this and the **** battery life im sending this thing back.
DrexelDragon said:
Between this and the **** battery life im sending this thing back.
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What are you going to get? The S6 is way worse.
geoff5093 said:
What are you going to get? The S6 is way worse.
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I have an S6 Edge. My battery life is better on there than it is on my G4.
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I have an S6 Edge. My battery life is better on there than it is on my G4.
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From owning the S6 for a week, and reading all the reviews and people posting here, I'd say it's unanimous that the battery on the S6 is awful. It would last half as long as my G3, and that was with many features disabled, bloatware disabled, and I used Greenify. Great battery life when using the phone, but standby was awful.
Why would you want to turn the photo quality down?
chrisokaly said:
Why would you want to turn the photo quality down?
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Jesus. The problem is there's no indication of what resolution you are taking the picture at at ALL. An idiotic thing to leave out of a camera app.
DrexelDragon said:
Jesus. The problem is there's no indication of what resolution you are taking the picture at at ALL. An idiotic thing to leave out of a camera app.
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Exactly!
chrisokaly said:
Why would you want to turn the photo quality down?
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So many reasons......
File size, image size, image preview speeds, upload limits on websites, being unecessary in general, etc. It's really sad that there's no resolution adjustment.....
Maybe check for a photo size option? Like S/M/L? My DSLR does it like that.
Hi everyone,
While I'm waiting for my phone to reach me, I have a recommendation and suggestion.
I believe changing the aspect ratio itself will adjust the resolution.
As with my previous phones, I think the 4:3 ratio would be the full, native, 16 MP resolution, or a photo size of 4608 x 3456 (multiply 4608 by 3456, you get 15.9 million pixels, or 16 MP)
A middle resolution would be the 16:9 ratio
The lower resolution would be the 1:1 ratio
Please, if someone could take a photo with the last 2 ratios, and let us know the photo dimensions, then we can figure out the resolution
Update:
Well... it seems I may have been wrong.
I found some 16:9 photos on this forum, and judging by the size, they're also 16 MP. It's very odd but it looks like this could be possible because of a customized sensor.
I'm not sure how it works really, but my theory goes down the drain :/
I agree, it is irritating. Likewise there is no indication on the video side of things what frame-rates everything is recorded in, having a choice between 1080p30 and 1080p60 would be good, as well as 720p30/60/120.
I find myself using the native app for random quick pictures and then using FV-5 for more indepth photography...
nadram said:
Hi everyone,
While I'm waiting for my phone to reach me, I have a recommendation and suggestion.
I believe changing the aspect ratio itself will adjust the resolution.
As with my previous phones, I think the 4:3 ratio would be the full, native, 16 MP resolution, or a photo size of 4608 x 3456 (multiply 4608 by 3456, you get 15.9 million pixels, or 16 MP)
A middle resolution would be the 16:9 ratio
The lower resolution would be the 1:1 ratio
Please, if someone could take a photo with the last 2 ratios, and let us know the photo dimensions, then we can figure out the resolution
Update:
Well... it seems I may have been wrong.
I found some 16:9 photos on this forum, and judging by the size, they're also 16 MP. It's very odd but it looks like this could be possible because of a customized sensor.
I'm not sure how it works really, but my theory goes down the drain :/
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I have tried it
the 16:9 is the full resolution
both 4:3 and 1:1 are cropped images
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I have tried it
the 16:9 is the full resolution
both 4:3 and 1:1 are cropped images
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Also no choice for RAW unless in manual mode. RAW 16:9 option would be nice for auto along with other resolution choice.
Just to confirm, the default 16:9 ratio gives you the full 16MP.
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Also no choice for RAW unless in manual mode. RAW 16:9 option would be nice for auto along with other resolution choice.
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That's true, but you can go into manual mode and not toggle things you want to change, which basically means it's still in auto mode, except you can now get RAW.
just use Google camera
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just use Google camera
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Google camera lets you shoot in raw?
no but you can at least change the resolution for your pictures, solution for that for now
Delirious17 said:
no but you can at least change the resolution for your pictures, solution for that for now
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So you buy the G4 only to load Google Camera with its crappy processing?
Recently got my g3 and love it except for the camera app. I know I'm guessing the total opposite of most people with this phone but I'd there anyway to get more resolution options [hopefully lower] with the stocc camera. Also make the camera fa*ster.
I was with you until "Also make the [stock] camera faster." Yes, you can by a pro DSLR.
Or you can try XCam.
X cam worked great for smaller resolution. It actually used the laser focus which no other cams have so far. Is getting closer to my goal. Smaller resolution with the last focus and speed.
Just asking; why would you want to make lower resolution shots?
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Just asking; why would you want to make lower resolution shots?
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Valid question. Picture save a lot faster, take up less space (especially for pics just going on facebook, twitter... etc). Even when using another camera app I know pictures aren't as clear. even when using a larger resolution then the smallest one available in stocc it still doesn't come out as clear.
What is everyone's thoughts on the camera settings? Do you guys set it once and forget it? Or are you constantly switching between the 2? Does once setting provide better photos or am I thinking too much into this?
Thanks for your thoughts,
Nycorduroy
It's always best to get as much resolution out of anything you can. I have 4:3 @ 12.3 setup and just leave it that way.
People complain about it not filling up the screen on the phone but that doesn't matter honestly. Everything we have with photography is at a 4:3 aspect ratio anyway. Keep 16:9/10 to videos
The 16:9 photo option is nothing but a crop. It is totally pointless to set the camera to 16:9. Take the photo in the 12.3MP 4:3 mode, and crop it yourself later if you desire.