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Hi, im a photo geek.
I like using my 4s as my point and shoot.
Uncle came from Europe with the S3. was impressed with the phone and day time photos. Noticed his led flash was to blue when shooting pics with flash. The 4s does better. Thought it was just his phone.
Got my hands on a US copy and its the same thing.
Anyone got any advice except to turn it off.
This phone shoots misleading shots.
Image is sharp when snapped. ( it looks good )
Then when viewing its all blurry shots.
Any camera mods that may help?
im rooted too.
Your in a league of your own bud. My LED isn't blue at all and my photos look fine when looking at them. But I would like to see some camera mods also the international version has lots of camera mods that really up the quality
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I dont find the flash blue but I do agree the pictures are not the best indoors.
My OneX took amazing pictures once the saturation was adjusted. Or maybe it is just me and I take lousy shots.
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I dont know if anyone else has noticed or just passed it off as a fluke thought, but I noticed a slight to moderate downgrade in cam quality with stock settings on the cam from my first white s4 to my now black s4 both .
The white one seemed way better quality like it was the true 13mp its said to be.. but my black s4 just seems shotty*
I cant compare to anyone else's in person but plan to.
Anyone compared with a buddys s4 and felt the same bizarre thoughts:what:
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at stock settings the camera is 9megapixels so it can maintain 16x9 aspect ratio
haldi15 said:
at stock settings the camera is 9megapixels so it can maintain 16x9 aspect ratio
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I know that its set to 9.6 mp stock im talking in any mpixel setting even 13mp.
Im just trying to see if anyone sees this as a real possibility of quality defect that lies between one device from another.
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do you have pictures from each phone? i have the black one and it looks fine
Almost certain you had a dirty lens. Happens everytime. Most of the time you won't notice it until you start getting crappy pics.
Watch out for case's altering pics with flash. Not sure if this is the issue but just wanted to remind
I think just like any hardware you're going to have some bad ones or in this case not as good. This isn't the first time I've seen this type of thing. I've had so many phones throughout the years and in some cases when I get a replacement the camera is not as good as the previous. I just exchange it again and hope the next one is better.
You sure you took the plastic film off the camera lens? I know, dumb question, but took me a few days to realize it was there.
How do you change 9.6 to the full 13mp?
Edit: nvmind found it havent messed much with the camera
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do you have pictures from each phone? i have the black one and it looks fine
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This. Pics or it didn't happen. (a.k.a. User Error)
It's great when in perfect light. Low light, forget about it.
I mean......
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dbornack said:
It's great when in perfect light. Low light, forget about it.
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Some have said "Change the ISO to 200"
HTC said "Go to settings / apps / camera / delete data" .. it actually seemed to make at least a little difference.
I put a new ROM on there with Android 4.3 and it seemed improved but still had the coloring issue you showed.
It seems like software could fix it, but it's hard to tell. Why are HTC replacing some of these if it can be fixed with software?
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It's great when in perfect light. Low light, forget about it.
I mean......
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I understand people like taking photos of all kinds of stuff but why even bother taking a picture from 200 feet away in a dark room? Even if the colors looked better it seems like such a pointless photo. To each their own I guess.
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I understand people like taking photos of all kinds of stuff but why even bother taking a picture from 200 feet away in a dark room? Even if the colors looked better it seems like such a pointless photo. To each their own I guess.
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Took that specifically for this post.
Almost seems that zooming in takes care of the lighting, but obviously then more pixelated.
Why is it a circle pattern too? I'm tempted to pull out the lens cover to see any different.
Was this an issue with original 4.2.1 release on other carriers?
Is this an issue on Google Play Edition?
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Your doing it wrong.
These were taken at the Volbeat concert last week.
The only adjustment I made to stock camera settings was changed it to nighttime mode.
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dbornack said:
It's great when in perfect light. Low light, forget about it.
I mean......
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its too dark and you are too far away. Maybe the lumia 1020 could handle that, but I doubt anything else would get a decent picture.
You could try my olympus OM-1 with manual shutter and telefoto lens... Got some great Northern lights shots with 20second shutter.
My point is that it just shouldn't be that grainy. I'm not looking to mount that shot on the wall. My GS3 AOSP would have done a lot better I feel.
Point is, camera sucks in low light. I'm not the only one having the issue.
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Its not a DSLR camera so stop expecting the same quality of photos.
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Dark Jedi said:
Its not a DSLR camera so stop expecting the same quality of photos.
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This times 1000. People's cell phone camera expectations have gotten ridiculous over the last year or so. Want tremendous shots in any lighting situation? Go buy a DSLR, like Dark Jedi said. Simple as that. Not saying you can't be disappointed by how some shots come out, but let's be realistic. It's a cell phone.
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Guys, quit flaming the OP. This is a widespread hardware defect on many Ones and there's a huge thread about it in the international forums here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317507
If your camera shows a bright purple/pink tint in low light, it's defective. HTC is currently trying to pass this off as a software issue and will roll out an update with 4.3 to lock down the ISO and do some color balance tweaking. It'll sort of mask the problem but probably isn't an actual fix. Wait until after the update, and if it still does this (which is more than likely), complain to HTC customer service and they'll probably let you send it in for repair.
Amazing. No flash.
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I think one problem with the OP picture is that from what I can tell, the only lights in the place are those on stage. However, all off those are colored lights. No natural, white light. I think that is one of the biggest reasons for the tint.
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dbornack said:
It's great when in perfect light. Low light, forget about it.
I mean......
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Have you tried using HDR or Night mode? HDR is supposedly better for low and high light environments.
Go to the camera image adjustments, and try changing the exposure next time. You are taking a photo in a dark room where the lighting is illuminating only part of the photo. The camera's light sensor can't tell what to do for the light source.
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My point is that it just shouldn't be that grainy. I'm not looking to mount that shot on the wall. My GS3 AOSP would have done a lot better I feel.
Point is, camera sucks in low light. I'm not the only one having the issue.
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I disagree about the GS3. I had it and it was really not that great. At that distance and low light expect grain and probably some strange colors if you are asking it to recognize strange lighting. Not sure if the purple tint is due to the lighting in the room or some other issue though. Photography is all about light whether you use the camera on the phone or a top of the line DSLR....still about the light. At that distance you are just not getting enough light to the sensor. You could try the max iso setting, but not sure if that would make a difference. Otherwise, you would need to leave your shutter open for longer which in turn would cause shake.
well I think we can say this is a software bug at least and not a physical phone problem.
I *hope*
Well I took a couple of photos at night using different settings. I think the photos came out alight and don't see the complaint some has with the camera.
First one was night mode
Second one was hdr mode
So very useable camera at night just have to take the time to set it up. I am sure I could get better photos if I used the manual settings.
I know anyone who are camera nuts will say auto mode never works right like you think it should. it's just made for people who can't use the individual settings
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I've also read in a couple of places that HTC is replacing phones with the issue.
Has anyone had theirs replaced? What was the process? I just hit a Verizon store, and they said they were unaware, and therefore weren't going to be replacing them.
Also, spent a half hour on the phone with HTC, of which they took me through the *yawn* rudimentary steps of clear cache and data on the Camera app, wiping cache from recovery, etc.
They said they will NOT be replacing phones, and I'd have to wait for the 4.3 update, of which the guy "knows for a fact that it will be fixed then"
Oh well..
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Also, spent a half hour on the phone with HTC, of which they took me through the *yawn* rudimentary steps of clear cache and data on the Camera app, wiping cache from recovery, etc.
They said they will NOT be replacing phones, and I'd have to wait for the 4.3 update, of which the guy "knows for a fact that it will be fixed then"
Oh well..
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Anybody having problems with the camera using a BofA app. I'm trying to deposit a check into bank of america and the picture keeps getting rejected! I never had the problem on my bolt.
I have and s4 that in considering swapping for an htc one. Only thing holding me back is the camera. I do use it quite a bit and overall the s4 is much better.
I don't need the best camera out there just something that takes pretty good pics.
I'm wondering from those of you that have 4.4 if its helped with the camera at all.
Thanks.
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I updated yesterday and so far the camera is better. I took a picture in the dark and had no purple tint. The apparently slowed the camera down like the s4(my wife has an s4.) when you tap the screen to focus, the flash comes on and stays on so it can focus and then when you hit the button, it takes the picture.
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I took this at a building supply place. All stock settings.
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I updated yesterday and so far the camera is better. I took a picture in the dark and had no purple tint. The apparently slowed the camera down like the s4(my wife has an s4.) when you tap the screen to focus, the flash comes on and stays on so it can focus and then when you hit the button, it takes the picture.
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Did you have the purple tint to begin with? Just seems like they're masking the problem vs fixing it since the purple tint only occurs in low light settings..
Yeah. Mine was getting pretty bad. To the point that I wouldn't even pull my phone out and use my wife's s4 when we were in low light areas. I just took a picture of our guest bathroom with the light off while standing in the door way and there is no tint in it. If I hadn't reached 90% of my data last night, I would upload it. Maybe tonight when I get on Wi-Fi I will. But so far I am very happy with improvements to the camera.
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I also had the purple/granulated pictures in low light also the auto focus was really off. Kit kat has greatly improved the camera for me.
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Thanks for the comments, I decided to swap my s4 for a one and am pretty impressed!!! Camera seems much better than when it first launched.
Has anyone played with the settings?? Wondering if that has made a difference. If so what did you do??
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Has anyone noticed that their pictures have a blueish tint to them in low light shots? I think T-Mobile calibrated their lenses differently than AT&T G3's. The difference in picture color is very noticeable. Every TMO G3 I've tried looks exactly the same which is blueish. I had my TMO G3 exchanged because of it and the new one is exactly the same. The store models were the same also. I took the same picture with the front facing camera and you can see the difference there also. It's not as noticeable in bright light or outdoors. They look ok when taken there. I honestly think it's the way the lens or app is calibrated. I think the carriers mess with the software. I also noticed that the color of the Messaging app is lighter in the TMO G3 than the ATT G3. It's more of a pastel yellow instead of the brighter orange. I've also tested that on several different G3's of each version.
I attached one from the AT&T G3 and 2 from the TMO G3 (Front facing and rear):
P.S. I took the media_profile.xml, camera_profile.xml (I think that's what it's called), and media_codecs.xml from the ATT G3 and copied them to the TMO G3 and it didn't make a difference. Does anyone know if maybe this is an ISO or other setting that isn't set right? If so, what file in the system controls that? The LG camera doesn't have those manual options.
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Has anyone noticed that their pictures have a blueish tint to them in low light shots? I think T-Mobile calibrated their lenses differently than AT&T G3's. The difference in picture color is very noticeable. Every TMO G3 I've tried looks exactly the same which is blueish. I had my TMO G3 exchanged because of it and the new one is exactly the same. The store models were the same also. I took the same picture with the front facing camera and you can see the difference there also. It's not as noticeable in bright light or outdoors. They look ok when taken there. I honestly think it's the way the lens or app is calibrated. I think the carriers mess with the software. I also noticed that the color of the Messaging app is lighter in the TMO G3 than the ATT G3. It's more of a pastel yellow instead of the brighter orange. I've also tested that on several different G3's of each version.
I attached one from the AT&T G3 and 2 from the TMO G3 (Front facing and rear):
P.S. I took the media_profile.xml, camera_profile.xml (I think that's what it's called), and media_codecs.xml from the ATT G3 and copied them to the TMO G3 and it didn't make a difference. Does anyone know if maybe this is an ISO or other setting that isn't set right? If so, what file in the system controls that? The LG camera doesn't have those manual options.
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Interesting. I have noticed the blue tint on my G3 in low light with the rear camera. It takes a LOT of warmth adjustments to make it disappear, but it can be corrected. I didn't think there was a difference between carrier versions. Ours seems to be pretty bad at white balance adjustment.
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Interesting. I have noticed the blue tint on my G3 in low light with the rear camera. It takes a LOT of warmth adjustments to make it disappear, but it can be corrected. I didn't think there was a difference between carrier versions. Ours seems to be pretty bad at white balance adjustment.
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How did you adjust it?
Whitebalance is very good on mine in all different conditions. Still looks great on my calibrated IPS monitors.
I use that Camera 2 app and my pictures turn out just fine.
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willdiddy said:
I use that Camera 2 app and my pictures turn out just fine.
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I don't wanna use a different camera app. The laser focus only works with that. There must be a file to change white balance somewhere.
I'm experiencing the same issue. I would hope that an LG update would resolve this, but I bet XDA developers can beat them to the fix
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How low of a light are you talking about I tried a few and they came out find and I have it on naturally.
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Here's two shots i took. One is without flash to show you the low light and the second with flash. Don't mind the dust and cobwebs... Been lazy to clean behind my desk lol
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How low of a light are you talking about I tried a few and they came out find and I have it on naturally.
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Here's two shots i took. One is without flash to show you the low light and the second with flash. Don't mind the dust and cobwebs... Been lazy to clean behind my desk lol
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Check the pictures in the OP. My bathroom light is on.
I saw the OP but i can't tell how much lighting from thw photos. I guess i have too many bright lights in my house to see. The only time i saw that kind of blue was my Moto Droid 3 regardless of lighting conditions.
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I think it's the way the app is calibrated because for a split second when I open the app, it looks like the picture of the ATT one and then changes to that blue tint.
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How did you adjust it?
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I post processed with Snapseed. The N5 photos always needed some adjustment too
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Whitebalance is very good on mine in all different conditions. Still looks great on my calibrated IPS monitors.
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Do you use the flash in low light? I don't, and this is when I get white balance issues. Maybe that's the problem, the camera is calibrated to work with a flash, or, it's not properly calibrated for no flash in low light.
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I post processed with Snapseed. The N5 photos always needed some adjustment too
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Do you use the flash in low light? I don't, and this is when I get white balance issues. Maybe that's the problem, the camera is calibrated to work with a flash, or, it's not properly calibrated for no flash in low light.
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I never use flash unless absolutely needed. No flash.
Mine is little yellowish too on low light.
It looks like your bathroom "Blueish" photo was shot under fluorescent lighting? Fluorescent bulbs put out almost all blue frequencies of light. See if it does the same thing outdoors under low natural light, or indoors using incandescent (old school bulb) lighting. Incandescent lighting is mostly red. This is one of the reasons I always use a real Canon camera if I want to take decent indoor shots. I have 4 Canon cameras. Does your camera app have adjustments to set the lighting type like a real camera does? I think even my Samdung S4 has settings for incandescent, fluorescent, and all that.
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It looks like your bathroom "Blueish" photo was shot under fluorescent lighting? Fluorescent bulbs put out almost all blue frequencies of light. See if it does the same thing outdoors under low natural light, or indoors using incandescent (old school bulb) lighting. Incandescent lighting is mostly red. This is one of the reasons I always use a real Canon camera if I want to take decent indoor shots. I have 4 Canon cameras. Does your camera app have adjustments to set the lighting type like a real camera does? I think even my Samdung S4 has settings for incandescent, fluorescent, and all that.
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The same pic was taken with an AT&T G3 and it looked fine. LG removed all manual options to adjust settings =/.
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The same pic was taken with an AT&T G3 and it looked fine. LG removed all manual options to adjust settings =/.
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Well that stinks. If you can't adjust settings you are stuck, or need a new app. Or do what I did and use a camera for a camera, and a phone for a phone... I will concede using tablet as a phone, but a camera is still a camera if you want good photos all the time. I got my 8 year old son a Canon Elph 135 at Target for $99 and it's good to go indoors or outside..
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I have Jishnu looking at the apk now.
I think it takes incredible outdoor pictures. Its the indoor low light ones that aren't that great.
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Has anyone noticed that their pictures have a blueish tint to them in low light shots? I think T-Mobile calibrated their lenses differently than AT&T G3's. The difference in picture color is very noticeable. Every TMO G3 I've tried looks exactly the same which is blueish. I had my TMO G3 exchanged because of it and the new one is exactly the same. The store models were the same also. I took the same picture with the front facing camera and you can see the difference there also. It's not as noticeable in bright light or outdoors. They look ok when taken there. I honestly think it's the way the lens or app is calibrated. I think the carriers mess with the software. I also noticed that the color of the Messaging app is lighter in the TMO G3 than the ATT G3. It's more of a pastel yellow instead of the brighter orange. I've also tested that on several different G3's of each version.
I attached one from the AT&T G3 and 2 from the TMO G3 (Front facing and rear):
P.S. I took the media_profile.xml, camera_profile.xml (I think that's what it's called), and media_codecs.xml from the ATT G3 and copied them to the TMO G3 and it didn't make a difference. Does anyone know if maybe this is an ISO or other setting that isn't set right? If so, what file in the system controls that? The LG camera doesn't have those manual options.
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I noticed that when I turn off HDR in low light, the quality of the photo improves dramatically. Less static and more true to the real colors.
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Here are examples of indoor low light. One with HDR Auto and one with HDR Off.
It makes a huge difference.
HDR Auto
HDR Off