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[Q] Camera Quality

https://plus.google.com/photos/103689204778294705577/albums/5688578494871763649
Is this a software problem? 5mbpx and 8mbpx shouldn't be this huge of a difference.

Did you let it focus? I've taken fantastic pictures.
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Yup, manual focus by touching on "Toast".

davewpy said:
https://plus.google.com/photos/103689204778294705577/albums/5688578494871763649
Is this a software problem? 5mbpx and 8mbpx shouldn't be this huge of a difference.
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What exactly is your problem with those pictures?
Focus point is different in both pictures btw, the darker pic has it on the "Lenovo" and the lighter picture in front of the cup, I think.

Both really. The camera module isn't all that great and better software makes a difference. I rested the MIUI camera software, camera FX and stock and stock software was by far the worst. That being said my old incredible took better pictures overall with the MIUI app.
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Taking a picture of a scene with a lot of black and white can confuse the metering system of camera every easily. You would need to frame exactly the same scene to compare them. The camera is trying to average the whole frame to 18% grey, so if you have a lot of black in the scene, then black part will be closer to grey than black. A lot of white part will also be closer to grey than white.
From sample pictures I've seen GN's camera seems to lack some contrast, but gets more details out of darker area than other cameras, which also induces more noise in a poor lighting situation.

Not sure if this will do justice, hope it's not too compressed.
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I think this picture also shows what I said. It shows more details from shadow areas than pictures from other phone cameras, but because of that it appears to be lack of contrast (washout look if you will). I think it's definitely correctable via software if they choose to do it.

koolbon said:
I think this picture also shows what I said. It shows more details from shadow areas than pictures from other phone cameras, but because of that it appears to be lack of contrast (washout look if you will). I think it's definitely correctable via software if they choose to do it.
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thanks static and koolbon i think you might have nailed it. i will do another test on dark and light - this time letting the camera meter the same way as the NS. in my first test, the GN metering/focus was on the cup.
its hard to take the exact same frame, NS had the camera offset from centre.

10x optical zoom lens for Arc

As I'm about to order it, I wonder if SO has it, or have used it, because I have some questions about the quality - is it blurred or blackened around the corners of the pictures, is the zoom adjustable, or 10x fixed. If anyone has sample photos I'll be thankful - with and without.
I don't know if it's OK to post the link to the shop, so just pictures. You know it anyway...
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Did you end up ordering it? I'm curious about your experiences with the lens.

ndrs said:
Did you end up ordering it? I'm curious about your experiences with the lens.
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I'm waiting for it to come. But the idea was that i could see if so used it. Not a single sample foto on the whole net...
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I think this is a stupid accesory. Better to spend the money in a camera..........

Yeah. I can buy a phone for 20$, a laptop, dslr, video camera and a watch. Why do i need a smartphone with a stupid accessory, as i can have a trailer loaded with things tbat do almost the same...
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I've bought one, I'll post some photos during the week =)

i bought one for my X1 a couple of years ago... it was garbage from day one. very impractical. the lens wiggled on the plastic phone case and so the build quality is just what you expect.
your $20 is better spent on a real point-&-shoot camera if you want the zoom capability.

any progress here? Just curious
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bo6o said:
I'm waiting for it to come. But the idea was that i could see if so used it. Not a single sample foto on the whole net...
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DealExtreme usually get their hands on new products first. So if no one has bought it from DX, no one else have it.

here are pics using the lens [=
i got it after waiting 7 weeks for it to arrive from DX to usa.
its very nice probably more for outdoors which i havent tried yet but here are pictures with and without so you can see how it zooms in at 10x. the only downside is that you cant control the zoom its 10x fixed.
i zoomed in on the picture with the mushroom [=

Hello, new GN user!

Just wanted to hop in and say hi. Hope I made the right choice while at the Verizon store. I was so tempted for the Razr MAXX, but I used their iPads in store to check the xda section for it and saw that dev was kinda "meh", lol. So motorola, if you're reading this, you lost a sale because of it!!
Coming from a Samsung Infuse which I loved to death, but development for it died... and fast. If dev got more popular for it I know for a fact it would've been one of the best phones on the market.
One thing I miss dearly though, that camera. I took some sample shots. I resized because of the forum, also because one was 8MP and the other 5MP, but you can see the difference:
Nexus:
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Infuse:
Hopefully all goes well with my experience with this phone. So far it's amazed me, other than the camera everything is pretty great, but I need to use it for a while before I make a final judgement.
Running AOKP b25 w/ franco.

nascasho said:
Just wanted to hop in and say hi. Hope I made the right choice while at the Verizon store. I was so tempted for the Razr MAXX, but I used their iPads in store to check the xda section for it and saw that dev was kinda "meh", lol. So motorola, if you're reading this, you lost a sale because of it!!
Coming from a Samsung Infuse which I loved to death, but development for it died... and fast. If dev got more popular for it I know for a fact it would've been one of the best phones on the market.
One thing I miss dearly though, that camera. I took some sample shots. I resized because of the forum, also because one was 8MP and the other 5MP, but you can see the difference:
Nexus:
Infuse:
Hopefully all goes well with my experience with this phone. So far it's amazed me, other than the camera everything is pretty great, but I need to use it for a while before I make a final judgement.
Running AOKP b25 w/ franco.
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I went from webOS to nexus as well, its great esp when the calendar works like amazing

I know what you mean about the camera. Unless the lighting is perfect, the Nexus camera has lots of "noise".
I've taken some great, clear shots with my Nexus, but often I take pictures and im like wtf why is it so grainy?

I'm also coming from a Samsung Infuse and agree about the 3 less MP for the camera. Absolutley love the GNex though! Congrats on the new purchase

Welcome to the club. i switched to the rezound because i was so frustrated with the camera. i switched back 2 weeks later.
im using "Camera fx" its an app that slows down the shutter speed so you can be still.
it seems to help.

Get another S2 or gnex ?

Hello,
my galaxy s2(I9100G variant) was stolen and I'm thinking about getting a gnex for the updates and long developer support(there are other stuff I like about gnex but that's my main reason for getting it) but one thing is holding me back,the camera(also the lack of sd card slot but I can give that away if it's worth it).My phone is usually my main camera,I got a kodak digital camera but I use it in special events only.I mainly take pics with friends for uploading on social networks and stuff like that.So I wanted to know your thoughts on the camera,also would be nice to get some feedbacks from people who switched from S2 to gnex.Thanks in forward

The camera isn't that bad, sure its only 5mp compared to the 8mp on the s2 but its not the end of the world, its acceptable imo.

You wouldn't be able to tell the difference in picture quality if you took pictures outside with good lighting.

biscuitownz said:
You wouldn't be able to tell the difference in picture quality if you took pictures outside with good lighting.
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Hmm what about night out door photos ? like photos with a black sky and maybe a few buildings in the background ?

Why are threads like this allowed to exist....
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cwhitney24 said:
Why are threads like this allowed to exist....
sent from my Galaxy Nexus running official Jelly Bean!!!!
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I believe there's nothing in my thread that's against the rules.And yes I did search before posting and I couldn't find what I'm looking for.

I personally will choose GNex mainly cuz I want Google experience (pure)
If you can get S2 for a really nice price (REALLY NICE), and you want that slightly better camera (GNex isn't bad either btw, night shot is pretty bad though), nobody is stopping you from getting S2.
Bare in mind that S2 is almost dead in both updates and for developers, since S3 came out.

Madarox said:
Hmm what about night out door photos ? like photos with a black sky and maybe a few buildings in the background ?
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It'll look good if you focus on the light source. I'll try to take a few night pictures tonight and post them.
Here's one in the daylight
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biscuitownz said:
It'll look good if you focus on the light source. I'll try to take a few night pictures tonight and post them.
Here's one in the daylight
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Would be really thankful if you did That's a pretty nice shot btw ^^
Edit:Btw when I meant night shots,I was talking about taking pics of PEOPLE at night,not landscape pics if that makes any difference(sorry I'm in a noob in photography actually lol)

Yeah its not that bad. Here is one I took while bike riding.
One I'd when it got dark, the other is one it was bright
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"what would we actually use 100x zoom on?"

"what would we actually use 100x zoom on?"

On whatever you want. You don't want that much of a zoom then would suggest the s20 or plus.
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alleshi said:
"what would we actually use 100x zoom on?"
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To save energy. Instead of walking far to the horizon you just zoom it in to see what's there

Duh... use it to look for "sharks" on the beach...

Realistically, I feel that 100X zoom is a little more of a "cool feature" that doesn't have any use due to the digital loss of clarity. However, I believe the improved optical telephoto could be used for catching photos of off-limit areas like protected wildlife zones, etc.

Reading a sign far away!

alleshi said:
"what would we actually use 100x zoom on?"
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Anything!
- Would use it to rant about how unusably blurry and dull the outcome is.

I don't think it's going to be useful at all. But lossless 5x seems really good way of compressing the image. Looks like it's a ~100mm equivalent. Have high hopes for 10x hybrid too.

I'm probably going to use it just to show off once or twice and then never again. It'll only really be usuable in good light anyway

Probably only once or twice to show off just like Samsung did in the presentation. It is only a statement that they can do it but on the other hand I think that if the hardware & software is capable of 100x then 5x & 10x must be top quality.

The hot chick next door lol. Lawsuits will happen within 6 months
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There are mountain areas of California where I might search for aminals wandering around that are way far away.

At my eye doctor's office to read those damn tiny letters, also probably to read the same letters at local MVD eye test

A reviewer said to think of it more if binoculars when your eyes can't see the object. I do a lot of hiking and I think this feature will be awesome to see things that I'll never be able to get to.

I intend to use it at the Shooting range instead of having to bring my large spotting scope.

Perving no doubt.
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Id say some freaks will have it on the beach to stare at womens buttcracks
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alleshi said:
"what would we actually use 100x zoom on?"
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To show off, it's grainy and probably going to be a nasty image, so really it's just to say I can do 100x zoom..if you and a tripod though and a clear day it would be interesting to see what would come out