Xperia Ion very bad camera quality - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

Hi... Just bought xperia Ion (no LTE) and one of the main reason I selected it is for the camera resolution.... but with big surprise I'm just noticing that pictures are very bad... lot of noise!
Additionally the camera focus is extremely slow!.... Did anyone experience the same?... I'm on last official firmware. Maybe some mod is available.....
Any help is really appreciated....

Set ISO setting to 800
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You can install Lovins mod. He port Xperia V camera with additional tweaks. I am using it on my SXS, focus and photo quality is much better than stock(.55)
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Thanks guys... I will try both suggestions....:good:

i am experiencing everything same as you. sony 2012 phone cameras are all sh*t cameras.

0000alex0000 said:
i am experiencing everything same as you. sony 2012 phone cameras are all sh*t cameras.
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Lol? Sony made the best camera in 2012. Stop challenging them and sell Sony phone if you don't like it.
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Well I have myself a brand new Xperia ZL.. n yes the quality of the camera sucks, a lot of noise n the shutter lag is kiling me
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marsattack1979 said:
Well I have myself a brand new Xperia ZL.. n yes the quality of the camera sucks, a lot of noise n the shutter lag is kiling me
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So, why you don't show us this photos? I want see this "very bad" quality.
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Vaith said:
Lol? Sony made the best camera in 2012. Stop challenging them and sell Sony phone if you don't like it.
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Believe me....I had Xperia Arc and photos were much better...I also have Nokia N8 and pictures are just amazing! I like Xperia ION, but unless my camera has hw issues, the photos are simply very low level ones!...What is really disappointing me (along with the Jpeg noise) is the extremely slow focus during camera recording as well...also not available the touch focus!.....Anyway I m going to try the mod you suggested.....

Just quick updating: I installed the camera mod and did some tests. In outdoor light condition autofocus is very quick and pictures are great! Indoor light condition (morning not night), camera focus seems slightly more responsive if physical picture button is used, but autofocus becomes very slow and 30% of the pictures are out of focus. I will continue in playing with setting but I have doubt I could get good behavior in indoor condition!...Anyway, reading in the network, the very slow focus problem is well known issue! (((

marsattack1979 said:
Well I have myself a brand new Xperia ZL.. n yes the quality of the camera sucks, a lot of noise n the shutter lag is kiling me
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This should be software problem
Sony is not good at modifying CameraUI:silly:

Sad but true, my ion cant take pictures as good as my n8. Auto modes dont help much either. I noticed that while taking a few videos on low light using yhe different modes, camera just wont focus when zooming in. I had to tweak some settings( set focus to infinite) to get the image to focus correctly( running xzxperience by the way). Tweaking the settings manually definitelt improves results though. I expected a bit more from sony? Guess I wont be selling my N8 any time soon.
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The camera sucks when u take photos from places there are Yellow light, warm light for example in your house. this photos lose quality, but if u use the video cam from those places, u will notice lot of noise..
I have that problem , my cam works 100% in places there are lightday for example in the street, if u take a photo there, the pic will have a nice quality and if u use the videocam u wont see noise.
I think that this problem is software.. i have xperia ion ics version 6.1.c.1.111, but when i had the version 6.1.c.1.105 the camera worked much better

Vaith said:
You can install Lovins mod. He port Xperia V camera with additional tweaks.
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Where is Lovins mod?

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Anyway to improve camera pictures??

Mine often come out blurry, any app that would help
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You could try by getting a damp cloth and give it a bit of a wipe at the camera lense.
Photoshop?
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No like if there's movement it will come out too blurry to even make out, do I need to change settings?
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Try some weed maybe, i hear that calms down jittery people
swebosdev said:
Try some weed maybe, i hear that calms down jittery people
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Wtf? Wow.
Have you tried Camera360? It has touch to focus and is amazing, I love it.
Link
Enable the Mobile bravia engine??
and yep, Camera360. Great app
noojster said:
Enable the Mobile bravia engine??
and yep, Camera360. Great app
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Is there an easy way to do that?
Cl8rs said:
Is there an easy way to do that?
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do which?
Enabling the mobile Bravia Engine for Xplay > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246402
and camera 360? Buy it
chrisredmayne said:
No like if there's movement it will come out too blurry to even make out, do I need to change settings?
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It sounds like the shutter speed is really slow when you take your photos. Chances are, this is a lighting problem. If you're taking pictures in any environment other than bright, the shutter speed might be too slow which will cause that blur to happen. You can try to use the LED flash if the subject is close enough. You can also change the exposure to +1 or +2 which will increase the shutter speed, negating the blur. The downside to increasing the exposure is that you increase the sensitivity of the image sensor to light which introduces noise into your photo.
camera 360 is free, i think the only difference on the paid version is the colorful effect w/c is useless anyway..

Camera cannot focus near objects !!

Hi all
I've been using this device for long. Recently while taking few pics i realized that camera couldn't on near objects. It can only focus on near objects upto a certain focal length and for lesser distance it focuses on far object and hence subject is blurred while background becomes focussed.. Anyone else having this issue.??
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I've just taken a picture of my mouse.
The spot I marked is the spot I let my device focus, its nearly exactly 6 centimeters from the camera away.
http://i.imgur.com/kMDewJW.jpg
I think that's a decent result... I tried to place my mouse a little bit closer, but then the focus couldn't handle it anymore.
akshayjangra said:
Hi all
I've been using this device for long. Recently while taking few pics i realized that camera couldn't on near objects. It can only focus on near objects upto a certain focal length and for lesser distance it focuses on far object and hence subject is blurred while background becomes focussed.. Anyone else having this issue.??
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If you are running older OS yes it happens, but newer version after 253 closeups are pretty good. 244 takes flawless closeups
Which camera mode are you using..
Yes i am using 244 firmware still it doesn't focus sometimes
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akshayjangra said:
Which camera mode are you using..
Yes i am using 244 firmware still it doesn't focus sometimes
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It works fine here at 2-3cm, but not with button - You need to tap the screen on the object you need to focus. Try, maybe it will help.
ylapas said:
It works fine here at 2-3cm, but not with button - You need to tap the screen on the object you need to focus. Try, maybe it will help.
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Yep, the camera button doesn't try to focus that closely. If you touch the object on screen it'll focus just fine.
Thanks. I tried but it works much better with Normal mode. superior auto cannot seem to focus
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akshayjangra said:
Thanks. I tried but it works much better with Normal mode. superior auto cannot seem to focus
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Frankly speaking superior auto takes lit of time to set itself and fails its purpose that is to take pictures in hurry. Custom settings does fantastic job.
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papped said:
Yep, the camera button doesn't try to focus that closely. If you touch the object on screen it'll focus just fine.
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Any idea if this behavior can be tweaked? What's the point of a 2-stage shutter key if the focus doesn't work as intended?
bouvrie said:
Any idea if this behavior can be tweaked? What's the point of a 2-stage shutter key if the focus doesn't work as intended?
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Unless most of your shots are macro i'm pretty sure it works.
I think you can use "macro" setting when you take a close up photo.
I never use auto. Always select area and focus manually. Sooo much better
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Camera and pictures quality

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I don't expect much from tablet camera but pictures taken with my n7 look pretty bad and weird. Even in decent light photos are very grading r with lots of noise. Is this normal? I couldn't find a thread for n7 photos, maybe my camera is defective?
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It's normal, it's odd though that it saves screenshots in high quality PNG format but uses JPG compression for photo's.
I actually thought the pictures from my Nexus 7 are excellent (considering it's coming from a tablet). I have noticed that it doesn't do a great job in low light conditions. Here is one I took and it looks pretty good to me. You may wanna double check your settings.
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It's normal, it's odd though that it saves screenshots in high quality PNG format but uses JPG compression for photo's.
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Yeah but what setting I can change if there is not many in pre-installed camera app, I also tried some other apps available in play store but pictures are always the same. I must take a picture outside in very good light like yours and then compare it. I use HTC one which has only 4 mega pixel camera but pictures are much much better.
Btw, yours picture quality is very good, check this out on pc and see what difference is between mine and yours
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Guys can you post some random pictures taken with your n7 so I can compare them with mine
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skwieradee said:
Guys can you post some random pictures taken with your n7 so I can compare them with mine
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One and two
skwieradee said:
Hi
I don't expect much from tablet camera but pictures taken with my n7 look pretty bad and weird. Even in decent light photos are very grading r with lots of noise. Is this normal? I couldn't find a thread for n7 photos, maybe my camera is defective?
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Indoors that is pretty much par for the course. When there is bad/low lighting the camera is not very good.

[APP][SHARE] Snap Camera HDR 4.0.1

Hey guys, i just came through this amazing Camera app.. It takes awesome picures and especially during night mode.. Gives more variety in Settings and also produces better pics than Lenovo Super camera too.. See attachments for proof.. Both pics were taken in a room with only tv on.. Second one was taken in night mode.. First one with auto.. And it had never captured that much detail on stock or any other app before on my SXS..
Download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055140
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Hey guys, i just came through this amazing Camera app.. It takes awesome picures and especially during night mode.. Gives more variety in Settings and also produces better pics than Lenovo Super camera too.. See attachments for proof.. Both pics were taken in a room with only tv on.. Second one was taken in night mode.. First one with auto.. And it had never captured that much detail on stock or any other app before on my SXS..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055140
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It is nt free???
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It is nt free???
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Cant post spams.. But u can google for it.. Best Camera app i have seen which actually produces results.. Especially with low light..
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will give it a try and share my experience Thanks
The stock camera is perfectly capable of producing good, even low light pictures. The most important thing is to keep your hands steady(best to put the phone on a solid surface) and select a proper setting(no auto). Here's a low light pic I took sometime ago. Barely any noise.
http://i.imgur.com/Stq7u7b.jpg
revan17 said:
The stock camera is perfectly capable of producing good, even low light pictures. The most important thing is to keep your hands steady(best to put the phone on a solid surface) and select a proper setting(no auto). Here's a low light pic I took sometime ago. Barely any noise.
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Your pic quality is good.. I agree that in night mode, no matter what camera app u r using, u gotta keep the phone down on some solid surface so it wont shake and blur the pic.. My point is we can take better low light pics in this.. I happened to see much better difference tonight as well.. It captured more details than any other app i had ever used.. Trust me i have tried plenty of apps and diff configs and setups manually and never been satisfied like with this.. U can try and compare.. It wont hurt.. Would it?
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Give a promotion for yours app and we test in Poland this app is little heap. Sorry for my English.
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Gold_Phenix said:
Give a promotion for yours app and we test in Poland this app is little heap. Sorry for my English.
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Sorry its not my app, i am just sharing the link so u can try a trial and see the difference..
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Thanks a lot bro! I've been searching this kinda Camera app frm a long time.
Not only HDR, the picture, video quality is awesome !
too bad don't have ISO setting
skys415 said:
too bad don't have ISO setting
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There is ISO setting.. U should change scene mode from auto to some other..
EDIT: My bad.. Memory seems to be corrupted in my brain.. I must have seen it in some other app.. Forgot there isn't any ISO setting in this app, it seems there is no need for it..
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There is ISO setting.. U should change scene mode from auto to some other..
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weird, I tried change the scene one by one, still unable to see the ISO setting
with lot of searching found the app,its great.and dint believe 1st time very thankful to developer and u for sharing
check the sample,second is with hdr :highfive:
edit:had to resize 2nd image because was big,but see the output
Thanks for share....
Gonna try it.
Franklin93, you better clean up your room instead of playing all day with your phone...
So far so good thanks for your share
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@franklin93
look at the second image....what are those grey patches...it was annoying...so i uninstalled the app...
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Gonna try it.
Franklin93, you better clean up your room instead of playing all day with your phone...
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i dont have a room of my own.our house is going some make over.it will take time
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piyush95 said:
@franklin93
look at the second image....what are those grey patches...it was annoying...so i uninstalled the app...
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i know,its really annoying but better than nothing
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weird, I tried change the scene one by one, still unable to see the ISO setting
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[Q] Bad video recording with slow fps in low light.

Hi everyone,please help me for fixing the problem with recording video Xperia M dual in lowlight. (Android 4.3) it recording with very slow fps in low light Recorded video
haykweb said:
Hi everyone,please help me for fixing the problem with recording video Xperia M dual in lowlight. (Android 4.3) it recording with very slow fps in low light Recorded video
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Exposure...
Try turning on the torch while recording
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Who know what tweak is need for fix this problem? The phone is good but video recording in low light is ****,and torch not helping for that.
haykweb said:
Who know what tweak is need for fix this problem? The phone is good but video recording in low light is ****,and torch not helping for that.
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Lower the exposure...
Even in good light conditions.
This phone is not suitable for recording video.
Quality sucks...
10 min. Recording = 1GB on storage.
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There are a lot of glitches in the video and barely can hear anything.
Sound is very low! :-S
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i think it need to changing something in kernel for fixing this, but i dont know who ((
haykweb said:
i think it need to changing something in kernel for fixing this, but i dont know who ((
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I have an idea on how to fix this. Buy yourself a proper camera, and stop using the ****ty one on this phone
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haykweb said:
Hi everyone,please help me for fixing the problem with recording video Xperia M dual in lowlight. (Android 4.3) it recording with very slow fps in low light Recorded video
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same with me.Nothing can be done.it's phone's problem ..F*** You SONY
Mysteryagr said:
Even in good light conditions.
This phone is not suitable for recording video.
Quality sucks...
10 min. Recording = 1GB on storage.
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There are a lot of glitches in the video and barely can hear anything.
Sound is very low! :-S
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Yes same here and video is out of focus most of the time...
paper13579 said:
I have an idea on how to fix this. Buy yourself a proper camera, and stop using the ****ty one on this phone
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Buying a proper camera can everyone but now we want to fix our problem with this phone in right forum for it,and dont **** mind with your **** comments.Let find ways for it.
haykweb said:
Buying a proper camera can everyone but now we want to fix our problem with this phone in right forum for it,and dont **** mind with your **** comments.Let find ways for it.
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Jeez calm down, there is no fix, its a hardware problem.
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paper13579 said:
there is no fix, its a hardware problem.
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We have not bad processor and video graphics for recording video,
Other brands with lowest video graphics and processor recordings video good in low light, but our XM or XMD very bad.
You think its camera problem?
Well, I don't think so. For unknown reasons, in low light the FPS decreases (with enough ambient light the FPS stay at 30). There must be a way to force FPS be constant 30 FPS even in low light somewhere, either in kernel or by decompiling camera app, I just don't know where (and how)...
mbc07 said:
For unknown reasons, in low light the FPS decreases (with enough ambient light the FPS stay at 30). There must be a way to force FPS be constant 30 FPS even in low light somewhere, either in kernel or by decompiling camera app, I just don't know where (and how)...
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Its problem not in camera app,because other camera apps from market recording with same slow fps in our phone..we need to change something in kernel and this may only kernel developers.
Who have tested Video recording in CM please comment.
Who using CM11 and what about this in CM11? Slow fps in low light or not?
haykweb said:
Who using CM11 and what about this in CM11? Slow fps in low light or not?
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Hey @heykweb
Try adding these lines to your build.prop and then reboot. DONT FORGET TO BACKUP. Tell me if it works. It should raise photo and video recording quality.
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=12000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=12000000
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Bro thank you for that but my phone not rooted
I have rooted now and added
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=12000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=12000000
in build.prop,but nothing. FPS in lowlight isvery slow.
haykweb said:
I have rooted now and added
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=12000000
ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=12000000
in build.prop,but nothing. FPS in lowlight isvery slow.
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Alright, i thought it might do the trick
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