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Have had the Galaxy Nexus for a week today. I have to say, this is the most satisfying camera on a phone I've ever used bar none. I have a dslr for those real moments, but use my phone camera multiple times a day to catch candid shots. This thing is just so fast! My dog/cat/car/drunk friends are never too quick to catch with it. Was at a niece's first birthday this past weekend, and I was the only one who could get nice photos of her. Literally every single other device simply took too long to focus and catch what she was doing. This was at a large family gathering with dedicated cameras and phones trying to get shots, and the Galaxy Nexus was the only one that could catch her expressions opening presents etc.
I'll take an MP drop any day of the week to be able to capture the images this thing can. The Galaxy Nexus camera is the best I've used on a phone without a doubt. There are higher quality sensors out there, and higher resolution sensors, but on a phone honestly speed is what I see mattering.
Again, this is a phone. If you're planning on taking extremely high quality shots... then you have a dedicated camera. Given the quality of phone camera sensors, do you really wanna blow a pic up like the 8 or 12MP sensors allow? Hell no. So what does that leave? Speed. And damn, I haven't ever been so impressed. The whole family gathering was in awe. I see people calling the 5MP sensor a downgrade, but wow are they wrong. This year I've owned an Evo, G2x, Sensation, and Epic4G....and not one could capture the things this can. In a week I've taken over 200 shots, while my higher quality but slower Epic hasn't hit that amount in the two months I've owned it.
So if the camera is turning you off about buying a GalNex...don't. It rocks.
Yep, I love it. It takes AMAZING pictures. I believe there are some reviews that bash the camera, but it's honestly user error. They are probably taking pictures way too quickly before it focuses.
I love it. I'm amazed at the photos it produces.
Cool. I'm coming from a G2x and I love its camera so it was a concern but not a deal breaker.
G2x had the best phone camera I've ever had. Colors just popped. I have a 5year old boy so its worth it for me.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
There's almost nothing more worthless than a slow digital camera. I have a 3yr old and it's about impossible to get a good picture. I'm glad the GN is fast!
Speed is king. I miss no shots.
Quality is suspect though. And no it isn't user error. It's an average camera unless the sun is blazing, then it looks great along with any other cellphone camera.
Same here. I absolutely love the speed of the camera. I keep getting surprised by how fast it is!
Same here.
Before I lost many shutter chance with slow camera.
galaxy nexus's camera is great.
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No user error here, can safely say the camera is quite poor apart from the speed - for a mobile though it will satisfy some.
NZtechfreak said:
No user error here, can safely say the camera is quite poor apart from the speed - for a mobile though it will satisfy some.
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+1, but the speed is quite incredible.
I noted that it is more responsiveness than speed actually, because the camera is not that fast (it is quite hard to freeze a movement with it).
wow. really? i was kinda bummed about the camera. i guess ill have to wait and see for myself....
I had a Nexus for just under a week (long story..) and have to say, the camera was great.
I managed to get a *very* "herpderp" shot of my cat, which I don't think i'd have caught had it not had such a fast shutter. I'll attach the pic later when i'm home from work
Camera app much improved, but camera itself isn't as good as my old Galaxy S2
leedavis said:
Camera app much improved, but camera itself isn't as good as my old Galaxy S2
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Could you post a zoomed in crop comparison?
I understand that there is no focus/shutter button lag, but quality wise, can you see the difference?
Edit: found a nice site:
http://hemorrdroids.net/samsung-galaxy-nexus-vs-samsung-galaxy-sii-s2-camera-test/
Speed is awesome, but how about quality?
Check out my BEST galaxy nexus shot (attached!)
I love it. Out in town on Wednesday night:
Not bad for night scene shooting.
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A few more examples:
Close-up: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6137/img20111117142604.jpg
Distance: http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2525/img20111117143005.jpg
Detail: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9007/img20111117142820.jpg
Zoomed: http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7050/img20111117142920.jpg
axtn95 said:
Speed is awesome, but how about quality?
Check out my BEST galaxy nexus shot (attached!)
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Haha that's awesome
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cosimoss said:
I love it. Out in town on Wednesday night:
Not bad for night scene shooting.
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A few more examples:
Close-up: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6137/img20111117142604.jpg
Distance: http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2525/img20111117143005.jpg
Detail: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9007/img20111117142820.jpg
Zoomed: http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7050/img20111117142920.jpg
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With all due respect, those shots are all really blurry / grainy. I hope the camera is capable of more than that.
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Check out my BEST galaxy nexus shot (attached!)
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How on earth did you get a shot with that level of detail? I can't get anywhere near that quality, and it makes me wonder whether I have a faulty sensor.
My take on the camera is... Most Android devices by the time the app is up and focused you missed the shot. I would much rather a 5mp shot than have an 8mp camera on my phone with no photo. If I want really high quality I won't be taking them on a phone but on a DSLR.... So in my opinion speed/focus wins out over raw pixel count. I'm VERY pleased with this camera much better than my SGS2!
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With all due respect, those shots are all really blurry / grainy. I hope the camera is capable of more than that.
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Yeah, those pictures are pretty bad.
I took a few test shots, and the images look great! What are your thoughts on the camera guys?
I found that in dimmer lighting, it is not as impressive as advertised.
I think some of the problem is that the camera needs to be kept pretty still, so more pics are blurry due to phone movement.
I might argue that my N1 camera was better. Slower, but better pics in low lighting.
Hopefully some software tweaks can help this.
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I took a few test shots, and the images look great! What are your thoughts on the camera guys?
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compared to the sgs2 it's not as good.
Personally, I'm at a loss. As far as I can tell, 'zero shutter lag' basically means they've just removed auto focus?
Sure it takes instantaneous photos, but they are often blurry and out of focus unless I tap to focus first, then hold the phone super steady and then press the shutter (which is virtually impossible due to no physical shutter button).
So yeah, not that impressive to me and I don't get this whole zero shutter lag business.
Panorama mode is a total gimmick too, pictures are very tiny... though this is a criticism of ICS camera app and not the SGN's camera setup.
I am happy with the camera so far, I like the fact I don't have to wait 5-6s on my older phone to take another shot
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Here is a quick snap no "Focus Tap"
http://twitpic.com/7toyrq
it has been a hit or miss for me.
so probably when they tried it they got alot of misses lol.
i think the main thing is that a lot of people are going "5MP?!... all the other new phones are 8MP!!"
sure, it may not be able to take pictures at higher resolutions or produce quite the same quality as those 8MP cameras, but the fact that it can snap pictures instantly is a big plus.
that and even if you were to take a pic at "8MP", most likely you're not a professional photographer and you're going to be re-sizing the photo anyway.
In answer to your question, it's due to the fact there are plenty of high quality cameras out there on phones slightly older than this that produce superior photos. The GN is a beast of a phone with the latest mobile technology, but the camera is still a generation or two behind. Disappointing to say the least, but not disappointing enough to prevent me from getting it.
That's why.
Are you guys seriously that dumb?
The phone autofocuses still (without using touch to focus). Zero shutter lag means no lag WHEN TAKING THE PICTURE, AFTER IT FOCUSES.
I can't believe some people have no idea how this works lol. You still need to focus the damn thing, or wait for it to autofocus.
I find that the camera is quite good for taking pictures outdoors, but under artificial light the come out a little off. Mind you this is not messing with any settings, just taking pictures out of the box. I will say that no matter where I take the pictures and under whatever lighting, they turn out much better than my Droid 1 (which I fully expected)
I love the new software I think its a step up from the SGS2 even tho its not quite the 8MP. Yes, it may not beat the pants off the iPhone4s but really its a phone and does the job I want it to..... If I need DSLR quality I will take the DSLR out. Also, for me my pics are mostly viewed on the phone for family and friends...not for family portrait books ect. This topic is just like the battery life issue some are happy and some want perfection.... I want it too... but as our devices get better so do our expectations.
I agree the camera works great in natural sunlight, a little funky indoors under artificial light..However, since I've taken the phone out of the store i've been taking random pictures everywhere and none them have sucked so far...focus, clarity, and color are all very acceptable.
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i think the main thing is that a lot of people are going "5MP?!... all the other new phones are 8MP!!"
sure, it may not be able to take pictures at higher resolutions or produce quite the same quality as those 8MP cameras, but the fact that it can snap pictures instantly is a big plus.
that and even if you were to take a pic at "8MP", most likely you're not a professional photographer and you're going to be re-sizing the photo anyway.
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even if it was a 15MP camera on my phone, i still would take a point & shoot camera for my precious moments..I guess i'm old school..I just use my phone camera for spur of the moment shots..which 5MP is more than adequate for the job.
True, but pics are still only very average even when focused. Poor, poor camera for such an uptodate phone. Google really have dropped the ball on this aspect.
One day a phone will work from all aspects - soon I hope!
It is too early for me to have a solid opinion but definitely better than the Dinc's 8MP. I really like the camera app on my Asus TF I was thinking the stock ICS cam app would be similar.
I think 1080P Video is very good for a phone, second only to iphone for my eye anyway.
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.... want perfection.... I want it too... but as our devices get better so do our expectations.
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/slowclap
A bit on the nose but yes I wanted a N1 but they never came to verizon so I bought it's "cousin" the Dinc. I was awed by it and still am.
The GN...Makes it look like a ugly chunky brick with a dull screen...but so do most modern offerings.
The flash on people's skin (faces, etc) make you look orange, like you have jaundice or something.
I'm sure it will be fixed, just a bit irritating.
Speed is king, though.
The phone takes really blurry photos when I do try it.
Yes, I know what how to focus. Just seems even after it finishes focuses, the images come out blurry.
I've also compared it side by side to an i4s and it's night and day difference in quality.
http://i4c.org/86
Here's one of the better ones i've taken.
But most seem to come out blurry like this
http://i4c.org/88
my camera works great so far. occasional blurry pic but not often.
Can take some great pics.
Far better than my wife's 5mpx HTC Desire!!
For some reason, people think that zero lag means they can take a crystal clear pic instantly, without any kind of focus. Well DUH! lol!
OCCASIONALLY that'll work, but quite rare.
wonshikee said:
The phone takes really blurry photos when I do try it.
Yes, I know what how to focus. Just seems even after it finishes focuses, the images come out blurry.
I've also compared it side by side to an i4s and it's night and day difference in quality.
http://i4c.org/86
Here's one of the better ones i've taken.
But most seem to come out blurry like this
http://i4c.org/88
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To me the second one looks a bit more like motion blur instead of bad autofocus. 1/17s wasn't such a fast shutterspeed (low light) so you maybe moved the phone too much while taking the picture. It's not easy to hold such lightweight and thin devices really still.
You could try out another app like vignette which offers an option called "steady shot". Then it will take the picture when the phone is hold almost still - just may take a few seconds until it takes the picture then.
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the OnePlus 3T come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Great photos :good:
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I would like to share this
Some photos from dark Finnish winter. "ok" photo quality.
Valistaja said:
Some photos from dark Finnish winter. "ok" photo quality.
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Use HQ mode for low light still shots, I find this helps a lot with noise and overexposure, HDRa for all others. Also if you are interested you can shoot raw and develop them with snapspeed. The photo on the left I took was a raw image developed by snapspeed. Pure raw lack any post processing so look awful but allow might greater image tuning due to not being compromised to jpeg.
Camera is very acceptable (not that of My S7 Edge) however it is to my liking....
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Decent quality for a phone, low light need improvement
Like this camera, Dont take to many pictures, just messing around with it!
Not bad, all shots in auto HQ
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Few more on Auto HQ
What is better, hq or hdr?
Outdoors are fine. 2 stars because as soon as you are shooting moving subjects, even tiny moves, the pictures become unusable, blurry mess
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Outdoors are fine. 2 stars because as soon as you are shooting moving subjects, even tiny moves, the pictures become unusable, blurry mess
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Agreed. Photo quality of moving objects is horrible (probably the biggest flaw of OnePlus 3T) and indoors (regular everyday lighting you have in indoors) is quite ****ty. Most of the pictures come out quite blurry. Outdoors is fine!
I actually have discovered that in order to get better indoors pictures you have to set Flash to always ON as it really helps to improve image quality, especially regarding the sharpness, blur and better detail overall.
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Agreed. Photo quality of moving objects is horrible (probably the biggest flaw of OnePlus 3T) and indoors (regular everyday lighting you have in indoors) is quite ****ty. Most of the pictures come out quite blurry. Outdoors is fine!
I actually have discovered that in order to get better indoors pictures you have to set Flash to always ON as it really helps to improve image quality, especially regarding the sharpness, blur and better detail overall.
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I know, but using flash when there's plenty light and any other phone I tried has no difficulties...
EmreSo said:
What is better, hq or hdr?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md3Ow6AEwLU
I think HD got renamed to HQ which we have now.
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But basically HDR tries to get both bright and dark areas in the pictures to shown without them being totally black or white. Doesn't always mean that picture is better quality tho, can be a lot worse what it comes to noise etc.
Not sure is this correct but found that HQ mode will reduce the noise when taking pictures in dark.
jemeljsh said:
Agreed. Photo quality of moving objects is horrible (probably the biggest flaw of OnePlus 3T) and indoors (regular everyday lighting you have in indoors) is quite ****ty. Most of the pictures come out quite blurry. Outdoors is fine!
I actually have discovered that in order to get better indoors pictures you have to set Flash to always ON as it really helps to improve image quality, especially regarding the sharpness, blur and better detail overall.
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Outdoors are fine. 2 stars because as soon as you are shooting moving subjects, even tiny moves, the pictures become unusable, blurry mess
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That concerns me... With kids (and dogs) I rarely have a still target 😯
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That concerns me... With kids (and dogs) I rarely have a still target 😯
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Turn off HDR and HQ (which increases the shutter speed to pick up more light) also manual controls are there to help.
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Turn off HDR and HQ (which increases the shutter speed to pick up more light) also manual controls are there to help.
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While that may help, often times with kids there's no time to play with settings... Just point and shoot.
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While that may help, often times with kids there's no time to play with settings... Just point and shoot.
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Good point. I mainly need phone camera to take pictures of my kid and I can say that it's pretty much impossible to get good/decent quality indoor pictures while taking a picture of a kid (HQ, HDR modes), except if you set the flash to always ON, where even moving objects come out are pretty good.
If with all my previous phones (no particular order, but phones with which I had no issues taking fast quality pics of my kid -> Iphone 7, xiaomi mi5, galaxy s6, nexus 5x, xperia Z3, xperia Z3 compact) I had no issues getting a decent quality picture of a moving object, with 1+3T its either impossible or very hard to do. It's a fact. Camera is average at most.
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Good point. I mainly need phone camera to take pictures of my kid and I can say that it's pretty much impossible to get good/decent quality indoor pictures while taking a picture of a kid (HQ, HDR modes), except if you set the flash to always ON, where even moving objects come out are pretty good.
If with all my previous phones (no particular order, but phones with which I had no issues taking fast quality pics of my kid -> Iphone 7, xiaomi mi5, galaxy s6, nexus 5x, xperia Z3, xperia Z3 compact) I had no issues getting a decent quality picture of a moving object, with 1+3T its either impossible or very hard to do. It's a fact. Camera is average at most.
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Appreciate the honesty... That being said I think I may cancel my order and grab an international S7 (SM930F) - It's $500 on Amazon ATM so very similar pricing.
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I noticed front camera photos are blur when I take selfie at the extend of hand! If I take close selfie, it's not. But if subjects are far(as long as hand length), the photo is totally blur.
any solution for this? I used open camera and camera FV but results are same.
How to make Samsung hear our voice to fix this?
By the way, I have Huawei nova which doesn't have front camera auto focus but photos aren't blur at all.
Hello, I have the same problem. When focusing before taking the photo, is focused. But when you take it, it goes out of focus. Focusing on objects in front of the face.
I'm selling my A5 as its front camera is totally useless. All photos I take, unless I'm close to camera, are blur! I'm now using my Huawei Nova which has similar specs. It even has no focus in front camera but photos are clear crystal.
Guys, I tried contacting Samsung on their .eu website and got a very funny reply:
https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/forums/v3_1/forumtopicpage/board-id/uk-mobile/page/1/thread-id/1921
Try to use the screen flash when taking a selfie. I've tried it on my a5 2017
alirezaircn said:
I noticed front camera photos are blur when I take selfie at the extend of hand! If I take close selfie, it's not. But if subjects are far(as long as hand length), the photo is totally blur.
any solution for this? I used open camera and camera FV but results are same.
How to make Samsung hear our voice to fix this?
By the way, I have Huawei nova which doesn't have front camera auto focus but photos aren't blur at all.
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I don't have this problem, I used the front cam to take the below image from a distance in low light and it is perfectly ok, I think you need to send your phone to Samsung to fix.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7vY4vjbKeikLWN6TE5zRU05U0E
Has Samsung solved this problem yet?
Yes i have this problem
It take to crazy !!
Any fix ! Hobe to fix
The camera is not bad. Well. If you want focus, use the rear camera. In the good lighting conditions the front 16mpX is awesome for selfies.
A5 2017 VS Huawei Nova
alirezaircn said:
I'm selling my A5 as its front camera is totally useless. All photos I take, unless I'm close to camera, are blur! I'm now using my Huawei Nova which has similar specs. It even has no focus in front camera but photos are clear crystal.
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I admire Samasung's OLED and AOD (Always On Display) features among other good features like using reversible USB, bringing Nougat to A* 2017 series.
@alirezaircn
I have a few questions:
Have you ever heard about front camera focus problem on other A* 2017 phones like A7 2017 or A3 2017?
As a customer who experienced super clear very beautiful vivid colors on A5 2017, how much worse is Huawei Nova LCD screen rather than A5 2017?
Has Huawei provided Nougat update for Nova?
Thanks in advance
I noticed that too. So much for being a 16mp shooter. Everything I tried to shoot is always getting blurred. Feels like im using a vga camera with a little bit of light. Lmao
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[/COLOR]Damn I thought it was my problem that every time the photo is blurry so it was the phone issue I recently buied that phone & it was really awesome until I found this issue should we approach service centre for that issue or wait for the updates???
The problem in this phone is that the front camera's depth-of-field is very low. If you dont know, most selfies have friends behind us. And your camera makes them all blur. Poor customers think it is their fault. They don't know Samsung engineers have done a bad job. So sad that This issue cannot be even fixed. The front camera of even chinese phones is awesome. No one is blurred even if they stand 5 ft away from my face. I had previously samsung S4 mini, j5 2015, music duos 6012, mega 5.8 and wanted to be a loyal customer to samsung. Now I don't trust and dont wanna recommend to my friends or others in future. Im so sad because of this retarded front camera
even my j7 pro 2017 has bad front camera.
alirezaircn said:
I noticed front camera photos are blur when I take selfie at the extend of hand! If I take close selfie, it's not. But if subjects are far(as long as hand length), the photo is totally blur.
any solution for this? I used open camera and camera FV but results are same.
How to make Samsung hear our voice to fix this?
By the way, I have Huawei nova which doesn't have front camera auto focus but photos aren't blur at all.
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my j7 pro 2017 always get out of focus image when we try to take group selfies. probably due to depth of the field issue
Has anyone else experienced these problems with the camera?
My wife is a tattoo artist so relies heavily on her camera for portfolio building. We just upgraded to the redmi note 8 pro but all her photos of her tattoos have a massive reddish tint through the skin tones (almost like the white balance is way off). Also the edges of the photos are really soft so the centre of the picture is sharp (too sharp, like digitally sharp) but the edges are blurry. To all intents and purposes this is a massive step down from her 3 year old galaxy s7. We bought this phone thinking it had a good camera. Is this a software issue, is there a better camera app we could be using or should I just throw it into the nearest river?
Heres a picture showing what I mean taken in 64MP mode (and compressed to upload)
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Heres a picture showing what I mean taken in 64MP mode (and compressed to upload)
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The 64 MP camera uses a Samsung ISOCELL GW1 sensor and you know Samsung is known for slight oversaturating. Hence, the slightly unreal results. Hope that explains.
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I suggest you to use GCam
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