So I've been super careful with my SGS2 (it's not even my primary phone),but my camera lens now has tiny hairlike scratches. So far they don't influence the picture quality.
Is there anybody else with a scratched camera lens?
I am here. A lot of scratches. As you said, they don't influence the photo, so who cares?
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Is there anything yet on fixing how horrendous this camera is? Recently I've been trying to take more pictures inside and realize that it's actually almost unusable. I really love the outdoor shots with this camera, but inside I feel like I got far better pictures with my first camera phone in 2002. At first I thought it was just overly contrasting lighting.. but I'm realizing I can't take a single picture indoors without everything being horribly washed out and blurry. I have all camera settings on default. I can't seem to find any settings or changes that can fix this.
Look at the camera glass (usually the bigger one) and see if any scratches are evident. Its very common on this phone, that the coating on the camera glass (not the glass itself) is scratching and peeling away. This causes the photos to become blurry, and depending on the lighting condition (outside seems worse) lots of glare or lens flare from contrasting light. The scratches on the coating are usually quite evident with visual inspection of the camera glass.
The fix is to buff/remove the coating and expose the smooth glass underneath. Users have given various substances to do this: toothpaste, car wax, alcohol. But in any case, use just a little and go slowly. Just buff hard enough to remove the coating. And if this is in fact your issue, you will find the pics look much better afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/how-to-fix-htc-one-m8-camera-issue-t2803825
redpoint73 said:
Look at the camera glass (usually the bigger one) and see if any scratches are evident. Its very common on this phone, that the coating on the camera glass (not the glass itself) is scratching and peeling away. This causes the photos to become blurry, and depending on the lighting condition (outside seems worse) lots of glare or lens flare from contrasting light. The scratches on the coating are usually quite evident with visual inspection of the camera glass.
The fix is to buff/remove the coating and expose the smooth glass underneath. Users have given various substances to do this: toothpaste, car wax, alcohol. But in any case, use just a little and go slowly. Just buff hard enough to remove the coating. And if this is in fact your issue, you will find the pics look much better afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/how-to-fix-htc-one-m8-camera-issue-t2803825
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Very cool man. My lens is indeed scratched to **** with micro scratches (even though it's always been cased). I was in fact really disappointed about this, I didn't know it had some sort of coating. I'll give this a shot.
cgibsong002 said:
Very cool man. My lens is indeed scratched to **** with micro scratches (even though it's always been cased). I was in fact really disappointed about this, I didn't know it had some sort of coating. I'll give this a shot.
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Yeah, it seems like they used some very cheap, or at least easily damaged, coating. Some have presumed it to be some kind of anti-glare coating.
Mine has always been in a case, and got scratched over time as well. It got gradually worse over the course of about 3 months. I buffed the coating off with toothpaste, and its been fine every since (4-5 months). The phone has been in a TPU case, which doesn't actually cover the camera, but has a cutout for it, which would prevent it from contact most flat surfaces its laid against.
I tried the toothpaste method... and I was actually quite blown away. You can see a pure, shiny surface in the middle, and I left a ring of thousands of scratches around the edges. It's amazing how crappy that coating is.. whatever it is. And yes, that was my camera's issue. Finally things are in focus and have natural colors again.
cgibsong002 said:
I tried the toothpaste method... and I was actually quite blown away. You can see a pure, shiny surface in the middle, and I left a ring of thousands of scratches around the edges. It's amazing how crappy that coating is.. whatever it is. And yes, that was my camera's issue. Finally things are in focus and have natural colors again.
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Nice, glad it worked for you.
Yeah, I too wasn't quite able to remove the coating along the edge where it meets the metal. But as you likely realized, this is far away from the actual camera lens (which is actually quite small) and therefore the remaining coating doesn't affect the pics at all.
Actually I decided to leave it there on purpose. Thinking it might help to still reduce glare from the edges.
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Hi Z5C owners,
The Z1C and Z3C camera lenses scratched very easily, leading to flare from bright light sources.
How is the Z5C lens holding up for you? Are there many scratches on it?
Thanks!
Aidan
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awojtas said:
Hi Z5C owners,
The Z1C and Z3C camera lenses scratched very easily, leading to flare from bright light sources.
How is the Z5C lens holding up for you? Are there many scratches on it?
Thanks!
Aidan
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I also have the same problem, it turned out that this was not glass and a small circle of plastic, for the money, and could attach glass
i bought devilcase lens protector, it's great, pictures are clear and sharp
Nillkin tempered glass comes with back screen protector and for the lens as well.
You really need to put something on that "cheap" lens cover. Else, by time, pictures would flare badly on light sources.
Had to learn from my Z1C and Z3C
I saw there are camera lens protectors available.
Are they useful.? And do they not affect the image quality?
I do not have experience with them.
Guess no one does...
Haven't seen those yet. I'm wondering if they're using a sapphire lens like they have been? Anyone know what its made of on the u11. If it is, you're fine without.
IMO camera lens protector are not necessary if you are using any kind of case to protect the phone, usually the cases are thick enough to prevent the camera lenses from getting scratched
Is there anyway to know if the camera lens coating is applied or not?
If in doubt, leave it out.
Hi
When i bought my Pixel 6 i added ringke's camera lens protector made of tempered glass.
Google Pixel 6 | Camera Protector Glass [3 Pack]
Protect your smartphone's rear camera against scratches and drops with the ultra-thin, full-cover Ringke Camera Protector Glass.
www.ringkestore.com
Anyone is using the Pixel without the lens protector and share some photos with and without the lens protector ?
Yeap, sure can. Refraction and back reflections (ghosting).
The outside rear cover "lense" is the lense protector. These are normally cheap and easy to replace if damaged. Use a case with a raised cam guard and it will likely last the life of the phone.
Hmm i removed the tempered glass that i applied, will check today if it fixed my photo taking experience.
I do know that "glue" is applied and the heat from the phone might cause blurriness due to that.
btw i do see improvement already, focus wise not that much, damn even with laser based focus and PDAF it's not working well..
I got this for the 6 pro and works really well only prob I have seen is lense flare from the sun other than that it's good I did make a post about it
liggerz87 said:
I got this for the 6 pro and works really well only prob I have seen is lense flare from the sun other than that it's good I did make a post about it
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I never use one again, it causing color issues, weird haze, photo which looks un natural and lots of artifacts on scenes with Wide Dynamic range, but the one which you shared is only protects the surrounding area of the lens, and not touching them.
GUARDIANBD said:
I never use one again, it causing color issues, weird haze, photo which looks un natural and lots of artifacts on scenes with Wide Dynamic range, but the one which you shared is only protects the surrounding area of the lens, and not touching them.
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I have it on my phone it protects the whole camera and I find it doesn't effect photo at all just if sun is in it then it causes flare I have posted about it they make it for the pixel pro and 6 I had to replace it becuse I put whitestone on and it made the camera protector lift up