Hi guys,
Just got the S4 Zoom for testing. I've made a video sample collection. If you have any questions about the S4 Zoom feel free to ask.
Till then check out the clip. I reccomend you to view it in Full HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynLDNK0DSio&feature=c4-overview&list=UU4_HrBqJWwPph3peMjmxrsg
Thanks, that was an interesting video. Just one question, on the still picture function - when you use manual and semi-manual modes (such as aperture and shutter priority), how is the responsiveness? For instance, say you want to change the aperture and retake the shot, roughly how fast is it from the point where you entered the menus until you snap at the new aperture, feels like a "regular" compact, or delayed?
Thanks!
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So,
Can anyone tell me if the SGS 2 suffers from crappy panoramic photo resolution like the SGS 1 ?
It's such a nice feature working so well, but capped by resolution....
Cheers!
All camera in the market even dedicated ones doesnt use the full resolution in panorama modes.
Galaxy S2 is the same, low res.
might be best if you want full res to take multiple pis and place them into Photoshop panorama. not the quickest but the best results.
yah, it does indeed save it with poor resolution (go to the camera section of this review, there's a sample panoramic shot). I agree with NIK516, you're better off taking manual pictures and stitching them together in a 3rd party app if you want good quality panoramic shots
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yah, it does indeed save it with poor resolution (go to the camera section of this review, there's a sample panoramic shot). I agree with NIK516, you're better off taking manual pictures and stitching them together in a 3rd party app if you want good quality panoramic shots
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Aww Shucks! was really looking forward to some awesome and great mindblowing high res panorama shots. With the processor that Samsung put into this baby, thats not too much to ask, or is it ??
Nice thing about panorama mode (with Samsung Infuse at least) is that it utilizes both the built in compass and accelerometer to align the images correctly. Very nice! I have taken many panoramas by hand and stitched them together with 3rd party software but results are mixed when the camera is hand held.
So I also was bummed to find that this very nice feature in my Infuse is limited to minimum resolution. Hey, I used an app on my old HTC Touch Pro to tweak camera presets and increase resolution. Isn't there something similar for Android??
Maybe someone could make a mod on that feature ?
So it will have a better resolution.. that would be great!
PUSHING!
I really would want to have this feature modded in one of the camera.apk's
PLEASE!
I remember back in my Windows Mobile days there was a registry edit that would allow each image of the panoramic capture to be set to full resolution. Is there a tweak for Android?
Yeah that's the 2nd thing lacking from the SGS2 for me, hd panorama mode and notification led
i see panorama on sgs2 not bad..
Please, someone do something to increase resolution.
It's useless at 400 vertical pixels. The mid-end Samsung Wave have a much higher res for panoramic photos. It's an absurd shame on Galaxy S2!!
Here is a comparision (Wave S8500, Galaxy S2):
Wave (800 pixels):
SG2 (400 pixels):
There is no mod or hack to change the miserable 400 pixels resolution?
+1
Great feature but the resolution is TERRIBLE.
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Someone is working to find a solution to this problem and increase Panoramic photo shots?
LPQ ICS 4.0.3 from official KIES update and Panorama shoot still sucks with a ridiculous 368 vertical pixels resolution!!!
They even reduced it from 400 to 368!!! Oh my god...
And still won't save changed prefs on camera quit.
Still nothing to increase ridiculous vertical resolution after almost 1 year? OMG
Apparently still nothing...
hopping for a better resolution
where are the gurus on this? I wish I could learn how to do a MOD.
Just waiting for a change on the resolution, thanks.
Also noticed this on my gs2, but what makes me wonder the most, is that on my dumped old Samsung wave, on bada, I could make high res panorama pics, while this cam and processor is better.. So all we need is a developer who knows bada and Android to make a mod I hope
I've been taking some test shots with the mini pro camera, and I have to say I'm a bit let down.
Turns out the camera is a bit slower than I initially thought, and the pictures come out to be a pixelly mess.
I thought the dithering artifacts where only due to low light scenes, but it turns out I can see there artifacts with well let subjects.
The still frame camera does better than the video, but both suffer. Maybe Sony could do us a favor and have an option to remove in camera noise reduction. This would give us a chance to do better noise reduction in post to try and produce better quality results.
The video also suffers from cadence issues when outdoor light is very bright. I've seen this in dedicate video on stills cameras, it results in choppy video. I'd rather have smoother better quality low resolution video as compared to this dithered choppy mess of video.
Most of these artifacts are masked if you view video on the camera itself, but when you view them on your HDTV they are quite obvious.
Anyone have ideas on turning off the NR, I'd be happy to hear them.
Things you can do to help performance.
Set camera to fixed or infinity focus for faster response.
Use the sports mode for higher ISO shots, faster pics.
Use center weighted focusing.
Another interesting thing to note, I also happen to have the X10 mini pro. Looking at the phones side by side, the x10 has a slightly larger lens. I was a bit surprised at this change. I hope Sony makes an effort to bring better quality photo and video to the smart phones. Heck, they can make it their market differentiator.
Mike
hardware or software?
is it hardware problem or software? can video recording be improved through software upgrade?
irumbustalin said:
is it hardware problem or software? can video recording be improved through software upgrade?
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Possibly.
But you also have to realise that this is just a mobile phone, of course it isn't going to be as good as dedicated hardware.
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I can't say if software is an issue, but I'm certain hardware is an issue.
1 thing they could do from a software POV is to have an option to remove noise reduction. Sony may be not want people to see what the photos look like without NR.
2: It's a physics thing, the lens is tiny and the sensor is even smaller. The sensor technology is another issue. The sensor can only collect so much light, this directly impacts it's a ability to produce better photos. Note that Sony has a higher quality sensor Exmor they decide to reserve for other cameras.
I was hoping the phone could produce video quality to rival something like a flip phone.
3: Keeping the lens clean. It's hard to do this with a phone you constantly hold in your hand without some sort of lens shield. My old W580i hid the lens when it was in the close position. It also had a nice smooth easy to clean lens surface. It was only 2MP, but took excellent photos.
There are a few more things I could play with in my quest for better photos. For one, I should make sure the image stabilizer isn't on when I take well lit photo samples.
One other interesting thing I noted is the maximum shutter speed I've been able to produce. The camera may max out at 1/125 sec. I was a bit surprised, that's kind of slow. I haven't gone to see what my other camera phone can do, but that in itself shows the weakness of the phone.
Several of the shots I took under what I would call bright/normal lighting produced 1/16th shutter speed. This makes it hard to get a blur free photo due to subject movement and camera shake.
I was able to compensate some using sports mode, but that increases the ISO which = more noisy photos.
Mike
Comparison to x10 mini pro
Just had the opportunity to take a look at a few photos my wife has taken with the x10 mini pro. Actually, based on the experience with this phone, I decided to wait for and buy the mini pro 2.
I was happy and at the same time sad to see how much better photos taken with the x10 mini appeared vs. the mini pro 2.
The colors, focus, as well as resolution was better. Also noted that the photo size was larger, near the 1.5M size I expected out of the mini pro 2 photos.
Also noticed the x10 mini is capable of ISO 40.
I compared the panorama type shot, the X10 fared better, but still not great in panorama detail, I guess that's o.k.
Also noticed the x10 camera options are significantly fewer than those on the mini pro 2. That's fine since the photos are of decent quality though it would be nice to have a bit more control over the photo options.
I'm certain Sony could at least do something about the photo compression being used in the Mini Pro 2, it would be nice if the camera could at least equal the x10 mini pro photo capability.
Mike
Hi!
I noticed that you must hold RAZR really firmly, nearly rock solid to take sharp photo. If your hand tremble a bit, you going get blury photo.
I think that is software issue. Like tooking picture to slow or something.
Is there any way to improve it (MOD or App)?
I won't buy stand for RAZR to take sharp pics.
You'll need a faster shutter speed, the camera defaults to a low shutter speed to keep the ISO down (increasing the ISO increases the noise in the picture).
Sadly, I haven't found any apps that can control the shutter speed yet. Your chances are better with a lot of light, though!
It's not satisfiying for me. Tell me... There are chances to improve it in future, or camera hardware isn't good?
I use Camera Zoom FX instead of the camera. It's got an option for stabilizing the camera while taking the shot. Plus, I feel like the picture quality sounds better compared to the ones taken by the stock camera application.
Give it a try.
Okay. Thanks.
I'll check it out
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I use Camera Zoom FX instead of the camera. It's got an option for stabilizing the camera while taking the shot. Plus, I feel like the picture quality sounds better compared to the ones taken by the stock camera application.
Give it a try.
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Been using Camera Zoom FX too. Great replacement for stock camera so far, but in terms of Video capture, I would suggest for the default app in order to use HD capture..
I would like to share some pics from OPT during the week. The IQ is stunning- OPT manage to produce clear, realistic pics with acceptable dynamic range. The white balance is a major leap forward from OPO. I'm more than satisfied with all the improvements over OPO.
The stock camera is a pain, with minimal options to tweak. Fortunately, Camera 2 API is implemented in OPT, which means you can adjust ISO, white balance and shutter speed manually using third party app (I'm using open camera myself). The longest shutter speed is 1/2 second, under which the camera focus extremely slow and unreliably. it takes around 7 seconds to take a picture. in fact the longer the shutter speed, the longer it takes the camera to find focus. you could easily notice the lag in the viewfinder. I believe it is a software issue. In addition, currently OPT does not support RAW capture.
these are all shot using Open Camera with ISO set to 100. please view, comment and share your own pics taken with OPT.
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I would like to share some pics from OPT during the week. The IQ is stunning- OPT manage to produce clear, realistic pics with acceptable dynamic range. The white balance is a major leap forward from OPO. I'm more than satisfied with all the improvements over OPO.
The stock camera is a pain, with minimal options to tweak. Fortunately, Camera 2 API is implemented in OPT, which means you can adjust ISO, white balance and shutter speed manually using third party app (I'm using open camera myself). The longest shutter speed is 1/2 second, under which the camera focus extremely slow and unreliably. it takes around 7 seconds to take a picture. in fact the longer the shutter speed, the longer it takes the camera to find focus. you could easily notice the lag in the viewfinder. I believe it is a software issue. In addition, currently OPT does not support RAW capture.
these are all shot using Open Camera with ISO set to 100. please view, comment and share your own pics taken with OPT.
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Interesting, looks like they're trying to match the Samsung camera over-saturation. Probably a good thing, I actually like the over-saturation. In fact I think most people do nowadays, sure it isn't true to life reproduction but it's a camera phone not a $6000 Nikon that is being used for professional photography.
Also looks like it'll give the S6 a run for it's money with IQ.
Great pics! :good:
I will close this thread now though, to avoid it being a pic sharing thread. There's a dedicated one here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/mega-thread-pictures-oneplus-2-t3185009
Cheers,
Darth
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Hello there, this is dedicated to all my photographers and videographers of LG G8x.
First things first, no matter what how many times you complaint them the problem is not fixable through software updates because front camera have fixed focus.
So i think there is no other option than this.
Case 1: (Professional phone photographers)
Guys if you are carrying a 35mm or 50mm then mount it to the front camera and zooming 1.5x is the solution for shooting 4:3 aspect ratios and only 1.2x zoom for 9:16 or higher aspect ratios.
+ Get lot of blur or shallow depth of field.
+ Can use Canon or Nikon lenses to achieve high end quality. Plus features if your lens have OIS, UV protection etc.
- Weight is a problem.
- Zooming 1.5x makes photo to loose its quality a little bit (especially in nights).
Case 2: (Cheap solution)
This is an inexpensive solution, get yourself a wide angle lens for under 200 rupees for indians and under 2 US dollars.
Buy that 3 in one lens and use the wide angle and zoom 1.2x for 4:3 aspect ratio and 1.1x for 9:16 or higher aspect ratios.
+ Very Cheap
+ Light Weight
+ Less zoom means lesser quality reduction
- No quality lenses are used, little bit lesser color reproduction.
Buy anywhere online by typing 3 in 1 lenses for phone.
Hope this would help you out, if helps don't say thanks but help me find a solution to record 1080p 240 fps video with zooming (stock camera doesn't allow zooming in that setting)
Filmic pro is not working for slow motion .
Moment pro camera doesn't work for slow motion.
Google Camera doesn't record slow motion.
Suggest me a way to do this.
Thank you for all the patience.
Arvindrockz79 said:
Hello there, this is dedicated to all my photographers and videographers of LG G8x.
First things first, no matter what how many times you complaint them the problem is not fixable through software updates because front camera have fixed focus.
So i think there is no other option than this.
Case 1: (Professional phone photographers)
Guys if you are carrying a 35mm or 50mm then mount it to the front camera and zooming 1.5x is the solution for shooting 4:3 aspect ratios and only 1.2x zoom for 9:16 or higher aspect ratios.
+ Get lot of blur or shallow depth of field.
+ Can use Canon or Nikon lenses to achieve high end quality. Plus features if your lens have OIS, UV protection etc.
- Weight is a problem.
- Zooming 1.5x makes photo to loose its quality a little bit (especially in nights).
Case 2: (Cheap solution)
This is an inexpensive solution, get yourself a wide angle lens for under 200 rupees for indians and under 2 US dollars.
Buy that 3 in one lens and use the wide angle and zoom 1.2x for 4:3 aspect ratio and 1.1x for 9:16 or higher aspect ratios.
+ Very Cheap
+ Light Weight
+ Less zoom means lesser quality reduction
- No quality lenses are used, little bit lesser color reproduction.
Buy anywhere online by typing 3 in 1 lenses for phone.
Hope this would help you out, if helps don't say thanks but help me find a solution to record 1080p 240 fps video with zooming (stock camera doesn't allow zooming in that setting)
Filmic pro is not working for slow motion .
Moment pro camera doesn't work for slow motion.
Google Camera doesn't record slow motion.
Suggest me a way to do this.
Thank you for all the patience.
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why you actualy need to zoom ,just crope the video after recording done ,using a video editor.
our device didn't have an optical zoom even in photo mode if we zoom 8x it just uses its digital zoom.
you just click a pic at 8x and same pic at 1x then you crop the 1x pic to 8x then compare 8x pic vs croped pic. result will be same:fingers-crossed:
give me a like, i gave you a solution with best explanation
I appreciate your idea but actually thing is when you film it with no zoom and crop it later, same results i agree. But you won't get the flexibility of knowing what exactly you ate shooting, you can't see the full sized video as a reference while shooting.
1) You barely see the depth.
2) Hard to manage White balance and Exposure.
I do need some other working apps that would support this phone zooming while filming at 1080p 240fps.
Tried many of the popular apps
Google Camera, Filmic Pro, Moment pro camera, Proshot, Hedge camera 2, (MiUi 11 Camera, Oneplus Camera- Stock).
Arvindrockz79 said:
I appreciate your idea but actually thing is when you film it with no zoom and crop it later, same results i agree. But you won't get the flexibility of knowing what exactly you ate shooting, you can't see the full sized video as a reference while shooting.
1) You barely see the depth.
2) Hard to manage White balance and Exposure.
I do need some other working apps that would support this phone zooming while filming at 1080p 240fps.
Tried many of the popular apps
Google Camera, Filmic Pro, Moment pro camera, Proshot, Hedge camera 2, (MiUi 11 Camera, Oneplus Camera- Stock).
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Filimic pro have the support of zooming in(@240fps) i tried it working:laugh: