Camera resolution - Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Would someone be able to explain the benefit of leaving the camera in 8mp vs 23mp?
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km8j said:
Would someone be able to explain the benefit of leaving the camera in 8mp vs 23mp?
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Day light always 23MP better but 8MP at low light benefit by Sony SuperSampling algorithm(much like Nokia 1020) for noise reduction and fine tuning the image bcoz it's quite unrealistic for a 1/2.3" sensor to take 23MP at low light.

Well no one is going to realistically change resolution that often so what do you leave on?
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km8j said:
Well no one is going to realistically change resolution that often so what do you leave on?
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Keep it at 8mp Superior Auto. Best for most situations

What about 20mp Superior Auto. Does that not give the same result as 8mp?

maniccow said:
What about 20mp Superior Auto. Does that not give the same result as 8mp?
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Sometimes dramatically different. 8mp SA is best for most scenarios

i really don't agree. in (very) low light; yes. but i find to get better shots overall with manual 20mp... everything looks more crisp and it's most color accurate ...

Does the aspect ratio impact superior auto at all? Like can you use either one?
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Jelly Bean camera worse?

Hi, I noticed that after the JB update photos looks washed with low satured colors.
I compared them with photos taken with ics and the latters have more accurate colors, I took them indoors with the same artificial light conditions.
What do you think?
Carter07 said:
Hi, I noticed that after the JB update photos looks washed with low satured colors.
I compared them with photos taken with ics and the latters have more accurate colors, I took them indoors with the same artificial light conditions.
What do you think?
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There wasn't any difference here on JB. Worked perfect with same colors. Check settings, must be some option different in your camera.
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Camera is the same, but I have found that the panorama photos are much better now, higher resolution.
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luxstar said:
Camera is the same, but I have found that the panorama photos are much better now, higher resolution.
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Wow. That's amazing shot. You have an eye my friend.
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luxstar said:
Camera is the same, but I have found that the panorama photos are much better now, higher resolution.
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It`s really p760, not p765 with 8mp? Woow ;D
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Haik16 said:
It`s really p760, not p765 with 8mp? Woow ;D
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P760 and P765 (my phone) both have 5 MP my friend. Camera is ok, but this photographer (luxstar) is amazing too.
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So p769 have 8mp?
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Haik16 said:
So p769 have 8mp?
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P760 have 5MP (tech spec)
P765 also 5MP (tech spec)
P769 also 5MP (tech spec)
Only P768 have 8MP (tech spec)
8MP phone is cheaper than other three. LG AND MOTOROLA ARE STRANGE MOBILE COMPANIES ON THIS PLANET. Thier logic is difficult to understand lol
PS: All tech specs are original LG links.
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Thanks. If p760 have 8mp it would be great
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Here some photos that shows the difference in color balance/saturation.
I know the sun conditions may be a little different since they are taken in different time but I get consistent results in all the photos (even with indoor photos with the same light).
See the name of the files to know on what os they are taken.
What do you think?
cmahendra said:
P760 have 5MP (tech spec)
P765 also 5MP (tech spec)
P769 also 5MP (tech spec)
Only P768 have 8MP (tech spec)
8MP phone is cheaper than other three. LG AND MOTOROLA ARE STRANGE MOBILE COMPANIES ON THIS PLANET. Thier logic is difficult to understand lol
PS: All tech specs are original LG links.
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But some p768 variants only have 768mb ram :x
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aloy99 said:
But some p768 variants only have 768mb ram :x
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Model number is nothing to do with ram. All L9 have 1GB internal ram (for processing) and what you see is AVAILABLE (ASSIGNED) RAM SIZE after booting the phone.
I dont want confuse you more with technical details of memory allocation but putting in simple words....
Some Part of 1GB RAM is reserved for internal processing of the cpu hence you see less ram shown as RAM. Physically it should be 1GB. Hope this clears. This RAM size will also differs on various versions of OS installed, like GB/ICS/JB, etc.
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Carter07 said:
Here some photos that shows the difference in color balance/saturation.
I know the sun conditions may be a little different since they are taken in different time but I get consistent results in all the photos (even with indoor photos with the same light).
See the name of the files to know on what os they are taken.
What do you think?
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sun condition is total different. should have been taken from two phones, one with jb and one with ics at exact time, with exact manual settings (not auto), general practice to compare results. outdoor photos are mostly sharp and bright. camera quality can be determined only if test taken in low-light or night-shots.
Here a indoor shoot with only artificial light at nighttime, see the difference.
The photo taken with jb looks washed compared to what I see in reality, the light became white (was yellow/orange).
Imho auto settings is a more fair comparison because only a minority of people use manual settings.
Well I don't see any difference after updating to JB. Anyway...L9 is not a camera phone so...
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Carter07 said:
Here a indoor shoot with only artificial light at nighttime, see the difference.
The photo taken with jb looks washed compared to what I see in reality, the light became white (was yellow/orange).
Imho auto settings is a more fair comparison because only a minority of people use manual settings.
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I always use manual setting for brightness, iso and white balance. The rest functions are rubbish. I think there are to low variants for white balance.
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UZ Camera disappointed me

Hey guys
Is there any method/guide for better performance/quality in in uz?
I am wondering about this under average quality photos in this phone even with a powerful ximor rs sensor at indoor conditions!
Uz takes very bad noisy photos in low light conditions that i have never seen in each other 8 mp phones.
I have tried all options for gaining better results but unfortunately this camera disappointed me at all.
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That's true. ZU camera is not the best one.
But try Cemre Zoom FX. It takes much better photos.
I'm happy with that.
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The lack of an LED should have tipped you off straight away, and the fact that the ZU uses the same camera as the Z (correct me if i'm wrong), but without an LED. You can of course install a different camera app from the Play Store, or wait until devs have ported the Z1 camera app to the ZU (still no guarantee that it will produce better photos though).
LordManhattan said:
The lack of an LED should have tipped you off straight away, and the fact that the ZU uses the same camera as the Z (correct me if i'm wrong), but without an LED. You can of course install a different camera app from the Play Store, or wait until devs have ported the Z1 camera app to the ZU (still no guarantee that it will produce better photos though).
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It's not really clear whether zu has the same camera module as the z, actually. Zu is only 8mp, while z has 13mp, so no guarantee the hardware is the same. And zu is far thinner than z to contain the same module, but this is just a wild guess.
babakmaham said:
Hey guys
Is there any method/guide for better performance/quality in in uz?
I am wondering about this under average quality photos in this phone even with a powerful ximor rs sensor at indoor conditions!
Uz takes very bad noisy photos in low light conditions that i have never seen in each other 8 mp phones.
I have tried all options for gaining better results but unfortunately this camera disappointed me at all.
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Anyway, there's a thread that ported SuperCamera app from lenovo k900 for zu, too. Maybe you can check it out.
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unk_damnation said:
It's not really clear whether zu has the same camera module as the z, actually. Zu is only 8mp, while z has 13mp, so no guarantee the hardware is the same. And zu is far thinner than z to contain the same module, but this is just a wild guess.
Anyway, there's a thread that ported SuperCamera app from lenovo k900 for zu, too. Maybe you can check it out.
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Yah
I have tried that app but i seems there is no big differences between original app from sony with that app!
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"Super Camera" app for G2

Hi all,
I was pointed to this thread on another forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427019
The intro is in Chinese, but once you scroll through it you get to the English menus and interface.
I downloaded the most recent version (3.5) and installed it on my rooted G2. Boy! What a better app! Seems to have a better AE method and there are a lot of very cool options to toy with while retaining manual control.
I've been using it for an hour now and I really like it.
lattiboy said:
Hi all,
I was pointed to this thread on another forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427019
The intro is in Chinese, but once you scroll through it you get to the English menus and interface.
I downloaded the most recent version (3.5) and installed it on my rooted G2. Boy! What a better app! Seems to have a better AE method and there are a lot of very cool options to toy with while retaining manual control.
I've been using it for an hour now and I really like it.
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I like the feeling that it's so snappy, but it almost never wants to focus. Always red box..
kruso said:
I like the feeling that it's so snappy, but it almost never wants to focus. Always red box..
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I noticed that too, but when you actually take the picture it does pre-AF and I've had excellent results. Didn't screw around with manual focus yet.
Loved this app on my HTC one, haven't really played with it on my g2 though
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how this compare to the camera fx zoom for 1.99 on the play store?
i don't like camera zoom much..but this is damn good. i love all the settings.
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funny thing i noticed though..in video, mode, it shows a couple stuck white pixels.
they aren't there on the stock camera. i'm wondering if the software is a bit glitchy when it comes to third party video cameras. i noticed this on the GPE camera as well. weird right?
I've been comparing some identical shots between stock camera and super camera, and I'm surprised to see that Super Camera actually looks better. There is more detail and it's a little darker so it doesn't appear washed out. I wouldn't have complained about the stock camera since it's great, but this looks even better.
I haven't tried many lighting conditions, so it might be worse in some cases. I haven't tried video either, but I noticed an option for image stabilization. I think it's software stabilization, but I wonder if it works in conjunction with OIS. Anyone know?
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EDIT: I tried a lot more pics, and it turns out that the stock camera is actually more detailed when viewing at 100%. It also is more color accurate. The super camera isn't bad at all though.
This is a great camera app. Thanks for sharing this!
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I love that it has a built in Gif creator too.
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I like the low light option in super camera, seems sharper. It takes and blends two exposures.
What's cool about super camera is you can change the metering, something that's lacking in the stock camera
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oops
I just want a camera app that allows me more control over the JPG settings, amount of NR applied, compression, etc. Hell, if there was a RAW option, I'd be estatic!
This app is so much better than the stock one. It's vastly more responsive. I love it. Great find!
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Geekybiker said:
I just want a camera app that allows me more control over the JPG settings, amount of NR applied, compression, etc. Hell, if there was a RAW option, I'd be estatic!
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exactly. the noise reduction is so high on this phone that the images come out super soft in low light, and even moderate light. quite annoying.
Does it have panorama? I hate the panorama on the g2. Very sensitive and its always coming out blurry.
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aznmode said:
Does it have panorama? I hate the panorama on the g2. Very sensitive and its always coming out blurry.
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Panorama works, it isn't sweep panorama though
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what exactly is sweep panorama?
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jayochs said:
what exactly is sweep panorama?
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Like the iphone. You don't shoot discrete photos, you just pan around with it and it does its think automatically.
Geekybiker said:
Like the iphone. You don't shoot discrete photos, you just pan around with it and it does its think automatically.
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idk how the iPhone does it, never used it's camera.
the gs4 does that I believe.
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Night video performance

almost bought a G2 till i see some night video shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRoqceOqZc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOt4_KMZm4
seems blurry and slow FPS
is there fix for this yet?
Yup. It over compensate for the low light by adjusting the iso higher therefore making some images and videos blurry.
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night shots are pretty bad. hopefully is fixed
Man its the same reason why I ditch the HTC G2 lol what a coincidence the LG G2 have the same problem hahahaha
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Just curious. What phone video has great clarity at night?
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This blur is also on my camera photos,really bad
ErisDev said:
Just curious. What phone video has great clarity at night?
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I guess the Lumia 1020 will do.
enyaj said:
I guess the Lumia 1020 will do.
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Yeah, if you wanna run that boring and crippled OS. Just carry a compact digital camera if you are that desperate for better shots and video instead of lowering your phone standards.
I'm not directing that at you, just in general.
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I don't think there's a phone that takes great night video or pictures for that matter.
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RobKort said:
I don't think there's a phone that takes great night video or pictures for that matter.
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S4 and HTC one take pretty decent video at night
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G1_enthusiast said:
S4 and HTC one take pretty decent video at night
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Decent still not great. I guess it could be improved, but only as far as the sensor allows.
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RobKort said:
Decent still not great. I guess it could be improved, but only as far as the sensor allows.
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Certainly a lot better than G2 in my view but I could be wrong, at leist it's at 30fps
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G1_enthusiast said:
Certainly a lot better than G2 in my view but I could be wrong, at leist it's at 30fps
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I still think we are not going to see "great" night video/picture on any phone for a while yet. We could be two three years away from that imo.
The only way that will happen is if you get a big enough sensor that bulges out of the phone. Like in the case of Nokia builds.
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RobKort said:
I still think we are not going to see "great" night video/picture on any phone for a while yet. We could be two three years away from that imo.
The only way that will happen is if you get a big enough sensor that bulges out of the phone. Like in the case of Nokia builds.
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You honestly can't see the difference in lg G2 and HTC one night video? The fps is so...slow it doesn't look natural at all.
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The f2.4 lens can only get so much light. The low light video was sweet in my one, but that's an f2 lens.
The g2 has decent video, but not being able to lock focus and exposure is a really downer. The continuous autofocus kills the videos
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Both video show a brightly lid night scene but blurry, probably the result of low shutter speed and wide open apertures. If there is some way for people to manually set the shutter speed and aperture or make it less aggressive while taking the video, I am sure everyone will be happy.
Trying lower the brightness setting while taking the of the video might help with higher shutter speed and better focus.
The video that shows the drive through Bangkok's road I am impressed by the stabilisation though. =)
G1_enthusiast said:
almost bought a G2 till i see some night video shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRoqceOqZc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOt4_KMZm4
seems blurry and slow FPS
is there fix for this yet?
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-LG G2
I honestly think when I had the SGS4 it took the best videos. Sound capture was really great and also fps was superb. Think I am going back to it ((((
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yeah the S4 kills the G2 in terms of video all around.
damn it, I really want this phone over the S4 for its battery, I dont want to go to Note 3 cause that thing is way too big....WHY LG?! WHY?! U WERE SOOO CLOSE.....
I had a HTC one and the the video was ok for the one time I tried a night video since launch. Are you lot going bat watching or something as I'd gladly have a much faster phone and better screen then go to a s4 or HTC one.
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[Q] camera problem

I have a serious problem with the camera, the pictures that I take are like camera with 2 mp. someone else has a similar problem or know what could be wrong. thanks
That i mins. Now i take photo with 8mp and photo is very bad...
koylis.ch said:
I have a serious problem with the camera, the pictures that I take are like camera with 2 mp. someone else has a similar problem or know what could be wrong. thanks
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That's normal, it's a crappy camera.
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SpyderTracks said:
That's normal, it's a crappy camera.
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that this is normal and happens to all mobile;
koylis.ch said:
That i mins. Now i take photo with 8mp and photo is very bad...
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don't use superior auto, and set the iso as low as possible. Also try different camera apps like fv-5 or "a better camera"
I pay fv -5 and I don't have better camera, that is the same.
this is the camera software error; think that will be fixed in an upgrade?
koylis.ch said:
I pay fv -5 and I don't have better camera, that is the same.
this is the camera software error; think that will be fixed in an upgrade?
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Maybe. We don't know.
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If I rooted will change nothing?
koylis.ch said:
That i mins. Now i take photo with 8mp and photo is very bad...
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You taken it in low light...of course the image turn out that way on ultra even it is 8mp...z ultra as far as i know, can't handle low light condition...
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martin132014 said:
You taken it in low light...of course the image turn out that way on ultra even it is 8mp...z ultra as far as i know, can't handle low light condition...
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I say all this for low light, but in the sun and the lighting very same crap, this photo is that I put an example.
koylis.ch said:
I say all this for low light, but in the sun and the lighting very same crap, this photo is that I put an example.
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Well for me, indoors with poor lighting conditions will produce same results as yours whatever app your using...but outdoors with good lighting will make decent result...enough to make you satisfied...but if you change to normal and set scenery to night or night portrait, you will see different results...the same if you fiddle with the settings...
But the thing is, z ultra is known to bad camera...don't you know that...
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Research before buying is the keywords here. Why don't people do that with the ease of the internet? It's beyond my understanding.
All that buys a Z Ultra know they will get a crappy camera. There is nothing wrong with your camera.
Software can only do so much. It's the hardware that's crappy.
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nobody knows the iblazr if the situation is corrected for any dark photo?
koylis.ch said:
nobody knows the iblazr if the situation is corrected for any dark photo?
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Before you go any further, read up about this device from this forum. Don't expect everyone to do your legwork for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639963
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