I got the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus because I was intrigued about the design and all the latest tech integrated onto the phone... Fine, and the edges. Biggest disappointment so far is that Samsung decided to use their own camera sensor in the front camera. Pictures from the Rear camera Sony sensor compared to the front camera blows them away in clarity and sharpness . I had a LG G3 with 2.1MP front camera Sony sensor and it blows this 5MP Samsung sensor away. I feel it's a software issue where the camera's autofocus doesn't focus the subject properly. The background is always in focus but not the person in the foreground. I've emailed Samsung but hearing about their track record on OTA updates I'm not holding my breath.
Anybody working on fixing this? It turns out that the Galaxy S7 has the same problem as my cousin has the Edge variant and her selfies are just as blurry or out of focus as mine. I figured as a conglomerate as big as Samsung would stick with what works and not try to push their bellow standards software on their popular products.
Thanks.
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You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I don't take selfies often, but I guess it is as good it can be
go on lets see your faces!
Now, that's just the right thread for me! Being part of the narcissistic generation—an in-born trait of my gen— I can and have a right to shine here! Yay!
The picture quality is 7 out of 10. That's a good rating! There are flaws, no insult intended. I know I can't expect Samsung to take the front seat and destroy its competitors with a 20MP front camera. They've done this starting the smartphone era and have since been in line with others. Still, a guy can dream!
In my honest narcissistic opinion, the LG scores higher in that department with an 8.5 out of 10.
Keep in mind that in my rating a 10 is not possible anyways and that's because front cameras are an insult to self-centered people like me. Too weak, hiding my beautiful skin.:cyclops:
As much as I love this phone and the rear camera, I honestly think that the front facing camera is very lacking. My iPhone 6s captures much more detail in my face. The Galaxy S7e seems to have a blur toward everything (yes, the smoothing features are off).
Maybe this is just the company's way of slowly removing selfies from existence.
Hardware or software issue? Still to smooth with a thirdparty camera app?
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Not gonna lie, the front camera is like taking a picture through a potato.
Edit: I tried a non-stock camera and it's actually a really good camera, so it's definitely software related. So WTF Samsung?
Mine is defective so it never actually focuses on my face or anything for that matter, I compared with an S6 I have and the difference is huge, the S6 focused very well.
They use the same exact front camera so I'd venture to say its software related and will be addressed by Samsung.
My replacement will be here soon though which makes me happy.
the quality is amazing.
maybe there is a better camera app then stock?
Haven't really used it but if it's anything like the s6 one it's great.
better than S6 cam, more wider and i like the flash feature in front.
Very bad: it lacks details, too smooth (and yeah, I've disabled beauty face), not possible to tweak the brightness... Even the iPhone 6 1.2Mpix front facing camera is way better.
too smooth
is this hardware or software. .my selfie are too smooth even i turn the beauty off. .is this defective or just normal?
My S7 are to smooth as well (All filter turned off)
Compared to my S6 it's night and day diffense i favor of the s6.
All s7:s i have seen have had this issue so i think it's the beauty filter that somehow is not turning itself off.
Also the s6 seems to apply a sharpning mask to compensate the lower resolution.
Not so bad
Rear camera is awesome even can beat Apple but selfies are not so good
I have an exynos s7 edge and I agree that the front-facing camera sucks balls. Even with beauty mode turned all the way down my face looks airbrushed.. Really annoying!!
I sold my S7 because a) battery life not what expecting b) software wasn't to my taste and C) THE WORST SELFIE CAMERA I HAVE EVER USED
Apple is stil king of the selfie... Selfie pics on S7 don't really turn out to well in lowlow light... Still much better coming from my s5 that one was awful!
I don't take selfies often. But I know that both sides camera regulations is same. So image quality will be good.
Hi i m using this device since launch and its exonys version....but camera pic quality is not what i had expceted..i just blurr the face in potriat mode.and night pic sucks more than that...l
Ya because the second camera telephoto lens low light is not good as the main camera. It would make the phone more expensive if it was good. It's great at day time though
but this is clearly a cheating.i was about to buy pixel 2 xl and this came and i bought due to camera reimagined add.
I wonder if a software update could fix things. Feel the same... The theme for thw s9 was camera reimagined and the note 8 and s8 took better quality. Actually quiet dissapointed. Also exynos version
Hello,
i take photos from the night sky since serveral years (with smartphones too).
Unfortunately with the Samsung S9plus the stars are not pinpoint like as they are on the Samsung S7. They apear very distorted with a kind of a halo.
Ofcourse the smartphone was not moved during 10 seconds of exposure time.
I did layed it down and used the self timer mode to prevent shaking.
I tried it serveral days in comparison with the Samung S7.
The S7 is always much better and show pinpoint like stars.
The distortion of the stars is visible in the RAW files(DNG) too so no jpeg problem forced by the compression.
Could you reproduce the same problems?
I am not allowed to post links.So how to show you the photo?
Could send you the link of the uploaded photos for comparison.
The dual camera variants of Samsung phones tend to overexpose shots, especially during darker environment.
That's what I noticed, and I'm waiting for the update they sent to Note 9s.
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-update-camera-improvements/
Are you using the telephoto camera? It has OIS driven by digital gyroscopes. Those gyroscopes aren't effective at low frequencies so the OIS will slowly drift around a small amount. 1/5 second is usually the limit for sharp photos. Even when the gyroscopes are turned off, OIS lenses are VERY sensitive to motion because of the lens being on a soft suspension. Walking next to the tripod could wobble the lens.
You also can't expect clear images if you use F/1.5.
Try using the wide angle lens.
I would send a photo to someone of you so you can post it here into the Tread.
Who like to do it?
The camera was layed down on the ground so no shaking or vibration ppossible during the exposure time.
I found no setting that the OIS gyroscope is working in photo mode. OIS is probably only working in video modes.
Even if it works in photo mode, the camera was layed down, so no shaking could happen.
Who of you could make a photo from the stars with the following settings?
Pro Mode
Camera mounted or layed on the ground with direction to the night sky.
Self timer to prevent shaking
Iso 800
10sec shutter speed
F 1.4
kevinmcmurtrie said:
Are you using the telephoto camera? It has OIS driven by digital gyroscopes. Those gyroscopes aren't effective at low frequencies so the OIS will slowly drift around a small amount. 1/5 second is usually the limit for sharp photos. Even when the gyroscopes are turned off, OIS lenses are VERY sensitive to motion because of the lens being on a soft suspension. Walking next to the tripod could wobble the lens.
You also can't expect clear images if you use F/1.5.
Try using the wide angle lens.
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Antwort unfortunately the tele lens only works in very good light conditions.
Even in a bright lighted room there is no way to activate the real Tele lens. The camera automatic switch to digital Zoom.
Also in pro mode its not possible to use the telephoto lens if the light condirions are not perfect.
This is very bad because if the cameras is standing still completely and the object doesn't move why not using the Tele camera lens in pro mode?
Very interesting Thanks for the link
fortesquieu said:
The dual camera variants of Samsung phones tend to overexpose shots, especially during darker environment.
That's what I noticed, and I'm waiting for the update they sent to Note 9s.
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-note-9-update-camera-improvements/
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S9 plus Someone able to shoot a photo from the stars/nightsky?
Hello,
just like to ask if someone here are able to shoot a photo from the stars with the Samsung S9 plus by using the following settings:
Please post your photo here to compare it with my one.
Pro Mode
Iso 800
Shutter 10seconds
F 1.4
Selftimer to prevent shaking
Camera on a tripod or layed on the ground
Thanks
How is the camera quality? Im coming from S22u
Battery is ok. Zoom definetly not the camera to shine. Ultrawide and standard lens are very good. However, coming from an S22u you might have a downgrade..
Main camera captures a lot of details and offers a very good (and bright) night mode. Ultrawide and tele are "ok cameras". They can take good pictures in some conditions but don't expect much, they are not in S22u or i13 Pro territory. You'll notice too that the default camera app tends to oversaturate colors. Sometimes overly So. I got Gcam for that reason. The front cameras for selfies are also ok cameras. In poor light they are almost unusable for me. I recommend using the main camera for selfies. Find N is a great phone but the cameras are not the highlight.
Cameras on this Oppo are very good. Samsung S22 Ultra is plagued with horrible shutter lag nobody talks about. Not anymore since I upgraded to Oppo find N. And here you have proper 50mm portrait focal length unlike 75 (3x) they now put in every flag****.
When I am in the selfie camera and i open the gallery preview on the bottom left or close the camera app i hear this click sound coming from the front facing selfie camera. Also when i look super closely after switching or closing the app, i can see the selfie camera move backwards kinda.
Im aware of the rear cameras having OIS so it moves around and makes some sound but this seems to be coming from the front facing camera. I never switched to the back cameras so they never activated.
Can you guys with the 23 ultra test this and see if you have it too, im not sure if its normal behavior.
Oof1234 said:
When I am in the selfie camera and i open the gallery preview on the bottom left or close the camera app i hear this click sound coming from the front facing selfie camera. Also when i look super closely after switching or closing the app, i can see the selfie camera move backwards kinda.
Im aware of the rear cameras having OIS so it moves around and makes some sound but this seems to be coming from the front facing camera. I never switched to the back cameras so they never activated.
Can you guys with the 23 ultra test this and see if you have it too, im not sure if its normal behavior.
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The Front Facing Camera have auto focus so there is a lens that moves forward and backward , and may be thy added OIS secretly like apple did with IP14PM
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The main Camera have auto focus so there is a lens that moves forward and backward , and may be thy added OIS secretly like apple did with IP14PM
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Of course the camera has OIS... It's a flagship. It would be basically criminal for it NOT to have optical image stabilization. Also, the iPhone Pro Max series has had OIS since at least the 12 Pro Max (in fact Apple claimed it had dual optical image stabilization, meaning the telephoto had it as well). Not having OIS means blurry images in anything less than the utmost stable of hands when taking a photo and it's why I hated my OnePlus 9 and wished I bought the 9 Pro even though I didn't want the curved screen. Were you thinking of some other feature?
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Of course the camera has OIS... It's a flagship. It would be basically criminal for it NOT to have optical image stabilization. Also, the iPhone Pro Max series has had OIS since at least the 12 Pro Max (in fact Apple claimed it had dual optical image stabilization, meaning the telephoto had it as well). Not having OIS means blurry images in anything less than the utmost stable of hands when taking a photo and it's why I hated my OnePlus 9 and wished I bought the 9 Pro even though I didn't want the curved screen. Were you thinking of some other feature?
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I mean front facing camera sorry