topic Re: Camera in XPERIA archive

Camera

BobaJob1 — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:16:01 GMT

Is there any settings that make this camera better? I'm comparing the quality of it to my girlfriends Samsung galaxy s3 and tbh it's awful I used auto mode and manual and took pictures of my son and tried to take the same with my girlfriends cam and it's clearly obvious what one is the best. <br><br>They aren't even close in quality, I'm so disappointed in this camera

Re: Camera

LuciToma — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:50:25 GMT

Well i agree with you in some way....

the camera is not made to be used as a point and shoot at least not in all lightning conditions.......

All i can say is that i've had the s3 and stil have friends with s3's anyway i guess my point is that..... if you learn to play with the settings in manual mode you will get much much better pictures than the s3 and even the s4

If you need proof or help i can give it to you.....

Re: Camera

frank1972 — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:53:37 GMT

What LuciToma said, except for all pictures with flash
They all bite, I think there is'nt anybody on this forum that can deliver a great phot with flash, do not get me wrong, I love the phone but the flash foto **bleep** big time.

Re: Camera

frank1972 — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:55:48 GMT

I still blame the anti shatter film at the back of the phone for i think that diffuses the flash to much but he who am i.

Re: Camera

BobaJob1 — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:14:37 GMT

Thanks for replying, is there any settings u know that can make it better or point me in the right direction, I don't mind spending a few hours to make it better cause I just get my girlfriend to take all the pics of our boy cause her camera is amazing.

I just thought being a newer phone and 20mp it would be alot better but I've took a few more pictures to compare and with manual mode with nothing changed it just looks awful compared to the clear Samsung

Re: Camera

One_Twelve — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:09:01 GMT

@BobaJob wrote:
Is there any settings that make this camera better? I'm comparing the quality of it to my girlfriends Samsung galaxy s3 and tbh it's awful I used auto mode and manual and took pictures of my son and tried to take the same with my girlfriends cam and it's clearly obvious what one is the best. <br><br>They aren't even close in quality, I'm so disappointed in this camera

can you be more specific...

outdoors or indoors.

What exactly is the problem with the photos you get ? noisy, blurred or what.

What does the S3 get right.

Re: Camera

BobaJob1 — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:33:10 GMT

Mostly indoor pics.

The S3 pics are just soo clear looking and very sharp, zooming in to the pic and u can really see the detail but the xperia is just blurred

Think of normal TV compared to HD

Re: Camera

One_Twelve — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:25:18 GMT

Set ISO to 200 and manual 8MP.

Try with a static subject for now.

Any difference ?

Re: Camera

BobaJob1 — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:53:48 GMT

Not really any different, i tried messing with alot of settings and got it alitte better but it still doesnt match the S3, really disappointed in it, maybe should have went with the HTC One or LG-G2

Re: Camera

One_Twelve — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 09:23:36 GMT

HTC one is quicker at taking photos. But its gotten slammed because it can only do 4MP. You cannot zoom in too much with a 4MP photo or lets say a 8MP allows you to zoom in twice as much as a 4MP. The G2 like the samsungs is good when light is adequate, but when light drops noise creeps in especially with video. Z1 is an all rounder, good in low light as well as regular. G2 might be sharper because denoising is more agressive like samsung but when the light drops that agressive denoising works against you.

I've compared photos of a 5S with the Z1. At 20MP there was more noise in the photo but at 8MP and low ISO i would say the photos were equivalent. The biggest difference is between superior auto and manual. In superior auto, sometimes the wrong scene mode is picked, say like soft snap that can make a picture look wierd. That is why manual with iso selection produces the most consistent shots. Roule of thumb is 50-100 outdoors, 200-400 indoors. Going up to 800 if the subject is moving so as to get a faster shutter speed. Superior auto i've found tends to pick a higher ISO than could be got than with manual. Which means a more noisy photo. Follow the tips mentioned in this guide.

You said you tried many settings but this is a crap shoot. you need to tailor the settings to the subject and shot at hand. What are you trying to photograph and what is the lighting like. You've not mentioned the subject so far.

If you want to pursue this further can you put up the originals of the S3 & the Z1 so we can take a look at them.