I bought the Alpha today.. VERY VERY Disappointed with both Front & Back Cameras !!!
I bought the Alpha today.. VERY VERY Disappointed with both Front & Back Cameras !!!
what a bad camera this phone have !
My Galaxy S2 Camera is much better than it
especially the front facing camera is really too much bad is really unusable for Selfies ! even when i use "power selfie " app with "smooth" mode its three much BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAd !
I'll post some photos later
how can i check the specification of the CPU
"hardware info" app shows 1.3 GH & 8 Cores !
is the 1.3 CPU is the main one & the 1.8 CPU will only Run under heavy load ?
How to Make some App running as floating window ? rather than multi-window thing ?
I DON'T THINK THIS PHONE WILL REMAIN WITH ME FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS .... CAMERA IS IMPORTANT THING FOR ME
the speed of copying to the internal storage is super fast tho.
the performance for is device is generally Very Good
Stating that the S2 camera takes better pictures than the alpha's means only that you may have:
1) a fake alpha;
2) a defective unit.
For me, I can say that alpha's pictures impressed me much more than the S5's and that's why I changed my S5 for the alpha. By the way, I had the whole S series (except for the S6) and none of the S series is better than alpha! You should do some research on your unit. See what may be wrong with it.
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the picture of the front camera looks too sharp & the camera is exactly running as the laptop digital cam too poor quality :'(
Alpha front camera with me
http://img913.imageshack.us/img913/7057/Q6DGgj.jpg
http://img537.imageshack.us/img537/5132/2VMdzD.jpg
http://img537.imageshack.us/img537/7581/SUiSdW.jpg
S2 front camera
http://img908.imageshack.us/img908/6315/n7Qd28.jpg
http://img537.imageshack.us/img537/9247/fH80B9.jpg
a bit blur effect is much better than over sharpness , this is very clear in different shooting environments
I'll post photos later , i really heat it :3 but its a bit better with "power Selfie App"
Front camera. How does this looks for you?
To me it looks OK.
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Try looking at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3040089
You will see some nice pictures. Taken with the alpha of course.
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This is powerfull phone(SM-G850F), camera is great and can take 4K video recording!
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Front camera. How does this looks for you?
To me it looks OK.
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this is my shots of the keyboard :'(
http://img661.imageshack.us/img661/3548/5n2aY9.jpg
http://img538.imageshack.us/img538/3696/vkFVVm.jpg
http://img540.imageshack.us/img540/1772/rQFSJP.jpg
http://img909.imageshack.us/img909/4896/aSepP5.jpg
The Battery Take Ages to charge with me , even on battery saving mode... do you have such issue ?
goranzdr said:
This is powerfull phone(SM-G850F), camera is great and can take 4K video recording!
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high resolution != quality
high resolution is not meaning to have a high quality of the pictures
mduma77 said:
Try looking at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3040089
You will see some nice pictures. Taken with the alpha of course.
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I saw them before, great looking but if you zoom any phone a bit , even less than 70% you'll see how much detail are missing , & things i can't describe because of my English.
But its accepted anyway, but the front camera is a disaster
Actually my battery charges pretty fast.
From 5 or 6 % to 100% in just over an hour.
Questiin though.... Did you previously own an android phone or not and, was it by any chance a Samsung android smartphone?
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1) a fake alpha;
2) a defective unit.
+1
The camera is good enough, it is said to be on par with S5 camera. I think most people today have way too high hopes on a phone camera
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1) a fake alpha;
2) a defective unit.
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If ,but more i think FAKE UNIT,pls make a Antutu test & show the result
hensk said:
+1
If ,but more i think FAKE UNIT,pls make a Antutu test & show the result
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Actually it would be much more reliable for the guy to try to boot into recovery.
If he used recovery on a Sammy before, he'd notice if there is any difference.
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Tomorrow I'll exchange my unit (hopefully), with a golden one (mine is scuba blue). I like it but I kinda like more the look on the golden alpha.
I hope that it matches the performances and picture quality of the unit I own right now.
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Galaxy Alpha takes better pictures than iPhone 6 and z3 compact, except for lowlight but those two competitors doesn't take better image in dark either.
http://www.gsmarena.com/iphone_6_vs_galaxy_alpha_vs_xperia_z3c-review-1148p7.php
And gsmarena also acknowledged galaxy alpha takes better full hd 1080 video than iPhone 6.
I also find the cameras really good. Here's a rear camera sample.
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Actually my battery charges pretty fast.
From 5 or 6 % to 100% in just over an hour.
Questiin though.... Did you previously own an android phone or not and, was it by any chance a Samsung android smartphone?
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Sorry , New Edit,
The Phone Charge obviously fast with the Samsung charger that comes with the box of the phone
but incredible slow charging with on my laptop via USB ! while my S2 is charging within the normal speed on both the USB & The laptop.
also the charger of the alpha is 0.15 Amber , i think the USB is even more than that !
& Yes , I dealt with some android devices, S2 & S3 & S advance & S7562 & S5360 & one sony device
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1) a fake alpha;
2) a defective unit.
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how to check if my unit is fake ! but i don't think so .
check the photos i posted as photo in the previous replies & compare it to your front camera & please tell me what you see ! :'(
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The camera is good enough, it is said to be on par with S5 camera. I think most people today have way too high hopes on a phone camera
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i'm not making a big hope on it , i know that i don't have to expect alot from phones cameras (except iphone :\ )
but I'm disappoint somewhat with the rear camera where the photos really seems to have no details when it is zoomed a bit , while me s2 shows a lot of details (both for near shots, less than 40 cm or even 30 !)
& For the front camera for alpha its look like the S3 or a VGA stupid camera & poor quality ... but i started to accept it with "Power Selfie App" with "smooth" effect.
I am still at my opinion, S2 front facing camera is better than S3 & The Alpha :\ except that the last two capture more light , more surround ...
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Actually it would be much more reliable for the guy to try to boot into recovery.
If he used recovery on a Sammy before, he'd notice if there is any difference.
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I Entered it before buying the device, its looks normal , "android system recovery"
no other mobile besides me now, so i took a photo using the laptop camera
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exaflare & oddtiki thank you guys
thank you ALL <3
some shots from my Alpha Back/rear camera now please open the links & tell me if the quality is near to Yours or what you see ?
http://img538.imageshack.us/img538/4821/5QOLgU.jpg
http://img537.imageshack.us/img537/1619/gZhR2U.jpg
http://img911.imageshack.us/img911/9680/BuPcZe.jpg
http://img905.imageshack.us/img905/1720/Tahwog.jpg
http://img905.imageshack.us/img905/7149/EN6iDF.jpg
http://img911.imageshack.us/img911/9607/Ahwa5D.jpg (without flash)
http://img537.imageshack.us/img537/2385/L8oB5I.jpg (with flash)
http://img907.imageshack.us/img907/2706/drbzXU.jpg (too low light)
http://img538.imageshack.us/img538/2161/bcNHIy.jpg
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when the ics update comes out for the s2 will there be zero camera lag like the nexus?
or is there some kernal that can do this?
From what I've heard the camera "speed" is down to both software and hardware
Although the software will (I think) be improved, the hardware is the same so at best it will be a bit faster.
There probably won't be a change though.
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when the ics update comes out for the s2 will there be zero camera lag like the nexus?
or is there some kernal that can do this?
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I think it is totally possible depending on if the software in the ics build works well with the camera hardware of the sgs2.
I know the hardware is capable on the sgs2 because when I shoot in burst mode using "Camera FX" I can shoot 32 photos in under 5 seconds
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btrav said:
I think it is totally possible depending on if the software in the ics build works well with the camera hardware of the sgs2.
I know the hardware is capable on the sgs2 because when I shoot in burst mode using "Camera FX" I can shoot 32 photos in under 5 seconds
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That's at a low resolution though, not the full 8mp.
Using fast burst camera I can take shots at 480x800 roughly every 0.03 seconds (tested using an online stopwatch )
I like the idea,but I think I'd rather just have have properly focused pics...
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I like the idea,but I think I'd rather just have have properly focused pics...
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If you focus the first shot won't the subsequent shots use the same focus?
Should be fine for most cases if the subject is the same distance away from you
Hi ,.
is there any MOD or hack for SGS II camera , enables us to shoot uncompressed pictures , (for better quality),.
THX
use any custom camera app like camera360 and set the quality level to 100%, stock camera app does compress the image @ 90%
bala_gamer said:
use any custom camera app like camera360 and set the quality level to 100%, stock camera app does compress the image @ 90%
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I have Camera360 it does just fine,. do you suggest better app,.?
THX
gitan_reel said:
I have Camera360 it does just fine,. do you suggest better app,.?
THX
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camera zoom fx, hdr camera are other nice apps to try with
Thx
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I saw a post on here (CM9 discussion thread maybe ? Not 100% certain) bout 3-4 months ago saying someone was working on giving the SGS2 the ability to shoot pictures in RAW. Haven't seen anything further since, and I'm not sure it was in that CM9 thread.
MistahBungle said:
I saw a post on here (CM9 discussion thread maybe ? Not 100% certain) bout 3-4 months ago saying someone was working on giving the SGS2 the ability to shoot pictures in RAW. Haven't seen anything further since, and I'm not sure it was in that CM9 thread.
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That would be amazing. I was wondering if it was possible to get RAW images from the SGS2 camera. Can't afford a DSLR
That's the thing tho, is it even possible ? Yeah, it would be pretty good. Wonder if that would iron out the various 'artifacts' you sometimes see in images taken with the SGS2 ? (like the red/pink blotch, poor quality in low light, etc, etc). May not even be possible with the hardware no matter what's done with the firmware.
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That would be amazing. I was wondering if it was possible to get RAW images from the SGS2 camera. Can't afford a DSLR
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i have the settings for the camera on the highest res and auto focus, yet i still get sub-par pictures. we took my Note on vaca to the beach in the Mayan Riviera in April, and the pictures were lousy quality. my old iP 3GS took better pix that appeared of a higher resolution.
am i missing something?
i just turned on the anti-shake setting. could that have been the culprit? or is there some camera app that will "fix" my camera and make it seem like the 8 MP beast i thought it would be.
(BTW, my wife brought her 8MP Galaxy S and her pix came out way better from our mexican vaca...)
ARTAQaf said:
i have the settings for the camera on the highest res and auto focus, yet i still get sub-par pictures. we took my Note on vaca to the beach in the Mayan Riviera in April, and the pictures were lousy quality. my old iP 3GS took better pix that appeared of a higher resolution.
am i missing something?
i just turned on the anti-shake setting. could that have been the culprit? or is there some camera app that will "fix" my camera and make it seem like the 8 MP beast i thought it would be.
(BTW, my wife brought her 8MP Galaxy S and her pix came out way better from our mexican vaca...)
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I use the ics 4.0 camera from the play store..its crystal clear and fast and free!! Try it u will love it
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Could we please not quote the op...ever?
Especially if you're the first poster...and only have 1 sentence to post.
JB calhoun said:
I use the ics 4.0 camera from the play store..its crystal clear and fast and free!! Try it u will love it
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this 1? https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JseW54LmNhbWVyYWljcyJd
Even on my stock GB, camera takes good pictures.
Can you post an example? Maybe it will help us to notice something.
Or, your expectation is really high for this camera.
ARTAQaf said:
this 1? https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JseW54LmNhbWVyYWljcyJd
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Yes!!
Its what i use it fast clear and very simple and u can share right after u take the pic it lists like 10 apps u can share with.fb.dropbox.twitter,gmail.mess all on them
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ddochi11 said:
Even on my stock GB, camera takes good pictures.
Can you post an example? Maybe it will help us to notice something.
Or, your expectation is really high for this camera.
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The ics camera link posted above makes the stock look like nothing
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studacris said:
Could we please not quote the op...ever?
Especially if you're the first poster...and only have 1 sentence to post.
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Its short and to the point.....should i have wrote a book? He got it so i guess it was a good answer
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Missed the point...don't quote the op was the main request, if you wanted to be short and to the point, having to scroll through the post right above it is counter intuitive
Never had any problems. In fact my notes camera quality draws compliments.
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I too have noticed a lack of sharpness in the stock cam. I just dnldd the other and didn't see much difference if I compared the two test pics side by side but since I am in a dark room...I then changed settins on both to night and then took one each and the Camera ICS shot was MUCH sharper and had a much better white balance. I'll try some out in the sun today and report back
great, tx red :good:
why there is no slow shutter program for andriod ... thats so strage.. it exists for iphone and works great ..
is it that hard !!!!!!
or .. some one cant port a program from .ipa to .apk ??!!!
You can't do a port.
If you want it... just do it, or ask for it to the developer community
It seems to be impossible for moment.
You can vote for this feature to be developped here : code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5692
ok I did ,,, but I dont think it will make chanfe
Is this what you mean?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zalzala.streak
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If you are looking for a camera app that allows long exposures, Camera FV-5 allows custom shutter speeds, it has many controls that mimic a dslr experience. I bought the full version, makes me miss my 5DMKII a little less when I am out and about without....
andslide said:
Is this what you mean?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zalzala.streak
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daveid said:
If you are looking for a camera app that allows long exposures, Camera FV-5 allows custom shutter speeds, it has many controls that mimic a dslr experience. I bought the full version, makes me miss my 5DMKII a little less when I am out and about without....
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OK
thanx alot guys
I will try those programs hoping find a way to controll shutter speed
daveid said:
If you are looking for a camera app that allows long exposures, Camera FV-5 allows custom shutter speeds, it has many controls that mimic a dslr experience. I bought the full version, makes me miss my 5DMKII a little less when I am out and about without....
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Ooooooooops .. it doesnt work (On My GSM Evo 3D ) ... it is installed and opend like to be normal ... but when I take an image .. stop responding
Edit: the free one from the market worked .. but the one that didnt work is the cracked (paid) one .. cuz the version is too old ( and im in an arabian country that I cant buy from maeket : D )
daveid said:
If you are looking for a camera app that allows long exposures, Camera FV-5 allows custom shutter speeds, it has many controls that mimic a dslr experience. I bought the full version, makes me miss my 5DMKII a little less when I am out and about without....
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OK .. Got the app .. every thing is wirking great .. Except the Long exposure
when I take a long exposure image,,, I just get a whit image .. nothing but white :O
Shorten the exposure, that what happens when you over expose.
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Zanith said:
Shorten the exposure, that what happens when you over expose.
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but ,,, I just set it foe=r 5 seconds
Is this thread still alive? I was found Motion Camera app on market https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fingersoft.motioncamera but the result is not good as on iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slow-shutter-cam/id357404131?mt=8 (if this what anybody here expected for long exposure technique).
I've check camera specification between my phone (SGS3) my friend iPhone 3G. Both have almost same aperture, about 2.6/2.8 (I forgot). The shutter speed, ISO, and Exposure can be customized (both device). So there no reason (I guess) for the app cannot be applied on Android. I've contact the developer and we'll wait for the news.
noface83 said:
Is this thread still alive? I was found Motion Camera app on market https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fingersoft.motioncamera but the result is not good as on iOS https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slow-shutter-cam/id357404131?mt=8 (if this what anybody here expected for long exposure technique).
I've check camera specification between my phone (SGS3) my friend iPhone 3G. Both have almost same aperture, about 2.6/2.8 (I forgot). The shutter speed, ISO, and Exposure can be customized (both device). So there no reason (I guess) for the app cannot be applied on Android. I've contact the developer and we'll wait for the news.
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well.. it wasn't alive .. i even forgot about .. but don't know why just checked it again suddenly :silly:
any way .. i hope this app works .. I will give it a try .. The paid app is not on blackmart
joanjoan_10 said:
well.. it wasn't alive .. i even forgot about .. but don't know why just checked it again suddenly :silly:
any way .. i hope this app works .. I will give it a try .. The paid app is not on blackmart
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Did you ever find an app to do long exposure? I found one on iOS but it may be a limitation on android devices.
By the away I hope all is well with you guys in Syria.
I'm asked..
to [email protected]
Hi.
Your Slow Shutter! is amazing!
I like taking photos with this effects
Are there any plans to release your app on Android OS?
they say..
Hello,
Unfortunately, no.
Thanks for your interest.
Robert
Hi
I have Sony Xperia Z2 and I know there have been lots of threads regarding this issue and i know that this camera lag does not affect the photo quality. However is there anyway to flash or install or modify the old camera app which was in 4.4.3? I hate how the camera is laggy and not as smooth.
Any help or reply is much appreciated. Thank you all.
If you use Existenz then the most recent version (4.5.0) has it.
Thank you so much! I'm currently using 4.0 and I didn't know about the 4.5, thanks for your help!!!
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Hi I have updated to 4.5 and the camera view finder is still laggy.. Same as 4.0.
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Has no one taken into account the decrease of refresh rate was intentional by Sony to save battery and reduce heating
Functionality over looks
Envious_Data said:
Has no one taken into account the decrease of refresh rate was intentional by Sony to save battery and reduce heating
Functionality over looks
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I know that is the case but this lag bothers me and im asking if there is away to go back to the old camera..
alanl3oss said:
I know that is the case but this lag bothers me and im asking if there is away to go back to the old camera..
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not that i know of
+1
+1 too, in a light scene, camera is smooth, but in low light, it's lag like the others, Z and Z1 still smooth.
RyTekk said:
+1 too, in a light scene, camera is smooth, but in low light, it's lag like the others, Z and Z1 still smooth.
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Now in z2 , the camera is very laggy ...ok...but we have now a very good quality in photos! I try a photo with 4.4.2 and another photo with 4.4.4...same place,same object.The sharpness,colors and quality is very very very superior in 4.4.4
Infact in 4.4.2 some photos are with a strange blue bounce in objects,people and animals. In 4.4.4 the bounce disappear . I heard (but i'm not sure of this) , the photo quality with z and z1 is very bad with sony camera. Now z2 with sony camera is really ok in my opinion :good:
I agree with you that the camera is taking better photos, however don't forget that 4.4.4 exaggerates the colours of photos in album app, I don't know if you can notice that.. When you look at the photos on pc or print anything, they come out terrible. I was really happy with the old camera. I think would be great if someone can find a way to get back the old camera 4.4.3 running on 4.4.4.
Thank you
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I agree with you that the camera is taking better photos, however don't forget that 4.4.4 exaggerates the colours of photos in album app, I don't know if you can notice that.. When you look at the photos on pc or print anything, they come out terrible. I was really happy with the old camera. I think would be great if someone can find a way to get back the old camera 4.4.3 running on 4.4.4.
Thank you
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It's supervivid or (sometimes) x-reality feature on screen settings if you activate....it exaggerate colour in certain situations on phone...in PC, the photos are great for me... i test that i advice you to settings the white balance screen with : R=0 B=177 G=177 to have more natural colors on screen .Then use manual camera to take better photos Or 3rd party app (like snap camera or a better camera ). You can try :good:
Yes that is right. I agree that it does a decent photos but I think I was happy with a smooth camera that is all. No my pc is fine and I also tend to copy photos to mac and I use mac book pro retina. I want the 60 fps back!!
Thanks for all the ideas and support guys
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alanl3oss said:
Yes that is right. I agree that it does a decent photos but I think I was happy with a smooth camera that is all. No my pc is fine and I also tend to copy photos to mac and I use mac book pro retina. I want the 60 fps back!!
Thanks for all the ideas and support guys
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You're welcome ! Sadly the fps has reduced due to camera overheating,but eXistenZ 4.50 have 60 fps but only in recording video. I believe in lollipop for new camera feature
Yeah hopefully in the new update can't wait for 5!
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