Photo quality - Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Real Life Review

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Good quality pictures

for the ones that needs extreme level of sharpness in images, i consider this good

Hello.
Now my turn. Ill just post pictures.
Redmi Note 4 - RR - OpenCamera on STD
https://allthepics.net/image/lWPSY
Redmi Note 4 - RR - GCamMod - STD
https://allthepics.net/image/lWvrB
My old device in a similar price point: ASUS ZE500KL - to compare devices: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8531&idPhone2=7474#global,*,*]
https://allthepics.net/image/lWpJr
More mido shots available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rosy30ihtfs3bmu/Camera-Test-NEVER-DELETE-FROM-DROPBOX-OR-DIE.zip?dl=0] - ACHTUNG DATA USERS - the file is almost 120 MB
Protips
On MIUI the camera quality is a bit better than on LineageOS based roms.
If You are really in the manual controls just for fun or not You will need to edit the build.prop file and that needs root.
The light sensor can suffer gratefully in low light conditions generating a lot of noise.
If Your goal is to get the best pictures in the World of mobiles eg. visible every single snowflake in mid air without smudges => get a DSLR camera and a phone.
The stutter is pretty much responsive there is almost no lag when pressing the shot button

great photos!

Camera quality is excellent with Google Camera with AutoHDR+.

Quality is comparable with my entry-level 10 years old compact camera when shot in raw. Not the best camera in the market but more than enough for average usage.

_mov_ax said:
Quality is comparable with my entry-level 10 years old compact camera when shot in raw. Not the best camera in the market but more than enough for average usage.
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Does note 4 support RAW mode?

iamfoolish said:
Does note 4 support RAW mode?
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Only if you unlock the bootloader and add camera2api support on build.prop or mods

My note 4x front camera is significantly worse than my friends note 4x camera
It's really noticable
Any way to fix this?
I am rooted and have twrp installed

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There is still no solution (Redmi Note 4X). Oreo will probably not be. In vain, the camera2api works, Gcam is not good. [emoji849][emoji848][emoji2955]
Tapatalkkal Redmi Note 4X

Lui7601 said:
There is still no solution (Redmi Note 4X). Oreo will probably not be. In vain, the camera2api works, Gcam is not good. [emoji849][emoji848][emoji2955]
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That's what custom ROMs are for. We have Oreo and Pie (in early stage) and perfectly working GCams which makes our camera a lot better than on MIUI

GCam port by BSG produce very good quality photos with HDR+ mode. No lag while taking snap.

I have using my device for more than 3 years now. I mostly use it for communicating over chat apps and media consumption. I have been using various builds of LineageOS (official and unoffical) after the first year of purchase. But more importantly, Gcam has been with me even before that. I started using Gcam mods like that of BSG's 5.* during early years of development.
After coming long way now, the mods are mostly stable and all the included features works flawlessly (keeping in mind the device specific restrictions). The first thing after setting up my device after installing a new custom ROM (or upgrading) I do is install Gcam mod without doing anything else.

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Get better pictures/videos on AOSP! (Not another lg camera port)

[[If you don't feel like listening to my shenanigans, just scroll down to the dashed line!]]
I love the look of AOSP. Unfortunately, LG does not release camera drivers so camera quality on AOSP is generally pretty terrible. Recently, I decided to forego my typical stock g3 port and try out CyanogenMod 12, and its actually really really good and stable (on vs980 anyways). The only problem was the horrendous camera quality. Lollipop was so good (especially with xposed support starting up) that I decoded I'd try to find a fix for my problem. First off, I noticed that Lollipop had a *bit better camera quality than kitkat AOSP. This was promising but nothing good. My og droid razer still took pictures just as good. I tried the typical apps... Cm11s camera (it had bugs...) AOSP camera was terrible, Google camera was a little better than AOSP but not much. Lenovo super camera.. Still not 100% stable. I didn't use those stock camera ports as none of them are stable and those aren't what this thread is about.
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I tried some play store offerings and almost gave up... But then I found something in the play store. "Open camera". Its free, open source, ad free, and somehow... It takes really good pictures and videos on AOSP on our phones.
When you open it you're greeted with a not-so-beautiful ui, but it has a lot of great features. HDR works also.. Which is nice. Actually, everything works.
The main gripe with the AOSP camera quality was low light performance. In open camera there's a ISO setting. Set the ISO to 1600 and you'll get great low light photos with little noise. You can of course use auto or higher ISO but noise will be a problem. But it is a problem on stock too at those ISO levels. Another thing I'd like to point out is that video recording is surprisingly good. No 4k yet unless your ROM supports it. The app itself supports it. Hopefully this can help someone who needs better pictures/videos on AOSP! ?
Note: I included a test shot. Keep in mind the room was illuminated by one nightstand light. It looks brighter in the picture than it does to the eyes. Even though there's noise in the picture, its multitudes better than other options
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Here's a Google camera shot for comparison. I drew a red "G" on the Google camera shot because I'm uploading this with tapatalk and I'm not sure if it will show the pics in order or not:
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Very nice post, already knew open camera since it's included in my rom, and yes it takes the better pics!
But I have to say that even thought this app goes deeply into settings, they could make some improvements to the UI...
Yes been using it for awhile
This UI is awful! Photos seem to be great though.
I've been using the Lenovo camera and it's been amazing. Ridiculously quick HDR shots.

Bad camera macros

Hi, i have a problem with camera. I tried also other cameras like the Google one. The thing is that with my last Samsung phone (Galaxy Core) i always did perfect macros with 5 cm of distance from the object! With Redmi Note 2 you must stay at least at 10-12 cm to get a macro, with the result that also the background is focused. I think that is a lens problem... How about your macros?
However it is not only a macro problem
This camera can't simply focus subjects that are near it
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Same here. My old Xperia S did a better job with macros.
Are you using auto or manual focus?
I use Tap to focus
I do not have this problem. I get a clear picture at 5cm, but anything less will be blurry.
I have same problem with my note 3. Well today i figured it out. With a help with a friend. The glass protector of my cam have a few litle scratches. When i take it down camera works perfect.
Scratches are almost invisible.
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Tried also today
Nothing to do.. You must stay at least at 8-10 cm in order to get a good macro
Mhm. Try some other camera. But I think that 10 cm is OK it's not a pro.macro camera. Booh. Try with macro lenses. For me it worked
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Sometimes macros are very goods
But you must stay at least at 10 cm from the subject
Yeah but than this is not macro for me. With macro lenses macro photos are quite good
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Same here, i can't even scan many QR codes. Let alone the tiny QR codes that Xiaomi itself uses on their headphones!
Same problem for me.
Envoyé de mon Redmi Note 2 en utilisant Tapatalk
There are many different type of lens. Marco lens work from 10 cm onward. For Note 2 you must hold it 10 cm away to focus. The words are readable.
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This is from the same distance using the in camera x4.0 zoom. Not tac sharp but acceptable.
Noticed the same when received my Note 2. I don't think that it is a problem of camera or the device. It just how it works. All my previous devices (phones and cameras) can focus on closer objects.
That's what it can do if you focus from 12+ cm.
I have thia good macro manual focus with cm 12.1 by mokee..
Great shutter speed n better quality from srock miui camera..
Trully hard focus for around 10cm range focus..
Just a problem with lack of feature thats all..
Okay, so Redmi 3 takes much better macros compared to RN2. It's able to focus at much closer objects and I'm able to get some awesome macro shots with it.
plan to buy it on next week, but confused between redmi note 2 and redmi note 3
hi sir,
i have planned to buy a xiaomi device, but i cant choose one becoz of lack of experience so can you help me to figure out what is best device from redmi note 2 and redmi note 3, plzzz
droidaem said:
Okay, so Redmi 3 takes much better macros compared to RN2. It's able to focus at much closer objects and I'm able to get some awesome macro shots with it.
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Which RMN3 do you have? The one with the Qualcomm 650 or with the MTK X10? Because the "old" one is basically a RMN2 with a fingerscanner.
sampath bandara said:
hi sir,
i have planned to buy a xiaomi device, but i cant choose one becoz of lack of experience so can you help me to figure out what is best device from redmi note 2 and redmi note 3, plzzz
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There are multiple versions of both phones (the RMN2 has all versions using the same hardware except for the 4G and bands differing, so still be carefull which version you buy for your country). But the RMN3 is even more confusing, since there are versions that use completely different hardware.
The first RMN3 was basically identical to the RMN2 except for the casing, fingerprint scanner and larger battery, and missing the option to have a microSD card. But screen, processor etc were identical to RMN2.
But later they released an updated RMN3, with a newer processor and higher resolution camera, and also the option to use microSD cards. So, the most obvious response is to go for THAT version.
This means the "Redmi Note 3 Pro Prime", using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 with 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM is the best phone.
i havent qualcom version in my country
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Which RMN3 do you have? The one with the Qualcomm 650 or with the MTK X10? Because the "old" one is basically a RMN2 with a fingerscanner.
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It's just Redmi 3, not the note one. I thought it has the same sensor as Redmi Note 2, but apparently it doesn't as it seems to have a bigger lens.

Best pictures quality RDN4 vs LG G5

Good morning to everyone. As I wrote yesterday, I prepared a mini photo quality comparison between rdn4 and LG G5.
Unfortunately I could not get out a lot of photos (I was in-laws in the village?))
But I was able to take off several mainly nearby.
I can say that many times the result surprised me!
Really worthy rdn4 standing against device wearing of the best cameras of 2016 !! (LG G5)
At the end I will do and link from google drive folder with the photos in their original quality.
I expect comments?)
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dimi30 said:
Good morning to everyone. As I wrote yesterday, I prepared a mini photo quality comparison between rdn4 and LG G5.
Unfortunately I could not get out a lot of photos (I was in-laws in the village?))
But I was able to take off several mainly nearby.
I can say that many times the result surprised me!
Really worthy rdn4 standing against device wearing of the best cameras of 2016 !! (LG G5)
At the end I will do and link from google drive folder with the photos in their original quality.
I expect comments?)
Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk
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Can you upload the images directly? They look like they've been compressed, especially since it went through whatever editing software to write the models in.
LG G5 is classes above the Redmi series, they are not even comparable. Perhaps the real comparison would be between LG G5 and Xiaomi Mi5.
RN4 is a good phone indeed but it falls into the mid-range class.
dimi30 said:
Good morning to everyone. As I wrote yesterday, I prepared a mini photo quality comparison between rdn4 and LG G5.
Unfortunately I could not get out a lot of photos (I was in-laws in the village?))
But I was able to take off several mainly nearby.
I can say that many times the result surprised me!
Really worthy rdn4 standing against device wearing of the best cameras of 2016 !! (LG G5)
At the end I will do and link from google drive folder with the photos in their original quality.
I expect comments?)
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6lDlpRDegOCYlg2bVpnN0g5Sms
Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the great comparison! It really highlights the real world camera performance difference in less than ideal (mostly low light, which the G5 is well equipped to handle) conditions. The Redmi 4 does well for its price, but it really is miles behind in terms of detail (extremely soft photos), its white balance is off but at least noise is kept to acceptable levels. It's camera algorithms are surprisingly mature, showing less oversharpening and fringing than the G5 and that considering it had to work a lot harder trying to retain detail with that poor sensor and lens. Can you do a follow-up review in good light?
Looks like The G5 has a better camera. Bad news :/
I have a Redmi Note 4 and the camera is decent, not not very good.
In low light condition it is even worst...
All the Redmi pictures have a horrible yellow tint. Plus the lack of OIS makes the pictures blurry - especially the one with the potted plant

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Huawei Mate 9 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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Now i can post, thanks
I bought the phone 4 hours ago, the camera is mainly good and better than Note5, sadly there's no Huawei update yet in my region.
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Nice pictures.
I got the device today. I think the camera is fantastic and I'm coming from an iPhone 7 plus (after a note 7). Especially the aperture mode. That is something amazing.
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Agreed. Aperture mode is brilliant. I've lost countless hours playing with it.
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How would you rate the camera on mate 9 against note 5? Now I have n5 but I want to change on mate 9. Camera is the most important for me because I have 2 little boys and I make a lot of pictures of them.
Haven't made that many photos yet but the camera is miles better than my old nexus 6.
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What about the pictures in the low light? I've heard that is not good?
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I find them fine. Perhaps noisier than my iPhone. But at least i have bokeh. Nothing out there enable such creativity
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Does setting your photo resolution to 12MP produce better quality photos compared to 20MP? In other words, is the 20MP camera sensor oversampling to produce a better quality 12MP photo?
trace1er said:
Does setting your photo resolution to 12MP produce better quality photos compared to 20MP? In other words, is the 20MP camera sensor oversampling to produce a better quality 12MP photo?
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20MP is better cause it use the 20MP black and white sensor.
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20MP is better cause it use the 20MP black and white sensor.
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I'm not sure if 20MP pictures are really better because those are built from BW sensor image and colors are filled from 12 MP RGB sensor.
Personally I have always used 12MP pictures but that doesn't make it better option
Unless you are printing them, or pixel peeping, it's probably moot.
What matters is the details ,so 20MP is better since the details are coming from the 20MP sensor.
But again, if your just looking at the photo on-screen, it's scaled down to less than 20MP, and even less than 12MP. Any extra details that might be there, won't be noticed unless you zoom in, or print it.
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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Huawei Mate 9 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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the photos very detailed :good::good::good:
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What matters is the details ,so 20MP is better since the details are coming from the 20MP sensor.
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Even shooting a 12MP resolution photo, I'm under the impression that both cameras are still used. The details still come from the 20MP camera. I was wondering if it oversamples the pixels to create a better image, much like what Nokia Lumia phones used to do. The Lumia 1020 had a 41MP camera, but produced 5 megapixel images that were absolutely stunning.
I bought the mate 9 and honestly I'm not satisfied with the images. Especially in low light. My note 5 was a little bit better in my opinion. I think I will back to n5
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How well do ported Gcam work for the V30?

I really need to know if various ported Google camera apps works well for this phone. As in you can continuously take photos without the app lagging or run into issues.
I used to have an LG G6 and it worked great with Gcam. Now I have a V35 and Gcam works terrible for it, I've tried all the different dev version and it's all the same. Gcam would take the first two photos fine, then the third time onward it would become jerky while taking photo and taking 3 times as long to finish the shot (6+ seconds). Bottom line is the G6 takes better photos than my V35 because of this.
I am on the fence about buying a new Pixel 3a or used Pixel 3 just for the camera alone. But I've been concerned about Google quality control and how well the hardware will last. I've read so many hardware issues with the Pixel 1 and 2 so I don't even want to touch them. So I'm considering giving the V30 a try, but I really need that Gcam working well. I don't mind owning another LG phone as I love the quadDAC.
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I really need to know if various ported Google camera apps works well for this phone. As in you can continuously take photos without the app lagging or run into issues.
I used to have an LG G6 and it worked great with Gcam. Now I have a V35 and Gcam works terrible for it, I've tried all the different dev version and it's all the same. Gcam would take the first two photos fine, then the third time onward it would become jerky while taking photo and taking 3 times as long to finish the shot (6+ seconds). Bottom line is the G6 takes better photos than my V35 because of this.
I am on the fence about buying a new Pixel 3a or used Pixel 3 just for the camera alone. But I've been concerned about Google quality control and how well the hardware will last. I've read so many hardware issues with the Pixel 1 and 2 so I don't even want to touch them. So I'm considering giving the V30 a try, but I really need that Gcam working well. I don't mind owning another LG phone as I love the quadDAC.
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For LG V30, especially on most recent firmware, stock LG cam works well. One of the major requests for custom ROMs is to somehow get LG stock cam back.
eksasol said:
I really need to know if various ported Google camera apps works well for this phone. As in you can continuously
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I don't mind owning another LG phone as I love the quadDAC.
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The Gcam ports I've tried are really best used for 1) night sight (long processing time for ea pic) 2) rear camera enhanced plus - but only 1 shot at a time.
The ports are simply not perfect. They don't work as well as the regular LG cam app - except in the cases already mentioned.
That said, I think it really comes down to what your needs are. For me, having both apps installed works very well (just use whichever is appropriate for the situation). But if you believe the GCam app (on a google phone) would be that much better re fast multiple shots, then that would have to be your choice.
Lastly, it's *possible* the next version of Pixel phones has a dual rear lens. That would change things quite a bit I think, as the GCam ports of that app would then probably be more likely to be fully functional.
This is a night sight pic with the 'No Hex' version of the Gcam ports, taken at about 4am, notice the black sky...
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