General THREAD/POLL: Issues with S23 Ultra camera (post you issues) - Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

Seems the stock camera in S23 line has issues not solved yet that lot of users are complaining, I think is the time to create a thread to make Samsung aware of what is wrong with the S23 Ultra too and solve it ASAP:
SOME REFERENCES
Major update released for Galaxy S23 series, improves camera
https://www.tizenhelp.com/major-update-released-for-galaxy-s23-improves-camera/ 1. A function has been added to the gallery so that you can immediately delete photos that are being processed immediately after taking them with the camera. 2...
forum.xda-developers.com
S23 / S23 Plus
Galaxy S23 camera may have a hardware issue that Samsung hasn’t addressed yet
Many Galaxy S23/S23+ have an hardware issue on the main camera that causes permanent blurred and smudged spots, Samsung refuses to aknowledge the issue and fix it.
Banana soft focus issues
Soft focus examples
Samsung Galaxy S23 and S23+ owners report irritating camera blur that could be lens-based
Are your Samsung Galaxy S23 photos strangely blurry? You aren’t alone
If there is a hardware issue, Samsung should recall all the units affected
The idea of this thread is when you go to Samsung support, you will have something in the case they say that this is not happening.

All of those links refer only to 23 and 23+. They even say that the 23Ultra isn't affected by these issues.

This not, but you can go to the first link where I have added a comparison between Samsung apps taking photos and GCAM, and in my opinion, Samsung has an issue with fusing photos in ExpertRAW.

You're posting in the wrong forum.

JohnTheFarm3r said:
You're posting in the wrong forum.
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I think you should read my post
THIS POLL IS FOR S23 ULTRA USERS ONLY​

pjaysnowden said:
All of those links refer only to 23 and 23+. They even say that the 23Ultra isn't affected by these issues.
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In the S23 Ultra there is an issue with the camera, because in PRO Mode is noise reduction is heavy applied, maybe not the same issues of other models, but there is an issue with the stock camera and Expert RAW camera.
Try to open a Expert RAW raw shot as High Eficiency RAW in Photoshop and it will be heavy underexposed. Cameras in this phone has issues.

citytrader said:
In the S23 Ultra there is an issue with the camera, because in PRO Mode is noise reduction is heavy applied, maybe not the same issues of other models, but there is an issue with the stock camera and Expert RAW camera.
Try to open a Expert RAW raw shot as High Eficiency RAW in Photoshop and it will be heavy underexposed. Cameras in this phone has issues.
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True. Just that your links do not mention the 23ultra. It is annoying that a 1400 euro phone has ****e cameras.

citytrader said:
I think you should read my post
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citytrader said:
I think you should read my post
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I think you should read the article you posted that says, the S23 ultra isn't affected by it.

Mod edit: thread moved to the more appropriate S23 section. Thank you for your understanding.

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DaReDeViL said:
Mod edit: thread moved to the more appropriate S23 section. Thank you for your understanding.
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I understand that today all like TikTok videos, but sometimes is good to read what is written...
What part this message is not clear to you?
"Seems the stock camera in S23 line has issues not solved yet that lot of users are complaining, I think is the time to create a thread to make Samsung aware of what is wrong with the S23 Ultra too and solve it ASAP: "
The correct forum is S23 ULTRA or Samsung contacted you to move this thread? as you see 8 people has issues with the camera.

THIS POLL IS FOR S23 ULTRA USERS ONLY​

We moderators are human, we sometimes make mistakes. Don't be rude.
Thread moved to the correct section.

citytrader said:
I understand that today all like TikTok videos, but sometimes is good to read what is written...
What part this message is not clear to you?
"Seems the stock camera in S23 line has issues not solved yet that lot of users are complaining, I think is the time to create a thread to make Samsung aware of what is wrong with the S23 Ultra too and solve it ASAP: "
The correct forum is S23 ULTRA or Samsung contacted you to move this thread? as you see 8 people has issues with the camera.
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Hey chill out buddy, I clearly was misled by the not so clear thread/poll coherence. Now I stand corrected and was about to move the thread back to the S23U section but my friend @V0latyle took care of it.

DaReDeViL said:
Hey chill out buddy, I clearly was misled by the not so clear thread/poll coherence. Now I stand corrected and was about to move the thread back to the S23U section but my friend @V0latyle took care of it.
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Thanks!

Almost 6 years separate the OnePlus 5T from the S23+ and still, the 5T gets better definition and focus, despite the fact that the 5T already has enough problems with the Camera.
But Samsung continues to say that it is a function and characteristic of the lens of the S23+ what is clearly seen in the "banana" effect is a circle of blur, perhaps not because of the sensor but because of the poor construction of the lens. I, like many others, feel cheated for having bought the S23.
Look at the photos and draw conclusions.
OnePlus 5T
Samsung S23+
5T vs S23+

Phone gets hot filming 5+ minutes.

Racpu_ said:
Almost 6 years separate the OnePlus 5T from the S23+ and still, the 5T gets better definition and focus, despite the fact that the 5T already has enough problems with the Camera.
But Samsung continues to say that it is a function and characteristic of the lens of the S23+ what is clearly seen in the "banana" effect is a circle of blur, perhaps not because of the sensor but because of the poor construction of the lens. I, like many others, feel cheated for having bought the S23.
Look at the photos and draw conclusions.
OnePlus 5T
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5T vs S23+
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Agree with all that. Somehow Samsung photos look good as long as you view them only on the mobile screen. I think for most people that's fine. But we should definatelly excpect more from device with such price tag.

Racpu_ said:
Almost 6 years separate the OnePlus 5T from the S23+ and still, the 5T gets better definition and focus, despite the fact that the 5T already has enough problems with the Camera.
But Samsung continues to say that it is a function and characteristic of the lens of the S23+ what is clearly seen in the "banana" effect is a circle of blur, perhaps not because of the sensor but because of the poor construction of the lens. I, like many others, feel cheated for having bought the S23.
Look at the photos and draw conclusions.
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Could you please try to shot RAW with ExpertRAW to check if you find the same issues?

ajarosz said:
Agree with all that. Somehow Samsung photos look good as long as you view them only on the mobile screen. I think for most people that's fine. But we should definatelly excpect more from device with such price tag.
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I agree with you, for point and shooters this camera is fine, check the new Oppo with fake bokeh, but some people like fake stuff.
I don't understand why this fever to build cameras of high mpx, I think resolutions between 20mpx to 25mpx is more than enough for everybody and the result will be only advantages from noise reduction to the file size where today the S23 DNGs are very big around 170mpx, my 30mpx mirrorless camera has raw files around 24 mpx with a quality of picture miles a way better compared to any phone..

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Is Samsung leading their customers astray ? On the Ifa only Sony Sensors.

I was at the IFA yesterday. I realised, that the Camera of the new Note is very nice and that the colours are much nicer, than on my S7, although it might have the same camera. I installed Aida 64 on many randomly chosen different devices and checked the built in Devices.
As you can see on the photos, all of them had the Sony sensor. I asked a few people from Samsung, why it is like this, and guess, what they told me.
There are only Sony Cameras there, and this is the state, as they are delivered. When your device gets a broken Camera, then you get a Sony Sensor built in, because it is cheaper for Samsung. For the show they take only Sony Sensors, because they know, that the pictures look much more better, than the ones of the Samsung Sensor. Unbeliveable to hear that from a Samsung person. Maybe he did not know, what he was talking about, you might say, but he seemed very well informed. If this is true, it is at least a very poor strategy. Telling the people different stuff and doing another.
There is also some comparison between, the S7 Edge, which I brought there with Samsung Sensor and the Note 7 with Sony Sensor.
I also asked A woman working there for Samsung, if the Samsugn sensor is better, which she said, was true. Then I showed her the two devices and she said, of course the Samsung sensor in the Note 7 would be much better. Unfotunately it was the sony sensor and the Samsung Sensor was the S7 Edge.
Sooooo Sony wins this one for me. I do not believe in Samsungs statements, that these are two equal sensors, if even they know, that the sony Sensor Pictures look better.
You can check the devices on the Ifa yourself.
Are you really comparing the display quality between the camera interfaces of the devices? If so, that is a very poor way of doing so. The only thing that matters is actual photo quality once it's been taken - and in all accounts even on various forums, the differences aren't much at all. Capturing in Auto mode just makes the comparison worse, because one could have focused on the subject, while the other could have focused on the background. As such, the cameras could have used different exposure settings.
Some people would be dangerous if they had a brain OMG
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ChimpNippl3s said:
Some people would be dangerous if they had a brain OMG
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Oh well, at least it's different. I was getting bored by the repetition of the GG5, light-leaks-from-the-side, and recall rants.
On S7 and S7 Edge both Samsung and Sony modules got used! I had a few devices and have seen both!
On Note7, ONLY Sony cam modules are used, you can check because there are no Samsung drivers present! That's also the reason why S7 users with Samsung cam and Note7 Port can't use all cam functions...
To the most important thing, the performance: there is not much difference, both sensors are almost equal (big discussions in S7e forums about that).
In my opinion Sony is a bit better in details, Samsung has better white balance in low light. Sony has quicker auto-focus in low light...
As I said, I own both, and the difference is very little!
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Very important news about this phone!

Please don’t delete this topic it’s fair warning!
I hate to be right sometimes but as I told long ago after years of testing it turns out that the best camera of Samsung was in S6 / S6Edge+. Test it yourself. Hold S6 in one hand and for example S8 in the other and take a photo in good light. Then zoom it on the phone and you will see that S6 has better details, no artificial brightener while for example S8 has it.
S6 has 16 Mpix and all flagships that came after had 12 Mpix rear camera.
I’ve tested S6 Edge Plus vs. S7 / S8 / S8+, Note8, S9, S9+ and…
only S9+ finally beat S6. (look how Samsung did bad for us from Sep2015 till March2018)
I wish I had NOT sale my S6 and bought a newer one
If You don't believe me? Ask XDA members who has S6 and a later Galaxy S model (but not S9+)
This is a Warning for You don't sell your S6!!!! or sell only if you can afford to buy S9+.
I did the wrong thing so I Warn you no to make the same mistake that I did
You realise and understand these devices can do a lot more than just take pictures, right? They're intended to be used for more than just a camera. All the newer devices has better features and hardware that people might need more than just what a quick photo looks like. If image quality in photos are that important, just get a proper DSLR camera and use the smartphone for all the other features it was intended to be used for.
The tiny distance between the 2 cameras when you click the picture, or the very slight change in ambient light if the pictures are consecutively to each other, is enough for the camera to choose a different ISO. This impacts perceived detail more than you might believe it does. Besides, the sensors after the S6 were larger and therefore more difficult to stabilise optically. It follows that you cannot evaluate perceived detail without professionally controlled conditions.
If a camera is very important, buy a DSLR.
Do not buy a phone just for the camera, they are only meant for the day to day snaps, which they do very well.
The purpose of this post was to warn all of ppl that DO want to use only smartfion to take pics.
I have no agenda against Note8. I just know that a lot of ppl are massivly abandoning S6 cause they think that cam will be significntly better on a newer Galaxy. Out of my good heart I want to spare them the dissapointment.
Like I said if a person wants to change S6 only for pics quality reason they should buy nothing less than S9+ otherwise they will be sadly dissapointed.
androidbadboy said:
Please don’t delete this topic it’s fair warning!
I hate to be right sometimes but as I told long ago after years of testing it turns out that the best camera of Samsung was in S6 / S6Edge+. Test it yourself. Hold S6 in one hand and for example S8 in the other and take a photo in good light. Then zoom it on the phone and you will see that S6 has better details, no artificial brightener while for example S8 has it.
S6 has 16 Mpix and all flagships that came after had 12 Mpix rear camera.
I’ve tested S6 Edge Plus vs. S7 / S8 / S8+, Note8, S9, S9+ and…
only S9+ finally beat S6. (look how Samsung did bad for us from Sep2015 till March2018)
I wish I had NOT sale my S6 and bought a newer one
If You don't believe me? Ask XDA members who has S6 and a later Galaxy S model (but not S9+)
This is a Warning for You don't sell your S6!!!! or sell only if you can afford to buy S9+.
I did the wrong thing so I Warn you no to make the same mistake that I did
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Good to know but could you put here some samples?
To all malcontents its not normal while company is saying that the camera is improved between generations but in final its not. Its a fraud. Cheat should come out into the daylight
akslow said:
Good to know but could you put here some samples?
To all malcontents its not normal while company is saying that the camera is improved between generations but in final its not. Its a fraud. Cheat should come out into the daylight
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During years with my 1000 photos taken by S6EPlus from launch od S7 till launch of S9/S9+ I did it for myself cause Samsung kept on saying that that the photo quality is better in good light than previous S models. So I went to the electronics shop. I one hand I had my phone and in the other the newer Galscy version. I joined hands, pointed forward in the same linear direction and I have taken a photo with both (same options on both, for example HDR). Then I opened in both phones the gallery and I looked very intesnly with no zoom and with zoom whsat the quality was.. the S6EPlus won with all but not with S9+. But I did not have the photos from these other models troughout the years cause I was doing it for my self to check my theory that Samsung will be lying about much camera improvment.
Hence no photos. I wasnt planing then to warn everybody. I myself wanted to buy S7E and all the next phones cause I beleived that maybe the next and next model with have a batter cam. I waited 3 years, 3 generations till the emerge of S9+ that I can truely say that in good light S9+ makes better photos than my S6E+. I was planning to buy it but I didnt have enough money
androidbadboy said:
During years with my 1000 photos taken by S6EPlus from launch od S7 till launch of S9/S9+ I did it for myself cause Samsung kept on saying that that the photo quality is better in good light than previous S models. So I went to the electronics shop. I one hand I had my phone and in the other the newer Galscy version. I joined hands, pointed forward in the same linear direction and I have taken a photo with both (same options on both, for example HDR). Then I opened in both phones the gallery and I looked very intesnly with no zoom and with zoom whsat the quality was.. the S6EPlus won with all but not with S9+. But I did not have the photos from these other models troughout the years cause I was doing it for my self to check my theory that Samsung will be lying about much camera improvment.
Hence no photos. I wasnt planing then to warn everybody. I myself wanted to buy S7E and all the next phones cause I beleived that maybe the next and next model with have a batter cam. I waited 3 years, 3 generations till the emerge of S9+ that I can truely say that in good light S9+ makes better photos than my S6E+. I was planning to buy it but I didnt have enough money
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BTW You should change topic cause its saying nothing
akslow said:
BTW You should change topic cause its saying nothing
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That;s why there is a thread to say everything.
BTW The topic is important cause a SEA of ppl with s6 want to change for something new but not for S9+ only for picture quality reasons. I'm doing good for them ny warning
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BTW You should change topic cause its saying nothing
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1. That's why there is a thread for.
2. topic should stay cause to many ppl with s6 are willling just for cam buy something less than S9+
androidbadboy said:
1. That's why there is a thread for.
2. topic should stay cause to many ppl with s6 are willling just for cam buy something less than S9+
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No, ideally it would be descriptive and concrete...right now it's like more like click bait
Thread closed

Night Vision: ToF Camera

Hi,
Just read an article on xda about ToF camera app which gives you night vision in pitch dark using ToF camera. You can't take photos or videos in this but is fun to use.
Update: Now you can take photos and video. You can also change colours.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lvonasek.tofviewer
ive used this on previous phones, its interesting
Just get a black screen
ChongoDroid said:
Just get a black screen
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Working on my Exynos S20 ultra with latest firmware.
It's novel but NOT even close to night vision!
It's essentially a form of LIDAR and produces an image showing things in front of the sensor without the need for any visible light.
If your phone does not have TOF function than this app won't work. That is why it works on the S10 5G but not the S10.
If they want to make something more useful in future phones why not introduce a FLIR (brand name but acronym for Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer)? Not only does it take temperature in many points it can find overheating things in a big hurry.
cpufrost said:
It's novel but NOT even close to night vision!
It's essentially a form of LIDAR and produces an image showing things in front of the sensor without the need for any visible light.
If your phone does not have TOF function than this app won't work. That is why it works on the S10 5G but not the S10.
If they want to make something more useful in future phones why not introduce a FLIR (brand name but acronym for Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer)? Not only does it take temperature in many points it can find overheating things in a big hurry.
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FLIR = Forward Looking Infra-Red
Would be nice to have, but this ToF is still fun, although the light from the screen would probably give you away unless you could put the phone in some VR headset or something
*Detection* said:
FLIR = Forward Looking Infra-Red
Would be nice to have, but this ToF is still fun, although the light from the screen would probably give you away unless you could put the phone in some VR headset or something
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They can be used interchangeably just as RAID originally meant Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks but more use Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
And if you're in the position where detection by unfriendlies is undesirable or dangerous you wouldn't be using a smart phone!
Although I've seen plenty of cheating in night time games of hide and seek in the woods with people using those little flir attachments on their phones!
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cpufrost said:
It's novel but NOT even close to night vision!
It's essentially a form of LIDAR and produces an image showing things in front of the sensor without the need for any visible light.
If your phone does not have TOF function than this app won't work. That is why it works on the S10 5G but not the S10.
If they want to make something more useful in future phones why not introduce a FLIR (brand name but acronym for Forward Looking Infrared Radiometer)? Not only does it take temperature in many points it can find overheating things in a big hurry.
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Mostly because there is already a FLIR for smartphones, the FLIR ONE Gen 3. It's $200. Do you want that added to the price of the phone for something that's most certainly a niche use?
Verdris said:
Mostly because there is already a FLIR for smartphones, the FLIR ONE Gen 3. It's $200. Do you want that added to the price of the phone for something that's most certainly a niche use?
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FLIR One is junk, I would NOT want that on any smart phone!
There is a CAT android phone that has it and it's better than the add on.
Latest update says my S20U does not have proper integration of ToF sensor in the system, some features may work incorrectly
Also pressing more wants me to watch an ad video before unlocking the options, but no video will play so I cannot open "More", I have disabled all adblockers
I just tried to install this on my S20, (SM-G981W), with a Snapdragon 865. I'm getting "this app is not compatible with your device" error. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this on my phone?
Thanks!
zog
zogthegreat said:
I just tried to install this on my S20, (SM-G981W), with a Snapdragon 865. I'm getting "this app is not compatible with your device" error. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this on my phone?
Thanks!
zog
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There's no ToF on S20.
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There's no ToF on S20.
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Thanks for the info @taichung. I just switched from using Pixel's for a few generations, some I'm not yet up to speed on the S20's capabilities.

P30 Pro New Edition Camera vs P30 Pro

Is it me or is the NE P30 Pro got a slightly better camera?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-rw-pHEdLg
Has Huawei secretly included a better camera in this
For me it's the same result...
Maybe it's just a post processing different in a few cases.
ali_bobo said:
Is it me or is the NE P30 Pro got a slightly better camera?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-rw-pHEdLg
Has Huawei secretly included a better camera in this
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I wouldn't trust the review and also the reviewer. Photos are identical, just photoshoped to look different. Look at moving cars, people, they are in the exact same position. Even if you take photos at the same time, you have lag and wouldn't catch the exact same position for everything.
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I wouldn't trust the review and also the reviewer. Photos are identical, just photoshoped to look different. Look at moving cars, people, they are in the exact same position. Even if you take photos at the same time, you have lag and wouldn't catch the exact same position for everything.
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Yeah your probably right. There are more videos like this though.
Im thinking maybe its EMUI 10.1 vs EMUI 9.0 that is making a difference too.
ali_bobo said:
Yeah your probably right. There are more videos like this though.
Im thinking maybe its EMUI 10.1 vs EMUI 9.0 that is making a difference too.
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Exactly, there are more FAKE videos like this from different youtube users claiming to have tested different phones. Just click bait. Photos are identical, just photoshoped and somewhat cropped/rotated to change perception.
For me that comparative is incongruous. These photos aren't taked in same conditions and not even same camera, it's absurd.

Camera performance

Having had the phone a few days now I've had time test the camera properly. I've noticed it tends to soften images, this is particularly noticeable with pets highlighted in the fur.
Coming from the pixel 4 it's pretty disappointing that it can't compete in a lot of instances.
The first few pics I took were absolutely awful. I updated the software and this improved the camera considerably. What's the chances of the camera software improving with further updates? Anyone coming from other Samsung devices that's had the camera improve with updates?
Really love everything else about the phone and don't really wanna return it.
steslatt said:
Having had the phone a few days now I've had time test the camera properly. I've noticed it tends to soften images, this is particularly noticeable with pets highlighted in the fur.
Coming from the pixel 4 it's pretty disappointing that it can't compete in a lot of instances.
The first few pics I took were absolutely awful. I updated the software and this improved the camera considerably. What's the chances of the camera software improving with further updates? Anyone coming from other Samsung devices that's had the camera improve with updates?
Really love everything else about the phone and don't really wanna return it.
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The softening your seeing is Sammy's processing. Complete garbage. It's the same on all their phones. Including my note 10+.
GCam mods are superior
That sucks. Guessing we won't be seeing a working exynos gcam version any time soon either.
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That sucks. Guessing we won't be seeing a working exynos gcam version any time soon either.
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ZGCAM works ok on Exynos, I can't seem to apply the configs though, worth you giving it a try to see how you find it
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ZGCAM works ok on Exynos, I can't seem to apply the configs though, worth you giving it a try to see how you find it
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I've just got it now thanks, I'll have a play with it. What are the configs for?
Coming from a Pixel 4a the camera quality is VERY disappointing if you're using your cell phone camera to take pictures of anything that isn't a non-moving well-lit object. Lots of detail is lost especially when the subject is a person - facial features are smoothed out and that makes the hair look really blended together. Disabling the scene optimizer seems to help but you can't disable this in Portrait mode.
I have GCam installed but haven't had a chance to tweak the settings. It's better than the stock camera but........ coming from a $350 phone to an $800 phone and I still need to tweak camera settings???? Can't really express how disappointed I am in the camera quality and there is stock post processing is almost impossible to turn off.
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I've just got it now thanks, I'll have a play with it. What are the configs for?
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I believe they are "settings" that users share to give best performance in certain situations, I might be wrong though, that's my interpretation of them.
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I've just got it now thanks, I'll have a play with it. What are the configs for?
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I just seen another post and realised that the "configs" folder needs to be renaed to "configs7" to work, I have only found N10Z4 config to work so far, others crash the app.
Here's the link from the other post by Beserker15 https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/settings09/
Hi there. My camera is truly appalling, and significantly worse than the S10 I traded in. All photos on any setting are grainy and noisy. I can't get a good quality photo from a metre away in good light. Does anyone know if this is a software issue they are going to release a fix for? If not, I'm going to send it back I think.
Winnie87 said:
Hi there. My camera is truly appalling, and significantly worse than the S10 I traded in. All photos on any setting are grainy and noisy. I can't get a good quality photo from a metre away in good light. Does anyone know if this is a software issue they are going to release a fix for? If not, I'm going to send it back I think.
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Mine was like this right out of the box. The first software update improved it a lot but it's still very disappointing.
lect1984 said:
Coming from a Pixel 4a the camera quality is VERY disappointing if you're using your cell phone camera to take pictures of anything that isn't a non-moving well-lit object. Lots of detail is lost especially when the subject is a person - facial features are smoothed out and that makes the hair look really blended together. Disabling the scene optimizer seems to help but you can't disable this in Portrait mode.
I have GCam installed but haven't had a chance to tweak the settings. It's better than the stock camera but........ coming from a $350 phone to an $800 phone and I still need to tweak camera settings???? Can't really express how disappointed I am in the camera quality and there is stock post processing is almost impossible to turn off.
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My thoughts exactly, I'm sending it back this week. I was gonna go for the ultra instead but I asked the question over there and it seems while it's a step up from the regular S21 it's still very disappointing. In just gonna keep the pixel 4 till something decent comes out. Probably the next pixel now.
steslatt said:
My thoughts exactly, I'm sending it back this week. I was gonna go for the ultra instead but I asked the question over there and it seems while it's a step up from the regular S21 it's still very disappointing. In just gonna keep the pixel 4 till something decent comes out. Probably the next pixel now.
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The next actual "high end" pixel that comes out (not some mid-range device) my note 10+ is going bye bye. Never gonna look back at Samsung again.
The camera is good for outdoor. These pictures have been shot from approximately 150 meters [hand-held]. Please see it as a guide for you.
How's the audio zoom working in videos? Does the audio actually zoom in that direction or does it just get louder?
Agree the camera/app is disappointing. Hopefully they get it improved soon
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The camera is good for outdoor. These pictures have been shot from approximately 150 meters [hand-held]. Please see it as a guide for you.
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Every new phone nowadays does a good enough job outdoors in daylight. The slew of problems with Samsungs camera come right after that. Especially indoors. Shutter lag and HDR always on no matter what you set it to just kill the camera. Samsung desperately needs ZSL.

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