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[thread] galaxy nexus camera shots

Let's post here your (maybe best) photo shots taken with Galaxy Nexus.
Just to share your experience with this 5MP camera, and let everybody make an idea on the quality of the NExus camera.
Thanks in advance to everyone!

Nobody?

Here's a quick one I've just taken.
Only had the phone 48 hours so far and not had much chance to take pictures outside with so little daylight hours.

Good, thank you!

Here is one, I will sent some more later!
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Can I post one from my atrix??
On a serious note, those 2 photos look good. Can't wait for my gn to arrive

Thank you guys, but be careful , don't RESIZE images!
Use something like imageshack, or dropbox, but don't resize images.
Thanks.

Uploaded some full res photos now, straight off the camera.
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9498/img201111241131181.jpg
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Nice photos. Has anyone managed to take any good low light shots?

C'mon guys don't be lazy

I've done a low light one.
There was a security light on the area and also had the flash on on the phone... but still low light
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24851860/IMG_20111118_235748.jpg

I've just uploaded a few pictures onto my blog, along with some of my thoughts.
I don't know if any of the theories I have are correct or not; it's all guesswork
My Galaxy Nexus pictures and thoughts

Taken yesterday. Very good weather
Edit: strangely this pic looks great in my gallery, on FB but looks ****ty here. I think it's the size of the photo (100kb)
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dumb donkey said:
I've done a low light one.
There was a security light on the area and also had the flash on on the phone... but still low light
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24851860/IMG_20111118_235748.jpg
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looks a bit grainy in the corner; still miles ahead of my Atrix camera though
my SGS1's camera was so much better than my Atrix

I get the feeling this camera is just really random, some pics i've seen look truly fantastic, and some are just...whut..?! Hope a software patch can make it more consistent.
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Tjotte said:
I get the feeling this camera is just really random, some pics i've seen look truly fantastic, and some are just...whut..?! Hope a software patch can make it more consistent.
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same here; like the ones on google+ were really nice
yet some with good lighting i've seen seemed below average.
anyhow; its bound it be an improvement over my craptastic Atrix camera

I love Galaxy Nexus camera. It is super-fast and with the option to tweak the photos on the phone before sharing then with your friend, it works absolutely brilliantly.
The purpose of a camera phone is to be social and on-the-go. You don't go photographing nature with a camera phone. You take pictures of things you happen to witness or find interesting. You take pictures of friends or some food you like. You can easily edit it and share with friends.
The camera of Galaxy Nexus serves those needs better than some 8MP camera would. It is wickedly fast, I can take multiple photos while on the go of a subject and then pick out the one I liked the most.
This photo I took of two dogs that were difficult to take a picture of. The sun had just set, so the forest was already getting dark. I entirely forgot about selecting a proper focus point, but that did not matter. I tweaked the picture a little on the phone, the contrast and colors, added soft vignette and shared it. People loved it.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.ne...1787878641_578863640_8424837_2044298629_n.jpg
The purpose of a camera phone is to take pictures of things you cannot put into words and share them. For that purpose I have found Galaxy Nexus camera phone to be perfect.

I remember the camera being rubbish on the SGS2 initially also, and was improved significantly over time with firmware updates. I really hope its the same on this, as the camera is a a little hit and miss for my liking

winwiz said:
I remember the camera being rubbish on the SGS2 initially also, and was improved significantly over time with firmware updates. I really hope its the same on this, as the camera is a a little hit and miss for my liking
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Same here. I came in here with the express purpose of researching the camera. Side by side shots with other phones show a lot of fuzzy and blurry photos. Hopefully that gets fixed with a firmware update....if it does that will eliminate my last concern with the Nexus.

I think people have hit the nail on the head with the "variable" comments.
Sometimes the pictures are really good - other times not so good. Not finding a pattern as to why yet though!

The camera software sucks

tl;dr - see subject
i have to vent here for a few minutes.
i'm sorry but the camera on this phone - or at the very least the software that controls it - sucks beyond anything i've ever used before. my main issue stems from the brainless way it handles orientation when attaching to things like email, tweets, mms, etc. WHY.THE. can't the software figure out how i took the shot? if i don't post the shot in the exact way that samsung wants me to, my shots come out upside down or rotated the wrong way.
maybe it's me. maybe i'm too big of an idiot to use a camera. oh wait, no. i'm a professional photographer. i know what you're going to say but i like having a phone with a good point and shoot so i don't have to lug around another piece of equipment.
full disclosure, i'm a fruit phone convert and i've only been on android for a month but in that time i've figured out how to put a kickass ROM on the phone (juggernaugh FTW) and a host of other things so i think i'm pretty keen on what the phone can/cannot do.
i feel like a total idiot when i tell people how much radder android is than iphone but i can't seem to send them an appropriately orientated photo.
thoughts?
thanks for letting me rant.

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yea tl;dr lol just skimmed
but i do agree that the camera sucks. doesn't auto focus on specific double tap areas in low.light conditions.
i.e. room light is on low and i double tap to focus on the TV. TV still blurry and bright.
my Vibrant isolates the TV when i do the same thing. can see what's on my TV clearly instead of blurred and bright.

Its not bad but its no amaze or mt4gs.. that's how I see it
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mbernusg said:
Its not bad but its no amaze or mt4gs.. that's how I see it
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My brother has the amaze and my sister has the mt4gs and we all agree my camera takes the best pics. ....I don't know what you guys are talking about
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I have to agree with the OP, my Sensation had a way better camera. I still like my GS2 better, but the camera is weak sauce!
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Mine take great pics, then again im not a queen expecting my smartphone to replace a device of equal cost that is specialized in just taking pics..

kennyp987 said:
My brother has the amaze and my sister has the mt4gs and we all agree my camera takes the best pics. ....I don't know what you guys are talking about
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my overall complaint isn't i guess with the optics but with the software. especially for sharing or moving to a computer. i don't think that i should have to worry about orientation when i post to twitter or an email.

Rekzer said:
Mine take great pics, then again im not a queen expecting my smartphone to replace a device of equal cost that is specialized in just taking pics..
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am i a queen? hmm. i just checked. i'm not.
i didn't say anything about replacing any of my high-end gear. all i want is the orientation to work as any camera would...phone or dedicated.

umm something wrong wit your device or something mines take some sick pictures

immunityx said:
umm something wrong wit your device or something mines take some sick pictures
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try taking a vertical picture, post it to twitter, fb, whatever, and see what happens. again my complaint isn't the optics - it's the software.

Ill second the whole orientation thing. I took a picture with the phone upside down, and it made the photo upside down... we have an accelerometer and gyroscope in this thing for a reason!! Its been getting on my nerves.
Other than that the camera is pretty bad ass, ive got no other qualms with the camera.

Rekzer said:
Mine take great pics, then again im not a queen expecting my smartphone to replace a device of equal cost that is specialized in just taking pics..
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I second this. You sound really full of yourself and think because you are a "pro" photographer you can bash a camera. The orientation issue, I don't have it. My pics post just fine. And quality is good for a phone.

The sensation camera sucks and the audiobl recording has been horrible since the 2.3.4 update.
Try one of the many camera replacement apps like Pudding Camera or Camera360
Sent from my T-Mobile Galaxy S II 4G

Yeah sensation has a different camera than mt4gs and amaze, they have the same camera.. our camera is great don't get me wrong but amaze is far superior. Smart shot and hdr alone are in a different class.
Truth is when talking about a phone camera ours is spectacular, but the amaze camera can compete with point and shoots and even some cheap dslrs
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The Amaze camera is not that good. It can complete with some point and shoot cameras in a few scenarios, but it's got poor color reproduction among other issues. All of that HDR **** is just software processing. The Nokia N8 or whichever Nokia has that 12MP lense is where it's at.

unlvmike said:
I second this. You sound really full of yourself and think because you are a "pro" photographer you can bash a camera. The orientation issue, I don't have it. My pics post just fine. And quality is good for a phone.
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That made no sense..lmao

unlvmike said:
I second this. You sound really full of yourself and think because you are a "pro" photographer you can bash a camera. The orientation issue, I don't have it. My pics post just fine. And quality is good for a phone.
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i wonder how all that money goes into my bank account to feed/clothe/shelter my family? hmmm.
feeding the troll aside, i've downloaded a few different camera apps and haven't had the same issues. i'll explore that avenue a bit more. if anyone has any suggestions for camera applications they like feel free to let me know.
unlvmike, next time i'm in vegas shooting for sports illustrated i'll let you know. then i do so *hope* you decide to take those quotes off pro.

I agree OP.
The camera on my Sensation blew this one out of the water. This camera takes pictures that look worse than those taken with a $1 disposable camera.
I mean, look...

Lol ****ty pic.....
But to be fair I think in order for our cameras to reach full potential you have to tweak the dozens of setting put in place by Samsung. I think that's where 3rs party camera apps come in...
So I suggest we turn this thread into a how to/which apps improve pictures on the sgs2.
I myself haven't found a great daily stock replacement camera on the market that works well with a balance of features/picture quality. I tried pudding but the quality suffers a little.. 360 is not for me too much like a toy cam. Vignette is nice I've yet to try it on our phone.
I also have been using the "fall" scene mode on our phone and colors come out 10x more vibrant and saturated
sn0warmy said:
I agree OP.
The camera on my Sensation blew this one out of the water. This camera takes pictures that look worse than those taken with a $1 disposable camera.
I mean, look...
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sn0warmy said:
I agree OP.
The camera on my Sensation blew this one out of the water. This camera takes pictures that look worse than those taken with a $1 disposable camera.
I mean, look...
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Cool fireplace.
I agree app suggestions would be great.
Sent from the Spruce Goose

Canyon Photography

So I decided to bring along the GN on a fishing trip at the Colorado River, just to see what it was capable of. Now, I'm not a great photographer, (you can see my finger in one of the pictures), but I played around with the exposure, scene, and zoom settings, and I took pictures at different times of the day to see how the camera would react to different lighting scenarios.
It seems the camera is able to handle shadows and sunlight in the same picture fairly well, but when looking toward the sun there is noticeable discoloration and glare, and when fully zoomed in, the picture loses a lot of its quality (duh).
I think for a cellphone camera, these pictures are great, and while is won't replace a dSLR or a point and shoot, it's definitely adequate for the quick shot.
Let me know what you think.
https://plus.google.com/photos/112585127680349312278/albums/5694424386311084593?authkey=CNm-gMWztYfm5AE

not bad, not bad at all. i believe most of the complaints have been around low light environments and motion pics.
They tend to always fare well outdoors

Nice pictures, beautiful place- so jealous that you can just take " a trip to the Colorado river"

jameslfc5 said:
Nice pictures, beautiful place- so jealous that you can just take " a trip to the Colorado river"
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I was thinking the Same
"A trip to the Mersey" has a depressingly British ring to it

They look great to me. I wish I was fly fishing for trout! Was that in AZ?
I've read it's best to not point digital cameras at the sun as the optic sensor could become damaged.

Lovely. I cant see what people really expect from a phones camera.
You cant have it all, If you would be ok with a 250gr heavy and 50mm thick nexus, it would be taking amazing 12 MP photos
You have to choose between "slightly better photos, smaller screen and no freedom at all" and "bigger screen, faster and slimmer phone, and full of freedom"

killyouridols said:
I was thinking the Same
"A trip to the Mersey" has a depressingly British ring to it
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Haha tell me about it :/

TiltedAz said:
They look great to me. I wish I was fly fishing for trout! Was that in AZ?
I've read it's best to not point digital cameras at the sun as the optic sensor could become damaged.
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Yeah, this was in AZ, by Lee's Ferry if you're familiar with the area.
I figured a quick shot wouldn't completely mess it up so I decided it was worth the risk to see how it would handle it. Maybe not the best idea, but oh well.

lightninman said:
Yeah, this was in AZ, by Lee's Ferry if you're familiar with the area.
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That's what I was thinking. I've yet to get up there but I may have to do it soon.

Very nicely done! And nice catch!

Photosphere... Tips for a perfect shot needed! +poll

Hey Guys,
As the Title says. I need tips for taking sphere photos.
I tried it a few times but it fail's... it looks stuttery and ugly. sometimes after rendering, there are "black holes" where pictures were before it has rendered.
So, what do you for good photo spheres and can you post a link to G+ for some examples of acceptable shots (don't uplad it here. It breaks the spher view)?
I will update this post after I get some tips

I had a few good ones I lost because I formatted everything on my phone. Anyways the best tips I can share that always got me good shots are;
-Good lighting!
-Complete the entire 360° sphere
-Keep the phone at a consistent level.
--for example, don't hold the phone chest level when shooting evenly, near your chin when shooting upwards & down by your belly when shooting downward. Keep it at an even level at all times and just aim it in the direction you need.
-Take your time. Keep your movements steady. Try not to get a "Too Fast" message through the entire sphere.
I did shoot some really good ones, too bad I didn't back them up. I'll try to capture a few in a few hours and post them here.

Keep the lens side as still as possible while pivoting the speaker side or tilting it. Greatly reduced tearing and improved stitching
Added a shot taken from my balcony. the left end has a little tear though
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my suggestions,
go SLOW,
use the "back" arrow if you go too fast.
try to keep the horizon (if you can see it) level throughout.
if you are doing a partial photosphere, start at one end...DO NOT start in the middle.
dont take enclosed photospheres....vary rarely do indoor photospheres work well. outdoors with some distance between you and objects give the best results.
here are some links to a couple of mine on Google Plus.
my very first one
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5805563273199330722
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5809929427993901378

turdbogls said:
my suggestions,
go SLOW,
use the "back" arrow if you go too fast.
try to keep the horizon (if you can see it) level throughout.
if you are doing a partial photosphere, start at one end...DO NOT start in the middle.
dont take enclosed photospheres....vary rarely do indoor photospheres work well. outdoors with some distance between you and objects give the best results.
here are some links to a couple of mine on Google Plus.
my very first one
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5805563273199330722
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5809929427993901378
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How are you uploading them to Google+? Every time I try an upload (from my GS3), It loads in 2D. I'm not getting that 3D effect...

turdbogls said:
my suggestions,
go SLOW,
use the "back" arrow if you go too fast.
try to keep the horizon (if you can see it) level throughout.
if you are doing a partial photosphere, start at one end...DO NOT start in the middle.
dont take enclosed photospheres....vary rarely do indoor photospheres work well. outdoors with some distance between you and objects give the best results.
here are some links to a couple of mine on Google Plus.
my very first one
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5805563273199330722
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114139126848117859291/albums/posts/5809929427993901378
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Love your shots!

Never mind. I figured it out.

The primary thing to keep in mind is to keep the LENS as spatially stationary as possible. Rotating around the lens (vs rotating your body) will get you much better results. If you move the lens, you change the perspective and this will cause stitching errors (look up parallax error). The closer the subject is to the lens, the more pronounced the problem becomes. If you're shooting landscapes at a long distance, you don't have to worry nearly as much about it (although you should still try to maintain position as much as possible!) as you do if you're shooting something like an indoor scene.
Frankly, without a tripod and a special head to keep position, I don't think it's feasible to get a perfectly stitched full 360 -- you'd have to be underneath your phone to take the highest level shots accurately.

copkay said:
Frankly, without a tripod and a special head to keep position, I don't think it's feasible to get a perfectly stitched full 360 -- you'd have to be underneath your phone to take the highest level shots accurately.
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Thanks for the idea! I've been using a GPS mount as an improvised tripod when I take pictures with the GNex. Just need to figure out how to get it to rotate smoothly on all axes with the lens as the center. Maybe strap the mount onto a tripod?

harveydent said:
Thanks for the idea! I've been using a GPS mount as an improvised tripod when I take pictures with the GNex. Just need to figure out how to get it to rotate smoothly on all axes with the lens as the center. Maybe strap the mount onto a tripod?
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If it helps, this is the general idea I've had in my head. Excuse my sad drawing capabilities.
Basically the bottom would mount to a tripod that rotates around the center point. There would then be an inner hinge connected to handle vertical rotation (clamped to the phone at the center of the lens).

Christopher3712 said:
Never mind. I figured it out.
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I am also having the same issue with it uploading in 2D. How did you get it to upload in 3D??
Thanks,

Google updated the Maps app can't upload photo sphere anymore
rook6040 said:
I am also having the same issue with it uploading in 2D. How did you get it to upload in 3D??
Thanks,
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It seems the map app was updated. I can't upload photo sphere anymore with gallery share > maps. I can still upload it via G+ but I wish they have the map auto update soon.

Is there a way to upload in 3d? Viewable by others on their PCs perhaps? Or on mobile phones? How?
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fpbasilio said:
Is there a way to upload in 3d? Viewable by others on their PCs perhaps? Or on mobile phones? How?
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3d can be viewed in the mobile and pc Chrome browser if uploaded to G+.
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viskon said:
3d can be viewed in the mobile and pc Chrome browser if uploaded to G+.
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you can do it by mobile chrome browser in desktop mode as well.

Move the phone with calm and stability. Try to keep the same "level", it greatly decreases the likelihood of distortions in the final result.

- Don't try indoors it wont work, objects are too close and the lighting varies a lot. Perhaps with a standard that keeps the lens at the exact same position but turns it around like the one described before?
- Keep the same level
- Make sure you move slow when a dot is approaching.
- Prevent any moving objects from being photographed

You can only upload to maps if you have taken atleast 360degrees worth of pictures. At least that's what I think. So if it's say only from left to right and not behind, you can't upload to maps.
Can anyone corroborate this?

If you want the best results, then you want the centre of your lens to be in the same position in space for each picture.
This means rotating your phone through the axis of the lens, which is at the top of the camera.
The further things are away, the less significant this becomes.
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giovanni645 said:
You can only upload to maps if you have taken atleast 360degrees worth of pictures. At least that's what I think. So if it's say only from left to right and not behind, you can't upload to maps.
Can anyone corroborate this?
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Affirm, have been trying for two days to do one with 180 degree rotation left to right and no maps option. Just tried a 360 degree one (and up and down too), and it gave me the option to upload to Maps and has gone straight through.
Not sure how long it takes to get to Google Maps though.

WTF is Top Shot?

I have motion set to on and the latest version of Google Photos. Yet I just get the standard view all option. No suggested shots. Anyone know what's up? I even tried the version of Google Photos going around that enables Top Shot on the Pixel 2, but it still doesn't work.
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When looking at the picture swipe bottom to top (up) you'll see a stream of photos at the bottom of the info. Tap on them and If the pic sucks the app will try to recommend the right ones for you.
Took me a minute to get it myself but now it is easy and helps a lot when I'm taking pictures of my 18 month old. Lol
Hope that helps!

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When looking at the picture swipe bottom to top (up) you'll see a stream of photos at the bottom of the info. Tap on them and If the pic sucks the app will try to recommend the right ones for you.
Took me a minute to get it myself but now it is easy and helps a lot when I'm taking pictures of my 18 month old. Lol
Hope that helps!
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I know all this. But after swiping up, I don't get any recommended shots. Ever. Just the usual timeline where you click "view all". It shows you a bunch of shots, with the original photo marked with a dot, but it doesn't jump to a recommended photo.
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Had that problem too, this sounds counterintuitive but try to take a blurry picture, as in shake your hands while taking a picture. I noticed that too shot only works when it "detects" the photo was bad in the first place. What constitutes bad, from my experimentation, has been blurry photos, when someone is moving to put their hand up so you don't get a shot of them (lol), and sometimes when the phone thinks the photo is "bad".
Took me a while before it really started working so I forced it by taking really bad blurry photos while motion was on.
Hopefully this helps you to get it working. I found it a bit fustrating at first cause I couldn't get it to work either but a little experimentation, research, and patience worked out. Lol

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Had that problem too, this sounds counterintuitive but try to take a blurry picture, as in shake your hands while taking a picture. I noticed that too shot only works when it "detects" the photo was bad in the first place. What constitutes bad, from my experimentation, has been blurry photos, when someone is moving to put their hand up so you don't get a shot of them (lol), and sometimes when the phone thinks the photo is "bad".
Took me a while before it really started working so I forced it by taking really bad blurry photos while motion was on.
Hopefully this helps you to get it working. I found it a bit fustrating at first cause I couldn't get it to work either but a little experimentation, research, and patience worked out. Lol
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Thanks, but what about blinking? I thought that was one of the main uses. That's how I've been testing. Blinking or just looking away from the camera real quick to get a blurry shot. Nothing works.
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Hmmmm, haven't had luck on the blinking. The best way to test it to see if it is "working" is to take a bad shot. My first test was to take a picture and while I was doing so I moved the phone to cause a blurry picture.
I just went through my own gallery using Google photos app and there are a ton of pictures that could have used too shot but didn't. Try taking several purposely bad photos and see if you can work it from there.
I don't think it's you or the phone but rather the phone doesn't think there is anything wrong with the pictures you are taking. ?
I will say that it's getting better over time, as in it seems to be able to recognize that a picture that I took needs to be corrected with the more photos I take.

since google hasnt officially released it, I wouldn't expect it to be working correctly, if at all yet.

Ghost_1 said:
Hmmmm, haven't had luck on the blinking. The best way to test it to see if it is "working" is to take a bad shot. My first test was to take a picture and while I was doing so I moved the phone to cause a blurry picture.
I just went through my own gallery using Google photos app and there are a ton of pictures that could have used too shot but didn't. Try taking several purposely bad photos and see if you can work it from there.
I don't think it's you or the phone but rather the phone doesn't think there is anything wrong with the pictures you are taking. [emoji14]
I will say that it's getting better over time, as in it seems to be able to recognize that a picture that I took needs to be corrected with the more photos I take.
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Yeah, like I said, I've taken plenty of purposefully blurry photos. But all I get is "view all" instead of "recommendations". I have no idea how to get this working. At all.
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Sucky, not sure what else to say other than the tier I list of, check for updates, reboot, and try again.
I find it real strange that it's not working for you. ?

uicnren said:
since google hasnt officially released it, I wouldn't expect it to be working correctly, if at all yet.
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Huh ?!