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Is it just mine or...?

Does everyones camera suck? The pictures are really grainy. Is this fixable or should I get a replacement?
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Yea this happens to me too. Mayne changing iso helps??
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Yea this happens to me too. Mayne changing iso helps??
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I don't know anything about iso's and what they should be set to.. A lil help maybe?
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ballu84 said:
I don't know anything about iso's and what they should be set to.. A lil help maybe?
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set iso to 100 and you'll see perfect pictures
samsung purposely sets high iso under automatic settings to keep a fast shutter time, this sacrifices picture quality

AznDud333 said:
set iso to 100 and you'll see perfect pictures
samsung purposely sets high iso under automatic settings to keep a fast shutter time, this sacrifices picture quality
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I tried that, but now there's a blur in my pictures...This is a picture i just took with iso 100...let me know if this is considered "perfect".

What happens if you set it higher then 100?
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ballu84 said:
I tried that, but now there's a blur in my pictures...This is a picture i just took with iso 100...let me know if this is considered "perfect".
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Is that "aqua di gio" i see! nah i noticed your in kind of a low light setting and sometimes our phones aint the best in that situatiion using the same settings u will achiece some very nice pics in normal lighting and brighter (outside)

Low light is bad. Samsung Camera is to Nikon as the 4S is to Canon
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I took my GS2 to a punk rock show in a very low lit club and took some pictures and video of the band. My buddy took his iPhone 4 (not 4s) and took some pics and video as well. All of his pics and most of his video made mine look total ****! In bright light our cameras are very good, but in low light I am sickened with this phone!
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tbh I've been wondering the same thing as the OP.
I had high expectations for our phone's camera with reviews and sample pics that I saw beforehand, but have not been able to achieve half decent pics... especially in low-light conditions! If anyone has managed to find some settings that work best, please share!

A phone, no matter how much you pay, should not be a substitute for an actual camera. This holds true especially for planned events. This camera is perfect for high quality pictures and videos during unexpected moments.

You know, I feel quite the fool in that my wife has generally taken most of the pics with my phone so far, and I've only been repeating her concerns and haven't really experimented with the can much myself.
What I have found is, like it was mentioned before, setting the ISO to 100 is important. Next is finding a scene that works well with what you're taking a pic of (I have found that party mode really makes colours pop). Also metering can be adjusted to change the center of focus. But so far I've been happy with these settings...
Anyone else have any tips or favourite settings they use?
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sarni84 said:
Is that "aqua di gio" i see! nah i noticed your in kind of a low light setting and sometimes our phones aint the best in that situatiion using the same settings u will achiece some very nice pics in normal lighting and brighter (outside)
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Aqua di gio it is...guilty as charged!!
Low light? Hmmm, isn't that what the camera flash is for? My sensation took way better pictures than this. *sigh*

Sgs2 has one of the best cameras in the Market. No regrets.
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If I'm going to an event I still take a dedicated camera.
I only use the phone camera for spur of the moment shots and for the most part they are pretty clean.

CAMERA | Post photos taken with your LG Optimus G here

Taken any good photos on your LG Optimus G?
Seen something funny that you captured the moment for?
Then why not share them.
Have fun guys.

Does anyone have this phone

Maybe not yet but its here resdy lol
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Here's a pic of my wife's latest cut after she dyed he hair a purpleish blue. She a stylist.
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Thats awesome mate
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Pretty decent picture quality. And awesome hair cut

Depleta said:
Pretty decent picture quality. And awesome hair cut
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She says thanks. Its grown back already though. Her hair grows like weeds. (Not the smokeable kind though. That actually grows kinda slow)
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Night time Photography - Noise
Just wondering what is the noise like on this camera when taking pictures in the streets lit only by street lights?
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Depleta said:
Just wondering what is the noise like on this camera when taking pictures in the streets lit only by street lights?
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Reviews been saying that pictures in the dark are not very good i believe we'll need a cameraMOD

Depleta said:
Just wondering what is the noise like on this camera when taking pictures in the streets lit only by street lights?
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I'll take one this evening and post it. I've heard the Sprint versions does better in low light though.
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Gotta say after playing with one first hand...im SUPER dissapointed with the camera. Im an android faithful through and through, but I compared the pictures side by side with an iphone 4s and wow what a difference. you can zoom in so much farther and the pictures are so much clearer on the 4s. I was freaked out by this because they touted the 13MP camera, and it just doesnt deliver. It honestly looks more akin to my galaxy nexus camera quality wise. Just thought I would weigh in on my experience.
this along with the locked bootloader unfortunately might push me away from this phone.

HaiKaiDo said:
Gotta say after playing with one first hand...im SUPER dissapointed with the camera. Im an android faithful through and through, but I compared the pictures side by side with an iphone 4s and wow what a difference. you can zoom in so much farther and the pictures are so much clearer on the 4s. I was freaked out by this because they touted the 13MP camera, and it just doesnt deliver. It honestly looks more akin to my galaxy nexus camera quality wise. Just thought I would weigh in on my experience.
this along with the locked bootloader unfortunately might push me away from this phone.
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So can you post some pictures here?
Since I wanna switch from galaxy nexus and I don't want a worse camera in my new phone..

I am also very disappointed in the camera its unbearable.
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It's good in outside light, lousy indoors.
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Here is one I just took at lunch.
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The first one is in pitch black. I'm very happy with all my pictures. Better then my sg3.
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Some late season flowers I saw while walking my dog yesterday
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Those look pretty good. Some of the reviews mentioned strange autofocus and I agree. Pics can look very good if you catch it in focus.
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One focused on the box, one focused on the puzzle itself. Low light under a chandelier. Not bad at all.
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Pictures Taken With The 13 MP Camera

I decided to take the camera on the phone out for test drive. The reviews are accurate. The camera is adequate. That's about the best i can say for it. Pictures look washed out. I took this one a little while ago at the Barataria Preserve near New Orleans. If you're curious the damn thing scared the hell out of me. Its huge.
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touchprofan said:
I decided to take the camera on the phone out for test drive. The reviews are accurate. The camera is adequate. That's about the best i can say for it. Pictures look washed out. I took this one a little while ago at the Barataria Preserve near New Orleans. If you're curious the damn thing scared the hell out of me. Its huge.
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Have you tried a different camera app yet?

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Nice pics. I noticed that the foliage was sort of blurry
I didn't expect the camera to perform as well as the Nokia n8. But I did expect it to perform better than the gs3

sheek360 said:
Have you tried a different camera app yet?
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I haven't. Do you have any recommendations?

touchprofan said:
I haven't. Do you have any recommendations?
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Camera zoomfx, there's a few others too. Maybe these apps post processing won't over compress?
Plz share results!

sheek360 said:
Nice pics. I noticed that the foliage was sort of blurry
I didn't expect the camera to perform as well as the Nokia n8. But I did expect it to perform better than the gs3
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Thanks. Sorry i replied to you earlier but for some reason it doesn't show. Its not terrible, to he sure, somewhat disappointing, but good enough for faceboook. Hopefully LG can tweak the software for better performance.
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touchprofan said:
Thanks. Sorry i replied to you earlier but for some reason it doesn't show. Its not terrible, to he sure, somewhat disappointing, but good enough for faceboook. Hopefully LG can tweak the software for better performance.
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Ditto. I'm expecting great things from the Dev community

The camera on this phone is HORRIBLE. That's my opinion. Pictures come out hazy and blurry with very little detail. Sprint and LG should ashamed of themselves!
13 Mp POS!

sheek360 said:
Camera zoomfx, there's a few others too. Maybe these apps post processing won't over compress?
Plz share results!
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I bought the app just now. It's a buck fifty right now, and looks like it might be well worth it at that. I'll take some pics tomorrow, and post them. Thanks for the recommend.

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The camera on this phone is HORRIBLE. That's my opinion. Pictures come out hazy and blurry with very little detail. Sprint and LG should ashamed of themselves!
13 Mp POS!
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Horrible is kind of strong especially given the pictures taken from my last phone, the EVO 3D, certainly not it's strong point either. The Optimus' pictures really are washed out from what I can see, from the pictures I've taken so far. I'm going to play around with the settings a bit and see if I can improve on what I'm seeing so far.
I've downloaded an app that looks promising, and I'll give it a try and see if that improves anything. It's got an ISO 50 setting that has me curious.

Picture of my wife and dog
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touchprofan said:
I bought the app just now. It's a buck fifty right now, and looks like it might be well worth it at that. I'll take some pics tomorrow, and post them. Thanks for the recommend.
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Can't wait to see the results!
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Before the jelly bean update the gs3 camera was so-so. After the update it was a different beast.
I have hope for the optimus g camera.

Here's a pic I took the other day at the track. Like others have said, it's adequate. It's not a bad camera and by far much better than my Evo 3D.
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I bet the major flaw of this camera is the software if lg actually took the time to really work with the auto setting I bet it would be great

Had a chance to play with the camera using both the stock app and zoom fx. As washed out as the pictures were yesterday with the stock app this was even worse. The camera is not good in low light. There is really no other way to say it. The low light wasn't even all that low in both cases. Flash was used in all four pictures.
In both cases the better pictures come from zoomfx. In a way that's heartening because it indicates a lot of tweaking potential for the stock app.
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We could officially say this camera sucks! I think as history told us, mega pixels isn't everything.
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I think at this point its too early to say that about the camera. Certainly the stock camera app leaves quite a lot to be desired.
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Anyone able to view photos full of screen in gallery with out zooming
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Just a few ive taken at the office. Need to play with it some more
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Cool things you've done in slow motion video features?

So what are some cool things you guys have done with the slow motion feature in video? For me, I've shot me pouring juice into a glass cup, my kid jumping, my friend doing a backflip, and some geese taking off.

I'm using it for tennis practice. Best thing ever for studying the service motion.
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Used it in manufacturing plant I work at
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I am not creative when it comes to showing people this feature. I either tell them to drop a pencil or flick a coin haha

I coach myself at archery to study the shot execution frame by frame.

Tried on gf's fatty parts
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I recorded my daughters on the swings at the park and was blown away by how great the video looks im glad it doesnt have sound it will make it easier to add to a family movie
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I will be recording my wife at the gun range shooting. I know it is going to be awesome.

i tried recording a few golf shots (close up of the ball), but even a gentle chip shot was too quick to pick up anything cool.

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I will be recording my wife at the gun range shooting. I know it is going to be awesome.
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I did that very same thing to my wife
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warfanax said:
Tried on gf's fatty parts
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Never let her hear you call them that, unless you never want to play with them again!!

Here is a rocket taking off at night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrW8oohr-3k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrW8oohr-3k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I used it to film my brother dual wielding our Ruger SR40C .40 cal pistols. 'Murica

cdshepherd said:
I did that very same thing to my wife
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Great minds think alike...
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Here is a rocket taking off at night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrW8oohr-3k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Thats nice bro...

Here's me serving at racquetball. Perfect serve? LOL.
http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/r3eaRXHWtX4

Im a cabinet builder by trade I set the camera up and ripped plywood and set it Ur when spraying with gf gun.Pretty neat
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9168318/20121212_103618.mp4
Scaring a bird ^_^ ... and a girl lol

Great little Vid!
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9168318/20121212_103618.mp4
Scaring a bird ^_^ ... and a girl lol
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Great little Vid! Sneaking around the car toward the bird looked like the beginning of a mystery movie. LOL! The bird in flight was crazy good.

Stock ATT, my golf partner at driving range. Click on picture to see.
http://s54.beta.photobucket.com/user/starlog/media/John_zpsa05ddac3.mp4.html

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Stock ATT, my golf partner at driving range. Click on picture to see.
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Not working. All I see is a picture and when I click in the url it says page not found
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Why do night photos look like this ?

Reminds me of my old Nokia N95 days. Light bleeding.
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are you talking about the glares from the light?
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it looks like you need to clean off the camera top plastic peice... idk though

Limeybastard said:
Reminds me of my old Nokia N95 days. Light bleeding.
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The car being towed was last week.
The other was last night. Sons birthday, no flash, just candlelight. I did crop the picture afterwards.
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Limeybastard said:
Reminds me of my old Nokia N95 days. Light bleeding.
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Maybe your windshield is causing the glare.

Yeah id say your windshield dude
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Heres one with no windshield.
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Like a cheap old Nokia n95,camera phone. Yay
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Like a cheap old Nokia n95,camera phone. Yay
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Mind sound silly but there is a small protective piece of plastic over the lense that, after 3 weeks, I finally found/removed it.
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I would have to agree, I think you need to see if the plastic protector is still on the lens. I removed mine about 3 days after I got the phone. I was taking pics that looked exactly like yours do, and finally found the clear plastic protector and removed it.

Cannot locate a plastic protector on my lense. The galaxy s4 did have one though.
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Limeybastard said:
Heres one with no windshield.
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I'm with you, the camera on this phone sucks ass. I don't know if it's software, hardware or combination of the both. Takes too long to focus, whether image stabilization is on or not, trying to take pictures of your kids? Forget it with this camera, images come out too blurry. I like the smooth motion option on the video camera though.....

IRIE4IPIER said:
I'm with you, the camera on this phone sucks ass. I don't know if it's software, hardware or combination of the both. Takes too long to focus, whether image stabilization is on or not, trying to take pictures of your kids? Forget it with this camera, images come out too blurry. I like the smooth motion option on the video camera though.....
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All phones are created different lol. Mine takes great pics. Contact t mobile.
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BACARDILIMON said:
All phones are created different lol. Mine takes great pics. Contact t mobile.
NOTE 3
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Yeah, I saw a thread not too long ago that it's a manufacturing defect, but I rooted with one of the first ways to available, so, tripped knox

I think its the case causing the ghosting and light bleeding. I can see reflection's around lenses bezel and plastic case.
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The phone isn't so great at taking night shots with flash IMO. A bit too soft and not as sharp and clear as my s4. The only solution I found was to use another camera app for these type of shots. I settled on Camera Awesome on the play store. Pictures come out the same and sometimes better than my s4 with night shots with flash.
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aznmode said:
I settled on Camera Awesome on the play store. Pictures come out the same and sometimes better than my s4 with night shots with flash.
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I just tried the Camera Awesome and all it did was say I needed to insert an sdcard before using the camera ??
No other apps have this memory issue

Just took a picture in daylight a cloudy day and check out what the duck looks like! Unreal, total over exposure on the white. Was set on auto with no flash.
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Heres one with no windshield.
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Aside from plastic on lense, a couple other things to keep in mind/check:
Camera Mode (Auto, Night Mode, etc)
Focus point (ie. when you tap on screen to focus the picture are you focusing on the actual light or the subject that you want to capture)
Cleaned lense (sometimes a dirty or scratched lense will produce noise images)
Case, which you mentioned (have you tried taking same or similar pics not behind windsheild and without the case in question)
Last, but not least, the camera comes defaulted at 9 MP (vs 13MP advertised). Have you tried setting camera to 13MP and seeing if the quality differs?
Those are all things I would check/keep in mind. My indoor performance hasn't been stellar but I know it depends on scenario. Also, using flash at night will always negatively impact your photo quality.

I would take it in for an exchange. Dont mention anything about if you tripped knox or anything. Just show them the images. I for one bought this phone for the camera and love the pics. They blow my wifes iPhone out of the water and when compared to my bosses LG G2, I still think the Note 3's is better. Sounds like you got some hardware issues.

I was focusing on the duck when I took the image. Will try with case off. I cannot locate any lenses protector on lense. It was clean. Thanks for the tips
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