Not thrilled with camera, What am I missing????

[JDfan3340]

So I'm seeing everyone posting, raving about the camera. But honestly? I'm not too thrilled with a lot of my pictures I'm taking with it. My Note 4 seemed to have a better photo quality. Am I missing some settings or something? I looked at the settings I have, and can't find anything to set differently. Any ideas???

 

[amyf27]

So I'm seeing everyone posting, raving about the camera. But honestly? I'm not too thrilled with a lot of my pictures I'm taking with it. My Note 4 seemed to have a better photo quality. Am I missing some settings or something? I looked at the settings I have, and can't find anything to set differently. Any ideas???

Some of mine aren't that great, but usually with a little fiddling they turn out nice. Sometimes I'll switch to ProMode.

 

[chickweedblur]

Agreed. It definitely handles indoor and low lighting conditions better but at the expense of overall resolution in good lighting conditions. The GS6 took better outdoor pictures - especially with any degree of zoom or crop. I find the GS7 solid in almost every condition but in almost 6 months I've never taken a pict that I looked at later and said "wow".

 

[JDfan3340]

Yeah. Kind of disappointing, imo. I'm not a huge picture-taker, but when I do, I like to see better quality than I'm getting.

 

[ded1945]

As I posted in another thread, I've been using my camera more often than my Coolpix S60. Handier, faster and good quality pictures.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

If you're not thrilled with this camera I think you just probably wouldn't be thrilled with any phone camera. Might need to just get a dedicated camera. Other than the Pixel, most phones don't really touch this camera.

 

[merlinskw]

The more features and capabilities of a camera, the more knowledge it will take to use it. Sometimes it just takes practice. I've seen amazing pictures taken by others, and I've very nice pictures myself.

 

[Misterb]

Here is a pic I took with my S7 Edge. Love this camera

 

[SS338]

Wow, excellent coming from a mobile camera!

 

[JDfan3340]

Yeah. That's a really nice shot! I'm pretty experienced with the phone cameras. I just think my Note 4's looked better in a lot of situations than this one. I'm a seller on eBay, so pictures are important for my little business. And I just don't think the quality is as good. That's why I'm wondering if there is a setting that I'm missing when looking at it.

 

[Misterb]

Yeah. That's a really nice shot! I'm pretty experienced with the phone cameras. I just think my Note 4's looked better in a lot of situations than this one. I'm a seller on eBay, so pictures are important for my little business. And I just don't think the quality is as good. That's why I'm wondering if there is a setting that I'm missing when looking at it.

Thanks guys. Try select focus. On that picture, I tapped on the screen in the area of the trigger. I then held still and pressed the shutter button. Also, I like the auto adjust button in the gallery, after viewing my images. It makes the darker areas more rich. One more thing... Are you using natural light? I think that's key to getting great pictures

 

[anon(5719825)]

I've always preferred the Note 5 camera over the camera in my S7 Edge or any of the phones I own.

 

[Misterb]

I've always preferred the Note 5 camera over the camera in my S7 Edge or any of the phones I own.

That's interesting. I had the Note 5 too. Hell, I've had every Note from 2-7. I haven't noticed that the Note 5 was any better. I can tell you this... I sure don't miss the lack of an SD card slot. This 256 gig card I've got is sweetness

 

[JDfan3340]

Thanks guys. Try select focus. On that picture, I tapped on the screen in the area is the trigger. I then held still and pressed the shutter button. Also, I like the auto adjust button in the gallery, after viewing my images. It makes the darker areas more rich. One more thing... Are you using natural light? I think that's key to getting great pictures

I use a mixture of natural light, and inside lights. I'll try adding more natural and see if that's better. Thanks for the tips! What are your thoughts on HDR?

 

[anon(5719825)]

That's interesting. I had the Note 5 too. Hell, I've had every Note from 2-7. I haven't noticed that the Note 5 was any better. I can tell you this... I sure don't miss the lack of an SD card slot. This 256 gig card I've got is sweetness

I have both phones. I bought the Note 5 in January and the S7 Edge on preorder. I was carrying both phones last winter trying the cameras out especially at night because I liked the way the Note 5 would take night shots.

This picture below was from the S7 Edge. You can see a white dot in the sky that looks like a star. When I posted this in this forum back in March, others said they had the same white dot appear to them. This was something the camera produced on it's own. I was able to get the camera to do make many more of those white dots one night after a snow storm. Anyways, this was the first picture I ever took with the S7 Edge at night. I have a second S7 Edge but I honestly haven't used either of the two S7 Edge phones to take that many pictures because I usually bring the Note 5 with me every day.

 

[Misterb]

I use a mixture of natural light, and inside lights. I'll try adding more natural and see if that's better. Thanks for the tips! What are your thoughts on HDR?

No problem. I have mine set to auto for HDR, and I like it. I also shoot in 16x9, at the highest resolution it will let me

 

[Misterb]

I have both phones. I bought the Note 5 in January and the S7 Edge on preorder. I was carrying both phones last winter trying the cameras out especially at night because I liked the way the Note 5 would take night shots.

This picture below was from the S7 Edge. You can see a white dot in the sky that looks like a star. When I posted this in this forum back in March, others said they had the same white dot appear to them. This was something the camera produced on it's own. I was able to get the camera to do make many more of those white dots one night after a snow storm. Anyways, this was the first picture I ever took with the S7 Edge at night. I have a second S7 Edge but I honestly haven't used either of the two S7 Edge phones to take that many pictures because I usually bring the Note 5 with me every day.

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Hmm. Weird. I don't know me. Maybe it's a UFO

 

[JDfan3340]

Okay. Going to try the HDR auto. Hoping to get some better results here.

 

[Deke218]

It's supposed to be the same camera setup but the Note 7 took better photos. On a related note, I'd been taking pictures with the S7E for a couple of days and not really liking the results... It was then I notice the plastic cover on the camera lens...

 

[JDfan3340]

It's supposed to be the same camera setup but the Note 7 took better photos. On a related note, I'd been taking pictures with the S7E for a couple of days and not really liking the results... It was then I notice the plastic cover on the camera lens... ??????

YES! I kept hearing that. But the one on my N7 seemed much better. Odd. No plastic. I checked just now. LOLOL