Faulty Camera or just bad camera?

[thewango]

Just bought a n4 and all the pictures look super grainy with lots of noise, plus not really on focus most of the time, is it just mine or n4 has a really bad camera?

 

[BobR1908]

Just bought a n4 and all the pictures look super grainy with lots of noise, plus not really on focus most of the time, is it just mine or n4 has a really bad camera?


http://i44.tinypic.com/33bppwo.jpg

Assuming (I always hate assuming) that you removed any plastic film off the back covering the camera lens? Often there is a film there that needs to be peeled off.

 

[thewango]

this is how it look another photo at 100% scale in photoshop

 

[benhmadison]

Just bought a n4 and all the pictures look super grainy with lots of noise, plus not really on focus most of the time, is it just mine or n4 has a really bad camera?


http://i44.tinypic.com/33bppwo.jpg

I had the n4 for a couple of weeks and I honestly didn't take many pics on it. Going from the s3 to the n4, I didn't notice much difference. Everyone says the camera on the n4 isn't a strong point but it's not terrible. As I said it's on par with the s3 and while it isn't the best available it's not bad.

Sent from my GS4 running the Google Edition Rom

 

[thewango]

no plastic film

 

[thewango]

I just want to make sure my camera isn't faulty

 

[pontiac005]

The camera on the N4 is pretty good. Just need to make sure you have decent light otherwise you will see noise in the photos.

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[PhoenixMike]

Mine looks like that sometimes, clear but a little grainy. It has a lot to do with lighting at times. Sometimes it comes out over exposed when it shouldn't. Example: cat picture. I had to do a little editing to fix it.

I took the picture of the statue today in VERY low lighting. I was really surprised at how well it came out. No editing required.

EDIT: no flash used.

 

[pontiac005]

On that cat picture by the window, did you have the flash go off? Sometimes if you have a subject in front of a bright background such as a window, setting the camera to force flash the foreground will help the background from over exposing and help illuminate the subject if it is dark.

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[PhoenixMike]

On that cat picture by the window, did you have the flash go off? Sometimes if you have a subject in front of a bright background such as a window, setting the camera to force flash the foreground will help the background from over exposing and help illuminate the subject if it is dark.

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No flash was used. I'll try it next time.
I didn't have this issue with my GNex. I tried blocking out the light and nothing changed. At all. Even in normal lighting it will sometimes come out over exposed until I play around with it a bit.

Also just noticed that it refuses to focus while recording video. Again, good lighting and setting.
Wondering if this is a bug in the 4.3 camera...

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[pontiac005]

It's possible. I have not updated to 4.3 yet. I know there are some camera apps that you can control the ev (exposure value) to turn that down a bit to help with the over exposures.

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[gusar2000]

I just want to make sure my camera isn't faulty

http://i39.tinypic.com/iyzytz.jpg

looks OK to me. It's not a DSLR, what you expected (especially at low light)?

 

[badbrad17]

I would suggest playing with your exposure settings as well as the HDR mode. Sliding over to +1 in lower light can make a big difference. Also make sure you have the focus set before releasing the button. I've found that it really helps if you hold it down until you see green then release. Mostly important on close ups.

You may also want to try some different camera apps. I rely on 3 depending on the shot.

Stock app: HDR, Panorama and Photosphere.

Camera zoom: regular pics

Shot control: low light pics. Or ones that I need to play with. This app gives you tons of control.

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[Biggnaa20]

It looks noisy to me as well.

Have you looked at the settings? maybe something got reset (Picture size, white balance, etc...). Try to reset your setting to default and try again.

Also, try to use a different camera application to see if it's software based (I use Camera Zoom FX when I want to compare shots.

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