Note 3 camera - poor indoor photos

[ZarathustraHead]

I just got my Note 3 yesterday on Verizon. I'm very disappointed to see that Samsung dropped the low light photo setting for the Note 3. I used low light religiously indoors with my Note 2, and it took amazing photos.

The Note 3's photos look washed out like a 2011 Motorola. Very disappointing.

sent from my Note 3

 

[GtoJon]

Sample & Settings would help
This is one of mine unedited & reduced to 25%
Update: I took this photo at the same time with my Note 2 & the Note 3 is 10 times better! I had to take the Note 2 photo 3 times & still couldn't come close to the one & only shot with the Note 3!. I am a photographer & the camera is the main reason I bought the Note 3!


Cheers, Jon

 

[ZarathustraHead]

Did you use the low light setting on the Note 2?

sent from my Note 3

 

[karsdroid]

i too was a bit flummoxed by the lack of modes....night mode, low light mode, etc. i added exposure values settings to my shortcuts and thought i'd try adjusting for low light situations.....seems like its time to try an alternate camera app too....

 

[GtoJon]

I used both with default settings ... I have never changed them.

Cheers, Jon

Did you use the low light setting on the Note 2?

sent from my Note 3

 

[ZarathustraHead]

And that's why you don't know how much better the Note 2's photos were. It's also why Samsung dropped the low light setting.

They're dumbing down their product to a stupid point and shoot. No low light. No macro. Reminds me of Apple.

sent from my Note 3

 

[emiinn]

Sample & Settings would help
This is one of mine unedited & reduced to 25%
Update: I took this photo at the same time with my Note 2 & the Note 3 is 10 times better! I had to take the Note 2 photo 3 times & still couldn't come close to the one & only shot with the Note 3!. I am a photographer & the camera is the main reason I bought the Note 3!
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Cheers, Jon

Jon, how did you recrop the size in mb of this picture? My pictures are a bit heavy. About 3mb's..
I see that yours is about 400kb is that right?

 

[ZarathustraHead]

Note 2 with low light setting below:

Note 3 on auto (because it has no low light setting) below:

I want to like the Note 3, but I'm pretty sure it's a joke. It's been Appled down for the masses.

EDIT: I just found an app called Night Camera which has really helped the photos.

This if from the Note 3 with Night Camera.

sent from my Note 3

 

[GtoJon]

I just resized in PSP to 25% & saved with no compression. Hope this helps!

Cheers, Jon

Jon, how did you recrop the size in mb of this picture? My pictures are a bit heavy. About 3mb's..
I see that yours is about 400kb is that right?

 

[GtoJon]

Never used the low light setting before & I just tried it out & the Note 2 photo is sharp now, but the color is greener than the Note 3. Here is a shot from the Note 2 with Low Light mode. Some people look at some of these changes as dumbing down, but I don't think it is! The way they were doing low light mode was dumb & changing the damn thing so it can handle situations like this without having to go through stupid motions to do them, I think is really smart!

Cheers, Jon

Note 2 with low light setting below:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/tblf66/20131012_153645_LLS.jpg

Note 3 on auto (because it has no low light setting) below:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/tblf66/20131012_153635.jpg

I want to like the Note 3, but I'm pretty sure it's a joke. It's been Appled down for the masses.

sent from my Note 3

 

[crester]

I just got my Note 3 yesterday on Verizon. I'm very disappointed to see that Samsung dropped the low light photo setting for the Note 3. I used low light religiously indoors with my Note 2, and it took amazing photos.

The Note 3's photos look washed out like a 2011 Motorola. Very disappointing.

sent from my Note 3

The low light settings is now called SMART STABILISATION!

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[crester]

Note 2 with low light setting below:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/tblf66/20131012_153645_LLS.jpg

Note 3 on auto (because it has no low light setting) below:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/tblf66/20131012_153635.jpg

I want to like the Note 3, but I'm pretty sure it's a joke. It's been Appled down for the masses.

EDIT: I just found an app called Night Camera which has really helped the photos.

This if from the Note 3 with Night Camera.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k133/tblf66/2013-10-12_15-50-19_Night.jpg

sent from my Note 3

There is a Night Mode... you just haven't taken the time to find it. Stop ranting and learn your new phone.

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[GtoJon]

I just looked at the Exif & all specs are removed when you do the Low Light Mode on the Note 2 I never really did get into the camera on any phone until the Note 3 so excuse my ignorance of the matter

Cheers, Jon

 

[ZarathustraHead]

The low light settings is now called SMART STABILISATION!

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Yes. Smart Stabilization has been on for all my Note 3 photos.

But I've no beef now. The Night Camera app saved the Note 3 for me. I hope this thread helps others who were used to the quality of Note 2 with low light. I'm still disappointed that Samsung would drop these settings from their camera. Anyway, finding workarounds is part of the beauty of the Android OS.

sent from my Note 3

 

[ZarathustraHead]

There is a Night Mode... you just haven't taken the time to find it. Stop ranting and learn your new phone.

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There is no Night Mode on the Verizon Note 3.

sent from my Note 3

 

[GtoJon]

LOL You guys are tuckering out this old photog here

Cheers, Jon

Yes. Smart Stabilization has been on for all my Note 3 photos.

But I've no beef now. The Night Camera app saved the Note 3 for me. I hope this thread helps others who were used to the quality of Note 2 with low light. I'm still disappointed that Samsung would drop these settings from their camera. Anyway, finding workarounds is part of the beauty of the Android OS.

sent from my Note 3

 

[ZarathustraHead]

After more experimenting, I can say that the Night Camera app works great for inanimate objects, but not well with portraits. The Note 3 beauty shot setting works very well for portraits - in some shots even better than the Note 2 on low light setting.

sent from my Note 3