To finally put an end to the complaints about the 5MP camera

[kath00]

I just want my camera pix to be decent. I don't expect them to look like those out of my Canon 7D but they better look better than what the Bionic gave me! They should be "usable," meaning I should be able to print them into 4x6 prints without seeing much artifact or distortion in colors. That's my expectation from a phone camera.

However, I don't think bright sunlight, mid-day photos truly test a camera though. It would have been much more worthwhile to take pix of the inside of the office these guys were in. Every camera (even my DD's 2MP "toy" camera from Fisher Price) does great in these lighting conditions.

Show us some indoor and flash photos of people. Then we can compare...

Katherine

 

[Bearly]

The iPhone 4S camera is awesome in low light. I just want to know if the GN camera is the same as the Nexus S. I don't so because of the OMAP subsystem that handles the imaging but not sure.

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[ManBearPig618]

As long as it's decent, I'll be happy. If I'm going to be taking pictures, I try to bring a digital camera.

 

[Lakhota]

Guess my eyes see things different than most, GN took the cake imo.

 

[shadrap]

GN is going to be an outstanding phone, but one of the best camera phones it is not. There are lots of samples on many sites and most are not very good quality.

With that said, the camera isn't the selling point ICS is.

 

[ultravisitor]

So what do you guys think? Have I provided enough evidence or am I just simply stating the obvious?

I think that no matter what, many people will still complain. Why? Because they will look at the specs and see that 8 > 5. After that, nothing will convince them.

 

[lilo777]

iPhone 4S' picture looks a little better in my opinion (and I am not a fan of Apple) because of higher resolution. One can clearly see the benefits of higher resolution by comparing the balcony grills. But that's expected. For this kind of picture (i.e. nice lighting, static) higher resolution must do better. The real question is whether Nexus has bigger pixels and higher sensitivity which may help improve PQ in more challenging conditions. We do not know this yet. Besides, PQ of smart phone cameras is nowhere near the DSLRs or even good P&S cameras. So if one needs something decent - smart phone is a bad choice anyways. Smart phones are goo for occasional snap shots which go to Facebook, Picasa etc. Those pictures are viewed only on computer screens and higher resolution does not matter there. Shutter delay and sensitivity is all that matters there.

 

[cdf3]

GN is going to be an outstanding phone, but one of the best camera phones it is not. There are lots of samples on many sites and most are not very good quality.

With that said, the camera isn't the selling point ICS is.

I visited a site that took quite a few pictures. They all looked good to me. I didn't see any that were not very good quality.
Do you have a link to the site that posted inferior camera shots?

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[shadrap]

I visited a site that took quite a few pictures. They all looked good to me. I didn't see any that were not very good quality.
Do you have a link to the site that posted inferior camera shots?

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Go to the bottom and look at the samples. The camera is not a strong feature of the Galaxy Nexus.

Engadget

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

Go to the bottom and look at the samples. The camera is not a strong feature of the Galaxy Nexus.

Engadget

I saw the Engadget pictures and I think they just plain suck at taking pictures or they did it on purpose. It's not that hard to not take blurry pictures.

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[yapkuen]

Admittedly I've never seen those specific cars in real life, but the yellow on the cab in the iPhone picture looks more true to the yellow cabs I've seen in real life. That said, I wouldn't have grounds to complain if I snapped a photo with my phone and it came out looking like either of those.

 

[ManBearPig618]

Looked at the photos again, full size. They both look great. I'd be happy with either one, so, hooray?

 

[FrogVomit]

Wow. This puts an end to it alright. Those shots don't even come close to my Infuse 4G in quality, nor the 4S. All of the Nexus pics are pink in the center, and blue in the corners. And quite soft as well. Not really what I would expect from Samsung.

I'll probably get one anyway though.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Seeing how I shoot pictures at 2.5MP since they end up on Email/Facebook/Google+ anyway and I'm more interested in Android for the OS, the camera really doesn't matter to me. It's a phone. Those pictures look fine to me. I've taken some really nice ones (for being a phone with my Vibrant, and some really crummy ones. It's subjective anyway. My pics always look better on my SAMOLED screen than my buddy's DX. They never look as good on my laptop's 720p LED screen. Low light is grainy, duh, there's no flash, of course they are.

Personally, I don't care if it's 5MP, 8MP, or something else. I'm more excited about 1080p recording and good glass (for a phone). I'm glad that Google didn't put a camera in it that is going to take pictures that are going to:
1) Take up huge amounts of storage space
2) Take longer to upload automatically to Google+, attach to emails, etc because they're larger file sizes
3) Will take up more of my monthly data allotment because they're larger file sizes
4) Is essentially a waste since I've NEVER sent a picture I've take with a PHONE to a 1 hour photo processing center.

5MP's is perfectly fine guys. Be excited about ICS. If something like megapixels in a cell phone camera is a deal breaker, then I think you're expressing initial interest into a Nexus device for all of the wrong reasons.

 

[johnyguy]

Every where I go, there is always a comment/ complaint about Galaxy Nexus' 'shabby 5MP' camera, both from droid fans and apple fans. This comment is almost always replied with the fact that megapixels does not count, that sensors and lenses are the most important in judging picture quality.

However, no one has real evidence that Galaxy Nexus' camera has a top of the range camera that can compete with 8MP shooters, until now.

GSMarena (I know, I always refer to these guys) has recently reviewed the iphone 4S, of which Apple claims to have the best camera in a smartphone. They had also released a preview of the Galaxy Nexus a couple of days ago and both of these include camera samples.

I then jumped into both the camera samples of both phones and surprise surprise, the Galaxy Nexus indeed competed very



Samsung Galaxy Nexus hands-on: First look - GSMArena.com

iPhone 4S review: Fast 4ward - GSMArena.com

just to illustrate how similar they are:
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Galaxy Nexus sample photo

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IPhone 4s sample photo

luckily GSMarena took the shots for each phone almost at the exact same time, you can tell by the position of the cars. This is good so that no one can complain about how the lighting is different for each photo because they are literally the same.

Obviously the Nexus has the disadvantage of lower megapixel count and this is pretty evident with iphone producing sharper images when zoomed in. But do notice how both phones have almost the same amount of noise level, exposure and detail.

It may seem that the iphone is able to handle exposure better, with better contrast in bright areas, as also seen by This is my next's post (Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S comparison photos | This is my next...), and also that a light pink oversaturation mark is quite clearly apparent in some sample photos taken from the Nexus. But bear in mind that this is still a pre-production version of the Nexus and since this problem was also seen in Galaxy SII models, I would safely assume Samsung has done something to fix this.

From what I have seen, I think the iPhone will be better in low light scenarios and also the macro samples have turned out pretty great, and this is where the iPhone would triumph over other smartphones imo.

as for video, Im not much of a fan of video taking so I didn't pay too much attention to it. I did notice however that in the video sample, the Nexus is very choppy at certain points (take a look at the fluidity of the cars' movements) and also lighting is very unstable (look at the sky, nearing the end the colors went haywire)and also, the pink stain in the middle is still there. The iPhone 4s however does produce a more fluid video sample but I don't really think it's a noticeable difference unless you put the two together.

So what do you guys think? Have I provided enough evidence or am I just simply stating the obvious?

Maybe similar but the 4S has more details I can see clearly look the trees in both photo just to mention one place, megapixel don't lye

 

[johnyguy]

Something screwed with the quality on the first pic lol doesn't sell your case... No offfense Im stoked for the gnex camera just uploaded terribly

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Why ppl think because its a Nexus it has to have everything perfect, camera, chip, battery, etc no it does not it just showed the nexus has a 5 MP camera not a 8,one that's the bottom line!

 

[johnyguy]

I don't see what you all are seeing. The 4S pics look better in every instance than the GN to me. I see more light, more detail and clarity, and better color accuracy with the 4S, not to mention overall sharpness of the photo.

Note saying the GN is bad, just that the 4S camera is great and to me is clearly better in these GSM review photos. We'll see when the final prod camera comes out and more pics are taken, but I bet the 4S has the superior camera. And it has nothing, repeat nothing, to do with the 5MP, 8MP difference ..

You absolutely right except the 5 versus 8 MP comment it does have alot to do with it what you see is the different in MP. 3 megapixel its a big different in details.... I guess we are getting a gorgeous high resolution screen with a 5 MP camera they should have make it right what's the point having that...not a good tread off