Why Samsung wants to use a lousy camera in the Nexus

[yosteve]

I have seen the GS2 take pics and its way better than the GNex.

For really?

Taken over Christmas.

 

[nemov]

I've found the camera is fantastic on the Gnex.

In fact I had a friend over with an SG II which is supposed to take better pics and my pics were better - his were over saturated.

Don't get me wrong. I love the Galaxy Nexus and the camera is a step up from the OG Droid, but I think the camera is a disappointment. Too many blurry shots in good light.

 

[gnex_please]

Don't get me wrong. I love the Galaxy Nexus and the camera is a step up from the OG Droid, but I think the camera is a disappointment. Too many blurry shots in good light.

As much as it hurts to say this, my gf's new iphone takes way better shots.
They are sharper and have great coloring.

It's not a DSLR of course but I do expect to be able to get decent shots without carrying a tripod around.
The shutter time is too slow in bright light and this leads to blurry pictures.
It is my opinion that the decision making for picking shot settings should be looked into if not tweaked a bit.

Have a great day,

 

[CynicX]

I don't think it's zero shutter lag. I can open the camera and take a picture faster from the lock screen and in rapid succession faster using the app camera+ better then my step brothers gnex.


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[JeffDenver]

This was a picture I took from my Rezound of my Roommate's pet Falcon. It was cropped with the Phone's own editor but it otherwise using default settings.

Full Rez Image - https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LYiX3e-IBfBfPxKekpNv5BXWYyUS-rwKXzEk1fiz8KA?feat=directlink

The OG Droid actually took awesome pictures outside. It only sucked for low-light stuff. If you had daylight though, it took pics that I would say are comparable to all of the current top camera phones right now.

 

[thebignewt]

Not to hijack, but with the camera open, at bottom right there are 3 icons: Camera, Video, and a 3rd one that looks like a rectangled with squished in top/bottom. . Selecting that makes the field of view smaller. What is that supposed to do?
I do know that the iPhone 4S one of the major features was low light pix. In the biography, before Jobs died he was abamant about that improvement, maybe more than anything else on that phone. My wife's 4S takes really good pix. I haven't used mine enough to garner an opinion yet.

 

[Nextnexus]

My Gnex camera complaints come from the fact that the one on my previous phone, which was a Droid Charge, was excellent. 5 or 50 Megapixels, I think that we all expect some shutter lag, so I would have taken some lag any day over the blurry pictures that are produced by my GN.

When I got my Droid Charge, I remember thinking that I would finally be able to keep my point-and-shoot at home for the daily snapshots of life. Now, I have to think about dusting it off and it feels like taking a step backwards.

 

[jerrod6]

Not to hijack, but with the camera open, at bottom right there are 3 icons: Camera, Video, and a 3rd one that looks like a rectangled with squished in top/bottom. . Selecting that makes the field of view smaller. What is that supposed to do?
I do know that the iPhone 4S one of the major features was low light pix. In the biography, before Jobs died he was abamant about that improvement, maybe more than anything else on that phone. My wife's 4S takes really good pix. I haven't used mine enough to garner an opinion yet.

This is used to take panoramic shots. You click it, the camera starts you then move left or right up or down to take in more view, then click the camera button to stop

 

[ScooberJake]

It had something to do with the software being incapable of handling image data greater than 5 megapixels. You also have to understand that part of the zero lag feature is also the ability to quickly snap off pictures without any lag in between. With a larger sensor, the software would be unable to cope with moving that quickly.

It is most likely not the software, but the buffer. The zero shutter lag requires a much larger buffer, or there is no where for the new data to go even if the software is ready to take a new picture. This is a problem even in high end DSLRs. Fewer pixels reduces the requirements on the buffer.

So you could be right, the reason we only got 5 MP is because of the zero shutter lag feature.

But the number of pixels is not the limiting factor on the phone. It is the quality of those pixels. Seems to me to be about what I would expect from a camera phone. Pretty crappy. The iPhone is a bit better, but still not as good a basic point and shoot. The sensors in phones are just too small.

 

[thebignewt]

I agree with ScooberJake, 5mp is plenty. Remember when you print a 4X6 photo, 2MP is all you can get on photo paper using a modern printer. The limitations of cellphone cameras are the lens, and the sensor.

 

[kedesa]

I am starting to think there is something wrong with the software and how the camera focuses; or doesn't focus. Seems when I can get the thing to focus the pictures are decent. For now I am relegated to snapping three quick shots and keeping the best one.

I think this can be addressed with software. If not give me an excuse to get a point and shoot. I don't carry the DSLR around that much.

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[xlDeMoNiClx]

It's Samsung. Nuff' said.

 

[youngzayiles]

People say its crappy but I like my camera... But compared to the evo 3d anything may be good lol

 

[Droid800]

It is most likely not the software, but the buffer. The zero shutter lag requires a much larger buffer, or there is no where for the new data to go even if the software is ready to take a new picture. This is a problem even in high end DSLRs. Fewer pixels reduces the requirements on the buffer.

So you could be right, the reason we only got 5 MP is because of the zero shutter lag feature.

But the number of pixels is not the limiting factor on the phone. It is the quality of those pixels. Seems to me to be about what I would expect from a camera phone. Pretty crappy. The iPhone is a bit better, but still not as good a basic point and shoot. The sensors in phones are just too small.

I put the Nexus on the same quality level as the iPhone 4 picture-wise. Both struggle in low light, but both take great pictures when there's good light. The camera is actually the one big thing giving me pause about the Nexus. Not because the Nexus is as bad as people say, but because the Rezound is that much better.

 

[Johnly]

Sorry, it isn't lousy.

 

[Johnly]

I put the Nexus on the same quality level as the iPhone 4 picture-wise. Both struggle in low light, but both take great pictures when there's good light. The camera is actually the one big thing giving me pause about the Nexus. Not because the Nexus is as bad as people say, but because the Rezound is that much better.

Close, iPhone 4 is lightly better....the 4s smokes it like a Cuban though....

 

[pprichar]

People say its crappy but I like my camera... But compared to the evo 3d anything may be good lol

The Evo 3D was horrendous, a fisher price camera took better pics... no joke.

 

[wyseguy77]

I am starting to think there is something wrong with the software and how the camera focuses; or doesn't focus. Seems when I can get the thing to focus the pictures are decent. For now I am relegated to snapping three quick shots and keeping the best one.

I think this can be addressed with software. If not give me an excuse to get a point and shoot. I don't carry the DSLR around that much.

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I hope you're right.

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[wyseguy77]

I put the Nexus on the same quality level as the iPhone 4 picture-wise. Both struggle in low light, but both take great pictures when there's good light. The camera is actually the one big thing giving me pause about the Nexus. Not because the Nexus is as bad as people say, but because the Rezound is that much better.

+1 My buddy has a Resound and the camera is pretty good. Just can't live with Sense and I just don't want to deal with flashing roms .

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[Andrew Ruffolo]

I have no issues with my Gnex Camera. Took wonderful pics on my trip this past week.