Xperia Z2: First Impressions and First Photos Taken

[Duncan1982]

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Cheers for your fine pics and video, i have the Z2 on order, currently have to wait for around 3-4wks. This is a bit annoying hate delays but what can you do? Lol

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[Ken7]

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Raziel, did that lunch come with a Cardiologist? Wow!

Nice shots.

 

[intrepid359]

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You need to Flash using Flashtool. Here is the link to the Taiwanese version of the ROM: https://mega.co.nz/#!yww10BIS!-w3l29-V3pLKAatJr5hZj2FkK37M_arDc-xNgcIvMns

If you don't want to start all over again and reinstall everything, uncheck the Wipe, DATA, CACHE, LOG (or whatever that 3rd category was)

Can't just install from the phone itself? I'm guessing you don't need to be rooted or anything to do this?

 

[raziel]

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Here's a camera comparison test


Xperia Z2 Camera Test


Nexus 5 Camera Test


iPhone 5S Camera Test

Xperia Z2's colors are most accurate but somewhat overexposed

Interesting how the Nexus 5 automatically does a fluorescent white balance and does a good job at it

iPhone 5S is pretty decent but doesn't perform as well in low-light

 

[Duncan1982]

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Here's a camera comparison test

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Xperia Z2 Camera Test

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Nexus 5 Camera Test

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iPhone 5S Camera Test

Xperia Z2's colors are most accurate but somewhat overexposed

Interesting how the Nexus 5 automatically does a fluorescent white balance and does a good job at it

iPhone 5S is pretty decent but doesn't perform as well in low-light

A great test but can i ask were all phones on identical settings in regards to just point and shoot? (Automatic)

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[raziel]

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A great test but can i ask were all phones on identical settings in regards to just point and shoot? (Automatic)

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Yes, all of them were on auto. The only change I made was I set the ratio on the Z2 to 4:3 to match the other phones.

 

[liamd77]

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That test is interesting. I would say the nexus pic looks best.

Great thread this one thanks raziel.

More comparison tests would be great.

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[raziel]

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Planning on doing a shootout between the Nexus 5, iPhone 5S, HTC One M8 and the Xperia Z2. Trying to get a hold of the Galaxy S5 to add to the mix too

 

[Andyvalver]

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Do you have any samples of photos taken in the de focus mode please?

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[raziel]

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Here's my review on the Xperia Z2

Sony Xperia Z2 Review

 

[tech addicted]

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Planning on doing a shootout between the Nexus 5, iPhone 5S, HTC One M8 and the Xperia Z2. Trying to get a hold of the Galaxy S5 to add to the mix too

Could you tel me how is the call quality and signal strength compare to other phones you had and how you like the battery life?

Thank you to take the time to do all this very helpful!!!

 

[raziel]

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Could you tel me how is the call quality and signal strength compare to other phones you had and how you like the battery life?

Thank you to take the time to do all this very helpful!!!

Call quality is as good as any other phone. Battery life is very good. About the same as what I get from my M8.

 

[gavinfabl]

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Thanks for all the photos. Give a real life idea as to the strengths and weaknesses. Your cat is great btw. How many out of focus ones did you need to take to get the ones that were in focus.

 

[Carly carey]

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Can I asking bout front facing camera of z2 too? And how bout music, which one good between iPhone 5s and z2 via earphone , I use 5s and I enjoy music from my 5s aka (all iPhone) but I have to say I really love z2 and plan to sell my 5s and buy z2it but just wanna know your opinion bout this , I believe walk man is the best MP3 player so it supposed to be better than 5s? Thankyou much

 

[Andyvalver]

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The Walkman is really good. And with the noise cancelling headphones the sound is great.

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[raziel]

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All those photos I have taken with my cat were the only attempts I made at the time.

As for the selfie camera - it's not that great. Barely passable. The iPhone 5S does a better job.

 

[Carly carey]

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Thanks hope this week I can get it

 

[robsawalker]

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Hey Raziel (or anyone else lucky enough to actually own a Z2 right now):

Do you think you could get the new Google Camera app and install it? Please! So we can see some Photo-spheres taken with the Z2? I would love to see some nice Photo-sphere examples, to see how well they work on the Xperia Z2. It would also be interesting to see a comparison of the Sony's background de-focus feature and the Google Camera background blur functionality.

I'm sure I would not only be me who would be most grateful

PS Here's one I took using Google Camera on my HTC One M7:

I think this should link to it on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos?pid=6003197900190560658&oid=117344384174087802750

So thats what they look like on my HTC One, which is, admittedly, a little worse for wear these days (cracked rear lens cover, red/purple problem now started)

 

[darigaaz12]

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All those photos I have taken with my cat were the only attempts I made at the time.

As for the selfie camera - it's not that great. Barely passable. The iPhone 5S does a better job.

Agreed, the selfie camera is one of the worst I've used in the last few years. Really need some good lighting to have it work decently

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[raziel]

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I'll try to do that some time this week. Been thinking about doing that