singleastronaut
Newbie
It's written on the spec that my phone has 13MP rear and 8MP front camera, sadly the quality of the pics are terrible. Anyway to make them look better?? My phone Alcatel OneTouch Flash Plus.
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Help Camera Pixel, does it matter??
- Thread starter singleastronaut
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Megapixels don't matter.
You can enhance your picture quality easily after the shot using Snapseed.
You may find that a better camera app helps, try FreeDCam or Camera360.
All are free in the Play Store.
You can enhance your picture quality easily after the shot using Snapseed.
You may find that a better camera app helps, try FreeDCam or Camera360.
All are free in the Play Store.
singleastronaut
Newbie
Thanks mate, it also has native app to edit pics after we take the pics. What I complaint is that the quality before I go to some effects is really bad, too many noise. 
funkylogik
share the love peeps ;)
Are these pics taken in low light? Phone cameras are notorious for that. I think it's the size of the sensor pixels that are more important in low light than the amount (?)
Also, get into the habit of cleaning the lens before taking a pic. I'd recommend a spectacle cleaning cloth but I just use my tshirt lol
Also, get into the habit of cleaning the lens before taking a pic. I'd recommend a spectacle cleaning cloth but I just use my tshirt lol
Number of pixels is only one factor, and not the most important (except for marketing, where the desire for a simple message has led to "more Mpix = better" being repeated until many people assume it must be true).
Personally I'd say that the size of the sensor (area, not number of pixels), technology and quality of sensor (hard to judge unless you know the part number), quality of lens and quality of image processing software are all more important than the pixel count itself.
Early has suggested things you can do with the image processing. Funky has suggested the one thing you can do about the lens. As for the rest, the one thing that might be worth trying is experimenting with the ISO (effectively the film speed, more accurately the amplifier gain). High ISO allows shorter shutter speeds (less motion blur) but also higher noise. In good light you shouldn't need to worry, but in low light there is a trade-off. So if your camera app let's you control this (not all do) you could see whether forcing it to use a lower ISO helps with the noise.
Turning down sharpening might also help, as sharpening tends to exaggerate any noise that is present. I don't know whether your stock camera app will let you control either, but if not see what the other apps do.
Personally I'd say that the size of the sensor (area, not number of pixels), technology and quality of sensor (hard to judge unless you know the part number), quality of lens and quality of image processing software are all more important than the pixel count itself.
Early has suggested things you can do with the image processing. Funky has suggested the one thing you can do about the lens. As for the rest, the one thing that might be worth trying is experimenting with the ISO (effectively the film speed, more accurately the amplifier gain). High ISO allows shorter shutter speeds (less motion blur) but also higher noise. In good light you shouldn't need to worry, but in low light there is a trade-off. So if your camera app let's you control this (not all do) you could see whether forcing it to use a lower ISO helps with the noise.
Turning down sharpening might also help, as sharpening tends to exaggerate any noise that is present. I don't know whether your stock camera app will let you control either, but if not see what the other apps do.
funkylogik
share the love peeps ;)
Ahh I've been meaning to ask wtf ISO means. I'd been confusing it with OIS at 1st til I realised my phone isn't that advanced lol ;D
Here are some of the lower noise settings for FreeDCam -
Under picture quality, save jpeg quality = 100.
Under picture quality, save jpeg quality = 100.