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universem2

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After playing around with a friends T-Mobile SGS3 I noticed that my indoor picture quality on my Verizon SGS3 was crap compared to his. Can you guys post your images? It really looks like they are images on my old Nexus.

Here is a pic from when I first got it.


https://www.box.com/s/56d17e40bb18f70f0dc4

No flash was used, and anti-shake was on.

Notice the lack of contrast, and detail. It almost seems as if all of the detail is softened. Is there anything we can do?
 
Yeah, that's a bit of a mess. This was taken indoors, lit tank, no flash, auto-focus on, anti-shake off. Considering the lighting conditions,looks pretty good to me.
 

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universem2 said:
After playing around with a friends T-Mobile SGS3 I noticed that my indoor picture quality on my Verizon SGS3 was crap compared to his. Can you guys post your images? It really looks like they are images on my old Nexus.

Here is a pic from when I first got it.


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No flash was used, and anti-shake was on.

Notice the lack of contrast, and detail. It almost seems as if all of the detail is softened. Is there anything we can do?
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Are you sure anti shake was on? My lowlight outdoor shots have been great.
 
my indoor & outdoor photos are great. very satisfied for it being a camera phone. glad Samsung didn't just port over the nexus camera which is crap.
 
Slug said:
OP: can you rehost the image at an alternative site? The one originally used was opening 'adult entertainment' pop-up windows. :o
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I apologize for that. I did not know that adult material was being popped up. Please let me know if the new link is ok.

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Anyways I sent back my phone since I believe it was defective. Can you guys post pictures taken indoors with the CAMERA ZOOM FX app? I believe a member called Rushmore mentioned it. Hopefully some animal, or people pics please.
 
universem2 said:
After playing around with a friends T-Mobile SGS3 I noticed that my indoor picture quality on my Verizon SGS3 was crap compared to his. Can you guys post your images? It really looks like they are images on my old Nexus.

Here is a pic from when I first got it.


https://www.box.com/s/56d17e40bb18f70f0dc4

No flash was used, and anti-shake was on.

Notice the lack of contrast, and detail. It almost seems as if all of the detail is softened. Is there anything we can do?
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I know I have the international version of the S3 but I wanted to comment because I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with your phone's camera.

I haven't found the anti-shake feature making any difference to my low light shots. It doesn't seem to do anything.

Did you take any indoor pictures yourself with your friend's T-Mobile phone, or were you just comparing photos you took on your phone with photos he took on his phone? The reason I ask is to eliminate user technique from the analysis. I find that the S3 is tricky to take pictures with in low light because you have to touch the screen to take the shot, and the camera moves to a certain extent when you perform this contortion. It might happen that your friend has a steadier hand when taking a shot. This is not an issue in bright light because of the faster shutter speed.

Have you tried using voice activation to take a shot. You could then concentrate on keeping the phone very steady with a firm grip on both ends of the phone and take the shot with minimal camera shake.

I can sometimes get blurry low light shots on my Nikon DSLR. It's to do with how steady or not you can keep the camera. That's why professional photographers use tripods.

That shot of yours looks to me simply to be the result of slow shutter speed camera movement.
 
OP: I am very happy with my indoor outdoor photos. It is the best camera i've used on a phone yet. Much better than my iPhone 4s. Realistic expectations should be kept in mind though. Maybe your camera is bad so sending it back may be the right thing to do. These are some things that I noticed. According to the data, no flash was used. ISO was 160 and shutter speed was 1/15 and you were moving ever so slightly. Flash probably would have helped. If I did the same thing with my $1000 camera it would have come out blurry as well. I once in a while shoot high iso without a flash on my semi pro SLR's. They can be grainy. I would recommend practicing with the settings. I have a Nikon D300 and D90 and sometimes I do not get great shots. I usually take 10 or so using different settings and I usually find that one of them is great.
 
I shot the pictures on both phones myself. I do consider my hands to be a bit unsteady while taking shots specially because of the size of the phone. But I would say with both cameras I was equally unsteady. I think the voice command tip is a great one. Can any of you show me some more indoor shots? I have sent my phone for an exchange but want to give the sgs3 another shot.
 
Here's mine. Remember, these were taken indoors facing the sun. Just about the worst scenario for a picture. Pretty pleased with the results.

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And this was taken at 100% zoom.
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shotinthenads said:
Not sure if this will work, but I put some shots I just took in a shared folder. These shots are almost in complete darkness. The first with a flash and the others with different degrees of increased iso. Please keep in mind that shooting with high iso with a $1000 camera is going to be grainy as well.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ylm2n07bkghno4n/cS9Ohnk3nt
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That one with flash looks pretty darn good. Not washed out at all.
 
The metadata from the photo, which shotinthenads highlighted, really do point to much of the problem. 1/15 second is way too slow a shutter speed for hand-held photography, and if you have an unsteady hand it will compound the problem. The ISO (light sensitivity) of 160 is much too low for taking an indoor shot without flash. I'm assuming the ISO setting was on Auto. 160 is not sensitive enough. That is the kind of setting you would use if you had very good lighting, because you can get a cleaner photo with lower ISO, but for low light conditions you want a higher setting.

If you make changes to the ISO setting you will obtain a corresponding change in the shutter speed. If you for instance changed it to 400 it would be twice as sensitive than at its next lower preset setting, 200. The camera would then double the shutter speed to compensate, and you would have a shutter speed of approx. 1/30 sec. This is still too slow however, so increase the ISO to 800 and you obtain a speed of 1/60 sec. This is manageable for a hand-held shot without flash if you can keep the camera steady.

The downside to increasing the ISO sensitivity, however, is the increased graininess of the photographs, and the introduction of noise into the shot. But they will be less blurry.

It's about tweaking the settings and making compromises, sometimes.
 
Even with my Cannon G10 (nothing special but I love it), if I shoot something that's slower than 1/100, I'll get a bit of noise. Couldn't imagine anything shot at 1/15 unless on a tripod with a cable shooter dongle would be any good.
 
Thanks guys. I guess since you have so many options you just have to learn how to use it. I will read up on iso and shutter speed as it is a bit confusing for me. Thanks guys. I sent mine out anyways it had microphone issues too. When it gets back....I'll be ready.:smokingsomb:
 
I took three pictures this morning, one right after the other, and with the flash set to auto on. It was in a semi-dark room, no direct sunlight. On this first one, the flash did not go off:

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These next two, the flash did go off, but since I took them from slightly different angles the flash made the pics look totally different:

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So based on these three shots, it looks like the lighting and what the camera does with it varies wildly. Especially with the flash on.
 
Poor puppers! Did mom get rescued too or are y'all having to bottle feed?

To stay on topic, we need more puppy pics! LOL!
 
With all of this said have any of you that are happy with your indoor pictures changed your camera settings?

If anyone has made changes what changes did you make?
 
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