lisainsf
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i wasnt trying to be mean. and the digital zoom pics arent that great(even on other phones - most digital zoom sucks). Im talking about most of the pics in this thread look hazy but some are the opposite and clear. i even clicked on the "view original image" link and they look the same?
you are not completly wrong, I have been playing with this camera a fair but, I am a photog nut on the side so I know my way around a camera. The camera in my phone at least , as there could be some sample variation, tends to over expose ALOT, there can be a fair amount of water color smearing and loss of fine detail and if this thing has image stabilization I cannot tell it is working half the time. If you are viewing on a small screen i.e phone or small tablet then the images look fine even great, but it you view on a computer or larger screen that is where you see the issues. It is a teeny tiny sensor so it does well for what it is, but most photos need some sort of edit before posting for larger screens to look their best, or use filters LOL. Also cropping , zooming of any kind and resizing etc tends to degrade the image quality a bit as well, which is to be expected.
I have the S7 edge and the images from that are MUCH better, BUT I think I got one of the really good cameras as I have seen equally bad images from S7's and Notes as well. I am hoping whatever the upgrade they do the camera in October helps a little, but if not I love the phone anyway and will stay with Apple for how well everything works together.
These are tiny sensors, even the examples Apple used if seen at 100% on a large screen are noisy and smeary, BUT, the person that shot them knows a lot about composition to make them interesting and they are darker and contrastier which makes them look better. For now I will keep playing until I find the right combo of settings that works well and just accept the images for what they are.
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