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[Nokia Lumia 900] go0gle:
Is there a way to manually set the ISO value ? If yes, In good lighting conditions keep the ISO @ 100, it will keep the noise levels down.
[Nokia Lumia 900] arcspeak:
Yes, tap the settings icon, and ISO is 4th on the list.

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If you haven't tried shooting photos with Nokia's standard camera app by touching the screen where your subject is displayed, you're missing out on a good thing. It's an eye-opener that focuses on off-center subjects and optimizes the exposure for the subject of interest.
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
It's more than just "not as good as it ought to be" -- it flat-out FAILS in some cases. If you check the earlier photos I posted of the shifter knob in my car, using the built-in app actually focused on everything *except* for the shifter knob, which is what I'd touched on using the screen. The same test, using the SophieCam app, worked fine -- and continues to work fine everytime I use it. In fact, the pictures with SophieCam are MUCH nice than with the built-in app, which really speaks to a (fixable) software issue, not hardware.

Is the Lumia 900 (or the iPhone 4S...or the Titan II...or whatever) the VERY BEST camera you can find? Of course not. But they should be able to take photos that focus properly.
[Nokia Lumia 900] trueblog:
After u have taken the pic, can you pls click on Autofix ? that will fix all these issues ..
[Nokia Lumia 900] Seed 2.0:
Auto-Fix on the Lumia 900 doesn't work as good as the Titian II, but it is better then the Samsung Focus. I think when 'Tango' gets released, or a little sooner Nokia will update the software/firmware of the camera and optimize its abilities.
[Nokia Lumia 900] awesomeindeed:
I went on a picture taking spree today for the sole purpose of running the camera through its paces. To recap, I also have an HTC Titan, which takes pretty decent pics. I'm going to be blunt when say this. The camera on this phone is total garbage in its current state. Yep. Garbage. Strong words? Maybe. But EVERY single picture in the same setting taken with the Titan is markedly better looking in terms of being in focus and noise in the image.

I'm really hoping Nokia fixes this soon. It's great that what's his name says his works fine in macro mode and pics look good, but uhh... I have perfect vision and even a quick glance at side by side comparisons between the two phones is pretty night and day. One looks good. One doesn't. I'll let you guess which one that is.
[Nokia Lumia 900] go0gle:
Does it remember your settings once you close the app ? Keep @ 100 for a day or two and see if it makes a difference.. it should keep noise as low is can.
[Nokia Lumia 900] SDreamer:
Yes, it remembers the settings you put in. You can revert to default quite easily by hitting restore settings.
[Nokia Lumia 900] aliensatemyhead:
I tweeted D.Dinning with link to this tread. This is his responses......

...Af is part of the ISP which would be the same for all apps.

just seen some other images on the thread. Mine works great in that situation using macro.....

looks like too close for normal focus mode. Macro I would have thought worked ok. Normal gives faster af in most sutuations
[Nokia Lumia 900] kertong:
Not to add any more fuel to the fire, but..

has anybody gotten location tagging working in pics taken with the default camera app?

I have the "include location info in pictures" checked, and I also have "keep location info on uploaded pictures" both enabled. I've gone outside, launched the "maps" app, and saw that it got GPS lock instantly within 5 seconds. So I launched the camera app, waited ~30 seconds, then snapped a picture, then emailed it to myself. I've looked at the JPG with every exif tool I have, lightroom, and even pushed it through /usr/sbin/strings.. and I couldn't find anything gps/location related.

Back on my HD7, I could also scroll through the picture viewer, and the ones that were tagged with location had a "show on map", I think (I could be wrong though, I've had a lot of phones and this was a while ago). But nothing of that sort here on the 100+ pics I've taken so far...

I apologize if this is off topic - I didn't want to start another new thread about the camera up top and figured it'd be more relevant here.
[Nokia Lumia 900] tai4de2:
I agree that the original Titan is superior to the 900 for the camera... I was surprised at how much better.

To the poster who mentioned the Dell Venue Pro: that camera never advanced beyond a bad joke of utterly atrocious quality. It was the worst by far of all the WP7 handsets... I am skeptical of "a s/w update can fix it" because basically that just doesn't happen. I'll believe it when I see it.

Love the 900 for many reasons just like I loved my DVP, but the camera ain't among those reasons.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Seed 2.0:
It works fine, upload to your skydrive account; it automatically shows them to you on a map in the bottom right corner of PC. U can use "image map plus" app to view on your phone too.
[Nokia Lumia 900] nraudigy2:
People need to let it focuses first if they use camera button to take pictures. Slightly press and hold on it to get to to focus then press all the way to take a picture. Tapping on the screen will do the same thing.
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
Actually, people need to STOP responding to threads acting as if the members of this forum have never taken a photo in their lives *or* that they don't know how to use a camera on a phone. Honestly.... read the thread, give us the benefit of the doubt that we're not complete idiots, and then either 1) respond with something useful, or 2) keep your mouth shut. We know how to take a picture.
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
I think your statement is a bit too wide-sweeping, personally.

YES, the pictures are not great when using the on-board camera app, but when using other camera programs (such as Sophie Cam, as I've suggested), the photos are really quite nice. That leads me to believe that the camera hardware itself (+ optics) are actually very good, but that there is a software bug that these phones are experiencing -- especially with closer shots.

Here's a photo from my youngest son's baseball game yesterday -- taken with a Lumia 900 using the Sophie Cam app. (Yes, my son is in a wheelchair). Even given that it was taken at a lower resolution, it's a nice photo.

I don't think that ANY of us want to argue with the Nokia "camera guru", but honestly...the photos speak for themselves. Same distance, same objects, same phone, same camera hardware, same method for snapping the photo (touch screen to focus) -- but very different results. It's not the hardware at fault here, it's the software. There are a LOT of us experiencing the same issue here, so Nokia needs to acknowledge it and get a fix out ASAP.

Just my $.02.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Ethere:
I'll agree about Sophie Cam. My white Lumia 900 takes much better pictures with this software. Like you stated, it's a shame it doesn't take it at full resolution, but it does give me hope that Nokia/Microsoft will release an update that will make it far better than it is now.
[Nokia Lumia 900] feedmylittletroll:
Any idea on what the resolution the sophie cam takes pictures in?
[Nokia Lumia 900] go0gle:
Considering the harsh lighting conditions, the white balance did a good job, and there seems to be a good amount of detail.

I am pretty sure that they will fix a lot of the issues with an update..
[Nokia Lumia 900] awesomeindeed:
Sophie Cam is good, I agree, but options are extremely limited and it would be nice if the default app performed as it should. I'm not comparing third party apps, I'm comparing just the stock camera app on both phones. Every picture my Lumia has taken has been a tad out of focus at best. Not the case with my Titan. Those photos are super crisp and look great every time.

All I'm asking is for them to fix it. I know the hardware is good.
[Nokia Lumia 900] kertong:
Shoot, so location information works in Skydrive uploads, but nowhere else? That is really worriesome - without EXIF GPS coords, a lot of location awareness breaks. I have a photoblog that places photos on a map according to the GPS coords found in EXIF, and for ios and android photos, this works just fine. Does not work for the lumia900, though it did work when I had the htc HD7.

Are the gps coordinates uploaded seperately to skydrive, or removed/stripped out of the image before being uploaded anywhere else but skydrive? I notice photos I upload to flickr doesn't show on a map either.. hmmmm.
[Nokia Lumia 900] AITT:
I've uploaded pics to my Picasa account and it showed the GPS just fine.
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
Sadly, it appears to be a paltry 600 x 600 pixels :( That said, the fine folks behind Sophie Cam are already working on an update that provides higher-resolution photos.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sophie-Cam

I agree -- the hardware is good, the software has....issues. Sadly, I've yet to see Nokia acknowledge this issue officially, which makes me feel like a fix is still a ways away.

C'mon, Nokia -- fix this!!!!
[Nokia Lumia 900] tai4de2:
Lumia camera --> no BSI. Doesn't that mean that no amount of software updating can produce photos with quality up to the Titan standard?
[Nokia Lumia 900] stratax:
http://forum.digitalphotographywriter.com/topic/99-nokia-n9-camera-quality-specs-and-samples/

"The N9 sensor is a backlit (BSI) sensor, which is the first sensor with fully optimized for both 16:9 and 4:3 images. That means that when you switch to 16:9 image ratio, the sensor utilizes a smaller part of the sensor, instead of cropping the image by software. The Nokia N9 utilizes Carl-Zeiss optics for high optical quality, sharpness and contrast.

The N9 camera's software support Face detection, Touch AF for both videos and stills, Stereo sound in videos, non-destructive editing of images in-camera, new high power dual LED flash (20% more powerful than previous models), Geo tagging images, AMBR (Automatic Motion Blue Reduction) and more."

The n9, lumia 800, lumia 900 all have the same camera. and it appears that the n9 does have BSI. i believe Nokia has stated this as well
[Nokia Lumia 900] mmceorange:
This is a good read, glad I found it. Been fairly disappointed with camera performance as well. Using Instacam, have had results similar to those with Sophie Cam, but haven't yet tried anything else. Also noticed that in some situations, mostly at work under florescent lighting, the white balance looks fairly accurate until the picture is actually taken, at which point the colors are thrown off. Then using the "fix" option brings it back to normal (usually). I have tried every white balance setting, none of which (even fluorescent) looks as good as auto does before taking the picture..
[Nokia Lumia 900] 1orka:
That forum post (which itself isn't really credible source) looks more like advirtisement.

I've never heard Nokia claiming it to be BSI tech,could you provide a source?

Also, look here for comparison (under camera section)

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/co...umia-900,Apple-iPhone-4/phones/5106,6476,4586
[Nokia Lumia 900] aliensatemyhead:
According to Nokia support forum

"Currently we are investigating the vibrate rattle, volume rocker responsiveness and camera behaviour which has been reported on this forum in a number of threads. We hope to have more information on this soon."

There is still hope :-)
[Nokia Lumia 900] flooty333:
Cool. Thanks for the update.

Can you post a link to that thread at Nokia support?

Besides this issue, I am also noticing another camera issue which I haven't seen anyone write about yet. When I switch from camera mode to video capture mode the color temp and focus go way off and need a few seconds (about 5-7) to fix themselves.

Is anyone else seeing this?

When
[Nokia Lumia 900] aliensatemyhead:
discussions.nokiausa.com/t5/Nokia-with-Windows-Phone/Lumia-900-Various-Issues/td-p/1384549
[Nokia Lumia 900] koopiskeva:
Oh hey.. that's the thread I started. :P

Funny enough, despite the current camera woes, its still worlds better than the camera on my previous Dell Venue Pro. Definitely good to know they're working on fixing it though.
[Nokia Lumia 900] aliensatemyhead:
As I am still waiting for the L900, can any of you lucky bastards test out the EyeEm app or Fhotoroom (without using the filters) to check if it can use the full resolution of the camera and if the picturequality exceeds the native Nokia???
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
Both of those programs appear to use the native camera app, so....no improvement that I can see :(

This whole thing has been interesting. I normally don't give a rip about 3rd party camera apps, but the issues with the Lumia 900 built-in camera (app) have forced me to look at other programs -- and Sophie Cam, for instance, has really made taking photos fun again for me. Even after the primary camera app gets fixed, I'll probably use Sophie Cam quite a bit -- especially if they can improve the overall resolution *and* speed up the app.

Meanwhile...we're still waiting on Nokia to fix a number of things... :rolleyes:
[Nokia Lumia 900] go0gle:
I think think its more accurate to say that the waiting is on Microsoft and Nokia. Nokia is only 1/2 of the problem.. since this isn't their own platform, and they neither have the expertise, nor the system access to mess with Windows CE..

It will take a while..but here is what they can do when they have it under control, this is what everyone is waiting for them to bring to the WP world, it might happen with Appolo, it might not

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_releases_some_new_808_pureview_samples_photos-news-4165.php

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nokiaofficial/
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
The Dell was horrible. With out a doubt the worst camera I had ever seen. The update helped....but not a whole lot.
[Nokia Lumia 900] aliensatemyhead:
I'm betting on Nokia since my Omnia 7 takes pretty decent photos. The Titan 2 has also been hailed as one of the best cameras on a cell phone
[Nokia Lumia 900] go0gle:
That might be due to the fact that both HTC and sammy have more experience with Windows CE in that regard. I am not trying to find an excuse for Nokia, just trying to understand the problem. There is just a HUGE gap between what they can do with their own platform in terms of imaging, and now with WP7.
[Nokia Lumia 900] infinitybiff:
Hey guys, call me crazy, but I seem to have resolved my camera issues with mylumia. Wish I could provide before and after pics, but you'll just need to try it and see. I followed the advice of changing some settings around and was still getting poor quality images... for giggles I set it back to defaults and saved in the camera app. I'm now taking images like this on the regular. I could be crazy, but its more serviceable and I'm not looking to get rid of the device anymore. YMMV

http://fromhindsight.com/crap2/upload/files/WP_000081.jpg

http://fromhindsight.com/crap2/upload/files/WP_000080.jpg

http://fromhindsight.com/crap2/upload/files/WP_000073.jpg
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
Those are nice pictures, actually. A "before and after" would've been nice, but what can you do :)

The BEST test, however, would be to try and snap a photo of something much closer -- like a flower, bottle, or whatever. Something "crisp" and easy-to-tell if it's in focus is preferable. Then, use the screen and do the "tap to focus" trick for a closer portion of the subject -- much like my test photos earlier in this thread. Does it focus on the object and then seem to ultimately come out unfocused? Or, does it focus on the object properly? Again... check out my test photos earlier in the thread.

Hoping for the best :)
[Nokia Lumia 900] lekki:
These settings are working very, very well for me:

Exposure Value: 1

ISO: 200

Metering Mode: Center Spot (Center Weighted if you don't trust steadiness tapping screen)

Focus Mode: Macro (bokeh)

I really hope they give us an update to maximize the Carl Zeiss lens but until then, we have to make do right?
[Nokia Lumia 900] lovenokia:
After i take a picture, i get this yellow hue soon after, i am not sure what it is.
[Nokia Lumia 900] arcspeak:
Yellow hue fix

Try different white balance settings.
[Nokia Lumia 900] infinitybiff:
This was today with tap to focus

http://i.imgur.com/tG8Kd.jpg

and the day of the fix using the camera button

http://i.imgur.com/knE10.jpg

From what I can gather, it seems the the "factory/default" settings in windows phone differ from the "stock" settings you get when you first startup the phone after factory reset. I've managed to reproduce the fix too. None of the settings change when I do it tho. Basically its still - set the camera settings to other crap then save.... then do defaults then save... PROFIT.

The phone takes amazing shots now. Comparable to my galaxy s 2.
[Nokia Lumia 900] aliensatemyhead:
Wow, first pic look good..........Can the fix it be this simple??????? Any other L900 users out there that would like to try.
[Nokia Lumia 900] sitizenx:
Be careful. I would NOT evaluate your pictures on the phone. The screen is NOT calibrated. I review my images on a "semi" color calibrated IPS monitor and the colors and contrast are very different. Before taking a bunch of important pictures try out the different picture modes (landscape, portrait, etc) and various white balances and then review the images on a good monitor. The phone screen is not indicative of the true colors of the JPEG. And yes I found a few turkeys in my camera roll with yellow cast. For bright sunny days I use "daylight" white balance and set the phone on "landscape" picture style. The results look good on my computer.

Camera phones are going to devestate the the P&S market. A good quality P&S is still going to be better than a smartphone but the sheeple will not care. If I was making low end P&S I would be very worried.
[Nokia Lumia 900] cdd543:
I followed the steps mentioned above and my photos came out the exact same poor quality.
[Nokia Lumia 900] kkrull:
All of the above...

All of the above problems exist on my camera too. Agree that it seems to be a software issue. In looking at my photos and many here it seems like frequently the background is in focus. I anxiously await a software update.

Video seems to work fine by the way although I am surprised that zooming in at some point doesn't simply switch to using a smaller group of pixels, rather than simply digitally enlarging a subset of the average of the whole sensor.

For the record my Samsung Focus never shot great photos.
[Nokia Lumia 900] cwiley2566:
I took these pictures the day I got my phone. I think they look pretty good. I learned from my Focus that setting the focus to macro and using the touch screen instead of the hardware button helped a lot for close up shots and specific focus. There was no photoshop or touch up. Well maybe the auto-fix but don't remember. That wouldn't have helped with the focus anyway.
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
Thank you. I don't 'appear' to have a problem with my camera. But from this thread it really is, I don't appear to have a concern. I too have always set my camera to Macro and lowered the ISO. And I have some mighty find pics...low light and such ...just thought my eye wasn't as good as others....
[Nokia Lumia 900] gerbir21:
yipcanjo... thanks for sharing this. i was wondering why the focus on my lumia was just horrible. i too also noticed the front cam was better with focus. after testing the sophiecam application, its obvious now that this is a software issue that needs to be tweaked by Nokia.

i love the 900, but i was beginning to have serious concerns that this was just a case of bad camera hardware... at least there is some hope to get this fixed.
[Nokia Lumia 900] yipcanjo:
On a positive note...this whole exercise helped me find the Sophie Cam app, which I really dig :)
[Nokia Lumia 900] dk_iceman:
happy to see im not alone on this one... got my lumia 900 2 days ago... and the pictures is just not quite in focus...

it was driving me mad... hope that Nokia is fixing this problem
[Nokia Lumia 900] darren486:
actually i've notice the camera on my L900 is having the same issue as well, but i've just send the phone back for warranty due to some other issue, hope they get this fix ASAP....
[Nokia Lumia 900] xsever:
I was at a conference today and was trying to take pictures of some slides and exhibitions and I was very frustrated with the default camera app on my 900. My colleagues with iPhones were producing much better photos.

I am going to download SophieCam and post some before/after pics tomorrow when I am done with the conference.
[Nokia Lumia 900] xsever:
Can't believe such a "Flagship" phone is still without an update to address this horrible problem. My E71 can focus better in some situations!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
After flashing the peoples rom, and the phone is booting up, but is on the samsung logo screen, how long do u really end up waiting. I have waited at least 30 secs and it did not budge. So somthing is really wrong. What? I have no idea
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Bad download it shouldn't take longer than 30 seconds.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Did you flash a kernel or theme?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrfEpic4g:
Idk on first boot up ik it took atleast a minute if not more just try again and let it sit for atleast 2 minutes
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
The samsung screen on first boot varies from a minute to about 3.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomcat5:
Could just be a bad flash. Wipe data/factory reset in CWM and flash it again.

Edit: 3 minutes, REALLY? The most I can think I've ever had it go when nothing was wrong is 15 seconds.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrfEpic4g:
Every phone is different :p my first time boots usually take a while
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
Ok, thanku. I'm just trying t flash the rom. That's all. I will give it more time.
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
For non-root? Anyone know of a widget? I normally use UCCW. But i love the look of the 4.0 clock. Thanks in advance!
[HTC EVO 3D] Cetus Corr:
Isn't there a uccw sense 4.0 clock?
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
If so I will cry, but seriously is there? I never have been able to get skins to work on UCCW.
[HTC EVO 3D] Gumby63:
Try this one: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24182755&postcount=30
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
It lives!!!! But.. the weather isn't working. Any tips?
[HTC EVO 3D] Gumby63:
You could try to configure it within the app itself?
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
Got it to work!!!! Thanks a ton.
[HTC EVO 3D] Volumes:
Auto determine location wasn't working. Had to manually enter zip code. Thanks again!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] quikvzla:
if i update to ICS.. i then i would like to get phone back to stock like it's new froyo.. is there any trouble? what about Gb BL's?

Pd: even if you are using a custom rom.. does Kies have to recognize my phone?.. because mine doesnt..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jayRokk:
1st i wouldnt recoment using Kies to anything with the Infuse

2nd read up on how to use Odin or Heimdall for the infuse

theyre the quickest and possibly the safest ways to jump from diff firmware

3rd GB BL shouldnt affect anything once you have the GB ones i believe

but i strongly recommend either Heimdall and Odin :)

Search GTG Ultimate Unbrick ;)

and why froyo when you ve got amazing GB Roms and a pretty good ICS rom??

just curious :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MaliciousIntent69:
After flashing ICS if you want to go back to froyo/gb simply use Heimdall one click/Odin. Done and done. I've done it several times, no errors, no consequences:)