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[Galaxy S III General] jody2k:
Cm10 doesnt use the s3 stock camera, if you want better pics install ics or wait until its fixed
[Galaxy S III General] LiquidNarwhal:
my results are pretty similar to this crisp and clean using fw zdff02 :)

Edit: Zdff03 not 2 sorry :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] ablacklist:
I manage to get more details and sharper picture by reducing the exposure value to -2 (bright room/indoor condition) and some condition I need to adjust the ISO level manually. I think and as some other user think too that we need to adjust the settings manually based on the condition to get the best out of our S3 Camera

My camera firmware: ZDFF03
[Galaxy S III General] nex7er:
My camera is borked. Firmware is ZDFF02. Front camera works fine, but using the back camera I just get "Unknown error occurred" and as I hit "Ok" the phone goes back to home. Any idea? Is it possible to downgrade?
[Galaxy S III General] cao0215:
I ll strongly suggest u buy a camera, and the phone i think u dont need any smartphone.:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] lccpor123:
Tapped on Phone/CAM FW Write (Rear) and was updated to ZDFF03

Previously was ZDFF02

Will provide proof later
[Galaxy S III General] khanmein:
bro if u noticed GD sensor jpeg file is 1KB bigger than ZD sensor jpeg so it mostly means GD > ZD

can u explain? thanks~
[Galaxy S III General] MrFhenix:
WOW you F**G blowed my mind thank you man thank you thank you!! UPDATED

Why in the fu¨¨g wolrd they would updat ethe camera FW to ?? jesus

Is there any noticable changes in zzfe03 ??
[Galaxy S III General] Daelyn:
It will load latest firmware. If it's on the camera or phone doesn't matter.
[Galaxy S III General] kiwi_radical:
Very slightly different jpeg sizes are irrelevant, as the jpeg compression depends on exactly what is in the image. Unless the images are absolutely identical down to the last pixel when captured the jpeg sizes can be slightly different.

You'll find that the different camera firmware versions give much larger differences in jpeg size as it appears Samsung have elected to use higher jpeg compression ratio in the later firmwares..
[Galaxy S III General] Saltao:
Hi,

I have

cam firmware GDFD06

PHONE FW GDFF03

I think phone firmware is greater than cam right?

My phone to cam fw write is disabled and firmware count 0, is this correct?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] eman3316@optonline.net:
You guys do not know what bad low light pics look like unless you owned a Glaxy Nexus.
[Galaxy S III General] morning thunder:
I think its a hardware problem because i replaced my phone today and still i have the same issue! Samsung have really screwed up the S3 Camera for few $ they put defective sensors
[Galaxy S III General] foxy4270:
that's why i sold my galaxy s3 cause it had defective sensor.
[Galaxy S III General] imatevski:
Where do You live dude.. Lots of stolen phones :)))
[Galaxy S III General] sonic04:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
what firmware u got now?
[Galaxy S III General] hero000:
From your pictures I've evaluated that you don't have enough knowledge of taking a picture. You should understand the concept of photography. Where should be your focus point in dim light. How much light can get thigh the aperture. Try those techniques even with very ****y cameras or phone you can take a descent picture.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
who r u referring to? :)
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
how come I can't click phone to cam fw write (rear)

using stock official jellybean (poland)
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
yeah tell me about it :X i think they made so when there is no update u cant click or they thought of another method to write the firmware to the camera, dunno really :)
[Galaxy S III General] khanmein:
cos ur firmware is Z whereas poland using other like G.
[Galaxy S III General] rmazhdrakov:
And which firmwares are using the Z?
[Galaxy S III General] ksekhar:
Or look at Lg optimus 4X HD :)
[Galaxy S III General] eyecon82:
how does this camera compare with the iphone 5?
[Galaxy S III General] khanmein:
cam & phone firmware ZDFF03. u?
[Galaxy S III General] Kung-Fu-Tse:
wrong ;)

I have:

Cam FW Ver: ZDFE02

Phone FW Ver: ZDFI02

Front Camera:

Cam&Phone FW Ver: S5K6A3
[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
The new 4.1.2 leak has helped with the new "low light " shooting mode.
[Galaxy S III General] ultra_nyamuk:
It sucks...pics got grainy and looks like oil painting some parts.. is it only mine ? hows ur picture quality with "Low Light" mode ? Previous firmware was ok...Night Mode improve low light shots alot..and they were not grainy.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
with 4.1.2 and same cam firmware as mentioned above I get better results, but it does take a bit for the exposure to adapt and I also get bigger files which means less compression :))
[Galaxy S III General] sh0nebg:
Camera quality is good from my point of view. I complain about shutter speed on my S3 because many time when I take a shoot someone, because of little motion, is blurie..
[Galaxy S III General] b1k3rdude:
Same here

Awesome

WIll try it out tonight...
[Galaxy S III General] eyecon82:
do you have anti-shake on?
[Galaxy S III General] erto90:
Nvm..solved
[Galaxy S III General] lala458:
Hi everyone,

I just want to share,

This is from my S3 night shot sample. I'm using lowlight to snap all the pic.

Better? or worse than s2? pls comment..

thanks:laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] zodiaxe66:
For a phone camera its actually quite good, of course if u zoom in most pic's will get grainy. But try import the pic's to your pc and check them out there or use another gallery app with better hw acc. But low light pic's isn't as good as gs2's, but in normal light the gs3 camera is awesome .I use JB+ camera or procapture from play store, that gives a little bit better pictures than stock one.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
try the Galaxy Note camera app.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1883192

it's amazing. low light mode destroys everything :p
[Galaxy S III General] djcanita:
NEED HELP PLEASE with my camera

There will be some way to write the FW by Odin or Recovery to try to solve my problem of the camera as the phone

does not recognize me after I tried to do the update using the code * # 34971539 #, the update was never made

because gave during this failure.

I think after this the camera driver is corrupted, because when I try to enter the code I get a black screen and

then says : [Unfortunately, Factory Test has stopped] , and for this reason does not give me the menu for write the FW
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
try flashing one of the very first ROMs when galaxy s 3 came out. the see if you have the option to flash cam firmware again.

what cam firmware version did u have before you flashed?
[Galaxy S III General] djcanita:
I have a backup of my first Stock Rom that came with my S3 , I put this backup , but persist the same error .

When i try to write the FW , I hav the ROM " crDroid-v13.1-XXEMA2 " and the Cam FW Ver : ZDFF03 with Phone FW Ver : ZDFI02 .

And i try to write the FW ZDFI02 to my cam , and process failure .
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
I can't rly help right now but have a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098834

it may give u some ideas
[Galaxy S III General] griffin_1:
I just got a s3 and im so disappointed with the camera. I have been testing the camera, mostly inside and the pictures it produces have so much noise and washed out colors that its actually embarrassing how such an expensive and popular phone could take such pictures. And also seeing them on the phone and then on the computer looking completely different in terms of colors doesn't help.

I have the zdfe02 firmware. Can i or should i update it? Will it make any actual difference? I really was expecting more from the camera (and yes, i know its a phone and not an actual camera but phones these days take great pictures)
[Galaxy S III General] hefonthefjords:
Here is what i have from omega 5.2 rom xxalf2 with perseus alpha 14 and the hx 1.35 cam mod.

http://www.hefman.co.uk/screenshota.png

http://www.hefman.co.uk/screenshotb.png

Does this mean i should update it for improved images? How do i go about it?

EDIT: Figured out that the firmware check is actually telling you that there is a newer firmware located on the phone that can be applied so to update all thats needed is to push the write fw button.

Just did it and there does seem to be a slight improvement. Less noise in both video and audio. Doesnt seem to conflict with hx cam mod or omega 5.2. The automatic metering seems to me to be a tiny bit faster and more accurate as well.
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
all these probs will be fixed in the coming months :) so i will get my s3 problem free:laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
do me a favour, plug in some earphones, see if they work.

It didn't for me until i did a SECOND reboot.

Oh and good analysis - never thought of that:

"Figured out that the firmware check is actually telling you that there is a newer firmware located on the phone that can be applied so to update all thats needed is to push the write fw button."

As silly as it might sound - but that's quite possibly right - I thought it meant two separate things.
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
Head phone is working there is no problem...
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
hehe finally tempted you :D
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
can you take a pic at night WITHOUT night mode?
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
sure - flash or no flash?
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
no flash :) nightmode is **** on any phone :P
[Galaxy S III General] anukilimanoor:
hehehe ... :laugh: But I cant see any difference...
[Galaxy S III General] aami.aami:
yes there is a lot of noise in the camera pics especially in low light. check this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1731947
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
pitch black, with flash, with light on, then close up are with PC screen on only, no flash.

same lol
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
thanks :D

they are noise y but hey its a mobile phone not a dslr

just for the hell of it what about your sgs?

here are some of mine :) if you can guess what is in the close up i will give you a cookie:laugh:

order lamp and pc screen only light and lamp pc screen only pc screen only light in the room
[Galaxy S III General] danielmm88:
Is there any way to go back to GDFD06 from GDFE01?

I updated the firmware by pressing Phone to CAM FW Write (rear) and now it looks like the camera is taking blurrier pictures than before. It looks like I'm moving the camera while taking the picture.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Laptop, speaker, cable, 360 controller? lol

after the pics I took just now...I'm slightly feeling the same thing :/

Although I never tested it at night.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
do u have an S2? I have one sitting next to me, so I made all pics under same conditions! The videos u've posted are totally different and not relevant to the thread :)

I've done the test with and without night mode!

have u even seen the pics in the OP. u must be blind not to see the difference...

my unit is far from faulty, apparently you dont know anything about the camera problems S2 had...and S3 might have the same problems..
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
free cookie!! lolthe s3 is probaly a major update to this camera
[Galaxy S III General] danielmm88:
I tested it on both night AND day. When I compared it to a picture i took of the same place before updating the FW, the old picture is MUCH clearer than the newer picture.
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
i dont have a s2 my friend has and i know thats a damn good camera i have seen the pics and what camera probs on the s2? o_O same stuff as this?

you obviously havent looked at the 2post your pictures taken with your s3 here" thread they have some good low light pics there also check this out http://technology-africa.com/camera...s3-vs-iphone-4s-vs-htc-one-x-vs-xperia-s.html

the noise that is there is all all cameras just on the s3 it shows up a bit more its software! samsung are probably aware that their s3 camera is noisy and they will probably fix it cos Samsung cant have a bad camera can they! what ever its a camera it wont match a compact camera with 8.1mp
[Galaxy S III General] ThunderWolf78:
This seems interesting, I am on GDF01, running Cm9 which kinda makes the *# key sequence non-working, is there any other way of getting this camera firmware and update it?
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
I think you need Factorytest.apk which is present in sammy's stock roms :)
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
try to use low light or night mode pics are great, but u have to be still, for outdoor there's no need to comment about the pics. they are amazing
[Galaxy S III General] griffin_1:
That helps a little bit in some cases, but it still shows grain in some more well lit areas or sometimes it just shows washed out colors ( i noticed that now recently in comparisson made by websites with other phones such as the iphone 5). I have seen that there are some mods for the camera, but i havent messed with that because to be honest i don't know how to do it(i have to do some reading) or which mod to use.

It might make a difference, but i don't have such high hopes since the sensor is still the one that takes less quality pics
[Galaxy S III General] griffin_1:
Just curious, does anyone with a s3 LTE/i9305 has a sony/gdf sensor? I have a s3 lte and i have the samsung/zdf sensor and i was wondering if anyone with this model has the sony sensor since it was a model produced months after the 3g s3 and probably after samsung changed their camera modules.

Im just asking because i might have to return my phone because its presenting some issues and i was wondering if there is any probability of the replacement having a sony sensor.
[Galaxy S III General] d_bot:
Hey all, my pictures are crazy blurry, you can check this thread for some examples http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1752846

I have the ZDF camera, and I think I have a bad sensor, so two questions.

1-) Is the senor in the camera module? or is it on the main board of the phone?

2-) I have the US TMo version of the sgs3. I have checked with another friend with the TMo version, and he has the same ZDF. Can the Tmo/US version take either camera module? or do I need to replace my camera module with another ZDF camera module?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] danielmm88:
So uh,I take it it's not possible to downgrade the camera, right? Eh, well It's my fault for ignoring the warning.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Well i think it is...we just need someone to post it....and to locate it.

Btw, i feel the s3, like the lumia 800 is very picky on where it's pointed.

Aim it somewhere, then just a little higher and you got a completely different picture with different contrast levels.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
ill try to locate the firmware file today and see where it has to be put

it's totally different method on S2 :(

I noticed this as well, on S2 when u hold the shutter button and contrast locks, but not on S3 :X
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
One of the problems for nosier image on the S3 is due to using Image stabilization, it's software based not hardware so what happens is it up's the ISO to give a faster shutter speed, hence more noise.

Try turning it off and taking some indoor shots, you find if you have a steady hand images are much cleaner.

Cheap point & shoot's also use this method aswell, were more expensive camera's use lens based IS that move the lens to counter shake.

End of the day you gotta realize this is a phone, then sensor is tiny in the S3, which mean it can only do so much in regards to noise, DR, metering ect , it's basically made to take snapshot's only but it does do a pretty decent job in good light.
[Galaxy S III General] ThunderWolf78:
Doh... ;)
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
On the S3, do you suggest it off, and having auto contrast off?

I mean what are everybody's settings :)?

And in terms of actual cameras I have the Sony HX9 - again you suggest on or off the anti-shake?

I'm not much of a camera pro!
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
In the Hand-held Twilight and Anti Motion Blur shooting modes, the DSC-HX9V takes six shots in a rapid sequence, typically at a high sensitivity setting and a (relatively) fast shutter speed, and then combines them into a single image that has somewhat less noise than a single shot taken at the same ISO and exposure settings. In my experience, the difference between the two modes is that in Anti Motion Blur mode, the camera is more willing to pick a really high ISO setting like ISO 1600 to maintain a fast shutter speed, whereas in Hand-held Twilight mode, it will only go as high as absolutely necessary to avoid camera shake at the chosen focal length. If light levels are truly low, however, the HX9V will pick a high ISO speed even in this mode.

This was copied from a review.

Basically yes & no on the Sony it has a neat little trick to combat it.

As for the S3 yes use the flash indoor IS off and Auto Contrast off.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Thanks for the reply - personally I don't like using auto+, as especially paired with "skin tones" - it looks too vivid.

So I tend to go on P mode, and customise it, especially with the flash settings

I love photography, just not too knowledgeable on it.
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
Took this with IS off, auto contrast off, using flash, with new camera firmware GDEF01.
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
less noise..... o_O so samsung software is **** the fruit phone manages less noisy pics with it on
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Yeah pics with flash are perf on mine as well, but the problem is when u dont use flash. Im not saying pics have to be amazing in low light, but on S2 noise reduction is much better.

This thread is about comparison and not about expectations about the camera of S3 :)

I'm trying to figure out where the problem is and try to fix it.

Im starting to give up on finding where the firmware file is stored, I have ZDFE02 firmware and would wanna try if GDFE01 would work and fix my and other people excessive noise reduction :)
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Could we ask someone like hyperX?

Maybe he would have a better idea?
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Look boy/girl ...dont like ur tone and u dont help at all with ur posts. Please just stop trolling and go somewhere else :)
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
The GD camera firmware might not work on the ZD firmware phones.

If going off the Galaxy S2 it had a few different sorts ie OM, ON considered the best because of the Sony module, the the SC ect was Samsung Modules, which were basically crap slow to focus and low light stutter, something Samsung still hasn't been sorted to this day.

OM & ON firmwares didn't work on SC camera modules.
[Galaxy S III General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Ive pm hyperx :))

Yeah that's true,thats why im trying to find if another module with metal casing has GDFE01 firmware, so far one person ,who has made the repair guide i posted in the op, confirmed that he has ZD firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
heck I'll email him :p
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
my camera's fw version is

ZDFE02 for both Cam & Phone
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
calm down ;)

hey i just want to see whats up with the s3 :) since its my next phone
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
You know the best camera to date from the Galaxy S series, was actually on the original Galaxy S, it's 5mp sensor took brilliant shots both outdoors and indoors even though it didn't have a flash.

It's 720p was also very good to, spent a night round Blackpool using it, when lights were on back in 2010 and the vids are great, got some good memories using HD video on this phone.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I can test that ;)

But highly doubt it.
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
this is true! if they kept the same sensor but bumped up the mp then we would have a winner
[Galaxy S III General] ixon2001:
Ok do an indoor & outdoor shot, using both the Galaxy S & the S3 crop the S3 image so it roughly the same as the Galaxy S, post them on here :good:

---------- Post added at 11:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 AM ----------

No actually it would be a bad idea tbh more pixels doesn't mean better image quality, higher the MP the smaller the pixel's on the sensor get, hence more noise in images.

The Galaxy S3 using what called a backlit sensor, which is suppose to improve low light shots in images, which i find does to a certain degree but not greatly so, what would have been better is if Samsung fitted a faster lens, the HTC One X has a faster lens F2.0 than the Galaxy S3 F2.5, fitting an F2.0 lens would have help more in low light slightly.
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
thanks for the info im a camera n00b but i know that a F2.0 would be better than a F2.6 which is on the s3 as i said before all these probs are not hardware related they are software if samsung spent some more time on the camera we would have a beast ;)
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
ok well known fact that the icrap has a slightly better camera than the s2 look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aws7LT46lWk&feature=g-u-u

**** s2 not s3
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I swear the 4s and S3 had the same sony camera?
[Galaxy S III General] paintball23456:
Yes it does but Samsung improved the optics and some other stuff i dont know about:p

also remember one phone is Samsung one is apple= BIG ASS DIFFERENCE
[Galaxy S III General] 29988122:
I have the same question also as TotallydubbedHD have. Those blurry images bothered me a lot.

I'm wondering if get a replacement would solve my problem or not..? Anyone tried?

Updated firmware GDFE01 both phone and cam.
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Might be a FW thing because noise levels change drastically depending on settings such as autism contrast, outdoor viewing, night mode etc.
[Galaxy S III General] foxy4270:
camera firmware

the bin file is on

/system/etc/firmware.

---------- Post added at 05:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:01 PM ----------

I have ZDFE02 cam firmware and i can confirm that indoor pics and low-light pics

are very noisy and blurry.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
It isn't there no.

I got RS_M9MO.bin
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
I'll do some night test shots later, but in decent light or day light its sharper overall than my 4S. Sometimes by a good degree. It also has wider focusing where as the 4S has a shallower focus range, with less sharp edges.
[Galaxy S III General] foxy4270:
camera firmware

Is there any way to downgrade the camera firmware?

And how it can be done? Because a lot of people with ZDFE02 cf

have noise and blurry pics on low light conditions.
[Galaxy S III General] hefonthefjords:
Hey, sorry i didnt check back here after my last post.

Headphones have worked fine since the update, so second reboot required.

Some instances see the camera perform considerably better, others with little to no difference.

As far as downgrading/replacing the firmware goes, im going to investigate some more when i can convince my wee brother to let me have a look at his gs3 properly as he has a completely different firmware to me (phone supplied by 3UK with 3 custom firmware).

If i can find the correct files i will attempt to flash his firmware to my phone and flash mine to his and back again.

Yeah to rephrase my point about the screencaps.

When you hit check camera f/w what it shows you is;

Camera current firmware version.

Available firmware version on the phone.

If these two are different then you can flash the newer firmware shown to be on the phone to the camera using the appropriate button. Otherwise i dont think it does anything.

Sweet.