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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
Just installed the Z3+ camera port lads, the new one on the old z3 modded post.

im gonna test it, and in a few hours, post my opinion.

and if the weather gets better, post a few comparison stock z1c vs z3+.

someone interested?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
yes here
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] .sunny:
here
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] mtmattia:
here =)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
Sorry lads. I was delayed by a storm, hope today post the results.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
it seems that the color is more accurate on the z3plus , at least the medium -low light shows that results, head to head.

on the stock, the color is more saturated, looks vibrant but not accurate, im posting 2 examples, Manual and auto.

both , the first picture is the stock, and second one the z3+ port.

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On manual mode, first one on stock, second on Z3plus port.

the stock looks very nice but very little accurate, the second one, under medium artificial light was very very accurate.

z1cvsz3plus-manual by https://www.flickr.com/photos/airborntx/, on Flickr

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on auto mode, first one stock.

again the color shown on the stock was wrong, as you can see its a very opaque green, and here both were not so accurate, since its auto-mode but, again on stock the color is shown more vibrant but in a high cost.

z1cvsz3plus-auto by https://www.flickr.com/photos/airborntx/, on Flickr
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
There are some of my night photos from Z1C on Lolipop. I am suprised how good they are. All was captured from tripod, I tried Sony camera app, but it returns bad results. Best was captured by Camera FV-5 on manual settings. All photos there are alredy postprocessed in Lightroom. Sorry, that article is in Czech language, but it's for Czech audience. Not a big problem for photos review I guess.

http://duben.org/fotografovani/sok-tyto-fotky-jsem-poridil-pouhym-mobilem
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
but, fv-5 its the same as auto iso on stock camera app , since there is no support for manual camera ( camera2 ) on the z1c lad.

only a placebo effect.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
From results I can see on camera this is not true. Auto iso on stock camera returns really bad sharp night pictures. FV-5 is much better. Maybe part can be JPG on 100% save, but when you setup ISO 50 and use manual mode, picture result for night shots are much more different then stock camera. For daily photos is not so big different and sometime super auto mode returns really good results (in good light coditions).

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Also some other photos from my Instagram

Used Instagram filter: https://instagram.com/p/4d2JqxR76A/

There are some macro photos, I used 3 in 1 lens for cell phones. These two photos are catpure with macro lens

https://instagram.com/p/3y3k6Ux79p/

https://instagram.com/p/36QSwMR72U/

All instagram pictures are posprocessed by Snapspeed
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
Check the metadata of the pics lad, the manual controls are useless, thats a fact.

But there is a chance in the post procesing, maybe ur right on that, ill check.

Saludos !
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
One picture had ISO 80, long time exposure (FullHD only) is without Exif at all, just date info. Rest pictures has iso 640, 250 etc. It seems you are right. I think it was able to setup ISO, but you have to always set ISO 50 as last option before press capture. I will try it. Different postprocess could be reason. I will try it in next night capture. We can hope, that Sony will unlock some option settings ideally RAW in 5 update to 5.1 Android this summer.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Spencer_D:
The main feature of camera fv5 is shutter priority ( the longest exposure is 0,8 sec. on z1c while z3 has 1 sec. exposure) it uses the longest (or shortest) exposure available then sets iso for better exposition.

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BTW long exposure with fhd resolution is just a set of video frames and the shutter is not actually open for 30 sec. (for example)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
sduben

yea, i do really hope for 5.1, or the z3c port for our device jaja.

im gonna test again the fv-5 too lad.

and thanks for the clarification spencer.

saludos.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
I tested Long+ on Shutter priority + 20 Mpix setting on FV5 and it uses ISO 50 and results are pretty impressive. Much better than my last try.

Spencer_D: thanks for explain
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Spencer_D:
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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
I finally test it with real ISO 50, Camera FV-5, long+ exposure. For mobile phone really impressive results. Anyway real longer exposure time, longer than 0,8" is really missing to me and RAW would give me better results in postprocess if would be enabled.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
DSC_0198 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/airborntx/, on Flickr

i like that bug pic [MENTION=6039376]Spencer_D[/MENTION]

and where is that castle like place ?, looks awsome [MENTION=5792297]sduben[/MENTION] :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
It's Vyšehrad, this place is in Prague, Czech Republic. For more info you can take a look at Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyšehrad. Left top part with two towers is church of St. Peter and Paul at Vyšehrad.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Spencer_D:
The only thing I dn't like about long+ is "YELLOW" white balance
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
I forget to setup WB manually, as I usualy capture photos to RAW and don't care about WB until postprocessing. Lights there are very yellow in real, but camera on low iso turns it too much to red/orange. I will try setup it manually next time.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] marcin111177:
20 MP auto
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Spencer_D:
Using long+ setting white balance seems unavailable.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] poolmaker:
Autoportrait with a grain of Photoshop
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
Hi Spencer, I found a way :). On long+ exposure you are not able to change WB settings, but if you choose auto exposure first, choose WB "lightbulb for example" so anything else than auto WB and then choose S/Long+ exposure, your WB is same as setup previously. Seems other setings may work this way too.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/mod-xperia-camera-unlocked-t3071161

Plz test it again bcoz the mod already updated to V2.2 with the latest apk from Z3+ with better quality now. Report if any speed or image quality increase. I'm still messing around with my stupid S6 sadly.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
im going to test the 2.2, i was on 2.0 , but gives me boot loop trying to fix the side shutter problem, so im backing up with recovery now, and in a few minutes , begin with the new one.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] adek89:
Wysyłane z mojego D5503 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aigaming:
Z3+ camera v2 working nice here;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
Z3+ v2.2 working nice here lads.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] mtmattia:
:D
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] John.D..:
Well, I will lay out my good shots :)

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[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/07/23/snapdragon-810-will-power-sonys-h2-flagships-says-uaprof/

I dunno if I should post here but originally I was thinking move to Z5c for the IMX230 21MP Phase detection camera but reliable sources now claimed both Z5/Z5c will continue to use the overheating S810 so I think we better to stick with Z1c until Z7c? :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] John.D..:
If the problem with overheating is resolved it will be a big Fail ... and have long to enjoy the first Sony Compact
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] maninder singh bali:
There are the pics shot with the new updated camera 2.2 apk. the images are 5% more sharper but u need to look very closely to see the difference. But again any improvement is most welcome. However i don't understand in what sense do these images have 100% jpeg quality, just by seeing the size the image becomes 100% uncompressed so where does the quality go (to hell may be :p). I have again personally done the comparison of the image qualities of most of the OS's available for our device so I concluded that at night the jellybean 4.3 is the best and we can tune the settings and get the best possible low light shots. Now as to my surprise last night i clicked a low light (complete dark with some street lights) pic with the new 2.2 camera apk, the results were gud as well as better than the previous results. the auto settings do not provide the best picture ( even worse) but if you tune the camera manually so you can get gud results some times even better than jelly bean camera( jellybean camera is consistently gud in low light ). The problem of unusual increase in exposure is still present in this camera 2.2 but is very little bit less as compared to previous ones

Now the day light pics have most detail, more detail, edge to edge sharpness is great even more than the jelly bean camera, the colors are even good.

So at last i say that for night photography jellybean is best yet though lollipop camera 2.2 produces somewhat passable results. In daylight or good light i prefer lollipop camera 2.2.

My daily driver is lollipop with camera 2.2 apk

Here you can find the links to the pictures i clicked, i have mentions to camera version or the OS name the differentiate between the images. Enjoy the pics :)

New:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz9f3QhQfJ-fZ3RMd2UtZUVHNWs

Old:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz9f3QhQfJ-fQWZqLXdNVGdoTDg/view?usp=sharing
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
on z3+ mod v2.2 with a little magic.

DSC_0255 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/airborntx/, on Flickr
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
The second important reason. There is still no root or custom rom til now on Z3+/Z4 and completely no development there. Since root is a must to me, so it is a no go to Z3+/Z4 and it will be just same on Z5/Z5c with super slowly development, no developer will like a phone keep telling plz stop developing I need to cool down now.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
I have some new knowledge with Camera FV-5 and Long+ exposure. It's possible to control WB, but crazy way. You have to sets P, then choose white balance. After that choose S and Long+ and capture immediatelly. You have about 2s to do it, after that it's again switched to auto WB with strong red channel. You cannot use wait 2s for capture, because it takes too much time and you will not capture it with selected WB.

When you take a picture, you have to do it all again: Switch to P -> choose WB ->Switch S / Long+ -> capture during approximately next 2s

Here are some of my new photos http://duben.org/fotografovani/nocni-chrudim-resselovo-namesti-mobilem

[IMG="Sony Xperia Z1C + Camera FV-5 on Long+ exposure"]http://duben.org/images/stories/fotografovani/nocni-chrudim-2015/nocni-chrudim-1.jpg[/IMG]
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
But isn't that FV-5 Long exposure only support 2MP? It is totally meaningless.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
No. Long+ supports full resolution. All photos in link was captured to 20 MPix. Only longer exposures (1", 2", 5" etc) are saved to FullHD from video recording, which is really useless, not because of size, but because of quality.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] .sunny:
[MENTION=5792297]sduben[/MENTION] Nechápu,že se ti to podařilo vyfotit mobilem!! :good:

Beautiful photos :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
due to bad weather, i still cant test the v3 lads.

someone has ?

edit:

darn ...

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/07/2...rted-in-android-5-1-xperia-z3-series-release/
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
Can I still shoot 4K video with Z3+ V2.2 mod?

or anyone know it?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] maninder singh bali:
the z3+ v2.2 mod is for stills only and not for the 4k video.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
Are you on DstrikerZ1 Kai ROM v5.6 that come with 4K? After used this z3+ v2.2 apk and 4K disappeared?

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/mod-xperia-camera-unlocked-t3071161

V3 is out but fall back with Z3 apk not Z3+ apk .......
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] maninder singh bali:
m using the v3 apk and its working perfectly and the 4k is still present. nothing is despairing. everything is working fine. if you have problem then replace the semc camera UI in the DstrikerZ1 Kai ROM v5.6 with the v3 apk and flash the rom. if it doesnot works then do the clean installation it will work surely.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
New set of night photos Luckenwalde at night

What I foung, even S/Long+ doesn't guarant ISO 50. When you set P, to choose WB, inteval, EV+ and than switch to S/Long+ and capture photo => for EV+ is ISO pushed higher even on S/long+, because of EV+. EV+1 is about ISO 100 instead od ISO 50.

One example of photo caputer on S/Long+ with EV+1, so ISO automaticaly raise to ISO 100. Photo is postprocessed for better results.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
This isnt entirely related to photo snapping... I have a question regarding the video mode of camera app. When I recorded some vid clips for the first time, I noticed the sound was great and clear like the first 5 seconds and then it went into a mode where it seemed like all the highs were cut out of the sound, and it sounded like crap. Is this some sorta attempt at a noise filter or something? Its hella annoying , any way to prevent it?

I have a z1c on LP stock rom was using the stock camera app on the trip. Just tested V3 camera app and no difference. Camera & video app Im not sure if even related.

I played the videos back on PC and noticed the same drop in sound quality =/ ...

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
Well, ignore the above, I tweaked media_profiles.xml by hand and raised the bitrate of recorded audio. I dont notice the weird sound quality loss anymore =)

Also tweaked video bitrate & jpeg quality(I assume its for the picture taking)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aakash43:
First 2 is auto. last one 20 mpx manual.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] tenjou_89:
it's nice to see that even when this model is "outdated" now, there's still people attached to it, who can't leave a cute little z1c. I just got it, and coming from moto g to this beauty feels amazing. here are some shots. all auto.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
Z1c is one and a half years old(was out in the same time frame of Z2). S800 plus 2GB ram is blazing fast on 720P, performance-wise enough for a long future.

What I dislike is Z3/Z3c/Z3+ color reproduction of camera(IMX220) is bad, Z1/Z1c/Z2 based on IMX200 takes much vivd color of photo. This pulling me back from Z3c/Z3+. I'm now with S6 and Z1c as spare. I'll take a look on Z5c it should out next month.

The Z5/Z5c photo been leaked yesterday and the middle one is iphone5s. From the screenshot we know that Z5/Z5c supports fingerprint sensor.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
I have a quick question ... why is it when I take a pic w/ the z1c and there is a lightsource off to the side of screen the camera takes wayyyy to high of exposure ... as in its like just a huge white monstrous washout of light in the picture.

It makes many of my pictures that may have the sky in the background against a dark object all washed out and horrible. Ive never had a problem w/ this on any other phone =(

This happens in both auto & manual & no matter what ISO level I select. Stock camera, lollipop camera & upgraded v3 lollipop camera ...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
dunno lad, my bro has that problem, the other day i was comparing the cameras, we both have the z1c ( white and black ), and i realized that he has that problem, maybe no that bad, and my device, the black one, doesnt. :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
The exposure sometimes is bugged in 5.0.2, the mod cam V2.2/3.0 is already improved on this. That's why I still stick with KK now, better to wait 5.1.1 to fix it, it should out within two weeks.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
Heres an example:

The sky above the train was bright w/ the sun but sun not directly in it iirc....

Either way, why is it like this?! Looks like everything is glowing or like the train is going to heaven lol!

Also, theres that green band going across .... that shows up in some light intensive pics as well.

My camera doesnt have the low light, large purple/blue bloom problem tho like some.

According to file exif details it was done w/ ISO50 exposure time 1/800s
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
There are some other guys in this thread who mentioned unusual high of exposure value present in 5.0.2. It looks like your phone pushed to +2EV but if it happen always you better to flash KK and test if the camera got any hardware problem.

I think it will fix in 5.1.1 but I read the threads on z3/z3c though the camera and memory management got better but the battery may even worse than 5.0.2 from most user experiences and generated more heat. It seems we'll need to wait the second 5.1.1 update. KK should still be the most stable and battery friendly one.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
WOW! Really? Hrm... my phone came w/ KK originally and I remember having the same oddness =(

Theres no way to install the camera app from KK or something rather than having to go back to KK entirely?

I love LP =)

I wish we could change the EV grrrr
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
I think you can just backup the existing rom and flash some custom KK? If you are with twrp. If you got that since KK then I guess you may have some kinds of hardware problem bcoz I have zero issue with this but there are just too many ver of KK and some older builds might be buggy too.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] maninder singh bali:
Which kitkat version are u using? Can u upload a 20mp sample. Kindly use Google Drive sort of cloud storage.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2641067&page=52

Well .... I'm running a Z1 custom 4.4.4 rom on Z1c, so the steps is a bit complicated read #512

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2730097

And I flashed the Chocolatetrain V8 mod cam.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
Some new photos from night Prague. See more on http://duben.org/fotografovani/nocni-fotocyklovylet-prahou
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aigaming:
I don't undetstand how people can run kitkat and have no problem's with camera not available,when i had it it was so anoying,that is the main reason i would never go back to kitkat even you get better battery life;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
.157 in KK completely fixed this issue .......
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] .sunny:
no, .157 isn't bug free..:(
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aigaming:
Agree,had camera problems on all kitkat versions,tried them all,rarelly but still there on latest where they say they fixed it:( People take my super fast phone for pic's and camera says error...grrrr
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
I real never have this problem again(or eliminated 99%) after flashed .157 kernel with the V8 mod cam. You got to know that there is no any bug free rom or camera in all Sony phones and in all ver, until 2020 I think.....my friend
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] .sunny:
post V8 mod cam please
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aigaming:
Nope,with moded camera i got even more camera freezes and trust me i have tried everything too minimize it and only lp did it;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
I don't think you real tried all out bcoz I've also tested all things thousand times. In my experiences, if you flashed some older builds of Chocolatetrain mod cam or the original one of 4k mod cam(which is based on 4.4.2), you will real get more freezes.

But after I flashed Chocolatetrain V8 with the .157, I got no more freeze or camera not available. Another reason might be ROM based, some custom roms might not be stable enough.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2730097
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sduben:
Some new night photos, more you can find on my web http://duben.org/fotografovani/mobilni-fotografie-nocni-prahy-po-prague-pride-2015, all captured vie Camera FV-5 and postprocessed in Lightroom
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] play3man:
[MENTION=5792297]sduben[/MENTION] Sakra, keď to vidím, tak čo by sme potom mohli robiť za fotky, keby Sony odomklo Camera2api :eek:

Eh, when i see photos like this, taken with Z1C, i'm telling myself.. what the camera would be capable of with Camera2api?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aakash43:
auto 8mpx
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kos25k:
auto 8MP with new v4 z3 modded camera app.

Στάλθηκε από το D5503 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aexme:
somewhere in japan with mt. fuji in the bgr

google camera panorama cut for a dual screen
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
the v4 mod looks promising lads !!
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] kos25k:
zezadas was on vacation these days..so i suppose from now on there will be v5,v6 etc :)

Στάλθηκε από το D5503 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aigaming:
Just wanted to say i got back to kitkat for fun and installed moded camera by chicotrain and it does not freeze anymore like it used too back in the kitkat days as you said...weird,i love dual speaker mod on kitkat miss it so much on lp:(
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
Yup, I'm running KK for stable battery and with dual speaker mod. I don't know LP doesn't has that mod, didn't notice it. I think it's not hard to do one for LP, it is just the dev gone to other phone I guess.

http://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/themes-apps/true-real-stereo-sound-earpiece-t2822889

I think there is stereo speaker for LP now but it may got some bugs.

I will up to 5.1.1 later when the 4K mod is ready on Z1c, I want that Z3/Z3+ mod cam.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] aigaming:
There is mod but you need to call somone everytime you start your phone:( Where can i get 5.1.1,didn't notice it,i don't use 4k anyways?tnx
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
v4 mod is perfect on my z1c ... the manual exposure settings are a godsend, also the exposure priority is amazing, allows lower ISO in low light which makes very high quality pictures ...without me having to fiddle around w/ many settings in superior auto mode now.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Airborntx:
X2. amazing results, this is how the camera app should be from the beginning.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Ger$$on:
Bro, what FW or Rom are you running? can u send some pics?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] TheEndHK:
I think exposure priority is almost same with night scene, they are doing very similar thing. Been used it for a long time. Actually the all beautiful scene mode in Sony is the only thing made me considering to get Z5c and hold my Z1c now though I already got a S6.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] GenTarkin:
Ah, well the nice thing is the convenience of having the setting available in superior auto now. Also, Im not too much of a fan of the scene modes, havent really experienced with them much but when I have, they lock out all/many the other options of manual mode

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Im just on stock LP rom.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] maninder singh bali:
Guya see the pics its a shame on 20 mpx.. The lumia has more detail and it only 5 mpx

DSC_0082.JPG - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz9f3QhQfJ-fR3dPSVphUXMyb0U/view?usp=docslist_api

WP_20150830_14_45_14_Pro.jpg - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz9f3QhQfJ-fZFVoTUZIakVJRUE/view?usp=docslist_api