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[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
You choose Shot and more from theMODE menu in the camera app, hold the phone very steady, and hit on the photo icon which will take a series of shots in about 4 seconds, and if there's movement in front of the background, the Shot and more menu that comes up right away will offer Panning shot. Tapping on it you can choose the angle and use some other tools to tweak your result, if finished, hit theDisk icon to save. You can do it later from the Studio, which can be launched with it's icon from the Gallery or from the app drawer.
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
Doesn't look as sharp as on my phone gallery.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lynchy30:
I might be looking like a fool asking, but where is macro mode option on this phone?
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
No need to select it, if you move close to the subject it will automatically turn on.
[Galaxy S 5 General] GSeeker:
There is no Macro mode.:p
[Galaxy S 5 General] benno4403:
I found - after a long comparison - with other s5s (snapdragon model) and note 2 and note 3 that the autofocus is far from perfect. The older note phones could get a much better focus on persons and objects. This is especially noticeable indoors. With lots of sunlight the results are decent but I feel the camera needs some software optimizations
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
I agree completely, which is what keeps the M8 in the running even outdoors... It auto-focuses really well.

sent from my phone
[Galaxy S 5 General] degast:
Like you said it, software optimizations. We´ll get that over time.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
Auto-focus in fast and reliable in my experience, although with all the bad experience of previous years, I think I tap to focus more often than I should. Samsung really improved focus performance for the S5. Next stop should be: OIS and shutter control.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
Tap to focus is what helps. In bright sunlight that shouldn't be necessary, but it is at times. The S5s shutter speed is awesome, and greatly improved, but I believe some sacrifice was made in the auto focus algorithms (and with the new way it auto focuses). I'm sure a software update could clean it up.

If you were in bright sunlight with the S4, it typically wouldn't even take the time to auto-focus. Shots came out crisp and clear every time.

I'm sure it's also related to the isocell tech, and the tradeoffs with trying to improve low light shots. There's an impossibly large amount that has to work together in these phone cameras.

Still a bada** camera overall...

sent from my phone
[Galaxy S 5 General] xaznxplaya:
L

Sent from my s5, you Mirin?
[Galaxy S 5 General] olaf63:
I find S5 images too contrasty AND in shade a bit underexposed. For this besides the great detail i prefer S4 ones more.
[Galaxy S 5 General] gavinfabl:
Cadover Bridge, Dartmoor
[Galaxy S 5 General] system.img:
HDR solves your problems.
[Galaxy S 5 General] olaf63:
Hdr is good but i prefer a more classic approach and in shady scenes i have to rise exposition. Not so point and shoot indeed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
That's cause the S5 avoids white clipping, it's a conscious choice. You're always one tap from HDR or can use different metering, leave them on and not bother...

Gotta love the natural color balance.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Pako7:
Results "blind test" cameras on smartphones spent a week ago MobileReview. Also numbered and a named source images and the opinion of the testing RomeoWhite (MR)

PS .. the dough is not SGS5 flagship, I would say, on the sidelines.. I'm badly shocked :eek: But somehow in poor light in front of all :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] brazcub:
Went hiking up there hill behind my house today and took this selfie using voice command.
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Gah its ranked 6th ... how lame :P
[Galaxy S 5 General] gavinfabl:
I'm enjoying the S5 camera. Yes it's got weaknesses but it's great in the rain;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ecopy:
Hehe, this list is NOT A RANK =) it's just a list of competitors to link the numbers on photos to the smartphones' models. More of that, a half of the pie diagrams shows us "WORST PICTURE" vote results. So to avoid misunderstanding, I'd translate the conclusion which the author put in the end of that text ;)

Here it goes.

Conclusion

At the end I want to give simply statistics on the frequency of a mentioning of smartphones in categories of the best and worst pictures.

The best pictures category.

Four times among the best there were pictures made with Nokia Lumia 1020 (a mode of 38 Mpix), Samsung Galaxy S5 and Sony Xperia Z2 (auto, 8 Mpix). Three times LG G2 and Sony Xperia Z2 (manual mode) got on the top. Samsung Galaxy Camera 2, HTC One smartphones (M8) and Apple iPhone 5S appeared among the best quality pictures only one time. Also we have one smartphone which never got to the top 3, it is Nokia Lumia 1520.

If we want to elect the absolute leader in the category, Sony Xperia Z2 smartphone is the one. Four times the pictures made in "auto, 8 Mpix" mode, and three times – in manual mode, seven times in total.

The worst pictures category.

One device was chosen among the worst quality pictures six times, and surprisingly, it's FujiFilm X20 camera (the average cost of 20 000 rubles (Aprox. 570 USD, (ecopy))). It is possible to tell that this device is rather for vanity, than qualitative on optics and other parameters (actually, it is not so), it is possible to tell that it performs well in a manual mode and isn't intended for shooting in "auto" (and it is the truth, in the manual X20 mode it is capable to give out tremendous shots), but the fact remains. The majority of the voted people is more often than other pictures as the worst chose the pictures taken with a camera of 20 000 rubles cost. And this clearly proofs of that smartphones not simply caught up with digital compact cameras in the matter of quality of shooting, but also overtook the majority of them. Five times Nokia Lumia 1020 (that is strange) was choosen among the worst as well as Nokia Lumia 1520 (logically, among the best it was in general never). Four times among the worst were mentioned the pictures made with HTC One (M8). One smartphone was never chosen as the worst photos on quality – Samsung Galaxy S5.

If to choose the worst smartphone in category, Nokia Lumia 1520 appeared to be the one, its photos were chosen as the worst the greatest number of times. The X20 camera, of course, acted even worse, but it is not after all the smartphone. On the second place counting from the end – HTC One (M8), on the third – Nokia Lumia 1020.

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By the way, my S5 sometimes has a pink spot :( How i hoped that they got rid off of this after 3 years with S2 .. grrr..
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
Thx for the translation! Xperias tend to improve quality by downsampling to 8MPs and applying more post-processing (mostly hidden at 3840x2160 resolution). The downside is of course pictures only having 40% of the 20MPs, but I do think 8MP or 4k is ideal for both digial showing (our next TVs will be 4k) and print quality. The more pixels come handy when zooming, for example the S5's video zoom greatly benefits from using all 16MPs.

Anyways, out of my own curiosity I downsampled some of my S5 shots (BiCubic resize, nothing else touched) to see how they look at Xperia Superior Auto / iPhone resolution:

http://110.imagebam.com/download/4RCIXU2jui5_txZsnN01Vw/32204/322031773/0_bicubic.jpg

http://110.imagebam.com/download/t7AZfqdZdvxuBNMj7R0OQw/32166/321659013/BibeNormal2.jpg

http://109.imagebam.com/download/Sa2RvtBw1MbeEVdhBIgCmQ/32166/321659346/PortreHDR.jpg

http://111.imagebam.com/download/XE5O8uUpgIQ3cJfkZQz6vA/32166/321659076/DunaEllenfenyHDR.jpg

http://109.imagebam.com/download/R8OKYFoO_AsqqfmLVeSaHw/32166/321659060/CseppHDR.jpg

http://104.imagebam.com/download/b2WJO9C2QaWS0a28e6Vu7g/32166/321659094/DunaHDR2.jpg

http://110.imagebam.com/download/IO_-9qk0aYc4Kabj0tkyyA/32166/321659151/FocusHDR.jpg

http://101.imagebam.com/download/iI6SifzAQjDfx-91l94pzA/32166/321659413/SzechenyiNormal.jpg

http://104.imagebam.com/download/3QDpURol7-io4yfXdEz-wg/32166/321659432/SzepjuhaszneHDR3.jpg

http://109.imagebam.com/download/PiQzb6SS2f92YuG47k0Fow/32166/321659467/ViragMakro2HDR.jpg

http://109.imagebam.com/download/ed7KdxpHeQVSG3-odF1yhw/32166/321658929/BahiaHDR.jpg

http://109.imagebam.com/download/sBgOuSn3FeC9uT0HJ_iOAA/32166/321658947/BahiaNormal.jpg

http://111.imagebam.com/download/JruCDXIw8YEzNzjNaFJpdQ/32166/321659046/CameraZoomISO8002.jpg

http://110.imagebam.com/download/czmrguzxvc0uCcS4nVYZwA/32166/321659368/SajtNormal.jpg

http://109.imagebam.com/download/RUG1sSEu73cOtCMIGz__gw/32166/321659384/SosperecNormal.jpg

http://112.imagebam.com/download/APUpHvyoFD0XLv7O1tmfvg/32166/321659281/OperaCsillarHDR.jpg

http://110.imagebam.com/download/6ijOex-jBgAkat_JhHK1Dg/32166/321659027/CafeNormal1.jpg
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
Sometime I get the pink spot indoors under certain conditions, but it's really faint and nowhere near as bad as my note 2. Can't believe they haven't got rid of it yet though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
This might seem dumb, but some of your shots are just incredible, and I'm curious how much effort you're having to go to (like those macro shots and that face shot of the older gentleman). Are you using just auto/defaults? Tap-to-shoot? Detect faces? I simply haven't been able to recreate the quality you're getting, even outdoor in bright sunlight (my son's baseball game for example). Got any general tips?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gavinfabl:
BoneXDA camera shots are incredible, but so are mine ;) In other words, anybody can get them. I found just using the camera when the output doesnt matter to learn how it works etc.. but a good tip is a steady hand.
[Galaxy S 5 General] leoaudio13:
Could you please share some tips here as well ? And i would love to know which App can provide long exposure for this lovely camera :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] hung2900:
After trying the new GS5 for a while, also with reading some reviews, I think I should wait instead of buying this phone.

ISOCELL is a very potential tech, but I have to say, the module Samsung made is still compromising. The shutter time in low-light is somewhat riduculous low. Lacking OIS is also a big dealer for me. Overall, low light shooting is still compromising.

ISOCELL uses physical barriers between pixels, and they take space. Samsung claimed that they did a great job in reduce that, but from the microscope I still can see it visible. But it's easy to see that the impact would be less if the pixel is bigger, coz the size of the barrier is fix. Anyway, 1.12 micron is still so small. Basically with the same pixel size, reducing the number of MPs to 12 (which is still very good), the pixel size will increase to about 1.4 micron, so theorically that's more than 60% light. If my assumption about the barrier is true, the increase would be about 80%. That's significant (something like 1/10s and 1/18s shutter)

Anyway I'm a die hard Note series fan and no interest with new GS5 features, so I will wait. for Note 4 (but 90% the cam module will be the same :crying:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] williamsf1:
my new shots s5 :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
A capable camera is half the fun, I've been blessed with some good conditions and scenes to deliver the good photo part. Because I was using the S5 for review purposes, I used the many camera options for these shots, but never had to bother with white balance, exposure compensation or otherwise some testing, ISO values, cause the SW did these pretty consistently. Of course I did try all modes, but generally I only switched between HDR and normal in daylight, and stability/no stability in low light. I did not use flash too often, although I didn't shoot many moving subjects in darkness, which is the weak point of mobile photography. I did tap to focus quite often cause of old habits, but never faces auto-focus problems. I do recommend tapping on preferred focal point in macro and close-ups (there's no separate mode for this).

A few tips then:

- Do multiple shots of the same subject, a good momentum or less handshake can later be selected out of the many

- HDR is one tap away, so do one with and without it, some shots look better with high contrast, others benefit from HDR

- In low light with movement, you have to use LED flash without stability, cause high ISO and longer shutter will not capture these moments with good detail

- In low light with stationary subject however, use stability, optionally LED, no HDR cause of noise. With enough lights you may try using ISO800 with darker results but more details. Much will depend on the amount of available light

- use voice commands to avoid tap-shake, hold the phone steady with two hands, optionally use a monopod

- try and use the photo Modes, some will do fancy images, others come handy like Sport mode to capture fast movement

- between Panorama and Surround Shot, I prefer the latter, cause it captures surroundings vertically too, so result won't be an overly wide image. The trick with photospheres is to not be close to the surrounding objects and have the camera lens in the absolute middle in space, and move the phone and yourself around that spot as the take the sphere images

- try alternative apps if they are better for you: CameraZoom FX, Focal, Google Camera etc. Camera Zoom FX allows 1/10 exposure and ISO1600 manually

- be aware not to cover the top and bottom microphones during video shoot. Best image quality comes from 4k, but image stabilization, 60FPS or HDR only works with 1080p, again best to test all these and later use the one best suited for you or the scene

- use AirView in Gallery, and try out Studio options for your recordings

- bring a power bank with longer photography tours cause a lot of camera usage and 100% brightness eats the battery quickly
[Galaxy S 5 General] ali262883:
Can anyone compare nexus 5 hdr+ vs s5 camera?
[Galaxy S 5 General] faremoney:
i LOVE the BoneXDA review on the first post and i LOVE this thread.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
I know this isn't exhaustive, but it'll at least give you a glimpse - don't forget to give the S5 images the time they need to load:

Nexus 5 HDR+:

1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/po326eoxlc4phq8/2014-04-22 14.40.09.jpg

2 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/da0w46wdu8r78h4/2014-04-22 14.40.17.jpg

GS5:

1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/fxh6bhp1dhfqebo/2014-04-22 14.40.45.jpg

2 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/hyw7oph7o9qk7z9/2014-04-22 14.40.50.jpg

GS5 HDR:

1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/0i3u2zhuzgbl78x/2014-04-22 14.40.59.jpg

2 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/yem0a26erl9h6od/2014-04-22 14.41.04.jpg
[Galaxy S 5 General] ali262883:
Thank you so much.. I think nexus 5 hdr+ was as good as s5.. Don't u think so? Infact second pic from nexus 5 was much better and sharper..
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
It's good, yeah. But I don't think it's as good as the S5. The S5 brings out the shadows a lot more, and the overall brightness / color balance is a lot more accurate to what it looks like to my eyes. The blue sky in the N5 shots looks great, but the sky ain't that blue here right now. :) There's actually somewhat of a haze that the S5 more accurately depicts. And the rest of the N5 shots look muted in color compared to the S5. So it looks good, but I do consider the S5 shots a step ahead in

those

examples.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ali262883:
Okay thank you :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] gavinfabl:
This is my tripod I use for the S5 and any other phone when snapping photos.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sommesepino:
Please guys, help me.... I've to changhe my phones in the next months, and i often use it to take pictures. About the ONLY camera, what do you advice me? Betwen galaxy s5, Sony z2 and lumia 930

Inviato dal mio GT-N5110 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] brazcub:
Just took this on auto mode
[Galaxy S 5 General] ozzyita:
nice photo I took

Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
Took these in auto with no adjustments made. I think they get compressed slightly when uploaded here because they look sharper on my phone gallery.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Aratheba:
Some problem with autofocus?

Mmmhhh.. I'm not pretty happy of the Galaxy S5 camera. To be honest, I've found too much struggling with autofocus.

In several situation I had problem in focusing although I did tap to focus.

You can see in attachment what happened when I tried to capture two different landscapes.

What it's strange is that I don't find any logic explanation as in other situations I could get a pretty decent focus and in some others, pretty similar, I don't! :(

Anyone exprerienced something similar?
[Galaxy S 5 General] brazcub:
No, I have not experienced that. Ever heard of "tap to focus"?
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
Strange indeed. Dirt and finger grease on lens can affect focus accuracy, gently clean it off, otherwise wait for refocus after movement, the green circle will show you when shot it ready. If you find one metering mode more reliably than the other, you may select it from the menu. If it's still not accurate, I guess you'll have to use tap-to-focus. I'm interested to hear how many experience focus inconsistencies.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Aratheba:
...and did you read carefully my post? :(

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I've already wrote into my post that I DID TAP TO FOCUS!!!

I'm not a first time user: I'm a kind of maniac in keeping my lens clean, I do always tap to focus and of course I do wait for the camera to acquire focus (green circle) before shooting!!!!

This device seems to have focusing problem with landscapes, while there are few problems when shooting other kind of subjects (people, flowers, etc). To be more precise, it seems to struggle when there's a sort of "infinite focus"....while there are fewer problems when the subject is not that far.

I was thinking about changing the metering mode indeed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
I see... I didn't experience any landscape focusing issues during my days with the S5. Maybe check if you left selective focus on, that could mess up focus, otherwise I don't have many more ideas sorry to say.
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
I don't seem to get any focusing issues when shooting landscapes. In fact I'm quite impressed with my landscape shots. I did struggle with focusing on close ups and objects, but for some reason that problem has cleared up now. I really like this camera for daytime shooting.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Aratheba:
No, selective focus was off. I'll performs some others tests as soon as I have some spare time to do it. I'll try chaging the metering mode.

Thanks anyway.

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That's exactly the opposite problem than mine! :)

Oh well, maybe mine too will disappear after some times! :P :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
Maybe try a factory reset? It's a bit of a pain, but may solve the problem :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Aratheba:
I'l keepit as the last chance. :P
[Galaxy S 5 General] gavinfabl:
Paignton Beach Panoramic by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

Paignton Beach Panoramic.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
I've seen this sometimes as well. If I don't tap-to-focus, and simply let it auto focus, it will do this from time to time. I've had two S5's, one on Tmobile and one on Verizon - both acted similarly, both had clean lenses, etc. etc. etc. This was one of my complaints (maybe in another thread?) about the S5 vs. the S4 in bright sunlight. The S4 wouldn't have any issue if the light was bright.

My personal opinion is the software is trying to recognize depth - as I've noticed in shots outdoors it adds some natural blur to the background when there's a clear foreground subject - and it's trying to recognize depth when it doesn't need to. Tap-to-focus would obviously "reset" that recognition.

Fortunately, there is tap-to-focus, but then what's the point of auto-focus if you can't trust it some of the time?

But don't get me wrong, I still love this camera...! :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
I can't wait for Samsung updates as I'm sure they will greatly improve the camera because of the new tech inside. Especially for low lighting.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
It may very well be a software issue, Verizon models seem to have some problems with the camera

http://pocketnow.com/2014/04/23/galaxy-s5-camera-failures

The one I tested got the launch day update on the 18th. Not all updates are pushed at the same time or entirely identical. Anyone else having auto-focus issues please share, as I'm planning to write a short how-could-Samsung-further-improve-photography bit.
[Galaxy S 5 General] yahyoh:
[YOUTUBE]dVY7nsFsWQU[/YOUTUBE]

:D
[Galaxy S 5 General] foxy4270:
i think you have a bad module....the quality is realy bad
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
Interesting. Do you know if they had them on a tripod or holder of some sort? Also, is it just me, or does the S5 look soft or out of focus a majority of that video compared to the G2?
[Galaxy S 5 General] jntdroid:
Maybe I don't have a steady enough hand, but it's literally 50/50 at best if a shot comes out blurry or not when I let it autofocus and tap the shutter button - and I'm talking about the "pull out of your pocket" situations, not times where you can sit, take a deep breathe, mount your elbows against something, etc.... just normal every day shots.

If I tap-to-shoot (i.e. it taps to focus then shoots), it comes out great. But if I touch the shutter button, it's a crap shoot, even in great light. Frustrating... OIS would've made this camera killer.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
Interesting. OIS seem to be overcompensating on the G2 (maybe it's a combination of OIS & SW tweak?). The S5's SW stability in my opinion is okay, nothing close to proper OIS, but definitely helpful, I did not notice any quality drop using it (YouTube tends to compress results too much, would like to see AndroidAuthority originals, will look up if I still have a stability video stored somewhere).

Faster the camera, the less time to stabilize after tap, voice command is the best way to eliminate tap shake (maybe headset button snaps too?). Otherwise take the deep breath each time and hold the S5 with two hands as you would a DSLR, left thumb to tap-focus if necessary, right to shoot, long tap will do a burst so you may select the most stable shot.

If there are major auto-focus inconsistencies, replace the unit, cause it's faulty.
[Galaxy S 5 General] D33KK:
Here's a pic of my tea the other day!
[Galaxy S 5 General] RS050377:
Selective Focus Shot
[Galaxy S 5 General] NaimC:
Love most things about this camera except one, I hate that it's not wider angle. Strangely the video and front facing camera are wider angle. No idea why they didn't make the rear facing stills camera wider angle like the M8/Z2. S5/S4/iPhone camera's are such a nuisance for large group photo's in smaller indoor environments because of this.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ave666:
Auto mode stock camera