yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RayHK:
Share a few pictures:

20150227_200838 by raydubaidubai, on Flickr

20150323_170839 by raydubaidubai, on Flickr

20150323_170719 by raydubaidubai, on Flickr

20150323_153634 by raydubaidubai, on Flickr

20150323_151914 by raydubaidubai, on Flickr

20150323_151735 by raydubaidubai, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kolembo:
Great Orchids!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scopes64:
Lucky graphics of solar eclipse from UK just as a bird flew past. No edits performed on image
[Galaxy Note 4 General] GTCC:
Very nice shots especially these two.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] s1rrah:
My original Note i717 (Note 1) just blew up today and so finally *had* to upgrade; just finished ordering a Note 4 ... and lordy ... I'm not believing the improvements the camera has undergone in the past few years.

Note 4 takes some *ridiculously* good photos! Even with my Note 1 ... I'd pretty much relegated all my personal photo taking to being done by my phone, other than serious print stuff, and I'm just tripping on how much better things will be with the new one.

Great pics to all the posters ... the color/light management of the (especially low light) photos taken on "auto" is almost too good to be true ...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RayHK:
Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fedecape:
Some pics from last week (not my car :P)

Sent from my SM-N910C
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gioloc88:
Not related but anybody could do me a favor to like this pic?? (I have a contest to like this)

Of course this pic is taken by Note 4

https://www.facebook.com/sanphamsoF...41828.232587036924529/375085319341366/?type=1

Many thanks.

Phong
[Galaxy Note 4 General] electech13:
Yes they do! Exactly what I'm talking about and I even know why! And that's not the issue.. Let them do what they will but at least have firmware/software that gives power users the ability if wanted to use pro settings and manual modes that get around certain preset limits.

They have always done and even more so in newer phones, lower shutter speeds to let as much light in as possible (typically very small apertures they are working with) without having to raise ISO too much and create lots of noise. That's all fine and dandy and *can* work great but in certain situations will just blur the crap out of slightly moving objects n subjects..

It's a simple and effective concept but can't be used all the time, so give us more access to play with this ourselves, right.. No not Sammy
[Galaxy Note 4 General] midreestaj:
Agreed, they should activate Camera 2 API in upcoming LP updates. That is a must and if they don't at least they could do is raise ISO and shutter speeds if camera detects moving objects
[Galaxy Note 4 General] electech13:
Should but apparently don't.. Left out of all 5.0.x firmwares thus far... Pathetic.. Why Sammy why!?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] midreestaj:
For the same reason I am thinking to sell out my Galaxy S5 and replace it with a Lumia 930
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Pyro1099:
Here's 2 pictures I took during a walk a few weeks ago...

Tech Nerd, Gamer, Audiophile. Sent from SM-N910F
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
"The Cross", Fire Skies across Dartmoor #Note4 by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

The "Hounds of Dartmoor" by "The Cross" on route to Burrator Reservoir #Note4 #unedited by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

Bank Holiday Monday on Dartmoor near South Hessary Tor with some Dartmoor Ponies #Note4 #unedited by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo panoramic along the River Yealm #Note4 by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

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Red Boat anchored at Noss Mayo at low tide #Note4 by gavinfabl100, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Venacephalica:
:D

https://flic.kr/p/qZjHEX
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Venacephalica:
Grevenbroich MX by venacephalica, on Flickr

Grevenbroich MX by venacephalica, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MohamedYousri:
Trying Selective Focus
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gavinfabl:
If you want to be able to capture action in 8mp detail, then record video at 4K. Full instructions as to how to do this is here by me http://gavinsgadgets.com/2015/04/11/samsung-note-4-4k-video-capture-the-results/

Below are some are a few of the action shots from 300. My blog has a few more with links to 16 or so on my flickr account.

George, Fury and Tiggy jumping over the leat by Windy Post on Dartmoor #Note4 #unedited #4KVideoCapture by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

George, Fury and Tiggy jumping over the leat by Windy Post on Dartmoor #Note4 #unedited #4KVideoCapture by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

George, Fury and Tiggy jumping over the leat by Windy Post on Dartmoor #Note4 #unedited #4KVideoCapture by gavinfabl100, on Flickr

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] zabhi:
Macro with DIY lens
[Galaxy Note 4 General] electech13:
Just in case you wanted confirmation...

No camera2 api's on Note4 5.0.1 firmware.

But S6 got it! So why not us..

Gotta admit the S6 camera is damn nice. F1.9 aperture, OIS, fast load, quicker shutter.. And camera2 for PRO mode and better yet, full functionality for the best 3rd party apps
[Galaxy Note 4 General] midreestaj:
Sold my 910C already in 600 USD and now using blackberry classic. Here Galaxy S6 is launching on April 15th and I am getting it already :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MohamedYousri:
I Like This Device Camera :good:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jmansphc:
Took this today. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Turkawa:
no any kind of tune up on image.. its as came out of cam folder..

not even resize..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] psychok9:
For some aspects, I prefer Note 4 "Snapdragon" camera... but the lack of new API control is a shame. Is there any chance that Samsung will fix it?

Or is the old "cash cow" game?...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] abubasim:
It's not in the interest of a commercial company to be providing new features free of charge to customers that have already paid for a product.

It will be an unexpected but nice surprise if they release a Lollipop ROM which includes the Camera2 API with RAW support for our Note 4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] z06mike:
Try using CameraZoomFX, Google Camera, or VSCOcam. They all do a much better job at freezing motion!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tanmays005:
Thank you. I'll try them out.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sarasws:
Un edited.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] cor4twenty:
No edit. I have several ones edited but this one is clean.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] pratik_193:
this is just amazing how your images comes out to be... i cant get anywhere near to this...

what settings you guys are using ? i got a note4 too...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] z06mike:
One I took a couple of days ago when I took my girls to the park.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] A . S:
this is mine .
[Galaxy Note 4 General] silverhunk:
Here is mine
[Galaxy Note 4 General] burnnhell:
A slug I thought looked cool crawling along.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] c010:
Shot indoor without editing
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yoniinfante:
I like how it really focus on the subject:p
[Galaxy Note 4 General] DarkGuyver:
I'm actually quite amazed at how well the camera on the Galaxy Note 4 is. It performs really well even in low light conditions.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yoniinfante:
Just took these...i have no idea how far that airplane was but the zoom in x8 works pretty well...cheers:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mademan420:
Pretty nice for a phone....:p
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Sanroy84:
Note 4, Goa pics
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yoniinfante:
My girl posing:p

Miami Fl 08:00pm:cool:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zabhi:
Closeup
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
From the top of The Shard in London and the Royal Albert Hall.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vimpircik:
[IMG="Alsancak-Izmir/Turkey, 2015"]http://s7.postimg.org/8ydas9n22/20150505_202114.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Venacephalica:
After the rain

Flower3 by venacephalica, on Flickr

Greven, Germany

MX Greven Germany by venacephalica, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ludorexmundi:
Sunset in Italy (Marche)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ebusuhejbi:
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[Galaxy Note 4 General] jeffmena93:
Unedited, found in the woods. Costa Rica.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Trijunction:
Some pics
[Galaxy Note 4 General] cosimoss:
Mike + The Mechanics

mikemechanics1 by MrBlueSky*, on Flickr

mikemechanics2 by MrBlueSky*, on Flickr

mikemechanics3 by MrBlueSky*, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 - HDR on by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 - HDR on by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yoniinfante:
In love with this shots:victory:

Miami FL 08:00 am sunrise
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] arovik:
PETITION: Samsung to implement Camera API 2 in Note 4 firmware

Hi.

We all want better camera control and access to manual controls for our Note 4 camera.

Google has made that possible with Camera API 2 in Android 5. But Samsung decided not to implement that into they're Android 5 build for Note 4.

We should start a petition demanding Samsung to implement this in a future firmware for Note 4.

This will give us Manual shutter control, more ISO control, Manual blender and so on.

edit: started a petition at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/implement-camera-api-2-in-note-4-firmware
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ebusuhejbi:
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[Galaxy Note 4 General] zabhi:
Macro
[Galaxy Note 4 General] BalajiSundar:
My click just outside my office !

Incredible details and colours , nowadays I am taking my DSLR to very less occasions ! thanks to Sony IMX 240 and Samsung's implementation !
[Galaxy Note 4 General] creonx:
Sent from my SM-910F with Tapatalk App.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] burnnhell:
Little monster taken with HDR mode on.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yoniinfante:
Im really pleased and happy with the front cam sensor...it still better than alot of rear cameras phone out there...:p
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yoniinfante:
Ft. Lauderdale Marina Florida:fingers-crossed: sick camera
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Tom-Helge:
Here are 4 new pictures i took some few days ago.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] pratik_193:
One from me..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] paulb104:
Where were you when you took this pic?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] paulb104:
There were taken with my Note 4 set to auto. No filters. The trail was both shady and sunny, while the plane was completely overcast.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RayHK:
A few shots taken today

20150516_134505 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_133558 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_131722 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_131016 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_124634 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_123534 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_120751 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr

20150516_115756 by Raymond Tang, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] MohamedYousri:
Selective Focus

Original

[IMG="Original"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3316839&stc=1&d=1431847064[/IMG]

Snapseed Edit

[IMG="Snapspeed"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3316841&stc=1&d=1431847091[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] pratik_193:
Panorama from Mumbai, India
[Galaxy Note 4 General] psykoly:
Istanbul/Turkey

SM-N910C cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
For those interested to know the benefit/loss of using HDR on the Note 4, here are my findings.

First you can have a look at the following link that explains how the HDR works on the Note 4:

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3782850

At first, I was thinking that real-time HDR had no downside at all. We would just have more dynamic range without any loss. Samsung marketing says:

http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/galaxy-s5-explained-the-camera-hdr-fast-auto-focus-ui/

As per my first link description, it seems that real-time HDR is doing the following (in most cases, I have found some exceptions):

1. Choose the (single) exposure to protect the highlights

2. Brighten the shadows/mid-tones via software on the former image taken

3 (and here is the downside). Apply noise reduction (NR) to the image to compensate for the noise that would have been more visible in the brightened shadows/mid-tones.

Here are 2 examples (the HDR pictures is always on the right, on the bottom you will see the 100% crop):

Example 1 (NR more obvious):

Example 2 (NR less obvious):

So in summary:

HDR advantage: More dynamic range (obviously)

HDR disadvantage: Potentially less details in the image due to noise reduction (it varies depending on the scene and how much the phone has to "compensate" to brighten the shadows/mid-tones).

So it's a trade-off, knowing that you can see a gain of dynamic range even on a small picture, while you would have to zoom a bit to see the gain/loss of image details. (I personally favor the dynamic range.)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rockitman:
here's a still I pulled from a note 4 video
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ltbozz:
Pictures are not verry good

Hi everybody,

Im not mutch of a poster, more a reader.

But now i think, i have a problem or seeing ghosts.

I have a note 4 and overall i'm verry pleased with it exept that the photo's doesnt turn out to be good.

When taken it seems beautiful on the screen but when transferd to pc it doesnt look good. Not sharp at all.

Most of the times i shooot with HDR off /auto.

Anotherthing i saw is that often when transfer a picture to pc it doesnt look verry nice but when i zoom in a little bit it becomes verry nice then i can see all the detail. So every picture i take needs a little zoom on the pc otherwise i dont see any detail..

I uploaded a sample of a picture that is not sharp, its taken with enough daylight but verry clouded.

Also uploaden 2 nightshots 1 with iso 100 and one with auto iso. They look terrible.

So hope you guys can help me because i want to make the beautiful pictures you make, they seem verry verry nice !

Oh and sorry forr the bad english, hope you understand the things i'm typing.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rockitman:
Most likely the screen resolution of your pc is not high enough to see all the pixels of the photo, when you zoom in your decreasing the amount of pixels the screen has to show so you see the sharpness. It's just to do with screen resolution I think.

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Is there a setting on you pc when viewing photos which says something like 'show actual size' or 'show full size' ? If you select that option you'll likely see the photo enlarged so it's bigger than the screen size, all its doing is matching the pixel density of the photo to the pixel density of the screen.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
[MENTION=4627797]Ltbozz[/MENTION]

It's hard to confirm whether your phone/camera has an issue based on the samples you have posted (Very high contrast scene and low light shots).

I could get similar results in such conditions depending on where the focus is made, ISO, handshake, etc...

Can you post full size landscape pictures in plain daylight ?

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ltbozz:
Thanks

[MENTION=5529651]rockitman[/MENTION] [MENTION=5199216]vincent2167[/MENTION]

Thanks Guys for the reply.

The resolution sounds logical as my screen on laptop isnt bigger then 14 inch i cant up the res.

If i click the full size button its zoomed in completely so that doesnt do the job.

As for landscape picture the weather is pretty terible here in the Netherlands so again with miner light.

First with HDR on and second without.

Ive set the meteringstand on Matrix.

Edit : Added two more picture, i have looked ad the resolution of youre picture vincent and resized one of mine. I must say that it looks way better. Took these a few days ago. Strange it looks way better but the file size is verry low.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
I had a look at the picture quality of your latest samples and it looks good to me :) I wouldn't worry if I were you.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ltbozz:
nightshots

Now i have figured out how to make dayshots can someone please give hints/tips how to make nightshots? I have constantly noise in my nightshots. Cant seem to het them sharp.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Fernas:
Quick test, all auto.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fershox:
Here is my pic,
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
You can try to manually set the ISO to a lower value. You will end up with less noise, on the downside you will probably get an underexposed picture.

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[MENTION=3133280]fershox[/MENTION]

Very nice pic !

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] daiash:
My dog in the back garden, late evening.

Sent from my Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ltbozz:
Really like the HDR, snapseed.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
Nice one Ltbozz !

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fershox:
You have to love this camera
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Burginthorn:
[IMG="Insect"]http://oi58.tinypic.com/dxbner.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] psykoly:
SM-N910C cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy Note 4 General] hyne:
Coming from z3 compact, note 4 takes better pictures. It's a hit and miss using z3 compact, even when i used manual mode, sometimes the picture still get little bit red / pink-ish.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Trijunction:
Earlier today at Toronto
[Galaxy Note 4 General] trongnghia2411:
Panorama Puka Beach by NghiaSS, on Flickr

boracay
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Venacephalica:
MX Arnoldsweiler by venacephalica, auf Flickr

On the Road by venacephalica, auf Flickr

Sports by venacephalica, auf Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sieniek7777777:
Hello

OH MY GOD Hello Venacephalica. Your photos are incredible. Please can you give me some tips of how you done them so great looking ? How you made photos such a good ones of moving objects like here with bikes and so soo great blur ? I have two dogs and they run a lot. I would love to do some photos even half good as yours. Are you using automatic mode or what ? Also which app you using to make photos like yours ?

I have bought my note 4 3 days ago "c" version and I've checked camera as well and I have Sony sensor.

Please answer in your free time all that I'm so motivated now after seeing your pics :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Venacephalica:
First of all, thank you very much for your kind request:D

Furthermore it's easier to take a photo of a moving mx bike or street bike than to take a photo of a moving animal. :D

Because a mx bike/street motorbike always move to a predictable direction (from right to left or left to right) so you have the possiblility to move your cam with the object (for e.g. motorbike, car )... the closer you are to the object the harder it is to follow it in the same speed with your cam...

Ok, now some tricks:

measurement: Matrix meter

all other things on auto

weather should be mostly sunny

follow the moving of your object in a nearly same speed of movement....(needs practise!!!)

You also can try the sports mode which you can download by your camera app...

the blurred picture was produced from a rather shadowed surrounding I think - it was more a fortune:p

I use in most cases snapseed from google playstore to edit my shots... "drama" is my favorite tool in snapseed!!!

Regarding the taking of animal photos: Good Luck:good:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Aaron Rada:
awesome Pictures man ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tryfound:
I love Boracay, great shot
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iArmghan:
I bought galaxy note 4 few days ago.. no doubt camera is great but the only problem i have is unusal blur at times, like sometime i dont want to focus on any specific thing but the whole photo.. how can i do this? please reply
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
Not only with this shoot, love this car ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dedovec:
Note 4 Duos, auto settings
[Galaxy Note 4 General] st@r$k!:
Dude, I'm sorry to be the one to bring this up, but your camera is broken. Your lens in misaligned/decentered and its causing serious blurring in your pictures.

It doesn't have to be visible in every picture, but since I've gone through a few of yours, I noticed this problem — it usually blurs out the left or right third and occasionally the top tenth of a photo...

I'd recommend to get it checked out.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
Can you post links to the pictures where you think that we are facing a "serious blurring" issue ?

2 new pictures:

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] st@r$k!:
To be clear, I had this issue too, at first it was pretty faint, but I noticed it, as I shoot with no sharpening, denoising, and no HDR—since it sucks, then it started to be more and more obvious, only visible in some shots/angles (because the lens went loose).

So I picked up another N4, took a few test shots and it was clear—my camera module was damaged. I sent it in for a warranty repair and they replaced the camera module, since then it's been flawless.

As requested, a few pictures with the issue visible:

this image, right side

here, left side

left side again

The blurring may not be so obvious since your images are usually damaged by the "HDR" algorithm. But if you were to take a normal picture with no sharpening and denoising, you'd see the vast difference between sharp and blurry parts of the image—the sharpening tries to mask it, so to speak.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
Thanks for the examples!

On 2 cases I have actually taken the same scenes in HDR and non-HDR (the versions I posted were the HDR ones). I can see that the non-HDR are perfectly sharp.

Maybe the softness we are seing here is due the heavy noise reduction applied sometimes on HDR pictures. I have highlighted this issue previously but I didn't notice that even the edge to edge sharpness may be impacted:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60821351&postcount=498
[Galaxy Note 4 General] st@r$k!:
I know, I've read the post. That's why I knew I didn't have to explain you the HDR problems the N4 has.

Just watch the side sharpness in your next photos and you should be able to tell if it's becoming a problem or not. Be wary of shot-to-shot differences. In my case, one photo came out great and the one after that (same composition, just a sec later) came out half-blurry sometimes.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] st@r$k!:
Hello again,

last time when you asked me for examples of blurry pictures I posted some and now, I have to add another one, this time, it's this lake/sea shot:

check the left side, completely blurred

Exactly what my N4 had before the camera module replacement.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
I can live with that at the moment; it appears randomly, in a minority of shots and in the majority of cases when I use HDR. If is getting worse I will follow your advice but it may be hard to get this issue acknowledged by a service repair centre (even I can't reproduce this at will). Thanks for pointing that out :)

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr
[Galaxy Note 4 General] VuBoo:
Sweet :)?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] st@r$k!:
It's very simple actually, just show them the pics where it's obvious — best case scenario: you have two consecutive shots of the same scene, one of them blurred, the other one sharp.

Don't show them any closeups, since they have shallow DOF, therefore the blur is expected/desired.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Gold3nCloud:
Took this when I went to Fort Lauderdale, Florida beach. :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] pratik_193:
[MENTION=5199216]vincent2167[/MENTION] where on earth do you stay ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vincent2167:
I am living in Switzerland (Geneva)

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by vincent2167, on Flickr