topic Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue in Z Series

Xperia Z1 camera issue

ericIRELAND1 — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:45:55 GMT

All photos my wife or myself take in low light levels has a white blurr that appears on the right side after the camera flashes, the image is without this problem until it is taken. Is this a problem with the software or a hardware flaw with the camera/flash proximity to each other and the chrome rim around the lens.this is on both our z1 phones my wife has a white one and I a black one. The red inference on the left side is not common just bad lighting. When I say the right side it would be on the bottom side for portrait photos

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Uliwooly — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 23:11:27 GMT

I can't see the picture, upload it to box.com and post the public link here

Also do you have any protective case or protective film around and/or near the camera lens or flash?

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

ericIRELAND1 — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 05:56:47 GMT

https://app.box.com/s/n0q2o3vxnf573bboq897

In the shared box.com folder there are 3 photos with the issue I am talking about, I would think it is a faulty lens but it is the same on both phones, could there be 2 faulty lenses that I happened to buy, or a software firmware error???

To add I don't have any protective case around the phone. I thought this myself because I was having the same problem and I was using the roxfit cover but have since removed it.

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

urkopineda — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:23:46 GMT

Same problem here +1

Regards,

Urko

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Yong — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:01:25 GMT

I had the similar problems too with my Xperia Z there's light reflection from the flash of the phone on the taken photo too and Xperia Z1 i haven tested yet due send to warranty:smileyworried:....but i don't really know the cause of it because sometimes it doesn't have that problem even using protective case with/without it and sometimes it works fine....it could be the holding position/environment/other causes...still need wait for the who expert in shooting camera/Sony staff to do the real test on it and confirm the problem...

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Uliwooly — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:29:41 GMT

I've seen that before with

a protective case

an extra protecting film

fingers too close to the flash

dirty lens

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Sam — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 23:54:50 GMT

Uliwooly is correct; I have been able to replicate this by taking a photo in poor light normally and then taking another one with my finger overlapping the phone near the flash/lens. With this being the case please rule out the possibilities outlined above by Uliwooly.

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Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

ericIRELAND1 — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:15:53 GMT

I can concur with the previous 2 posts that the issue is not with the phone but with the holding of the phone. I took pictures in low light and the flash reflected off my finger back onto the lens, even though my finger was not in front of the lens, I then took the same picture holding the phone by my finger nails and there was no interference. It just means that now i will have to hold the phone by the edges (slightly uncomfortable with the phone being so thin) Thanks for the input i couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was but discussing it here helped. It seems so trivial now but thanks guys.

Re: Very unhappy with the camera quality on Z1, Anyone else feel this way?

WaldirArruda — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:13:01 GMT

I've the same problem.

I've juste bougth the new Z1, and got very disapointed with the grainy photos.

Does, anyone got a feedback from Sony??

Tks

Re: Xperia Z1 Camera producing extremely hazy pictures

WaldirArruda — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:25:54 GMT

Same problem, no solution

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

WaldirArruda — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:40:22 GMT

though this topic shows a "solved" mark, I could not find any, nor here, neither elsewhere.

Very disapointed

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Sam — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:52:31 GMT

@WaldirArruda - Please check the above three posts as these outline the cause and fix for this problem.

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Uliwooly — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:54:19 GMT

@WaldirArruda elaborate on your issue, post some pictures

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Jimmy_Lincs — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:04:02 GMT

I love the way people say 'im dissapointed with the camera'

A) its a phone, not a camera. Its great for snaps, but if you want really good pictures go buy a camera,

B) Having a good camera doesnt make you a good photographer. A good photographer can take great pictures with a crappy 3MP camera... Conversly, a crappy photographer takes poor pictures with a great camera..

Pics below have been resized to fit.

First pic with Z1 camera...

Pic from DSLR...

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

cleme46 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:10:38 GMT

if u click snaps with the cover provided with the phone this happens. The light smugges on the cover end near the flash, try clicking without the cover. the cover isnt handy when u are taking snaps

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Uliwooly — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:06:48 GMT

Great picture

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

WaldirArruda — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:39:42 GMT

Of course. Here it is.

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

WaldirArruda — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:45:06 GMT

@Jimmy_Lincs wrote:
I love the way people say 'im dissapointed with the camera'
A) its a phone, not a camera. Its great for snaps, but if you want really good pictures go buy a camera,
B) Having a good camera doesnt make you a good photographer. A good photographer can take great pictures with a crappy 3MP camera... Conversly, a crappy photographer takes poor pictures with a great camera..

It migth happen, but here, the problem is very diferent and seems to be caused by a bad autosetting (defaut) of the software or a hardware problem.

Re: Xperia Z1 camera issue

Uliwooly — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 03:25:32 GMT

We can't see the picture, upload it to box.com and post the link here

Just Got my Xperia Z1 C6906

Lxrg — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:39:33 GMT

Hi guys, just wanted to share with you my opinion, yesterday i saw the device in the store, fall in love with it and started to read about it, and found that firmware update helped a lot with the camera quality so i took a shot and bought it, i must say im very sad with the camera performance. frontal camera is useles and is very hard to get good pics even in the last firmware 257, i was an iphone 5 owner, sick of OS but also i have to say that the frontal camera was very good, every thing else ok but the camera quality BIG FAIL tried everything manual auto 20 8 iso AV etc etc perhaps a defective lens ??

If not, sony i want u to know that this is my first and last phone of ur brand,

false advertise must be punished the camera is crap,

just got a nokia 1520 and i can say is 100 times better.