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A few questions about the camera of my new Z5 Compact

Rijnton — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:40:57 GMT

A few days ago I bought the Xperia Z5 Compact (and updated it to Marshmallow) to replace my Z1 Compact and meanwhile read the manual and looked into the camera settings. Now I have 2 questions regarding the camera.

1) According to the manual there should be an option to "adjust color and brightness manually". I rember having seen this option once in the form of 2 sliders, but now I cannot reproduce it anymore and cannot find the options in the settings anymore. What am I doing wrong or overlooking ?

2) I noticed that I only can manually set iso for resolutions of 8 MP or less. When I set a resolution of 20 MP, the iso setting is greyed out and set to Automatically. Is this normal behavior ?

Thanks in advance for replies.

Re: A few questions about the camera of my new Z5 Compact

_alexdon_ — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:49:42 GMT

For 1, WB was removed but for video and older devices:

/t5/Xperia-Z3/No-more-WB-video-settings-in-Marshmallow/td-p/1119555/page/2

As for 2, I think it's limited to 8MP, just like scenes:

/t5/Xperia-Z3/ISO-12800-where-is-it-solved/m-p/920394#M7712

/t5/Xperia-Z5-Z5-Compact-Z5-Premium/Xperia-Z5-dual-how-to-change-ISO-beyond-3200/m-p/1063875#M3284

Re: A few questions about the camera of my new Z5 Compact

Rijnton — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 21:34:40 GMT

alexdon thanks for your very quick reply, but for 1), i don't I still don't understand. You say WB was removed but for videos. However I talked about Color and brightness. Moreover I do have WB for photos, but not for video. Or did I misunderstand your reply ?

Re: A few questions about the camera of my new Z5 Compact

CameronT — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:27:34 GMT

Hi @Rijnton,

I have just tested this on my Xperia X, but it is running on Android M so it should be similar to the Z5 Compact (though there may be some differences).

Colour and brightness options do not appear to be available in manual mode, but are for Superior Auto and Video.

Re: A few questions about the camera of my new Z5 Compact

_alexdon_ — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 07:03:07 GMT

@Rijnton Sorry, I thought you were talking about WB too. @CameronT Thanks for the screens, I did see the same on the X I have at hand.

Re: A few questions about the camera of my new Z5 Compact

Rijnton — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:52:24 GMT

Thanks for the replies.