Camera - xperia s - focusing problems and poor images

[#1]

Firstly this phone is fantastic and I have already conmverted several friends from apple to sony.

Last night I though I would really test it out - went out with a few mates, each with different phones and every time the Nokia N8 took better pictures.

Honestly - my xperia took ages to focus and 5 out of 9 shots were very very poor. In direct comparision the N8 - once he had it set up, took photos faster and each one was in focus - non of this waiting while it figures out what its doing,.

In day light - mine wins no problem - in pubs and low light areas I found this phone to have major problems with focus, and tiime delay in pressing and actual capture of images --- dont get me wrong - I can take it out of my pocket - press the button and hey presto - a photo very very quick --but what is the point when its not in focus and then I have to try again, then again, by which time, my mates are laughing as they have unlocked their phone, aimed and took a good photo.

SONY -- please look into this --  is this my handset or systemic?

Looking at the response this is systemic - if this is a software issue then please sort it, if hardware - recall and replace.

For those of you with the problem - the best photos I can get are to disable face detection, scenes to OFF,,focus mode - have it on touch or infinity, metering centre. At least on these settings I get more than 1 out of 10 photos which I can use.

THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE!!! SONY PLEASE RESPOND!

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[brianlynch]

i upgraded from a truely woeful sony satio, and was really looking forward to this phone. i don't really use much of the features, my main use is the camera.
two phones in a row that have been truely shocking from sony. i really don't think they want repeat custom, i have only ever had sonys, but that will definately change next upgrade.
why bill it as a camera phone when the previous phones camera was superior in every way ?
the problem with the satio was everything except its exceptional camera (that's not an wild claim)

the new phone, autofocus - rubbish, picture quality - rubbish, panorama disgrace, an utter disgrace no other word for it.

satio - 2 pic merge or 3 pic merge perfect for landscapes,

experia S - continuos blend - panned too fast, panned too slow, grey area in photo, panned too slow, and the quality terrible..
how can a 2 year newer camera phone be so inferior to the quality and feature of the outgoing model ??
i was able to sell some of my landscape photos with my satio, the experia i can't even get it to focus in a room of people...

whoever passed this camera as fit for use should be taken outside and battered with a trades description manual until they agree to do their job properly. roll on upgrade, goodbye sony..

[owzyafava1]

Exactly mate! This is THE REALITY!!!!

[icyautobot]

I never found any difficulty ever while capturing pics from my mobile and people who are complaning about xperia s camera must have look over here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgycQX-EPNw

http://www.pixoto.com/imam.fajarie

[Prometeo24]

Actually, by manually configuring the phone, you can get good photos even at night!

Remember to use high ISO when poor light. Only set Auto in daylight

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[sriszone]

Does any one Check camera in Service Menu (*#*#7378423#*#*) check it, It works fine in there,

But in Normal mode, we have severe AF problem. Sony Must fix this problem before JB release.

[zakirox]

yes Xperia s is having auto focus problem in ICS it's annoying me :smileyplain:. one of my friend also having XS but he is still in gingerbread 2.0 but his camera is working perfect more smooth. but, im in ICS here autofucus problem :smileyplain:. please fix this sony.

[anIBMer]

Really bad camera quality. I was choosing Sony becaue of the faith in its product. The smartphone totally destroy its branding. I have had iphone and samsung galaxy,  Xperia S just not comparable  with them on camera. and connectivity.

[redliner]

Yoo 2 thinks 1.dude if u vana good fotos buy a normal camer

2. its a phone and has veri nice pictures compare 2 samsung GIII

[aivar242]

Camera of this smart phone is not bad. The only thing that is lacking sharpness in photos. Stabilizer field slowly adjusted to focus.

[Prometeo24]

The trick with this phone is to manually configure camera according to the conditions.

For example, a higher ISO when in poor light.

It can take good photos at night, but you have to configure it.