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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[Uliwooly]

I agree with the video its quite frustrating, I haven't encountered that many focus issues but the quality of the pictures (color, contrast, etc) are really bad

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/36192

[#3]

Pix - I have tired diferent settings using the non-quick method. Diffent focus modes, you name it I have tried it and I have problems with them all.

Uliwooly - you say all phones have this problem -- look at N8 does that NOPE.. what was the tag line for this phone .. never miss a picture..should have been never miss a picture when its very sunny.

All phone cameras dont suffer focus problems in low light, some camera phones in low light have a high iso which results in lot of noise and the picture quality is poor - they are STILL IN FOCUS.

Its clear your not looking at the route cause. the camera is poor, its has systemic focus issues which span across many handsets (even shown on the gadget show on UK TV). this is NOT a user problem and the settings no matter what you change it do still result in problems.

[#4]

SEE 34 seconds for outdoor excellent light - this was image 5 I took - 5 times to get one image. humm

[#5]

Hi ,

My phone is 2 days old and i am surprized with what i got with the Sony flagship product Experia S.

The results of the experia 12mp camera are very bad. i am embarrassed to show the results to friends and astonished that sony can give a product like this.

My previous samsung omnia 5 mp results are much better than this.

I hope this is my phone and can be fixed. If it is generic issue for all phone, Sony has to think about it.

Please let me know how can i get this fixed. The quality is purely unacceptable and should be resolved.

The other issues is low volume during the call and poor battery life,which i'll raise in other threads.

Regards,

[#6]

Mark any news??

Here another autofocus problem:

[Uliwooly]

All pictures taken with Auto Settings and NO flash

the pictures look a lot better if you click on them

Sleep to photo Auto settings

Auto settings

[Uliwooly]

All pictures taken with Auto Settings and NO flash

the pictures look a lot better if you click on them

this next two were quick shot after quick shot

[Uliwooly]

All pictures taken with Auto Settings and NO flash

the pictures look a lot better if you click on them

[#10]

I have just noticed - as this thred is now being modirated - this does not show up and is locked until your actuall sign up - this stops google finding it.

Question - why is this now being blocked from google?

[#11]

Moderation changed - google can now see it --

Solution: this works!!!

Sold mine on ebay - got £300, bought an N8 and spent 200 on myself