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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[luis_DR]

Lol. what did msiddhpura posted that it was deleted?

[Uliwooly]

you can check on your email, we can't have rude behavior nor profanity, let's keep it nice and friendly

[#4]

Thanks Ullwooly, I don't think I was rude or used any profanity... not sure where did you get it from?

Buying expensive phone and then treated rudely by sony customer care is rude... I guess you haven't experienced same from Sony

[#5]

Hehe, yes luis_DR because I said truth and they couldnt take it.... they don't want other's to know what I've been experiencing..:smileyhappy:

[Uliwooly]

I haven't experienced rudeness from Sony's customer service just yet

all in all enjoy your HTC

[#7]

Yeah wel you're lucky than

May be I have a faulty instrument....

but look at this from balanced and prospective of normal users without being biased

Buy phone which is supposed to be latest..comes with old OS

Wait for upgrades, all they tell you is WAIT lol they don't even have target dates of upgrade cycle

Camera is very poor quality, and NO it is not better than 4S or other phones as mentioned in other threads here

Gets hot frequently and NO other phones doesn't get heated

Does any one has any answers to these issues?

[Uliwooly]

I have my Xperia S running ICS you don't have to wait for the update, just backup your current firmware then flash ICS and once ICS is available for your SI number flash it back and use SUS or PCC to get it

the camera quality it's not amazing but it's not worse than the 4S nor the Galaxy Nexus or SIII now video on 1080p there's a HUGE difference between the SIII and the S

[luis_DR]

you right about the OS, always behind. i remember my X10 with android 1.6 when everybody else was on 2.0--2.1.

i've heard that too about the 4s cam being better than xperia s. i just dont get that, Sony makes the sensors on the 4S. how it works better on ifone than on Sony smarthphones?

[luis_DR]

wich takes better videos?

[Uliwooly]

with Xperia S on 2.3.7 and SIII on ICS, SIII, I haven't had the chance to play with both phones again with Xperia S running ICS I'll update you on that