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!

Message was edited by: batman1056

[JIMR]

THIS IS HARDWARE???

THIS IS SOFTWARE???

[Psyrgery]

THIS IS SPARTA!!!

(Sorry, I had to :P)

[Maya]

I agree the camera had issues i expected it to be much more amazing, before xperia s i had a sony vivaz and it had amazing pictures the colors where amazing and everything was great so when i purchased this phone i was preparing myself for something huge and seems like it is a huge dissapointment.

[Sarcasm]

I FOUND A GREAT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM :

1st : Turn on Normal mode

2nd: Set to single focus

3rd : Gently smash the screen with a hammer

4th: Wait until the camera pops out

5th: Arrange a meeting with Bert Nordberg (CEO)

6th: Shove the camera up his ass

[skip0pot2mus]

lulz, perhaps he can try to repair that with PC Companion.

[gabzki]

I upgraded from Arc S only to get disappointed with the camera of Xperia S. My Arc S produced much better photos and most of all, the focusing was always spot on. I think it was the best camera (in a phone) I've used.

[promotec]

I have experia s, running ICS plus the latest firmware update my photos come out looking quite washed out looking, scenes that should take great photos look like they are taken with a 1.2 mp disposable camera.

[Uliwooly]

which settings are you using? that looks like the lens is dirty or there's something else covering it

[promotec]

This is just with default settings I think, scene select auto and everything else basically at default values

[Danixu]

I think that images has a poor quality, i've problems with jpeg compression but not with a so bad quality: 

With my old Nokia X6 (5Mpx):

With the new Xperia S (9Mpx in 16:9):