I have got the SP only for about 1 month, and am not happy with the camera. To me, this is just a simple and basic function. Even my old "not so smart phone" will not have these problems.
I must point out that I was not happy with the picture/video to the extent that I thought the phone was faulty. So I had it replaced just 3 days after purchase. But the replacement (new) phone is the same!
Here are the problems:
The videos taken show unstable lighting condition – i.e. it changes from lighter to darker and vice versa occasionally like someone is turning on and off a light repeatedly while the video is taken;
The videos taken show occasional pauses – i.e. the image freezes half a second or so from time to time for no reason;
When taking pictures, the phone seems to find it difficult to focus especially in the “face recognition focus mode”. In this mode, often it takes a sofa or a paper bag as the face rather than the real person. As a result many blurred pictures are taken;
The colour tones of 2 or 3 pictures taken at about the same time are different. I am not sure why but this also seems a bit strange.
In short, the camera functions of this phone are not up to the standard I would expect for a Sony product. I am actually very surprised to see these problems on a Sony Phone when my old phone, Samsung, which is not even a smart phone and is much cheaper, performs better than that. And I have never seen these problems on any of my friends’ phones. This has not totally put me off Sony mobile phones, and even any other Sony products. It is a shame!
