z2 poor camera quality

[ahmadali123]

I bought a z2 two days ago, and I am disappointed with the camera , when I take a pic and then zoom into any object, it looks like it's painted , it's not sharp at all, I even took a photo with a s4 and when I zoomed in objects were sharper, I tried manual and changed the resolution and it's not that good, what can I do?

[Uliwooly]

@ahmadali123

You might want to contact your local Xperia Care

http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/contactUs/

[Uliwooly]

@ahmadali123

I'm trying to understand the problem here, could you take a picture outdoor without using the zoom and post the picture here? 

1. manual > HDR on 

2. Manual > white balance 

[hedrox87]

That's strange for Z2, but pretty much possible, the wall picture is made badly, I'm talking settings here, it's pretty hard to catch detail of monolitic structures using flash, specially evening and bright like sand, any beige or whites.
I've made many pictures and I can assure You it's about settings, there were many photos I screwed up and many that shocked with quality, some exaples:

Shot from hand in a car - Auto intelligent mode, 30 km/h - not washed at all.

Garden water system, shot from close enough not to catch drops on camera lens - 3:30 PM, 28 celsius, sunny.

I've inserted large photos, not full size to save upload time, as you can see water droplets are clear and visible even in high speed motion, the tree beneath is sharp and focused. On the road on original You can easly see asphalt rocks and the road grain in fact it's a picture taken in movement with no car-windshield holder, just my hand over steering wheel. I can show some macro shots also, later.

The difference between S4 and Z2 is a nice move here. For me, Z2 is more color accurate, and S4 is overbrightened. When I compared the s5 and Z2 in shop (before making my choice) the photos came grainy and blurry at almost same distance, but Z2 won with colors so far away objects weren't my thing realy, I was prepared that digital cams have their limitations in detail, no matter what cam we choose, pocket digital camera or smartphone one, to me... Z2 was a big jump in smartphone photography and I've used Galaxy S1, Xperia T, SE CyberShot K600i and others inclueding Nokia N8. Keep practicing and don't think about Z2 as DSLR cam, it's just a 3 mm big lens.

[Uliwooly]

@hedrox87

Thanks for sharing the pictures

@ahmadali123 you might have to stop by your local Xperia care as it might be a hardware issue.

[hedrox87]

Anytime Uli 😉
Hard to know conditions here, how far the object were and how much zoom he applyied, for me... I never zoom my photos to 100% size, it's normal they'll loose all the charm and become bilboard size. Only macros I'm not affraid to zoom at, but.. it's not important here.
I also think that might be hardware case, it's the best to let Xperia Care look into it closely.

[vipinpachori]

Best part of xperia z2 is 20.7 mp camera..but whey its not working in superior auto mode in camera..i check all picture clicked on that to 8 mp or max 13 mp not more then that...why its not clicked pic in 20.7 mp...pls do the needfull.. Make some changes..update software to make 20.7 mp in superior auto

[Uliwooly]

@vipinpachori

Check this post

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z2/Why-can-t-I-turn-the-HDR-on-in-the-camera-settings/m-p/98837...

[azzido]

I think Z2 camera is good, I only wish to fix the stuttering as you are moving the caera the fps is not that smooth as time ago on kitkat  

[vipinpachori]

Z2 camera is definitely gud..but software not upto the mark..i just checkd even in manual mode in 20.7mp scene mode allways disable... Why such setting missing in 20.7mp...its realy 20.7mp aur just increase resolution of pic like micromax karbon..etc phone does...
Only in 8mp we got every settings... But why not in 20.7mp...so wht is the use of 20.7mp if we dnt have ny settings.. Features.. Like other brand gave..samsung lg...give all the feature settings while even in 13mp or 16mp...example :lg g2 and samsung s5... My previous phone

[Uliwooly]

@vipinpachori

Don't let the pixels fool you, the reason some pictures are on 8mp its called "Pixel-Binning" 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/24/sony-xperia-z1-review/

Importantly, the Z1 shares a key technology with the Lumia 1020 in the form of downsampling. Whereas the Lumia creates downsampled 5-megapixel still images from its 41MP sensor, the Z1 uses similar mathematical techniques to produce 8MP stills from a 20MP image. And although the sampling ratio is smaller, the impact of Sony's "pixel-binning" is immediately visible and beneficial. You lose resolution on your final image, of course, but you also lose lots of nasty image noise.

it's not about the Z2 but the Z1 but it's the same principle