Front Camera is TERRIBLE

King Cole · May 13, 2014

So.. I was originally very happy with my purchase, but I just booted up Snapchat to send off a couple selfies from the new tech... And the front-facing camera's picture quality is GOD AWFUL.

It's grainy as ****, and it's got all these weird discolourations to it! Is that just me, or anyone else getting it?

Edit: Just took a couple pictures with both my S4 and Z2 to post here and show them, but it would appear that once you actually TAKE the photo with the Z2, all that awfulness goes away! Snapchat, for some reason, keeps it though. I think Snapchat might have to modify their app for this phone... And I don't see that being likely in the near future.

Here's the break-down. It appears that the built-in camera app greatly messes with the picture the front camera takes, and this might be some kinda weird feature. Anyways, here's two pictures from the Z2, one from the camera app, one from Snapchat, and a picture from my S4 for comparison.

Z2 Snapchat Front-Cam Picture:

Z2 Camera app Front-Cam Picture:

S4 Snapchat Front-Cam Picture:

Envious_Data · May 13, 2014

Well either way Xperia Front Cameras are usualy horible so in some circumstances the front cam may produce horrible quality pics

Usualy this happens in lower light

King Cole · May 13, 2014

Except I've found that it really /isn't/ that bad. Just that for some reason, Sony's software kinda... Post-produces the frontcam's pic after you take it. SnapChat doesn't do that, and thus, the pictures come out looking horrible.

Envious_Data · May 13, 2014

King Cole said:
Except I've found that it really /isn't/ that bad. Just that for some reason, Sony's software kinda... Post-produces the frontcam's pic after you take it. SnapChat doesn't do that, and thus, the pictures come out looking horrible.

That right there is an perfect example of X-Reality Image Processing engine

Qazz~ · May 13, 2014

Perhaps this is similar to what is occurring in my pictures.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2742862

Sorely disappointed theres some **** going on doing nothing good to my photos..

edge3uk · May 13, 2014

There's an option in the camera settings for picture smoothing on the front camera.

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King Cole · May 13, 2014

Qazz~ said:
Perhaps this is similar to what is occurring in my pictures.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2742862

Sorely disappointed theres some **** going on doing nothing good to my photos..

Um.. Idk about what's going on with you, but mine's a little different. Go check the OP, I put up some pictures.

edge3uk said:
There's an option in the camera settings for picture smoothing on the front camera.

Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Yeah, I tried disabling that, nothing changed. :/

Xernoxis · May 13, 2014

Same here, I only have a problem with the camera when using Snapchat. Do you think it is fixable with software update? Are you on .55 or .69?
My phone is .55.

King Cole · May 13, 2014

I'm on .69, and I was having this problem both before and after I unlocked.

I'm sure this could be fixed with a software update, but I have no idea how fast that would happen, lol.

arahmy · Jul 12, 2014

SAME

Yea my z2 front camera is horrible too. Its really grainy and theres discoloration but once u take the photo the discoloration disappears but its kinda grainy. Is sony working on a slution or no?

firerappedR · Jul 12, 2014

I'm running CM11, it seems fine to me, at least on snapchat...

sierrarohan · Jul 12, 2014

I understand your problem, but this is the 2.2MP front camera we are talking about, its not right to expect clear n perfect selfies especially when capturing indoors! I'm really happy about the front cam as it produces really acceptable photos! Outdoors, it is much better! I agree that there is some discolouration and grains but that is expected!!
Using the word terrible is terrible!!!

amantukrel · Jul 30, 2014

Same problem on snapchat

I used the front cam to take some selfies. Seemed okay once the pictures were processed. But in Snapchat the selfies turn out grainy only. Any solution? I

mameenbh · Aug 3, 2014

anyone got a solution for this. It doesn't feel right or logical for a high end phone

naujoks · Aug 4, 2014

sierrarohan said:
I understand your problem, but this is the 2.2MP front camera we are talking about, its not right to expect clear n perfect selfies especially when capturing indoors! I'm really happy about the front cam as it produces really acceptable photos! Outdoors, it is much better! I agree that there is some discolouration and grains but that is expected!!
Using the word terrible is terrible!!!

Can I ask you though if that picture youve taken should have shown the structures with straight lines as straight lines, and not as crooked as they are?
That is my biggest gripe, the truly awful lens distortion.

sierrarohan · Aug 5, 2014

naujoks said:
Can I ask you though if that picture youve taken should have shown the structures with straight lines as straight lines, and not as crooked as they are?
That is my biggest gripe, the truly awful lens distortion.

Yes that is indeed the case!! However, these distortions are not visible when I take selfies outside, even in waterfall!!

So I guess, when not even a single Human is 100% correct, how a gadget can be! Overall, front cam takes a shot which pleases my eye, and thats all I want from a inferior sensor.

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