Sony Z1 Compact Photography Thread

[whappack26]

Future Z1 Compact user here (still waiting for it to be release here in our region)!

Haven't seen a camera samples thread here so I started one. Share our pics, tricks, and tips here!

 

[whappack26]

Sample

Here are some pictures from reviews. These are taken from Recombu and in no way belongs to me.


Manual 8 MP; Auto ISO (80)


Manual 8 MP; ISO 400

 

[Arthur Hucksake]

Here are some pictures from reviews. These are taken from Recombu and in no way belongs to me.

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Manual 8 MP; Auto ISO (80)

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Manual 8 MP; ISO 400

Tip no. 1 .... Don't use Auto mode. It sucks.

 

[Richdog]

Tip no. 1 .... Don't use Auto mode. It sucks.

Superior Auto mode sucks... Manual Mode with Auto ISO doesn't.

 

[rikken]

Manual, 8 mpix

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[darksideauto]

Manual 8mp night scene. Also I might just suck at photography.

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[One Twelve]

Suggest people use flickr so we can see the settings used. tapatalk is useless at understanding how the camera works.

if you cannot do that then mention iso, shutter speed & scn mode (if any). This will get you looking at these parameters and help to understand why shots don't turn out as expected or how to get better ones.

 

[tracyn]

Here's one of my test shots, I really like the dynamic range of the camera (see shadow detail)

F/2, 1/800s, ISO 50, Manual Mode @ 20MP (iirc)

original (left) and edited with Snapseed (right)

 

[whappack26]

Good concert samples from louis0815

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50454715&postcount=2

 

[Richdog]

Is anyone else finding the shutter lag really bad on this phone? After I press the capture button it seems like it freezes the frame and takes a photo, but then clearly continues the exposure for another half second or so before finalizing, meaning if you move the camera it goes into blursville.

In general it seems pretty bad at capturing anything in motion (and I mean mild motion, not requiring sports mode).

I'm really stunned as to how Sony can have allowed such a flawed camera onto a flagship device. In ideal conditions like sunlight etc it takes AMAZING photos, pretty much digicam quality... but you almost need a tripod to get a clear shot in lower light conditions. It's a bit of a bummer for a device which is in every other respect awesome.

 

[darksideauto]

Is anyone else finding the shutter lag really bad on this phone? After I press the capture button it seems like it freezes the frame and takes a photo, but then clearly continues the exposure for another half second or so before finalizing, meaning if you move the camera it goes into blursville.

In general it seems pretty bad at capturing anything in motion (and I mean mild motion, not requiring sports mode).

I'm really stunned as to how Sony can have allowed such a flawed camera onto a flagship device. In ideal conditions like sunlight etc it takes AMAZING photos, pretty much digicam quality... but you almost need a tripod to get a clear shot in lower light conditions. It's a bit of a bummer for a device which is in every other respect awesome.

I haven't notice this on mine. My kid is constantly on the move and don't usually have problems getting a good shot.

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[darksideauto]

Edited on stock Sony software on a stock phone.


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[darksideauto]

Edited

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[dondavis007]

Edited

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Gothenburg

Sent from a mobile Gadget...

 

[darksideauto]

Gothenburg

Sent from a mobile Gadget...

Yep. A lot better than Davenport, Iowa USA.

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[neonpsn]

I haven't taken that many pictures but I really like the colours in this one. That's done on superior auto at 8mp. One thing that annoys me is that you can't set superior auto to use the full 20mp

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[rikken]

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[Sponge.BoB]

Dear all,

Would you mind checking the manufacturing date of your Z1C and share?

I wrote in a different thread:

I bought the device and I was very disappointed with the camera. I tried different modes and settings and in all of them the same photos I took with the galaxy S2 were significantly better (more focused, less noise, more vivid colors, more details in crops..) ! (regular scenes/light conditions).
In addition I have the flash leakage problem..
Also the camera looses focus during video capture..
...
I think maybe the first manufacturing line has these problems which are also reported online, could you kindly check the manufacturing date of your device?

Mine is Oct, 2013 (black version)


Thanks !!

 

[diwata]

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Those look really beautiful to me. What settings did you use for these?

 

[zxz0O0]

[...]
I bought the device and I was very disappointed with the camera. I tried different modes and settings and in all of them the same photos I took with the galaxy S2 were significantly better (more focused, less noise, more vivid colors, more details in crops..) ! (regular scenes/light conditions).
In addition I have the flash leakage problem..
Also the camera looses focus during video capture..
[...]

I'm also a bit disappointed by the camera to be honest. My previous phone was the galaxy S2. In my opinion the camera performs pretty bad under low lightning (manual mode, no settings touched) and also not really special under normal conditions. Maybe I just suck at photographing.
I don't have any flash leakage problem though.