[B1zzle]

So i was eating some pistachios and thought I would try a close up with my new 1020 and my old GS3
[[UPDATE: The whitepages say 6 inches from object, that was not used here with nokia nor S3. See below for retake]]
For the life of me I could not get the Lumia 1020 to focus well, manual or auto (S3 was like beep done, kthxbai) .........I am open to the fact that there may be some proper way to do this with this camera ie lowering ISO (which i tried); but i have yet to figure it out.................and i ate all the pistachios so i cant experiment here anymore :(

S3 Pic:


1020:
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high res from angle more like in the s3 pic http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9...706c2efe_h.jpg

[JustToClarify]

hint : try with zoom

[Idiocracy_izruts]

Try to get a little further from the subject, and then zoom a little to get the desired macro shot. The 1020 has a min. Focus distance of 10 cm which leads to your inability to shoot the pistachios but with the lossless zoom that's not an issue

[Kissanviikset]

^^
It's actually 15cm minimum focus distance.

You probably just held camera too close.

[B1zzle]

6 inches per white pages

[B1zzle]

someone help me out
i can reframe the first pictures i took
but since the pic with ruler, it will not let me reframe ANY pic i take

UPDATE: Update from Store fixed this issue (hitting find updates from setting menu in procamera app does not)

[KoukiFC3S]

Sweet! You received your 1020.

I would start with checking if your Pro Camera app has an update available. I updated mine yesterday and I just got a new update this morning. Rebooting the phone might also help.

[B1zzle]

i will check for update--already rebooted 3 times to no avail

[Muessig]

Did you change the scene to "Close-up" mode?

[B1zzle]

Did you change the scene to "Close-up" mode?

I did try that too--that is not an option with the procamera mode---but i figured i would try the stock camera app out, which has that option, no bueno

I am going to bet that once this thing is nice to me and lets me reframe the shot from 6 inches it will loook nice--it looks nice on the screen when i reframe it but the darn thing will not save it.

[Muessig]

Can you use Pro Camera to change the manual focus? I know third party apps like ProShot allow you to change the manual focus, which will give you what you want.

[B1zzle]

Added the reframe to post above. not bad, but I still feel the S3 looks better and was able to do it up close, not 6 inches away and no reframing required.
more experimenting to come.

[Andrew Kennedy]

I noticed this when I was in the store, you couldn't focus as close as traditional smart phones for macro shots. Is there a particular reason for this?

[Muessig]

Read through this guys: http://winsupersite.com/windows-phon...ay-take-photos ... you should find it interesting.

[B1zzle]

good read
let's test.........

[B1zzle]

box of Moo cards


ribbon seal


seal

[tissotti]

On 808 PureView I at least always zoomed in with that lossless zoom and got some pretty amazing macro results. Also remember that you got manual focus.


Lumia 1020 press shot

[Chip O]

Here are some, but not all are true macros.

full.



100% crop



Not so macro

[PepsimanLeh]

I noticed this when I was in the store, you couldn't focus as close as traditional smart phones for macro shots. Is there a particular reason for this?

The 1020 has a larger camera sensor, and large camera sensor can't do the near-focus. It has to be at least 15 cm for 1020.

[PepsimanLeh]

6 inches per white pages

Too saturated?

[shadyghost]

I've found the phone to be far more difficult to get great detail from macro shots compared to my Lumia 900. Granted I've not played with it more than a day but its almost as if i can see the detail blur out a moment after Nokia pro camera opens the picture. Not horribly but enough to give me a shot im not all that impressed with.

[shadyghost]

Also, I don't think the ability to lossless zoom compensates for such a limited focal range.

[Arsenic17]

I got some great macro shots. You need to definitely use the manual focus though. I had trouble getting it to auto focus when any close than 6 inches. I could get down to 4 or 5 inches focused with manual. Got some great shots. Add in that range, plus the ability to zoom in and you get some amazing details. Not sure what you guys are talking about.

[shadyghost]

I'll keep playing with it.

[B1zzle]

I got some great macro shots. You need to definitely use the manual focus though. I had trouble getting it to auto focus when any close than 6 inches. I could get down to 4 or 5 inches focused with manual. Got some great shots. Add in that range, plus the ability to zoom in and you get some amazing details. Not sure what you guys are talking about.

User Error On my part :D