I read Dan's review on the 1020's camera and felt like it was the upgrade to my 920 that I was waiting for.
However, about 5 days into my life with the 1020, I can't believe how this product's camera has attracted any loyal following.
Coming from a 920, here are my main gripes:
1. Yellow/green/blue tint on photos.
People complained about it happening with the flash. Others said it happened in low-light. I want to add that it happened to me on the sunniest of days when taking a picture of my son inside the car.
For a camera phone that is this celebrated, you would think this problem would never exist, let alone need fixing via a firmware update. That said, it's still not fixed (and never existed on my 920)!
2. Camera's low-light "performance":
Some said 920 was better in this department, but I didn't know it totally pummeled the 1020. Low-light pictures are close to horrendous.
I can no longer take night-time pictures that accurately capture the beauty of the scene I was experiencing, nor can I capture meaningful detail in an otherwise dark situation (e.g. crawling between servers in a lab to take a picture of the serial number sticker that you would never be able to see otherwise).
I am on the verge of picking up another 920 and putting my 1020 up for sale.
Am I being too hasty? Is there still any hope of the 1020 redeeming itself in the above scenarios?
TIA
However, about 5 days into my life with the 1020, I can't believe how this product's camera has attracted any loyal following.
Coming from a 920, here are my main gripes:
1. Yellow/green/blue tint on photos.
People complained about it happening with the flash. Others said it happened in low-light. I want to add that it happened to me on the sunniest of days when taking a picture of my son inside the car.
For a camera phone that is this celebrated, you would think this problem would never exist, let alone need fixing via a firmware update. That said, it's still not fixed (and never existed on my 920)!
2. Camera's low-light "performance":
Some said 920 was better in this department, but I didn't know it totally pummeled the 1020. Low-light pictures are close to horrendous.
I can no longer take night-time pictures that accurately capture the beauty of the scene I was experiencing, nor can I capture meaningful detail in an otherwise dark situation (e.g. crawling between servers in a lab to take a picture of the serial number sticker that you would never be able to see otherwise).
I am on the verge of picking up another 920 and putting my 1020 up for sale.
Am I being too hasty? Is there still any hope of the 1020 redeeming itself in the above scenarios?
TIA