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Hello everyone!
This Tuesday I finally got my Lumia 1020 here in Germany from O2 and so far my overall impression of this smartphone is very good. Unfortunately I had no real opportunity to take pictures outside so far, but yesterday when I wanted to take some pictures from our balcony I noticed some serious lens flare issues. I know that one should avoid to take pictures with front lightning, but I like taking pictures with front lightning because sometimes you can get some really beautiful effects with sun rays? I instantly noticed a white ?point? in the picture?really annoying, I tried to take another angle but it just wandered, but almost never removed completely. After having another look when back inside, I also noticed huge red flares in almost all pictures. My L925 had no such problems. It rarely produced a blue bow when holding a specific angle, but when adjusting the angle just a bit it removed.
Has anyone noticed such huge lens flare problems with the Lumia 1020 so far? I already fell in love with my 1020 and don?t want to give it back ? preferably not even for some days to replace - , but this is the only point that is really disturbing. I?m thinking about sending it back and ask for another one, but this of course wouldn?t make sense, if it?s an ?normal? behavior because of the big sensor (or better say general problem that all 1020s have). I wouldn?t mind a bit lens flare, that?s ok and sometimes can even be somehow beautiful? but those huge lens flare problems would ruin almost all pictures with front lightning? :crying: (I will add some sample pictures to show you the extend of lens flare on my 1020, the lens was completely clean btw. so no dust grain?)
Is it maybe possible to avoid lens flare with other adjustments? I?m just a hobby photographer, nothing serious - I just like taking pictures when I see a nice setting or of my friends/family. So unfortunately I don?t know much about all those blend/iso/etc. adjustments.. What should I choose for front lightning situations?
Ah and another thing I have noticed so far? my first impression also was, that the oversampled 5MP pictures look somehow better (sharper) than the 38MP one? but then again when I zoom in, I can see pixels earlier on the 5 MP one than on the 38 MP (as it should be off course), so I guess whenever I wanted to print or send a picture I would always choose the 5 MP one over the 38MP one.. I guess the 38 MP is just good for zooming in/cropping? Is this also a strange behavior of my 1020 or what is your impression? I mean that the 5 MP looks sharper and overall a bit better than the 38 MP one, shouldn?t it be the other way round? I also asked myself if it then even makes sense to take a 38MP picture or wouldn?t be the 5MP only enough (of course much less MB) ? but is it then still an oversampled one (with Pro Cam) or will I loose quality?
I know that are a lot of questions, but I really hope you can help me :smile: and maybe can even add some picture examples with front lightning from your 1020s (with or without lens flare)! That would be really nice and would help me a lot for my decision whether to send it back or not.
Thank you very much in forward!
P.S. Please excuse my English but I?m no native speaker :wink:





This Tuesday I finally got my Lumia 1020 here in Germany from O2 and so far my overall impression of this smartphone is very good. Unfortunately I had no real opportunity to take pictures outside so far, but yesterday when I wanted to take some pictures from our balcony I noticed some serious lens flare issues. I know that one should avoid to take pictures with front lightning, but I like taking pictures with front lightning because sometimes you can get some really beautiful effects with sun rays? I instantly noticed a white ?point? in the picture?really annoying, I tried to take another angle but it just wandered, but almost never removed completely. After having another look when back inside, I also noticed huge red flares in almost all pictures. My L925 had no such problems. It rarely produced a blue bow when holding a specific angle, but when adjusting the angle just a bit it removed.
Has anyone noticed such huge lens flare problems with the Lumia 1020 so far? I already fell in love with my 1020 and don?t want to give it back ? preferably not even for some days to replace - , but this is the only point that is really disturbing. I?m thinking about sending it back and ask for another one, but this of course wouldn?t make sense, if it?s an ?normal? behavior because of the big sensor (or better say general problem that all 1020s have). I wouldn?t mind a bit lens flare, that?s ok and sometimes can even be somehow beautiful? but those huge lens flare problems would ruin almost all pictures with front lightning? :crying: (I will add some sample pictures to show you the extend of lens flare on my 1020, the lens was completely clean btw. so no dust grain?)
Is it maybe possible to avoid lens flare with other adjustments? I?m just a hobby photographer, nothing serious - I just like taking pictures when I see a nice setting or of my friends/family. So unfortunately I don?t know much about all those blend/iso/etc. adjustments.. What should I choose for front lightning situations?
Ah and another thing I have noticed so far? my first impression also was, that the oversampled 5MP pictures look somehow better (sharper) than the 38MP one? but then again when I zoom in, I can see pixels earlier on the 5 MP one than on the 38 MP (as it should be off course), so I guess whenever I wanted to print or send a picture I would always choose the 5 MP one over the 38MP one.. I guess the 38 MP is just good for zooming in/cropping? Is this also a strange behavior of my 1020 or what is your impression? I mean that the 5 MP looks sharper and overall a bit better than the 38 MP one, shouldn?t it be the other way round? I also asked myself if it then even makes sense to take a 38MP picture or wouldn?t be the 5MP only enough (of course much less MB) ? but is it then still an oversampled one (with Pro Cam) or will I loose quality?
I know that are a lot of questions, but I really hope you can help me :smile: and maybe can even add some picture examples with front lightning from your 1020s (with or without lens flare)! That would be really nice and would help me a lot for my decision whether to send it back or not.
Thank you very much in forward!
P.S. Please excuse my English but I?m no native speaker :wink:




