Lumia 920 camera bug after Amber update

[mariusmuntean]

well for me it worked by using manual settings

 

[Jump Jet]

well for me it worked by using manual settings

98 % everybody have problem .... change setting cannot solve problem

 

[MrWhiteman]

I'm now disgusted with Nokia after the last update and this not being fixed. In fact it feels like it's worse.

 

[MrWhiteman]

To prove that settings has nothing to do with it, I set the camera to fluorescent light balance and ISO 800.

 

[mariusmuntean]

iso is too high. try with 400

 

[mariusmuntean]

Here are some sample pictures taken with manual settings on my Lumia 928:
1. Outside, afternoon ISO 200, white balance sunny, shutter speed automatically set by phone at 1/938

2. Inside, iso 200, white balance auto, shutter speed automatically set by phone at 1/13

3. Ouside at Dusk (late afternoon) ISO 400, White balance manual on cloudy, shutter speed automatically set at 1/25. Being a low light photo I was not so steady with my hands so this one could have gotten better.

 

[MrWhiteman]

Here are some sample pictures taken with manual settings on my Lumia 928:

If you could take a picture, immediately take a screenshot and then take another screenshot of the picture again but in the HD viewer, that would show whether you're right or not. Until then, I don't believe you.

 

[mariusmuntean]

Ok,
The first picture is before it's saved to the phone, unprocessed. Looks sharper but the overall quality is low, looks undefined:


The second pitcture is the one that was actually saved on the phone, processed.


Bear in mind that taking screenshot of the phone screen degrades overall quality. Take a look at the taken picture, below. I have uploaded it directly from the Camera Roll, and not by screenshooting it from HD Photo.


I haven't played much with the settings for this photo, took it with ISO 200 and Cloudy White Balance.

 

[MrWhiteman]

Still a Hench difference to me, most noticeable on the white line on the ground

 

[mariusmuntean]

If you want you can flash a preamber firmware and get rid of this issue with photos

 

[greycounciller]

The overall thing to bear in mind with this issue and thread, is that it came IN with the Amber update so it will be solved with a simple fix via a software update (think ala proximity sensor issue). All posts are covering the same point and will need the same fix. So patience is needed for either a specific camera fix, or the full GDR3 update.

 

[MrWhiteman]

I wanted to take a picture with as many of the camera apps I have and they are pretty much all the same. If anyone knows of any other camera apps I will take a look. Smart Shoot and Nokia Smart Cam don't suffer with post-processing but they have no settings or flash capabilities so I don't consider them proper camera apps.

ProShot

Burst Picture:

Camera:

Pro Camera / Nokia Pro Cam:

OneShot

 

[Evangelosb]

The overall thing to bear in mind with this issue and thread, is that it came IN with the Amber update so it will be solved with a simple fix via a software update (think ala proximity sensor issue). All posts are covering the same point and will need the same fix. So patience is needed for either a specific camera fix, or the full GDR3 update.

Nokia has promised "numerous new camera algorithms," coming with black update. That is early 2014, so I don't think we should be expecting any kind of fix before that.

 

[MrWhiteman]

Nokia has promised "numerous new camera algorithms," coming with black update. That is early 2014, so I don't think we should be expecting any kind of fix before that.

That's what they said about amber. They said pictures were sharper than ever.

 

[tipu2185]

That's what they said about amber. They said pictures were sharper than ever.

Ever indicates comparison with what they had on device before. :winktongue: Also they didn't mention white balance.

 

[mariusmuntean]

There is indeed a difference between photos taken before and after amber update if you take this issue as general for every user.
As I have said you can flash a pre-amber firmware to your device if you want to solve this problem until Black comes out and hopefully it will fix the post processing algorithm.
I can get good results with manual settings but I have to play some time with them until I get the picture I want. For outdoor photos it works better, but for indoor photos I have to struggle to get quality.
I will flash the pre-amber firmware on my 928, because not always I have time to setup the manual settings. For a quick shot, if I am in a hurry I want also to have great quality and with current post processing algorithm taking pictures in Auto mode is a nono

 

[MrWhiteman]

I may do the same, just a bit annoyed that I've spent so long playing on Street Outlaws and will lose my saves.

 

[dznk]

Somebody remind me, is it just our 920's that suffer from this or do other models have this tint?

 

[Qtweeder]

Somebody remind me, is it just our 920's that suffer from this or do other models have this tint?

some 1020 users have reported this also.

 

[MrWhiteman]

I have found that Camera360 doesn't apply the tint or blur! The only downside is it only takes 2048x1536 res photos (3.14MP)