Nokia 1520 & Z3 Compact camera

[vestasan]

Hello. I recently had a walk around my city, and my friend had Z3 compact. We made couple of low light shots and here is what I found.
1. Very often my photos are not in focus.
2. My photos have much more noise especially in close up shots, no flash.
3. Even indoors, in a bar with ok lights, my photos were worse, even compared with iphone 4s!!!
Why is that? Is it something wrong with my camera? My phone is about 9 month old, never dropped, camera with no scratches. Lumia cyan with latest updates installed. Will denim improve it? Cause its really not very good.
Thanks

 

[Shobin Drogan]

Yes denim will most likely solve all the problems, for the time being, you might need to manually adjust the iso levels or try using a different camera app instead.

 

[vestasan]

I see. Hopefully update comes sooner rather then later. I love my phone and I love to take pictures, but camera is killing me. Sometimes, you just want to take some quick photos, no time for manually adjustments.

 

[aaron j]

Honestly I found its hdr photos that on those phones make the difference.. Its perfect for happy snaps etc, Why the hell its not a factory default on nokias which are all about the photos has me stumped!

 

[vestasan]

I guess, hdr is coming with denim to 1520, right?

 

[aaron j]

So they say

 

[vestasan]

Hopefully it will work magic with camera again. Really like the phone - hardly anything comes to market soon that makes me reconsider.

 

[Marty89]

When you take photos in low light it's better when you manually set focus to infinity and ISO max to 800.