Posted by Run_dawn10
On 2010-12-08 14:23:54, jms2367 wrote:
@run_dawn
No, I don't work at the airport.
My work requires me to travel occasionally a couple of times a year.
Do you work for an airline? How did you recognize the model of the plane?
I'm playing around with my younger brother's Cedar.
Here's my phone taken with the Cedar.
I'm surprised with the camera in this pic:
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Posted by Kevin08
Hi. I just bought a new Elm yesterday but the problem is when I'm taking pictures, It's not clear unlike the pictures on the previous pages.
I tried playing with the settings of the phone but it's still the same.
Posted by alenn
@Kevin08 did you hold the phone still?because of light conditions,some images get blurry.make sure that you are holding phone still on the wall,etc...
I'm a photographer and even with my slr images get blurry if i don't use a tripod.
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Posted by Kevin08
@alenn I think that's one of my problem, holding the phone still. I will try to use a tripod to check if there are any differences. I'll post some pictures soon.
Posted by alenn
gr8!
Posted by pavithra_uk
On 2010-12-13 11:42:36, Kevin08 wrote:
Hi. I just bought a new Elm yesterday but the problem is when I'm taking pictures, It's not clear unlike the pictures on the previous pages.
I tried playing with the settings of the phone but it's still the same.
elm uses smaller lens. as I know, it need more exposure time. so you need to hold your phone steady until photo is capture. specially in low light.
Posted by jms2367
I agree. I get a couple of blurry pictures with the Elm if I don't hold my hands steady while taking the pictures or if I move my hands while the pictures are being saved.
A photo I took yesterday when on a trip. I thought I was lost on my way to Cebu City. I'm at the airport now waiting for my delayed flight back home.
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Posted by xclbr
nice jms.. you like to travel a lot.. I envy you hehe
Posted by jms2367
On 2010-12-18 06:16:45, xclbr wrote:
nice jms.. you like to travel a lot.. I envy you hehe
Thanks xclbr, these are mostly work related travels though. I usually do not get the opportunity to see the tourist destinations in the places I go to.
Posted by aldrinus
great looking shot from the queen city of the south, jojo!
what a great way to also promote the country! (clap clap clap)
Posted by jms2367
On 2010-12-19 13:33:33, aldrinus wrote:
great looking shot from the queen city of the south, jojo!
what a great way to also promote the country! (clap clap clap)
Thanks aldrinus. We are going off topic already. It's my dream to bring my family to all the tourist destinations in our country.
Posted by Kevin08
Sample shots from our backyard using a Tripod. The only problem that I can see here is when when I'm going to check the picture on the cellphone its blurry but when I already uploaded the pictures they are very sharp.
Posted by reeflotz
On 2010-12-20 07:05:50, Kevin08 wrote:
Sample shots from our backyard using a Tripod. The only problem that I can see here is when when I'm going to check the picture on the cellphone its blurry but when I already uploaded the pictures they are very sharp.
Another member here asked the same question a few pages back. After taking the picture when you view it on the phone it is scaled to fit the phone's screen which is why it looks blurry, but if you zoom the photo on the phone or copy them to the computer you'll find that they are sharp.
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Posted by i_luv_se
Hi everyone i got my hazel recently and i am very impressed with it. Especially the camera and wi-fi. But the size of the images produced is very low. it would be better if it has more size and also a little bit less sharp.Can anyone tell me the difference btw 5mm and 4mm..
[ This Message was edited by: i_luv_se on 2010-12-21 14:27 ]
Posted by alenn
nice pics i_luv_se.oh and in 5th photo you can really see these lines.
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Posted by aldrinus
@i_luv_se: allen is right, you can clearly see those lines on the last two photos... hmmmmm... is this something unique only to the Hazel/Elm? there are related discussions that point to software issues while there are some who says its more on hardware.
lines or no lines, photos still look sharp and clear as
can get!
Posted by i_luv_se
yes there are lines in the night pics.But with a cellphone which has a single led....we shouldnt expect much for low light pics. One thing i found is the sensor which is isx006...if hazel/elm has the ISX006 sensor then they are capable of recording FULL HD (1080p at 30fps). is it possible??? and what abt shutter lag it takes much time than my k850 and nokia n8. i need to keep my hand study for more time than for my other two phones.
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Posted by FreshKaT
Awesome Pics!
I'm waiting for my
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Posted by aldrinus
i like this shot! great captured humor, mate!
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Posted by groovepeppy
i'm thinking about using Hazel ?
i'm drooling about the bigscreen
yes i knoe the pixel was bigger but i like it
Posted by insiderako
Great Photos...Got my elm last december after an intensive research haha..it would be my upgrade from k810i..I'll be posting my pics soon..
Posted by FreshKaT
On 2011-01-08 06:27:57, insiderako wrote:
Great Photos...Got my elm last december after an intensive research haha..it would be my upgrade from k810i..I'll be posting my pics soon..
Just as I did
BTW, I 'found' a fix for the red color being shown as orange - just change the scene to twilight landscape or portrait and get back to auto or whatever scene you want to use
Posted by Bonovox
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Posted by FreshKaT
Metering Mode - Spot with the sun in the middle of the image?
Is this some edited camdriver?
And what's that red spot?
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Posted by Bonovox
No it was on auto mode with no modding at all. The red spot is just a little lens or sun flare
Posted by urednik
Can someone help me what is wrong with my phone (link to my report with a color balance comparisson), or photo skills with my ELM? I do not seem to get the right setting for any light condition at all - see photos
with flash:
It was not a grey day - actually the sun was shining:
without flash - notice how much more disturbing are my lines
As I can see there is something seriously wrong with my ELM - what do you think?
P. S. my lens is clean + settings are normally on automatic, anyway also other settings do not give a good result.
[ This Message was edited by: urednik on 2011-01-09 23:19 ]
Posted by mriley
There is nothing wrong with your Elm... this is a problem with every Elm, it takes very poor photos in low light/indoors with those horrible lines everywhere.
Posted by urednik
That is not true - see the color balance in the link, see the outdoor photo. It is not only low light. Though as you can see no one posted any photos with such disturbing lines yet!!!
Please take a good look before you post.
Posted by mriley
I did read it, its a problem that's been mentioned many times before and if you had read early pages of this thead you would have realised that. I have an elm myself, people knew about this problem since this thread started a long time ago, its a bad feature of the Elms camera that you can't change. The pictures shown are conditions where those lines are likely to be seen.
Posted by insiderako
Here are some of my photos taken by SE Elm..
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Posted by urednik
On 2011-01-10 01:24:32, mriley wrote:
I did read it, its a problem that's been mentioned many times before and if you had read early pages of this thead you would have realised that. The pictures shown are conditions where those lines are likely to be seen.
1. I have of course studied the thread and if you take a good look you can hardly see those lines in most of the photos, but on mine you can hardly SEE THE PHOTO BEHIND THE LINES.
2. You still did not comment my outdoor sunny day photo that looks grey. Comparing to all the photos posted here there is clearly a big problem with my color balance (see also this link for comparing the color balance between ELM and my similar SE phone: Link).
If you still say this is normal than either it is me that I am blind or something else ...
Let us say I want to make at least one photo that looks like one of @insiderako's. How the hell can I do that with my color balance problem??? The photo fix feature makes it even worse (be it daylight or bulp light).
And FYI - I am a SLR photographer, knowing of some advanced photo techniques :S
Thanks for your closer look again!
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Posted by zAlbee
The indoor lighting photos are as expected for the Elm... I think your indoor lighting is much lower than you expected, causing a high exposure time. I can see motion blur (the kid) as well as the light bleeding from the TV. You can't expect this cell phone camera to be as good as your SLR
. It's also possible your lens is dirty/dusty from the first blurry photo.
Your only daylight photo is too small to see...
Finally, notice that most of the really good photos in this thread are from very up-close, macro shots or of sharp objects. Anytime you see a long distance shot with grass or leaves in it, it looks bad because of the over-sharpening. Still, insiderako's landscape is quite impressive! I haven't been able to do that with my Hazel yet.
Posted by urednik
@zAlbee
I am reffering to the colour balance problem with the outdoor photo (again it is a photo of a sunny landscape which looks like a rainy, dark photo). And it is as big as it gets with a 3.2MP setting.
You made a good observation that in macro mode photos are much better - this is also a case with me. However if you compare my photo with the photo of my older w890i you can see a serious mistake there with colour balance which is not present in photos other ELM users post here (my opinion if I am not blind)
Posted by Bonovox
I have said this before to get rid of the lines in low light reduce the exposure by about 2. This makes the lines vanish and the overall night shot not really much darker. They are noise or colour lines for some reason Sony Ericsson has not dealt with this in an update. Maybe they cannot I do not know. I have not noticed these lines in Hazel.
Posted by reeflotz
I agree with bono, and it seems on the lowlight indoor shots you did, you increased the ev, this makes the lines appear very visible and irritating. But other than that, the color balance on your indoor shots looks ok.
About the daylight pic the pic is very small and a panorama, can you please post a regular all auto shot on a sunny day? From what I can see on that daylight panorama shot the color balance is indeed off and it seems that ev has also been increased (looks like brightness has been increased causing the color to get a bit dull and it lacks contrast). If most of your daylight pics are like that then there is something definitely wrong with your Elm.
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Posted by urednik
EV was all the time on zero. Thanks for advice to lower it but anyway photos get to dark then. It was a quite strong bulp light so I get better results with my other phone.
Colour balance is indeed off - also indoor. Red colour becomes light brown etc.
I will give the phone on service once again. I am posting two more indoor comparable photos below (outdoor I can make again when we get some sun here again
ELM:
890i
Posted by FreshKaT
This phone seriously needs a modded camdriver
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Posted by rikken
Nice, sharp and saturated pics Bono
How is the w995 performing compared to the Hazel ?
Posted by Bonovox
W995 is crap photos compared
But I use w995 as my phone but Hazel for pics
Posted by hihihans
@ Bono. You've got to put the bull by Hazel here.
Posted by cutte
Nice sharing...........
Posted by Bonovox
Oh you mean that every camera phone I have had I have taken a photo of The Bronze Bull at The Bull Ring shopping centre?? Well maybe not every phone but near enough.
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Posted by Bonovox
That photo is the entrance to Birmingham University about a mile from my house. Lots of gorgeous sexy students girls in there
Posted by rikken
On 2011-01-12 10:42:00, Bonovox wrote:
Lots of gorgeous sexy students girls in there
What are U waiting for ? Pics please
Keep èm comming 
Posted by Bonovox
I wish