Clear white, no yellow hue (serial starts with)
(6x)BH900**** / BH90C****
(2x)BH901****
(6x) BH902****
(1x) BH906****
(1x) BH907****
(3x) BH908**** (although verified via reseller that colors and brightness was NOT the same, it was worse)
(5x) CB512****

Yellow hue, colors off and / or brightness lower (serial starts with)
(4x) BH903****
(4x) BH904****
(2x) BH905****
(1x) BH907****
(1x) BH909****
(1x) CB5****

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439328

Install root manager, Root Browser or any browser that will help you to see system files and folders.

Yellow tint fix

or

contributed by patienceGNR

Here's how to auto-start WHITE BALANCE on boot-up/reboot.

1) Download an explorer (like Root Explorer or some others, look one for yourself, usually requires root as it needs access to root-required partitions)

2) Navigate /system/etc/

3) Find "install-recovery.sh" or "init.d" ; depends whether you're on stock or custom.

4) Add line below the file you've opened (with editor) " display_color_calib " without the quotes.

Save, reboot (after you tweaked your WB settings), to confirm if the auto-startup is working, tweak your WB to funny funny settings like MAX RED + MAX BLUE. When it reboots, your phone should look the same biggrin.gif

Updated the root guide. Update is on STEP 6. Changelogs will be provided.

Mean time, for rooting on locked bootloader, I'll sacrifice my phone temporarily for you guys tongue.gif

Will clean format my phone for a locked BL and all. Stay tuned for the update on Locked BL !

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476498

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475549

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473255

[quote=hikashi,Dec 26 2013, 11:11 AM]
After playing with the Xperia Z1 camera for months, here what i can conclude for best settings in Manual mode.

Hand held camera
Focus mode: Touch focus

Broad daylight, i.e. Evening beaches
ISO 50

Bright indoor, i.e. Shopping mall
ISO 100

Decently lit indoor, i.e. Office
ISO 200

Night indoor, i.e. Restaurant
ISO 400

Very dark outdoor, i.e. Night time outdoor BBQ time
ISO 800

Tripod assisted
Manual mode Night Scene everything

sos = http://bbs.gfan.com/android-6782382-1-1.html. Thanks to chuanhong for the translation.

i understand the article.. yes.. mainly the article is sharing about the very basic photography knowledge. can get this from any photography class. Correct - not advance version, but even DSLR ppl also need to know this basic knowledge.

inside it's had explained a lot of features in camera phone and show the different between each feature like focus point, multi-focus, low ISO - high ISO, Metering (centered, average, spot), exposure level. He got explained touch a little bit of the relationship of triangle (ISO, shutter speed and aperture). <- User must know this as well.

**P/M: personally feel normal user must know to adjust ISO, metering in different situation. Exposure level as well.
Short personal tips:
Low ISO - less noice, low shutter speed, high ISO - more noise, faster shutter speed. ISO play quite important thing here. if dont know adjust, just put auto. Some situation u can put ISO 100 in dark environment, but increase exposure to 2. hmm.. need experience by yourself in future.

Metering - Choose vary from objects. If capture landscapre, choose average. If capture like food, 1 item as main object, choose centered metering. If capture night mode with some lighting surrounding, choose spot metering and spot the center point to lighting part, surrounding will become darker. half press to focus and get this metering, back to object and capture.


Important part is the lighting and capture structure. Better lighting, better quality. but need to know where the light enter into your camera. with different light enter angles, different feeling and result will came out. example here, dont try to think can get capture the face of people with backlight situation. this will darker ur object only.

structure here is depend on user art/photography sense. i think if without a best object background and simply capture, of course wont create the nice feeling/quality of photo.

Example: 1. Capture the macro photo (flower with a bee). You have a good object to focus, nice flower as background, result came out better feelings.
2. Take tissue box on your table, put there and capture. Even though u got a object to capture, but hardly to create a correct feeling to people. With indoor lighting, bad background, object (ok).

Must have a well planning and creative idea to get a good photo. Outdoor are always a good background and good lighting condition for us capture better quality and nice feeling to people. After these fulfill, then depend on user photography sense and skills ady.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/01/16/background-defocus-camera-app-available-to-download-on-xperia-z-devices/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter