thanks. mode or mood ?
i believe so... was trying out HDR mode that time
too many pics to remember the setting for each lol

all of them are in manual mode, most of those landscape shots i set metering to average, the others all usually at centre. you can get the detailed settings from my flickr

this is true. my hands are too shaky for snapping photo. guess superior auto is made for me. ahahaha 

here's my attempt at MANUAL

makan ice cream, angkat gambar.. hahahaha

Hi all, my first message here, I hope you can help me:

I'm a noob with Android and mobiles in general, but I bought and Xperia Z1 1 week ago, and I decided to update to 4.3 Android.

After that, the quality of the pictures has dropped drastically suddenly, a lot of noise in the pictures, not like in 4.2.2 Android. 

I will copy some data:

Android version: 4.3
14.2.A.0.290
C6903 (xperia version)

All updated as it seems, but only problems with my camera and the pictures, as I said, a lot of noise after the update.

I have tried Manual Mode, Automatic Mode, all... usually the noise appears in black zones, inside pictures, at night...

I don't know what to do, and I don't know how to downgrade to 4.2.2. 

PLEASE, HELP. 

hot till untouchable?!
u scaring me bro.... 

it was hot la. uncomfortable for my left fingers cuz it was hot. had to change the holding spot while playing.

it is that hot. thats why i raise a concern here.

i've used iphones, samsungs, htcs and now sony. sony is by far, the hottest. and i meant heat, not lookls 

Hi, 4 all of you who asked about pictures of my camera before & after Android 4.3.

Android 4.2.2:
1st sample - Android 4.2.2
2nd sample - Android 4.2.2

Android 4.3
1st sample - Android 4.3
2nd sample - Android 4.3

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Same settings: 20.7 MPX, Manual, similar lights, similar place.

With Android 4.2.2 there isn't noise in dark zones and even normal zones, with Android 4.3 completely noisy.

I have to add that I didn't update modifying nothing in the mobil phone, just updated with the SONY message in my mobile.

****About someone who said about my problem is the first one that he read, I have searched info on Internet and I have found at least 3-4 comments with the same problem, but only short comments in blogs or similar.

****Indeed, I already restart phone from factory settings and keep the same problem. My father-in-law who already have the same phone, did NOT update to Android 4.3 and the photos are perfect, doesn't matter if you make photos with daylight, at night, inside, outside... but with my updated phone... 

Bro the first shot. Where is it? =D

I don't suppose it's in Batu Arang? hehe. Looking to buy a house. The house in picture looked awfully similar to the one I'm closing in Shah Alam.

Man, as I told you, it doesnt matter how you put the ISO or the settings, all the pictures more noisy than before 

I'm not crying without reason, my girlfriend has studied photography and she teached me. We are making same pictures with the same mobile, one with 4.2.2 and another with 4.3, and the results are so different.

I will try to upload more examples tomorrow. 

what camera app you use? the contrast level seems cacat for 4.3

You check his EXIF, exposure bias is at 0.
The filename seems odd though.

Z1 finally comes to Digi...

http://www.lowyat.net/2014/01/digi-finally...es-from-rm1199/

(but the pic shown XZU...  )

they removed the banner temporary. 

Mind to share your camera setting?
I tried to took a few pics, but the result not so good as I expected....
I told my wife this camera superb before I buy it, lol
When zoom in, it looks ver blur 

What do you guys think? Unedited macro shots.

waiting for the refocus mode to be ported from Z1S

guys, the background defocus app for non-rooted z1

http://bbs.gfan.com/android-7156391-1-1.html

Xperia is always nice...   

I'm surprised they didn't change the power button that was last year..

wow this is cool stuff. i'm feeling like we are back to the K series again. but i hoping that they will have k+w in one phone though

yeah... i think sony will still stick to the omnibalance design this year. hopefully they'll change the design later this year or latest next year cos too many similar design is getting boring (like samsung's s3/s4 era...). 

but this year same design good also. at least lessen the temptations to upgrade my z1 this year 

Is this pic taken from Z1?