[REQ] Camera Mod ? - Xperia Z Themes and Apps

Hi, i've got the Xperia Z and i'm disappointed about the camera quality.. Pictures seems to be compressed and light size... Is there any issue ? Thanks?

slipknot512 said:
Hi, i've got the Xperia Z and i'm disappointed about the camera quality.. Pictures seems to be compressed and light size... Is there any issue ? Thanks?
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Honestly pictures are quite nice in my opinion, anyway Krabappel has made a little mod in his ROM and the quality is higher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175903
Maybe he could post a file or something to apply this settings in other ROMs, but it's up to him...

hope someone would make this mod too, usually in some phones the mod is just a modded camera.apk in others was a modded xml... i hope someone could make a rom-independent mod, cause i'm fine with rooted stock rom

I take it that you don't like soft images? Anyway, we know the potential of Sony rs sensor, we just need Sony to tweak the camera to match the sensor potential.
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vainqueur said:
I take it that you don't like soft images? Anyway, we know the potential of Sony rs sensor, we just need Sony to tweak the camera to match the sensor potential.
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Sony never released updates for their Smartphone cameras, sorry to destroy your hopes but it's less likely that they will do it this time.

Higgins12 said:
Sony never released updates for their Smartphone cameras, sorry to destroy your hopes but it's less likely that they will do it this time.
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OMG!:crying:

Improve Quality of the images
GSeeker said:
OMG!:crying:
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Hello Boys and girls.
Yesterday i found a method to improve the quality.
I hope it works.
I feel it just a little bit improvment.
What do you need:
Xperia Phone (I think it works also for other models)
root access
a file manager with root function
How to do:
MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ROM WITH RECOVERY
looking for the file "media_profiles.xml" in the folder "/system/etc"
make a backup of it
open with a text editor
looking for the code
Code:
<ImageEncoding quality="90"/>
<ImageEncoding quality="80"/>
<ImageEncoding quality="60"/>
<imageDecoding memCap="20000000"/>
change all three values of "ImageEncoding qulity" to "100"
and change the value of "imageDecoding memCap" to "80000000"
Please be carefuly
I'am not responsible for any bricks
Hope you will fell the difference
Sorry for bad english

Nope sorry but it doesn't change anything.
ImageEncoding set to 100
ImageEncoding set to 10

Higgins12 said:
Sony never released updates for their Smartphone cameras, sorry to destroy your hopes but it's less likely that they will do it this time.
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:crying::crying::crying:

Higgins12 said:
Nope sorry but it doesn't change anything.
ImageEncoding set to 100
ImageEncoding set to 10
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To me it changes: the 100 pic is a bit darker with richer colours, same effect that was found in the Rom i pointed out before...

Shooting pics in burst mode noticeable improves picture quality. Give it a shot
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AW: [REQ] Camera Mod ?
Yes i also think that the pictures got better colors
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sufeng said:
Hello Boys and girls.
Yesterday i found a method to improve the quality.
I hope it works.
I feel it just a little bit improvment.
What do you need:
Xperia Phone (I think it works also for other models)
root access
a file manager with root function
How to do:
looking for the file "media_profiles.xml" in the folder "/system/etc"
make a backup of it
open with a text editor
looking for the code
Code:
<ImageEncoding quality="90"/>
<ImageEncoding quality="80"/>
<ImageEncoding quality="60"/>
<imageDecoding memCap="20000000"/>
change all three values of "ImageEncoding qulity" to "100"
and change the value of "imageDecoding memCap" to "80000000"
Hope you will fell the difference
Sorry for bad english
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Thanks but i've seen no différence after thé changes.. And i can't capture vidéos until i restore the original file..strange !

slipknot512 said:
Thanks but i've seen no différence after thé changes.. And i can't capture vidéos until i restore the original file..strange !
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Strange but I can capture videos without any problems.

This completely crashed my phone I tried to record a video and a warning message came up saying it was overheating so shutting down. Then when i powered it up it crashed as soon as it got to the home screen. Tried to get it back to CWM and crashed on that screen and powered itself down then wouldn't boot again! Charged it all last night, tried pressing Power and Vol+ etc Nothing... completely dead, only a charging LED light. Luckily took it back to Carphone Warehouse and they swapped it with another Great service! So yeah... not sure why mine was different/what went wrong etc. It was a locked bootloader but rooted with CWM.

I still working for Xperia Z Camera Mod, later i will post if already tested
maybe someone know me All Xperia 2011/2012 have my Camera Mod Cyber-shot
Just wait guys

Smells exciting thank's for trying Master

Rizal Lovins said:
I still working for Xperia Z Camera Mod, later i will post if already tested
maybe someone know me All Xperia 2011/2012 have my Camera Mod Cyber-shot
Just wait guys
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Now that IS exciting news!

Rizal Lovins said:
I still working for Xperia Z Camera Mod, later i will post if already tested
maybe someone know me All Xperia 2011/2012 have my Camera Mod Cyber-shot
Just wait guys
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Are you planning to bring burst mode to 2012/2011 Xperias?
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Yes!!! Cybershot mod!! Finally you have returned. Make my xperia z fly the same way you did to my ion!!

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Post Pictures Taken By Your Sony Xperia T / TX

Many Phones have this Thread so why not for our Xperia T ?
Let us show Pictures taken by your Sony Xperia T / TX
Im First with some Makro shots .
Could you please make some outdoor and indoor/lowlight pictures (with and without flashlight)? Thanks in advance
Excellent idea dubist
Can you post images in native resolution?
dubist said:
Many Phones have this Thread so why not for our Xperia T ?
Let us show Pictures taken by your Sony Xperia T / TX
Im First with some Makro shots .
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What Ware The Settings Of The Camera When You Took Th 2nd Images! Can You Please Remember?
MrMarques01 said:
Could you please make some outdoor and indoor/lowlight pictures (with and without flashlight)? Thanks in advance
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i will shoot something today ;D
miki_69 said:
Excellent idea dubist
Can you post images in native resolution?
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download the pictures and open with windows picture viewer than you have native resolution!
Anime13 said:
What Ware The Settings Of The Camera When You Took Th 2nd Images! Can You Please Remember?
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all on automatic and flashlight on automatic too
:good::good::good::good::laugh::laugh::laugh::good::good::good::good: U Have A Nice Camera (Unlike Noisy Xperia S)
here are some new photos in a RAR File
http://www.file-upload.net/download.php?valid=835.11776226574&id=6644891&name=Pictures-LT30.rar
click on the little download label with the arrow at middle-right
dubist said:
download the pictures and open with windows picture viewer than you have native resolution!
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What I meant was, images were not taken in full res 13MP (4:3 format) or 10MP (16:9). Image size attached is 2,242px × 1,261px
dubist said:
here are some new photos in a RAR File
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"Download-Ticket abgelaufen" - Expired??
Can you tell us about camera button, how does it feel? Is it easy to focus/depress? Is it comfortable to use?
Cheers,
Miki
He posted the wrong URL (with a token in it).
Here's the correct one: http://www.file-upload.net/download.php?id=6644891&name=Pictures-LT30.rar
thank you.
sorry for the wrong URL
Nice images, can you post some more?
EDIT
Some images I found
EDIT2
Two more
Wow I'm really impressed by the camera's low light performance.
TX (same camera module and SW as T):
TX vs N8 (note that images were NOT taken at the same time):
Cheers,
Miki
My first outing with my Xperia T.
I tried to upset the camera and find the limits of its performance. Closest I got was this:
http://db.tt/WNicIJLW
There was some lens flare (check middle of the pic near the bottom) but my DSLR wouldn't have done any better!
Tried a shot with fine detail:
http://db.tt/09vMO3Tg
And another using my HDR+ app to see how that performed:
http://db.tt/2DO3zucS
^amazing camera , i dont why reviewers say its underpowerd
Few more low light images:
Cheers,
Miki
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Can someone maybe upload some video's? I'm interested in this phone and the Xperia V I'm a developer like some of you know.
I'd like to have them:
- recorded in 1080p of course
- 1 in sunlight, 1 in rainy/cloudy weather, 1 in the evening/lower light and 1 shot in the dark/night.
- Please don't upload them on YouTube because there will be quality loss, just upload to mediafire
If someone can give me some video's it would be nice
Thx in advance,
Krabappel2548
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you may want to check this link:
http://gsmonline.pl/portal/news/new...iPhone,5,,Samsung,Galaxy,S,III,,Sony,Xperia,T
Cheers,
Miki
TX
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IS the i9100 Galaxy S2 camera better than the Xperia ZR?

ZR is my dream phone well the Z is but due to so many hardware issuses and bad design I want to go with the ZR
But can the camera match my previous i9100 S2?
My S2 was incredible at taking photos especially at night. No noise at all.
The Samsung used SONY camera module till S3 Galaxy. The ZR takes incredible pictures once you do the settings right and for critical pictures use HDR Cam+ or other utilities like I do.
ZR gets better photo than GNexus. The camera sound effects can't mute by sound settings, I can't take photo of my sleeping kid with this. It's good camera among phones.
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I keep reading on review websites that the Z and ZR camera is horrible its really really bad
But some people are saying thats cause those guys are morons and don't enable HDR
can anyone confirm how the Z and ZR camera matches other phone cameras?
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5421&idPhone2=5204&idPhone3=3621
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http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idPhone1=5421&idPhone2=5204&idPhone3=3621
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wow thanks holy crap
the S2 i9100 is significantly better sharper and less noise than the Z and ZR
the Z does look better than the ZR
how the heck a old phone like the i9100 S2 can have such a better camera? how is that even possible?
it's sony's post-processing and crap compression that screws up a great camera... it's the software :/
so can this be fixed using HDR?
what about rooting and flashing custom rom etc?
john5220 said:
so can this be fixed using HDR?
what about rooting and flashing custom rom etc?
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i believe it'll be fixed by next software updates.. as most of the reviews about the Xperia ZR camera was made on the 4.1 ROM ,and we have some positive feedbacks about camera quality and focus-speed enhancement in the new 4.2.2 update
so we need someone who is using the 4.2.2 ROM to confirm it..
DoO37 said:
i believe it'll be fixed by next software updates.. as most of the reviews about the Xperia ZR camera was made on the 4.1 ROM ,and we have some positive feedbacks about camera quality and focus-speed enhancement in the new 4.2.2 update
so we need someone who is using the 4.2.2 ROM to confirm it..
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4.2.2 user here.I can tell that the camera is way better,and for the lowlight shoting please turn off the SAM - superior auto mod. and try playing with the settings abit like stopping HDR / chosing Fill flash / focus - multi auto focus.It really gives a very good low light pictures.So basicly the camera is great for me here
effective said:
4.2.2 user here.I can tell that the camera is way better,and for the lowlight shoting please turn off the SAM - superior auto mod. and try playing with the settings abit like stopping HDR / chosing Fill flash / focus - multi auto focus.It really gives a very good low light pictures.So basicly the camera is great for me here
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Thanks @effective for confirming :good:
and guys don't listen to just one review specially the one from Phonearena.. it's the worst review ever for the ZR and you may see the positive comments there for the users..
you can just only check the photos quality from Here ,but don't read the the whole page you'll hate the phone
the photo's aren't that perfect.. but they're still great for me (note that these photos were taken on the 4.1.2 FW)
DoO37 said:
Thanks @effective for confirming :good:
and guys don't listen to just one review specially the one from Phonearena.. it's the worst review ever for the ZR and you may see the positive comments there for the users..
you can just only check the photos quality from Here ,but don't read the the whole page you'll hate the phone
the photo's aren't that perfect.. but they're still great for me (note that these photos were taken on the 4.1.2 FW)
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No probs man here u go a link from here that some ppl incl me made some pics with the phonie - 4.1.2 firmware tho.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389624

Camera Bug

I think there is a camera bug that makes people in photos taken with flash seem yellowish in auto mode.
Is there a solution ?
Also what can i do for the sucky quality i mean come on its 8 mp camera that takes ****y photos!
jackaros said:
I think there is a camera bug that makes people in photos taken with flash seem yellowish in auto mode.
Is there a solution ?
Also what can i do for the sucky quality i mean come on its 8 mp camera that takes ****y photos!
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I also noticed that. When I take pics with flash on, the pics are all "yellowish", like u said.
Deathless93 said:
I also noticed that. When I take pics with flash on, the pics are all "yellowish", like u said.
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Yeah i dont think thats a camera thing ... i believe its a firmware bug
Change the white balance setting
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ZakooZ said:
Change the white balance setting
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Tried it and got nicely colored but kinda blurry pictures.
it is not a Camera bug. if you bother to check the picture quality taken with other Xperia phones you will notice the same thing too. In fact, this extra yellow tinge goes all the way back to Sony Ericsson Cybershot K800, which was the first Cybershot phone I owned. I have no idea whether it is just a coincidence or whether it is inherent in Sony digital camera processing system.
watchman.see said:
it is not a Camera bug. if you bother to check the picture quality taken with other Xperia phones you will notice the same thing too. In fact, this extra yellow tinge goes all the way back to Sony Ericsson Cybershot K800, which was the first Cybershot phone I owned. I have no idea whether it is just a coincidence or whether it is inherent in Sony digital camera processing system.
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i had K800i and i did not notice anything yellowish in the pictures..... but i think you are pretty much right,

[Q] can someone help me stop heavy post processing?

I have a sony xperia Z C6603 and I absolutely hate something about the phone. Before i take pictures it looks great (amazing even) as i take the photo the picture is perfect, then after a second it processes it so much i look more like an alien from outer space than a human being. Not only this but the files are also ridiculously small compare to all other phones. I've downloaded the FV-5 app and it's great, but my photos from my front camera stll lokks like horse s***. i do not want other setting configurations, because nothing fixes it... Has anybody made a fix for this via rooting or whatever? i've searched all over the internet after a solution , but can't seem to find one. One of you geniuses must have a solution, right? (have the 4.3 android version and 10.4.B.0.569 build number).
Not yet. People have tried.many things but.no luck so far. At least Sony finally updated the camera app which was the same since x1 was released
[email protected] Z
indycar said:
Not yet. People have tried.many things but.no luck so far. At least Sony finally updated the camera app which was the same since x1 was released
[email protected] Z
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geez.... Yah... my photos did not get better at all, haha. If they could just change the format to JPG or whatever (know that is big files) that would be fantastic, but nooo.... (now referring to sony and not XDA-developers) Great phone, TERRIBLE photo software.
mrdalesen said:
I have a sony xperia Z C6603 and I absolutely hate something about the phone. Before i take pictures it looks great (amazing even) as i take the photo the picture is perfect, then after a second it processes it so much i look more like an alien from outer space than a human being. Not only this but the files are also ridiculously small compare to all other phones. I've downloaded the FV-5 app and it's great, but my photos from my front camera stll lokks like horse s***. i do not want other setting configurations, because nothing fixes it... Has anybody made a fix for this via rooting or whatever? i've searched all over the internet after a solution , but can't seem to find one. One of you geniuses must have a solution, right? (have the 4.3 android version and 10.4.B.0.569 build number).
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Yes, Sony's post processing is ****.
Unfortunately, there is no solution as of yet.
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if you have extensive knowledge with camera settings you could try using manual mode and set everything yourself.
spazzy1912 said:
if you have extensive knowledge with camera settings you could try using manual mode and set everything yourself.
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That does not help with the secondary camera, it's bad quality no matter what I do.
My girlfriend has a Iphone 5 which deinitely takes better pictures than mine, I think you all agree that this is unacceptable, we must stand together and crush the underpowered Iphone with the wrath of our mighty hardware and fixed software!
mrdalesen said:
That does not help with the secondary camera, it's bad quality no matter what I do.
My girlfriend has a Iphone 5 which deinitely takes better pictures than mine, I think you all agree that this is unacceptable, we must stand together and crush the underpowered Iphone with the wrath of our mighty hardware and fixed software!
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we can see it two ways
the camera hardware sucks and we can't do anything about it
or the camera software sucks and we have to wait for sony to update their binaries and libraries and other stuff. which we also cannot do anything about.
I agree...when I first looked at myself trough the front camera I thought if I brought a renovated phone with a broken camera...
Mijiwo said:
I agree...when I first looked at myself trough the front camera I thought if I brought a renovated phone with a broken camera...
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Yup, such a waste, it's such a great phone
Hello!
I have installed AOKP 4.3 ROM on my Xperia Z. When I need to take a fast picture, I just use auto ISO/Exposure...
When I wanna get better picture in low light, I just use a little bit tweaking In low light, when I'm taking picture of some close object, I just put ISO on 100/200 (max), use flash and that's it! When I'm taking picture a little bit further (3/4 meters), I use 200/400 ISO, and use flash if I can (very big con of our device is bad flash). When I'm doing night portrait, just put ISO on 400 and turn on HDR, photos will look awsome believe me
Tonight I could upload some pictures from my Z, just to give you some clue.
P.S. When you're using front camera, turn on HDR you will get a much better photo quality
MARKOZD15 said:
Hello!
I have installed AOKP 4.3 ROM on my Xperia Z. When I need to take a fast picture, I just use auto ISO/Exposure...
When I wanna get better picture in low light, I just use a little bit tweaking In low light, when I'm taking picture of some close object, I just put ISO on 100/200 (max), use flash and that's it! When I'm taking picture a little bit further (3/4 meters), I use 200/400 ISO, and use flash if I can (very big con of our device is bad flash). When I'm doing night portrait, just put ISO on 400 and turn on HDR, photos will look awsome believe me
Tonight I could upload some pictures from my Z, just to give you some clue.
P.S. When you're using front camera, turn on HDR you will get a much better photo quality
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Thank you so much, I will definitely try!
I found oyt that the HDR was turned on, the picture quality is still terrible....
mrdalesen said:
Thank you so much, I will definitely try!
I found oyt that the HDR was turned on, the picture quality is still terrible....
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Did you turned off 'soft tan effect'' or something like this? It helps a bit on stock ROM (Honami camera app)
I'm using AOKP ROM and I have better front camera picture quality than my friend (Galaxy S4), I just turned on HDR
MARKOZD15 said:
Did you turned off 'soft tan effect'' or something like this? It helps a bit on stock ROM (Honami camera app)
I'm using AOKP ROM and I have better front camera picture quality than my friend (Galaxy S4), I just turned on HDR
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I just flashed the ROM after aloooooooot of work and I currently have the PAC-MAN ROM and the picture quality is amazing. It takes pictures in JPEG automaticallly and the files aren't that big! If anyone wants to do this I can deliver some links which actually unlocks bootloader, roots and flashes ROM, looked for the right downloads for ages.

Reclaim of the camera

Hello dear xda users,
as we know, our xperia Z doesn´t have the best camera. I have it for several months. In my case, it makes worse pictures then mid-range devices I used before it, especially in the indoor daylight conditions. I noticed there are some tips to make it better in manual mode, but still it isn´t a win.
So what do you think, could it be reclaimable? Do you have some experience with it?
Thanks for your opinions.
marek.ns said:
Hello dear xda users,
as we know, our xperia Z doesn´t have the best camera. I have it for several months. In my case, it makes worse pictures then mid-range devices I used before it, especially in the indoor daylight conditions. I noticed there are some tips to make it better in manual mode, but still it isn´t a win.
So what do you think, could it be reclaimable? Do you have some experience with it?
Thanks for your opinions.
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Some softwares can help you produce better results.However they would not by nay means increase your camera pixels or anything but only help you focus better with better exposure and produce better colours
Like for example if you snap documents from your phone camera, camscanner can do wonders.
There are other applications for taking pictures as well on playstore.
Quote me if you have any other question
Hnk1 said:
Some softwares can help you produce better results.However they would not by nay means increase your camera pixels or anything but only help you focus better with better exposure and produce better colours
Like for example if you snap documents from your phone camera, camscanner can do wonders.
There are other applications for taking pictures as well on playstore.
Quote me if you have any other question
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Thanks for your answer!
I tried some other camera apps but photos still have ISO set too high what makes big noise at them.
I found some cyber-shot app/xposed module. Does it worth for try, could it make better photos?
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marek.ns said:
Thanks for your answer!
I tried some other camera apps but photos still have ISO set too high what makes big noise at them.
I found some cyber-shot app/xposed module. Does it worth for try, could it make better photos?
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Personally I haven't used it but it's worth a try. You never know if you never try!
Hnk1 said:
Personally I haven't used it but it's worth a try. You never know if you never try!
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If any software dont improve my photos, could i use my Warranty?
I know it is not about opinion, thats why ask about some experience.
marek.ns said:
If any software dont improve my photos, could i use my Warranty?
I know it is not about opinion, thats why ask about some experience.
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If you think your camera is faulty, only then Sony can help you with your warranty. However you can visit a Sony care and discuss your problem with them. They might be able to help.

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