Hey there, I have been using the Phone (2) for about a week now and coming from the Pixel 6a I have updated my phone to the latest firmware and I knew the camera wasn’t as good but that’s wasn’t the issue really. When I do take a good photo it really is good and sometimes better than the Pixel but there are many issues regarding using the camera reliably.
1- First thing I noticed is that many shots I take gets to be blurry from the slightest movement of my hand so it’s really annoying to find out my picture was blurry even though I couldn’t notice that on the viewport.
2- Whenever I open the camera to take a quick shot I get delayed by the so slow and sometimes unresponsive focusing which really takes time and I feel we also lack a tracking system but I think the slow focusing should be fixed first in order to have that.
3- The “Macro mode” shouldn’t be in it’s own option as there’re no standalone macro camera for that and even if there was, the camera app should be able to detect when an object is close enough to enable macro mode by itself. It’s tiresome to go to that option everytime.
4- The processing speed is surprisingly slow for the 8+ chip. I was expecting it to be much faster than the pixel 6a’s tensor chip but nope, it wasn’t at all. I mean when after I take a picture I need to wait about 5 second for my picture to be processed and also the slow focusing issue.
Sorry if those issues were reported before I made sure to check a couple threads about photography but couldn’t find these issues. I think there’re essential as the most important thing about a phone camera is it’s reliability to be quick and responsive. I have been throughly enjoying the Nothing Phone (2) but the Camera is my main issue so far. Thanks.
