Phone (3a) - Camera feedback

KaushikChaliha · 2025-03-16T17:32:13+00:00

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Chirag

Lout_Of_Order

Seems a strange software choice to only have flash options of ON, OFF, FLASH TORCH and GLYPH FILL. What do you think guys, an oversight or intentional?

AyushAvhale

I have nothing Phone 3a and I have reported some bugs when I am clicking the image the image looks nice but after image processing it gets dull ,this happens when I click the photo of human

It changes skin ton some times

It does not manage light on the face

It makes the person face blackish some times but I think it should make the face white or the original

Overall I will say that Its after image processing needs improvement 😔

Ronn

I was casually riding the bus home, and luckily I called shotgun and had the best seats in the bus, which is up front since the view is really great. I decided to whip out my 3a, put it on video, and started recording. To my surprise, the camera started freezing and lagging. It even crashed twice. I understand the bus is moving fast when I recorded it, but isn’t that why the OIS is there for? Is this a normal issue or just mine? I just really wanted to keep recording videos on vehicles.

VenomGaming_aF9xytL2Mk

Anonymous1078

If you’ve ever taken a photo of a person you’ll be familiar with the horrible shutter lag the stock camera has - after processing the facial expression will likely shift unless they are perfectly still.

I did an unscientific test on Reddit before to demonstrate this:

Stock camera - around 0.2 to 0.3 seconds shutter lag

GCam - 0 shutter lag (due to Google’s ZSL algorithm)

I am using SGCAM_8.4.400.42.XXX_STABLE_V43

I always expected they’d fix this, but that was never the case… the cameras on the 3a are clearly capable though.

Does this really not bother anybody else or just me?

@Derren really disrespectful to just merge this into a random thread when it’s an issue for every Nothing phone. I remember why I hate this forum now lol

rushikeshwaghmare312

Recently after updating to Android 16 I feel phone 3a camera processing is to late that is not except from nothing please fix the issue as soon as possible

IBRAHIMALHASAN_

Hello everyone, I am a new Nothing user. I want to know how can I use B/W effect on my selfie camera?

NivedhGopi

Hey guys! I’m Nivedh and I’m a smartphone photographer by passion. I’ve been using the nothing phone 3a for the last three quarters of 2025 and here are my observations and suggestions:

Positives:

Good responsiveness and stability when compared to competitors.
Great post-processing capabilities (especially HDR)
Good variety of usable focal lengths are available

Negatives:

Automatically turns on Auto HDR while reopening which is not suitable for every scenario.
Horizontal Panorama in Landscape orientation is not present
Should improve the focus and exposure lock in auto mode sometimes it lags
Improvement needed in the edge detection in portrait mode
Switching between front and rear camera during video recording is not present and is necessary
While switching between 1X and 2X while recording in 4K, it just crops in on the main sensor instead of using the dedicated 2X sensor which is actually capable of 4K recording. This results in poor video quality while switching.

Suggestions (From a professional perspective):

Adding Focus peaking, Histogram, Metering modes in Expert mode
Adding different composition grids in pro mode (a unique feature which no other smartphone brand offers)
12MP and 50MP mode in expert mode is missing and should be added
Outputs from the auto mode is too small in size for editing. Please include a feature where you can control the size of the outputs in auto mode.
Different aspect ratios in videos is not present however I suppose that adding new ratios can be delayed as 9:16 is okay for 90% use cases in my perspective.
Lens easily gets dirty as it is a raised camera island. Please try a flat or any type of camera island which does not get dirty as often as this design

I understand Nothing’s motto of “Not overcomplicating stuff” for the users. But I highly request the Nothing team to look into the above-mentioned suggestions and add it in a separate Expert Cam Application or just add an extension to the existing camera app that can be downloaded from the play store just like we did it for the icon pack.

What do you think guys??

Please let me know your thoughts on this and share your opinions and suggestions so that the team can work for a better camera application that no one has ever seen or thought of.

Do check out some of the pictures that I have captured with the Nothing phone 3a on my Instagram page by clicking on: https://www.instagram.com/nidhu.clickz?igsh=NHBnOHg5OW9kZWQ4 or try searching for: @nidhu.clickz

AkashAkash_erqzBDn8AT

Hi Nothing Team,

Indoor and low-light video recording on my Nothing Phone 3a shows noticeable grain/noise

even at 1080p 30fps and 1x zoom.

This seems like a video processing / noise reduction optimization issue.

Please improve this in a future camera update.

Thank you.

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