Phone (3) - Camera Discussion/Feedback

deppo · 2025-07-12T19:50:25+00:00

"I'm finding the low-light camera performance to be a bit underwhelming. On paper, the hardware specs are very capable, similar to the Pixel 9 Pro, so it seems the bottleneck is the image processing. Is it realistic to expect that the developers will be able to improve this through future software updates?

imhasib

Anonymous931 of course I know about the Expert mode… This is a phone camera, which is used for instant photo clicks. When you want to take an instant photo, not everyone has that much time to go to expert mode and set the camera settings, and take the photo…!

CMF1_hacker

MadishettyKeerthana the moon pics are all AI-enhanced, it should be point and shoot, can you post to show the poor quality.

imhasib the closest you’ll get is the RAW setting in expert mode. You can make the camera app open in this setting. Also, the default settings have significantly improved NOS 4.0b compared to the later NOS 3.5 version, in terms of white balance/default EV in each lens and between lenses. It’s quite solid now.

imhasib

CMF1_hacker waiting for the OS 4.0. Using 3a it’s running on OS 3.2

CMF1_hacker

imhasib the 3a even back then was AI-moon-based photos. Post the shots so we can see them.

Grigius

Nothing absolutely needs to fix two things: Shutter lag in low light—it’s impossible to take a picture of a subject that’s even slightly moving.

Switching between the main camera and telephoto lens (and vice versa) when shooting 4K 60fps video. These are annoying things, and we shouldn’t be the ones to find workarounds.

The rest, in my opinion, is secondary.

CMF1_hacker

Grigius the low light issue is physics, one needs to have a longer exposure time (on the order of seconds sometimes). Expert mode can compensate by bumping up the ISO. You should be using the lens with the lowest f-number as that lens will allow the most light in.

Anonymous994 why not just made a new preset with your options and call it B&W 2 and just use that one?

Anonymous994

I only really have one wish, and it would be too let us edit the LUTs “preferences” and save them, or have our preferences persist.

I.e. I pick B&W, turn off the border, turn on grid and take some shots. Next time I open the camera and choose B&W I have to change the settings again, every damn time.

Grid and border preferences should “stick” across the modes imho. While it’s not a deal breaker, it’s something that annoys me every time.

Grigius

CMF1_hacker

Yes, in low light you need a longer exposure time, but I have to be honest.

I’ve always bought and used a lot of phones, all high-end. The Phone 3 is one of my favorites, but I have to face reality: the Phone 3 is the only one that, if you go to a concert (for example), will force you to throw away 99% of the photos because they come out blurry.

The problem is actually in the processing, because the preview of the photo taken is beautiful and correct, but that’s not the frame that stays saved in the gallery.

CMF1_hacker

Grigius that won’t be true in expert mode as you can control the Exposure Time.

As a point and shoot in standard photo mode in low-light environments, I feel that the auto options don’t bump the ISO enough and keep the shutter speed too slow, leading to blurring.

Honestly, expert mode is quite useful but you have to remember that the f-stop of the three lenses aren’t that good (not like a 1.2/1.4/1.8 prime) and you’ll need a lot of ISO to compensate. Having said most concert photos are “grainy” and the “noise reduction” on the NP3 is quite intense and will cancel most of that out at the expense of detail, which won’t matter in your environment.

I really need to teach my 4 and 6-year-old how to use my old dSLR equipment.

shivajyothi

shivajyothi How to add ai tools

How to add ai tools

Anonymous931

shivajyothi sudo apt-get install aitools

boopathirajan3

I switched from nothing phone 2 to Phone 3. The shutter speed is very low compared to phone 2. It takes 1 to 2 seconds to take photo. While taking photos outdoors there is no issue, but while taking photos indoors shutter speed is terrible.

I already done resetting the phone.

Does anyone facing this issue?

Or else have i received defective phone?

I have attached the screen recording of this issu

RaviKumar_jgAFEL3aXw

My phone 3 worst front camera fler image back fogy image macro ok pls solve update 50k waste

CMF1_hacker

RaviKumar_jgAFEL3aXw this will certainly help the developers understand this problem.

Ant-e-so-shial

RaviKumar_jgAFEL3aXw

RaviKumar_jgAFEL3aXw bro don’t dox yourself 🤦‍♂️

RaviKumar_jgAFEL3aXw

CMF1_hacker

Worst front camera

CMF1_hacker

RaviKumar_jgAFEL3aXw still, what do you want fixed.

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