Low light - Honor Play Real Life Review

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Honor Play's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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Mediocre low light performance
Low light camera quality is mediocre at best, bought one for my sibling and you see lots of artifacts, noise, and very little detail even with medium lighting.

Medicore-ish...and on the bad side....
If you want somewhat GOOD low light pictures, select NIGHT MODE-> set ISO to 800-> Set Shutter time to 1s. Works wonders and it produces 10times better image with much details and like really really low noise !

Zyfe3r0 said:
Medicore-ish...and on the bad side....
If you want somewhat GOOD low light pictures, select NIGHT MODE-> set ISO to 800-> Set Shutter time to 1s. Works wonders and it produces 10times better image with much details and like really really low noise !
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I will try but this but I'm hoping we get an update where you don't have to mess with settings to get pictures at an acceptable level

I dont like it in low light.

AIS is implemented for COR-L29 in 8.2.0.131(C432GT) update.
It wasn't mentioned anywhere but if you'll take some night mode shots now you 'll notice it right away.
It uses about 6 seconds exposure and shots are not blurry at all.
It improves low light performance quite a lot actually!!

How do you know? I'm on COR-L29 on 8.2.0.130(C185GT) but my night mode shots still are blurry

You are one update behind.
It's implemented on 8.2.0.131(C432GT)

Low light could definitely be better, but still far superior to other device in its price range.

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CAMERA: Low Light

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Note5's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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The Pro mod adds a lot to the scence, it easier to capture good photos in low light with Note 5, but it can't hold a candle to the mighty G4 camera at low light, i have many photos with G4 and some with note 5, G4 wins easy, but Note 5 still does a good job.
Derpling said:
The Pro mod adds a lot to the scence, it easier to capture good photos in low light with Note 5, but it can't hold a candle to the mighty G4 camera at low light, i have many photos with G4 and some with note 5, G4 wins easy, but Note 5 still does a good job.
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From what I have seen the G4 does better at close up things, maybe motion...I don't know about that. But in other cases with exposure and further away the Note seems to take the lead.
At dim room light it seems to be a big toss up....except again with close ups where the G4 seems to take a lead.
i agree my G4 does have better result in low light for preset option. not sure if in pro mode though.
So I've been KIND of missing my G4, which I still own, so this morning, with some lights on and some light off in the living room, I took the same shot with both phones, because I am sure that extra .1 aperature width really makes the difference....
But now I'm not so sure. These pics show clearly that the Note 5 gets all the points for color accuracy and at the least TIES with the G4 in terms of clarity and loss of details.
I think having the buttons on the back of the G4 lends itself to a more stable shot... I can press the volume button with my index finger while wrapping the rest of my hand around to stabilize. Whereas I either need to use the on screen shutter, or hold the phone and press down on the volume button which can make the phone shake or move.... does anyone else get what I'm saying?
Either way, this allayed my fear of missing out on the G4... which, while using it, was slower and buggier than the N5.
The Auto mode is very aggressive in noise reduction, which can make some photos really blurry, video is much worse, it's got even more blur.
I hope samsung will reduce it in Android 6, i hope we can create a group and let them know about this.
low light sucks compared to galaxy edge plus, i compared them hand in hand, with no lights turn on, only using a flash light to focus on a certain area
The only thing that bugs me is that in auto mode the iso is jacked all the way up and it manual mode when you go for a slower shutter you cant control exposure which usually over shoots. But sometimes the exposure is good.
Even with raw format you get some noise when using low ISO and slow shutter speed
The low light camera is decent. Much better than my note 3. I cant complaint to much, like the previous post, there will be some digital noise. I shut mostly in auto mode anyway, sometimes I'll mess with macro for foodie shots

Low light

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Moto G7 Power's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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GCam makes MAGIC at Low light
GCam is making miracle with the photo quality at Low Light.
More info here.
lubo777 said:
GCam is making miracle with the photo quality at Low Light.
More info here.
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I looked at the Gcam link in your signature:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-parrot043/
That page says that "New versions from Bulkin043 are now shared on his new Parrot043 GCam page.", which is here:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-parrot043/
What version of Gcam is working best for you?
Are any of the versions translated from Russian to English?
Thank you!
I'd recommend this version https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog640/
just a few things to remember . .
1 - it can take something like 20 seconds to process a HDR+ photo after you take it with the version i posted . There are some versions that do it a lot quicker , but they dont use sabre .. thats googles image processing software to increase image quality .
2 - night-sight photos may look blurry because we dont have image stabilisation , just try to hold the camera as still as possible or rest the phone on something
i've compared many photos to my old honor 9 which was said to have a great dual camera setup , and the G7 power with gcam just blows it out of the water

Low light

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the ASUS ROG Phone II's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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Low light stock camera performance is the worst, plain and simple.
You are thrown back years compared to other 2019 phones.
It's not even bad, it's Really really terrible.
Gcam mods make a difference but they are cumbersome, slow, no Wideangle support (in my case) and i just want a problem free factory camera setup that works all the time.
If you make a lot of low light condition pictures the ROG2 probably is the worst phone you can buy, period !
If there's a category for best gaming phone camera , rog phone 2 will top that chart...but if it's against other flagships I can only say it gets the job done...gcam does help out but ever so slightly
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Loads of room for improvement
ROGPHONE 2 is a gaming phone. For a "gaming phone". Its good. But if i compared it to my P30 Pro... Its total trash.
For uploading death-compressed food images or cat images to facebook or whatsapp its more than good enough. Which is what 99% of people do. What it really lacks is a optical zoom.

Low light

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Xiaomi Poco X2's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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It's terrible in low-light. Use Google cam for usable images in low-light.
I dont think so majority of people know how to make the best use of pro mode.
rap2191 said:
It's terrible in low-light. Use Google cam for usable images in low-light.
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I uploaded a picture on reddit
r/PocoPhones/comments/gl1kro/shot_with_only_1_minute_difference_above_was_shot/
add www[dot]reddit[dot]com[slash] before, as xda doesnt allow new returned users to post link.
I clicked this picture with pro mode, It turned to be awesome!
AsjadLP said:
I uploaded a picture on reddit
r/PocoPhones/comments/gl1kro/shot_with_only_1_minute_difference_above_was_shot/
add www[dot]reddit[dot]com[slash] before, as xda doesnt allow new returned users to post link.
I clicked this picture with pro mode, It turned to be awesome!
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Obviously long-exposure shots will be brighter than regular shots. Not everyone will use a tripod, I'm talking about Night mode.
The phone's hardware is fine, great in fact. But the software is just awful. Here are some shots using Gcam and stock cam. The first 2 are from stock cam, night mode on, badly over-processed, and noisy as hell. The 3rd and 4th shots are cleaner, less noise, more vivid, and a lot more detailed are from Gcam.

Low light

At the club, at the bar, or just in your mom's basement, nighttime is when you come out to play. Rate this thread to express how the Moto G9 Plus's camera performs when no or low light is present. A higher rating indicates that the camera sensor "sees" lots of light in dim conditions, and that the resulting photos have minimal noise. A higher rating also indicates that when the flash fires, the resulting photo is evenly-lit without any bright spots.
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The 'Night Vision" mode is pretty good, but it takes quite some time to process the image.
I think there are no details in the photos. I shoot with Samsung s7 edge, it can be seen that the photos are better. But this one is a lot cheaper.
I have g9 plus and s7e.
rbrandser said:
The 'Night Vision" mode is pretty good, but it takes quite some time to process the image.
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can u use gcam mod? stock camera on moto is useless
crazy4jack said:
can u use gcam mod? stock camera on moto is useless
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Yes, I have it installed. (MGC_7.4.104_Parrot043_v5) but the only thing I use it for is photospheres. I don't see much difference between stock and gcam tho...
rbrandser said:
Yes, I have it installed. (MGC_7.4.104_Parrot043_v5) but the only thing I use it for is photospheres. I don't see much difference between stock and gcam tho...
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For some reason most gcams don't work right on this phone, with night sight giving the same results as regular HDR+. The only one I've found that works right so far is https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1208/

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