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Mobile Phone On-Board Image Processing Software

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By that I mean the software bundled with phones that interprets all the 1s and 0s captured by the image sensor (camera).

Here is a perfect example of how they can vary.

Both of these images are untouched, and direct off my phone (Samsung Galaxay S20 Ultra 5G). They both were taken at the same angle, same distance from the watch, and the focus was set to the same point on the dial.

Stock Samsung camera app:

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Open Camera app:

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The difference is dramatic, and reinforces in my mind that Samsung still has tweaking to do with the app.
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Re: Mobile Phone On-Board Image Processing Software

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ManOnTime wrote:By that I mean the software bundled with phones that interprets all the 1s and 0s captured by the image sensor (camera).

Here is a perfect example of how they can vary.

Both of these images are untouched, and direct off my phone (Samsung Galaxay S20 Ultra 5G). They both were taken at the same angle, same distance from the watch, and the focus was set to the same point on the dial.

Stock Samsung camera app:

Image

Open Camera app:

Image

The difference is dramatic, and reinforces in my mind that Samsung still has tweaking to do with the app.
Oh wow! I'll be downloading this app right now for my S10.
How's the 20? I was very close to trading in my 10 for the 20.

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Bbrou33 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 8:43 pm
ManOnTime wrote:By that I mean the software bundled with phones that interprets all the 1s and 0s captured by the image sensor (camera).

Here is a perfect example of how they can vary.

Both of these images are untouched, and direct off my phone (Samsung Galaxay S20 Ultra 5G). They both were taken at the same angle, same distance from the watch, and the focus was set to the same point on the dial.

Stock Samsung camera app:

Image

Open Camera app:

Image

The difference is dramatic, and reinforces in my mind that Samsung still has tweaking to do with the app.
Oh wow! I'll be downloading this app right now for my S10.
How's the 20? I was very close to trading in my 10 for the 20.

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Other than the stock camera app issues, it's a brilliant phone. I've had most of Samsung's flagship phones over the years, and this one is easily the best, and not because it's the newest.

The 100x zoom (extrapolated from 10x optical zoom) is crazy. I'll have to take a series of pics to show it off.

Fair warning, the Open Camera app is not "pretty". It's definitely an exercise in function over form, and there are A LOT of settings to mess around with.
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Quick zoom experiment using the S20 Ultra. Target is my car, and focal point is the same spot in each image.

0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 10x, 30x, 100x.

Everything beyond 10x is digital zoom using the optical 10x as base reference to determine the image.

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ManOnTime wrote:Quick zoom experiment using the S20 Ultra. Target is my car, and focal point is the same spot in each image.

0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x, 10x, 30x, 100x.

Everything beyond 10x is digital zoom using the optical 10x as base reference to determine the image.

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Now you're making me want the S20 again

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