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Maybe im stupid but will someone explain to me how the phones paint job affects picture performance ? and then by sticking your finger in the shot improves the images ?

eh !?!
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Posted: 2010-11-06 21:32:20
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That's what I thought
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Posted: 2010-11-06 21:44:48
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Hi Vit,
I will have to do some more testing, but I don't think I have had this problem either.. definitely nothing like that yellow line in the picture.
I have a green N8 also, so its kind of bright.

I will try to take some more shots to try and reproduce your issue, but I don't think i am having this problem.
But I know you know what you are talking about when it comes to taking pictures.. so I am not questioning what you are seeing.

Its possible I have just not taken a shot under the right lighting to notice this problem.
How is the best way i can re-produce this issue?

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Posted: 2010-11-06 22:08:19
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I think what Vit is getting at is the silver brushed metal around the casing that then turns into the camera glass.



Personally i see what hes getting at, but i dont think its responsible. My N8 had a few lens flare issues when shooting into the light but i know that wider angle lenses are more susceptable to such an effect.

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Posted: 2010-11-06 22:09:08
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Took this with Nokia Panorama app.. app is very basic, so no options really.. hope a better one comes along


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Posted: 2010-11-06 22:35:49
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Vit have you applied these hacks to get bigger photos and 30 FPS video?
I dont have a dev cert, and dont really feel like posting my IMEI on the internet, or i would of tried them already.
But i really do want the 30fps video..

Link text...
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Posted: 2010-11-06 22:41:54
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@jake20 that is a stunning panorama shot
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Posted: 2010-11-06 23:43:07
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Hi, Jake!

Well, that shot with the whole yellow line was the only one I´ve got from that kind, and I needed to 'seek' for that 'magic spot'. All others also have strong flare only @ certain angles, so it´s not an ever present effect.

Try to vary the angles when shooting a scene with strong light sources coming from both sides and from above and below. Your pano shot, for instance. The last pic from the right shows a strong loss of contrast and dynamic range due to flare.

@ etaab: Fisrt of all, I really do not know where you saw 'paintjob' in my messages.

Wide angle lenses have critical flare performance, that´s true, but I guess that in the N8 it is even more critical sometimes.

I´ll be posting some of my shots @ the 'post your pictures' thread.

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Posted: 2010-11-07 16:17:19
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I have them signed, but I´ve not tried them out. I´m planning to use the 97% quality .sis, but I am afraid of messing with video fps. I saw the video sample posted by hx and that was simply amazing. 11Mbps of video bitrate. Impressive stuff indeed.

Get you certificate @ opda. Their site do not have tricky links or scripts. I´ve got mine yesterday.
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Posted: 2010-11-07 16:48:42
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Look @ your own shots:

LOOK CLOSER @ THESE SHOTS: THE STRONGEST LIGHT SOURCE COMES FROM THE RIGHT, AND THE FLARE IS SHOWING AT THE LEFT. HOW ODD IS THAT? This cleraly shows that the light is getting reflected by some undesired agent, don´t you think? That highly reflective brushed surface is a serious candidate for that.





See what I am saying?

Try to take them with some of your fingers blocking the sunlight. You´ll be amazed by the difference that makes.

Have you ever heard of lens hood? That´s where the idea of 'blocking fingers' come from.

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Posted: 2010-11-07 16:53:57
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