Camera improvements

[meso_erik]

Hello
coming from Pixel 3 (from 2018) I had high expectation for the camera. In general, shooting still objects in well lit scenarios is OK however I noticed a few things that could be tweaked, software wise:
HDR - it works well however in many cases it creates various artifacts and the detail is lost
Dimmer condition - even with the regular indoor lighting it is impossible to capture a shot that is not blurry when it comes to a moving object. My Pixel 3 preserves better details (has a much smaller sensor and lower count of megapixels) however at the expense of a little bit more noise, which I don't mind.
Zero Shutter Lag - is it possible to introduce it in the camera SW? It will probably drain battery faster but it's very useful when capturing a moment
Selfies - in general, in well lit conditions they look good (again my Pixel 3 with 8MP with an archaic HW delivers more detailed pictures) however even with the slightest sign of a darker environment (usual indoors conditions) the quality degrades rapidly. In general I personally prefer detail with a little bit of noise rather than just a blurry face.
Selfies - is it possible to add a night mode?
It might be that some of this is because of the optics and then you can't do anything about it but somehow I feel that the HW is capable of much more and the computations photography is lagging behind on the SW side.
What are the future camera improvements you plan to introduce pls as I like the phone but I'm a little disappointed in the cameras.
Thank you

[cicagorio]

CH_ASUS

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/173561#Comment_173561

Astrophotography as a feature you see on the Pixel camera is not something we will add - but we will see what can be done for future devices - at this point it is not in the pipeline. However with the camera's manual mode you are able to capture the night sky already - albeit requires a bit more manual post processing to get it all nice 🙂

Live filters is something we can consider but at this point is not in the planning either

Thanks!

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I would agree that astrophotography is not something needed on the Zenfone 8. My previous phone was a pixel 3 and I only ever used it as a gimmick.


However one thing that I find quite annoying about the camera is that it seems to have problems to focus on objects that are a bit closer. Repositioning the phone (but keeping the distance) seems to make it focus properly but it is still annoying. Tapping to focus doesn't help. If I use the ported gcam, it focuses fine on the same distance. Is this something that you are looking at already? Can it be improved?

[jfgt7j8qgx]

Turn off the skin smoothing on front camera.

[daveantonin]

It is better to have a camera app with basic functions and perfect quality. But one feature may be usefull - super resolution zoom (multi frame) - there is no tele lens.

[dradum]

CH_ASUS

Everyone approaches camera quality differently and we'll keep improving our cameras.

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Glad to hear that you intend to keep improving the camera. While it is true that everyone approaches the camera quality differently, I believe that nobody likes its camera app to shut down after two or three minutes of shooting 4k 60 fps, on account of becoming too hot. Basically this function of the camera is almost useless in its current state.
I noticed that this happens more often when it is hot outside, and I suspect it has something to do with the phone`s rather weak cooling system, but regardless, this should not be happening on a flagship. A solution to this problem would be much appreciated, especially since the quality of the 4k 60 fps footage is rather excellent.

[Aryan202]

dradum

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/173425#Comment_173425

Glad to hear that you intend to keep improving the camera. While it is true that everyone approaches the camera quality differently, I believe that nobody likes its camera app to shut down after two or three minutes of shooting 4k 60 fps, on account of becoming too hot. Basically this function of the camera is almost useless in its current state.

I noticed that this happens more often when it is hot outside, and I suspect it has something to do with the phone`s rather weak cooling system, but regardless, this should not be happening on a flagship. A solution to this problem would be much appreciated, especially since the quality of the 4k 60 fps footage is rather excellent.

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This "issue" has been reported on pretty much most 888 phones out there
If I recall correctly oneplus 9 used to do the same and oneplus had to manually increase the thermal limit so the phone could record for longer duration at higher temps but under higher temps the phone still force closes the camera application though
I can't certify this though it's just my conclusion based after reading stuff on tech portals and community groups
But from what I understand oems have a thermal limit after which camera force closes and this has been reported mostly after snapdragon 865 and above probably a failsafe to prevent the devices from getting too hot
Phone while recording (4k 60) does get pretty hot outside even on my 845 by the way
And flagship socs with all it's powerful cpu, gpus and camera isps come at the cost of increased power consumption and higher thermals (referring to the comment above mine)