Zenfone 9 Photo thread!

[Mattias_ASUS]

Zenfone 9 is here and as many of you probably have seen, we got some pretty impressive cameras this time around!
So I propose a thread with some of our best pictures, the pics I will upload are taken by normal average people and without any enhancements.

The picture above was taken with the camera's Light trail mode by a waterfall.

[Polunga]

Danishblunt

@Polunga Is this after the camera update? It's still heavily sharpened 😞

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No before, after the Update i cant see changes

[Danishblunt]

Polunga

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/225022#Comment_225022

No before, after the Update i cant see changes

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Could you make some after update? It doesnt have to be the same places.

[soy_titooo]

fakeco14

I got some comparison shots between Zenfone 9 and Samsung S22 from a German Forum that I wanted to share here as well in hopes the Devs do after all read these forums. Top is the Zenfone 9, bottom the S22:

It clearly shows, that the Zenfone has a ton of sharpening applied to the photo in post processing. Only when applying heavy sharpening and saturation to the Samsungs Image you get a similar result. Again top is the Zenfone 9, bottom the S22 edited:

Since the result of the editing apprach hints at the fact that the sensor data of the Zenfone was once similar to the Samsung S22s I assume a correction of the postprocessing algorithms should easily fix this issue that a lot of people are talking about currently when it comes to the camera.

Asus: I’m sure you can do better and confident that you are able to deliver more natural photos. And I would highly apprechiate if you did.

I’ll just leave this here. 🙂

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This needs to be fixed ASAP.
Gcam already take best pictures without having to use any config. Asus only needs to decrease the sharpening a bit. Now it looks OK on the phone but it's a sharpening disaster once you watch the picture at 100% size (normal size)

[rudhralala]

Please, please fix the extreme post processing. Photos look far from natural. It's like scrolling through in-game screenshots instead of photos of real sunset and real people. I'm not able to get a clear picture of someone's face without the skin loosing all its natural features.
I love the Zenfone 9, but the absurd post-processing is the one reason I am seriously considering switching to a Pixel 4a, which has an absolute inferior camera system, I know, but at least it allows me to make beautiful, realistic photos.

[rpb]

After two days with the phone I too am very disappointed with the camera. This was supposed to be an upgrade from OnePlus 6 for me.

I'll return the phone if this isn't addressed real soon.