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Title: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on May 16, 2015, 07:52:50 pm
I just got this phone (64GB model as I wanted some camera storage since is doesn't have a card slot.) and the camera continues to impress me.  Since it is Android, I also loaded up the x-rite ColorTune into it with their Display Pro 1 hardware which is mostly for viewing.  Actually, it is more saturated in the reds without the x-rite view, but personal preference too.

I don't know how they get autofocus in the small thing, but you can see it work and lock on.  These two shots are in the finest highest resolution mode (16 megapixel) and files are about 5MP to 6MP each in the camera.  No RAW that I found yet.

Flash seems like it comes on (Auto) and holds for a bit while it sounds like the shutter does some rapid-fire sequence for slow speeds (Stacks?).  I dunno, but it does sound weird but least the images come out okay.  ???

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: eronald on May 29, 2015, 10:13:01 pm
There's a neat trick: You can zoom while previewing the frame, then it will only keep what's on the screen. Better than cropping after, because of the compression.

And even better: Zoom also works for video.

Nothing is perfect, but the latest generation of phones, including the S6 edge can do a lot of things fairly well.

The one thing I don't like about my S6 is that everything has a greenish tint to it, but I guess with Lollipop I will get finer control over the white balance.

Edmund
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on May 29, 2015, 11:03:58 pm
....
The one thing I don't like about my S6 is that everything has a greenish tint to it, but I guess with Lollipop I will get finer control over the white balance.

Edmund

hmm...  ???

Mine doesn't have a greenish cast.  Maybe since I tuned it with the x-rite Display Pro & Colortune, but I think that only works with the image viewer and not by default to the entire device.  Dunno.  My screen isn't the brightest in daylight (Whose is?), but the screen resolution in Google Earth is pretty impressive.  Mine was a late build as the T-Mobile store ran out of them as did the local Costco and I had to wait for another batch of the 64GB models.

I think the screen is a 4K unit?  Haven't tried any video with it yet.  Still playing with the camera and editor part.

I did find some Bluetooth USB thing I had laying around the place and plugged it into one of my smaller Epson Charm printers and the phone found it immediately (Asked for a "0000" passkey too.) and it prints fine to the printer with that sideways Y thing and "Print."  Only thing is I cannot send the largest JPG files made off the 16MP camera to the printer, only the mids and smaller JPGs as the printer reports "File sent too large."  I don't know if that is a limitation of Bluetooth or the printer's cache, although it prints large files from a SD card.  Images do look pretty good though.  Much quicker setup than hooking the Nikons via a cable to the printer or through a laptop too.

Sure is nice having a "capable" (large MP) camera in one's pocket verses lugging a DSLR and camera bag around too.  That "Just toss it on the charging puck" gizmo is nice too.

I did get a laugh out of the Apple store employee that sold me the Joby tripod holder when they addressed is as the "iPhone 7."  ;D

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Internaut on May 30, 2015, 10:08:55 am
Flash behaviour is likely down to the app you're using to take the photos with.  This being Android, there are other apps you can use.  I've been happy with the output from phones, since the Samsung S3 (currently use the Nexus 5).
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: eronald on May 30, 2015, 10:02:41 pm
With this quality in everyone's pocket, one can understand why compact camera sales are falling.

Edmund
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on June 16, 2015, 02:00:49 am
Won't a 5.1 update of Android, coming at the end of June, bring the possibility to shoot in RAW mode?
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on June 17, 2015, 12:10:38 am
Won't a 5.1 update of Android, coming at the end of June, bring the possibility to shoot in RAW mode?
Interesting, so I had to look.

Surprise for me as I am on T-mobile and Lollipop 5.1.1 is loading now into the S6 Edge.  Supposedly RAW now too from what I read.  Don't know whose converter will read it, maybe RawTherapee?

I'll know more when it finishes in a few hours over my crap AT&T DSL WiFi.  It's about 700MB in size.  I just laid the thing on the charging puck and let it go.  Maybe in the morning...

Added next day:

Well, no RAW with 5.1.1 on the S6 Edge.  Just some Lighten & Darken control on the camera (A moving light bulb on a +/- slider scale).  Had to reboot the phone and use Camera Reset for it to appear.

It took about 8-9 hours for the firmware to download and update via Wi-Fi (AT&T DSL is really sad here and may as well be old dial-up for speed (<0.50 Kb/s.  Maybe they throttle it too?).  Cloud anything (Video too!) is a joke here and they really do need fiber instead of this old rotting wiring, but I'm too far from their switch to get anything faster or fiber.  I didn't want to use the cell tower which might have been faster as it is a big file and could cut into my 3 GB limit for the month.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: eronald on June 17, 2015, 04:39:42 pm
I'm drunk, please cut me some slack.
Lollipop 5.1 upgrades the Android to Camera 2.0, with OS support for Raw.
Now you need a camera app that supports Raw. There happens to be a nice free such called Open Camera, the PlayStore is your friend.
This app has some support fro the new api, which needs to be enabled by a setting - maybe you could experiment and report back?

As I said, I'm drunk, please ignore any inaccuracies etc.

Edmund


Interesting, so I had to look.

Surprise for me as I am on T-mobile and Lollipop 5.1.1 is loading now into the S6 Edge.  Supposedly RAW now too from what I read.  Don't know whose converter will read it, maybe RawTherapee?

I'll know more when it finishes in a few hours over my crap AT&T DSL WiFi.  It's about 700MB in size.  I just laid the thing on the charging puck and let it go.  Maybe in the morning...

Added next day:

Well, no RAW with 5.1.1 on the S6 Edge.  Just some Lighten & Darken control on the camera (A moving light bulb on a +/- slider scale).  Had to reboot the phone and use Camera Reset for it to appear.

It took about 8-9 hours for the firmware to download and update via Wi-Fi (AT&T DSL is really sad here and may as well be old dial-up for speed (<0.50 Kb/s.  Maybe they throttle it too?).  Cloud anything (Video too!) is a joke here and they really do need fiber instead of this old rotting wiring, but I'm too far from their switch to get anything faster or fiber.  I didn't want to use the cell tower which might have been faster as it is a big file and could cut into my 3 GB limit for the month.

SG

Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on June 17, 2015, 07:07:13 pm
I'm drunk, please cut me some slack.
Lollipop 5.1 upgrades the Android to Camera 2.0, with OS support for Raw.
Now you need a camera app that supports Raw. There happens to be a nice free such called Open Camera, the PlayStore is your friend.
This app has some support fro the new api, which needs to be enabled by a setting - maybe you could experiment and report back?

As I said, I'm drunk, please ignore any inaccuracies etc.

Edmund


No RAW that I found.

I installed the Open Camera from the Playstore and it allowed me to check the Camera 2 API, but no RAW anywhere in version 5.1.1 that I see.  Pretty much like the camera app that comes with the phone really, just JPG sizes and percentage of quality for them (Default is 90%.)

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on June 22, 2015, 06:25:39 am
Thank you, Some Guy, for the detailed testing.

However, Android Authority says it brings RAW and lower ISO:

http://www.androidauthority.com/android-5-1-update-brings-raw-and-lower-iso-to-galaxy-s6-618628/
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on June 22, 2015, 09:23:30 am
Thank you, Some Guy, for the detailed testing.

However, Android Authority says it brings RAW and lower ISO:

http://www.androidauthority.com/android-5-1-update-brings-raw-and-lower-iso-to-galaxy-s6-618628/

So it appears Samsung is the one "who hasn't thrown the switch to turn it on" per the article?  Interesting.

I did find some Camera Test app and it says everything is there but a red X for the RAW art in 5.1.1.  Tried some camera app that supports RAW and it wouldn't work either.  This was via T-mobile who seemed to put the latest version out.  Very long update process too with my crummy AT&T DSL that took about 8 hours to do, but I was trying to avoid going off the tower as it would cut a lot into my GB/mo. plan (If they charge time for a firmware update?  Dunno.).

Guess we'll have to wait and see when Samsung "throws the switch" to enable it.


Aside, I tried the Google Camera (Which supposedly has RAW but not in the S6 yet.) and was amazed at how fast the Panoramic function works.  Just keep turning and aligning the dots (It automatically shoots.) and by the time I walked off the field it processed the panorama in highest rez mode.  For some reason, the image in the camera when shown on its LCD screen shows more of the panorama ends.  Might be some output size thing going on.  Odd.  Spherical is neat too, much like Google Earth street view where you can pan up and down (sometimes.).

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Otto Phocus on June 22, 2015, 09:27:08 am
I'm drunk, please cut me some slack.

Then why post when you are drunk in the first place?
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Schewe on June 23, 2015, 01:21:49 am
I'm drunk, please cut me some slack.

Yo, I post "drunk" all the time and never ask for any slack!

You can often determine my drunkenness by how unfiltered my posts are. At the moment, not drunk at all.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: eronald on June 26, 2015, 10:57:47 pm
Yo, I post "drunk" all the time and never ask for any slack!

You can often determine my drunkenness by how unfiltered my posts are. At the moment, not drunk at all.

I think that there is research indicating that in habitual drunks alcohol molecules replace the usual brain neurotransmitters so being constantly drunk becomes a necessary condition for  thinking.

So keep a glass at your elbow ... :)

Edmund
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on June 30, 2015, 11:56:44 am
Bit of an update on the Samsung S6 Edge having played with it more of late.

The $4 app called "Camera FV-5" does allow for it to create a RAW or DNG image along with a JPG (About 30MB in size.).  Sort of a buggy app though in that it really doesn't work until the second shot is taken and then it begins taking RAW images.  Problem I've seen is that the camera's own camera app seems sharper.  I've read that the FV5 app may not be allowing the optical image stabilizer to work and might be the cause, but at least it appears it is slowly evolving to doing RAW.  I don't see the ability to turn on the optical stabilizer in the the FV-5 app's menu so that might be a bug for now.

If Samsung would do their own camera app and allow it, might be a big improvement.  Maybe Lollipop 5.1.2.  Seems Samsung is holding back on their RAW though even though the thing holds top ranking in DxOmark for now, and ahead of even their own plug-in iPhone hardware camera by one point. Fwiw, I haven't got one word out of Samsung on this hold-out either.

Also, the app called "SuperPhoto Full" ($4 again.) allows for some really neat post stuff.  I use a stylus (Big hands!) and the phone becomes a small Wacom tablet to create some really interesting images out of the JPGs of the phone.  Doesn't do the DNG images though, and only the paid version allows the HD (High Definition, 1920x1920  max.) images to be saved once altered - and it has thousands of possible alterations.  Pretty amazing having that much post-processing and editing power in a small phone.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on July 23, 2015, 10:16:53 am
Slow in here, so here's one off the S6 Edge of my motorcycle on a recent ride into the hills.

Done with the stock camera app, edited in Google's SnapSpeed (freeware), and then 'effected' in SuperPhoto Full ($4) all on the phone with a stylus.  I had to use CS6 to resize and post here though.

Still amazed all the processing power in my pocket.  It holds up shadow detail pretty well too as I calibrated it to my Sekonic L-478D Profile 2 target and compared it to the D800E and D7000.  Bit touchy on highlight though and loses about a stop in the range up there against the Nikons.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 10, 2015, 08:29:16 am
Not Galaxy S6 Edge, but from the normal Galaxy S6. For outings with the family, or the beach, etc, this is more than enough for me.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: eronald on August 12, 2015, 11:35:56 pm
just so I find this again
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/06/galaxy-s6-raw-camera-samples/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-enable-raw-dng-image-lower-iso-galaxy-s6-s6-edge-running-android-5-1-1-1507387


manual camera compatibility says my s6 has no raw
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 13, 2015, 01:17:31 pm
just so I find this again
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/06/galaxy-s6-raw-camera-samples/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-enable-raw-dng-image-lower-iso-galaxy-s6-s6-edge-running-android-5-1-1-1507387


manual camera compatibility says my s6 has no raw
Manual camera says the same on mine about no RAW.  However, Camera FV-5 does make a DNG RAW file, along with either a JPG or PNG (You selection as to which of those two.).  I haven't bought the paid Manual Camera app so don't know if it writes a DNG or not since the Test part of Manual Camera says no supported.

Bad part with Camera FV-5 is the Auto Focus does not focus right and I can get better auto focus with the OEM camera than FV-5.  With FV-5 manual focus will work.  I somehow think the programmer for FV-5 has tapped into the optical vibration part well, or it just refuses to focus right at all.  The OEM also has face tracking the FV-5 seems to lag on.  Maybe the guy behind FV-5 will fix it, although it's been a couple of months so far and auto focus still misses.

Too bad Samsung has enabled the RAW save part in the cell camera's default OEM app.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: eronald on August 15, 2015, 02:51:06 pm
Manual camera says the same on mine about no RAW.  However, Camera FV-5 does make a DNG RAW file, along with either a JPG or PNG (You selection as to which of those two.).  I haven't bought the paid Manual Camera app so don't know if it writes a DNG or not since the Test part of Manual Camera says no supported.

Bad part with Camera FV-5 is the Auto Focus does not focus right and I can get better auto focus with the OEM camera than FV-5.  With FV-5 manual focus will work.  I somehow think the programmer for FV-5 has tapped into the optical vibration part well, or it just refuses to focus right at all.  The OEM also has face tracking the FV-5 seems to lag on.  Maybe the guy behind FV-5 will fix it, although it's been a couple of months so far and auto focus still misses.

Too bad Samsung has enabled the RAW save part in the cell camera's default OEM app.

SG



A new camera app may be coming now the s6+ is out

Edmund
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 17, 2015, 08:12:57 am
Some Guy, how did you calibrate it with Sekonic and x-rite?

How does the S6 Edge+ compare to S6 Edge, apart from the obvious features, such as the bigger screen and an additional GB of RAM?

Does S6 Edge+ only support the "live broadcast" mode and the UHQA format?
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: powerslave12r on August 17, 2015, 10:07:23 am
'Some Guy'

Thanks for sharing those images, they're really good and are making me want to upgrade from my Lumia 920. I wonder how the S6 stacks against a Note 3 camera.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 18, 2015, 05:07:50 pm
Some Guy, how did you calibrate it with Sekonic and x-rite?

How does the S6 Edge+ compare to S6 Edge, apart from the obvious features, such as the bigger screen and an additional GB of RAM?

Does S6 Edge+ only support the "live broadcast" mode and the UHQA format?

There is some app from x-rite called ColorTRUE.  Load that freebie.  Then you need the USB mini/micro (??) Samsung adapter from the phone to a female USB.  Then a x-rite i1Display Pro calibration head plugs into that.  When you launch the ColorTRUE app, it has you place the head on the screen and it pretty much does it's own thing.  You do need to launch ColorTRUE with the Gallery photo viewer though as it only applies the profile correction to whatever photo viewer you use if it is running.

More here:  https://www.xrite.com/colortrue (https://www.xrite.com/colortrue)

For the Sekonic light meter, if you have the RAW camera app (e.g. Camera FV-5, which I still find has serious issues with the auto-focus in that program vs. the OEM camera which is far sharper, but least I can focus manually with FV-5.) that also writes as a DNG image file, you can use the Sekonic L-428D meter software and their Profile 2 target and generate an exposure tuned profile to put into the meter's memory to calibrate it to the S6 camera's behavior.  That's how I found the cell camera tends to be a bit hot in the highlights against the Nikon DSLR's (About one stop too bright.) but it still isn't that bad and is pretty even with them down into the shadows as well.

No doubt you might be able to use the same DNG and the x-rite ColorChecker target and software and generate a profile for Lightroom, etc. as well.  I haven't tried that one yet.  I might try that test in a few days.

As to the memory, I went with the 64GB version of the S6 Edge in anticipation of the RAW files which seem to average out around 31MB in size.  I have found with the apps and the larger internal memory, loading too many of them really taxes the battery as some run in the background far too much and can kill it off in maybe 5-6 hours.  I've removed a lot of them and unloaded them, plus shutting off the "Location" beacon part helps.  Too bad too much of the Android bloatware/snoopware can't be shut off to "data on demand" or something without resorting to a hacked OS.  Some of it just restarts on its own which is annoying.

Sorry, no knowledge on the video part as it's not something I've used yet.  I've seen some nice videos shot with the 3-axis stabilization gimbals that sell for about $300 though even though the cell camera has optical stabilization (which doesn't seem to work well with Camera FV-5 yet either).  Someday...

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 20, 2015, 03:35:21 pm
Thank you so much for this detailed explanation. :) I'll be looking forward to that Lightroom-profile test.

As for my questions regarding the Samsung S6 Edge+ vs. Edge, I was just too lazy to look it up myself. And I still am. I just read that when the new model was announced and was wondering is the bigger version "better" than the smaller one. Perhaps eronald has an opinion. :D

A lot of the things seem to be the same, including the processor and resolution of the screen (which results in the lesser pixels density of the bigger phone). I dislike this practice of releasing the two models S6 and Note and their derivatives at different times.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 20, 2015, 04:04:22 pm
It seems that the S6 Edge+ features are coming to S6 and S6 Edge via the new firmware update, which is already available in South Korea:

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/08/20/galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge-start-receiving-s6-edge-features-with-new-update/
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 20, 2015, 06:14:12 pm
.... I'll be looking forward to that Lightroom-profile test.

....

Yes, the DNG image that Camera FV-5 makes is readable with the ColorChecker software and imports the profile into Lightroom much as any other profile made with the ColorChecker software.  Just drag the DNG image into the software window and it finds the targets and saves the profile to Lightroom.  Pretty easy, although I find mine tends to overexpose about a stop for the software to locate the targets, but Camera FV-5 has a manual correction to address that.

Only problem is Camera FV-5 has to be the worst focusing app out there for the S6 anything if you are used to a sharper camera/lens.  It's blurry 100% of the time using the FV-5 auto-focus.  Focusing manually with it is much better, or the OEM app works better too for auto-focus, but no DNG (RAW) file from it - yet.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Rory on August 21, 2015, 10:59:20 am
Aside, I tried the Google Camera (Which supposedly has RAW but not in the S6 yet.) and was amazed at how fast the Panoramic function works.  Just keep turning and aligning the dots (It automatically shoots.) and by the time I walked off the field it processed the panorama in highest rez mode.  For some reason, the image in the camera when shown on its LCD screen shows more of the panorama ends.  Might be some output size thing going on.  Odd.  Spherical is neat too, much like Google Earth street view where you can pan up and down (sometimes.).

SG


The Pano you posted has a number of stitching errors though ...
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 21, 2015, 01:04:18 pm
The Pano you posted has a number of stitching errors though ...

True, but given it was hand-held and me trying to spin a quick 360 isn't in my fancy old-man dance list as one needs to chase the rapid moving dot to the next pan area shot pretty quickly.  Spinning smoothly while trying to chase the pano dot isn't that easy to accomplish unless you are built like an owl.  I seem to recall it automatically shoots if you are anywhere near the next pan dot on the LCD too no matter the tilt.  They might be able to make that pano-chasing dot smaller and make it more accurate in auto-stitching it too.

If it were on a tripod it no doubt would be much better and far easier to do, which is my preferred method for 90% for doing that sort of stuff.  However, for a cell phone, it's still pretty impressive over what it packs into it vs. a DSLR though.  No doubt a DSLR having the same internal tech would do the same thing shooting off a tripod hand-held.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 23, 2015, 04:13:47 am
I'm a bit surprised that there was no RAW support in this update either. I presume they will add it for the Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" update, which, I presume, won't come before October.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 23, 2015, 11:56:46 am
I'm a bit surprised that there was no RAW support in this update either. I presume they will add it for the Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" update, which, I presume, won't come before October.

Yes, let's hope the Marshmallow version takes care of it, if not sooner.  Fingers crossed.  The stock camera app does far better focusing for me than the 3rd party apps do so far.

I played a bit with it yesterday on the motorcycle selfie.  It offers a whole lot of different "artistic" surprises within it though.  Really is a cool little camera device.  :)

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 23, 2015, 02:19:11 pm
Ha!

I'm trying to figure what that is. An overhead shot of a motorbike?

Which surprises are you talking about? Do you have any filters to recommend? Perhaps some warming ones?
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 23, 2015, 04:54:27 pm
Ha!

I'm trying to figure what that is. An overhead shot of a motorbike?

Which surprises are you talking about? Do you have any filters to recommend? Perhaps some warming ones?
Yes.  It's my bike and helmet shot overhead with the S6.

For preliminary work I use "Snapseed" which is the Google freeware app with some of the filters (Nik's software, who Google bought and their Control Points).  "Snapseed" can do whatever color (warming) you want as well as sharpness, cropping, rotation, etc.  The I follow with "SuperPhoto Full" (paid app) for the Rain effect and Framing.  I can play for hours with that app alone and it's full of surprises when it does its thing.

Push the bike through torrential rain storm?  Couple of minutes in SuperPhoto Full, no problem!

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 24, 2015, 02:43:31 pm
Ha! :D

No wonder you can play for hours when it says that it has over 1500 effects available! Impressive.

I was also looking at Aviary.

And keep bumping onto Snapseed, but keep delaying the install for some reason. I must install it this evening.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 24, 2015, 02:48:35 pm
I was also looking at the presets available in Galaxy Apps. I think I'll try the Beauty face, Food Shot, Dual camera, and I'm looking at Sunshine and Sunset, but the examples don't look promising.
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on August 26, 2015, 11:52:42 am
Here's an article in the French newspaper Le Monde about whether a smartphone is enough:

http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/08/05/photo-un-smartphone-suffit-il_4659368_4408996.html

:)
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Some Guy on August 26, 2015, 01:43:59 pm
Here's an article in the French newspaper Le Monde about whether a smartphone is enough:

http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/08/05/photo-un-smartphone-suffit-il_4659368_4408996.html

:)

Most of the shortcomings of the Samsung over the Canon P&S camera in the article were the optical zoom vs. cell's digital zoom.  From what I gather, the Samsung also sharpens a lot internally too.  I know my Canon G9 can often beat my old Nikon D7000 in that it's default settings are a very high shutter speed, internal default sharpening is higher, and it's more vivid too.  Nikon, right out of the box, is often softer, imho.

Still, I do like the sheer processing power based in the S6 Edge over what the DSLR can do.  No doubt these things are going to keep getting better to the point they may pass even a DSLR if they improve on the optics (i.e. Maybe an Otus Fresnel zoom in a cell phone?).

Now if the RAW camera app makers would get their app to make a sharper image as they seem to be lagging there over the OEM phone's app.  Maybe why Samsung is holding back on releasing their camera app with RAW for it.  Dunno.

SG
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on September 14, 2015, 02:56:05 am
Are there any apps that do colour shift and white balance changes?
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Evanford on November 28, 2015, 07:05:18 pm
I just bought the Galaxy S6 which I assume has the same camera as the S6 Edge.  Regarding a greenish tint issue, I found my initial test photos I took today looked great on the phone (using display screen mode "AMOLED photo".  When I transferred them to my PC using Lightroom Mobile syncing I thought they looked a little flat and perhaps a slight tint of some sort.  Using LR Mobile to display some of my old untouched iphone photos they too look much better on the S6 screen than they do on my calibrated display screen.  I didn't notice this so much between my iphone/ipad and calibrated monitor.  Comparing the iphone and Galaxy photos I think the iphone has better color. Galaxy is a bit punchier especially in reds and blues. 
Title: Re: Samsung S6 Edge Photos
Post by: Atina on April 12, 2016, 02:04:29 pm
Question: if the S6 edge has a 1/2.6″ sensor, which is 5.5 mm × 4.1 mm (does anyone have the precise dimensions), how come it produces 16 : 9 as its native-resolution images?