Photo tests between other phones & Z10 in same conditions

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:22 AM

Lots of questions around quality of camera.. so I thought I would start some tests to compare between my current iPhone 5 and the Z10. First one shows huge variation in the light conditions.. interested to know which you feel is best.

iPhone 5 / Z10 No Flash
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**helis4life** · 02-03-2013, 04:24 AM

only 1 photo?

**cgk** · 02-03-2013, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by helis4life

only 1 photo?

You gave him 2 minutes to get up the rest? You should ask for a refund of what you paid him if you are unhappy with the service.

**bert106** · 02-03-2013, 04:28 AM

Are the settings the same on each device? That will have a massive effect.

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:29 AM

With flash

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**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by cgk

You gave him 2 minutes to get up the rest? You should ask for a refund of what you paid him if you are unhappy with the service.

LOL, I better get some new fingers ... also found that from the Facebook app on Z10 that I dont seem to be able to upload photos into a specific album.. its mobile uploads or wall or nothing that I can see

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by bert106

Are the settings the same on each device? That will have a massive effect.

Default settings on both, I've fiddled with nothing as I guess thats the best way to do an out of the box test.. I can look at settings if you want me to, but for now I wanted a like for like as is

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:32 AM

Considerable size difference as well, the iPhone files are 3 x the size.. and clearly the image capture area is lower on the Z10 from default

**f0xG3** · 02-03-2013, 04:33 AM

Hmm, is it just me or the those reviewers are quite right about the Z10 bad at Low Light Conditions. Well, I'd just need a fast shooter and a decent flash anyways.

Then again, why the **** would you NOT use flash on low light -_-.

**helis4life** · 02-03-2013, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by cgk

You gave him 2 minutes to get up the rest? You should ask for a refund of what you paid him if you are unhappy with the service.

Damn you are sarcastic. Not sure what happened to bend your attitude that way. 2 minutes to get the photos up? I assumed they would have been included in the OP, thought he might have forgotten the rest

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:35 AM

Happy to take the same shot with different settings if people want to suggest what settings they want me to try out. Ill take some outside when it stops raining

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:38 AM

I had hoped to have a Lumia 920 to compare with, but thats delayed.. and the longer its delayed the less interested I am in using it

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 04:46 AM

Originally Posted by helis4life

Damn you are sarcastic. Not sure what happened to bend your attitude that way. 2 minutes to get the photos up? I assumed they would have been included in the OP, thought he might have forgotten the rest

Nah, I decided on the moment while sitting here to give it a go, so I took the first set, posted them and then did the flash.. ok so I could have been smart and done all together.. but its Sunday.. early and I don't function so well

and my smart thinking options are disabled on Sundays

**abhibh** · 02-03-2013, 05:08 AM

With flash Z10 and without iPhone.

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 05:23 AM

On these pictures at least, and this clearly isn't a scientific test.. I prefer both the iPhone pictures.. the detail in the flash on the iPhone shows the bear colours and texture better and more true

**belfastdispatcher** · 02-03-2013, 05:28 AM

Looks like you have your camera set at 16:9 instead of 4:3 which i believe results in only 6mp photos.

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 05:35 AM

On which one? I'll check if you let me know, and ill do another test as i cant find those settings

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 05:37 AM

Found it.. thanks ive changed it to 4:3

Next set are interesting, I took a picture of another Z10 on, which clearly impacts the flash.. and the Z10 seems to handle that better.. posting next

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 05:46 AM

Z10 / iPhone 5
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**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 05:49 AM

Photo sizes are still interesting.. the iPhone files are 100k, the Z10 are 400k

**MattUK** · 02-03-2013, 05:56 AM

iPhone 5 / Z10
With Flash / Without
iphonenoflash.jpg z10noflash.jpg
iphoneflash.jpg z10flash.jpg

**belfastdispatcher** · 02-03-2013, 06:31 AM

Also don't forget the Z10 camera has camera modes, auto, action, whiteboard, night and beach or snow modes.

**belfastdispatcher** · 02-03-2013, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by MattUK

iPhone 5 / Z10
With Flash / Without
iphonenoflash.jpg z10noflash.jpg
iphoneflash.jpg z10flash.jpg

Z10 photos look better to me, I wonder how many reviewers had it in 16:9 format when testing against other phones.

**qbnkelt** · 02-03-2013, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by MattUK

Lots of questions around quality of camera.. so I thought I would start some tests to compare between my current iPhone 5 and the Z10. First one shows huge variation in the light conditions.. interested to know which you feel is best.

iPhone 5 / Z10 No Flash
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I like the left better on this one.

What would be good is if you were to post the pictures without identifying which is which. That way it's truly a blind experiment.

**valeuche** · 02-03-2013, 06:42 AM

Do you happen to have a resolution target you can take a picture of with both? (If you have a printer you can google for it - look for on that is a set of radial lines)