Google acknowledges lens flare on Pixel camera, expect a fix “in the next few weeks"
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- Anonymous
- Kh2
- 27 Oct 2016
da problem is it only on gp and not in gp xl right ?
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- Anonymous
- Iaq
- 26 Oct 2016
I'd bet that the hardware lens is shaped the way it is for improvement in other areas, but it's a tradeoff. The software fix obviously won't change the hardware, but they want to retain the advantages their lens shape gives and negate the bad outcomes with a software solution. Sounds reasonable, even if not everyone agrees with the tradeoffs.
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- Anonymous
- gLN
- 26 Oct 2016
glad i waited and didn't buy this or pre-order.
1st they 'ran out of time' to add IP67 rating features.. then the camera with the hardware fault... makes me wonder whats next to be reported as an issue since they obviosuly 'ran out of time' to fully test the device.. maybe a note 7 incident repeat.. who knows... time will tell.
but one things for sure.. i wont be getting one now.
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- AnonD-593099
- E@P
- 26 Oct 2016
Is Google working on resolving microphone issue? I'm waiting for them to resolve it before I buy the Pixel. Don't want to buy it and then have to exchange.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/IW_gxTpXX3s/GNe4Beu1BgAJ;context-place=forum/phone-by-google
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- Note 8
- 7tW
- 26 Oct 2016
DPreview Website shows Pixel XL outperforms iPhne 7 Plus by huge margin!!! It is a real shame that iPhone Camera and its software still struggling to compete with Google Pixel
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- Anonymous
- thv
- 26 Oct 2016
The best camera phone with 89 point eh ? How do you fix that by software update ? Isnt that hardware problem..
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- Glare at the flare
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- 26 Oct 2016
Gonna be a costly miss..
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- Anonymous
- n6N
- 26 Oct 2016
The Nexus 5x/6p has exactly the same issue because it seems to be the same lens.
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- Alien
- ndn
- 26 Oct 2016
Anonymous, 26 Oct 2016Yeah, there is no way software is going to fix this. Lens f... moreI was thinking the same thing. How on earth could you repair with software something that has to do with hardware?
The therm of lens flare says it all: LENS flare. You need to change the lens to fix it. Unless the lenses are made out of nanotechnology - the only case where software can help :))
But let's get back to reality.
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- Davood
- gyD
- 26 Oct 2016
Giff, 26 Oct 2016Strange. £599 phone that Google brands premium has a ... morethe answer is sony equals camera
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- jeeman
- K6X
- 26 Oct 2016
Halo with the sun in front of you...really?? This isn't the same mob that got the Note 7 killed off is it?
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- Anonymous
- Khi
- 26 Oct 2016
i wanted to buy this phone now i'm like .__. really now
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- Anonymous
- 26 Oct 2016
Onyxia, 26 Oct 2016The LG V20's back glass on its camera crack just by putting... moreGlassGate
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- Anonymous
- 0fA
- 26 Oct 2016
Yeah, there is no way software is going to fix this. Lens flare is party of the physics of the lens. Even if HDR+ can address it somewhat, it will probably be at the expense of otherwise degrading the quality of the images or giving them a more processed look. It is also ridiculous to have the "solution" mean you have to use HDR+ all the time.
And honestly, I've really never noticed lens flare in images I take with my four year old Nexus 4. So it's just lame for Google to pretend this is not a defect. Sure any lens, if you try, can produce lens flare. But it shouldn't be a constant problem.
Google should fix the hardware in phones being manufactured after the first batch, at least, and replace phones for those who don't want the flare.
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- Anonymous
- Srp
- 26 Oct 2016
They should leave it in there and just rename the phone to Google Pixel J.J. Abrams edition.....
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- Onyxia
- tZ4
- 26 Oct 2016
The LG V20's back glass on its camera crack just by putting the flash a little too long but nobody said anything about it.
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- Anonymous
- nyZ
- 26 Oct 2016
It's like the iPhone 5 all over again.
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- AnonD-93439
- a3F
- 26 Oct 2016
2016 was a efd up year in mobile industry
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- Anonymous
- EYb
- 26 Oct 2016
...Cant blame them...Still long way to learn.
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- Anonymous
- 26 Oct 2016
Flaregate