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That’s really queer what’s going on over there in Asia. As always - they simply do it!. :star_struck:
Very remarkable scenes. Maybe every time a brain flash for you to return back to classical Europe.

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I just passed by recently and did the same panorama with the new camera module to compare.

Here is the result.


FP2 new camera module. Bimostitch panorama. No edit.

Honnestly, I don’t think the difference is that obvious. Sometimes I wonder if it was worth the upgrade. The old camera module was already doing a good job, but indeed nothing compared to the Leica lences inside the Huawei for example.
Would be great to have a real camera update with something really competitive.

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Seems so when comparing both images next to each other.
Thanks for your remembrance btw. :wink:
Maybe the difference would be more obvious when capturing a scene by daylight which is quite real for my Lumix Leica camera. It has no background censor illumination which makes it difficult when taking night shots.

To be honest, I see quite a lot of difference between the pictures, though it is a bit hard to compare because you weren’t standing at exact the same pot. Differences I see:

  • The old camera is strugling with the light and choosing a log shutter time, this results in motion unsharpness in severel places in the picture. I can’t see any of that with the new camera.
  • Probably connected to the light-struggle of the old camera: it seems to have chosen a quite big diaphragm, resulting in a limited depth of field. The new camera performs much better there.
  • The new camera shows much more details (magnify and compare the bricks in the square for example, certainly those further away)
  • The new camera handles contrasts much better. On the old camera everything turns a bit into grey, while the new one shows black and light.
  • The new camera displays much more vivid colors.

In matter of fact, I think the difference is quite spectacular, I would not consider publishing the picture taken with the old camera, but I would consider the one taken with the new camera. In my opinion these pictures are a nice showcase for the camera upgrade!

And yes… you can always go better (I would not even consider comparing these pictures to the ones from my semi-professional kit), but the upgraded camera does surprisingly well for a phone camera.

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Thanks for such a professional feedback !

FP2, old camera, unedited

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New module, unedited, taken on LOS 15.1 with OpenCamera

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Springtime in the botanical gardens!

New camera module, FPOOS 19.02.1, Open Camera. All are unedited, though the ones ending in _HDR were made using Open Camera’s HDR mode, which is kinda sorta like editing.

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It’s been a while since I posted here. In spring my dad bought me good camera and since I have it I barely take pictures with the Fairphone anymore.
Today there was an occasion where I kind of had to.

This common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) left me no other choice than the cell phone camera - or at least at first I thought so.

All pictures FP2, old Camera module, Lineage OS, Open Camera, no editing except cropping

Now that I’m used to a really good camera I must say the FP2 can’t compare. Especially focusing was difficult.

For comparison here are pics from the camera + editing/filter.

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Anyway a nice catch.
How funny, the object you wanting to capture occupies you capture device :smile:

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What a great picture!!! Funny and beautiful…
And of course FF camera doesn’t compare to a good camera. Otherwise people wouldn’t buy camera’s anymore i guess:)

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Fall colours in the botanical gardens. The darker seasons really push the FP2’s camera to its limit, and it shows - but with some patience it’s still possible to take some lovely pictures.

The following pictures are edited to correct for the effects of seasonal darkness: the first picture of the Ginkgo leaves (made a bit brighter); the picture of the individual Ginkgo leaf (screwed with levels, applied a vignette and added fake shallow depth of field because I got a bit carried away); the picture of the frosty leaves (needed serious colour correction to make it look natural as it was dark, cloudy and early in the morning); the field of leaves (made a tiny bit brighter) and the pink bananas (screwed with levels to get colours to look natural).

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Post your snow pictures to show that the five year old FP2 is still going strong!

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Also some nice winter pictures with my FP2:

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Let’s see if we can’t breathe some new life into this thread - let’s post our FP2 pictures from 2021.









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