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Poor picture quality

8 replies · 2,073 views · Started 08 May 2003

I thought I read that somebody got better picture quality in CommuniCam after an upgrade. Is this true? I have searched, but cant find the post anywhere.

My firmware is:
Phone: CXC162002 R1D
Btooth: CXC12529 R2C
Org: CXC162001 R1G05
CDA: CDA162002/7 R3A01

Also... Sometimes the CommuniCam just shows the SE logo, and not the viewfinder image, even though when you take the picture it does take a picture... if you see what I mean.
Any ideas?

[quote="chris.orton"]I thought I read that somebody got better picture quality in CommuniCam after an upgrade. Is this true? I have searched, but cant find the post anywhere.

My firmware is:
Phone: CXC162002 R1D
Btooth: CXC12529 R2C
Org: CXC162001 R1G05
CDA: CDA162002/7 R3A01

Also... Sometimes the CommuniCam just shows the SE logo, and not the viewfinder image, even though when you take the picture it does take a picture... if you see what I mean.
Any ideas?[/quote]

The quality is a bit better after the upgrade, not much, only in darker circumstances it's really improved(with night-mode).

About the Logo in the viewfinder image, that's a known bug. Turn the phone off and on again and the logo has disappeared. Not sure if this was fixed in R2D though

[quote="chris.orton"]I thought I read that somebody got better picture quality in CommuniCam after an upgrade. Is this true? I have searched, but cant find the post anywhere.

My firmware is:
Phone: CXC162002 R1D
Btooth: CXC12529 R2C
Org: CXC162001 R1G05
CDA: CDA162002/7 R3A01

Also... Sometimes the CommuniCam just shows the SE logo, and not the viewfinder image, even though when you take the picture it does take a picture... if you see what I mean.
Any ideas?[/quote]

Yes, the camera has been improved in the R2D/R2F firmware. You got the R1D firmware, thus, no camera improvements.

I found that the logo was only displayed when memory was running low. Once I uninstalled a large app, the problem went away.

Same here. I suspect that running the real-time imaging takes stack loads of memory [ha, techie joke!] and if you don't have enough then it gives a Sony logo instead.

That seems to make sense, but I always keep at least 5Mb of internal memory clear, and my Duo's got nearly 11Mb free.

I'll try a few tests and post back.

Thanks guys

Nah, still working even with EVERY application open and only 1Mb free on the C drive.

I wonder if it's something to do with bright natural light? Both times I've used it have been very sunny days (unusual here).

I have around 1.8MB, working fine, it comes up once a real blue moon so I don't get quite bothered just irritated. BTW, I first experienced it after I upgraded to R2D, could it be the firmware perhaps?

the logo bug hasnt been fixed yet, even on the R2D. :evil: :evil: :evil: