Beach/Snow mode (for user taking photo under strong lighting condition such as beach & sunlit water scene to get better exposure & colour)
Currently we try and detect scenes such as snow and candle light automatically and then render these as per your minds eye remembers the scene. so in the case of snow there is a natural blue tint and in the case of candle light there is a warm hue. If we compensate for these they maybe technically correct but not representative of the original scene. Currently we'd like to maintain this approach based on extensive evaluation.
Backlight (for taking photo where light is come from behind of the, where user found n86 don't have ability to do well in this)
In the case of the N8 the face detection tied to backlight exposure compendation has been improved.
Party (white balance under dim room (warm colour lighting) is not doing well + also the exposure which user found n86 not doing well in this)
Not sure a party scene mode would help here as we already detect such conditions. Examples would help us to understand better any needed improvements.
For ISO setting
Allow user to manually preset ISO at 100, 200, 400, 800. Somtimes for low light condition user may want to use low ISO to extend exposure time & reduce noise at minimum.(for n86 there is no use of low ISO since this limited by exposure time 😡 & the photo get darker) Sometimes user may want to use high ISO800 /ISO1200 (flash off) to capture photo with minimum 'hand shake' without take too much concern on noise issue but just to get enough detail of subject under low light condition.
We already provide these settings for 100, 400 and 800.
For Focus mode
Wish to see lock exposure & spot focus ( sometimes using n86 wanna get more precise exposure is hard, with spot focus + AE Lock user can point on certain part on scene to get more precise exposure)
In the case of the N8 we use a small spot focus system. AE and AF are locked at half press.
For White Balance
Strong fluoroscent (current white balance available on n86 may not fullfill user since sometimes the scene WB still shown cool after using fluoroscent WB setting)
Again would need to see samples to better understand any needed refinements
Shade ( n86 user found the colour of subject which under shade will generally cooler)
Again samples would be needed here if you can please.
-burstmode (more chance of getting the right moment)
Noted
-Shutterspeed priority: incase sportmode isnt fast enough (will increase iso or EV automatically)
We do what's possible in sports mode without increasing the ISO too much. You could set this manually already today if desired.
-Manual shutterspeed: For the creative minds (better/longer nightshots, HDR imaging en better highspeed shots) with manual ISO and EV settings.
We already provide ISO and EV settings.
We do use some amount of wide dynamic range but limit the use of these as they tend to increase noise.
Problem with manual exposure controls is being able to provide wide enough aperture control range to make manual expsoure control worthwhile. Otherwise you only have gain to provide variation which would increase noise in the case of selecting faster shutter speeds. Slower shutter speeds wouldn't be possible unless you could use the ND filter.
-Exposure Graphic! : Displays are hard to see in the sun regardless of what type and if its a bright day u dont know if the image is well exposed. This graphic can give u a indication to use -EV of +EV to correct it incase of over or underExporsure.
Hmm, not sure what we could actually do here. The n8's display is brighter so it's easier to frame and compose your image, but I take your point re critical exposure control.
-Screentouch Capture: a button on the screen that u can touch to start autofocus and take picture, reduces chance of movement while pressing the button!
This has been in N97 and a few other products. Looking at it.
-Standords Computational HDR fotografie.
Noted
