Camera extremely grainy

[avallark]

Camera is extremely grainy. The photo is set to 23mp 4:3 . Even at 23 mp the photos look as if they are 5mp. Picture quality is quite bad.

[aboodmushtary]

omg that digital noise its too much way too much digital noise 

[codetcs]

im highly upset because i bought the phone for its advertised camera - turned out to be a desaster-camera and i cant give the phone back! the camera is messed up on the xz.

[gouthi8]

Why are Sony folks not responding? Are they atleast looking at the thread? Just wondering, if something could be done as a Software update. Atleast there should be a toggle for Post-processing to be done or not!

[skycamefalling]

We are waiting for a statement from Sony regarding underwhelming camera performance since the Z1's times.

I would love to know if Sony really thinks that the camera is good or if they are merely trying to keep this marketing lie alive.

[codetcs]

Sony is reading this forum as there are answers from Sony staff - I´m pretty sure they do not overlook a thread with so many replies like this one. Sony why don´t you give a statement on this camera issue?

[hedrox87]

I agree with some points. ZX has better colors reproduction than nokia, better not oversaturated reds as seen in real life. Might have a little detail issues in far scapes, but it's smartphone. In this categories it's better than digital compacts from markets, shocking good. For that last example, you have to be blind not to see the photo was retouched manually and taken with shaky hand. My grandpa would take better and sharper photo than this xperia anti-fan.

[CYv]

Ah and here I thought it was just me. Yeah pics are grainy at 23mp and always having trouble focusing for macro. I bought this because i thought camera would be great since it'a sony. I only had my phone for a week.

[Don82]

My first revieuw ever because im that disapointed.First my z1,z3,Xz..same story all over again.i do need to say color many improved and white balance..but first all over the z line and again in the X???if sony want us to go for a samsung and iphone just say so.they will run there buisness just for the camera only.make it ugly and they still buy it for the camera's!!i got some friends they miss sony phones but they keep stick for the camera alone to other brands.they all like the speed(faster then s7),eye catch design over most big brands.but the camera is a joke for all that monney.to me it will be my last sony for sure.my 8y old 5MP n95 makes better images.im happy i got this one for 470e new!!i could neve spent a other 700e to sony!!!to crazy!

[aboodmushtary]

like i said before its sonys fault they ignored OIS since z3 the tech was available from that time but sony just said NO and used their bad digital stabilization and its plagued the xz too that extreme grain is produced by sonys heavy digital stability 

[Delph84]

Hello, same problem on my X Compact, it doesn't focus well in macro (Auto or Manual mode) so I move back a little and use the zoom (1,5x is usually enough and the quality is still good)  

As for the grainy photos that everybody cares about, maybe Sony should do something but at 8 MegaPixels they aren't grainy (except when it's darker, of course)... but take your photos at 23 MegaPixels and reduce their size to the same as others smartphones, same size as a 13 or 16 MegaPixels, for example and pictures will be better... or try resizing a photo taken with a Galaxy S7 to the same size of the ones taken whith the XZ... they will be blurry. 

I think that Sony should work on finding a middle ground, less grainy but still good size / quality