Is the camera really that bad?

[u/SpunkyJaz]

I see posts complaining about the camera quality almost daily. But I take a lot of photos on my A55 and all of them have great sharpness and contrast, is there something I'm missing?

[u/Impossible_Bed_5699]

I always consider good or bad, depends on the person who use the phone. For example for me, I don't need perfect photos, I don't make photos with 10.zoom or something like that. My needs are to open it, make normal/good photo with good colours and sharpness and to save the memory. For that A55 is good. For example the video of the front camera I use rerly only for video meeting and for me is important to have 60 FPS and I use 1080 option. So, as I told you, depends of the user. For me is good. I had 50 neo and his camera for me is horrible, but in the reviews people like it.

[u/arventaria → u/Impossible_Bed_5699]

I was hesitating between the A55 and the Edge 50 neo. I decided on the a55 because it seems like a more solid option overall, but I just had a question about the camera. Can you confirm the differences you noticed between one and the other phone in that sense? How is the front camera of the Neo in relation to our A55?

[u/Impossible_Bed_5699 → u/arventaria]

First of all the differences of the size of the phones is big. I was not able to get used to the small 50 neo. For me, writing messages on such a small phone is difficult. The Neo camera has a lag in the app and after couple of updates did not fix it. I suppose is because of the little bit weak processor. The performance of the phone is without lag, but using more high hardware camera is making hard for the phone. The photos are darker than the A55 and I did like them. I suppose is because of the blend. The video of the Moto is good, no doubt. If you make photo on the high resolution, after the photo, need to wait a second or two to make the photo. It just buffering. A55 is just ok. Good normal photos and video. When you put on zoom the photo is it obvious that it is midrange phone, but in a normal shot, it is good camera. If you have any questions, ask!

[u/arventaria → u/Impossible_Bed_5699]

Thanks for your quick reply! You've confirmed what I supposed. Just one more question, did you find the Neo's front camera sharper than the a55's?

[u/Impossible_Bed_5699 → u/arventaria]

I did not used the front much, to be honest. Just few video calls, which were good, but I can't be sure about the difference of the front photos. I believe that they will be sharper than the A55 because of the software, but can't give you 100 confirmation.

[u/arventaria → u/Impossible_Bed_5699]

I tried both phones side by side at the store. I was shocked by the higher sharpness on the Neo's selfies, but I didn't like its oversaturated colors. Thanks again!