Photos shows very dull in low light S25 ultra

[SamsungUser143]

In low light... Photos are very dull

 

Photos are great quality only in great sunlight..

When in cloudy whether - dull photos

Night photos- dull

Please fix this issue #Samsung

I am using Samsung s25 ultra... Recently brought

[realaud]

Have you turned on the settings for low light photography? Or night mode? I know the S25 has different camera settings than my phone, so I can't tell you the exact setting. My phone has scene optimizer, it may be called something else in your settings.

[wasifali758595]

Low-light photography can be challenging, even with a powerful device like the Galaxy S25 Ultra, but there are a few steps that can help improve your results. Make sure Night Mode is enabled, as it’s designed to brighten and enhance details in dark conditions, and try to keep the phone as steady as possible since longer exposure times can make photos appear dull if there’s any movement. Using Pro Mode to adjust ISO and shutter speed manually can also make a big difference, while cleaning the lens and ensuring your software is up to date can prevent avoidable issues. If you’ve tried these adjustments and still find the results disappointing, it may be a software optimization issue, and reporting it through the Samsung Members app with sample photos can help the support team investigate further.

[Tom6068]

Have you cleared the camera app cache? Go to settings/apps/camera then open that, go to storage then clear both the cache and the data . Clearing the data will reset the app back to factory settings, but takes only a few clicks to set it back to one's preferences. Check that the camera lenses are clean and free from dust, etc? Then try taking low light shots using night mode. The only complaint I have about that setting is that take a very short exposure time (like a second) between actuating the shutter and the finish shot. If one does not have steady hands it can come out a bit blurry, especially considering how much light there actually is. It can go as high as 8 seconds in really dark scenes.

I just tested two shots, one with and another without night mode turned in a low light settings. The night mode took maybe one second. That shot came out very clear and the difference in how much light seen is in the night mode shot contrasts a good deal to the image without night mode on being darker, but still clear.

[maird]

The HDR sensors on a S25U usually do fine in low light down to night street light.

There's the +/- control on the default camera, the same thing is callled EV in some of the other camera modes. Set it to a positive value, probably between +1.0 and +2.0 to provide exposure compensation that makes the frame brighter. Though where it achieves the result by reducing shutter speed it can lead to blur due to camera shake if the phone is handheld. It's your hand that it the source of the shake, it's not a feature of the camera, just a natural consequence of hand holding at long shutter speeds.

You can also force the location to use for exposure adjustment in the scene by touching at the relevant point. Touch either on the darkest area in the scene or the area with the lowest natural contrast. It's a little hard to do when hand-holding the phone because the location doesn't follow if your hand moves, even normal camera shake can make it necessary to reset the position so it works best at low zoom levels, especially on the W (200MP) camera at 1x zoom. Plus you can shoot a broader scene then crop and adjust from the huge 200MP image.

The flash works fairly well at least up to 10 feet but won't do well on very dark objects or in recessed areas, taking a picture of an open closet but including the surrounding areas outside the closet. The contrast overall will be much better but the recessed closet will probably have areas of very low contrast.

As a last resort you can force the ISO value to be high enough to ensure a useful shutter speed that minimizes camera shake (probably 1/50th of a second or faster). Access isn't available in all camera modes, e.g. the default camera but in Pro or Expert Raw mode you can click the ISO button, click on the AUTO/MANUAL button at the left until it is MANUAL and slide the value to the highest value available. Note that frames tend to be more "grainy" at higher ISO levels.

You can reduce camera shake by bracing yourself against something solid, or using a monopod or tripod.