Really good to know you've finally been settled and be happy now, no more hard feelings and life upsetting LOL ... View more

@Cerberus Any updates to your Small Claims / class action / media battle ? We are all very keen to know ... View more

Phew ~ No wonder I'm told it's a very hard time running consumer electronics business in Europe.... ... View more

Agreed. Medium res sharing over Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, and low res sharing over WhatsApp etc. And then reviewing one's traveling snapshots on the phone, or projecting on an HDTV via MHL to relive the fond memories. That's mainstream applications for casual snapshots on a compact mobile I believe. Blowing all up 1:1 on a large screen to meticulously inspect pics from a mobile is hilarious if not stupid IMHO. My decent (I think) FF Zeiss costs me about 3 times a Z5P and with that I did inspect very carefully pixel by pixel when I first received it. With a combat mobile, no one needs a Pixel warrior (nor a Keyboard one) I reckon... ... View more

Users keep posting Z5 pics on Sony Mobile HK official Facebook page and seems no one noticed any issues. Interesting.... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UJilLBz2C3Vl9MYUR0NTJ1UjA/view?usp=docslist_api ... View more

Interesting. This purported issue seemingly still doesn't exist in Asian communities so far. ... View more

No offence, really   I think the gentlemen / ladies who kept whining here should get their product returned / refunded if possible and then move on with their gracious lives with other brands (like, LG G4 ?)    For those who's unhappy but unable to return with a full refund, just look at the bright side, it really isn't that bad with the majority of samples you see here if you didn't inspect meticulously 1:1 on big screen   Just my two cents towards greater peace, harmony, and one's tranquility    No offence x 2 ... View more

Frankly, is it really such a big deal on a cameraphone ? You can't even tell if it's blurred or not until blowing all up on a big screen and then look double hard to pick ? I don't mind about mine  *peace* ... View more

I tested mine again today under daylight at distant, sorta uniform patterns   I ain't sure no more is this an affected pic after reading more and more here....   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0UJilLBz2C3V3JYM3pfRVBBRUU/view?usp=sharing   Manual,  16:9,  20MP (5984 x 3336) ... View more

@aspratley @bloodfire1004   I see now,  thanks for the details and the link  (very good read about the sensor)  ... View more

I'm wondering about two points....   (1)  I think it's actually 16:9 which will cut a portion of the frame ?  The sensor is native 4:3,  and that's why only when you shoot in 4:3 can you enjoy the full native highest 23M pixel resolution.  Otherwise,  if you shoot in 16:9,  it will cut the top and bottle parts of the 4:3 frame to create the resulting wide aspect ratio like letterbox,  and hence reduced to 20M pixel resolution.  So,  for the sake of this defect checking test,  aren't we supposed to use the full 23M 4:3 format to cover the whole effective sensor ?   (2)  A previous post suggests to standardize our tests using 8M pixel resolution,  but may I know why 8M ?  Isn't it the higher the pixel resolution, the easier we can spot any blurring defects when reviewing on a large screen in original resolution ?   Thank you ... View more

I'm happy to confirm there is no such blurring /ghosting on my Z5 Premium (E6853 Single SIM, Gold Color, Rev 3) ... View more