is the camera on the HD2 better than the TouchHD.
This is the only thing i wasnt happy with on my touch HD, the camera was unacceptable in anything but daylight conditions.
My older N95 took great pictures in all conditions, the video was even acceptable when filmed in a dark night club, infact the sound was clearly audible from very loud gigs, where as every other phone ive seen was just distorted.
While Id love to progress from Touch HD to HD2, I am unwilling to accept poor camera performance in favour of a large screen.
The I phone is not an option for me either, as I know the camera on that is even worse than the Touch HD.
Please let me know your thoughts on the HD2 camera (ignoring the pink screen problem which is no doubt fixable soon)
Thanks
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And that helps him how???
I find the camera on the HD2 better than the camera on the HD, but not amazingly so. I still occassionaly take blurred shots, but it's quicker, and let's face it - it's got a flash!
So the speed and the flash definitely improve the performance, but it's still not an amazing camera. I'll certainly be happier using this than my HD though.
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I find the camera on the HD2 better than the camera on the HD, but not amazingly so. I still occassionaly take blurred shots, but it's quicker, and let's face it - it's got a flash!
So the speed and the flash definitely improve the performance, but it's still not an amazing camera. I'll certainly be happier using this than my HD though.
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This seems to be the general consensus - better than the Touch HD but not even close to the quality of the camera on the N95.
The camera is amazingly better.
1) Much higher light sensitivity --> less noise, less blur in dark conditions
2) Much faster, focuses automatically, immediately takes the picture when you press the button
3) The flash is great, easily illuminates a room of up to 20qm or objects in up to 4m distance in darkness
The camera is amazing. Much much better than the one in the HD. Of course still not good as cameras found in some camera/dumbphones, but very good for a smartphone. Much better than most competing smartphones, like tue Droid or iPhone.
Here's some comparison shots between the HD2 and the HD, there you can see how much better it is: http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showthread.php?t=147444
ah, excellent.
Thanks to everyone who left constructive advice, the HD2 is greatly improved.
Thats definately given me more confidence.
So have they solved the pink photo problem?
acutally i think the camera is fine, maybe the flash is a bt too bright but takes good pics.
i found that on the white balance option if i changed it to the icon that looks like an upside down light bulb the pink hue disappeared! and took great pics.
futurama said:
ah, excellent.
Thanks to everyone who left constructive advice, the HD2 is greatly improved.
Thats definately given me more confidence.
So have they solved the pink photo problem?
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It would be better to keep this question locked to the topic that is covering it don't you think....
Otherwise you are going to get fragmented disinformation where one topic is saying one thing whilst the other could be saying different.
maati said:
Here's some comparison shots between the HD2 and the HD, there you can see how much better it is: http://www.ppc-welt.info/community/showthread.php?t=147444
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Here's some comparison shots between the HD2 and the HD where you can see how much worse the HD2 is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4958710&postcount=27
Note particularly the third and fourth images, and how much more detail the HD captures.
EDIT: I include this in the interests of balanced reporting, I make no claim that it is necessarily any more authoritative than maati's link - peruse both and make your own mind up.
The best improvement on this "side" in the new LED flash... but except this.... It's the best HTC camera I've tested (including Magic / Hero)... but it's still an HTC camera
@Shasarak
I honestly can't believe that those shots are from the HD. I've still got an HD myself and the HD2's camera is a HUGE improvement. Nothing less than amazing, except for the 'pink spot issue'.
Look at this: HTC Touch HD is on top, HD2 at the bottom.
(I've even done several pictures with the HD and I took the best one!)
And this is in good conditions! In bad conditions, the difference becomes enormous, because the HD2's sensor has greatly improved light sensitivity.
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HTC uses the same cameras as other manufacturers do. They don't make those chips themselves, they buy them from the same suppliers that other handset makers get their chips from. The only difference is software.
I don't know why people always think that HTC cameras are worse than those used by others, because that's clearly not true. Of course thicker handsets like Nokias or some Sony Ericsson ones have better cameras because they can use bigger sensors and optics, but HTC's cameras are just as good as others in comparable (i.e. thin) phones.
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Hi guys, new to the Aria forums. Just wanted to say how impressed I am with this little device. I have an HTC EVO and just received an ARIA as my work phone and I am really loving it. I catch myself using it more than the EVO for a lot. It's definitely a snappy android device!
Craziest thing I noticed right off the bat is how nice shots are on the Aria. The Evo has a pretty lousy camera IMO but when I compared it to the Aria I was really shocked.
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Same thing applies for video clips. The Aria wins. Definitely a cool device! It's nice to see a good little smartphone that's not getting as large as the recent devices out.
it seems like the Evo's pic has wrong focus (the bottle is out of focus) and it's a little overexposed.
Anyway, I have only the Aria, it's good to know how it's compared to others. Thanks.
You are right. But I've had the evo since launch, took a lot of pics. Aria still nicer imo. I should snag a more focused shot. Thanks.
It is definitely tough to grab a good focused shot on the EVO.
ARIA:
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awesome comparison looks like they focused too much on EVO's "speedy" hardware and not enough on the camera quality. i know majority of smartphone buyers want 3 things...1. resononable battery life, 2. easy mass texting 3. and camera quality good enough to replace a digital camera.
I should post two videos in comparison as well. The EVO owners all agree, our "720p camcorders" are lousy.
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I should post two videos in comparison as well. The EVO owners all agree, our "720p camcorders" are lousy.
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please do man. i would love to see the comparison and what the hype is about having 720p capabilities. so far as youtube videos go...recording with the standard video recording Aria is fine.
I love HTC and Android devices, and the EVO is a slick device but it is really lacking in a few key areas. Anyway I am away from my PC now so I won't be able to load any vids up. I should do some outdoor stuff because the low light vids I have I would say are borderline unwatchable.
seems to me the weakpoint of the arias video capabilites come not from the actual video, but from the audio capturing.
I just got my Aria, and the camera takes horrible pictures - very blurry (and I hold still and hold my breath). Are there some settings you would recommend?
cinnamon327 said:
I just got my Aria, and the camera takes horrible pictures - very blurry (and I hold still and hold my breath). Are there some settings you would recommend?
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unfortunately , i agree with you cinnamon - i have a very difficult time even getting semi-quality out of this camera
Those pictures of the Rolling Rock are some of the best i have seen from an Aria.
The aria has a lot of potential. Despite it's processor. It's a snappy little device
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unfortunately , i agree with you cinnamon - i have a very difficult time even getting semi-quality out of this camera
Those pictures of the Rolling Rock are some of the best i have seen from an Aria.
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my Aria takes reasonable quality pictures, esp. outdoors.
i once had blurry/foggy pictures turned out that the lens was dusty.
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I just got my Aria, and the camera takes horrible pictures - very blurry (and I hold still and hold my breath). Are there some settings you would recommend?
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I recommend Camera 360 Pro - hands down AWESOME for taking photos! You can apply effects that'll make it look like you own a DSLR. And you HAVE to have a very steady hand - there is virtually no image stabilization for these devices despite what options you may see - the "software" image stabilization plain sucks. I usually find something to rest the phone on if at all possible for the best shots.
Here ya go.....
Once i let my camera gather enough dust to yield this picture
I dominated your screen; thats right.
After taking a few pictures with my Aria I was amazed at how crisp my pictures were.
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I recommend Camera 360 Pro - hands down AWESOME for taking photos! You can apply effects that'll make it look like you own a DSLR. And you HAVE to have a very steady hand - there is virtually no image stabilization for these devices despite what options you may see - the "software" image stabilization plain sucks. I usually find something to rest the phone on if at all possible for the best shots.
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Agree - i like Camera 360 Pro +1
I was next to an iPhone 4 user video chatting with them using fring and their front facing camera is way better then our EVO's front camera. We were in the same low lighting right next to each other and his picture was light and crispy, seeing all his facial features as if we were in high lighting. On the other hand the EVO was all dark and I couldn't see any facial features at all. I always have to have it extra bright. Why is that? I thought our camera was better? Is there anyway to fix it? I hope, because I thought the EVO was was better than the Iphone4 in every way.
tomp517 said:
I was next to an iPhone 4 user video chatting with them using fring and their front facing camera is way better then our EVO's front camera. We were in the same low lighting right next to each other and his picture was light and crispy, seeing all his facial features as if we were in high lighting. On the other hand the EVO was all dark and I couldn't see any facial features at all. I always have to have it extra bright. Why is that? I thought our camera was better? Is there anyway to fix it? I hope, because I thought the EVO was was better than the Iphone4 in every way.
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Um.. no. Its not better in every way. The 4 has better video recording, higher rez display, and arguably, is "sexier" ... did I mention its sheeple approved?
What our phones have over the iPhone 4 is Android, 4G, bigger display, a better carrier (in my opinion, having come from AT$T.) And the ability to make a god dammed phone call.
Im actually surpised you say the front cam is better as the EVO HAS A HIGHER RES FRONT CAM.
...in 1943, I killed a drifter.
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Um.. no. Its not better in every way. The 4 has better video recording, higher rez display, and arguably, is "sexier" ... did I mention its sheeple approved?
What our phones have over the iPhone 4 is Android, 4G, bigger display, a better carrier (in my opinion, having come from AT$T.) And the ability to make a god dammed phone call.
Im actually surpised you say the front cam is better as the EVO HAS A HIGHER RES FRONT CAM.
...in 1943, I killed a drifter.
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I am too. I always put my EVO over iPhones in every way. But when I finally sat down and played with one the only thing I did notice to be reverently better was the camera and touch sensitivity. My friend is a big Apple fan boy and he just got his iPhone4 in a couple days ago and he always try to compare his iPhone 4 to my EVO.
Resolution doesn't mean better quality.
So I don't even own an EVO, I'm still using my trusty HD2, but I came across this today and it's possibly the best thing I've ever seen... thought some people here might appreciate it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=related
I've read the camera is actually the same tech/hardware/manufacturer (higher resolution), its just the software/driver is different. At least, that's what I read...
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QFT more resolution just means more pixels, which means nothing if the sensor isnt larger.
im not sure what sensor chips both phones use, but be aware just because IT HAS MORE MP;S zomgmggew doesnt make it any better a camera.
<--psst i used to be a professonal photographer, until i got this sweet job in IT.
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I've read the camera is actually the same tech/hardware/manufacturer (higher resolution), its just the software/driver is different. At least, that's what I read...
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Yeah it is a driver problem. HTC is just too lazy (understandble considering how Apple releases 1 phone a year, HTC 20+)
Evo has a higher end camera chip from the same manufacture as the iPhone.
That's funny every time I see it. Honestly though the video in general on my Evo kinda sucks, my hd always freezes and then the audio is way out of sync. Looks good if it doesn't freeze and my front facing camera is about as good as the web camera on my network. The wvga video is still pretty good for a phone though.
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fact of life, evo's camera blows compared to iphones unless your in direct sun lol....
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fact of life, evo's camera blows compared to iphones unless your in direct sun lol....
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As much as i hate to admit it. It's true.
evo camera is horrid, iphone 4 is the best camera on a phone to date and I hate apple
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So I don't even own an EVO, I'm still using my trusty HD2, but I came across this today and it's possibly the best thing I've ever seen... thought some people here might appreciate it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=related
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Good Morning from Germany,
Sony have officialy answered on this Problem here you can read that :
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/126134
Now i decided to write an Email to XPERIABLOG.NET that they should something about the Cameraproblem or an image comparison between
HTC One, Galaxy S4 and Xperia Z
Here is the Email :
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and here you can read the article about this Comparison :
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/04/18/camera-shootout-xperia-z-goes-up-against-the-galaxy-s4-and-htc-one/
It's good that this gets more attention, but I don't hope that Sony will only look at this problem as a compression problem, because there is a lot more wrong here.
Sorry but I've had a good test of the Sony camera compared to HTC one and galaxy s3 and the xperia camera edges it barring the odd bit of over compression but I'll take it for less noise and better colour reproduction than both those phones
I believe the z has bigger fish to fry like unforgivable viewing angles, awful speaker quality, lag and ui skipping issues, over heating and odd and inconsistent battery life.
I loved this phone on face value but the more I use it the more I pick it apart
The camera is by far it's best attribute and is better than its competitors right now even if the photos are a little soft.
biffsmash said:
I believe the z has bigger fish to fry like unforgivable viewing angles, awful speaker quality, lag and ui skipping issues, over heating and odd and inconsistent battery life.
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Viewing angles: You want to look at the phone from a 45 degree angle? For what reason? Or do you love that other people can read your text's?
Aweful speaker quality: Ok lets put a better speaker in, but remove the whole concept of the phone being water proof/resistant
Lag: Yeah lag..... where!?
ui skipping issues: ??? Examples please.
Over heating: Name 1 phone that doesn't overheat, isn't it logical that the processor becomes hot when it need to process something big?? Since our phone's are made out of glass we will notice it even more, since glass is a good heat conductor (You could/should've known that before you bought the phone)
Inconsistent battery life : Partly true, it also has to do with the apps that you run, so you can't really blame Sony for that.
ANYWAYS.....this topic is about the camera so lets leave other issues aside.
What's all this about the camera, the Zs camera is easily the best I've ever seen. Stop using reviews as a basis for a petition. Many of these sites have their own agenda. I've repeatedly heard them say the Zs camera is worse than that of the iPhone. Well they could have fooled me. That claim doesn't stand up at all. It's biased stupidity.
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What's all this about the camera, the Zs camera is easily the best I've ever seen. Stop using reviews as a basis for a petition. Many of these sites have their own agenda. I've repeatedly heard them say the Zs camera is worse than that of the iPhone. Well they could have fooled me. That claim doesn't stand up at all. It's biased stupidity.
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I don't know about other people, but I've got my own pictures as a reference:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38823948&postcount=39
Not mine, but you can clearly see that there is too much noise:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38847402&postcount=41
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38858346&postcount=46
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39024438&postcount=76
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I don't know about other people, but I've got my own pictures as a reference:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38823948&postcount=39
Not mine, but you can clearly see that there is too much noise:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38847402&postcount=41
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38858346&postcount=46
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39024438&postcount=76
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One of those guys said:
Amazing low light shots..not possible with my previous phones to look so clear (S3 and iphone5).
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You should not expect the same quality pic in a macro shot than in a night shot. With other phone, in those conditions, you would get a nice black photo. In Xperia Z you get a noisy pic, but at least it's not black.
I have to agree with the issue here. Before I even looked at the Xperia subforum, after coming from an S3, I knew straight away that I couldn't take a half decent picture and after 30 or 40 shots didn't get a single image I could use.
I could get a perfect picture on my S3, default settings almost every time, and if not, certainly the second time.
Nobody can say that's placebo caused by popular belief because I never even saw the complaints until I had decided for myself the picture quality was apalling.
the camera app itself is a big problem because it was ported from x1,x2 (windows phones) and tweaked a bit. guys who have/had x1 or x2 know what im talking about
when sony finally makes new or updates camera app some problems might go away
Some camera problems are dued to picture softness. Camera360 automatically "improves" the quality with a focus filter, you should test it.
Hello,
This weekend I spent some time at a store playing with a G2 and was very impressed!
Excellent performance, right size and drop dead gorgeous screen.
I am considering getting one, but I have been reading some complaints here on XDA about the camera.
My question is how bad is the camera in real life?
I currently have an iPhone 5 and use the camera a lot. I shoot in all lighting conditions and everything from landscapes, city scapes, portraits, candids, food... I also shoot a lot of social pics in low light and indoors of friends gathering on coffe shops and clubs and such. In these situations, the iPhone delivers pics that are a bit noise, but plenty useful on the small screen and on Facebook and such.
I was just wondering if the camera on the G2 is on the same league as the iPhone 5, better, or worse.
What's your take?
Cheers!
In my experience autofocus in a dimly lit setting (e.g. in a restaurant) suck pretty hard. My girlfriend's iPhone 4 handily outperformed my LG G2 in focusing. Once the focus is set, however, it takes a good photo.
gdourado said:
Hello,
This weekend I spent some time at a store playing with a G2 and was very impressed!
Excellent performance, right size and drop dead gorgeous screen.
I am considering getting one, but I have been reading some complaints here on XDA about the camera.
My question is how bad is the camera in real life?
I currently have an iPhone 5 and use the camera a lot. I shoot in all lighting conditions and everything from landscapes, city scapes, portraits, candids, food... I also shoot a lot of social pics in low light and indoors of friends gathering on coffe shops and clubs and such. In these situations, the iPhone delivers pics that are a bit noise, but plenty useful on the small screen and on Facebook and such.
I was just wondering if the camera on the G2 is on the same league as the iPhone 5, better, or worse.
What's your take?
Cheers!
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Its better of course...But the camera software needs fine tuning,in order to be really good.But to take a great pic you need to sit and learn the camera options.Its not like an iphone that has pretty much only one mode for almost everything.
Intelligent Auto mode works pretty well for just about any situation. The de-noise setting in low light situations is too much though.
You can use one of the custom camera's from here on the forums and it will give a bit better quality and it also will focus faster.
G2 crushes the iPhone 5s. (At least in this particular scenario)
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5s on the left... stock camera apps on both. I used Intelligent Auto w/ Flash on the G2.
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G2 crushes the iPhone 5s. (At least in this particular scenario)
5s on the left... stock camera apps on both. I used Intelligent Auto w/ Flash on the G2.
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I wouldnt use intel auto at night pics especialy with flash on.Normal will flash will make them look alot better.Also it will focus and take apic alot faster.
woof123 said:
I wouldnt use intel auto at night pics especialy with flash on.Normal will flash will make them look less processed.Also it will focus and take apic alot faster.
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Dunno, I've tried a lot of pictures with flash on and without I.A. and the results were pretty bad.
brad piff said:
G2 crushes the iPhone 5s. (At least in this particular scenario)
5s on the left... stock camera apps on both. I used Intelligent Auto w/ Flash on the G2.
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Nice example.
That is the type of comparison I am looking for.
In good light, I am guessing they will both perform well.
Cheers!
gdourado said:
Nice example.
That is the type of comparison I am looking for.
In good light, I am guessing they will both perform well.
Cheers!
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I'd agree, most cameras in the modern age work pretty damn good in well lit conditions. I really like this camera... I had a Nexus 4 before and this is night and day as far as quality is concerned.
Night time shot.
http://instagram.com/p/fgwstYwe4b/
That's the colored version... couldn't get the image URL!
brad piff said:
Dunno, I've tried a lot of pictures with flash on and without I.A. and the results were pretty bad.
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Play with the settings abit.I.A process the pics to much,when its used in low light conditions,normal mod isnt.
Hi,
post pictures taken with your M9.
HTC One M9 Flickr Group > https://www.flickr.com/groups/htc_one_m9/
Samples:
hamdir > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59821245&postcount=274
PhoneArena > http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-camera-samples-from-the-HTC-One-M9_id66435
cNet > http://www.cnet.com/news/a-day-with-htc-one-m9s-new-cameras/
SlashGear > http://www.slashgear.com/htc-one-m9-hands-on-android-goes-luxe-01371018/
GsmArena > http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_mwc_2015-review-1215p4.php
zdNet > http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/htc-o...xels-on-the-back-and-ultrapixel-on-the-front/
low lights - PhoneArena > http://www.phonearena.com/news/Are-...Samsung-test-setup-seems-inconclusive_id66731 (pics attached here)
the Verge > http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8133227/htc-one-m9-camera-sample-images
aliHTCDHD > https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157651909030821/
starbase64 > https://www.flickr.com/photos/maik_reifschneider/sets/72157651505923058/
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The camera software is not final yet. Camera samples are not really telling yet..
That bottom one seems to show the red heating issue that the m7 suffered ?
@vizzy
It is embarrassing when they make a mistake twice
low lights - PhoneArena are S6 vs M8...
Not looking good so far
Even though they say it's not final, they've had quite a while to work on improving the camera. I doubt much will change between now and a few weeks.
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Not looking good so far
Even though they say it's not final, they've had quite a while to work on improving the camera. I doubt much will change between now and a few weeks.
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Opinions, in order to be valid, need to be based on fact.
M9 camera software is still a work in progress. It has been improving steadily. Algorithms are updated almost daily.
My name is Harold and I'm a flashaholic.....
geoff5093 said:
Not looking good so far
Even though they say it's not final, they've had quite a while to work on improving the camera. I doubt much will change between now and a few weeks.
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I think the phone arena shots look great.
fernando sor said:
I think the phone arena shots look great.
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The indoor shots I've seen show a lot of noise reduction and sharpening, making the photos look heavily processed
geoff5093 said:
The indoor shots I've seen show a lot of noise reduction and sharpening, making the photos look heavily processed
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Well hopefully some of the issues are software related.
Barcelona at night - shot with the HTC M9
Source: Twitter/ https://twitter.com/chrisch1974
There are huge variations in the above photos. Probably because there may have been differences in software and possibly because some of the reviewers are bad photographers. Especially some of the Verge photos show that the guy (that called the phone a beautiful disappointment) did not know how to take proper photos.
Some of the photos are very good, some bad. I believe that HDR will be needed in many cases and I'm not optimistic about low light photos.
I think that we will see many people using the front camera to take pictures during the night.
I still want to see some proper photo review with the latest software.
An album full of images taken with an HTC One M9 (non-final software). Looks pretty good to me...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpenico/sets/72157650671608427/with/16509729050/
VictorC said:
An album full of images taken with an HTC One M9 (non-final software). Looks pretty good to me...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpenico/sets/72157650671608427/with/16509729050/
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Dunno why but it looks like taken by the Marketing team of HTC, compared to the other samples we saw, it's like 3x time better, so it's either after lot of manual optimal settings or taken in RAW.
BTW why we still don't have any RAW photo sample?
Perhaps, we'll see... Software optimization can really change a lot. I remember how bad the Nexus 5 camera was at the beginning and after the first updates the quality improved a lot.
Here's what Anandtech said about the M9 camera/photos after their quick hands on. The pictures posted in the article look ok.
http://anandtech.com/show/9012/htc-launches-one-m9-handson
"In casual testing, I saw a dramatic improvement in daytime image quality, and features like HDR as seen above are dramatically improved from the One M8. In general there seem to be fewer issues with things like field curvature and other types of optical distortion along with drastically improved dynamic range, but in low light the results I saw were indicative of poor processing and tuning. HTC representatives stated that the camera tuning, especially in low light were far from final so it remains to be seen if these issues remain in the final product. It seems that the ImageChip 2 has also been deleted from the M9, although the reasons for this are not clear".
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Perhaps, we'll see... Software optimization can really change a lot. I remember how bad the Nexus 5 camera was at the beginning and after the first updates the quality improved a lot.
Here's what Anandtech said about the M9 camera/photos after their quick hands on. The pictures posted in the article look ok.
http://anandtech.com/show/9012/htc-launches-one-m9-handson
"In casual testing, I saw a dramatic improvement in daytime image quality, and features like HDR as seen above are dramatically improved from the One M8. In general there seem to be fewer issues with things like field curvature and other types of optical distortion along with drastically improved dynamic range, but in low light the results I saw were indicative of poor processing and tuning. HTC representatives stated that the camera tuning, especially in low light were far from final so it remains to be seen if these issues remain in the final product. It seems that the ImageChip 2 has also been deleted from the M9, although the reasons for this are not clear".
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Looks good enough for me. Plus I need a change from Samsung.
camera has no ois! i don't find any information
edit: Marques Brownlee hands on > http://youtu.be/QXF3tUfvuLU?t=2m20s
Do you guys know if the "ufocus" effect isn't available anymore with the m9? Or is Still in there ??
renehd2 said:
Do you guys know if the "ufocus" effect isn't available anymore with the m9? Or is Still in there ??
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It 'always there but must be set before shooting, you can not put after as with the M8
I will be interesting to see how the auto focus works compared to the M8 as there is no phase detection like its predecessor. Though the M8 was no slouch in this regard.