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wildfire picture quality

hi. i wonder how's the picture quality taken from wildfire? i know that it has 5mp camera, but what about the quality? can anyone post a full res pic taken from wildfire here? am planning to get one soon. thanks

Wildfire has the same camera as Desire and Legend and in my opinion the quality of pictures is good.
Here some:
Sent from my HTC Wildfire

Pictures from my wildfire
Quality is in the middle...but the flash led is very usefull at night ...

thanks for the posts. i guess the picture is not so bad, cause i saw htc magic's picture on the web the other day, and i think it is really good. i'm divided-wildfire or se x10 mini pro. both has good specs, and camera quality for se-very nice.
but i think i'll have wildfire though. thanks guys

Hi mate!
I have a Wildfire and I'm not satisfied of its camera quality(video-photo both). Quality can't be comprared with Desire's. IMO if camera quality is important for you and if you got the money buy a Desire not Wildfire

Here is some of the pics I've taken with wildfire. And btw camera should be the same on wildfire and desire. 5mp 2592*1944 autofocus and led flash.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Savagery said:
And btw camera should be the same on wildfire and desire.
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I have a Wildfire and my bro has a Desire. He shots better pictures. That means Desire has better camera.
Regards.

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zephyri-xr said:
I have a Wildfire and my bro has a Desire. He shots better pictures. That means Desire has better camera.
Regards.
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The camera in Desire and Wildfire is exactly the same. I am telling you this as employee of the camera vendor who sells the camera to HTC.
There might be some difference in post-processing since the Desire has stronger processor. But from what I have seen the quality is the same.

thx for clearing that up And yeb the quality is very decent considering its a camera phone.

shurilo said:
The camera in Desire and Wildfire is exactly the same. I am telling you this as employee of the camera vendor who sells the camera to HTC.
There might be some difference in post-processing since the Desire has stronger processor. But from what I have seen the quality is the same.
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Thts great .. you should be of some help when we try to do things with the camera..like getting 720p recording ... i am sure if you are right then its possible on wildfire..

Is there any kind of blue tinge to all the pics or have my eyes gotten worse?

droidd3v said:
Is there any kind of blue tinge to all the pics or have my eyes gotten worse?
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your eyes are very ok there is a bluish purplish tint ... lets hope it is eliminated in the new firmware update

try to use white balance settings. it will make your pictures much better. the auto mode is not working very well. who needs 720p recording on a smartphone especially on the wildfire, and if so, sorry guy you bought the wrong device for that.

stavro said:
try to use white balance settings. it will make your pictures much better. the auto mode is not working very well. who needs 720p recording on a smartphone especially on the wildfire, and if so, sorry guy you bought the wrong device for that.
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For a Reality check and for your info::
I want it....and i am sure many more people want it.. and for you please think twice before you post anything like this.. I have a collection of camera's only a few on this planet can boast of having i dont need no phone for this.. i hv a desire and hd2 too..but its always good to get the most of out of your phones..thats wht developers love to do DEVELOPING..who needs Android on HD2... go and check there are many.. its a desire and constant hunger ..its like an addiction to work on devices and develop them...
Do not ever Discourage developers for the work they are doing.. you dont want it dont use it.. and it can be done on wildfire its not the wrong phone..
I will show you soon..
Peace..

warriorvibhu said:
For a Reality check and for your info::
I want it....and i am sure many more people want it.. and for you please think twice before you post anything like this.. I have a collection of camera's only a few on this planet can boast of having i dont need no phone for this.. i hv a desire and hd2 too..but its always good to get the most of out of your phones..thats wht developers love to do DEVELOPING..who needs Android on HD2... go and check there are many.. its a desire and constant hunger ..its like an addiction to work on devices and develop them...
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so you want it, but you don't NEED it ;-) wasn't this the thing i wrote ?
warriorvibhu said:
Do not ever Discourage developers for the work they are doing.. you dont want it dont use it.. and it can be done on wildfire its not the wrong phone..
I will show you soon..Peace..
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i would never do so, because i am a developer myself. sorry if there was a misunderstanding.

stavro said:
so you want it, but you don't NEED it ;-) wasn't this the thing i wrote ?
i would never do so, because i am a developer myself. sorry if there was a misunderstanding.
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Stavro Buddy no need to be sorry my fault i now realize it was in good humour .. i took it wrong .. so peace man...i wish i could delete that post of mine but it only gives me option of editing ..
PEACE

Hi there, kinda new to the forum but I've been reading around threads and its very interesting. I got a question regarding the Wildfire camera.. basically quite a number of people both in here and outside the forum are saying that the Wildfire has the same camera as the Desire.
Now the Desire has a 1Ghz processor and more rame, but how can it be that a 512Mhz processor cannot record at least [email protected]? Ok, 720p might be a bit hardcore for this device but VGA resolution is quite resonable. Are there any ways that this might be changed? Maybe with a rooted wildfire? Or a firmware update?

[Q] Video recorded by desire Z ?

Maybe this is not all too important, but I am very curious about the video quality this phone will record. One thing I have always sacrificed when buying htc (one of the first ones with qwerty, can't recall it's name, the tytn 2 and hero) is the picture and video quality. I am into htc and android for the android fun, not the multimedia, but this time I do not want to have a camera which shoots video and images poorer than a two year old Sony Ericsson or Nokia phone.
So, who is first one up to post, and how soon?

The Desire Z doesn't seem to be getting as much interest as the HD. I can find a video allegedly shot with the HD but nothing for the Z.
If this is anything to go by (and you have to assume that the HD would be the better quality of the two) I think we must resign ourselves to the fact that HTC are not at all hot in the camera / media department!
Shame ...

xspyda said:
The Desire Z doesn't seem to be getting as much interest as the HD. I can find a video allegedly shot with the HD but nothing for the Z.
If this is anything to go by (and you have to assume that the HD would be the better quality of the two) I think we must resign ourselves to the fact that HTC are not at all hot in the camera / media department!
Shame ...
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This is the reason my gadgets are an iPod touch 4G for media and HD recording, and browsing and phone is going to be a Desire HD

JupiterDroid said:
This is the reason my gadgets are an iPod touch 4G for media and HD recording, and browsing and phone is going to be a Desire HD
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Wow! Why would you pay in excess of £450 for just a phone!? I know the Desire HD does more but if you use your iPod Touch 4g for all that it's essentially just a phone, right?

HTC camera
xspyda said:
The Desire Z doesn't seem to be getting as much interest as the HD. I can find a video allegedly shot with the HD but nothing for the Z.
If this is anything to go by (and you have to assume that the HD would be the better quality of the two) I think we must resign ourselves to the fact that HTC are not at all hot in the camera / media department!
Shame ...
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It is more to Qualcomm than to HTC, since the image quality depends largely on the image processing hardware of Qualcomm chip, and they are not so strong in that department (Samsung and iPhone are doing better there).

shurilo said:
It is more to Qualcomm than to HTC, since the image quality depends largely on the image processing hardware of Qualcomm chip, and they are not so strong in that department (Samsung and iPhone are doing better there).
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I am sure this is true to an extent but surely HTC could invest in better quality sensors and consider the likes of Carl Zeiss optics or similar? This would make a MASSIVE difference and would rely less heavily on post image processing algorithms to achieve passable picture quality.

Got my chance at the HTC Business Afternoon today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4TaeTQs10

HenrikPalm said:
Got my chance at the HTC Business Afternoon today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4TaeTQs10
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basically its ****

who knows said:
basically its ****
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Both the videos recorded from the HD and Z are only in 480p and that honestly does look poor.
I've seen some videos from the G2 in 720p that did look a lot sharper than this did.

StuRoid said:
Both the videos recorded from the HD and Z are only in 480p and that honestly does look poor.
I've seen some videos from the G2 in 720p that did look a lot sharper than this did.
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true, but the g2 720p doesnt look no were near as good as to say galaxy s 720p also very blurry when moving the camera (from the videos ive seen from the g2)
does anyone know if this can be adjusted by software or is it just the hardware that is rubbish?

I actually just noticed the resolution my self. So stupid not to check the quality settings before starting to record.

i would love the desire z to have the quality audio/camera of galaxy s, im in two minds, buy this and put up with the rubbish audio quality/no so good camera or buy the galaxy s?

Have heard of people saying that the galaxy s isn't as good as htc, in terms of the senseui being really good... Also, do you want a hardware keyboard? Galaxy S doesn't have, and I know I wouldn't be able to live without the hardware keyboard...

Here is article on G2 camera:
http://pocketnow.com/android/exploring-the-t-mobile-g2s-camera-video

BTW. If U looking for good camera quality go for iP4, Nokia or SE. HTC does ****ty plastic camera.

I did this one on BART in SF. I didn't move around or anything, just a quick video playing with the G2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpQz0qDVsc

Sony Arc vs HTC

Hi,
I am considering the Arc to be my next phone but I would like to know about its video capabilities. In nearly all HTC phones, when recording in low light conditions/at night, the camera tries to compensate the lack of light and this tends to make the video lose frames and to be really choppy. Does the Arc perform better and does it skips frames in bad lighting conditions?
Thanks!!

Videos are great on the Arc, I'd say better than on HTC.
Didn't test it on my Arc yet but in youtube are smooth videos from the Arc.
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Final5k said:
Hi,
I am considering the Arc to be my next phone but I would like to know about its video capabilities. In nearly all HTC phones, when recording in low light conditions/at night, the camera tries to compensate the lack of light and this tends to make the video lose frames and to be really choppy. Does the Arc perform better and does it skips frames in bad lighting conditions?
Thanks!!
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Most of HTC phones have really ****ty cameras, actually the worse on the market.
Don't even wonder. Arc is another planet.

best cam of HTC is at Sensation, and is one of the best on the market now... i think

HTC Sensation is a class lower compared to Xperia Arc - not only with regard to the camera.
Dualcore is not everything.

shtreber said:
best cam of HTC is at Sensation, and is one of the best on the market now... i think
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Even mobile-review proves different.

GSMArena has a comparison of the LG Optimus 2X, HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S2 which also features various other handsets at different junctures.
When comparing still image and video capture, they also throw in the Arc for good measure.
Draw your own conclusions.

If u own 1 HTC, then you own all off em because they all look the same. That's why I bought the ARC.

I agree, HTC phones are one class lower than SonyEricsson in terms of build quality, design and phone technology.
By just comparing the phone battery technology, all their phones are still using Lithium Ion Battery while SonyEricsson's phone are using Lithium Polymer and everyone should know that there are more benefits for Lithium Polymer over Lithium Ion Batteries.

Hey thanks for all your replies. I think I'll have to try one at the shop to get a better idea on the device itself before deciding. Still, the camera seems to be the only thing that appeals to me - the screen is a bit small (I've own 4.3 hd2/desire hd and now a 5 inch dell streak). Will definitely have to play with it - still the Arc seems to be a very sexy phone!
Thanks all!

Some of these replies look quite fanboyish.. there's a reason HTC sells so many phones..more than SE atleast
Anyway, add me to the SE fanboy list Until I get bored of Timescape I will stick to SE

There are 2 simple reasons why htc have and still do sell more phones than SE....
1. They've been in the android business since the start..
2. Until now SE's android phones have been relatively poor, and therefore SE had a bad rep.
Sent from The arc using XDA premium..

I have a last question : If the zoom function is used while recording a video, does the camera automatically auto-focuses the video to make it clearer/sharper, or is the video blurry when zoom is used like in every phone model? Thanks!!

Final5k said:
I have a last question : If the zoom function is used while recording a video, does the camera automatically auto-focuses the video to make it clearer/sharper, or is the video blurry when zoom is used like in every phone model? Thanks!!
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When you're capturing videos, you can't zoom in

Hope this helps you

007Arc said:
When you're capturing videos, you can't zoom in
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Oh now i realised why all videos on youtube don't have any zoom on them. Thank you very much for the infos.

I've currently got an Xperia Arc and a HTC Desire S. The camera on the Arc is superior to that on the HTC as is video recording. I've actually been a bit shocked by how poor the HTC Desire S camera is for pictures although a friend with the new Sensation says that it has a great camera, he does however qualify that by going on to say it is great "for a HTC camera" which to me, says it all.

Maybe these thread can help you to decide.
Post Pictures Taken With The Xperia Arc - LT15i/a
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035589
Post Pictures Taken With Your Sensation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131274
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ucubz said:
Maybe these thread can help you to decide.
Post Pictures Taken With The Xperia Arc - LT15i/a
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035589
Post Pictures Taken With Your Sensation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131274
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wow.. there's no comparison! Sensation's camera is quite average...

Hi,
I have the HTC Desire Z and I would like to get a 2nd phone.
There are only 2 options for me: The Arc or the Desire S. I think both HTC and SE are top manufactures in terms of design and build quality, the rest are just iS**t clones
I like the Desire S because of the uni-body aluminum design, but I think The Arc is nicer. I am a little bit concerned about the quality of the plastic on the Arc's back, an also i don't like the size ( 3,7 seams ideal for me).
I don't care about the camera, but I'm sure SE's is much better.

HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 stabilization test

Htc one again
I think for sure i will keep my order on the htc one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfqeuY_dWmE

Ouch...
S4 looks very bad (also, what's up with the color)? But the comments are even funnier - some people are really butthurt.

the comments are funny..
apart from that.. the video on the one looks excellent
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AW: HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 stabilization test
Brilliant device... Got the one for 5 days now and I'm really impressed! Just everything is gr8!
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The comments are funny, but my need to tell all these **** the facts is hard. I made this post for them:
"Ok people, read.
1. This video is posted by GSMArena. They don't post fake stuff.
2. GSMArena always gets devices early, it's been like this for years.
3. The S4 is not zoomed in, the HTC One has a wider lens, hence you see more.
4. The HTC One has OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), the S4 has only Digital Image Stabilization at best. That's something that also makes a big difference.
These are all facts. In video, the One wins. But photo's will surely look sharper on the S4."
They think it's fake & that the S4 is zoomed in... lol. :") The video on the One looks good, but it's more fun to see the S4 fans cry lol. And they should, at least based on this comparison.

XDA mark said:
The comments are funny, but my need to tell all these **** the facts is hard. I made this post for them:
"Ok people, read.
1. This video is posted by GSMArena. They don't post fake stuff.
2. GSMArena always gets devices early, it's been like this for years.
3. The S4 is not zoomed in, the HTC One has a wider lens, hence you see more.
4. The HTC One has OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), the S4 has only Digital Image Stabilization at best. That's something that also makes a big difference.
These are all facts. In video, the One wins. But photo's will surely look sharper on the S4."
They think it's fake & that the S4 is zoomed in... lol. :") The video on the One looks good, but it's more fun to see the S4 fans cry lol. And they should, at least based on this comparison.
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Thats good news

Man, what a difference. I don't even think my s3 is that bad compared to the s4 or maybe just never realized it?
The One definitely takes the cake here.
Sent from a galaxy far away!

Well every day I feel better about having choose the One as my next phone

I find these camera reviews to be so subjective, I've seen the GS4 video on other sites and it looks better than the HTC One. Also the GS4 image stabilization was never that bad, maybe they have it turned off or something and have weird settings. You could tell they were moving the GS4 faster than the HTC One as well...
Like I said these comparisons are bull****.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x802Nfiz6Dg
Now the HTC One and GS4 are both in there somewhere...
We'll find out which phone is which at one stage.
What I have noticed however is cameras are rather subjective, there is no "best" camera.

slannmage said:
You could tell they were moving the GS4 faster than the HTC One as well...
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This was a side by side comparison.
They were moved at the exact same time at the exact same speed.
The lack of image stabilization ability the Galaxy S 4 portrayed in this video is what made it appear faster :beer:
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It's funny how the S4 forums here in XDA has a lot of vs HTC One threads. Looks like S4 is really threatened.

notsointeresting said:
This was a side by side comparison.
They were moved at the exact same time at the exact same speed.
The lack of image stabilization ability the Galaxy S 4 portrayed in this video is what made it appear faster :beer:
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Didn't Samsung say it had Image Stabilization? I thought I've seen this in several reports too, what's weird is they've said on that site that the GS4 has better low light performance and yet many other sites say otherwise.
I think it's all rather subjective atm to how people set up the settings, I mean if they were both on default it could explain why as my 808 by default has image stabilization off and produces horrible low light pictures and is only 5MP......
It's no good have stuff on default settings, you need to set the camera up to the situation and produce the best pictures the phone allows you.
I'm not buying either of these phones, I'm more inclined to go the HTC One cause it looks nicer, that said I'm not impressed by either of them.
Yeh in fact on the GS4's list of specs for the Camera...
Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR

marchitecto said:
It's funny how the S4 forums here in XDA has a lot of vs HTC One threads. Looks like S4 is really threatened.
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This is the HTC One forum and not the S4 forum

which one should i go for one or s4?? which is better???

tejkkarani said:
which one should i go for one or s4?? which is better???
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get both and return the less favored in 7 days. :good:

Clear winner from gsm arena battle: HTC One :good:

vegetaleb said:
Clear winner from gsm arena battle: HTC One :good:
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Yeah but the quality of that looks strange. My S III and Note II both had much better quality than that so I will not give the victory to the One just based on that When I get mine in my hands I will decide myself

Thread closed. Comparison phone threads are not allowed

[Video] - HTC One vs Lumia 920 OIS Test

Howdy guys & gals, ever since getting the HTC One I had a lot of requests to put it head 2 head with the Lumia 920 in a video test, to see if the OIS on both are comparable.
Well i finally did it yesterday and managed to get the footage edited and uploaded today.
The HTC One seems to develop a clicking / popping sound every time it is put into Final Cut Pro X, not sure why.
I know this is the HTC One section so most people here will be HTC One fans, but what do you think is better ?
The Lumia seems to take it's time finding the correct lighting and the One seems to have an issue showing the clouds fully without them being fully white.
I'll let you make up your own mind

Both pros and cons.
Htc one lets in more light compared to the lumia. You can see the clouds on the lumia but not on the htc one.
Im going to have to slide with the one. Video is much more stable, more bright, and quality wise its not blurry compared to the lumia.

expertzero1 said:
Both pros and cons.
Htc one lets in more light compared to the lumia. You can see the clouds on the lumia but not on the htc one.
Im going to have to slide with the one. Video is much more stable, more bright, and quality wise its not blurry compared to the lumia.
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HTC One...its not even close.

Makes me very happy I ordered the One and not the 920(was thinking about it)

Great video comparison Sam, left a review on the comments. . .same name!
Both pros and cons, but i find the One looks more realistic with the Lighting and Colour. . .

Thanks
I am really shocked at how dark the lumia was
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:good:That was a cool test.

Nice video. The Lumia image stabilization is pretty poor. I thought it would do a better job. I thought overall, sans the clicking/popping, the One overall was better.

your videos' comment sections start to get a little annoying with all those
"Super Epic Galaxy S4 Giveaway" thing going on

I find it so weird that the One seems to be far more stable. The Lumia 920 has this rather nasty jello effect going on that is seriously affecting quality.

Wow! The htc one destroyed it!
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townay said:
your videos' comment sections start to get a little annoying with all those
"Super Epic Galaxy S4 Giveaway" thing going on
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Tell me about it ....
I've tried to get them to stop, but alas they don't seem to listen! lol
dobknobby said:
Great video comparison Sam, left a review on the comments. . .same name!
Both pros and cons, but i find the One looks more realistic with the Lighting and Colour. . .
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Much appreciated and I agree both have pro & cons it really depends what you want in the camera.
I also just posted a Galaxy S3 vs HTC One test as well

Interesting considering other reviews the Nokia did better... Maybe the HTC is better with vibrations but larger movements like walking the Nokia handles better?
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Which update were you on? Does updates affect ois sensitivity?
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Which update were you on? Does updates affect ois sensitivity?
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1.28.401.7 for the HTC One
8.0.9903.10 on the Lumia 920

Another good Video Comparison Sam, the Samsung is just like the Nokia though, quite dark, i still prefer the Ones video. . . i think this will actually be hard to beat on that quality! However, as much as i hate to say this. The S3's audio is better. Its not got as much Base as the One, which i find more realistic. . . But then im not in your car so i dont know how it sounds, does your car sound quite basey? Only you can answer this one my friend lol

audio on the S3 wasn't as good to me... the One cut out the wind/road noise present.

Just showed your video to my wife. She said and I quote " the 920 looks like an old cheap crap phone". She said that HTC One was miles better. Better stabilization, better light. She was well impressed with the One. Thought the 920 was ****.

Hello Sam buddy
To my eyes it appears that it's a matter of exposure.
The 920 seems to be doing a very good job of exposing the sky. It shows very good detail of the clouds, but is under exposing the road. Anytime you go downhill the road is then "lit up" (much brighter) which I assume is because the land is then taking up a much bigger chunk of the overall picture so exposing that part becomes the priority?
The One seems to be the reverse. It is focusing on the road so the sky portion of the image is very over exposed. It is very difficult to see any decent cloud detail but road/foliage looks very natural, bright and clear, if maybe a little washed out.
When going downhill the 920 seems the better picture to me. Better shadow detail, more vivid skies etc.
Not really sure how to end this post. It just leaves me wondering how the Nokia would react to the exact same test on a very bright, sunny day. Would it still focus on the sky and cause even more under exposure of the road?
One last thing.... What happens if the 920 is "aimed" down a little further? I'm guessing it would then concentrate on exposing the land more than the sky?
Too late. Bed
Thanks for the test.
P. S. Apologies for not mentioning stabilisation which is what the test was all about!
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