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I just returned from a 3-week’s trip to Singapore/Bali/Hong Kong. I had my Olympus Pen E-PL2 with 14mm~42mm + 40mm~150mm zooms and was looking forward to taking lots of pictures.
But then I saw the new Samsung Galaxy Camera and decided to buy one in Singapore as Samsung has an offer where the camera came with a second battery and a charger.
Needless to say I kept my Olympus away and used the new Galaxy Camera for the rest of the trip!
The 4.1mm~86mm Zoom has a far greater zoom range than the two lenses for the Pen E and I don’t have to bother changing lenses.
After my trip to Bali & Hong Kong I have to say I’m very impressed with the performance of the Galaxy Camera. I was able to try out some of the Smart features like Panorama/Landscape/Macro/Night etc.
I even shot a few video clips of the Balinese Traditional Dance at night without supplementary lighting.
I was able to connect it to the Wifi in the Hotels and Airports to check emails and browse the Internet!
The conclusion is the Galaxy Camera will be my camera of choice for taking travel pictures and in fact may be my only camera as I may get rid of the Pen E as I don’t see a need for a second camera!
Here are some shots taken with the Samsung Galaxy Camera on my trip to Bali the day after I got the camera.
great ,i love the gc smart function ,it can provide more than traditional camera.
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great ,i love the gc smart function ,it can provide more than traditional camera.
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I haven't figured out how to control the SGC from my GNote yet.
It would be a great feature to use for self pictures during travel.
I found the voice command feature not useable as it doesn't work all the time and have to repeat the commands many time for it to shoot or zoom in/out.
Cool. I've been looking at getting one and it's good to hear great feedback like this. Thanks
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Awesome pics too!! I'm impressed. Thanks again.
wow.. if you told me u went to bali, we can meet up there...
i also use SGC
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Cool. I've been looking at getting one and it's good to hear great feedback like this. Thanks
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Awesome pics too!! I'm impressed. Thanks again.
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Thanks. Whilst the SGC may not qualify as a Pro camera it's perfect for most type of photography.
When I was younger I used to be a professional photographer (Weddings/Portraiture) but that was before the digital cameras came out!LOL
I also had some Canon EOS DSLR with lenses + grip but over time found the DSLR to be too heavy to carry around when I revert back to being an amateur. Later I got the Olympus Pen e-PL2 with two lenses and even found that to be too bulky for daily fun shots. My Note does take nice shots but it's too limited. Now the SGC is the perfect camera for my use. It's small, quick, fantastic zoom range, fill with special effects and it has Jelly Beans OS and a huge bright display. Now I'm ready to just use it for all my photography needs and can truly enjoy photography.
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wow.. if you told me u went to bali, we can meet up there...
i also use SGC
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You're in Jakarta or Bali?
In Bali instead of joining the typical guided tours I hired a driver with a Toyota Minivan to take me and the wife to see the sites we want for 8 hours per day.
It works out cheaper as the costs for the day was US$40 + $10 (tips). Otherwise it would have cost US$65 per person.
Bali is a beautiful place for a vacation.
Cheers.
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Thanks. Whilst the SGC may not qualify as a Pro camera it's perfect for most type of photography.
When I was younger I used to be a professional photographer (Weddings/Portraiture) but that was before the digital cameras came out!LOL
I also had some Canon EOS DSLR with lenses + grip but over time found the DSLR to be too heavy to carry around when I revert back to being an amateur. Later I got the Olympus Pen e-PL2 with two lenses and even found that to be too bulky for daily fun shots. My Note does take nice shots but it's too limited. Now the SGC is the perfect camera for my use. It's small, quick, fantastic zoom range, fill with special effects and it has Jelly Beans OS and a huge bright display. Now I'm ready to just use it for all my photography needs and can truly enjoy photography.
You're in Jakarta or Bali?
In Bali instead of joining the typical guided tours I hired a driver with a Toyota Minivan to take me and the wife to see the sites we want for 8 hours per day.
It works out cheaper as the costs for the day was US$40 + $10 (tips). Otherwise it would have cost US$65 per person.
Bali is a beautiful place for a vacation.
Cheers.
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yup, i also think the same as you. at first I use Canon EOS 600D, then I sold it to get compact super zoom Canon SX260 HS.
my decision based on... I almost never take picture using the bulky DSLR,,, LOL...
and when SGC came out, I sold the Canon for SGC
I live in jakarta, but travel to bali frequently
Hi guys, I would like to share some photos I took with my HTC One from the summit of Mount Elbrus.
Just a note tho, i was wearing ski goggles and the sun was extreme bright. So i couldn't really see the screen. It was mostly 'point and shoot' without the focusing part.
It was roughly -20 degrees at the summit, I was genuinely surprised when my beloved One was still functioning (my brother's iPhone died at the summit).
I did experience some difficulties taking some pictures while near the peak, I don't know if its from the cold (the battery was around 3 degrees Celsius) or everything was too white for the autofocus to work properly. sometimes it took roughly 10 seconds (from pressing the shutter to picture being saved) for the picture to be taken.
I would love to hear your guys opinion regarding the photos!
Another thing, The battery on the One is EXTREMELY resilient, I was able to run the GPS chip to do Geo-logging for over 12 hours and the battery was only down the 30% even in the extreme temperature!
General information about Mount Elbrus:
Highest mountain in the continental Europe, standing at 5642m above sea level.
nice!!
Wow. Nice pictures from a nice adventure. Thank you.
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That's incredible! Thanks for sharing, and congrats on your climb!
Those look like some great pics to me..
Thanks for sharing them and the story behind it..
Very nice indeed the camera on this phone despite what some so call experts say is one of the best on a smartphone
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These are really great pictures.
They remind me that the One has very coarse granulation of image adjustments. ie, trying to increase the exposure of a scene by the minimum increment will *drastically* increase the exposure.
In scenes like the ones in these pictures where there is a lot of snow, you generally want the snow to be a little whiter, less gray, so that the distant sky and forest will have a normal exposure. If the One allowed you to increase exposure *a little bit* , you could probably get the perfect balance of detail and realism. But I imagine if you set the camera to the smallest possible increase, ie " + 1 " , it would completely blow out all the lighter areas of the picture.
..at least with the initial versions of the camera software (ie system software 1.2x). They may improve this later I realize.
Of course at 5000+ meters you probably don't want to be playing around with the "image adjustments" menu anyway. So the default settings produced perfectly acceptable shots considering the conditions.
Gorgeous pictures. Congrats as well, amazing milestone.
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Someone should spread this story. A feel good story for the One.
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Great story and great pics mate :thumbup:
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Amazing pictures man.....great adventure...
The only thing is... its a pitty that there is so much noise in the bluesky in the pictures..
I hope htc will fix this...other wise great
Here's some more photo near the summit.
I don't understand why there is so much noise...
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Amazing pictures man.....great adventure...
The only thing is... its a pitty that there is so much noise in the bluesky in the pictures..
I hope htc will fix this...other wise great
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I was about to say, am I the only one that doesn't agree that theses are great pictures? It seems many judge pictures by the scenery but not the quality of the image.
Sure the subject matter and location are stunning, but the quality of the image is not really that good. My old sgs2 would have taken a better picture with more clarity and less noise. That phone is over two years old!
If I took a grainy, noisy picture of Kim karsashian in bed with Cheryl Cole people,would still be saying wow! Great image! What a great camera! The One sure has a good sensor!
No offence, I have the One, like the one, keeping the one, but I sure hope some image improvements are on the way.
I think it's certainly possible to find fault with the images.
But we have lots of other threads for stuff like that.
I'm willing to just accept this thread at face value: a guy took this phone to the top of a very high mountain and the phone's camera performed ably in this unusual environment. Nothing more nothing less.
I commend him for the report (as well as the journey itself!).
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I think it's certainly possible to find fault with the images.
But we have lots of other threads for stuff like that.
I'm willing to just accept this thread at face value: a guy took this phone to the top of a very high mountain and the phone's camera performed ably in this unusual environment. Nothing more nothing less.
I commend him for the report (as well as the journey itself!).
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Exactly.... I've taken a number on top of mountains myself and whilst the One shoots ably, the fact is the photos once you actually zoom in lack detail. The grave stone in first pictures for example lacks detail, the text can not be read. Everything beyond normal focal range is overly soft and lacking details and suffer noise and artefacts. Or the fact in one of the photos of your climbing partners, if you zoom in you can't even make out details on their clothing or faces sadly.
As much as I love my One, the reality is for landscapes where much of clarity is in distant objects the 4mp on the one just isn't enough to capture the fine details.
Yes they look great on Facebook, twitter and posted on forums when viewed quickly, but when you load up the full image and actually examine it the faults are all to easy find.
In the scenario the OP took the picture, blue clear day - ultrapixel actually provided NO benefit as there was always enough light for the image to capture, but the lack of megapixels does hurt because with greater MP we would have been able to see so much more clarity in the photo, a clarity that would have done so much more justice to the breathtaking view on the summit than sadly the camera does capture.
Congrats OP on your climb / achievement - its great. But I think some folks are mixing up your 'great' achievement with 'great' photo. Sadly the photos are just fine.
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Hi guys, I would like to share some photos I took with my HTC One from the summit of Mount Elbrus.
Just a note tho, i was wearing ski goggles and the sun was extreme bright. So i couldn't really see the screen. It was mostly 'point and shoot' without the focusing part.
It was roughly -20 degrees at the summit, I was genuinely surprised when my beloved One was still functioning (my brother's iPhone died at the summit).
I did experience some difficulties taking some pictures while near the peak, I don't know if its from the cold (the battery was around 3 degrees Celsius) or everything was too white for the autofocus to work properly. sometimes it took roughly 10 seconds (from pressing the shutter to picture being saved) for the picture to be taken.
I would love to hear your guys opinion regarding the photos!
Another thing, The battery on the One is EXTREMELY resilient, I was able to run the GPS chip to do Geo-logging for over 12 hours and the battery was only down the 30% even in the extreme temperature!
General information about Mount Elbrus:
Highest mountain in the continental Europe, standing at 5642m above sea level.
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Awesome pics buddy! Beautiful view! Congrats on the climb
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Exactly.... I've taken a number on top of mountains myself and whilst the One shoots ably, the fact is the photos once you actually zoom in lack detail. The grave stone in first pictures for example lacks detail, the text can not be read. Everything beyond normal focal range is overly soft and lacking details and suffer noise and artefacts. Or the fact in one of the photos of your climbing partners, if you zoom in you can't even make out details on their clothing or faces sadly.
As much as I love my One, the reality is for landscapes where much of clarity is in distant objects the 4mp on the one just isn't enough to capture the fine details.
Yes they look great on Facebook, twitter and posted on forums when viewed quickly, but when you load up the full image and actually examine it the faults are all to easy find.
In the scenario the OP took the picture, blue clear day - ultrapixel actually provided NO benefit as there was always enough light for the image to capture, but the lack of megapixels does hurt because with greater MP we would have been able to see so much more clarity in the photo, a clarity that would have done so much more justice to the breathtaking view on the summit than sadly the camera does capture.
Congrats OP on your climb / achievement - its great. But I think some folks are mixing up your 'great' achievement with 'great' photo. Sadly the photos are just fine.
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yes it's a basic fact the ultrapixel camera will never be useful if zoomed, for that get another device
otherwise its one of the best all rounder phone cameras, especially in low light
the only thing weird in these photos, considering how much sun is that the images are little under exposed, guess the phone was trying to counter the extreme light in auto mode
as for the battery looks like heat is a good contributor to drain in ordinary use
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the only thing weird in these photos, considering how much sun is that the images are little under exposed, guess the phone was trying to counter the extreme light in auto mode
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Was actually thinking the same thing. Setting must have been changed in camera for contrast / exposure because I've shot in similar circumstances and the HTC One will tend to over expose. It could also explain 'additional' noise in the image if settings like that have been changed in image adjustments.
I think HDR would have likely done a better job at balancing it out (which is what I tend to do myself) rather than leaving it on standard setting albeit with image settings adjusted....
Absolutely amazing! First of all congratulations on your milestone...a fantastic achievement!
Secondly...I would like to propose your post + pics for HTC One's top-achievement...ever (so far). Ridiculous really for a mobile phone to function at all at nearly 6 km height...plus taking some real quailty pics to boot :highfive:
mwatson said:
I was about to say, am I the only one that doesn't agree that theses are great pictures? It seems many judge pictures by the scenery but not the quality of the image.
Sure the subject matter and location are stunning, but the quality of the image is not really that good. My old sgs2 would have taken a better picture with more clarity and less noise. That phone is over two years old!
If I took a grainy, noisy picture of Kim karsashian in bed with Cheryl Cole people,would still be saying wow! Great image! What a great camera! The One sure has a good sensor!
No offence, I have the One, like the one, keeping the one, but I sure hope some image improvements are on the way.
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Would the SGS2 have taken better pictures in that extreme environment though?
Yes they are a bit noisy, yes the scenery is great, there is a tradeoff there but the real issue is the environment.
Hello, all.
I'm looking at getting a N3 and am currently using a N2. The camera of my smartphone has become an increasingly important feature now that I have kids, the main targets of my picture taking. I have a 2 year old and a 3 month old. As some of you know, toddlers move A LOT. I'm wondering if anyone can chime in on using the N3 camera for photos of kids and if not, just looking for opinions on the camera in general. If you previously used a N2, I'd be interested to hear how you think the two compare. Thanks!
I have a 6yr old and take pics of her all the time. The camera works perfectly and is much better than the Note 2 (which I also had). I think you will be pleased with it over all. You can also take video in 4K resolution. I did this at night (had some lighting) and turned out awesome. It's been a while since I've taken picks with my N2 (still have it) but the N3 can take pics at 13mp (13mp is not wide screen 9.6mp is though). I also have the gear and use it quit often to take those "quick moment" pics and it takes great photos as well.
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Hi mlin, the pictures on this phone can be amazing. Having said that I gotta say that I enjoyed the camera on the note 2 a little better.
The reason being is the stabilization they use is not good for snapping a quick picture. So you have to turn that off and most of the time I go into sports mode to take a picture of my kid. So while the note 3 does take better overall pictures it is a lot of hassle to get the settings right. Plus for me the camera never stays on sports mode. But one bonus is the stabilization feature does take better night time shots on the note 3.
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I have a 6yr old and take pics of her all the time. The camera works perfectly and is much better than the Note 2 (which I also had). I think you will be pleased with it over all. You can also take video in 4K resolution. I did this at night (had some lighting) and turned out awesome. It's been a while since I've taken picks with my N2 (still have it) but the N3 can take pics at 13mp (13mp is not wide screen 9.6mp is though). I also have the gear and use it quit often to take those "quick moment" pics and it takes great photos as well.
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Hi mlin, the pictures on this phone can be amazing. Having said that I gotta say that I enjoyed the camera on the note 2 a little better.
The reason being is the stabilization they use is not good for snapping a quick picture. So you have to turn that off and most of the time I go into sports mode to take a picture of my kid. So while the note 3 does take better overall pictures it is a lot of hassle to get the settings right. Plus for me the camera never stays on sports mode. But one bonus is the stabilization feature does take better night time shots on the note 3.
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This is a little of what I was afraid of, I was reading that the picture to picture times were slower than the N2. Is the pic-to-pic time faster with stabilization off?
With stabilization off and in sports mode the camera reminded me of the note 2. I remember my note 2 snapped pictures quickly and in focus. The focus is not as good on the note 3.
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Thanks for the input!
This is a little of what I was afraid of, I was reading that the picture to picture times were slower than the N2. Is the pic-to-pic time faster with stabilization off?
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Here's a pic I took of my daughter riding her bike. This was taken in "Auto" mode.
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That picture looks a lot better on my phone than the one I uploaded for some reason. I can zoom in way more and can even read the Hello Kitty name on her elbow pads
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Personally the camera is the weakest part of an otherwise perfect phone.
I had an iPhone 5 before and felt that I was able to take better pictures all around with that phone.
That being said, this phone does take great pictures in well lit areas. Pictures and videos that I took while snowboarding look phenomenal [again, well lit areas].
However, I am one of THOSE people that share what I eat, and in turn take pictures of food [don't kill me] in low light areas. There are times when the camera works well, and others where I get flatter/grainier results.
I love the phone, and just wish that Samsung put in a larger sensor to capture more light. First world problems for me. Hoping that the camera gets beefed up in the Note 4,...which I will get without a second thought!
The camera on the n3 is better when set up correctly...I still like the N2 camera tho for its ease of use.
I have to say that I hate the camera on this phone. Not that you can't get great pics, but my kid is almost 2 and maybe 20% of the pics I get are good. Video just can't seem to stay focused on her when she's moving. The droid DNA camera handled kids much better. I don't fiddle with camera settings much although on this phone,I put it in sports mode to give myself at least a chance of catching the moments when they happen. I do notice that sports mode pics aren't as nice and vibrant.
Was contemplating getting a droid maxx cuz I was so annoyed at this camera and wanted the nifty voice activation features...
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How do you have yours set up?
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With stabilization off and in sports mode the camera reminded me of the note 2. I remember my note 2 snapped pictures quickly and in focus. The focus is not as good on the note 3.
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Thanks, I ended up getting the N3 and so far have been really pretty happy with the camera. Having stabilization on really kills any opportunity to capture multiple pics in succession but I noticed with it off and in decent light, the pics still turn out pretty nice.
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Here's a pic I took of my daughter riding her bike. This was taken in "Auto" mode.
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Thanks for sharing the pic.
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Personally the camera is the weakest part of an otherwise perfect phone.
I had an iPhone 5 before and felt that I was able to take better pictures all around with that phone.
That being said, this phone does take great pictures in well lit areas. Pictures and videos that I took while snowboarding look phenomenal [again, well lit areas].
However, I am one of THOSE people that share what I eat, and in turn take pictures of food [don't kill me] in low light areas. There are times when the camera works well, and others where I get flatter/grainier results.
I love the phone, and just wish that Samsung put in a larger sensor to capture more light. First world problems for me. Hoping that the camera gets beefed up in the Note 4,...which I will get without a second thought!
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I did take a pic in a dark restaurant the other night and while the picture wasn't noisy or grainy, the lighting turned out really weird. I guess this camera isn't as dummy proof as say the camera in the iPhone, S3 or N2, but it certainly has potential to be really great. I've taken some amazingly clear pics with it so far.
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The camera on the n3 is better when set up correctly...I still like the N2 camera tho for its ease of use.
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Do you have recommendations for good universal settings?
dwkeepinup said:
I have to say that I hate the camera on this phone. Not that you can't get great pics, but my kid is almost 2 and maybe 20% of the pics I get are good. Video just can't seem to stay focused on her when she's moving. The droid DNA camera handled kids much better. I don't fiddle with camera settings much although on this phone,I put it in sports mode to give myself at least a chance of catching the moments when they happen. I do notice that sports mode pics aren't as nice and vibrant.
Was contemplating getting a droid maxx cuz I was so annoyed at this camera and wanted the nifty voice activation features...
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How do you have yours set up?
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My 2 year old daughter is by far the most difficult subject for pictures. So far I've been pretty happy with the pics of her that I've captured, and they're certainly as good or better than what I was able to get with my N2 but there is definitely room for improvement, I'll let you know if I find good reliable settings for capturing good pics of an active toddler.
Best bet is just to mess around with it and take pics in different lighting like you have and change settings to see what works best. Glad ya like it so far though. I've had mine since release and still think it's an awesome phone.
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http://i.imgur.com/w3rOP4M.jpg
You can zoom in see a fair amount of detail considering it's a cellphone.
Also tried with a crummy little $8 telephoto clipon lens:
http://i.imgur.com/1lxXpNd.jpg
Not too shabby, if you ask me.
Just took it..
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Just took it..
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Made one too [emoji14]
I'm satisfied with the camera. The pictures are clear and the autofocus is quick and great.
For taking quick and clean shots its the best cam I ever used.
On every phone I had someone was always complaining about the quality.
But you cannot expect an dslr quality cam which costs 2000$ or more in an 500$ phone lol
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Made one too [emoji14]
I'm satisfied with the camera. The pictures are clear and the autofocus is quick and great.
For taking quick and clean shots its the best cam I ever used.
On every phone I had someone was always complaining about the quality.
But you cannot expect an dslr quality cam which costs 2000$ or more in an 500$ phone lol
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Agreed,
Best Smartphone camera I've ever had or seen before!
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keenerb, they came out nicely! I'm assuming you used manual mode to get it to expose the moon properly? It's nice that you can see the details on it. And having manual mode helps with these sort of pictures. Do you have a link to the $8 telephoto? That's interesting.
Cozmos23, Donald K, those are really cool! The clouds look awesome.
They're not taken on a G4, but I tried taking some pictures of the moon last week with my "real" camera. This is on a Nikon P7700, zoomed fully to 200mm, then cropped, because the moon was still small in the picture. I thought it was cool, especially the craters at the edge of the shadow. I only wish the camera had a longer zoom.
I only recently started playing with night shots, which I think are pretty interesting. The second is another one from the same night, still on my P7700. A 30 second exposure, ISO 800, f2.0. I think some of the subtle light variations you see going diagonally up to the right, around the bright star, may be part of the Milky Way? I'm definitely not an astronomer. But seeing light and dark areas that aren't just the normal individual stars is cool.
Please forgive me for posting non-G4 pictures. I was just "excited" because this is something I've recently started exploring. I should get a little tripod of some sort for my G4, since it can do 30-second exposures.
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keenerb, they came out nicely! I'm assuming you used manual mode to get it to expose the moon properly? It's nice that you can see the details on it. And having manual mode helps with these sort of pictures. Do you have a link to the $8 telephoto? That's interesting.
Cozmos23, Donald K, those are really cool! The clouds look awesome.
They're not taken on a G4, but I tried taking some pictures of the moon last week with my "real" camera. This is on a Nikon P7700, zoomed fully to 200mm, then cropped, because the moon was still small in the picture. I thought it was cool, especially the craters at the edge of the shadow. I only wish the camera had a longer zoom.
I only recently started playing with night shots, which I think are pretty interesting. The second is another one from the same night, still on my P7700. A 30 second exposure, ISO 800, f2.0. I think some of the subtle light variations you see going diagonally up to the right, around the bright star, may be part of the Milky Way? I'm definitely not an astronomer. But seeing light and dark areas that aren't just the normal individual stars is cool.
Please forgive me for posting non-G4 pictures. I was just "excited" because this is something I've recently started exploring. I should get a little tripod of some sort for my G4, since it can do 30-second exposures.
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now try and tell me that theres no god?? that is just so wonderful!!! thats just beautiful!!!!
Thats funny, I thought about taking a pic of the moon last night also......... But i didnt want a black picture with a teeny white dot in the middle.
Oh, to link this back to the G4 & photography: using the free "DSLR Remote" app, you can use the G4's IR blaster to trigger the remote shutter release on at least some cameras. It works with my Nikon.
For instance, you can use it to make the camera take a picture remotely, without jiggling the camera when you physically press the shutter button. Useful when on a tripod for long exposures, where stability is important. I admittedly usually just set a 1-second timer to accomplish the same thing.
One potential item of interest is the possibility of using this to take time-interval shots on cameras that may not natively have that feature. My Nikon has the ability to do interval pictures, but the shortest time interval is 30 seconds. I could use this app to get a 10 second interval, or something else the camera won't allow (a set # of pictures, etc).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dslrremote
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This is weird but I also took pictures of the moon with my G4.
It was a 1 second exposure shot with me holding the phone so it's blurry but what a coincidence that a lot of people decided to do the same last night.
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Here's a picture set at a 30 second shutter speed and I think an ISO of 350.
In real life you can't see the clouds really at all and the sky is pitch black to the naked eye. Just an Experiment shot.
The stars look a little blurred but if you zoom in that's how much they move in the sky in 30 seconds time.
guys! This is 3.photo topic...Realy need ?...
DeadSOL said:
This is weird but I also took pictures of the moon with my G4.
It was a 1 second exposure shot with me holding the phone so it's blurry but what a coincidence that a lot of people decided to do the same last night.
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I did too, maybe fullmoon for everyone ?
If you zoom in, surprisingly its decent for a phone and actually, you can see some stars too.
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Striball said:
Here's a picture set at a 30 second shutter speed and I think an ISO of 350.
In real life you can't see the clouds really at all and the sky is pitch black to the naked eye. Just an Experiment shot.
The stars look a little blurred but if you zoom in that's how much they move in the sky in 30 seconds time.
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I'm not seeing any pictures in your post? When I replied, I noticed there is a Dropbox link in your post (it didn't show up for me originally), but I get an error message if I follow the link.
Holland
Mine took a picture of a UFO at night! What is the bright dot?
Berlin, Germany
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ozzyblack said:
Holland
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Gave foto man! Die van mij ook in Nederland gemaakt.
English: Awesome pic dude! Mine is also made in Holland.
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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Hi all. I just got my pixel 4 .. here is the first camera sample will upload more later
catchawabbit said:
Hi all. I just got my pixel 4 .. here is the first camera sample will upload more later
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Literally first. [emoji1] Congrats on getting yours!
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EeZeEpEe said:
Literally first. [emoji1] Congrats on getting yours!
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Thanks
Here are some samples from today
Sorry they are flipped for some reason
catchawabbit said:
Thanks
Here are some samples from today
Sorry they are flipped for some reason
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Wow that 3rd shot looks like a tough one and it did well. The blue sky, different color temps of lights, red ground.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Wow that 3rd shot looks like a tough one and it did well. The blue sky, different color temps of lights, red ground.
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Oh yeah! The camera is a beast
https://www.androidauthority.com/ca...samsung-galaxy-note-10-vs-oneplus-7t-1043855/
Versus the iPhone 11, Mate P30 Pro, Note 10, and 7T
https://www.androidauthority.com/ca...xel-4-vs-pixel-3-vs-pixel-2-vs-pixel-1043798/
Versus all the previous Pixels. "Those rocking a Pixel 2 or original Pixel phones will probably deem the upgrade worthy." That's me.
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So far, I've only tried astrophotography. Note that you need it to be stablizied on a tripod to work.
GlitchMob said:
So far, I've only tried astrophotography. Note that you need it to be stablizied on a tripod to work.
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Very nice. I tried mine last night but there was too much light pollution and cloud cover to get anything worth sharing. I have a bluetooth camera button with the tripod.
Need more time... But the flare is reminding me of the Pixel XL
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https://imgur.com/68t9uVD
Astrophotography is impressive, standard night shot Vs astro
Sorry for my ugly self ??
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMDZ5J7VNmNm3jYe7
is there any way to turn on/off HDR or enable HDR enhanced?
i dont see a setting for it...
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Sorry for my ugly self
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMDZ5J7VNmNm3jYe7
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why would you say that? you should not say negative about yourself. Say something positive about yourself.
BTW the pictures look really good.
sorry for my grammar
So how is the astrophotography mode for shots of the moon... I've only seen shots of stars...
What's people's opinions on the front camera? I'm finding it worse than the 2 XL, to me seems less detail in darker environments and noise I've never experienced on the 2 xl, the detail seems off to me on human faces, this was very good on the 2 XL's front camera.
I really missed Google's color-science and processing after being away for so long.
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Well, i've spent 2 days taking photos with my new 4XL. I also have a iPhone 11 Pro, Pixel 3 and Note 10. First, ignore all the reviews that try to say the camera is not as good as others and hardware is bad, just like previous years. People will try to say iPhone is better and it is just simply not. My wife has had the pixel 2 and then 3. She decided to get the iPhone 11 pro from everyone raving about the camera. after the second day she is thinking of returning it and getting the pixel 4. When we both take photos she always prefers mine.
It seems it is very situational. If people are in the photos the iphone & note get very soft and less detailed. However, taking photos of scenery they all seem to be excellent in all areas with the Note really shining. However, I would not say one is far better than the other if I would not have the photos side by side.
iPhone really struggles with bright lights (like the sun from a window) in the background. Pixel and Note do far better. iPhone also struggles compared to the others with hair on portrait photos.
iPhone night mode does take a more detailed and more color accurate photo than pixel and note. But that is at a sacrifice of much more noise. This is the only mode I preferred iPhone photos.
If you are interested here is a Google photos album of some of the photos (just open Info box to see which camera took the photo) I know that Photos compresses...so what, that is what I see when I post them Not a professional review (which to me can skew normal day use). As a note, most of them I touched the same focus point since I usually do that when I'm taking a photo with my phone. This also makes it a more fair comparison since they all focused on the same object.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ExasQPfaGLjoKMzx6