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Any one else find that for a 5 Mega Pixel camera the desire takes some very good shots :O
"I did have a link to flickr here but as i'm new its not permitted "
Only thing is the focus can be a bit rubbish sometimes , like not being able to focus right on small things even very close up any one else find this ?
Takes quite good photos, though pretty much all current phones are the same. Most of them use the same chips, the biggest differences are in the software.
I'm a bit disappointed with the cam... in bright daylight everything is OK, but with low light there is a LOT of image noise.
You won't find a better camera, x01a4, unless you buy a Symbian phone. But you don't want that, do you?
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I'm a bit disappointed with the cam... in bright daylight everything is OK, but with low light there is a LOT of image noise.
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Hi, manually set the "ISO" to 100 that should help with the "noise"
taking the back cover off also gives me a huge improvement whit the sharpness and quality of the photo.
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Any one else find that for a 5 Mega Pixel camera the desire takes some very good shots :O
"I did have a link to flickr here but as i'm new its not permitted "
Only thing is the focus can be a bit rubbish sometimes , like not being able to focus right on small things even very close up any one else find this ?
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I have the opposite; mine will only take good macro shots and everything else is very blurred. I don't use the camera any more, it's that bad.
Waiting to hear back from HTC...
I find my Desire's camera is shockingly awful.. all pics are dull. It really bothers me a lot since I used to have a c905 and the camera is excellent, no need for a separate camera. The reason I have a modern phone is so I dont have a need for any separate devices but this is something that is really bothering me about the Desire to the point that I might sell it and get a c905 or a Satio.
I'll miss android too much tho
If you want really great pictures go get a compact camera or DSLR it is after all a phone with a camera not a camera with a phone. Hee hee hee.... having said that a lot of phones on the market have cameras which take so so pictures only, not many phones are able to take nice pictures. This is mostly due to the software of the camera not so much the hardware part.
The quality difference between the one s and one x are huge. Take a look at the android central one s review for proof (I can't post links).
Any idea why?
It could be that they use two different sensor modules (which have identical specs)
No real way to tell without doing teardowns of both phones.
Perhaps it's a software issue doue to tegra3 drivers and such...? I reckon it will be better once the updates start flowing
reviews say it's the other way around...X photos are better than S
My mate in work has the s, i was doing a comparison yesterday, look much the same to me.
There is actually a YouTube x one vs sensation xe camera and the one x is way too low for quality ,after watching the video I gave xe a 10 ,the one x a 2 ,yes its that bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdOzSKs9lO8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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reviews say it's the other way around...X photos are better than S
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It's probably difficult to say because we were not there where the picture was taken so we don't know which one was closer to reality.
But the S one does appear nicer, while the X one is like washed out. But this could be simply due to different exposure. Downloading both and adjusting exposure in Photoshop so the pictures would match would allow for better comparison.
Or maybe S comes with newer software that doesn't do as much postprocessing as X does. I guess camera mod will fix that for us.
I don't have an issue with the One X's photos, aside from the fact they're brutally over-sharpened.
i get an odd yellow tinge when i click photos on my htc on x..is anyone exp the same prob? im wondering if its a defect and should i get it changed..
also the yellowness seems to reduce considerably when the sharpness is reduced..
help someone..i recently bought the htc one x..thank you
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i get an odd yellow tinge when i click photos on my htc on x..is anyone exp the same prob? im wondering if its a defect and should i get it changed..
also the yellowness seems to reduce considerably when the sharpness is reduced..
help someone..i recently bought the htc one x..thank you
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I found that reducing the saturation by one level solved it completely. The default camera settings are terrible. The yellow problem seems to kick in when there is low light - I found outdoor shots in full sun didn't have the yellow problem (so far - only had the phone about 4 hours!).
If a buy htc one x is there a possibility in the future with a custom rom the camera match the quality of galaxy s3 both in video (higher bit rate and fps) and pictures (not so much noise)?
I love the build quality of one x and the amazing display but i am more close to buying a galaxy s3 at the moment because of the better camera so it's important for me if a developer answer honestly my question above.
thank you in advance
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If a buy htc one x is there a possibility in the future with a custom rom the camera match the quality of galaxy s3 both in video (higher bit rate and fps) and pictures (not so much noise)?
I love the build quality of one x and the amazing display but i am more close to buying a galaxy s3 at the moment because of the better camera so it's important for me if a developer answer honestly my question above.
thank you in advance
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LdAFj8iPGs
htc has a better camera for photos definitely but i'ld say that the first video s3 won (guy brushing though fence)and second htc one won (road with guy on bike) over all s3 does videos better until some works out a mod for the one x.
You'r a bit off
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I don't understand what you mean, Galaxy SIII doesn't have any pros in case of Camera
The camera quality in One X is much better, taking better and faster pictures (Thanks to dedicated processor for camera) and has the ability to take 1080p 30fps video, which is exactly what SGS3 can do And also with it's 2.0f optic, it takes much better pictures in low light (which is what people have in they're normal life :| )
In fact when it comes to Camera, The HTC One X has the higher hand...
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I don't understand what you mean, Galaxy SIII doesn't have any pros in case of Camera
The camera quality in One X is much better, taking better and faster pictures (Thanks to dedicated processor for camera) and has the ability to take 1080p 30fps video, which is exactly what SGS3 can do And also with it's 2.0f optic, it takes much better pictures in low light (which is what people have in they're normal life :| )
In fact when it comes to Camera, The HTC One X has the higher hand...
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i have to agree with you that htc one x is better in low light but i saw a lot of videos in youtube from both phones and i belive galaxy s3 has by far a better video at the moment. As for picture quality from a lot of samples a saw i believe the one x takes very good shots but with a lot of noise compared to the galaxy s3
Auto mode for the one x camera is not the best mode.Try HDR mode,the photos you take will look awesome,it's sharper and more beautiful.Definitely better than S3 in my opinion.
I have the HOX since 3 days ago and i must say that pictures in low light are much worse and blurry compared to the ones i took with my previous Galaxy S2. It's something I'm doing wrong ? Thanks in advance
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alex1986cy said:
i have to agree with you that htc one x is better in low light but i saw a lot of videos in youtube from both phones and i belive galaxy s3 has by far a better video at the moment. As for picture quality from a lot of samples a saw i believe the one x takes very good shots but with a lot of noise compared to the galaxy s3
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Video brightness and saturation, which are software related, Yes, SGS3 is a bit better (Resolution and frame rate is the same though, 1080p 30fps)
And you're right, you get more noise in One X, that's because of the weird ISO configuration and I don't know why it's like that, You should take it out of auto and play with the options manually, gets a lot better, or use HDR if you're a noob in photography)
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I have the HOX since 3 days ago and i must say that pictures in low light are much worse and blurry compared to the ones i took with my previous Galaxy S2. It's something I'm doing wrong ? Thanks in advance
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Try HDR mode.
Thanks Xventure, I'm gonna give it a try !
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I have the HOX since 3 days ago and i must say that pictures in low light are much worse and blurry compared to the ones i took with my previous Galaxy S2. It's something I'm doing wrong ? Thanks in advance
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For being f/2.0, it really doesn't take that great of dark shots in my opinion.
I think a lot of the HOX issues are due to compression on pictures and video though. I saw a thread talking about using other apps for less compression, but results seemed mixed.
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For being f/2.0, it really doesn't take that great of dark shots in my opinion.
I think a lot of the HOX issues are due to compression on pictures and video though. I saw a thread talking about using other apps for less compression, but results seemed mixed.
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The compression in pictures doesn't do much, icscamera has 4 mb files stock about 2 and stock is still better and the compression on videos is just audio, its the fps drops that need to be sorted really.
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I'm finding that I generally have to edit all my pictures after taking them. The white balance is always off meaning that whites appear yellow or pink. Anyone else seeing this? I've ensured my camera settings are reset to default but it doesn't help.
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Take it this is just me then?
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i too am not happy with the camera performance .... in my opinion pictures are not sharp enough and a bit 'foggy'.
I had a Nokia 5800, with a 3.2Mp Carl Zeiss camera was much much better!
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i too am not happy with the camera performance .... in my opinion pictures are not sharp enough and a bit 'foggy'.
I had a Nokia 5800, with a 3.2Mp Carl Zeiss camera was much much better!
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Nothing to do with any of these though. The reason why they are "foggy" is cos HTC deemed it ok to compromise quality for speed. Which is how they manage to do the really quick burst shots. I use a 3rd party camera app for my photos to bypass this.
My HTC one X it's camera it's too bad.. it's like with 2 Megapixel... poor resolution..
is it Problem with all user or withe me only.. I need ur help plz...!!!
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My HTC one X it's camera it's too bad.. it's like with 2 Megapixel... poor resolution..
is it Problem with all user or withe me only.. I need ur help plz...!!!
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Are you using your front facing camera?
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I use a 3rd party camera app for my photos to bypass this.
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what app are you using?
foggy pictures... interesting....i have something stupid you can try but try anyways...maybe the back cover with your phone is messing with the flash.. try removing your back cover... i had foggy pictures with a crappy back cover.... once i removed it problem solved... hope it helps..
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foggy pictures... interesting....i have something stupid you can try but try anyways...maybe the back cover with your phone is messing with the flash.. try removing your back cover... i had foggy pictures with a crappy back cover.... once i removed it problem solved... hope it helps..
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thanks for the tip, but the One X is sealed ... and I do not think that it is a cover issue. I compared my photos with those found online as demo pictures and pics look the same. Dont take me wrong, the pictures are good, but for a high end phone I expected much better. My previous cheap Nokia has a much better camera. And if you compare the One X with the Lumia, there is no comparison.
no i dont mean the phone back cover that is sealed with the phone but the cover that u might have bought as an accessories to ur phone... coz my cover really messed up my flash and caused all the pictures to be really foggy..
i am not using any covers
then clean your lens with alcohol & fiber cloth
Some research has shown its just the stock camera app causing the problem. Also given that you can edit the pics to fix the colour issues, it's definitely to do with the Sense camera rather than something like lense dirt.
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Some research has shown its just the stock camera app causing the problem. Also given that you can edit the pics to fix the colour issues, it's definitely to do with the Sense camera rather than something like lense dirt.
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do you suggest a good app?
At this moment no. I only happened to test with another camera app I have on my phone. I will start looking into other camera apps.
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the OneX has one of the best PHONE camera and software out there, i don't understand what's the problem for those few pissed off....
check the pictures thread and look what's it capable of and then think about replacing your phone.
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mouthpiec said:
i too am not happy with the camera performance .... in my opinion pictures are not sharp enough and a bit 'foggy'.
I had a Nokia 5800, with a 3.2Mp Carl Zeiss camera was much much better!
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epic fail
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the OneX has one of the best PHONE camera and software out there, i don't understand what's the problem for those few pissed off....
check the pictures thread and look what's it capable of and then think about replacing your phone.
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Samsung have the better camera if only because they've made a business of making cameras. Nokia have always had fantastic cameras. This was meant to be HTCs entry into that world but pink/yellow tints are ****ing that up.
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zerozoneice said:
the OneX has one of the best PHONE camera and software out there, i don't understand what's the problem for those few pissed off....
check the pictures thread and look what's it capable of and then think about replacing your phone.
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Outside, in daylight, One X camera is superb! But using indoors, and especially when not using flash and with Night Mode ( while camera performs very good) every picture is heavily yellow based. And EXTREMELY saturated.
In photoshop, auto white balance and a -25 to -30% desaturate usually fixes the problem.
I am not saying that the camera is crap, but for a high end phone I expected much much more in terms of camera. I do not know how to describe it but the photos taken with the HOX seems to have something missing.
This site has some good photo comparisons and when you open the photos in full size, the difference is very evident especially with the iphone.
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I am not saying that the camera is crap, but for a high end phone I expected much much more in terms of camera. I do not know how to describe it but the photos taken with the HOX seems to have something missing.
This site has some good photo comparisons and when you open the photos in full size, the difference is very evident especially with the iphone.
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ok so did you read till the end?
"If I had to, I’d give the overall edge to the HTC One X because of its shutter speed, innovative new ways to snap photos and the flexibility of Android."
I currently have a Galaxy S3 and my contract is up soon, so I'll be looking for a new device. I've had Samsung for the last 2 contract periods and am looking for something different. The HTC One M8 impresses me, but many reviews say the camera is lackluster. I'm not looking for the best camera on the market or anything like that. I am quite happy with the camera on my S3 and would like to know if anyone has had both devices and can tell me if the M8's camera is in the same ballpark. I don't really crop pictures and the most I'd do is print out an 8x10 photo, which the S3 gives perfectly good resolution for. I've seen sample pictures taken with the M8 and they seem perfectly fine to me, but maybe there are issues that I don't see. Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks for your time.
Just buy it
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Guys just. A note of caution. This type of question is allowed, but remember to keep responses on topic regarding the cameras only.
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ajt167 said:
I currently have a Galaxy S3 and my contract is up soon, so I'll be looking for a new device. I've had Samsung for the last 2 contract periods and am looking for something different. The HTC One M8 impresses me, but many reviews say the camera is lackluster. I'm not looking for the best camera on the market or anything like that. I am quite happy with the camera on my S3 and would like to know if anyone has had both devices and can tell me if the M8's camera is in the same ballpark. I don't really crop pictures and the most I'd do is print out an 8x10 photo, which the S3 gives perfectly good resolution for. I've seen sample pictures taken with the M8 and they seem perfectly fine to me, but maybe there are issues that I don't see. Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks for your time.
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Reviews have also stated that the battery life on the M8 is awful when that's not the case at all. Are there better cameras out there? I'm sure, but the M8's camera does really well in most situations. I don't use the flash on any camera, I tinker mostly with the ISO. The dual sensor provides some nifty editing features later on too. And let's face it, if you were going to do full-time professional photography, no phone's camera can substitute a real camera or DSLR. I think you'll be happy with the results.
Oviously M8
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Reviews have also stated that the battery life on the M8 is awful when that's not the case at all. Are there better cameras out there? I'm sure, but the M8's camera does really well in most situations. I don't use the flash on any camera, I tinker mostly with the ISO. The dual sensor provides some nifty editing features later on too. And let's face it, if you were going to do full-time professional photography, no phone's camera can substitute a real camera or DSLR. I think you'll be happy with the results.
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Thanks for the reply. Do you think I'd be able to get decent 8x10 prints of photos I take with it, or is the resolution not quite there?
I'd personally have a look on the thread pictures taken with M8 . . . I have posted some but some amazing photos coming from this phone
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I'd personally have a look on the thread pictures taken with M8 . . . I have posted some but some amazing photos coming from this phone
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It's funny you should say that because I did check out that thread before I posted this thread - I was trying to see if someone else had posted the question. There are a lot of great pictures there. Am I missing something? Hell, have the cameras on these phones become so good in the last 2-3 years that the photos there are considered sub-par? The fanciest thing I do with photos is some basic editing (I tend to just take pictures closer rather than crop) and then print out an 8x10. Will these photos be good enough for that? What do you think the size limit of the photos would be until they started looking poor due to the relatively low resolution?
Sorry I'm all over the place here, just trying to figure out if I'm missing something or the "standards" are way beyond what I consider good.
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It's funny you should say that because I did check out that thread before I posted this thread - I was trying to see if someone else had posted the question. There are a lot of great pictures there. Am I missing something? Hell, have the cameras on these phones become so good in the last 2-3 years that the photos there are considered sub-par? The fanciest thing I do with photos is some basic editing (I tend to just take pictures closer rather than crop) and then print out an 8x10. Will these photos be good enough for that? What do you think the size limit of the photos would be until they started looking poor due to the relatively low resolution?
Sorry I'm all over the place here, just trying to figure out if I'm missing something or the "standards" are way beyond what I consider good.
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I'm still pretty amazed how a 4mp camera can produce these images . .I can from a Z1 with a 20mp camera then a note 3 with a 13mp . . .I will be honest some details are lost but that's just the limit of a 4mp camera. .
As for printing I really can't help but maybe some of the guys over on that thread have printed out ?
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Here's my opinion and it's not worth much...
The M8 camera is great for social networks etc. And possibly could do decent 8x10 prints.
The front camera craps on anything out there right now. If selfies are your thing.
Do not dwell on the camera aspect of the M8.
Instead recognize it for its other great features.
Aluminum chassis. Internals. Screen. Speakers. Etc etc.
If you are really concerned about great photos I'd suggest the S5.
My wife has one and I would say it has better detail in SOME situations.
But the Camera software on the M8 is so fun to use.
HTC UltimEight ?
It really depends on what kind of images you want to capture. Do you want to take spur of the moment shots of friends, family and kids in an indoor setting?
Or do you want to take highly detailed landscape photos which you have the ability to crop later.
Its a simple choice yet still very hard, the M8 will do great for indoor/night time shots and reasonably well in outdoor shots assuming you adjust the setting accordingly to prevent highlights from being blown out.
On the other hand, a device like the S5 will take really great outdoor photos with plenty of extra detail but in an indoor/low light situation it will be just average.
I'm in a similar situation to you as im upgrading from an S4 to either the M8 and S5 and the camera is fairly important to me thus all I can really say is is.
Pick your poison, both will do an adequate job in all scenarios but they each have there respective benefits in specific scenarios.
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Here's my opinion and it's not worth much...
The M8 camera is great for social networks etc. And possibly could do decent 8x10 prints.
The front camera craps on anything out there right now. If selfies are your thing.
Do not dwell on the camera aspect of the M8.
Instead recognize it for its other great features.
Aluminum chassis. Internals. Screen. Speakers. Etc etc.
If you are really concerned about great photos I'd suggest the S5.
My wife has one and I would say it has better detail in SOME situations.
But the Camera software on the M8 is so fun to use.
HTC UltimEight ?
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I have owned the S2, S3, S4 and now the M8. Photos are great on the galaxy phones and I have always had better luck with photos than reviews say. For instance, my wife has an iphone 5S and was always grabbing my S4 because she perceived the photos to be better.
so far with my M8 the photos have been "OK"...very inconsistent...some are great and some are "OK". Outdoors the Galaxy blows the M8 away (M8 tends to be a little washed out), indoors I would say it is a toss up (on a day to day basis with auto settings or flash). However, I have taken good outdoor photos with my M8, it just tends to be inconsistent. Also, if there is any type of backlight behind the subject the photo tends to be washed out some. I did not think it was enough for me not to buy a M8. I have a canon SLR for important photos. I think the responsiveness of the day to day operations far outweigh the camera lacking a little quality.
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I have owned the S2, S3, S4 and now the M8.
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I agree with every point you touched on.
HTC UltimEight ?
The M8 outdoor shots are incredible on full he 1080p, decent tv's when showing off or viewing the pics and they come out great on 8x10 shots because I got some done recently.
You won't be too disappointed unless you are trying to zoom.
The quality of the pics are normal viewing is in my humble opinion better than s3 or s4 and in low light the s3 and s4 even the s5 cannot compete.
Try it, get it online, send it back if it doesn't stand up.
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The M8 outdoor shots are incredible on full he 1080p, decent tv's when showing off or viewing the pics and they come out great on 8x10 shots because I got some done recently.
You won't be too disappointed unless you are trying to zoom.
The quality of the pics are normal viewing is in my humble opinion better than s3 or s4 and in low light the s3 and s4 even the s5 cannot compete.
Try it, get it online, send it back if it doesn't stand up.
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Awesome, that's what I was looking for - something at least on par with my S3 as far as pics and videos go.
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The M8 outdoor shots are incredible on full he 1080p, decent tv's when showing off or viewing the pics and they come out great on 8x10 shots because I got some done recently.
You won't be too disappointed unless you are trying to zoom.
The quality of the pics are normal viewing is in my humble opinion better than s3 or s4 and in low light the s3 and s4 even the s5 cannot compete.
Try it, get it online, send it back if it doesn't stand up.
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Unless you have used one in real life (which by this comment I can't see how) but my S4 camera is better than my M8, so I can't imagine the S5. The S4 is not that bad in low light. And if you use a flash the pics are very passable. Again better than my M8 in real world usage...not reviewer and photo buff critics..Not to say I don't like my M8, just, to me, this is very overloaded option and a person would be disappointed making a decision on a camera based on this description of the M8. I'm hoping for some firmware fix that will adjust camera quality, especially in sunlight.
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Unless you have used one in real life (which by this comment I can't see how) but my S4 camera is better than my M8, so I can't imagine the S5. The S4 is not that bad in low light. And if you use a flash the pics are very passable. Again better than my M8 in real world usage...not reviewer and photo buff critics..Not to say I don't like my M8, just, to me, this is very overloaded option and a person would be disappointed making a decision on a camera based on this description of the M8. I'm hoping for some firmware fix that will adjust camera quality, especially in sunlight.
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I can easily prove his statements wrong, I have comparison images I took last year between the M7 and S4 which showcase the difference in outdoor capability.
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Also to add, the new "Google camera" in Playstore that has had the recent update is a pretty good camera to either bee a companion or replacement. i'm usually taking a zillion photos, well, say 15-25GB a month of photos I noticed in the past with my One X and LG G2 over the past couple of years (2 kids, 2 + 4 year old, I have like 5-10 photos of my childhood, I want the kids to savoir the joys of technology so most of their great moments are recorded, plus day to day stuff. That is what we and they are ultimately going to visually remember their young + older life. Might as well have more than less! Delete is easy, "recover from zero" is a tad harder
But I digress basically I'm just adding, even though I've had limited use of my camera relative since Google Camera latest *big* update happened, it looks the business. This coming from someone who usually has 7 or 8 camera apps installed to get the best picture depending on the situation, experience shows me the best app as needed
Better camera unlocked, Holo Camera, Procapture, LGcamera were my most used camera apps on the old phone(s), now it seems Google Camera might take the best pics for any situation (mostly). Tim e to stop blabbering, 2 hours sleep again in 48 hours and 14 hours the past 7 days makes me post 'the stupid'
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I can easily prove his statements wrong, I have comparison images I took last year between the M7 and S4 which showcase the difference in outdoor capability.
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Don't forget "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" also holds, while the technicality of various pictures can be seen/known, some people still prefer the technically inferior photo for their own taste. I worked in a tattoo shop for 2 years and saw _a lot_ of pictures, edited/modified/turned upside down while some tattoos we saw on customers or friends of customers, looked "crap" to my hopefully objective eye, they thought they looked awesome (Like badly inked in tattoos with 'stupid' pictures or photo realism that doesn't look like 'real life'.
It's very hard for some people to say a winner/better camera on any particular photo(s) to align with a review they're reading.
We like what we like Be happy with it and try not to impress someone we really care to impress ultimately. It'll make yourself have less 'bad moments' of not being able to impress aforementioned people we really don't care to impress but do. Impress yourself = win ! heh
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Also to add, the new "Google camera" in Playstore that has had the recent update is a pretty good camera to either bee a companion or replacement. i'm usually taking a zillion photos, well, say 15-25GB a month of photos I noticed in the past with my One X and LG G2 over the past couple of years (2 kids, 2 + 4 year old, I have like 5-10 photos of my childhood, I want the kids to savoir the joys of technology so most of their great moments are recorded, plus day to day stuff. That is what we and they are ultimately going to visually remember their young + older life. Might as well have more than less! Delete is easy, "recover from zero" is a tad harder
But I digress basically I'm just adding, even though I've had limited use of my camera relative since Google Camera latest *big* update happened, it looks the business. This coming from someone who usually has 7 or 8 camera apps installed to get the best picture depending on the situation, experience shows me the best app as needed
Better camera unlocked, Holo Camera, Procapture, LGcamera were my most used camera apps on the old phone(s), now it seems Google Camera might take the best pics for any situation (mostly). Tim e to stop blabbering, 2 hours sleep again in 48 hours and 14 hours the past 7 days makes me post 'the stupid'
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Don't forget "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" also holds, while the technicality of various pictures can be seen/known, some people still prefer the technically inferior photo for their own taste. I worked in a tattoo shop for 2 years and saw _a lot_ of pictures, edited/modified/turned upside down while some tattoos we saw on customers or friends of customers, looked "crap" to my hopefully objective eye, they thought they looked awesome (Like badly inked in tattoos with 'stupid' pictures or photo realism that doesn't look like 'real life'.
It's very hard for some people to say a winner/better camera on any particular photo(s) to align with a review they're reading.
We like what we like Be happy with it and try not to impress someone we really care to impress ultimately. It'll make yourself have less 'bad moments' of not being able to impress aforementioned people we really don't care to impress but do. Impress yourself = win ! heh
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Thank you and the rest of you all for replying and helping me.
As I said, I don't need anything that spectacular, just good enough for what I want to do. I'm certainly no expert photographer, so I don't need an amazing camera like the Z2 or the GS5. I don't socially network, so the M8's aim of having a camera suited to share photos on Facebook is of no value to me. My situation would be me playing around with my 2 year-old son, he’s screwing around acting like a goofball, laughing, dancing, and I snap a picture at just the right moment and I want to get a 8x10 made, frame it, and give it to the Mrs. for Mothers’ Day. Currently, my S3 takes good enough photos to be able to do that – resolution and overall picture quality. Would the M8 be able to do that as well as my S3? Granted, I understand that lighting has to be right and he can’t be moving too fast or it’ll be blurry and all that stuff. I don’t want a camera that’s worse than my S3, but I don’t need a camera that can perform rocket surgery either.
Rocket surgery?!?
As has been said, it's horses for courses. If you're constantly taking pictures outdoors of buildings / landscapes, then don't buy the M8 for this purpose, there are better camera phones for it.
I've found the M7 and the M8 to be fantastic at one thing in particular, photographing kids. I have a Lumia 1020 and an M8 and I frequently choose the M8 over the 1020 because of the camera's sheer speed, and Zoe, which is fantastic for kids. (I have a 3y/o and soon to be 5y/o that NEVER stay still!).
Add to this the compilation videos HTC Makes with Zoe, which you can edit and the value proposition from HTC is very strong, IF you have kids!
I haven't tried the S5 yet, but the HTC is fast BECAUSE it "only" shoots 4mp stills, so it's a trade-off.
I get around this trade off by carrying two phones