One of the things HTC wanted to highlight about the One family is the camera.
Tell me - what is your opinion on the camera? Good, bad?
I personally think the 5MP camera is pretty decent, but I wanted a better focus on close up images. Not necessarily a macro mode, but the focus on stuff around 2-3 inches away from the camera is pretty bad.
Also, I think the shutter speed is great. The effects are icing on the cake.
It was the camera that made me get this phone. Limited budget, I was going to get a Samsung galaxy ace, but when I saw the quality of this camera I upped my budget by £5 a month. As for close ups, this was about 3 inches from the camera without me having to go into settings. If you want it to focus on a certain spot, just tap it on the screen.
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I'm a little biased, because i own a 15 megapixel Kodak. But compared to my old optimus v, this camera is great.
I also had an optimus v. Still do actually, but compared to that thing, the one V actually takes pictures. The still frames during video is probably my favorite feature.
a.child said:
I also had an optimus v. Still do actually, but compared to that thing, the one V actually takes pictures. The still frames during video is probably my favorite feature.
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It does that? I haven't tried!
MonsterNo7 said:
It does that? I haven't tried!
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Yes it does. When you record video, there is a camera button on the interface.
Also, when you review the video through the stock gallery, there is a snapshot button for the video in case you missed it live.
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I'm assuming i just got a faulty camera here... the camera screen is very grainy and artifact-y (coined). Im thinking i should take it back.... anyone else have this problem?
camera's fine here
Sporkman said:
camera's fine here
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Before the photo is taken everything looks excessively grainy, but it seems that the dual LED's fix that right up. Unfortunately, video looks really bad at night.
Classick206 said:
Before the photo is taken everything looks excessively grainy, but it seems that the dual LED's fix that right up. Unfortunately, video looks really bad at night.
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It has nothing to do with the Dual LED's. Daytime shots in good light do not trigger the LED's so making statements like that only causes confusion. The grainy aspect is for quicker response times on the screen as you don't need high resolution screen quality to shoot high quality pictures. You just have to make sure it's in focus and what you want to shoot.
Videos looks really bad at night because you are using a PHONE CAMERA and LENS. Turn on the LED's with the Torch APP and light the way for a little better night video shooting.
Heck of a lot better than IPHONE right? No flash = no night time shots.
Have you removed the plastic from the camera? I have some friends who.didn't realize it had a plastic.
So, is anyone else having focusing issues when you get nice and close?
I've moved over from a Nexus S, which could get reasonably close to objects when taking photos and still manage to focus on them... but I'm finding the auto-focus on the One X simply refuses to latch onto the things I point it at.
Is it just me, a software issue, or can the camera on this thing not get that close?
A couple examples below. Red = where I touched, green = where it focused.
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Ugh, I'm not allowed to post outside links. Hopefully those images worked.
Edit: Score, they worked!
I have the same problem with mine. I can't get the camera to focus on close objects, even when setting it on macro mode.
I hope it's only a software bug that can be fixed.
JP.
Macro mode?
Hmm. Maybe I should look for that.
Yeah, I'm hoping it's something that gets sorted out in 1.28... whenever that comes out. Soon, please.
Me as well... Tried it today with no luck... It refuses to focus when I get really close... Tried turning on Macro "close up" mode and it still didn't focus...
I also just gave it a shot, no good. I'm going to be really sad if this is not a software issue
I've seen a ton of macro close-ups on the web shot with the x, look in the best pictures thread...there a bunch of nice macros...I agree though, the field of focus is rather small and inconsistent in some...others look fine. hopefully it does get worked out for all.
it should be due to the limitation of the F/2.0 lens
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it should be due to the limitation of the F/2.0 lens
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Are you saying the limitations with close-up shots is because of the F/2.0 lens?
I'm a photographer coming from an iPhone 5. Has anyone else noticed when using the front camera pretty significant distortion?? Please try yourself. Take a pic of yourself and see if the top of your head is exaggerated. This is my second m8 Like this. I hate to have to use software to fix it
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I look awesome, maybe you naturally have a big head?
Nevermind, I get it too. Look at my eyebrows!
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The front facing camera is has a wide angle field of view to be able to capture multiple people at arm's length. Hold the camera too close and this wide field of view will cause distortion. No amount of returning phones will change this.
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Right which is what I figured. They should have put some type of compensation in the software to correct distortion. The iPhone front camera is fairly wide, but doesn't suffer from this. Software can fix it. Which is unfortunate, makes me not even want to use the front camera
So had anyone got a way to fix this, I got my HTC One yesterday and noticed this distortion on the front camera? If someone could reply with a easy way to fix then please do, but if its more complex could someone possibly take my email and help me as I ain't too good with fixing issues that are complex, it's really annoying as I use the front Camera a lot.
Just look at the picture I included. Zoomed out looks fine, just a little over sharpened. The minute you zoom in, you can see the oil painting effect. You guys think this can ever be fixed?
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did u try with google camera?
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did u try with google camera?
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Yeah its the same with Google Camera.
king718 said:
Yeah its the same with Google Camera.
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I had this on my s5. Could be a software issue
Dumb questions but it appears you sent screen shots of the pictures.. Can you upload the actual files? It could be the screens over sharpening but may not actually be in the image.. Also the stock camera defaults to 10mp but you can up it to 13 to see if it helps with the detail.. Also make sure your camera lense doesn't have a smudge on it.
Mine is the same way, though probably worse. Very disappointed in the camera on this thing. Its all software related, so hopefully someone can find a fix.
I posted a few pictures (linked directly, not uploaded) of something very similar in the picture thread. Seems HDR is a very big source of the issue, and looking at your picture, its certainly an HDR image. I'm on to A Better Camera, and its a little better but not much.
For as far as you zoomed in I think it looks OK. I can't shoot now zoom later with the g3. ?
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I'll be receding my Asus Zenfone Zoom really really soon, so will be doing my usual camera comparison tests but will use this post to upload some photos from this little gem.
Okay first shot using super resolution mode, handheld -
Winter has landed #StMichaelsChurch #Princetown #Asus #ZenfoneZoom by Gavin Fabiani-Laymond, on Flickr
Got a number of other photos here
http://gavinsgadgets.com/2016/01/15/iphone-6s-vs-asus-zenfone-zoom-camera-shootout/
It's snowing at the moment so that doesn't help in terms of taking lots of photos. More soon though.
Latest posts
Shooting into the sun
http://gavinsgadgets.com/2016/01/20/asus-zenfone-zoom-shooting-directly-into-the-sun/
Video Test - http://gavinsgadgets.com/2016/01/20/asus-zenfone-zoom-video-test/
Low light tests using all modes
http://gavinsgadgets.com/2016/01/20/asus-zenfone-zoom-low-light-shots/
Thanks for these shots. Unfortunately it has bad post processing in low light, possibly even day light shots. My G4 has much better quality. I was hoping for this to have a superb camera but to be honest, it doesn't beat the S4 Zoom that I once had (which took superb shots).
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Thanks for these shots. Unfortunately it has bad post processing in low light, possibly even day light shots. My G4 has much better quality. I was hoping for this to have a superb camera but to be honest, it doesn't beat the S4 Zoom that I once had (which took superb shots).
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i had it
my v10 cam is way better
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