So, I went up to San Francisco for the weekend and decided to really test Zoe out. I shoot in Zoe only and made 5 or 6 clips so far. The simplicity is insane and the quality threw all my friends for a loop.
Take a look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAPhV8IIAKI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Pretty sweet. I'm loving the Zoe camera too. Most of my shots are done with Zoe.
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sebastianraven said:
So, I went up to San Francisco for the weekend and decided to really test Zoe out. I shoot in Zoe only and made 5 or 6 clips so far. The simplicity is insane and the quality threw all my friends for a loop.
Take a look... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAPhV8IIAKI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Damn man. That could be an ad, no joke. Well done!
I haven't played around with Zoe yet but the Ultrapixel thing is impressing me. Reviews kinda panned it but I was just taking pictures of my yard yesterday after sunset, when everything looked almost grey to my eyes, and through the camera it was still vivid - looked like an HDR picture taken at noon.
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Damn man. That could be an ad, no joke. Well done!
I haven't played around with Zoe yet but the Ultrapixel thing is impressing me. Reviews kinda panned it but I was just taking pictures of my yard yesterday after sunset, when everything looked almost grey to my eyes, and through the camera it was still vivid - looked like an HDR picture taken at noon.
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Why didn't HTC use this as an ad? Great video OP... Never used ZOE but after seeing this I will now!
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I didn't "get" Zoe for a while. The video is awesome but doesnt show off any of the Zoe features. The real Zoe magic is when you remove a photobomber from your picture, or do an action sequence, or use all smiles. The retouching feels more magical to me. OE isn't about 7 second clips...it's about what you can do with them!
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Damn man. That could be an ad, no joke. Well done!
I haven't played around with Zoe yet but the Ultrapixel thing is impressing me. Reviews kinda panned it but I was just taking pictures of my yard yesterday after sunset, when everything looked almost grey to my eyes, and through the camera it was still vivid - looked like an HDR picture taken at noon.
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Why didn't HTC use this as an ad? Great video OP... Never used ZOE but after seeing this I will now!
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Thanks guys. It was just so cool that from the time the reception ended to the time I got back to my hotel (7 blocks in a cab), this was done. Here is one more of my son.
http://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=qQv31Axhtug&ns=1
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Who has got the GN and is happy with the camera quality.
I took the plunge on this phone based on some sample pics i had seen but my first pics are awful. My htc desire took much better pics, in fact my Nokia N97 was better than this.
I took some pics today but it was quite dull but the pics came out wishy washy and out of focus.
Will the camera be improved with an update? Or am I stuck with it? I was going to sell my previous phone the S2 but I think I might hold fire a couple of weeks because i can't live with this.
Otherwise the Nexus seems great.
its the NexusOne camera
Can you post some of the pictures you took up please?
Look ate these, not good. :-(
Very bad... any other shot from anyone?
Maybe without resizing them...
That definitely looks like the photographer's fault. The first picture clearly has motion blur, and the second one is poorly focused.
Are you sure you're tapping the screen to focus before taking the picture?
low light and (to be fair) not the most photogenic of subjects ....
much better than my HTC Desire would have managed.
please note i dont claim to be a photographer
Yes tried to tap to focus but if anything, this makes it worse.
i noticed much better results using the tap to focus .....
Camera on mine is pretty good, I cant complain. Just took a quick one for you
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.....oh and the image resize doesnt really do them justice. a lot of the detail is obviously lost.
Mh, saw this on G+ today which looks pretty good in my opinion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113273913706138669399/posts/3AtgttXQHK6
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Mh, saw this on G+ today which looks pretty good in my opinion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113273913706138669399/posts/3AtgttXQHK6
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That does look good.
Im pleased with the camera. im old enough to remember early attempts to put a camera on a phone
http://i.imgur.com/8JhuK.jpg random spider. I'm happy with the camera.
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http://i.imgur.com/8JhuK.jpg random spider. I'm happy with the camera.
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lol..... if thats a 'random spider' im glad i live in the UK
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low light and (to be fair) not the most photogenic of subjects ....
much better than my HTC Desire would have managed.
please note i dont claim to be a photographer
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Haha those pictures are awesome. Cool pets
MysteriousDiary said:
Mh, saw this on G+ today which looks pretty good in my opinion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113273913706138669399/posts/3AtgttXQHK6
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That really is a nice photo.
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http://i.imgur.com/8JhuK.jpg random spider. I'm happy with the camera.
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Holy jeebus. Gives me the creeps... Something about those lanky ones. Up in WA we have 'Hobo spiders'... kinda look the same.
here's my comparison article: http://www.freeyourandroid.com/inthenews/sgs2-vs-galaxy-nexus-camera-comparison
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lol..... if thats a 'random spider' im glad i live in the UK
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You'll be glad to know that this is in the UK hahaha.
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You'll be glad to know that this is in the UK hahaha.
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OK.... ive just lifted my feet up from the floor and checked under the sofa
just our regular toilet spider
If you go into the camera and select video recorder, there are effects options. The "silly faces" crack me up.
Same here. Its fun.
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I just wish I could do it with the camera as well, would be hilarious to take a group photo with huge mouths.
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I just wish I could do it with the camera as well, would be hilarious to take a group photo with huge mouths.
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agreed. Not quite sure why they are just available in the video camera but nonetheless, still a fun feature.
The first time I tried it I was staggered it was doing real time effects. Everyone who has seen it also loves it
To take pictures with silly faces, simply start recording and then tap the screen. This takes a snapshot while you are recording!
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dnlsmy said:
To take pictures with silly faces, simply start recording and then tap the screen. This takes a snapshot while you are recording!
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It's disabled with special effects turned on.
I should note that the silly faces and effects also work through Google Video chat. My 2 year old nephew loves video chat for some reason, and he laughed his ass off when I turned the effects on. So, it's good for amusing kids, I guess.
You can also take the video then screenshot what you want a picture of. Its worked successfully for me so far! And yes, the effects are awesome.
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The big eyes effect is so dope. I made my girlfriend have even bigger puppy dog eyes
Those effects are the first thing I show people when I'm showing it off. Everyone loves it.
have a friend that looks like quagmire from family guy, so the big mouth effect was an instant hit with everyone when i took a video of him
Has anyone found a good camera for the nexus? I can't seem to get the stock one to give me a good crisp picture.
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Vignette.
If you don't it, you wont like any camera app.
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Has anyone found a good camera for the nexus? I can't seem to get the stock one to give me a good crisp picture.
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are you tapping the screen on the focus point you want? if you dont, it wont focus on that target.
stock app is fine. you just need some practice on how to take pictures.
Yes i've found one - it's Nikon D3100. Now i'll try seriously. Google has damn good coders and if it was posible to simply write better camera app they've had it done already. No offence for other developers.
If camera is very important for you shall get some other phone with better camera, it isn't hard to find one. Or buy a proper DSLR camera (yes, i'd be fruity happy if they were as compact as mibile phones).
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Yes i've found one - it's Nikon D3100. Now i'll try seriously. Google has damn good coders and if it was posible to simply write better camera app they've had it done already. No offence for other developers.
If camera is very important for you shall get some other phone with better camera, it isn't hard to find one. Or buy a proper DSLR camera (yes, i'd be fruity happy if they were as compact as mibile phones).
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idk about that; google can't even get gmail contact images to be above 96x96, despite us asking them since 2009.
google wouldn't have done anything with this camera, samsung would have. the camera hardware on the nexus just isn't good compared to the competition, as you alluded to
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Yes i've found one - it's Nikon D3100. Now i'll try seriously. Google has damn good coders and if it was posible to simply write better camera app they've had it done already. No offence for other developers.
If camera is very important for you shall get some other phone with better camera, it isn't hard to find one. Or buy a proper DSLR camera (yes, i'd be fruity happy if they were as compact as mibile phones).
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You could hit the middle ground and get a Micro 4/3 camera. That's my choice.
But really, the GNex doesn't take awful photos. Compose properly and take 2sec and you'll get a good enough photo for things you're taking pictures of with a phone (posting to Facebook, G+, Twitter, etc.).
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idk about that; google can't even get gmail contact images to be above 96x96, despite us asking them since 2009.
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Sometimes it takes a lot of effort and time to convince a developer to add a simple button on a web site and once it's done, then everyone wonders how could they live without it so long. There's loooooong story behind this from my own experience
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google wouldn't have done anything with this camera, samsung would have. the camera hardware on the nexus just isn't good compared to the competition, as you alluded to
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Yes, but don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that GNex has bad camera. It's just not as good as some others. And those people who actually need a good camera on their smartphones, usually going trough few reviews before buying it.
Martonikaj> absolutely agree with you, but i'm not one of those who complaining about GNex camera. I saw sample pictures/videos before i bought this phone and even more to that - take a look at my signature (the last three owned phones)
From my experience with this camera so far.
1) If you have a good light source, your fine.
2) For indoor shots, they work best when the light source is coming from behind you. Cuts down the pixelation.
3) Tap the screen at the focus point you want.
4) For night shots, I find they work best when you disable the flash. Don't use night scene mode, never had much luck with that.
Outdoor this camera can take some great shots, but indoors you have to handle it a certain way.
I was pretty sure when I decided on the nexus that the camera was going to be the weak spot. I just loved that it was pure Android. I've tried camera fx and have noticed a slightly better quality picture but I'm just not loving the interface. I was hoping someone had tried a camera app that I hadn't and liked it. I really liked the camera on my old HTC incredible but that was the only thing better than my nexus.
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Knowing that the week part of this phone is the camera (beyond low light photography)...
Is it better with third-party camera apps?
NYC Coyote said:
Knowing that the week part of this phone is the camera (beyond low light photography)...
Is it better with third-party camera apps?
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Really... I don't think the camera is weak at all... Well to each their own..
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I am taking great shots with the stock camera... Vignette is a good app...
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thanks... and excuse the typo on "weak"
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thanks... and excuse the typo on "weak"
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I was going to bite, but I did that once and someone pointed out something I misspelled years ago lol.
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Sheldor1967 said:
I am taking great shots with the stock camera... Vignette is a good app...
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what does vignette do that the stock camera can't? It has lots of manual settings and has filters.
Also, I think someone said that 3rd party camera apps lower the resolution to 3.2mp.
Weak?
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I purchased Camera Zoom FX during one of those Google sales, never used it on the S3 but like you I've not been entirely satisfied with the camera on this phone. I have tried it and keep going back and forth from it to stock. I have also tried Camera JB+, Camera Pro, HDR Camera+, Vignette and a few others. Ultra-pixel aside, it is still just 4 megapixel. though I have read that that detail alone does not mean that the camera is superior or inferior. I am by no means an expert in photography, probably don't qualify as amateur. but I know there is a difference however slight between the S3 and this one. BTW, I have still not determined if a 3rd party is better.
Mine certainly seems weak. I can't seem to get it to focus on what I'm trying to get it to focus on. My kid is holding a teddy bear, I click on her face.. it grabs focus on the bear. Every once in a while it'll nail focus and get a beautiful shot but I have the issue with the screen turning red in low light too. So maybe it's the photo sensor or a firmware thing. I'm praying it's firmware because I obviously don't want a replacement device because I'll lose S-OFF.
Verizon, naturally, is no help. "Never heard of it. HTC hasn't told us anything about it. Deal with them." ... So it could just be a 'some devices' kind of thing.. but I can understand why some might think the camera is weak. Coming from an iPhone 5, which took fantastic pictures, I've been very disappointed to say the least. Obviously, YMMV.
And since I'm sure at least someone is thinking 'go back to iPhone then', I'll add. Those shots I mentioned where focus is nailed.. the pictures are great. This camera has potential. I'M just not getting the results yet.
I just got my phone replaced because my camera couldn't focus on anything further than 3 feet away. The majority of my pictures were blurry and unusable, so I went to Verizon and a rep compared it to their floor model and agreed with me. Got it replaced (although they sent me a DNA at first...) and am loving the camera now. Yea the zoom is weak, but I don't mind.
And OP, you're not crazy. But help is on the way...
http://bgr.com/2013/09/12/htc-one-camera-bug-fix/
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...issues-coming-with-android-4-3-update-1181125
Google "htc one camera issues" .. It appears those pleased with the camera are in the gross minority.. but that's lucky for them.
One of the blurbs from the article: "In fact a poll was taken recently where 328/388 users said “Yes” to their HTC One having camera problems like the one described above." For the record, that issue was the covering the lens and seeing your screen go red or blue or purple.
Fyi we can install the camera from the Google edition phones via this link
http://www.adrive.com/public/EtV5jj/com.google.android.gallery3d.apk
I've installed it and I'm getting nice pictures with the limited testing I did.
It's also got the 'photosphere' which I haven't tried but from what I read it's pretty cool sounding
Sidenote, my other half got the iPhone 5S and I played with the camera for over an hour taking pictures around the house and outside of my dogs... I wish I could rip the camera out of the 5S and put it in my HTC One...it's that good :-/
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And OP, you're not crazy. But help is on the way...
http://bgr.com/2013/09/12/htc-one-camera-bug-fix/
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...issues-coming-with-android-4-3-update-1181125
Google "htc one camera issues" .. It appears those pleased with the camera are in the gross minority.. but that's lucky for them.
One of the blurbs from the article: "In fact a poll was taken recently where 328/388 users said “Yes” to their HTC One having camera problems like the one described above." For the record, that issue was the covering the lens and seeing your screen go red or blue or purple.
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I'll agree with some but in the end people who don't have problems won't be looking for polls to complain. Same way to put a bias on stats by making sure you're only getting the people who will prove your point. Not saying that its great but for my person use it beats anything I've used. You can prove anything right or wrong for the main reason that the vocal ones are almost always the ones with issues.
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Thanks for this. I miss the stock Android camera. And I like the gallery layout better too.
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Fyi we can install the camera from the Google edition phones via this link
http://www.adrive.com/public/EtV5jj/com.google.android.gallery3d.apk
I've installed it and I'm getting nice pictures with the limited testing I did.
It's also got the 'photosphere' which I haven't tried but from what I read it's pretty cool sounding
Sidenote, my other half got the iPhone 5S and I played with the camera for over an hour taking pictures around the house and outside of my dogs... I wish I could rip the camera out of the 5S and put it in my HTC One...it's that good :-/
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josh995 said:
Fyi we can install the camera from the Google edition phones via this link
http://www.adrive.com/public/EtV5jj/com.google.android.gallery3d.apk
I've installed it and I'm getting nice pictures with the limited testing I did.
It's also got the 'photosphere' which I haven't tried but from what I read it's pretty cool sounding
Sidenote, my other half got the iPhone 5S and I played with the camera for over an hour taking pictures around the house and outside of my dogs... I wish I could rip the camera out of the 5S and put it in my HTC One...it's that good :-/
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Is it possible to install this camera alongside of the HTC One camera? It would be nice to have both. I don't want to lose some of the features of the HTC One camera.
Thanks!
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Is it possible to install this camera alongside of the HTC One camera? It would be nice to have both. I don't want to lose some of the features of the HTC One camera.
Thanks!
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Yup! I've got it installed alongside the stock HTC camera. It also adds the stock Google "gallery" app too. Very awesome
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Yup! I've got it installed alongside the stock HTC camera. It also adds the stock Google "gallery" app too. Very awesome
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Ohh that's cool. Didn't know that part... hmm...
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Anyone able to get their photosphere pictures to stitch together properly with the GPE camera app? Mine are totally jacked! The stitching cuts out big parts of the pictures.
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what does vignette do that the stock camera can't? It has lots of manual settings and has filters.
Also, I think someone said that 3rd party camera apps lower the resolution to 3.2mp.
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Blue image is the HTC Camera app, The other is Vignette... Vignette is extremely flexible, but not at all easy to use...I like it's filters. But, by and large, I am getting great shots with the stock app...I really hope that update fixes the purple/blue issues because it obviously is a software issue. If Vignette can get it right, then HTC should be able to...
I did not like the results of the google edition camera...too bright and oversaturated...
Focal now in Beta in Google Play Store
For those interested, the recently removed Focal App from CM is now in Beta in the Play Store.
Hey guys,
I was out on an adventure today with the girlfriend and this was my first opportunity to take some great landscape shots with my M9.
To be honest, it was a beautiful day and the conditions were perfect. The M9 really can take some great shots and will only get better through updates. Let me know what you think.
mmurphyj93 said:
Hey guys,
I was out on an adventure today with the girlfriend and this was my first opportunity to take some great landscape shots with my M9.
To be honest, it was a beautiful day and the conditions were perfect. The M9 really can take some great shots and will only get better through updates. Let me know what you think.
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And I wish they weren't compressed to **** because there's a surprising amount of detail in each picture.
I can't wait for RAW support. This sensor is going to be able capture a lot of data.
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I can't wait for RAW support. This sensor is going to be able capture a lot of data.
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RAW support is here! Update the HTC camera app from the Play Store.
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Just a couple, definitely takes better pictures in daylight
mmurphyj93 said:
Hey guys,
I was out on an adventure today with the girlfriend and this was my first opportunity to take some great landscape shots with my M9.
To be honest, it was a beautiful day and the conditions were perfect. The M9 really can take some great shots and will only get better through updates. Let me know what you think.
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Skaneatles?
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Skaneatles?
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Yes!