There are a few negative reviews about the video capture quality on the M8 which include dropped frames and focus issues. watching samples on YouTube doesn't really demonstrate the best it can be due to the compression.
If you're an M8 owner, how do you rate the video capture? Is the lack of IOS an issue?
If you can you share a raw file so it can be viewed without any YouTube compression and artifacts that would be great.
Thanks
mwatson said:
There are a few negative reviews about the video capture quality on the M8 which include dropped frames and focus issues. watching samples on YouTube doesn't really demonstrate the best it can be due to the compression.
If you're an M8 owner, how do you rate the video capture? Is the lack of IOS an issue?
If you can you share a raw file so it can be viewed without any YouTube compression and artifacts that would be great.
Thanks
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I've been happy with it. I even recorded my kids on a zip-wire at the weekend, and it didn't seem any "shakier" than any of my OIS enabled phones. I'll upload a sample if I get chance today via dropbox or something.
Thats good. Thanks, any other user experiances?
I'll step outside and record a video for ya real quick, gimmie a few minutes.
Uploading now, kinda overcast skies @ 7pm on the east coast so not a whole lot of daylight, u will see. About 3 minutes to upload and I'll add the link in this post.
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Here is the drop box link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/odzrtefbzvckyfh/VIDEO0002.mp4
LaGgY_42o said:
I'll step outside and record a video for ya real quick, gimmie a few minutes.
Uploading now, kinda overcast skies @ 7pm on the east coast so not a whole lot of daylight, u will see. About 3 minutes to upload and I'll add the link in this post.
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Here is the drop box link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/odzrtefbzvckyfh/VIDEO0002.mp4
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Thanks for uploading that. It seems to suffer from motion stutter when panning. This doesn't happen on the M7. Colours look quite dull too. This is what i'm seeing elsewhere. Maybe it can be improved with an update?
mwatson said:
Thanks for uploading that. It seems to suffer from motion stutter when panning. This doesn't happen on the M7. Colours look quite dull too. This is what i'm seeing elsewhere. Maybe it can be improved with an update?
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I hope the OTA can fix it cause I found that the camera didn't close very smoothly when returning to the lockscreen with the phone locked.
Any more thoughts on this? I've bumped as I'm keen to buy this today, but a bit put off by the video capture. Many thanks!
mwatson said:
Any more thoughts on this? I've bumped as I'm keen to buy this today, but a bit put off by the video capture. Many thanks!
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hi! as you would like users to rate the video recording quality, wouldn't be better to add a poll in the thread? this way it would be easier to rate and understand the result, as we can "see" them without looking for ratings in the thread... just my opinion
lukes91 said:
hi! as you would like users to rate the video recording quality, wouldn't be better to add a poll in the thread? this way it would be easier to rate and understand the result, as we can "see" them without looking for ratings in the thread... just my opinion
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Tis done! give it a click
mwatson said:
Tis done! give it a click
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when i will buy my M8
Yesterday i was on a concert and it was pretty dark. The quality was great and the sound even better.
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They say that there is no stupid questions, only stupid answers so here it goes...
Is it possible to take a pic with camera while recording video? I mean, i know its not possible NOW, but can it be done somehow? Or this requires according hardware?
Hm, I would say its not possible, when you record the lens is open and taking a picture would make it close.
I'm not a photo expert, but I guess that with the right hardware this might be possible...
But when its not implemented in very expensive cameras I don't think we will be seeing this in a phone for a while!
Also there is a part in my mind that says that this is absolutely impossible.
Yea, was thinkin pretty much same, but then again...
Well you can never be too sure
Take a screenshot while recording video...
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yes you can do it using a digital camera and a desire
one will record video for you and other will click pictures.
actually, I think this would be pretty easy with software. technically, a video is just a slideshow of pictures played at ~30 pictures a second. I am not an android developer but I wouldnt think it'd be that hard to just have the software grab one specific frame when you hit a button and save it as a seperate picture.
mikeandjaimie said:
actually, I think this would be pretty easy with software. technically, a video is just a slideshow of pictures played at ~30 pictures a second. I am not an android developer but I wouldnt think it'd be that hard to just have the software grab one specific frame when you hit a button and save it as a seperate picture.
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I think your suggestion actually would work..
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That would be nice...
I actually asked cos few days ago i was in a situation when i was recording my little nephew singing in a school ( he is 9 yrs ) and i wanted to take few pics aswell but since i was recording on my desire...
I own a Iphone 4, Galaxy SL and Dinc2. Both Andriods are unusable in skype/tango with the ffc in low light conditions. The Iphone 4 has no issues. Is there a solution to this on the Dinc2?
Ya. Go in a room with lights.
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koaloha said:
I own a Iphone 4, Galaxy SL and Dinc2. Both Andriods are unusable in skype/tango with the ffc in low light conditions. The Iphone 4 has no issues. Is there a solution to this on the Dinc2?
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I own an iphone 4 too (for work) FFC does not work well in low light conditions. I don't know of a single FFC that works well in low light conditions.
Unless you're using a flashlight or something else, video chat in the dark is not a logical thing to do any way
A booklight perhaps?
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i dont use it in the dark so... yeah.. if there was a way to change it i would also like to know. we need ffcs to be comparable to the back ones
gabezermeno said:
i dont use it in the dark so... yeah.. if there was a way to change it i would also like to know. we need ffcs to be comparable to the back ones
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Why?? They're meant to be just good enough. They're VGA cameras, I mean you could put a better camera in there with a higher resolution but then guess what? Your streaming data just doubled.
It's meant to be a means of video chat with low data consumption.
Want a good camera? Go buy a real camera
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Why?? They're meant to be just good enough. They're VGA cameras, I mean you could put a better camera in there with a higher resolution but then guess what? You're streaming data just doubled.
It's meant to be a means of video chat with low data consumption.
Want a good camera? Go buy a real camera
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i cant video chat with a "real camera"
i can facetime or skype when driving at night with the iphone 4. Cant do it with the dinc2.
Lol
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koaloha said:
i can facetime or skype when driving at night with the iphone 4. Cant do it with the dinc2.
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I hope you mean while riding at night and not driving. I'm not one of those "super strict safe drivers" but that sounds a bit hazardous haha. Wouldn't a regular voice call suffice while driving since you "hopefully" aren't paying much attention to the person on the other end of the call and they wouldn't be watching you do anything other than watching you drive? (Hopefully.)
You an facetime over 3g? I can Skype with video on mine i2. Turn on your dome lights.
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I hope you mean while riding at night and not driving. I'm not one of those "super strict safe drivers" but that sounds a bit hazardous haha. Wouldn't a regular voice call suffice while driving since you "hopefully" aren't paying much attention to the person on the other end of the call and they wouldn't be watching you do anything other than watching you drive? (Hopefully.)
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He's being facetious
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He's being facetious
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But imagine video chatting while driving. If you were the other party and you watched the reaction of the person as they crash into a storefront or something.
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But imagine video chatting while driving. If you were the other party and you watched the reaction of the person as they crash into a storefront or something.
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Well in your hypothetical situation you would obviously not care that much about the person because you'd be fine endangering their life by video chatting while driving. Therefore I'd think you'd find it kinda funny to see.
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
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 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.
alsex87 said:
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
wilbur-force said:
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
Bit of an odd one but I find sometimes when I record a video the first second jerks a bit (noticable on playback), does anyone else notice that?
yeah, im getting something that looks like there is a fast pan in the first few frames. going to check it out in premier
dipstik said:
yeah, im getting something that looks like there is a fast pan in the first few frames. going to check it out in premier
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What did you find out? It's frustrating.
The photos looks great once I take them, but once I upload them to Facebook or whatever the res seems to be shocking, even on WhatsApp I upload them as Full Res and still they look awful, is this what photos would actually look like from this phone without Google's magic touches? I see other uploads from different people using iPhones and they look quite good
kevinireland11 said:
The photos looks great once I take them, but once I upload them to Facebook or whatever the res seems to be shocking, even on WhatsApp I upload them as Full Res and still they look awful, is this what photos would actually look like from this phone without Google's magic touches? I see other uploads from different people using iPhones and they look quite good
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Funny you mentioned it. I have the same issues, I mainly daily my Sony Xperia 1 III and they images and videos look mediocre. I have Google 1 service so I upload full quality and still they look mediocre.
Any app that bypasses Googles computational photography is going to produce some pretty (by comparison) dire results. All phones process the photos though, it is just if they process it for a given app as well.
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Any app that bypasses Googles computational photography is going to produce some pretty (by comparison) dire results. All phones process the photos though, it is just if they process it for a given app as well.
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So all these photos are just a placebo? Realistically They only look good on these phones and on Google photos?
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Funny you mentioned it. I have the same issues, I mainly daily my Sony Xperia 1 III and they images and videos look mediocre. I have Google 1 service so I upload full quality and still they look mediocre.
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Yeah I think thats pointless to be honest then lol, so our photos only look good on Google photos or on a pixel and nothing else
kevinireland11 said:
Yeah I think thats pointless to be honest then lol, so our photos only look good on Google photos or on a pixel and nothing else
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I have read your post wrong, i am very sorry, i read it that you were taking photos using WhatsApp. Once the photos have been taken using the Google camera and saved they should look great where ever you look at them.
Take a look at peoples shots here https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/pixel-6-pro-photo-showcase.4354503/
I haven't noticed any issues with my photos uploaded to various sites - they all look just as good as they do on my phone.
They probably reprocess the image to make it lower resolution and look bad.