There's no way around it, the camera on my M8 GPe sucks. I even had to switch to my old Nexus 4 just now to get a picture that was decent. This was mainly due to the Nexus 4 lighting the flash while focusing which the M8 GPe doesn't. Not sure why, they should work the same...
But I believe the overall quality was better on the few pictures I took while I was on stock. So is this possible to fix? With a new camera app maybe?
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There's no way around it, the camera on my M8 GPe sucks. I even had to switch to my old Nexus 4 just now to get a picture that was decent. This was mainly due to the Nexus 4 lighting the flash while focusing which the M8 GPe doesn't. Not sure why, they should work the same...
But I believe the overall quality was better on the few pictures I took while I was on stock. So is this possible to fix? With a new camera app maybe?
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Can't say I much disagree with you here. The One GPe is pretty damn nice except for the camera. The Sense version of the camera that I played with in the store was better. My problem is that the flash doesn't seem to illuminate subjects at all, particularly if you need to take a photo of a business card or wine label in a darker room. As a result, I've been using VSCO much more often (which I generally used only for 'artistic' subjects. Sorry I don't have a better solution for you.
Google should force the manufacturers to give out all apps included in the stock versions through Google Play and make them available to the GPe versions...
I hope Android Silver will be the solution for this problem.
Stock Google camera sucks donkey balls. Excuse me for my choice of words but it's true and we all know it. A big weakness of any GPE phone or Nexus phones for that matter.
i will agree its not the best, BUT are we taking pro shots here ? its a mobile phone not a camera
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i will agree its not the best, BUT are we taking pro shots here ? its a mobile phone not a camera
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That's actually the point. I'm not taking pro shots by any means and it's still not usable pictures. Last time I couldn't get the focus right since it doesn't flash the LED during focus. I'm not sure why anyone would accept blurry pictures no matter what they were supposed to be for.
Phones of the same price gets better pictures and cheaper phones with stock Android gets better pictures. And when HTC makes a big deal about "ultrapixels" we are entitled to complain.
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That's actually the point. I'm not taking pro shots by any means and it's still not usable pictures. Last time I couldn't get the focus right since it doesn't flash the LED during focus. I'm not sure why anyone would accept blurry pictures no matter what they were supposed to be for.
Phones of the same price gets better pictures and cheaper phones with stock Android gets better pictures. And when HTC makes a big deal about "ultrapixels" we are entitled to complain.
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i can live with that. we do have a flagship and with googles os id expect only the best.
I took a wander over the the pictures thread. Some pretty impressive pics in there for what is effect a 4mp camera. I'm on GPE and don't have any issues with it. Clear, sharp and focused.
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I took a wander over the the pictures thread. Some pretty impressive pics in there for what is effect a 4mp camera. I'm on GPE and don't have any issues with it. Clear, sharp and focused.
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Are those taken with a Sense M8 or GPe M8? My main complaint is that the GPe is worse than stock.
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Are those taken with a Sense M8 or GPe M8? My main complaint is that the GPe is worse than stock.
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I actually made direct comparison phots between a GPE Camera and the Sense camera and the pictures were pretty much identical. The photos only seem a lot better in sense camera because the viewfinder shows better pictures. If you actually take them and look at them in the gallery, they are pretty much identical.
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I actually made direct comparison phots between a GPE Camera and the Sense camera and the pictures were pretty much identical. The photos only seem a lot better in sense camera because the viewfinder shows better pictures. If you actually take them and look at them in the gallery, they are pretty much identical.
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My personal opinion is that it's harder to get a good picture with GPe. Slower shutter, harder to focus etc. If everything gets right I assume both versions are able to make equally good pictures since it's the same hardware.
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My personal opinion is that it's harder to get a good picture with GPe. Slower shutter, harder to focus etc. If everything gets right I assume both versions are able to make equally good pictures since it's the same hardware.
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I totally agree. The Google Camera App is complete Garbage. I would be SO happy, if someone figures out how to port the One plus One camera
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Radixtrator said:
I totally agree. The Google Camera App is complete Garbage. I would be SO happy, if someone figures out how to port the One plus One camera
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I would be happy with the HTC camera. I think.
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I would be happy with the HTC camera. I think.
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I'm pretty sure though the opo app and will be a lot easier seeing its a native CM app. Sense camera is a hell of a lot of work
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Is there another market camera app or something else to replace the one on CM7? I cant shut off the camera click noise and there is no tap to focus and a few other things.
I for one would like to have the HTC camera app on CM7, but I doubt it will happen due to the possible framework differences.
I was looking for exactly the same thing. Installed CM7RC2, and the only thing I've found lacking was the camera app, which just doesn't come close to the one on the stock HTC rom.
I've just tried out Camera360, and been looking at reviews for Camera ZOOM FX, but both seem to be focused on applying a wide range of effects rather than improving the actual process of taking a photo. To my knowledge, neither had tap-to-focus.
Anyone know of a different app that might do the job a little better?
You can try the MIUI Camera app. The only problem is it doesn't have the ffc, but it's so much better than the stock CM7 one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984279
I'm trying to figure out how to install the MIUI one and keep the stock one (to use the ffc when I need to).
I use vignette.. Set the resolution to 8M and superfine quality.. Man, that thing takes a photo at 4mb.. Really good image quality.. Definitely first choice..
SAPPH1RE said:
I use vignette.. Set the resolution to 8M and superfine quality.. Man, that thing takes a photo at 4mb.. Really good image quality.. Definitely first choice..
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Second vote for Vignette; costs a couple of pounds and is well worth the price. A ton of brilliant effects, and the image quality without effects is outstanding. I don't think I've used the HTC camera app once since I got this.
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Second vote for Vignette; costs a couple of pounds and is well worth the price. A ton of brilliant effects, and the image quality without effects is outstanding. I don't think I've used the HTC camera app once since I got this.
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I have vignette l just don't like of It's slowlyness , what settings do you guys use for low light conditions?
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Second day on my HTC One X, I feel its very good in terms of everything but Camera. I had an Amaze 4G before. HOX's camera is way too noisy compared to Amaze's. Does any one else feels the same? I have a UK model HOX bought off eBay. Please tell if i am wrong regarding the camera. It might be my personal issue. If you think that, please suggest any way to get rid of the noise. I somewhat experience it in the day light too.
Below are the two images one from HOX and other from Amaze. (Sorry for these pics, that is my hukka coal)
From left 1st one is from HTC One X and 2nd is from Amaze.
You can definitely see the difference of noise and resolution.
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Lets start with the most basic question, did you focus correctly and did you hold your phone steady without too much movement?
Agree on some points that the picture captured with amaze was better with less noise. Had Amaze before SGS Note. Also, the dedicated camera button was excellent with Amaze for caps.The video quality was superb and lot smooth.
Good thing about One X is the shutter speed. The Full HD capture with One X is not smoother like Amaze also with less bitrates.
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Lets start with the most basic question, did you focus correctly and did you hold your phone steady without too much movement?
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Duh! Yes. I use camera more than any app. So I believe i know every in and out of it.
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@Op,
Deleted my post as I don't want to start a flame war.
To my opinion you opened this thread in the wrong forum, start reading the forum rules.
Amaze, never heared of it, don't care neither.
This is HTC One X forum, and not everybody jumped from Amaze to One X.
The One X camera is garbage. My DHD took better pictures.
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The One X camera is garbage. My DHD took better pictures.
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Let's not exaggerate, the One X camera is at least 400,000 times Better than that on the DHD (yes, intentional irony)
But, the DHD had a CRAP camera.
And the One X, has one of the best, albeit with too much compression.
Absolutely not. My One X pictures are extremely noisy, while the DHD pictures are nice and crisp. The DHD pictures are far more superior, its not even close.
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Tip, change ISO to 100 and make a picture during daylight with your HOX.
Bye bye noise.
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Absolutely not. My One X pictures are extremely noisy, while the DHD pictures are nice and crisp. The DHD pictures are far more superior, its not even close.
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yup its a well established fact
Ok so people agree on the noise problem. I wanted to hear that. I thought my phone problem. Did any one try the HTC Amaze 4G Camera Application on HOX? I am not rooted currently and not willing to do the same until I figure out a way for bad photos, then i can decide whether or not to sell off HOX. Please can anyone do that for me?
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Uhm.., try my tip on post # 9 and show us the facts later. :laugh:
I like to see a lovely noisy picture during daylight.
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Ok so people agree on the noise problem. I wanted to hear that. I thought my phone problem. Did any one try the HTC Amaze 4G Camera Application on HOX? I am not rooted currently and not willing to do the same until I figure out a way for bad photos, then i can decide whether or not to sell off HOX. Please can anyone do that for me?
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Absolutely not. My One X pictures are extremely noisy, while the DHD pictures are nice and crisp. The DHD pictures are far more superior, its not even close.
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I know it's not even close...
the DHD has an Atrocious camera.
While the One X puts out very impressive pictures, crisp clear and vibrant, while being realistic.
Are you using the camera right? You aren't holding your hand over the lens are you?
no problem with mine, no noise for me, but I do know how to take photos with a camera...
ozaghloul said:
Absolutely not. My One X pictures are extremely noisy, while the DHD pictures are nice and crisp. The DHD pictures are far more superior, its not even close.
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If that's really the case and you're not just trolling, either you have a faulty HOX or you are completely clueless when it comes to using the camera. I've come from a DHD to a HOX and the improvement is staggering.
We have enough existing camera threads. Please use on of these instead of creating a new thread.
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OK, I don't know if my hox is faulty or this is a bug in all of them,
so I ask,
How close can you focus the camera on your hox ?
On my device I can't focus less then 0.5-0.7 meters
and that seems odd couse my old nokia could take
great pictures from even 10cm ...
Well I can easily takes pictures of spiders and stuff like that, pretty close.
lexuz said:
Well I can easily takes pictures of spiders and stuff like that, pretty close.
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can you show me?
Mine just get blurry and unfocused
(and yes, I use MACRO mode)
I've managed to take a picture of a sushi menu from about 5-7 inches away from the surface? I'm a freak for properly focused images, so was pretty happy that with the JB update, the camera seems to be able to focus closer than on ICS.
ArmedandDangerous said:
I've managed to take a picture of a sushi menu from about 5-7 inches away from the surface? I'm a freak for properly focused images, so was pretty happy that with the JB update, the camera seems to be able to focus closer than on ICS.
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AGRRRR!
So Why can't I?
It's possible, but the camera sometimes seems to go nuts and not focus properly, focusing the background and not the thing you want to take the pic of. Even with touch to focus ^.^
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It's possible, but the camera sometimes seems to go nuts and not focus properly, focusing the background and not the thing you want to take the pic of. Even with touch to focus ^.^
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The right lead doesen't seem focused to me.
Does all of your HOXs has this foucus problem?
I have completely surrendered to the idea of taking macro pictures. My HOX just doesn't do it. So I am with you.
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abejoker said:
I have completely surrendered to the idea of taking macro pictures. My HOX just doesn't do it. So I am with you.
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+1
personaly, i fixed this by focusing behind the thing i want to photograph.
Doorman404 said:
OK, I don't know if my hox is faulty or this is a bug in all of them,
so I ask,
How close can you focus the camera on your hox ?
On my device I can't focus less then 0.5-0.7 meters
and that seems odd couse my old nokia could take
great pictures from even 10cm ...
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For Macro there is a Macro mode given in the camera scenes, beside that after JB update this has been fixed, and focus is like a charm + touch to focus nd shoot is also added. you'll simply love your camera
is it normal sometimes freeze?
manas13 said:
For Macro there is a Macro mode given in the camera scenes, beside that after JB update this has been fixed, and focus is like a charm + touch to focus nd shoot is also added. you'll simply love your camera
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Every phone I've had has taken good close pictures without a macro mode. But ok, I put macro mode on and still it can't focus well. I just did a test tonight...took a EVO 4G, a one s and my HOX and they all took a great picture of the ingredients of my coke. My HOX had it all blurry, even in Macro mode. It sucks.
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In the LGCamera app, there is a macro focus option which will lock the focus to minimum distance.
killa12222 said:
In the LGCamera app, there is a macro focus option which will lock the focus to minimum distance.
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Didnt work.
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The right lead doesen't seem focused to me.
Does all of your HOXs has this foucus problem?
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Was on purpose, the leaf is not parallel to the phone only half of it is focused. Let me search another pic that looks better.
But is still tricky, it does not always focus perfectly in Macro.. and when it doesn't work I just close the camera app and try again.
abejoker said:
I have completely surrendered to the idea of taking macro pictures. My HOX just doesn't do it. So I am with you.
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Doesn't that make you MAD ?!
Parsenly, I got the phone because I heard of it's great Camera,
and not having a MACRO mode makes me get angry of HTC.
What were they thinking!? I can't even use it to "scan" a writing
on a note or recite
manas13 said:
For Macro there is a Macro mode given in the camera scenes, beside that after JB update this has been fixed, and focus is like a charm + touch to focus nd shoot is also added. you'll simply love your camera
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Ummm .. So this problem is only on some hoxs ?
Can you show us sharp macro image you took with it?
Doorman404 said:
Doesn't that make you MAD ?!
Parsenly, I got the phone because I heard of it's great Camera,
and not having a MACRO mode makes me get angry of HTC.
What were they thinking!? I can't even use it to "scan" a writing
on a note or recite
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It does makes me angry, because I got specifically the HOX for the Quad-core, 32GB, great screen and camera...Although, I works like charm, and I got JB already, the camera is disappointing. I take pictures everyday since I manage social networks and my phone isn't living the expectations. I need to see if it can be repaired somehow and how much would it cost me.
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It does makes me angry, because I got specifically the HOX for the Quad-core, 32GB, great screen and camera...Although, I works like charm, and I got JB already, the camera is disappointing. I take pictures everyday since I manage social networks and my phone isn't living the expectations. I need to see if it can be repaired somehow and how much would it cost me.
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I believe it must be a bug in software ...
When I try to focus on something close, the phone
IS ABLE to get focus for a moment and then losses it.
(Can't lock the focus)
Any chance it's fixable by some software update?
I've been very disappointed with the video recording on the m9. M7 was great. M8 was fine bit not quite as good as the M7 but the m9 is terrible. Exposure changes from shadow to sun are far too extreme and change far too easily and seems far too unstable. Detail isn't as clear too.
I found that dropping the contrast by a notch has improved things a bit though.
Anyway, the thing that's puzzling me is that I noticed something today. When you switch from normal 1080p to 60fps it seems a much wider angle on the video and the detail is better. It's as if normal 1080p is zoomed in a bit, which I suppose, would account for loss of detail. I'm not too technically minded but surely this shouldn't be the case.
Can any of you lovely people check that theirs does the same and I'm not going mad?
Thanks in advance.
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What ROM are you running? What firmware do you have? On 1.32 the camera was a bit crap with over exposure but since the 1.40 update its been improved.
You can edit settings to get the most out of the sensor which in all fairness is superb once you've edited the settings.
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I've been very disappointed with the video recording on the m9. M7 was great. M8 was fine bit not quite as good as the M7 but the m9 is terrible. Exposure changes from shadow to sun are far too extreme and change far too easily and seems far too unstable. Detail isn't as clear too.
I found that dropping the contrast by a notch has improved things a bit though.
Anyway, the thing that's puzzling me is that I noticed something today. When you switch from normal 1080p to 60fps it seems a much wider angle on the video and the detail is better. It's as if normal 1080p is zoomed in a bit, which I suppose, would account for loss of detail. I'm not too technically minded but surely this shouldn't be the case.
Can any of you lovely people check that theirs does the same and I'm not going mad?
Thanks in advance.
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That's cause 60fps is 4k recording.
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hello. i'm new to htc
i was going to buy Sam note 4, but people persuaded me to get htc m9
however while researching the phone i found this m9+ version
i need your help deciding which is better
Depends on what kind of phone you want. I'd advise you compare the information's to be found on the web and decide which choice would be the best one in you specific case.
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Samsung.. Better camera and screen, htc.. Boomsound.
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Samsung.. Better camera and screen, htc.. Boomsound.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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To be honest, HTC have done some fantastic work on the camera since its release and now under MM its pretty good in Manual mode and takes some impressive shots and because you have Shutter Speend, ISO, and White Balance... the lack of IOS isnt too bad.. even in Low Light
If you want a Phablet with OIS, and an S_Pen, grab a Note 4, but if you want an all metal device, a camera that requires a little knowledge and awesome speakers running one of the fastest, slickest android skins on the market, grab an M9.
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To be honest, HTC have done some fantastic work on the camera since its release and now under MM its pretty good in Manual mode and takes some impressive shots and because you have Shutter Speend, ISO, and White Balance... the lack of IOS isnt too bad.. even in Low Light
If you want a Phablet with OIS, and an S_Pen, grab a Note 4, but if you want an all metal device, a camera that requires a little knowledge and awesome speakers running one of the fastest, slickest android skins on the market, grab an M9.
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Sorry, i beg to differ. Htc camera is crap compared to samsungs. It does take clear pictures but the quality just isn't samsung. Htc admitted this themselves by backtracking to the ultra pixel from the m8 for the htc10.
As for knowledge.. You answered that yourself.
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