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[Q] Camera Quality

https://plus.google.com/photos/103689204778294705577/albums/5688578494871763649
Is this a software problem? 5mbpx and 8mbpx shouldn't be this huge of a difference.

Did you let it focus? I've taken fantastic pictures.
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Yup, manual focus by touching on "Toast".

davewpy said:
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Is this a software problem? 5mbpx and 8mbpx shouldn't be this huge of a difference.
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What exactly is your problem with those pictures?
Focus point is different in both pictures btw, the darker pic has it on the "Lenovo" and the lighter picture in front of the cup, I think.

Both really. The camera module isn't all that great and better software makes a difference. I rested the MIUI camera software, camera FX and stock and stock software was by far the worst. That being said my old incredible took better pictures overall with the MIUI app.
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Taking a picture of a scene with a lot of black and white can confuse the metering system of camera every easily. You would need to frame exactly the same scene to compare them. The camera is trying to average the whole frame to 18% grey, so if you have a lot of black in the scene, then black part will be closer to grey than black. A lot of white part will also be closer to grey than white.
From sample pictures I've seen GN's camera seems to lack some contrast, but gets more details out of darker area than other cameras, which also induces more noise in a poor lighting situation.

Not sure if this will do justice, hope it's not too compressed.
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I think this picture also shows what I said. It shows more details from shadow areas than pictures from other phone cameras, but because of that it appears to be lack of contrast (washout look if you will). I think it's definitely correctable via software if they choose to do it.

koolbon said:
I think this picture also shows what I said. It shows more details from shadow areas than pictures from other phone cameras, but because of that it appears to be lack of contrast (washout look if you will). I think it's definitely correctable via software if they choose to do it.
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thanks static and koolbon i think you might have nailed it. i will do another test on dark and light - this time letting the camera meter the same way as the NS. in my first test, the GN metering/focus was on the cup.
its hard to take the exact same frame, NS had the camera offset from centre.

My HTC camera and Minnesota zoo

My phone officially replaced my point and shoot camera.
Some pictures:
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so is this something for the best picture thread or should i go to the zoo and post some zoo pics?

brent8577 said:
so is this something for the best picture thread or should i go to the zoo and post some zoo pics?
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Haha posted just for fun of it. Thought ppl may enjoy some animals pics if they are bored of refreshing dev forum. And the fact they came out of hox makes it cooler!
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ceo.mtcl Good to see your enjoying the camera on the ONE X, don't forget to join us at the 'Flickr HTC ONE Users Group' http://www.flickr.com/groups/htc-one/
See you there!

Wow, I wonder why some people complain that the camera is flaky, etc. etc. (don't remember exactly what but to me those seem as very high quality pictures.

andreasy said:
Wow, I wonder why some people complain that the camera is flaky, etc. etc. (don't remember exactly what but to me those seem as very high quality pictures.
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are you kidding me?? They're terrible. I have been having nothing but bad experiences with this camera as well. Especially under low light, the pictures are incredibly grainy and lack detail. Thanks for nothing HTC

schiphol said:
are you kidding me?? They're terrible. I have been having nothing but bad experiences with this camera as well. Especially under low light, the pictures are incredibly grainy and lack detail. Thanks for nothing HTC
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Well, i dont have the phone yet to tell, i only judge those photos that i see here which seem very good to me.

schiphol said:
are you kidding me?? They're terrible. I have been having nothing but bad experiences with this camera as well. Especially under low light, the pictures are incredibly grainy and lack detail. Thanks for nothing HTC
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Dude it's a phone, the pictures are fantastic for a phone camera and there's a lot of shots which are very good as shown in the pictures in this thread and other threads
If you want a good camera and want to be able to not have any drawbacks, I recommend a DLSR
Or use photo shop to fix any photos maybe

nice pics!

The first two pics and the last one look pretty decent. The others are way too noisy though. Looks like the ISO was a bit high, that or the Digital Zoom has been used. Personal opinion, but Digital Zoom is always a no-go for me

roryjoe said:
The first two pics and the last one look pretty decent. The others are way too noisy though. Looks like the ISO was a bit high, that or the Digital Zoom has been used. Personal opinion, but Digital Zoom is always a no-go for me
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Agreed. Instead of zooming, id actually walk closer to the subject. Zoom on mobile devices are pretty useless.
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Get another S2 or gnex ?

Hello,
my galaxy s2(I9100G variant) was stolen and I'm thinking about getting a gnex for the updates and long developer support(there are other stuff I like about gnex but that's my main reason for getting it) but one thing is holding me back,the camera(also the lack of sd card slot but I can give that away if it's worth it).My phone is usually my main camera,I got a kodak digital camera but I use it in special events only.I mainly take pics with friends for uploading on social networks and stuff like that.So I wanted to know your thoughts on the camera,also would be nice to get some feedbacks from people who switched from S2 to gnex.Thanks in forward

The camera isn't that bad, sure its only 5mp compared to the 8mp on the s2 but its not the end of the world, its acceptable imo.

You wouldn't be able to tell the difference in picture quality if you took pictures outside with good lighting.

biscuitownz said:
You wouldn't be able to tell the difference in picture quality if you took pictures outside with good lighting.
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Hmm what about night out door photos ? like photos with a black sky and maybe a few buildings in the background ?

Why are threads like this allowed to exist....
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cwhitney24 said:
Why are threads like this allowed to exist....
sent from my Galaxy Nexus running official Jelly Bean!!!!
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I believe there's nothing in my thread that's against the rules.And yes I did search before posting and I couldn't find what I'm looking for.

I personally will choose GNex mainly cuz I want Google experience (pure)
If you can get S2 for a really nice price (REALLY NICE), and you want that slightly better camera (GNex isn't bad either btw, night shot is pretty bad though), nobody is stopping you from getting S2.
Bare in mind that S2 is almost dead in both updates and for developers, since S3 came out.

Madarox said:
Hmm what about night out door photos ? like photos with a black sky and maybe a few buildings in the background ?
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It'll look good if you focus on the light source. I'll try to take a few night pictures tonight and post them.
Here's one in the daylight
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biscuitownz said:
It'll look good if you focus on the light source. I'll try to take a few night pictures tonight and post them.
Here's one in the daylight
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Would be really thankful if you did That's a pretty nice shot btw ^^
Edit:Btw when I meant night shots,I was talking about taking pics of PEOPLE at night,not landscape pics if that makes any difference(sorry I'm in a noob in photography actually lol)

Yeah its not that bad. Here is one I took while bike riding.
One I'd when it got dark, the other is one it was bright
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Show us your photos taken with the Mi Mix

Share your photos here in this thread! We all know the camera is the weak link of this phone. However it is capable of taking good images if you ignore the absence of sharpness or accept the heavy noise reduction. Behind all of that are images that generally are well exposed with good dynamic range and natural colors.
I'll start. All photos shared here directly from camera without any kind of editing to give a fair picture of the phone (no pun intended).
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Tried the panorama function this morning for the first time.
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dannejanne said:
Tried the panorama function this morning for the first time.
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I do notice the noise which is a weakness of the sensor, but you have some real talent behind the lens! Some of these images are simply amazing!

satishp said:
I do notice the noise which is a weakness of the sensor, but you have some real talent behind the lens! Some of these images are simply amazing!
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Thank you very much! Yeah images get noisy but colors seems to be just fine so I can live with it. The subjects are what matter anyway not sharpness or something although it's a bonus. But it doesn't make a photo "better". It's pretty fun to shot with this camera it's very responsive.
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dannejanne said:
Thank you very much! Yeah images get noisy but colors seems to be just fine so I can live with it. The subjects are what matter anyway not sharpness or something although it's a bonus. But it doesn't make a photo "better". It's pretty fun to shot with this camera it's very responsive.
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Mi ?

My HDR collection:
http://imgur.com/a/kX9ht

http://imgur.com/a/R7cIo
Here's an album I did when I break down the performance of the camera

Can someone try with hdr+ using Google camera!
It's doing wonders for other snapdragon phones

vodovodo said:
Can someone try with hdr+ using Google camera!
It's doing wonders for other snapdragon phones
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Here are some I took last month, sorry for not full size I just re-downloaded them from my Facebook since don't have originals anymore.
https://imgur.com/a/3PsgX

Thanks
How do u rate it using hdr+ ?

It's really awesome!
Especially if you shoot in RAW and use Lightroom or Snapseed to retouch the photos it can really be impressive.

Pics taken with the hdr+ on and flash off.
Using google camera hdr+ for a whole month and it takes great pics

valerio.tosti said:
Pics taken with the hdr+ on and flash off.
Using google camera hdr+ for a whole month and it takes great pics
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What's there in the second photo though?

Kalisfura1001 said:
What's there in the second photo though?
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That with the green lights its my router and the red blue lights is my dogs gps.
Haha

What's the settings to use with the latest Google cam mod? I can't seems to get hdr+ and raw to work after upgrading to v4.4. Thanks in advance.

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so it doesnt look terrible. I just got one, coming in the mail soon...I don't want to miss out on baby pictures. How about videos, are they okay?
As asked above, what is the best camera I should be using - the stock one or something else?

saq333 said:
so it doesnt look terrible. I just got one, coming in the mail soon...I don't want to miss out on baby pictures. How about videos, are they okay?
As asked above, what is the best camera I should be using - the stock one or something else?
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I am currently using Arnova 8.1 port and it works flawlessly.
Truth be told I have used its portrait mode on a baby and the results are magnificent.
Imho, the MIUI camera is rubbish compared to what gcam gets from the sensor.

Got Pictures?

Have been taking night time pics of the same objects, this one was taken using Note 10+ and the same pics by OP6 and S10e are left far in the dust behind. The steeple here is being illuminated, the bottom part only catches some light from the street but the monument in front is totally shaded by a large tree.
Huge improvement but it takes a long time for the camera to process. It won't be easy getting night time pictures of moving objects like friends at the club or on the street.

The picture looks amazing

BACK2BEAN said:
The picture looks amazing
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Thanks, same subject(post#14) taken with S10e:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10e/how-to/galaxy-10e-camera-samples-t3911198/page2

The Indian Summer, New England rendition of the fall
Enjoying the colors, soon it'll be gray again

It's nothing major, I was just messing with the camera. Tinkering around. But I liked it for some odd reason.
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MatroxD said:
It's nothing major, I was just messing with the camera. Tinkering around. But I liked it for some odd reason. View attachment 4851703
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it's really something to have a phone camera capable of doing all this stuff and still, the race for the best camera/phone continues, who knows what they gonna come up with next and then after that etc...etc
Some "live focus" studies, these pics are heavily downsized here - the originals are about 18MB each. I should use the last pic with some superimposed text as my personal greetings card for the holidays:

MatroxD said:
It's nothing major, I was just messing with the camera. Tinkering around. But I liked it for some odd reason. View attachment 4851703
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Drone, Heli, Plane or all??

blake .l said:
Drone, Heli, Plane or all??
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All...
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MatroxD said:
All...
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:laugh::good::good:

This one is at the height of night.

Foggy rainy night in Chicago.