superjshorty
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I think the key to the M8 camera is the 28mm lens. My photos have honestly been flawless. And the effects and options available are great too.
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You should be able to grab the phone out of your pocket and take a decent shot without having to slog through white balance menus or keep tapping different focal points until everything is properly lit.
I hear everyone bragging on the manual settings, but this isn't a DSLR. You should be able to grab the phone out of your pocket and take a decent shot without having to slog through white balance menus or keep tapping different focal points until everything is properly lit.
But I haven't tried M8's HDR to verify that. My old phone's HDR wasn't worth much. But most of the situations can be avoided by just move your frame a little to exclude an abrupt light source or reduce the intensity. Many special effects in filming or photo taking actually have been made in utilizing these conditions.
Here you go:Ummm, HTC Droid Incredible isn't that old. Plus M8 camera's WB is much better than the one on my old HTC which is newer than DI and was touted as a camera phone back then, loaded with HDR, panorama, WB functions etc. I like the camera. Yet every single time I took a close up outdoors (e.g. bugs, flowers) I ended up with white washout at the brightest spot. M8 does not have the issue at all.
scottysize,
The camera is sensitive to lighting conditions. But that's not a bad thing. And what makes you believe that a higher MP cam (other than M8's cam with higher MP) would give you a better pic? More likely than not you wouldn't get the same quality for those pics with other high MP phone cams.
M8's weakness, and the only weakness (or make it 2 to include lower MP count) I can think of is its capability to deal with "complex lighting" conditions. It would constantly outperform most flagship cams in simple/uniform lighting conditions, be that indoors or outdoors, brightly or dimly lighted. The pics you showed were taken in very simple lighting condition. It would/should not post any challenge to M8.
I noticed one thing though, the size of them is only 1024x579. Did you set your MP to a low number and forget when you took the pics, or did you crop them out from the originals when posting?
The "complex lighting" conditions, when that lighting is highly irregular in the frame a pic is to be taken, is what has been thrown around a lot, the jargon "dynamic range", is referred to. HDR function is supposed to help with it. But I haven't tried M8's HDR to verify that. My old phone's HDR wasn't worth much. But most of the situations can be avoided by just move your frame a little to exclude an abrupt light source or reduce the intensity. Many special effects in filming or photo taking actually have been made in utilizing these conditions.
While I understand that some of you love the HTC One M8, and believe me, it's a nice phone, you cannot say that the camera is not a weak point to the phone. Tell the guy the truth please.
While I understand that some of you love the HTC One M8, and believe me, it's a nice phone, you cannot say that the camera is not a weak point to the phone. Tell the guy the truth please.
Not haten. I just think it could and should be better. You are correct. It takes pictures. But, shouldn't it take outstanding pictures if it has 2 cameras? Or, shouldn't they have just installed 1 better camera? My two cents. Take 'em for what they are worth.
It take photos that look great on your phone. Once the pictures are viewed on tv or desktop that's where the flaws if having a 4mp camera show. So if you never view your pics on a large screen it's ok, if you do you will notice the lack of resolution. There is no way around this.
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The truth? I actually think the camera is awesome! You aren't going to get a phone that is this quality and have a crap camera. Most people bashing the camera are spec junkies and non users who always look to pick apart faults.
Look at pics from users. Try it out yourself. Is it the best? No but it's a phone! Selfie shots or random pics in the evening or day here and there. It performs very well. If you love specs or are big into photography then you probably would look into a different phone.
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I love the M8 and its truly a keeper, but I completely disagree that only spec junkies will see a difference in camera quality. Take 10 pictures with the iPhone 5s and the same 10 with the M8 and then ask random people which look better. Don't tell anyone which camera took which photo.
They will overwhelmingly pick the iPhone shots especially if the photos are of high contrast subjects.
Can you live with the M8 camera? Absolutely. But lets be honest that is not just pixel measurebators who can see the difference.
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I love the M8 and its truly a keeper, but I completely disagree that only spec junkies will see a difference in camera quality. Take 10 pictures with the iPhone 5s and the same 10 with the M8 and then ask random people which look better. Don't tell anyone which camera took which photo.
They will overwhelmingly pick the iPhone shots especially if the photos are of high contrast subjects.
Can you live with the M8 camera? Absolutely. But lets be honest that is not just pixel measurebators who can see the difference.
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I think in the right hands the m8's camera can easily be on par with the 5s, if not exceed it.
I will admit though that the general public, don't have the right hands lol
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