Photos taken with the PH-1: Post yours here

[ChuckG73]

Thanks

 

[ChuckG73]

Saw this tweet from essential replying to someone when he said if he should return the phone or are they planning to improve the camera. Interesting how they are planning to add the portrait mode given that their second camera is a monochrome sensor.

Hi Charles, we'll add new features (Portrait Mode) + improve camera performance (processing speed, time b/t shots) on an ongoing basis. 1/2

https://twitter.com/essential/status/906216176455344128

Improvements will be added to the existing camera features that include dual sensor image fusion for rich and detailed images, and more. 2/2

https://twitter.com/essential/status/906216917370716160

That's me

 

[Silverberg]

Stock Essential phone camera app updated last night thru the play store. Here is a photos after the update.

 

[ChuckG73]

Buffalo Wild Wings no touch up after Camera update

 

[takertx]

Few pics comparing Essential with Note 8. There was one picture of my son where Note 8 took a much nicer picture, gloomy day in Seattle. Essential basically captured as is, no post processing so looks little darker but Note 8 made it little brighter. Other outdoor pics both look fine with essential little bit on warmer side which I don't mind.

Essential stock camera (Auto mode)

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Galaxy Note 8 (same pics/auto mode stock Samsung camera)

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Thanks for the post,

The pictures are too small to really tell, but I honestly have to say after all the talk about the amazing quality of the note 8 that I had been hearing I am let down by the Note 8 pictures posted here!

I am no Note 8 fan, but compared to the well documented faulty camera processing of the Essential, with an inferior sensor and all, these pictures are not that much better! other than some different exposure levels and better dynamic range in some of the pictures I am honestly let down by a damn near 1000$ phone!

 

[somethingknew123]

Here is one daylight shot taken with both the Google camera and Essential camera (with the recent update) and then 3 crops of different areas of that one shot to compare. I want to use the Essential camera but just can't switch yet

https://imgur.com/a/UnjGM

 

[turboblk_hb]

This was taken with the app "Open Camera" on the play store. I am enjoying this camera so far but definitely needs a lot of improvement in the stock app. The mono however is amazing.

 

[I Shoot People With My Canon]

Took this today. IMHO, good quality. But, it's a personal preference. It may not be good for your standards and it's good for me.

TY

 

[I Shoot People With My Canon]

While in a photo ops for an upcoming wedding, I saw this spot and had an idea of using a monochrome instead of color. This is unedited using the updated camera app of PH-1. IMHO, the mono style is one of the best. Hope you like it.

 

[ChuckG73]

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[whiteshadow001]

Have any of you tried using the new Google camera app for Snapdragon 820/835 devices? You have to sideload it, but I hear it makes this camera incredible.

 

[digitalbreak]

Have any of you tried using the new Google camera app for Snapdragon 820/835 devices? You have to sideload it, but I hear it makes this camera incredible.

I have both. Honestly, the big difference you see is the warmth and color tones in the HDR processing. To me, I believe the quality is the same after the recent Essential Camera upgrade.

 

[The DragonTJH]

Snapped this from my dash mount while I was at a stop light. I've been trying out the camera in various lighting conditions to decide if I'm keeping this or not. I'm pretty happy with this picture.

 

[The DragonTJH]

Taken with the Essential Camera app.

 

[modifier]

Re: Photos taken with the PH-1: post yours here

I can't find a 'Google Camera' app in the Playstore. Is this an APK only available to Pixel devices?

Ported APKs aren't on the Play Store.

Go here instead: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported/

Scroll down about halfway on the page for the download link or click here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195922284

 

[Joe the Insider]

Noticing some folks taking full screen (landscape) pictures. How? My Essential with the stock Essential Camera app only takes square. Am I missing a very simple functionality to find?

Go into the camera, Then there should be a side menu. You need to change the resolution of the photo. I believe by default it's on 8mp.

 

[James Fowler1]

Can anyone recommend a photo editor, for things like cropping, etc. that works well on the Essential?

 

[edijs_benoit]

 

[digitalbreak]

Can anyone recommend a photo editor, for things like cropping, etc. that works well on the Essential?

Google Snapseed or just Google Photos is also fine for basic stuff.

 

[adebo]