Camera how good is it.....really?

[mrbootcrm]

Sure they do. lack of sharpness, poor colors, lack of contrast, noisy dark areas. All present in his photos.

Poor colors? Can you quantify that? Do you mean color representation? Saturation? What would make the colors "good" in the pictures provided?

 

[tmoneydammit]

In low light, the HTC One is miles better than any other smartphone camera I tried (all of the ones at the AT&T store). When comparing them side-by-side, there was no contest. Everyone in my family has the iPhone 4s and iPhone 5, and it is much better than those.

I have very important kitten pictures to take in low light, so it was a deal-breaker for me.

In regular light, choosing the best camera seems to be a crapshoot, depending upon what you want. I am extremely happy with the camera on my HTC One (and the various apps I've downloaded).

By the way, I've had an iPhone since the first one came out, and the HTC One has made me pleased I took the chance and made the switch.

 

[Habiib]

If you don't mind I would like to add these two comparisons as another source of reference. This includes both the HTC One and S4 being compared to the Nokia lineup. Yes the comparisons were done at different times, using different subjects, and different scoring, but I think it's accurate enough to give a neutral and fare representation of each phone's capabilities (per environment) Unlike gsmarena and phonearena who managed to get conflicting results with the same camera, I don't think any grease was used for these test:

HTC One vs. Nokia
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/17055_The_big_shootout_Nokia_808_vs_.php

Samsung GS4 vs. Nokia
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/17502_Smartphone_camera_super-test_N.php

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[JHBThree]

Sure they do. lack of sharpness, poor colors, lack of contrast, noisy dark areas. All present in his photos.

Yeah, no they don't. As a matter of fact, the last set he posted prove quite clearly there's something wrong with his camera

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[hpilot]

Yeah, no they don't. As a matter of fact, the last set he posted prove quite clearly there's something wrong with his camera

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Can you explain what you mean by that?

 

[badbrad17]

Actually I made sure the light was at my back. Like I said, this was in perfect lighting conditions. However, your point about the lens smudge was right on - it was. From now on, it is the first thing I will check. Thanks.

I've had that happen more times than I can count.

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[warpdrive]

OK I will. I am not trying to argue, just get my camera to work.

HDR:

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I'm not in any way saying that you are trying to argue. I'm saying to forget others who just want to argue.

Ok, now to speak about you new test shots. I personally feel that even with HDR mode your photos are too contrasty, and colors in areas seem too washed out or flat. Noise is an issue in some areas and HDR mode doesn't seem to help much. Here are a few tips that may help...

In your camera settings change the contrast to -1, change sharpness to -1 to releave some of the noise, and retest in both auto and HDR. If you feel that the colors are still washed out or that it is too bright as I do then you might have to change the exposure to slightly darken it by changing the center to spot metering or using tap to focus and focus on the sidewalk near the trees.

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[TheyStoleMyName]

A 1080 P display can only display 2 million pixels without regard to the dimensions of your 1080P monitor and without regard to how many pixels your source file has. A larger source file does allow better zooming (as smaller and smaller areas of the larger file "still" have 2 million or more pixels to display), but you are still "top stopped" at viewing 2 million pixels, as that is the hardware limit of the monitor. If you take an 18MP source image and downsize it to 2MP, then display them both on your monitor at the same time, (no zooming) both will appear exactly the same.

I agree with u in that a screen that's 1080 can only have 2 million pixels, but larger screens that are 1080 have the same resolution as a smaller one so in a sence a larger screen will have a grainy look because the resolution is stretched and enlarged. But I also included that there are other factors involved into a bad photo.

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[Kevin OQuinn]

I'm not in any way saying that you are trying to argue. I'm saying to forget others who just want to argue.

Ok, now to speak about you new test shots. I personally feel that even with HDR mode your photos are too contrasty, and colors in areas seem too washed out or flat. Noise is an issue in some areas and HDR mode doesn't seem to help much. Here are a few tips that may help...

In your camera settings change the contrast to -1, change sharpness to -1 to releave some of the noise, and retest in both auto and HDR. If you feel that the colors are still washed out or that it is too bright as I do then you might have to change the exposure to slightly darken it by changing the center to spot metering or using tap to focus and focus on the sidewalk near the trees.

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I'm curious as to where the focal point is also. The closest portion of the tree is way out of focus.

 

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I'm curious as to where the focal point is also. The closest portion of the tree is way out of focus.

Looks like an issue with the OIS.

 

[hpilot]

I'm not in any way saying that you are trying to argue. I'm saying to forget others who just want to argue.

Ok, now to speak about you new test shots. I personally feel that even with HDR mode your photos are too contrasty, and colors in areas seem too washed out or flat. Noise is an issue in some areas and HDR mode doesn't seem to help much. Here are a few tips that may help...

In your camera settings change the contrast to -1, change sharpness to -1 to releave some of the noise, and retest in both auto and HDR. If you feel that the colors are still washed out or that it is too bright as I do then you might have to change the exposure to slightly darken it by changing the center to spot metering or using tap to focus and focus on the sidewalk near the trees.

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I tried your suggestions. Of course the lighting is different now. The first shot is Normal, and the second is HDR:

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[Kevin OQuinn]

A few samples that I just took.

First one taken on auto with the focus on the orange boxes in the room. Room it lit with fluorescent light and whatever daylight comes through the door from the shop

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This one is the same, but with the focus on the wall outside of the room.

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HDR mode for the following two. Focal point in the first on is the orange boxes.

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Same settings as above (HDR), but the focal point is the wall outside the door.

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I would consider this a "challenging" scene I think, with a fairly substantial difference in brightness between the two areas of the photos, lots of colors, and good amount of shadows present in the room.

What do you guys think?


EDIT: I will retake the last picture. I wasn't paying attention I guess. lol

EDIT again: All fixed now.

 

[BigHonu]

I'm thinking I'd like to have a shop with inventory like that.

Pics look pretty good to me, but I'm no photography enthusiast.

 

[hpilot]

These are indoors. The first is Normal, and the second HDR. For me, HDR always looks a little better.

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[Kevin OQuinn]

I'm thinking I'd like to have a shop with inventory like that.

Pics look pretty good to me, but I'm no photography enthusiast.

It's definitely nice having it all in stock. Took a while to get to that point, though.

Also, the pics aren't terrible, but I also think they could be better. It's a challenging scene, and unfortunately I have no other cameras/phones to take comparison shots with.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Not sure it makes a difference, but my images are being hosted on Photobucket. They might compress them, I'm not sure though.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

HTC One, outdoors, bright light.

Nice picture until you zoom in.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Indoors, in a very dark hotel bar

 

[madlaw1071]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAAAAAAK_A/oBk_nqFa8QU/w1038-h587-no/13+-+20

HTC One, outdoors, bright light.

Nice picture until you zoom in.

Not really, no detail on the building left/center. Tree bottom right mostly a blur. Also, was the sky really purple?

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

During keynote, with the lights off. You could not see the scaffolding with the naked eye. Exposure was over a second