Camera Viewer ... is it fuzzy for you?

[shadow82x]

Wondering if this is just me, in medium to low light situations the camera viewer looks extremely fuzzy and pixelated. However once taking the picture, almost all that noise is gone. Is this normal? Doesn't seem like there is as much noise on my HTC M8.

 

[atishc]

Yes, the preview in low light is noisy but the picture comes out great - this has been reported in reviews as well. There is a ton going on software-wise with the image processing (for example, the S5 and S6 have real time HDR preview, which the M8 does not), but unless it's so noisy that it's hard for you to compose your picture, it's the end product that counts!

 

[shadow82x]

Yes, the preview in low light is noisy but the picture comes out great - this has been reported in reviews as well. There is a ton going on software-wise with the image processing (for example, the S5 and S6 have real time HDR preview, which the M8 does not), but unless it's so noisy that it's hard for you to compose your picture, it's the end product that counts!

Gotcha, so it's perfectly normal. I can see what I'm taking a picture of, it's just noisy but it doesn't bother me much since post-snap it's a solid looking picture.