Post Photos Taken With Your M9!
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ollieg
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Just making sure nobody misses the set of excellent M9 photos within the forum: http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m9/535881-m9-photo-walk-results.html#post4467156
Got my M9 back in late April and went through one exchange after the gyro quit working after a week. Finally got around to loading some of my pics onto my computer. Been playing with the camera quite a bit using the XDA settings from Hamdir. Go to settings for me are +.5 on saturation and -1 to -1.5 on sharpness. ISO varies a bit between set on Auto or 200. No edits done on any of the pics. Absolutely love Macro mode on the flower close ups! Overall very happy with camera, but looking forward to the 1.4 update which improves the default settings quite a bit.
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I switch phones often as I like to have the latest and greatest. I came from the M8 which took pretty good photos. I was expecting far better quality with the camera when I went to the M9. Sadly I've found it more difficult to get good shots. Some of the pictures posted here look really good. I'm more of a point and shoot user and don't want to mess with manual settings, but I tried anyway. In my opinion, it's a pain to have to switch from one custom camera profile to another in hopes to get a better photo. I've taken some good photos with the M9 and then many that look just awful. Grainy, fuzzy, over exposed, under exposed...etc. After reading articles all over the Internet and watching M9 reviews, it's pretty clear the camera has issues. It doesn't appear to just be software related. I'm not sure why HTC decided to leave out OIS but I'm guessing that could be part of the issue. I'm not a camera expert by any means but I can tell the difference between a good photo and a great photo. Sad to say I took better photos with my GS3 & GS4. There's not much I can complain about on the M9 as the rest of the phone is a pretty solid performer. However, for many of us the phone camera is what we use on vacations and to catch those daily shots you just don't want to miss. I reached out to HTC via support chat and got nowhere (no surprise). I also emailed HTC last week and received no response. I hate to part with this phone over a camera, but it appears this is what will happen for me. If picture quality wasn't so important I'd be keeping this phone for sure. The last thing that made me laugh was the 24k Gold edition M9. The pictures were apparently taken with an iPhone? Really?? Wow...that says a lot.
ollieg
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Yeah. If only you could see if the upcoming camera patch will provide the solution you seek.
I don't fiddle with manual settings either, but I do override the full auto settings. When composing my shot I click on what's important, forcing the focus and exposure to be on my intended subject, not wait for the camera to figure it out.
The kerfuffle over an iPhone in an M9 photo? Would it be outrageous if not everyone in the marketing chain at HTC, both inhouse and consulting were using HTC products exclusively? I think it's a lame mistake to show a competitor's device, but not really "telling".
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petvas72
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Here are some pictures I took today, after installing the new 1.40 firmware:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/131635781@N03/445e2r
https://www.flickr.com/gp/131635781@N03/445e2r
ollieg
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Peter, what's your evaluation of the update? The outdoor shots appear to provide a nice combination of sharpness, exposure, contrast and dynamic range. Indoors the pet fur didn't appear to be equally sharp.
petvas72
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I believe that the camera is on par with the iPhone 6 in daylight, but still lacks in low to medium light situations. The video capabilities are also not as good as on the iPhone.
Tomorrow I will try to make comparison pictures between the M9 and the iPhone 6.
Please also remember that if you lower the resolution, then the difference to the iPhone gets smaller too. The iPhone has only 8Mpixels.
The update improves system performance in general. Battery life seems better but I want to wait for tomorrow to see how things are working now.
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petvas72
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Here some pics I took with firmware 1.40. I think the camera is really good now, but I am no expert..At least they look good to me 
All pictures in Auto mode have the sharpness set to -1,5
Auto with Flash
Manual mode, ISO 100, 1/5
HDR
Auto, no flash
HDR
Auto
Auto
HDR
Low light:
Low light,HDR
Manual, ISO 100, 1/5
All pictures in Auto mode have the sharpness set to -1,5
Auto with Flash
Manual mode, ISO 100, 1/5
HDR
Auto, no flash
HDR
Auto
Auto
HDR
Low light:
Low light,HDR
Manual, ISO 100, 1/5
petvas72
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I have taken some comparison pictures between the M9 running the latest 1.40 firmware and the iPhone 6.
iPhone 6 indoor shot medium light
M9 indoor shot, medium light
iPhone 6 indoor
M9 indoor
iPhone 6
M9
iPhone 6 outdoor, daylight
M9, outdoor, HDR, daylight
iPhone 6, outdoor, daylight
M9, outdoor, HDR
M9, no HDR, outdoor
iPhone 6 indoor shot medium light M9 indoor shot, medium lightiPhone 6 indoorM9 indooriPhone 6M9iPhone 6 outdoor, daylightM9, outdoor, HDR, daylightiPhone 6, outdoor, daylightM9, outdoor, HDRM9, no HDR, outdoor
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I still haven't gotten the FW update yet, but I took some indoor shots for comparison. One thing I noticed is that while the iPhone 6 photos looked better overall, the M9 pics were a little more accurate as far as matching the brightness in the room. The 6 punched up the brightness and produced slightly exaggerated colors. The result was pics that looked better, but wasn't really what I was seeing with my eyes.
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