Post Photos Taken With Your M9!

SYMAWD · May 1, 2015

Macro is possible as long as you have a direct light source and some time to play around with it.

neo905 · May 1, 2015

SYMAWD said:
I've yet to get a decent macro shot. My Rezound was so much better for macro.

I don't even use macro mode per se. I just use auto mode close up. Mind you, you need great lighting for the best results but the detail and focus has been very good for me. I've been messing around with Camera FV-5 and been happy with it as well. Seems to focus WAY better images than the native camera. I have much less blur when I just want to take a quick snapshot.

SYMAWD · May 1, 2015

neo905 said:
I don't even use macro mode per se. I just use auto mode close up. Mind you, you need great lighting for the best results but the detail and focus has been very good for me. I've been messing around with Camera FV-5 and been happy with it as well. Seems to focus WAY better images than the native camera. I have much less blur when I just want to take a quick snapshot.

Check the post above you. I finally got a good shot, but the point is that my Rezound was just tap the screen to focus and everything else was perfect even in low light conditions. The M9 requires playing around with some settings and a direct light source to accomplish the same thing.

neo905 · May 1, 2015

SYMAWD said:
Check the post above you. I finally got a good shot, but the point is that my Rezound was just tap the screen to focus and everything else was perfect even in low light conditions. The M9 requires playing around with some settings and a direct light source to accomplish the same thing.

I know what you wrote and I have never heard of the Rezound but I like the M9 close ups I've seen and taken. I know it's limitations though.

bgl321 · May 1, 2015

msm0511 said:
Here's where the M9 fails miserably. Granted these are literally no light photos, but still.
iPhone 6
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M9
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No arguing that. Would have hope to see it comparable to the 6.

SYMAWD · May 1, 2015

neo905 said:
I know what you wrote and I have never heard of the Rezound but I like the M9 close ups I've seen and taken. I know it's limitations though.

The Rezound is a 3 year old HTC phone. If they were able to make it work so well back then, I find it strange that they can no longer get it on their flagship 3 years later.

neo905 · May 1, 2015

SYMAWD said:
The Rezound is a 3 year old HTC phone. If they were able to make it work so well back then, I find it strange that they can no longer get it on their flagship 3 years later.

Bud, I had a M7 with OIS and two years later I buy a newer version of the phone that is thicker, taller, heavier and still can't seem to squeeze it in and has the same screen (perhaps inferior without panel refresh). You are preaching to the choir here.

ollieg · May 2, 2015

This M9-taken photo (as homescreen on a Nexus 9) has been processed by the standard Google tools, zoomed and cropped but I love how it feels like a studio staging.

msm0511 · May 3, 2015

neo905 said:
I know what you wrote and I have never heard of the Rezound but I like the M9 close ups I've seen and taken. I know it's limitations though.

The Rezound had a few different names. It came out when carriers still changed names of phones to try and differentiate them from other carriers.

msm0511 · May 3, 2015

bgl321 said:
No arguing that. Would have hope to see it comparable to the 6.

I've found day shots to be comparable and in some cases better than my iPhone 6 even in auto. I've yet to nail night shots that are good. Still tweaking settings and stuff though. I'm determined to figure it out.

SYMAWD · May 3, 2015

msm0511 said:
I've found day shots to be comparable and in some cases better than my iPhone 6 even in auto. I've yet to nail night shots that are good. Still tweaking settings and stuff though. I'm determined to figure it out.

That's where I have trouble too. As you can see it's possible, but once you add in light sources (such as street lamps), things start to go south.

neo905 · May 3, 2015

SYMAWD said:
That's where I have trouble too. As you can see it's possible, but once you add in light sources (such as street lamps), things start to go south.

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af270/SYMAWD/IMAG0945_zpsxbbzca3m.jpg

Have you tried shooting in HDR mode at night time with ISO200 setting.

SYMAWD · May 3, 2015

neo905 said:
Have you tried shooting in HDR mode at night time with ISO200 setting.

No, but I'll try it. I usually have it on auto with ISO400

msm0511 · May 3, 2015

neo905 said:
Have you tried shooting in HDR mode at night time with ISO200 setting.

I saw you post that somewhere else. I'm gonna try that next.

neo905 · May 3, 2015

msm0511 said:
I saw you post that somewhere else. I'm gonna try that next.

I was at a bar last night watching the fight. I took a regular shot and then an HDR one. I wish I knew about it the other times I went out. It is way too dark without HDR. You have to hold it more still but I don't even bother shooting in bad lighting without it on anymore.

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neo905 · May 3, 2015

SYMAWD said:
No, but I'll try it. I usually have it on auto with ISO400

Could you take the same pic with HDR on post it? Interested to see the difference.

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SYMAWD · May 4, 2015

Here's some night testing. All without flash with a facing light source.

Auto, ISO200, EV -0.5, AWB:

Auto, ISO Auto, EV -0.5, AWB:

Night:

HDR:

ironkhalid · May 4, 2015

That night one above the hdr looks amazing
And so does the hdr, so much light

neo905 · May 4, 2015

Just curious why you went negative on the EV? That would only make the scene darker.

Alex_Hong · May 4, 2015

Having used the S6 as well, there is no contest. The M9's camera is not even in the same league. Daylight shots has the potential to be good, but getting the right exposure is tricky with HTC's camera app. But Night/lowlight shots are just not good. I think MKBHD's review pretty much sums it up for me.