HTC One (M8) camera: is it good enough? | The Phone Show

HTC One (M8) camera: is it good enough? | The Phone Show




Is the camera on the HTC One M8 good enough? We dispel the misconceptions surrounding the megapixel/ Ultrapixel war, and discuss whether HTC is on the …

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  2. hey i m buying 15mp digital camera but do u think its enough to upload videos from it on youtube??? i mean i i record and u[load vid thrn how many pixel would it be 480p 720p or other????

  3. is  m8 worth upgrading from the s4? in terms of camera because my s4 still takes awesome pics!!!

    how is the m8 camera in terms of document capturing??

  4. Yes , the megapixels are noy the only thing that will take better images.but the image quality on htc onem8 is not so good. So, techradar, will you please stop preferring HTC.and sis u say that sony doesn't have a great camera?…… Just go take some photography classes……….

  5. 4mpx ultra shit-xel camera, how is it good enough in a market where 8mpx is getting "obsolet"? Its as if you wouldnt care about the 4.7 750×1350 ips lcd screen on the iphone 6… full hd 1080p and 12mpx cameras should be the least on their respective specs on all phones…

  6. Do people realise that the lens on each camera can only handle a certain megapixel count anyway. Besides, less megapixels equals more light per pixel and better image quality with lower noise. Yes it would be nice to crop a little so maybe 6-8mp might be better, but I like that HTC have a 1/3 inch sensor too. I'm a big Apple fan and I enjoy the 8mp of the iPhone, but this HTC also enables much better HDR than any other camera phone out there too. This is because of the two cameras working together on this camera. I'd be perfectly happy with the camera on this phone. 

  7. I have HTC m8 and i used it so much
    Nice phone but the camera not good enough as lumia or sony !!!
    Lumia 1020 is best camera phone

  8. I have the HTC One M8 since March now and yes, the camera is pretty crappy. The ultrapixels do a great job at night, you get awesome looking photos. But during the daylight or in a room that's well lit, when in auto mode, the pics look overexposed and really "foggy". You pretty much have to set your white balance properly and play with the settings every time you take a photo. You really have to learn to use this camera and I just didn't bother, it just pissed me off so much that so much effort is required in order to get a decent photo. Auto mode should shoot decent photos and it doesn't. Everything else on the phone is near perfect, great phone, camera needs a lot of work. 

  9. HTC One M8 16 bit raw to 16 bit compressed png VS iphone 6 8 bit compressed  jpg, Samsung s5 8 bit compressed Jpg & Sony Xperia Z2 8 bit compressed jpg

    iphone 6 8Mp Standard 8 bit  compressed JPG capture viewed  @ 100% magnification
    look at the woman's face. Notice the muddy Jpg compression artifacts? https://www.flickr.com/photos/snaparazzo/15234717798/sizes/o/

    HTC One M8 4MP 16 bit RAW to 16 bit compressed .PNG  capture viewed @ 100% magnification. The M8 has no such artifacts.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/36092113@N03/15669129881/sizes/o/

    Samsung Galaxy S5 16Mp Standard 8 bit  compressed JPG capture viewed  @ 100% magnification. Resolution is better than the Iphone 6 but still has muddy Jpg compression artifacts & The images do not look better thanthe HTC One M8.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/playajardin/15618666482/sizes/o/

    Sony Xperia Z2 21Mp Standard 8 bit  compressed JPG capture viewed  @ 100%
    Much better llookin than the Samsung Galaxy S5 but still not knocking the HTC out the park.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/49346850@N04/14928686603/sizes/o/

  10. So funny seeing people talk nonsense about megapixel count. I can only presume none of you are photographers. Or even take half decent snapshots. Because if you rely on mp count, shows how little you know. Pros were taking amazing pictures about 15 years ago with less!

  11.  The issue with the M8's camera is not  really the hardware so much as the software; particularly the registered  tonal values and jpg compression settings. All of which have been fixed with mods including one that lets it output in RAW .DRAW format the RAW DRAW format however, is clumsy to work with at the moment & requires the use of  command lines in windows to convert them to 16 bit Tiffs.  The Good news is the camera  will soon be able to output  RAW data in .DNG format with the Android L update at which point people will be able to upload roughly 22.3MB 16 bit uncompressed .PNG files to the web which are absolutely stunning.  Iv'e seen them people. I currently create them myself. The only advantage more megapixels have is when you digitally zoom in. The M8 however, with a focal extender can match or even exceed the IQ of the Samsung's current jpg output. Unfortunately, with the M8's lousy software image stabilization, it will be very difficult to do so, making  M7 the better phone for hand-held shots.

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