I know the mt4g slide isn't out yet, but from reviews and the specs listed. Is the sensation the same or is the mt4gs better in terms of camera speed and quality?
I don't know of the MT4G slide but the sensation takes pretty damn fast pics. Its to a point where I have shakey hands and some of them come out blurry LOL! I need a IS feature hahahah! I'm happy though, you capture some of the moments you might have missed otherwise.
OHHH...I'm happy with the quality of the pics that the Sensation produces.
I don't know, but I am loving the direction HTC seems to be headed in terms of camera capabilities on their new devices
I doubt the quality is as good because there's a better lens on the MT4G Slide. But I don't see any reason why we can't extract the .apk's from it's camera (HDR, Panorama, etc) and use it on our Sensation's.
Thanks for the replies guys. I've used the one on my girl's sensation and I'm pretty happy with how fast it takes the pictures and it's not that bad not having a dedicated camera key, although it would be nice. My g2 is wayyy to slow I'm trying to take pictures of my newborn and it can't keep up. I keep missing good pics
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I'm really happy with my Touch Pro for about a month or so, but one thing really dissapoints me : the camera. Before this TP I had a N95 and it really has a great camera; fast, vivid and sharp.
I have tried virtually every available setting in the TP Camera, but I keep getting pictures that aren't really sharp. Best result is pictures taken from a short distance, but when I try to shoot for example my house or street (daylight!) it's a bit blurry.
What's with your TP camera's; are they 'great' of do you have the same impression as I do?
well the HTC company has come from far considering the camera`s.
when al the other manufactor`s like samsung or nokia had 1.3 and 2.1 MP in their phone`s, htc was still stuck with 0.3 MP in their phone`s.
second while for all the other manufactory`s the camera function was very important to them, it wasn`t for htc.
htc never was sold as a camera phone but as an PPC or PDA with a camera.
and don`t forget that a company like sony and samsung already made very good foto and video camera`s it was easy for them to implement a good camere in their phone.
so altouch you now have a nice 3.2MP with autophocus on youre HTC it stil isent a real photo camera.
it just can take picture`s and good ones for the majority of people.
still if you want to take a proffesionel looking foto you got to do it with youre real camera
personaly for me the camera in the HTC is good for a quick snapshot or a nice picture.
sure i would like to see a better camera on the Touch pro or diamond, but if it was just the good camera i wanted i was getting me a sony ericsson.
probably you did aspect more from the camera of youre HTC, and that is to bad.
maybe you did not do any research on the camera`s in the past.
or you didn`t see picture`s taken with an HTC before you bought yours and so i can understand the disappointment you are having.
but you probably haveto live with it.
there are also some settings you can adjust with, maybe you got to try it out.
point is, HTC has a camera on it but it is not the most important thing on the phone.
Are you touching the round button first to get a focus, before you depress it fully to take the shot? Lightly placing your finger on the button causes the indicator on-screen to go green, indicating focus has been achieved. If you don't do it in these two steps, the camera hasn't focussed properly and your shots will be fuzzy.
I tend to get pretty good shots with mine.
It's all there in the manual.
You really can't expect much from the pinhole camera. The focus is strictly software contrast detection fixed focus, so it will be nowhere as good as a real camera with true autofocus. Basically it's stuck at a super high aperture (fstop, like f22) so that it can focus on everything. It can't really truly "focus." With such cheap cameras, it's possible some just aren't calibrated right. I'm still waiting for those liquid lenses that were suppose to revolutionize camera phones 2 years ago or the Squiggle 5mm focusing motor.
What i found a lot of people doing is they hold the thumb over the button and hear the fake focus noise and think thats it, when it fact you have to keep your thumb there until you hear the focus beeps. Usually takes 2-3 seconds. I'm actually kinda impress how macro the focus can get. Noise is pretty bad though, you'll need to reduce the image by at least 1/4th to get rid of it via subsampling.
Thanks very much for all your quick replies!
Yep; I'm using a light touch on the button and wait for the auto-focus to become green before completely pressing. I also tried other settings like pressing once and waiting for the picture to be taken.
I complete understand your filosophy about that the HTC builds PPC's / PDA's and not camera-phones like the Sony or Nokia. In that light; the pictures of the 3.2MP camera aren't too bad.
However, I am used to carrying my phone with me everywhere and sometimes would like to take a picture without carrying my normal camera around. That was going really great with the N95; so great that most of the time I left my real camera at home. Now, with the HTC, I have to remember to carry my camera with me when I am going somewhere I might want to take a picture. That sucks in my opiniion
I did extensive research on the phone I wanted and the TP was the best match for my needs. I thought. Never thought about checking the camera-quality. Stupid me.
But... I am not thinking of getting rid of the phone because of the camera. Yet.
I don't think it's a focus problem, I think the problem is the low quality of the lens. Yes, unfortunately TP doesn't have nearly the quality of a N95 or similar, but the N series has always been about great multimedia cameraphones, which isn't TP's market. I'm not justifying the bad quality, I'm just saying I didn't expect a great camera from a professional phone.
what about the camera quality compared to a 2mp BlackBerry camera??
just curious
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what about the camera quality compared to a 2mp BlackBerry camera??
just curious
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I also have a BlackBerry Pearl from my work and its camera is about the same quality as the Touch Pro. Sometimes even a bit sharper but less colourfull. It hasn't got autofocus.
I made the switch just this past weekend to the Inspire and gave my iPhone 4 to my wife. I don't miss the iPhone except for its camera. Compared to the Inspires camera, the iPhone 4 camera is like a 20982340823 megapixel camera.
Please don't take this as a troll post or an Apple fanboy post, its not. I just wonder if its my phone, the inspire, or android in general that causes the absolutely awful pictures. The grain is horrific, and no matter how still I hold the camera, the shot blurs.
I'm not new to photography either, its a part-time hobby for me. Just really disappointed with the camera so far
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I made the switch just this past weekend to the Inspire and gave my iPhone 4 to my wife. I don't miss the iPhone except for its camera. Compared to the Inspires camera, the iPhone 4 camera is like a 20982340823 megapixel camera.
Please don't take this as a troll post or an Apple fanboy post, its not. I just wonder if its my phone, the inspire, or android in general that causes the absolutely awful pictures. The grain is horrific, and no matter how still I hold the camera, the shot blurs.
I'm not new to photography either, its a part-time hobby for me. Just really disappointed with the camera so far
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is this on the stock rom? is it any different on custom roms?
Apple has had 4 years to adjust one camera app. Simple as that. Android has 197941218894 camera apps. by that I mean that come stock
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I have read a few post claiming what you are, I personally have owned iphone 4 and compared with mine I definately can say its not a big difference if any, I dont have any grainy problems that some talk about. The pictures are real clear. Maybe go check out a demo model at att and take pic and see if it is any different.
I agree the Camera on this phone leaves something to be desired. I am hoping they will update this with an OTA. If I remember right HTC did something like that with the Incredibles Camera. My wife has an iPhone 4 and that is pretty much the benchmark by which all cellphone camera's are measured (N8 excluded of course). This camera seams to work OK if nothing is moving, but trying to get any picture of my 4 year old is impossible with the Inspire.
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I agree the Camera on this phone leaves something to be desired.
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I c wut u did thar
My inspire is completely stock.
I haven't used any if the market apps for the inspire yet, so maybe there is some hope in a different app.
Are any of the other roms different/better?
I use android revolution and notice a significant improvement in the camera. Not sure why but it is much better. Hard to beat iphone 4 camera...
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I've got the opposite problem. My DSLR makes lousy phone calls.
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I've got the opposite problem. My DSLR makes lousy phone calls.
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Are you holding it right?
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If you change the iso to 400 or so things tend to improve. Htc has never been known for their camera. It is passable.
Its because the iPhone 4 has a larger sensor in its camera. While the iPhone is only 5 megapixels, the larger sensor makes a very noticeable difference in quality so it is less grainy and takes better low light shots. An update to the Inspire can't fix the quality, it needs a bigger sensor.
I think the camera in the inspire 4g is great. However, i am comparing to my dell streak which sux. I feel more like im shooting with my hd2 now, which had an amazing camera
it may be an inaccurate observation on my part but it seems like after the camera focuses and i take a shot, the picture ends up being blurred just slightly. it's never as sharp as immediately after the auto focus.
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it may be an inaccurate observation on my part but it seems like after the camera focuses and i take a shot, the picture ends up being blurred just slightly. it's never as sharp as immediately after the auto focus.
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Yes that's accurate. It definitely has a tendency to do that from what I've seen. One way to minimize that is to press and hold the camera/shutter button until the picture takes instead of waiting for it to focus and then tapping the button. Don't know if you already do that or not, but if you don't it might be worth a try. Hope it helps.
As someone else mentioned, it is the sensor that matters, not MP (as you know). Unfortunately, other than Nokia (and Apple, to a lesser extent) phone manufacturers seem to randomly pick an available sensor in the price/MP range they want for the camera, stick it in, and forget about it. Unfortunately this is an industry-trend, so I don't see anyone changing soon. Can't wait to see what Nokia does with some WP7 goodness in their hardware. *notatroll*
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As someone else mentioned, it is the sensor that matters, not MP (as you know). Unfortunately, other than Nokia (and Apple, to a lesser extent) phone manufacturers seem to randomly pick an available sensor in the price/MP range they want for the camera, stick it in, and forget about it. Unfortunately this is an industry-trend, so I don't see anyone changing soon. Can't wait to see what Nokia does with some WP7 goodness in their hardware. *notatroll*
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sony ericsson takes great photos too
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sony ericsson takes great photos too
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True, although they haven't had a good camera-centric phone since the K850.
I actually have had good experiences with my camera.. hmm...
I think the camera does a pretty good job. Does this have the same camera as the EVO? If so I saw some pics that the EVO took compared to iPhone 4 and they look pretty damn close.
Hi, i hear that LG G2X has a great camera..but Im very dissapointed in mine. Maybe its just mine, but is there a way i can fix it? My Mytouch 4g has better picture quality than the g2x..any suggestions?
this camera is actually not that great. tried taking pictures with back on and off. it does make a small difference but quality still not comparable to the iphone4. even the sensation camera is better. i remember reading a site that rates all camera phone by taking the same picture in same setting with all different kind of smart phone and this phone didn't score well.
I'm pretty dang happy with mine! Whats that site called?
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Seems to me that if lighting conditions are correct my pictures are pretty nice. But if it's dark or cloudy, I have to do so much manipulation in the settings to even score a half-way decent pic.
Overall, I'm very happy with the camera. Image quality almost rivals my cheap 5 year old Nikon.
I'm very interested in Atrix 2. I did a lot of research on Atrix via Google and Forums and saw some pics of the Atrix 4G disputed pentile screen, then Atrix 2 seems a good choice.
How is the rear camera photo quality if I use Camera Zoom FX?
and if it is actually better than Atrix 4G 5MP camera.(I expect test instead of data comparison)
I hoped that it could bear daily use so I don't need to take my Camera with a lot of space. I understand the degrade, but can I at least take relatively good photo with it?
Thanks
At first I bought a G2x. It sucks, it is horrible. The camera and screen. Dead point in the middle, extremely underexposure camera and severe bleeding along the whole screen.. I returned it.
the camera has great hardware, but the software written for the camera is ****e. you can make improvements to quality with camera zoom fx, but, you will still have some problems with quality. but czfx will drastically improve results.
I can't seem to find a decent (objective) comparison between the two cameras, and the camera would be a pretty big factor as to whether I'd be upgrading to an Amaze (for free) or One S (for ~$150 plus selling the Amaze). And I'm talking about actual photo quality, not camera/software features or tech specs about the camera that might not necessarily translate to actual picture quality. Thanks for any help!
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I can't seem to find a decent (objective) comparison between the two cameras, and the camera would be a pretty big factor as to whether I'd be upgrading to an Amaze (for free) or One S (for ~$150 plus selling the Amaze). And I'm talking about actual photo quality, not camera/software features or tech specs about the camera that might not necessarily translate to actual picture quality. Thanks for any help!
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Their are some youtube videos comparing the cameras, The amaze would lose when it comes to the camera in my opinion. This is the fist camera to be able to take action shots as good as my Cannon T3.
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Their are some youtube videos comparing the cameras, The amaze would lose when it comes to the camera in my opinion. This is the fist camera to be able to take action shots as good as my Cannon T3.
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I've only been able to find one video so far...and it's certainly not the best way to compare quality - I'd love to see stills of the same things taken by the two cameras and see how they compare.
I just purchased the One S yesterday.
I cannot compare to the Amaze having never owned one. But I can say that from what I've seen so far of the camera, it's pretty darn good. I've had a Galaxy Indulge, Evo, Sensation and a G2x and IMO this camera takes the best quality pictures hands down. I esp. like the burst mode.
I'm no expert, just thought I'd throw that out there.