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[Q] question about the camara?

hi guys im possibly coming from a galaxy note 2/xperia z (didnt like it lol)
my question is the 4mp camera is low compared to others im not interested in printing them off ect but just want to know is the picture on screen as clear and crisp as say a 13 mp camara
thanks

Its 4 ultrapixels, not MP
@Community (no offense intended to OP), but its things like this that are gonna hurt HTC One sales.

CNexus said:
Its 4 ultrapixels, not MP
@Community (no offense intended to OP), but its things like this that are gonna hurt HTC One sales.
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my appoligis i didnt realise so what does 4 ultrapixels count in mp or doesnt it work like that
thanks

brockyneo said:
my appoligis i didnt realise so what does 4 ultrapixels count in mp or doesnt it work like that
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lmgtfy

It IS 4MP. However i don't think it takes bad shots at all! 4MP is still double the pixels of full HD so on screen it make no difference at all. The images are sharp and clear (at least they are on mine). 4MP in focus with good lighting is better than 8MP but blurry and dark.

CNexus said:
Its 4 ultrapixels, not MP
@Community (no offense intended to OP), but its things like this that are gonna hurt HTC One sales.
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No, it IS 4 MegaPixels, Ultrapixels are just a marketing term... and anyways, "ultra" isn't a form of magnification so 4 UltraPixels wouldn't even technically make sense!

UltraPixel or MegaPixel, the resolution of the images are the same, and itll be as crip as any other picture, you just wont get to zoom in as much.

Its ultrapixels, from how theyre marketing it
And i've seen the pictures it can take and theyre good, im not against the one, just pointing an obvious consumer misunderstanding

CNexus said:
Its ultrapixels, from how theyre marketing it
And i've seen the pictures it can take and they're good, i'm not against the one, just pointing an obvious consumer misunderstanding
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Fact of the matter is most people point and shoot in low light clubs etc.
The fact they say it records concerts with good audio had me sold.
I never zoom into pics and as long as they're big enough to look at i don't give a frock.

It's not really full marketing BS. Here's a clear illustration of what HTC did and why it's called ultrapixel.
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Where the whole squares are the camera's sensor size. :fingers-crossed:

How to use flash without major whiteout?

For some reason I can't make a reasonable looking picture when using the flash. Everything looks massively over exposed. Anyone else have this problem or is it the way I'm incorrectly using the flash?

tdamocles said:
For some reason I can't make a reasonable looking picture when using the flash. Everything looks massively over exposed. Anyone else have this problem or is it the way I'm incorrectly using the flash?
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maybe post a photo or two with the flash? anyways, sounds like an issue. are you on stock, completely? if youre stock, id rma it.

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This picture is in total dark.. I'm in temasek v8 rom with google Camera.

This is a room that has very little lighting.

In the same room but this one looks okay?

If you have a case on the phone, try taking the same picture with the case off.

Well, it's a bright flash, so some adjustment in the camera settings might help. I sometimes post-process egregious pictures from any source, but this seems acceptable (i.e., same setup, one shot is without flash and the other with flash).
- ooofest

ooofest said:
Well, it's a bright flash, so some adjustment in the camera settings might help. I sometimes post-process egregious pictures from any source, but this seems acceptable (i.e., same setup, one shot is without flash and the other with flash).
- ooofest
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So ya think it's probably just the way it is and nothing amiss?

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So ya think it's probably just the way it is and nothing amiss?
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Sort of: I meant that it might be that way for some shots, depending on the environment - so, perhaps checking the camera settings would be helpful.
I agree it shouldn't be overexposed in every flash shot, but in my example shown, do you feel that quick flash shot vs the non-flash shot looks as overexposed as yours?
- ooofest

Looks half decent to me....maybe slightly overexposed. If you could take a shot in total darkness with flash I would like to compare.

tdamocles said:
Looks half decent to me....maybe slightly overexposed. If you could take a shot in total darkness with flash I would like to compare.
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Out of pocket today, but sounds like a good experiment - I'll try to post back in a day or so.
- ooofest

[Q] M7 Is this normal?

My friend recently upgraded to the M9 and gave me his M7 for free.
I love every single thing about the M7 except 1 thing:
The rear and front facing camera.
From the guides on xda forums, i have read that if you double the copper tape and add a copper roll from the screen side, the pink tint will go away. But the problem didnt go away.
So I thought to myself that there is a gap between the camera chip and the copper tape. So I bought Arctic MX-2 and applied a small piece to the chip. It ALSO didn't change anything.
I was hoping that the pink tint will gradually appear as the camera heats up. But it appears immediately...
The front facing camera at daytime is beautiful. However once you go into a dark root, even with 1 lamp lit, the picture gets extremely grainy and the video gets very choppy (maybe 3fps) ? Is this normal?
My question:
1) Is there anything I can do besides, buying a new rear facing camera?
2) Is the front facing camera normal? If I buy a new front facing camera will the issue disappear?

1. No. It's been permanently damaged.
2. No. Grain and low fps are due to poor low light performance.

jdarski said:
1. No. It's been permanently damaged.
2. No. Grain and low fps are due to poor low light performance.
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If I buy a replacement ultrapixel camera, will the camera be the same quality?

It should be.

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It should be.
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If you have a m7, can you please take a picture of your front camera in low light and upload it. Thanks!
Last question:
Where can I get a good quality camera ultrapixel camera in the UK for under 15 pounds?

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If you have a m7, can you please take a picture of your front camera in low light and upload it. Thanks!
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Where can I get a good quality camera ultrapixel camera in the UK for under 15 pounds?
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Here you go. One picture taken in poor light and the other one taken with lights completely off.
No idea where you can get a new sensor but do search this thread - it was already posted.

I have 2 M7s. My "primary" I purchased launch day (2+ years of use), solid (awesome) battery life, great screen, and camera is flawless front and rear. My 2nd M7 is my ROM flashing machine, screen is claibrated differently (not worse, but whites are bluer etc, I prefer my primary), battery is worse even though it hasn been used as much, and while the front cam is fine the rear cam has the purple tint issue and is useless in my opinion. Even clear daylight shots it fails in comparison to my primary M7.

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[HELP] Optical zoom how to?

Can someone explain to me how to use the Optical Zoom?
I've just got the Moment lenses and the mount suggests I can use the second camera, however everytime i've tried to check which lens is in use, I think i'm seeing the primary 2x digital
Help and advice welcomed

LBTaylor1984 said:
Can someone explain to me how to use the Optical Zoom?
I've just got the Moment lenses and the mount suggests I can use the second camera, however everytime i've tried to check which lens is in use, I think i'm seeing the primary 2x digital
Help and advice welcomed
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The telephoto camera is only used when the scene is bright enough though, otherwise the phone falls back to its main camera with a 2x digital zoom (which gives better results anyway in low-light scenes)

is there a way of checking which camera it is using?
from my checking it never uses it.

LBTaylor1984 said:
is there a way of checking which camera it is using?
from my checking it never uses it.
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Hold your finger over the lens? You will be able to tell which one is being used.

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Hold your finger over the lens? You will be able to tell which one is being used.
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In that case it uses only the main camera all the time.

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The telephoto camera is only used when the scene is bright enough though, otherwise the phone falls back to its main camera with a 2x digital zoom (which gives better results anyway in low-light scenes)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but on Samsung's page it says its a 2x optical zoom.

It only works on the classic photo mode, not the pro one (which I don't know why)

12mp vs 48mp

So i was playing around with my phone. And found out that the 48mp takes "fake" photos. As in far from real. And 12mp takes almost the same as what im seeing.
12mp
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48mp
So i found out that, 12MP works best for indoor,48MP for outdoors... Or 12MP for faster capturing and 48MP for slower capturing.

Maybe because of pixel binning...
https://www.google.com/search?q=pix...-android-asus&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

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Maybe because of pixel binning...
https://www.google.com/search?q=pix...-android-asus&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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Yes i know. 4 pixels into 1. But its making everything more white/blue...

If you're using the stock Asus camera app, the photos produced by that are pretty bad. Try a modded GCam and it will be a noticeable difference.

TikiThePug said:
If you're using the stock Asus camera app, the photos produced by that are pretty bad. Try a modded GCam and it will be a noticeable difference.
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Okay i know. But if i want to insist on using the stock app. 48mp or 12mp? Im confused.

If you want to insist on using that, you will just keep getting these poor quality photos. The Asus camera software probably does not have a good algorithm for fixing the issues with 48 MP photos.

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If you want to insist on using that, you will just keep getting these poor quality photos. The Asus camera software probably does not have a good algorithm for fixing the issues with 48 MP photos.
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So in short just use 12MP right?

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So in short just use 12MP right?
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Well, 48MP has 4x more pixels than the 12MP. If Asus's camera software cannot optimize the 48MP, you see the imperfections even more since there are more pixels in the image. 48MP would only really be useful if you need to show these images on a larger screen or you're doing some sort of professional photo editing where you can benefit from a more pixel-dense photo. So yes, you can stick to 12MP since it saves storage space and looks slightly better.

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Well, 48MP has 4x more pixels than the 12MP. If Asus's camera software cannot optimize the 48MP, you see the imperfections even more since there are more pixels in the image. 48MP would only really be useful if you need to show these images on a larger screen or you're doing some sort of professional photo editing where you can benefit from a more pixel-dense photo. So yes, you can stick to 12MP since it saves storage space and looks slightly better.
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Pixel Binning wasnt like this on my P30 Pro....