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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sn0b0ard:
FYI: ISO adjustment also is needed when taking pictures of fast moving objects as well. The phone has a bug with the auto focus, which can explain why some of your pictures aren't as sharp as you want. Your ISO setting is probably too high (ISO800 probably). That will make your pictures more bright, but it also causes graininess in your pictures, like the OP mentioned. Start trying to use the other features of the camera like landscape mode or close-up macro when you are close up to an object. Increase the sharpness of your pictures also by +1 and maybe increase the contrast by +1. Just experiment and you will find the right balance.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
Lilbitz. that first picture is the best I've seen so far. It's pretty sharp & the colors aren't to bad. I'm assuming that was on a cloudy day. Did you do anything for settings ? If my pictures out of the camera looked that good , I wouldn't complain.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lilbitz_1018:
Thanks, yeah it was a nice cloudy day (Florida). No setting adjustments but I'll bump my sharpness and stuff up and see how nice it gets.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
Lilbitz,As long as you ISO 100/200 & in good light you will still have a fast shutter speed & pictures should be crisp. When it gets dimmer I'd put it on automatic simply because you have no control for shutter speed only ISO. Hope that kind of explains it. In Auto the camera is programed to decide the best shutter speed, aperture & ISO combination. & if a flash is needed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
Now, that's what's weird about this camera & it's focus. You notice the upper left corner cord is sharp bur nothing else.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lilbitz_1018:
Yeah figured, I'm gonna have a port from my D90's sensors to the LTE lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] subhumanderelict:
I realize that this is more of an issue of preference, but I really believe that all pictures on these and most other Android phones should be taken in the standard (4:3, 3264x2448 pixels) aspect ratio. You’re just losing pixels with widescreen (16:9, 3264x1840). Don’t get me wrong; I’d like to use the entire screen, but I’d like even more to capture everything that I can and just crop later.

Also, what exactly does the "Close up" mode do? It did not decrease my minimum focus distance nor did it change my DoF when compared to "Auto" mode.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
ISO does not really help with fast moving subjects unless there is bad lighting. For a fast moving subject you need a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. The biggest advantage of the ISO is if you want to capture the subject using natural light instead of using the flash.

Thats where a big aperture (f/2)comes into play. The lower the number, the bigger the aperture.The bigger the aperture the more light can hit the sensor without using a slow shutter speed to avoid vibrations.

So say you want to take pic at a concert. Its gonna be dark with ambient light. You would bump the iso up to about 800 or so depending on the camera and the lens so you can get a shutter speed fast enuff to eliminate vibrations and still take the pic handheld. No if you had a flash you could just keep the iso at 100 and let the flash light the subject. A large iso will also give you a shallow depth of field, where the subject will be in focus and the background is OOF. You can get nice creamy bokeh from a lens with a shallow DOF

Hope that helped

But they all work in conjunction

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I dont know what it does in the phone, but I think the close up mode just changes the the focal distance to the minimum allowed my the camera so you can get really close and still get subject in focus.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] billyapd21:
Here's a pic in really bright sunlight.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
These outdoor pics kick @$$.

I find an ISO of 200 indoors I'd better for me
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lilbitz_1018:
Panoramic
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tmuka:
I couldn't get close up mode to focus closer than 4 inches or so away. Still, very impressive!

This one uses HDR. Pretty sweet!

Wish the advanced settings sliders had more subtle notches for saturation...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cuppeerr:
This was from the rangers game:)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dmband64:
Thought I would share to feel like part of the group. I'm still waiting on my LTE from wirefly, but I am so excited because the camera is the reason I got this phone. I love taking pictures. Took this with my EVO 3D. Can't wait for a better camera!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] smalldice:
This is using the close up or macro.setting.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
Great one.

On another note, I'd love to be able to always and forever eliminate the focusing sound effect, as well as the shutter sound effect. Aside from it really annoying me, I forget about it when lining up a close-up of my cat and it scares the crap out of her, haha.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] aschneid:
I always have my phone on vibrate and it doesn't make any of those sounds.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Warrior 3000:
WOW im amazed with some of these photos in this thread! they are all amazing! all my photos come out like crap! maybe its just me not being able to shoot good photos. lol

=/
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Warrior 3000:
im getting a little better....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tinpusher:
I hope that wasn't last nights game. I'm a Rangers fan, but I'm sure that was a brutal game to be at.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TorxT3D:
not very happy with the front camera indoors.

the evo handled it better, though i think the evo blurred the noise through software tweaking.

im hoping devs can do something with the front camera quality indoors, at least allow us to change the iso or something.

outdoors, though the front cam is magnificant! i took a pic of my face and didnt realize how fugged up my skin was. :( it pulled out details even my bare eyes never noticed.. eeeeshhh

EDIT: also im noticing my macro focus is wonky, it doesnt want to focus sometimes, it just keep zooming in and out to bluryness making that small little clicking sound.

i also hear a clicking sound from the camera when i wave the phone hard, like shaking, i can hear the clicking of the focus aperture or whatever is loose
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Skullmonkey:
Found this little guy on my shoulder at a brush fire. Took him to a safe place and set him down.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] subhumanderelict:
Here's how focusing works for me

I’m not so sure about that. I set my phone at a fixed distance from an object – just close enough so that it couldn’t completely focus in “Auto” mode – then switched to “Close up” mode. “Close up” mode could not make it any more focused, nor did anything else in the background change.

As for everyone who is having focusing issues, you need to place the close-up object in the center of your viewfinder. This camera does not seem to want to focus on anything that is off-center if it is too close to the camera, even if you use tap-to-focus. The only time that tap-to-focus works is if you place the close-up object in the center of the viewfinder, then tap on a distant object. Below are my examples:

I placed the water bottle in the center of the viewfinder and tapped on the label to focus on it-

Then, keeping the water bottle in the center of the viewfinder, I tapped on the Coke bottle in the background which brought that into focus-

Finally, moving the water bottle off-center, I again tried tapping on its label to focus on it, but with no luck. The only way to focus on the bottle with it in the foreground was to bring it to the center of the viewfinder-
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ticois2nice:
It's your lighting. Better light makes better photos

Sent from my EVO 4g Lte
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
Yeah or mess around with the settings.

Cool subject though.

What did hdr do to my dogs face ! Lmao
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dsEVOlve:
Anyone tried using other camera apps? I had been using CameraICS + on my original Evo as it was the only thing working for ICS Roms. I just tried it on my LTE and on the 1st attempt it started the flash, stayed lit for several seconds, snapped the shot, then FC'd. After that when I restarted the app it was just a black screen. THEN I tried going back to the stock app and it wasn't connecting to the camera either anymore. Had to reboot to get it to work.

I tried Camera ICS again and it took one picture without the flash. The manual focus worked and the picture actually seemed better than what I have been getting with the stock app. But I tried again and when it tried to activate the flash it force closed again. So that one is out until it gets an update.

Next I tried Camera 360. It works pretty well and both the manual focus as well as using the first stage of the dedicated camera button to focus both work. However, even though it has burst and stabilizer features, they don't work and only freeze the app. Also it takes a while to process each photo, even if you don't have any effects being applied. Definitely worth a try though.

Anyone had luck with others?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
In case anyone is wondering, HDR takes multiple photos with different exposures quickly, then tone maps the best aspects of each together. Dogs are less likely to cooperate with holding still enough for multiple photos. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rpwhite3:
Kewl pik!

I got to try that..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
What settings did you use on this one? Did you use the DOF filter?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dan_:
I'd love to post some pics with my evo lte but I don't have one yet =( I hope there's miui camera app for the evo lte like there was for the og evo, the miui camera app was awesome, (miui camera apk with deck's rom) here's some og evo shots with miui
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] unknown1205:
^ wtf? my OG EVO never took shots like those.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
Mine neither ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
+1 to og never taking pics like that
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] grad20_09:
Although the pictures were taken with the OG, they were also put through Photoshop....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dan_:
to resize, here's an original i could find

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4298/IMG_20110629_182230.jpg

edit: whoops except for the last one that wasn't evo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
What did you do? Curves adjustment, fake DOF?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Faxman:
I swear I've been looking around for 15 minutes and that I've seen them before, but can't find the filters/effects within the camera app. :o
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] -viperboy-:
Just took these 2. Lovely day today, awesome shots!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] massivebasset:
Couple from my garden, using the macro mode, everything else default.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mengy007:
Took this at In-n-Out
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tmuka:
It's the translucent circle "lens" button above the shutter buttons in the camera. FWIW, i don't care for the DoF filter affect, it bugs my eyes since it's just like a vignette that blurs instead of burns the outside edges. Of course, that's just my opinion, i prefer the real DoF from my Nikon dSLR and 35mm f/1.8 :)

In the iPhone 4s vs EvoLTE thread i posted a few side by side comparison shots...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26815354#post26815354
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] firmbiz94:
pSome really impressive pictures ..phone is beast
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dre22era:
I can not get my close up option to work like that in regards to bluring out the edges. what in the world am I doing wrong?

you are using the "close up" option right?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hayabusa1300cc:
Fugg it. I'm getting this phone.

Best camera on a phone I've seen.

Full resolution without compromising pixels for aspect ratio.

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
I used the DOF filter. Its on the right side of the screen right above the shutter button with a couple more filters.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dre22era:
Damn I feel like a Homer

If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have discovered the filters

Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
Here are a few from this morning

I just realized that uploading directly to the forum degrades the quality of the pics :mad:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
So clear, so colorful.

Ahh damn waiting for a white one, I'm buying this Saturday.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zjchaser:
animal style fries.....yum.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
Omnom
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Psanchis:
That's super sharp. What were your setting?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
Those were taken with auto. I just changed from widescreen to 4:3 standard
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wuestsider:
Sent from my mighty EVO 4G LTE

WUESTSIDER X!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
Nice. What kind of settings do you typically use
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wuestsider:
I was messing around with the auto and close/micro settings at ISO 100.

Sent from my mighty EVO 4G LTE

WUESTSIDER X!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] RedWingsFan:
First pic I took. Full-size link below it.

http://www.imgur.com/ep2GH.jpg
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wuestsider:
I'm thinking of getting one of those lens attachments for this phone, but I'm wondering if the lens will cover the flash.

Sent from my mighty EVO 4G LTE

WUESTSIDER X!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
I feel for you if you think those are good. Good God man !

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Thank you so much for providing the link to the full sized one, WHAT a difference ! That is really good !
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] DCWS6:
Fist shot is a quick snap no effects. Second is taken while recording a video. The third is a quick snap of the wife and in-laws while I was walking backwards. And two panorama shots.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
View attachment 1100603I take back all I've said about the camera. I took this shot stopped at a stop light thru the front windshield just downloaded it , hope this comes out here.

Just looked at it on the post, the quality isn't near as good as on my comp.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 510jungleboy:
Here are a few pics of my Beast Tundra at different distant.

My naked phone :

and me..... no homo... :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
Why don't you post what you have. After all this a phone. The picture dont have to be dslr quality but they are good coming from a cell phone and at the end of the day capturing the shot is better than no shot. Plus they are a lot better than the epic touch
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
I guess you took my advice and stop whining about the camera huh
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Fubie:
I took this during an early morning run on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njspank:
Caribbean festival last wknd in ATL!

Sent from my BadAzz EVO LTE using Forum Runner!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
A little instagram action.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dsEVOlve:
Is everyone's phone getting considerably warm when using the camera for a few minutes? Especially when trying to take panoramic shots.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
Yeah I think mine got a little warm when I went on a photography bananza
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dsEVOlve:
Here is a one with default settings on close up.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Aircraft800:
The pics look fine to me!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Warrior 3000:
auto, close up and HDR...

all came out very nice.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ep3n3wp:
Lunch

Settings: depth of field
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
Sorry man, what I found out is that when you post a pic, it's not nearly as good as the original. O shouldn't be so ****ing quick to judge. My bad.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
Love this phone

The LTEVO says hello!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pov1:
Screen shot.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
Just bought it today.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] DtownJeff:
Shot this with stock settings. Only setting I used was "Close up"

First pic btw. Got it today.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SlapYoSelf:
@ sea world
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] devgrp:
Just made this for brunch
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
This baby takes some genuine hdr shots.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kegacide:
The camera is ****ing amazing, I'm loving it
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
More from a few hours ago.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] emtchrisbishop:
Just messing around with a few of the effects...

Like Mik, I wanna be like Mik....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Toast95135:
Some pics from yesterday. I LOVE this camera, I got those pics from a moving car and they look amazing. The instant picture is so nice :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wuestsider:
Here some micro/close-up shots
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
Where the heck are you. Looks gorgeous
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Henrock11:
A little late night snack.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
The old Rolls Royce: CC Philadelphia, the other pics are from the Art Museum.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] andy_haiting:
Garden pics

Took some random photos of the flowers in my yard in closeup mode, mo other adjustments.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ranmasaotome510:
Took this at work today. xD
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cnstarz:
figured you guys might want to see some pics from an epic 4g touch for comparison purposes. all of these pics are taken in Auto mode. the album can be seen here: http://imgur.com/a/8XoLT.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
Indoor shot taken in the late afternoon, flash off, all auto.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] blumnday99:
Took this one today...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Does using widescreen vs 4x3 for pictures cause a resolution drop?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dylan6879:
Yes 4x3 pictures are bigger full 8mp and widescreen shots are cut off on the top and bottom.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Forgive my photo noobness here, what if any benefit is there to setting the cam to widescreen mode?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NCRoadster:
It will fit the whole screen when viewing them on the phone.

It's better to use the 4:3 ratio and crop the pic later if you wish to.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] aprilynn:
pics...

First one was using HDR...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17950563/hdrfarm.jpg

This is Letchworth State Park...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17950563/letchworth1.jpg

I am loving my Evo LTE :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] geniustheanimal:
Taken out of the car window while my wife was driving:

And this was taken last night using the low light setting:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Henrock11:
Nice rainbow shot I took while working.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shepherdofthedamned:
I love this camera

Sent from your momma's EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
Long time Android folk might know about this app, but i recently discovered Tasker, which lets you set tons of settings using all kinds of powerful conditionals. I set it to automatically mute my sound effect volume whenever the camera app is open which is exactly whay i wanted. For ocd people like me who have to have everything a certain way, Tasker rocks.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ekz13:
anyone else's camera not working, mine will initalize and then come up with a black screen, I can see the options (settings, A, cam/vid button) but it's not coming up with a pic to take. ideas? (yes the lens isn't covered) :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] snick8467:
reboot and retry...happened to me once or 2x, reboot fixed.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kidromulous:
I'm back. these are a few I took yesterday I think I'm getting better?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] parmend:
I'm overall happy with the camera . Being a photographer I don't expect greatness from a phone although I still think my epic touch 4g takes better photos especially low light. I really think HTC overhyped the camera cause to me its a step above the OG EVO . Is there a way to adjust the aperture?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ekz13:
still no joy.. thanks though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] browning:
HDR Image

I'm pretty impressed with what the camera can do. It doesn't replace my D300s but for a quick HDR this thing rocks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] flugelboy:
I know this will never replace my D90, but I was planning on getting a pocket point & shoot before I got this phone. I'm not planning to anymore. This does a great job. Much better in all areas than the 8mp point & shoot I bought about 4 years ago.

Took the first photo with the macro setting. The second with the Depth of Field filter set to a very shallow field.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Toast95135:
Taking the camera off "widescreen mode" will help a lot too. With it on it takes an 8mp picture, crops off the top and bottom to fill the screen.

The images are noticeably sharper with widescreen off.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dmband64:
Is anyone else seeing issues with auto focus. It seems very temperamental to me, sometimes even getting "stuck" out of focus and won't refocus unless I exit and reopen the camera app. It doesn't do this with the ics camera app from the store. Anyone else notice this? Seems like a software issue...

Other than that it rocks when working correctly...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
I love everything about this camera.

Sent from my EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bharris25:
Anyone notice a green tint in some shadows? Just got my Evo today and I'm loving it, haven't really had a chance play with it much since I'm at work though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jkawamura:
Is anyone else having issues with the flash? When set to Auto in stock camera app it will not fire flash no matter how dark it is. Have tried rebooting and I know it's not the LED as Vignette fires the flash when set to auto.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
Gonna have to test this out, but could be a game changer. Thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
Testing image sizes. During lunch!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BlueGoldAce:
Any test of image size
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BlueGoldAce:
I have to agree, the widescreen setting reduces the image sharpness. If you look at my two photos above, they are identical...the widescreen doesn't even capture a wider view...it just appears to strech everything. This is most apparent looking at the lake, you can actually see the algae in the non-widescreen photo.

The non-widescreen photo blows away anything my iphone 4s could take. I already did this comparison, same picture (different day), before I sold my iphone 4s..and the widescreen mode of the evo was better than...the non-widescreen tops that.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] coffeehandle:
The amount of detail this phone can capture is quite amazing. The f2.0 aperture shines best in day light.

What part of the hardware/software is noise associated with?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jfenton57:
Noise is associated both with the ISO and also the image processing software assuming the hardware is always constant.

If you look closely at SIII comparisons to this camera, the EVO is definitely sharper but shows more noise at any given ISO.

This is due to the SIII software more aggressively "cleaning" the noise from the image.

Personally I would rather use the lowest setting ISO possible for the conditions and maintain as much detail as possible (EVO wins in this situation)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cfbauer:
It's clear that the widescreen setting just crops the top and bottom. Will be using the 4:3 ratio from now on and cropping myself if necessary.

It's harder for me to see the sharpness differences. The algae might just appear more detailed in the 4:3 since you can see more of it in the frame.

I'm going to test with higher resolution images more.

edit: Is that HDR mode? The sky looks fantastic if not.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bhint15:
I'm sure others have pointed this out but holding the physical camera button locks the focus of the camera which can be extremely useful. It doesnt force the camera to focus like you are used to as this camera is constantly searching for focus but locking it can come in handy.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slayer69:
Here are a few of mine: