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[HTC One X] xn1:
Hehe, they might just, but thank you for the video. I think I'll switch to 4:3 but I will miss full screen pictures
[HTC One X] xn1:
Also, something I have found. With saturation set to -1 the colors seem more natural. Especially with reds in low light
[HTC One X] Jimster71:
I turn the exposure down by 1 as I find it blows out highlights on the regular exposure.

I agree that the saturation gives more natural colours if you dial that down by 1 as well. I quite like the 'kodak' look though :)

I am finding that the auto white balance gives a red cast, especially when there is a lot of green in the image (such as in a park). I have also found that the daylight white balance is way to yellow.
[HTC One X] Adiost:
Well if it goes through the middle of the lens, then this is what's been causing you troubles. You can easily find original housings on ebay, they go for $20 or so.
[HTC One X] Szighy:
Thanks for your help, I hope this will be the problem, a new housing actually would be cool :P maybe I will buy a black one, but first I hope this is the problem and not something more serious.
[HTC One X] rizorith:
Is the red cast on print or other screens, or just when you look at the photo on your HOX? The reason I ask is I feel that, in general, the HOX screen leans a bit too much on the red/tint side of things. That and the colors are a bit too saturated.
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Someone recently asked me if it was possible to take photos using ISO levels above 800 with the stock app...

ISO 800 is the highest manual setting available, but if you don't make a manual selection (ie. if you use the 'AUTO ISO' or Low Light Scene mode), the camera will use settings of up to ISO 1250.

The scene mode disables burst capture, changes the exposure bias and tends to use the higher ISO levels sooner, so you might want to experieriment a bit for natural light (no flash) shots .
[HTC One X] Jimster71:
It is when you are taking a picture, you can see the auto white balance shifting between natural colours and a red cast as it tries to sort out the WB for the scene.

The manual white balance for daylight is useless at the moment, due to it's strong yellow cast.
[HTC One X] WildernessWizard:
Camera Starting Issue

Guys, I need help with the camera of my One-X. I got my phone barely ten days ago, and some days back I installed the HTC upgrade which the system checks for, and installs automatically.

Around the same time my camera has stopped functioning. It does not open when I click on the application tab, and when I try to open it through instagram, I get an error with a black screen saying, "Could not connect to camera".
[HTC One X] xn1:
Have you tried going into app settings and force closing and clearing data on the camera app?
[HTC One X] milonza:
new htc one x cam error

Yesterday I was taking some pictures outside the museum .. it was really sunny .. and when I went inside again the cam mess up like crazy look . postimage.org /image /5kfp8j699/this is the second time it happens I'm at last firmware update
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
The "Could not connect to camera" error can be caused by a few things, but I suspect that it'll be due to another camera app still running in the background. At this stage I'd recommend that you restart the phone (Long press Power Button > Select restart) and then monitor the situation.

If it happens again, press the task switcher/recent apps button on the phone, and slide out any apps that use the camera before trying to opening the stock app again. Although I can't rule out that a recent OTA update has been a trigger, I doubt the update is the sole cause.

Please let us know how you get on.

Bugsy
[HTC One X] stuart0001:
I think you have a very valid point.

I have 2 HOXs side by side and they have very different displays. I took a photo with the one with warmer whites and it looked far too saturated in comparison to reality but when I viewed the same image on the one with whiter whites (some would say blue-white) it looks much more accurate.

I don't have a calibrated monitor but I do have an iPad 3 which has been documented as having a reference level display gamut etc and the image looks almost identical to the whiter HOX and shows the warmer/yellow one as pumping the saturation too high.

So I would suggest not making image adjustments based on what you see on the HOX display, particularly if you have the warm/yellow type. Wait until you've had a chance to see what the images look like on a reference display if you can.

Edit. Upon further viewing it looks like both models definitely push red in the display so don't rely on what you see on screen to make adjustments, particularly if you are trying to reduce the red level you see as chances are that it's artificially high.
[HTC One X] Azurael:
Hmm, I'm not so sure whether it's over exposing, or just has shockingly awful dynamic range. I might just be going mad or too used to very good APS-C sensors, but when looking back at shots with a similar exposure from my Desire and Atrix, they seem to suffer from far less clipped highlights.

By underexposing I'm losing shadow detail (which is admittedly less noticeable) and probably increasing the visibility of noise in those areas... Still, it looks like it might be possible to capture RAW on the One X, having seen CM9 progress on that front. Then at least I'll know whether it's awful processing or an awful sensor :rolleyes: Shame really, because the performance of the camera otherwise is outstanding. The speed of focus and continuous shooting would embarrass most compact digicams, the optics seem okay-ish, and the low light performance is really quite impressive for a phone.
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Hi. Would you be able to post a couple of samples for us to take a look at?

Thanks,

Bugsy
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Ouch! That looks nasty! You say this is the second time it has happened. When happened last time, was it also in a similar situation? Has anyone else had this?
[HTC One X] tinytom21:
Hi guys. I saw the post earlier about the differences between the image quality using different camera apps and I was just wondering if any non-sense camera apps or roms can take advantage of the speed and processing power that the image sense chip brings?

I would like to flash CM9 when it's finished but don't really want to have to sacrifice image quality and camera speed. Also the HTC camera interface is much more intuitive!

Anyone have any experience with this matter?
[HTC One X] zellfan8:
you can't. the camera app use some Sense sources that cannot be ported over to CM9. I think some MIUI ROM in dev section are built over Sense sources, so they can keep the sense camera.
[HTC One X] Garoto1973:
Hi is there any good camera app to shoot horizontal panoramas while the camera is in vertical position? I noticed it doesnt let me with the stock app. I could do that in my SGS2 and I miss it.

Sorry if this has been asked before could not find any mentions.
[HTC One X] katamari201:
I don't have a HOX yet so want to ask about possible settings. I think the camera images look too dark. Are there settings to brighten the images and do they stay saved? Is there a way to set the threshold for auto-balance, since I think it's too dark, as opposed to manually changing it for each pic? Was also wondering about the color. Can you reduce saturation or change the color temp? Are these settings available for video as well? The excessive sharpness and very aggressive noise reduction also bugs me.

I really don't like the way the One X pictures and videos look. I want it to look more like the GS2 or iPhone, and if I can finagle the images somehow and change it to my liking, I would definitely get this phone.
[HTC One X] ac3dts71:
Try "Photaf Panorama Pro" but you have to pay for it.
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
I noticed that there's also a Tegra 3 optimised version of Photaf now. I haven't tried it myself, but I thought I'd bring it up as they sell it seperately.
[HTC One X] FLYN:
I have the exact same issue, it appears to happen regardless of the ROM used, hopefully a RUU restore will help.
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
I’d be one of the first to stand up and say that I’d like to have more manual control over certain functions, but the photos I’m getting from the HOX are quite reasonable – it can certainly hold its own against any current Android or iPhone.

Exposure (brightness), contrast, saturation and sharpness can be set to your individual preference, but of those four settings - brightness is the last one that I feel needs adjusting. Which pictures are giving you the impression that images from the HOX are too dark? Can you please post links to the photos you’re comparing so that we can get a better idea?

Bugsy
[HTC One X] craigspc:
That’s an understatement if I ever heard one! I’ve seen the One X photos you posted and they’re some of the best sample shots I’ve ever seen from this phone!
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Focus and exposure tip:

Focus and exposure tip:

If you’re taking outdoor / landscape photos and find it difficult to get exposure right, try using the tap to focus function as a tap to expose function instead. I know this might sound counter intuitive, but give it a try. It can be especially useful for optimising HDR shots outdoors. What you’ll notice is that even if you focus on something in the distance, objects right in front of you are still very much in focus…

I’ll probably make a video on this once I’ve done some more tests, but HTC appear to be using a combination of an autofocus mechanism (good for close-ups) and a cleaver trick called EDoF (Extended Depth of Field) for large depth in standard shots.

I don’t know all the fine details, but my understanding of EDoF is that an asymmetrical lens design allows red, green a blue components of the visible light spectrum to be split and focused independent of each other. In effect, the camera is taking three simultaneous photos with different focus settings. The Image Signal Processor (what HTC call ImageSense) then combines the focus and colour elements to form a single image with a huge depth of field.

Let me know how it works for you :)

Bugsy.
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
I just don't show you all my bad ones :D
[HTC One X] zerozoneice:
i recommend HDR mode in low light ;)

you'll be amazed :D
[HTC One X] harlz:
The imaging software renders photos with a cold colour(blues are very saturated and purples are prominent in red scenes) Iv worked out that transferring the photos to Lightroom and pressing auto adjust fixes the cool colour tone and makes photos more pleasing.
[HTC One X] lthawker:
hi dudes...i try ics camera+ 1.2...noise problem is gone but with less details compares to stock app...
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Video Crop caused by Image Stabilisation:

Prior to buying the One X, I suspected that sensor utilisation (ie. the portion of the sensor being used) was probably responsible for the ‘cropping’ or ‘zoom’ effect that people were reporting in video capture.

However, I’ve just taken my first videos with the HOX and realised that the crop factor didn’t add up. The primary cause of the crop is actually the reservation of pixels for image stabilisation. Disabling image stabilisation gives you virtually the same field of view as standard 16:9 photo mode.

Thought some of you might find that useful to know.

Bugsy

Edit: The effect will also be far more visible in 720p video mode.
[HTC One X] PaulGG:
drastic compresion and cropping with stock camera

Hi you guys, I have been doing some testing of the camera on the one x with amazing results. The stock camera is severely crippled considering the lens and dedicated camera chip. I have posted a video on youtube at 4DogsTech.

I am getting some spectacular shots now.

Regards Paul.
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Hi Paul,

Please feel welcome to post the link (or embed) your video here if you like.

I'll go and search for it in the meantime :)

Bugsy
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Can anyone else see a scaling problem with the live preview image in 4:3 mode? Captured images look fine, but the live preview looks pixelated / isn't sharp in the stock app.

I'd be really grateful if you could check your phone for me.

Cheers,

Bugsy
[HTC One X] craigspc:
Nice one Bugsy. It really does make a difference, especially for 720p video. Any idea why 720p is cropped more in the first place though?

Re your other question, yes, I also see a fuzzy preview image when I disable widescreen. Hadn't noticed before, but now it bugs me. :(
[HTC One X] craigspc:
I gave it a go and see what you mean. The main problem for me is that I can't hold the camera still for long enough and the two captures dont seem to match up properly. Maybe resting the phone on something would help though. Thanks for the tip :)
[HTC One X] AndrewJ41:
great explanation.. have to admit 16:9 looks great with this phone
[HTC One X] BugsyLawson:
Message on behalf of Bugsy

Hello,

I'm a close friend of Bugsy and he has asked me to log into his account and post this message on his behalf.

Bugsy is quite ill right now, so he's likely to be spending a good week or so stuck in bed. He seemed very concerned about some work that was only part finished and wanted you to know that he'll be back as soon as he can. He also sends his apologies to anyone that might be awaiting a reply from him.

Kind regards,

Danny
[HTC One X] zerozoneice:
rest the phone on something and use the delay function ;)
[HTC One X] tinytom21:
God damnit. The camera was one if the reasons I bought this phone but I really want to use CM9 to squeeze out every last bit of battery I can from this thing. I think what I actually want is a rooted phone with setcpu rather than a whole new Rom. That's probably the best of both worlds for me.

I'm sure when CM9 comes out though I will be tempted to sacrifice imageSense.
[HTC One X] eddyedwards007:
Sorry to hear you're not well Bugsy, get well soon, and thanks for letting us know Danny :)
[HTC One X] kozjegyzo:
Purple Tint Issue

Hey Everyone,

I've been a proud owner of my HOX for a few months now, and am very pleased.

One of the main reasons of buying this phone was the fast camera that has a dedicated chip.

Being a pro photographer for over a decade now I wanted to get the best camera on my phone, since I hate lugging my DSLR all the time. I have to say the speed is awesome but the colors are just horrible.

Some (a lot) of my pictures have this ugly purple tint on them. It has to do with white balance and that the camera seems to wanna color correct all the time. The thing is even if I set the white balance manually, the camera adjusts it. It's more prominent on the phone's screen, but it can be seen a computer screen as well. I can color correct them in post, but when I wanna post them on the fly, it's not really possible. I can also add filters to mask the tint, but sometimes you just wanna have a picture with normal color.

Can anyone help me with a work around? Is there one? I'm ok with using a different app to take pics if it has manual white balance, or some color correction setting. I'm just afraid it's the sensor it self that has some trouble, or the core software accessing it. I don't know the low level works of the kernel, but I presume the apps don't access the camera directly...

Well I hope someone has thoughts on this, I would really do appreciate any help.

Thanks
[HTC One X] Morgini:
Set the saturation down a notch
[HTC One X] stephanstricker:
+1
[HTC One X] ahfarouk:
+1
[HTC One X] kozjegyzo:
Thanks guys, I'm getting way better results. Should have thought of this my self, it's kinda obvious...

Oh well thanks again, I'm a happy camper :D
[HTC One X] LeonF:
Does anyone have a solution for the green picture problem when using the flash?
[HTC One X] Nubzori:
Flash isn't the problem, the device in the picture is :laugh::laugh:
[HTC One X] LeonF:
I don't discriminate as you can see. I have a BB, iOS and Android device! :p

But if the Android device gives me green pictures whenever I take it with the flash, that isn't very favourable, right? :(
[HTC One X] Elemental_Fire:
I already posted a solution to this somewhere :D

When you take a picture with flash, turn the white balance to "Shade" or "Sunlight" or "Sunny" whichever your One X has, the picture before you take it will look yellow, but once you actually take the picture and the flash kicks in, it will come out very balanced :)
[HTC One X] LeonF:
I tried that. Doesn't work. It comes out yellowish green. :(
[HTC One X] Neo3369:
I realize a similar question was asked before on this thread, but didn't quite get the answer to my question from it. So I'm using CM10, and found the stock app is way better. HDR, Multi shot and so on are all missing in CM10 (as expected). But what I wanted to know is how much of the HOX's Imagesense processing and functionality am I missing out on by using a custom ROM? Does CM bypass Imagesense, or is some of the awesomeness still harnessed by the ROM? Purely in terms of picture processing and quality. I can just about live with the fact that I've sacrificed Sense's neat UI and features, but using CM would need a serious rethink if the Imagesense chip was just rotting away unused in my phone! Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
[HTC One X] PhoenixFx:
I’m not quite sure if the image sense chip is used by CM10; my guess : probably not. I think the more important question is whether or not the quality as good as with sense ?. As far as quality and general usability goes the CM10 camera sucks!

This is more of a rant/my experience than a useful post:

I was on CM10 for few weeks, till I took my phone on a trip. I normally don’t use my phone much for photos (because all my previous phones had disappointing cameras), but this time I thought I might as well give it a try because I was impressed with the quality (on stock HTC ROM). I took a decent amount of photos under various lighting conditions when I first bought the phone and they all came out pretty well. However I took only couple of our door photos after upgrading to CM10, just to check the camera and they came out alright so I thought everything will be ok. But I was terribly mistaken.

During my trip I tried to use the camera but it kept on crashing every 3 or 4 photos, producing messed up photos (restarted the phone few times and the camera app many times but didn't help much). Exposure settings were way off, and I couldn’t even find a manual exposure control!!. Even my friend’s 2 year old Nexus S with its inferior 5MP camera took better photos!. I was so pissed off that day I immediately flashed to a sense ROM the first thing I got back, didn't even bother searching for a fix.

JB is cool, but given its subpar battery life, terrible camera performance and various other minor issues, moving from sense ICS to CM10 JB is more of a downgrade for now, but hopefully things will get better over time.

End rant
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
instead of sunny white balance use fluorescent
[HTC One X] jamiee6610:
Ok so i have started to notice that the stock camera has issues, these issues im guessing though are affecting any camera based app i use? So im guessing it must be driver based?

Photos seem under exposed and oversaturated in anything but near perfect light!

I have played with the settings and accepted the htc camera issue we now see with 2in 5 chance of focusing at close range, but this is grating me!

Now i have not changed anything on my phone (for once), so its stock rom etc.

What i wanted to know is how could i go about trying to sort this? Do you think reinstalling amera apk would make a difference?

And what would be the correct steps?

Thanks in advance- J
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/10/htc-one-x-android-4-0-4-update/

note the camera white balance enhancements, they've probably noticed it isn't right and fixed it. until we're on this version i guess we just have to play with the settings manually to compensate for the colours
[HTC One X] darkmac:
Same issue here. HOX has a red tint in any photo i take. Also if i set saturation to minimum (-2) the display is all green or blue depending on how much light i have in the room. Also when i`m outdoor the display is white-black as it should be when the saturation is minimum.

Is this a hardware (sensor) issue or maybe an update will solve the problem???
[HTC One X] hansie17:
Yes, this sounds familiar. Good question! Before any update, what are the best settings for dealing with this over-saturation. I find saturation -1 not satisfactory: it is too unsaturated, I would say. Any tips for good standard settings (in most cases ok settings)?
[HTC One X] The-Last-Hylian:
Hi all,

I've just ported over to Paranoid Android (Jelly Bean Goodness!) from ARHD 9.1, I really miss the Sense Camera, is there anyway we can get access to that on a non-sense ROM?

If not I'll have to put up with it until ARHD gets JB!
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
I highly doubt it is hardware. It's just the software not configured quite perfectly yet for the sensor in question.

wait for the update, or check out the camera mod if you're rooted - i don't know if the camera mod has any tweaks for these settings but its worth checking it out.

personally i sometimes take saturation to -1 and imo looks ok after that. i leave everything on default. i'm definitely not a photographer, one x is actually the best camera i've owned haha.
[HTC One X] dakine:
I got the update and my camera still has the same horrible saturation and white balance. HTC fixed everything else i don't know why they didn't fix this as the camera is supposed to be a major selling point for the HOX. Saturation -1 is better but a bit too desaturated. The difference between 0 and -1 is huge.
[HTC One X] hansie17:
Agree!
[HTC One X] treebill:
Different framework, if you want sense camera gotta use a sense ROM.
[HTC One X] gf7800:
Macro is very odd on One X

can't focus closer then 10 cm (4")

A very old SE K750 can do better in macro mode

Thanks.
[HTC One X] zuadao:
Mine can do better...
[HTC One X] FOR_CHAN:
Vey nicely put together video. Many thanks.
[HTC One X] knobbyhtccruise:
Nice

Here's a quickie taken from the car today ... Used the glimmer effect
[HTC One X] discokid:
Hi All, using a CM10 rom here and have the Burst mode set to the Volume Keys - however when I press a volume key it just takes a single shot, not burst. Any ideas how to take a burst of shots??

Thanks.
[HTC One X] rogueblade:
So is there any guide out there that advises changes to the default settings for ISO, white balance, saturation etc?
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Question:

My HTC One X isn't focusing when things are too close. It is suppose to since I've seen pictures of other HOX's which focus. I'm gonna show you an example later on but anyone? any ideas?
[HTC One X] easy_ci:
For close objects you have to select the close-shot mode in settings (the mode with the flower... dont know the english translation) :D

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] kryptoner:
Macro mode

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[HTC One X] easy_ci:
Okay, same in german :)

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[HTC One X] daniele610:
There is a mod To enchance performance of stock aosp camera? I tryied cyano 10 But i come Back To Sense because i dont like stock Android camera :(
[HTC One X] kryptoner:
Use the camera mod, or just use some custom Rom which has it

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] daniele610:
Camera mod for cyano 10?Can give me a link?
[HTC One X] tomascus:
Opps accidently thanked you

Anyway, only reason I use sense is for the camera. Don't see any camera mods for cm10

Sent from my cardboard box
[HTC One X] daniele610:
uff...i like 16:9 photos...
[HTC One X] abejoker:
I got it. But it isn't really working.
[HTC One X] mannysroot:
Hi

Can someone tell me how to get the HQ Camera version? I am using the insertcoin rom

Thanks

Manny
[HTC One X] celticking:
The sense camera is the only reason sense is better than cm10. Wish it could be ported.