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[One (M7) General] Riyal:
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Pointing to anything black would replicate these issues on our phone. Also this isn't a exposure issue as no matter what settings we make the problem persists. And this isn't also a shutter speed issue since from the viewfinder alone the issue is already there. This is either caused by the imagesense or sensor issue or whoever handles the color reproduction.
[One (M7) General] erik111111:
I have a bunch of pictures taken with the One here: View my HTC One Pix
[One (M7) General] Huey85:
Taken with HDR mode enabled and filter effects via Aviary.
[One (M7) General] opher50:
Took my HTC One for a ride yesterday, took plenty of photos, most of them were brilliant (even after transfering them to a PC screen) think it is a great camera, if i would like to zoom i would have brought a Point and shoot camer instead of a camera phone, but as for quallity on this thing, it was great :)
[One (M7) General] Florin82:
Some pictures i took today. Beggining to like more and more this camera.
[One (M7) General] Florin82:
An some more.
[One (M7) General] nickmgray:
Here's one I captured yesterday. HDR during early evening with sun directly behind the leaf.
[One (M7) General] erik111111:
I agree, the more you use it the more you understand how to get good result! :good:
[One (M7) General] dev_up_10:
Nice pics
[One (M7) General] ohlongjohnson:
im pretty pleased with the cam
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
Fantastic capture! This is what it's all about :) The bokeh is on par with photos taken with a "real" camera. And great details, not sure what people are complaining about ;)

Excellent processing. Green is my second favorite color ;P

Here's another I took a few days ago. Processed with Snapseed.
[One (M7) General] EnIXmA:
Bar b q wings and chocolate lava cake.

Loving the camera
[One (M7) General] ohlongjohnson:
one more, highlights blown out on purpose ;)

btw... attaching pictures reduces the quality of the pictures.is the forum-software doing some rescaling or reprocessing?

edit: i just compared the orignal with the uploaded one and the upload is bloody awful
[One (M7) General] erik111111:
That's cool!
[One (M7) General] nashshafrulrezza:
One of the pic from my trip to Singapore.

This cam is wonderful.
[One (M7) General] filflame:
Hey, I can see some vertical lines, is that normal?
[One (M7) General] ganucci:
Few more photos....
[One (M7) General] chmun77:
Marina Bay Sand - Garden by the bay Singapore

Went for some night shots last week.... Here're some of the scenes taken. No editing was done.

I do noticed that noise level can be pretty high when the places are near pitch black. Hope things will be better after the upcoming update from HTC. However, the amount of light that the camera can absorb is amazing!
[One (M7) General] jetjay:
I saw most of you using sharpness -1,I was wondering why?I think we lost a lot of details by doing this especially on nearfield textures.

Sharpness -2 looks like we put something translucent above the lens,or using google camera stock without image processing.

I tried to take few pictures using these settings but always come back at sharpness 0 (sharpness +1 and +2 are useless for me)

I found a lot of beautiful pictures on this thread,but I'm still looking for the ultimate settings for everyday use.if somebody could help me with some tips.
[One (M7) General] filflame:
try iso 100, contrast -1, and all 0..

I guess that details won't change even if updates will come out.. 4UP is like 4MP.. the only advantage is that we have a larger aperture so that more light could get in, but there's so much noise and details are not enough.. Too much noise even at ISO 100. Through post processing, its possible to get decent photos that we could upload online. But the bigger the screen, the uglier it gets IMHO.. I tried to denoise some pictures that I took, but the subject will fade as well..

It failed me and my expectations.. My previous phone (iphone5), was way better even indoors..

I hope that a software update could at least eliminate the noise.. about detail, we'll see
[One (M7) General] jetjay:
Details are ok for me at sharpness 0,I was just wondering why most of peoples on this thread recommend using sharpness -1 or -2.I tried these settings but never gave me enough satisfaction.

Sharpness -2 show you that we're really in front of a 4 mpx sensor,but it show also how good is the post processing of the One when you compare with default settings.

I'm really happy with the One and impressed by the pictures quality,I came from a One X 8mpx sensor and was really afraid of Ultrapixels,but the brightness quality,contrast,larger aperture,fast shutter speed and fast uploading to the internet are everything I was looking for.

By the way,I'll try to put contrast -1 as you suggest,thanks for your help.I'll try ISO 100 later,too cloudy in Paris right now.......

Here are some photos taking with default settings

Some ZOE shots:
[One (M7) General] filflame:
Great pictures mate! I love them! just too sharp for me, but that could be processed. If we could only eliminate that noise around the subject, like a much smoother bokeh perhaps.. that would be much better :)

Great exposure and contrast. Whites are a little burned out, but I can't blame our f2.0.

What settings are you using right now?

With Snap Camera HDR, it won't focus right, so i've just uninstalled it. Stock + tweaks is still the best option
[One (M7) General] Huey85:
[MENTION=4295009]jetjay[/MENTION] holy cow those are some extremely epic shots! the colour reproduction and clarify/sharpness looks pretty bang on to me! glad to see that not everyone is baggin' on the camera and enjoying it instead!
[One (M7) General] jetjay:
Thank you,these pictures were taken with default settings,full auto.I'll try to decrease contrast maybe.If you have some tips,it will be helpful.:good:

Thank you very much,I appreciate.I'm still learning to master every function of this awesome camera
[One (M7) General] Fille84:
Thats some pretty awesome photos I have to say.

By the way I transfered my pictures to my mediaplayer and watched them on a 32" full HD TV, and they looked great. The details were good, even better than when I looked on them on my computer. So the talk about "only a social network camera" is completely b****.
[One (M7) General] filflame:
To avoid overexposed pictures, or blownout highlights, just zoom on the brightest part of the pictures, and vice versa.

I tried to tilt my One while focusin and, I've noticed that its adjusting the white balance. Another thing to try is to "tap to focus", as you'll have more time to stay still and wait for the picture to be taken.

A very promissing camera if updates will come out. But right now, It's on us on how to maximize its capabilities.
[One (M7) General] MrFEr:
Saturday night, Budapest, Hungary.
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
I think they only look "too sharp" because of the auto-resize done by xda. If you open them in a new tab and view at full size, they look fine.

Nice photos. HDR is your friend when you're shooting photos with no/minimal movement.
[One (M7) General] aussiesausage:
I took a awesome shot of a hermit crab.
[One (M7) General] skwieradee:
Night mode that look pretty bad on pc

also one picture I really like edited with aviary
[One (M7) General] Blue1k:
Prism Sky.

Never seen this before.

Prism Sky by Blue1k, on Flickr

Black and White Portrait.

Still think the One is the best phone I have tested for portraits.

Brie Portriat by Blue1k, on Flickr
[One (M7) General] hunkumar:
Hey guys I've started having problems regarding macro and night mode like this one. Is my lens dirty,if yes then how to clean it
[One (M7) General] deadman3000:
I have to say it guys. It's not too bad a camera for a phone but in this instance I'd say it would have been better at about 8-10mp. Luckily I tend to carry my Canon Powershot S90 around with me most of the time but this is OK for emergencies I guess. A few decent shots here but they are resized small to look any good. As soon as you blowup to any sizes worth printing on anything larger than standard photo sizes they start to look ugly (pixel peeper here).

I will try to get some good shots out of it if I can and post examples. Meanwhile my flickr is at flicker.com/photos/darrin which is where I host my dSLR and compact camera shots.
[One (M7) General] Riyal:
Welcome to the group of HTC One owners with broken sensors.

You're not the only one getting this issue.
[One (M7) General] c0rp1:
Is this 100% a broken sensor and if not, can it be fixed with a software update?

And btw ... how does that sensor break in the first place ?
[One (M7) General] ilogik:
NY
[One (M7) General] Huey85:
Incredible photo!
[One (M7) General] Corduroy-21:
I look at some of your photos and I find them incredible.

However my efforts seem not even average.

Especially when you say that the photos are taken at auto.

I found out that my pictures are a bit dull, not too much colour and not good detail. So much that I started doubting if my camera is OK. Auto-enhance improves them a lot and I read about the sharpness and contrast adjustments and I will try them, but are there any other tips you could tell me?

Things you do or settings you use.
[One (M7) General] hunkumar:
now i tried factory reset still the issue is not fixed.:crying: can it be solved by installing a custom rom or hard reset.:confused:

the problem is not visible in well lit conditions but whenever the light gets dim or go dark then the whole camera viewfinder gets full of purple smudges
[One (M7) General] :
High Dynamic Duck
[One (M7) General] Blue1k:
Not sure if you are adressing me but I can give a few tips:

Camera Tips

1. Use rule of thirds

2. Wait for good light. Late in the day is best.

3. Try to underexpose in strong daylight if light is harsh

4. Set camera to shoot auto with -1 sharpness. The cam software over sharpens images.

5. Never use flash on a mobile unless you realky have to (exception is a xenon flash like in Nokia 808).

6. Look for interesting backgrounds to compliment what you are focussing on.

7. Take a ton of photos. 95% of my shots are garbage.

8. If light is crap take photos in black and white or edit in snapseed afterwards.

Editing

1. If you take a photo in low light try to remove noise with a filter. I use imagenomic pro.

2. Snapseed is an excellent free app that manages photo editing well. I usually reduce contrast and saturation slightly in portraits along with maybe a slight increase or decrease in brightness or ambiance. For scenery increasing ambiance and decreasing brightness usually helps along with structure in details setting. For face shots or late in day shots I usually increase white balance in snapseed as well.

3. Best settings to alter in Photoshop are simple: brightness, contrast, white balance, and sharpen using unsharp mask.

4. For portraits I highly recommend Perfectly Clear for android. It's exceptional at making a portrait stand out. Snapseed is better for scenery.

Other than that, just practice shooting. Most photos just won't turn out but there are a few that will just be fantastic.
[One (M7) General] Corduroy-21:
I was addressing everyone that posts nice photos and you are one of them.

First of all thanks for you time to reply to me.

The thing is I know some basic things about photo editing, Photoshop etc and some of the general guidelines, but I see here some pics that people say are just taken at "auto" and with no editing and they look very nice compared to mine. My "raw" pics are a bit dull with washed colors. So either the majority of people here are enhancing/editing theirs or I'm thinking that I'm really bad (although I take decent photos with my DSLR) or maybe that I have a "bad" camera.

I would like to see some original photos from the rest 95% of yours (tip 7) so I could get some courage. :)

I have to say that only by using Auto Enhance there is an important difference to my photos, I suppose that furthur editing will improve them. I just want to be sure what are the "natural" abilities of the camera and what to expect, because you and some other users have really raised the standards here.

:good:
[One (M7) General] Riyal:
[MENTION=2159847]c0rp1[/MENTION]

I am sure of it because some units are ok and some are not regardless of firmware versions. I'm not sure if it can be fixed by software update so your best bet is go to HTC and Complaint so they could take action.

Regarding how does the sensor break... It's a factory defect. Probably a miscalibrated sensor.

I can't say that this issue is only on early batches as it seems existent also on some with a device that was manufactured last May.
[One (M7) General] ext109:
Damn weather here..

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for the awesome guys over at the brony thread ;)

Pony wallpapers! :D (updated 30/5)
[One (M7) General] b4kk3r:
He, nice!

Still no "tropical" weather to be seen here in Amsterdam :P
[One (M7) General] daffie:
Haha indeed :) (no thunder&lightning in The Hague...yet)
[One (M7) General] Try4Ce:
Hey guys,

I actually redid my photos in Photoshop a little.

Why did I do this? Because I wanted to recreate that post-processing feature found in the Galaxy S3 / S4. Samsung obviously applies more post processing on the taken photos right after the shutter than just sharpening them. On a close look, the taken images are really clean and dont have much noise. To me, that is not quite a RAW outcome since at 100% zoom level you always see areas in those photos which are the result of different sharpening and smoothing techniques to enhance image quality.

Since it looks quite nice, I tried to recreate that effect with photoshop, just using noise reduction and sharpening. I think the outcome is quite impressive and shows that you can still enjoy your photos very well in comparision to the competition.

That said, due to those techniques images loose a bit of detail, especially at low light where the noise covers pretty much of the captured detail whereas removing or smoothing the noise will result in lost details as well. So even if the overall impression gets better, it always has that downside.

But look for yourself, I for one am pretty much pleased with the results.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/106524614310694437499/albums/5890774846391362161
[One (M7) General] jetjay:
Very beautiful pictures,wooooowww,I'm really impressed!!!!!! Could you tell me what are your sharpening parameters in Photoshop touch?On your originals pictures(untouched),you didn't change sharpness,was it still at level 0?
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
Lighting capture on a smartphone. Impressive :)
[One (M7) General] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
I'm pretty sure he was probably using the desktop version of photoshop which makes a big difference. Not the few dollar touch version for phones and tablets.
[One (M7) General] jetjay:
I think you're right,I tried and never got this quality.
[One (M7) General] Marcel0697:
Seems like,...
[One (M7) General] memazy:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20165242/one/2013-06-09 19.57.28.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20165242/one/2013-06-11 08.42.07.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20165242/one/2013-06-11 08.42.13.jpg
[One (M7) General] rzgomba:
Sunset....

Same picture but with HDR

Sent from my HTC One using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
A case of knowing when to underexpose. Non-HDR shot is much better imho.
[One (M7) General] Fidelcastrol:
ZOE FTW :laugh:
[One (M7) General] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
I think I sort of agree. This is why I use camera FV-5. it has exposure bracketing so I can do HDR later in photoshop and get a much better result. Though I think with the second one you can definitely can a better result if it were to be edited afterwards so detail could be recovered in the sky. Of course not everyone has photoshop though.
[One (M7) General] mwatson:
Look at the bottom corners on the 1st pic. Horrible! mine does that too.
[One (M7) General] AllAboutTheCore:
That's BS, I had an iPhone 5 and they are terrible for noise on indoor shots and night shots. I've taken shots with my One that piss all over the iPhone 5 1's I'd taken. If you can't take pictures correctly there's no point blaming the phone ... Examples on this thread alone more than make your point mute ... Oh BTW, the resolution of the images are way higher than a 1080p TV so unless you have an 80" TV then I don't get how your pictures look so bad? Mine look perfect on my TV, IMO.

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[One (M7) General] grndc2gsr:
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[One (M7) General] Valdeck:
Here are a few from the other day...

and

Both were adjusted with a fake center of focus but other wise straight from the auto button (with a few changes to the sharpness level on the phone)
[One (M7) General] a box of kittens:


Someone who isn't me took this photo in san Francisco California...just uploading it for them..some good cali girl scout cookies strain of weed I love the camera
[One (M7) General] EnIXmA:
Dinner time
[One (M7) General] genecor:
Just a couple from my One. first 2 are pretty much straight from the phone, only added a slight vignette & maybe a slight exposure tweak.
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
No portrait-mode please... You're wasting precious pixels.
[One (M7) General] snowwhite007:
Some from the week away
[One (M7) General] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
Uh what? That doesn't make any sense. They are still the same resolution portrait or landscape.
[One (M7) General] genecor:
I'm sorry, You're not makng any sense here... Pixels are pixels... They work the same no matter how u orientate the phone.
[One (M7) General] VictorC:
My best shot so far...
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
9x16 portrait photos are very very tall. There will be a lot of empty spaces at the top and bottom of the photos. To make the photos look better, you should crop. Hence wasted pixels.
[One (M7) General] xXxG0dzRAgexXx:
Yeah they are tall but there isn't empty space. Maybe it doesn't have much content depending on what your taking a picture of but if the focus of your image is taller, taking a picture in portrait is better. Maybe you can capture more of your subject in portrait than in landscape? It just depends on the situation.
[One (M7) General] Jose Viegas:
Here's one from today's moon shooting session
[One (M7) General] Xstop:
nice
[One (M7) General] stirkac:
Just random fist attempts with my new One
[One (M7) General] townay:
1st pic - iso100, +2ev, no flash

2nd pic - iso100, +2ev, with flash. ffff
[One (M7) General] thesparky007:
Machu picchu, peru

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] rollsrd:
Here are a few :)
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
You're right, of course. Sometimes you do capture more details with at 9x16. I was just generally speaking since I do see quite a few photos in portrait mode that offer nothing at the top and bottom, and from a "photographer" pov, they would benefit from a 2x3 (or even 3x4) crop (hence wasting pixels).
[One (M7) General] iLaurens:
Some great pictures here, I definitely feel like my camera is inferior. Especially indoors I'm not satisfied, but I try to imagine that it would be only worse with the sgs4 indoors.
[One (M7) General] wil123:
Wow great picture !
[One (M7) General] BlackS0ull:
snow white :)
[One (M7) General] PapaRhino:
I like this camera :)
[One (M7) General] ilijan:
try to turn on in camera options - shutter option - touch to capture...

and hold your finnger on the desired objects on the screen 2 - 3 second...

it say - AE and AF is locked...

takened picture is a lot sharper for me!

when i use the camera capture button always move a litle bit whit the phone and the objects is blurly...
[One (M7) General] chmun77:
Is there a AE / AF message??
[One (M7) General] ilijan:
its a future of 4.2.2 custom rom... not work on 4.1.2
[One (M7) General] john291:
Some pictures of my holiday....
[One (M7) General] Corduroy-21:
Excellent pics. Settings? Editing?

And most importantly, where are these pics from? It looks like Greece or Italy.
[One (M7) General] john291:
The settings were al on standard...

It was indeed Greece on the Island skopolos....;)
[One (M7) General] Fille84:
I think the most important question is how the hell is dared being that close to the thing in the last pic :)
[One (M7) General] john291:
lol:D

We were walking in the Woods over there and there were an insane amount off these spiders over there...

We needed to duck everytime for the spider webs lol:)
[One (M7) General] mwatson:
And why don't my pics come out looking like this?
[One (M7) General] Corduroy-21:
I hope you had a nice time, it's a nice island. Haven't been there for more than 10 years (although I live relatively near).

Just a couple of my macro shots, I hope you like them (the only one edited is the one with the flowers):
[One (M7) General] john291:
We had a great time..

Its indeed a beautifull Island..

Great macro shots by the way..
[One (M7) General] rzgomba:
A little beer...

Sent from my HTC One using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[One (M7) General] Sonic7:
Looks pretty good i guess ;)

Gesendet von meinem HTC One mit Tapatalk 4 Beta
[One (M7) General] Itaintrite:
Gorgeous view, Sonic7!

I'm stuck in NYC ;p
[One (M7) General] valecc:
Does anyone have a same problem like me?

Most of the picture are BLUR on the right side of the picture. Just the one ihave taken from the quite far distance... Viz photo
[One (M7) General] opher50:
Seems to be a defect piece, you might wanna go and switch it to a new phone!
[One (M7) General] dioggo92:
When you take the picture hold still for a second after the shot, it helps to me...
[One (M7) General] anekin007:
Wow so many photographers here. I cant seem to get a decent shot that I like. Looking at everyone's photos just make mine look like sh*t.
[One (M7) General] alanchai:
Nope..
[One (M7) General] zimilaci:
Normal Macro no edit.
[One (M7) General] bubigrega:
This summer for now...
[One (M7) General] olafsand:
Saaremaa, Estonia :)
[One (M7) General] UCFour:
haha same feeling :D
[One (M7) General] john291:
cool one shot looks like Meteora in Greece where i have been two years ago....:D
[One (M7) General] Rayskull:
Here are mine, all pictures taken with auto settings (iso and other stuff)

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/atn6zt2zp9t4otx/Jm5xrtKCvm
[One (M7) General] bubigrega:
It is Meteora :)
[One (M7) General] nashshafrulrezza:
Stock GE rom with stock enhancer.
[One (M7) General] emmegi:
Hi people, this is my contribute from North-West Italy:

One pic taked in indoor, and 1 in outdoor (on my garden):

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[One (M7) General] nicolaschan:
Taken in Hong Kong.

No photo editing was done.
[One (M7) General] skwieradee:
Guys, when they say this phone takes great picture in low light they mean using flash or without flash? Below picture was taken in room on daytime with roller blinds on window, all auto no flash. It is out of focus but i tried to be steady as much as i could, lots of noise, imo very bad quality. Any thoughts?
[One (M7) General] Tuborg68:
The terror!

Taken w all stock settings.

Skickat från min HTC One via Tapatalk 2
[One (M7) General] Corduroy-21:
Without flash.

It is not extremely bad, but yes it's not good either.

Maybe it is out of focus because of the bars?

You should try another one with the same conditions and maybe from above or try to be sure you focus on the baby.
[One (M7) General] stirkac:
You should always tap to focus in low light, try to focus on high contrast areas like baby's ear and like Corduroy-21 said, you should not take a picture through bars, because it confuses AF. In even darker areas use night mode because it has slower shutter... but in your case, this isn't neccessary.
[One (M7) General] chocmatic:
Seattle
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
How do we tap to focus? I mean when I tap it changes the lightening of photo if you know what I mean.
[One (M7) General] Blue1k:
I like how this turned out.

HDR shot in brighter sunlight. Edited with snapseed. :good:

Classic Muscle Car by Blue1k, on Flickr