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[Nexus 5 General] crawlgsx:
While your points are valid, the camera is 100% useless and the worst I have ever owned due to being super slow to focus and snap, and hence capturing moving objects to be near impossible for me. I don't take pictures very often thankfully, but unfortunately for me when I do it is usually while out on my bike or of animals/nieces+nephews/etc.. and this camera has frustrated me to no end trying to capture a good picture of anything moving.
[Nexus 5 General] dispatch:
First, in every picture comparison in the OP I think the N5 picture is the worst.

Second, in my experience with my N5 the camera is absolutely terrible. Just an abomination. Especially in low light. I have never wanted to throw my phone before because of a ****ty picture taking experience but the N5 makes me want to do so.

I do believe google (although I shouldn't) when they say they're working on a software fix, but for now, nothing you've said or demonstrated has come even close to changing my opinion of this camera implementation.

Yuuuuup.
[Nexus 5 General] ggreenwood334:
In my every day use. I believe the N5 is under rated. I. No photographer, so I'm pretty happy with what I get. But focusing is pretty bad. Lol.
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
I think you have just exaggerated that massively, the low light is exceptional for a phone, most go blurry, distorted and poorly colored in low light as the nexus 5 still produces a good image. Your looking from the wrong angle.

In HDR mode the nexus produces near reference style image, which is the best kind giving you options for editing in post. Many photographers including myself like to go with the 'Shoot to the right' saying as it gives you very plane detailed images which is perfect for post editing. The nexus 5 is a brilliant camera, I think the problem is that people just don't know how to use the images it produces, like someone who has no idea how to use RAW in professional photography will claim that JPEG is better.

People need to see the light.
[Nexus 5 General] AndreaCristiano:
I agree 100%!

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] pepdavies:
I haven't taken any good shots with my N5. Even when my children stand still they are blurry. It's OK with completely static subjects, otherwise don't bother

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] crawlgsx:
So... what you are saying is that a cell phone camera, the ones used by average Joe, should be rated on how it takes pictures for a photo editor and only in perfect conditions or low light, and not for pictures you may want to just take of your family or to upload for sharing (like an average person would use it)?

Makes sense... (no, no it does not)

Your also still ignoring the shutter/snap time which makes pictures of anything even remotely moving awful.
[Nexus 5 General] red12355:
The title of this thread is so bad. "Best camera phone I'll ever own"? So the Nexus phones I get next year, the year after that, and 5-10 years from now are all going to be worse than the Nexus 5? :eek:

C'mon, use your brain.
[Nexus 5 General] alen1901:
Well, when there is so massive coding done (Samsung) to add bloat of features to camera app, they surely wont stop on that, their software and camera are coded to work better together with its codes. For example, why didnt google officialy bump some hidden camera options to better quality, like that mod thats here on forums. Samsung does that, bumps all the way up, sure, some things are lower because of hardware/software limitations. Focus problem is surely just a software problem, and google will deffinetly release an update, people just need to calm down and wait. But you cant judge a PHONE like its a CAMERA, period. And people just complain too much.

Sent from Pure Nexus⁴
[Nexus 5 General] dispatch:
I'm still not convinced you're not trolling XDA (I'm viewing it wrong? OK Mr. Jobs), and furthermore a 'pro' photographer isn't going to touch a Nexus 5. If I even half believed you at this point I'd upload the low light pictures I've taken. They're blurry, dark, and just plain bad. I use an iPhone in the same context, they look good.

If I can't use the image taken by my phone, on my phone, immediately after 'exposure' then the camera is not good. Period. That's the case with 50% of my N5 shots. I'm not trying to convince YOU it's bad, but don't sit here and tell me the camera is great when it takes ****tier shots than any other camera phone I've used in the last 2 years.
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
Trying to get an even remotely in focus shot of my toddler is near impossible. I really hope shutter speed can be upped with a software update because still objects can look really good, so there's potential.
[Nexus 5 General] walie:
Not a single "photographer" will ever use the words "HDR" and "reference" in the same sentence.

Time to start digging up Brah
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
No, because if you actually watched the video about the new photo editing features in android you would see its aimed at EVERYONE, not the pros. Pros probably wouldn't use a nexus 5 and would still choose photoshop.

You make a good point!

How are you people using your cameras? Whilst doing jumping jacks? Ive had none of these problems, I think your using it wrong.

Turn auto awesome on.. and use HDR+... makes a massive difference. Not just that, but you can take brilliant photos with the nexus 5.. Not with the stock camera app though.. Have a look on the play store.

You clearly know nothing about photography then...
[Nexus 5 General] Lockeskidney:
does anyone know of any 3rd party apps that are working 100% on the device yet? it seems all of them are broken
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
Please show me some decent photos of moving subjects and I'll start to believe your claims.
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
http://imgur.com/a/99ah3

Several images i've taken with moving subjects at the link above, from confetti to fireworks to a crowd jumping around at a gig..
[Nexus 5 General] stuart0001:
More specifically, try getting a closer shot of someone moving. Eg a running toddler. You've got little to no chance.
[Nexus 5 General] RedBlueGreen:
Hate threads like these... trying to force people into thinking something is the best or better by providing a wall of text with a few pictures.

I love the Nexus 5.. wouldn't trade it for any other phone. It doesn't have the best camera though.
[Nexus 5 General] beall49:
The device is great, the camera is not. I'm not sure if it's the software or hardware...hoping for the former. The focus is not good...never seen a phone this bad at focusing before.
[Nexus 5 General] Oli1122:
I still think your doing something wrong.. Ive had no problems taking photos of my dog. :/

Im not trying to convince anyone of anything, this is my opinion backed up with facts, like I said before if you don't like it then you don't have to.

The focus is a problem, im sure it will be fixed soon
[Nexus 5 General] Dhruvski:
I bought these:

Go to the photojojo website and look at the Android lens kit for $79. I bought them :).

I read a review on Ausdroid and they work with the Nexus 5 magnet around the lens as the magnetic polarisation is the correct way i.e. North/South pole. I haven't got them yet but will update when I do which is 2-4 weeks away since it's shipping to Australia.
[Nexus 5 General] starnostar:
Coming from an S4, I actually prefer the camera on this phone (nexus 5)... I'm no professional photographer, but the images this phone produces just look better to me, and I end up with a lot less blurry photos (due to the stabilization). I can deal with the shutter lag until it gets fixed, from my perspective, I would rather wait an extra second that take a bunch of crappy photos.

I'm not saying this camera is better than that camera, I just like what this camera produces over the S4 I had previously.
[Nexus 5 General] TheLastSidekick:
Try the Moto X binaries patch for dalvik in General.

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[Nexus 5 General] skw5115:
The only issue I have with the camera is the focus however overall I am pleased with the camera on my nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] DaanJordaan:
Photojojo lenses

Just an FYI the photojojo lenses come in different variations.

The poles are different and there is no way to guarantee they'll work.

I got a pair which did not work. The customer service said they could not guarantee me anything.

Now I know it's annoying to post in bold but this is important!!!

The magnets inside the lenses will interfere with the OIS!

I've tested it using the metal adhesive rings they supply

Don't be fooled! They do not work properly with the N5!!!
[Nexus 5 General] tyrellcorpnexus:
Thanks so much, loving this!
[Nexus 5 General] Manbot27:
These sensationalist threads are always hilarious. You can like the phone without exaggerating it's features. Great phone for the price, top of the line performance specs, battery is ok, camera is okay but no where near other phone's cameras. To say it's the best camera phone I'll ever own or even in the top 10 phone cameras currently is just a flat out lie.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
After the update the camera is definately better than s4 and i5s, it was already better than htc one's ****ty camera..
[Nexus 5 General] scgf:
I have a Nokia Lumia 1020 as well as a Nexus 5. I enjoy taking pics with my phone. The negative reports of the Nexus 5 camera put me off buying it, but given the price I thought I'd give it a go.

IMO what matters is the pics you get from the camera. However good the Lumia 1020 camera is, I am getting pics which please me more than I got from my Lumia 1020. I am not into manually setting things like shutter speed, ISO, EV etc., I just want to take a pic and get a nice result. The Nexus 5 delivers. I have taken side-by-side shots with my Lumia nad the Nexus 5 is always as good and often better. I have yet to see a better result on the Lumia.

I accept that once you start to crop or use digital zoom, or examine pixels close up the Lumia is going to win, but its photos have always been very disappointing - it just doesn't live up to the hype.
[Nexus 5 General] lukesan:
Sorry to say but the N5 to me, and I stress that 'me', is one of the worst cameraphones I ever owned.

Ok, I've owned like 10 different smartphones in the last 4 years, but the optical stabilisation is a joke to me.

It gives the video a wobbly effect, the same like when you stabilize a video with software.

The N5 is useless as a dashcam in the car.

I have a HR mount which mounts it on the air vents. To use it to shoot a video is laughable and the photo's you shoot while the engine is on, not even driving is just bad. The attached photo shows more than the words I type. You can cleary see that all of a sudden, probably because of vibrations my dashboard is warped and the picture is completely out of focus in the middle.

I have a dashcam video somewhere but I'm not even going to bother to upload it since it is that bad.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Good to hear this :)
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
You're going to call it a bad camera phone because it can't work as a dash cam?

That's just one, fairly rare usage scenario. Its also the least of the N5's worries when it comes to recording videos at this time. Dark videos, audio hiss, and lack of software support for standard features (slow mo, etc.) would have to take the cake there.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
I really love the camera.. The slow cam speed actually doesn't matter me.. Because if I'm getting a great photo, its worth the wait.. And I have lots and lots of time while clicking photos.. The camera is really great on the nexus..
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
using the volume keys, you get off very quick shots. you can shoot off a bunch of very fast shots in a row.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Yes but I use hdr+ all the time
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
only? i use hdr+ often, but not all the time. try catching flying birds close up in hdr+, it can be done, but its not easy :p
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Haha.. I don't capture flying birds.. But yes sometimes I use normal mode with - 1 exposure..
[Nexus 5 General] lukesan:
Well I bought it to replace my S3 which also served as a dashcam during driving. This makes it a bad replacement for me.

That issue is hardware related and can't be fixed.

The hiss, noise gate, dark video etc are software issues. I am also on the google newsgroups. I do not see any reply from google about that to the never ending row of people complaining about that. To be honest can't blame the Apple fanboys for switching back although I am an Android fanboy and will never go to Apple.

I'm probably going to sell the N5 and get the Note 3 also for the slow motion, burst camera (8 year old boy in the house) etc
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
An update is on its way.. A new camera app is in development.. With tons of improvements and features
[Nexus 5 General] gtg465x:
I love the Nexus 5 camera. Best phone camera I've owned since I had an iPhone 5. Certainly much better than the Nexus 4, HTC One, and Moto X I owned in between. My wife still owns an iPhone 5 and in many cases, but not all, the photos my Nexus 5 takes are better. I went hiking with some friends today and it even took better pictures than a friend's iPhone 5S. Yeah, the camera app sucks, and it's a little slow to take shots, but the end result is what's most important to me and it delivers there.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Exactly
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
Waaaaaay better than HTC One m7... My lady still has that pos and I hate the camera. She refuses to use it herself.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Nexus 5 outperformed note 3's camera.. After this i don't think u ppl need any proof of nexus 5 having a great camera..
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
Did not manage to replicate these ANYWHERE near as nicely on my Note 3. The new camera update blows everything else away at this point in time.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
So u agree its better than note 3?
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
WAY better.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Can u post some side my side comparisons?
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
I might later if I'm free and I remember. The Nexus 5 gives sharper edges and better colours compared to the Note 3. Then again the Nexus 5 has HDR+ and optical image stabilization vs the Note 3 having a horrible normal HDR mode which blurs really easily on the slightest bit of movement and only has software stabilization. The only advantage of the Note 3 regarding the camera is that the Note 3 takes pictures faster than on the Nexus 5 on non HDR+/HDR mode and has a higher megapixel count. The Nexus 5 STILL takes better pictures even so.

Would always prefer the Nexus 5's camera over the one in the Note 3.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Ok thanks you :)
[Nexus 5 General] onthecouchagain:
Using the new Lens Blur feature.

My doge:
[Nexus 5 General] Remoteconcern:
Such blur

what picture

wow
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
[MENTION=2842883]onthecouchagain[/MENTION]

Awesome clicks! Which breed is it? :)
[Nexus 5 General] onthecouchagain:
Thanks. Shiba Inu.
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
First two images show how bad the HDR is on the Note 3 compared to HDR+ on the Nexus 5. The other two are both with all default settings, if you zoom in the Nexus 5 has better colours and less noise on darker colours (e.g. shadows). Couldn't really do any better comparisons since it's dark already. Right click > View Image to see the full image.

Nexus 5:

Note 3:

Nexus 5:

Note 3 (I don't know why this went sideways on xda but the image isn't that way):
[Nexus 5 General] eshopper:
Macro shots!

Not able to take macro shots ie objects that are really close to the camera.. earlier it worked fine..:confused:
[Nexus 5 General] androidkid311:
It isn't the best. Not with the red patch that shows up.
[Nexus 5 General] lukesan:
THX for these! Is it possible to upload some scenery pics? And, pushing it, some 1080P video, just outside shaking the camera a bit?

You can pm me if you don't want to show them publicly.

Reason why I am asking is that I am about to throw my Nexus 5 against a wall. It did an absolutely ... job in video recording my son's Easter egg hunt outside. Looking at video from the same thing last year from my S3 and I almost start to cry.
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
Will do, just have to get hold of it since I don't use it for myself on a daily basis, I prefer the nexus 5.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] lukesan:
I could say to sell it to me but you would have to drill or dig a hole and I could take it from below :)
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Thank u so much
[Nexus 5 General] jrjk:
I've read a lot of bull****, but nothing beats the OP. Best camera phone? Seriously?
[Nexus 5 General] howard bamber:
What the OP wrote in 2113 is lunacy, imo. The camera was terrible. With the recent update, this week it's now a good solid camera that we have no reason to be ashamed of whether it's NOW the best is debatable. It's like I say good solid reliable and that's good enough for me. I just need to take quick better than average pictures, which it does.

From my mobile telephony device.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
I agree.. Camera was the only complaint.. Now I'm 100% satisfied with my phone
[Nexus 5 General] andriusst:
What is the point of this thread anyway? This statement is automatically incorrect unless OP assumes the progress stops with Nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Can anyone compare it with s5.. Nexus 5 HDR + vs s5 any mode
[Nexus 5 General] :
Look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52141643
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
That's my post only in that group :p
[Nexus 5 General] nbell13:
Android Central did a comprehensive comparison yesterday. http://www.androidcentral.com/comparing-cameras-galaxy-s5-versus-nexus-5
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Yaa saw that
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Does anyone have a note 2? If yes can u do a camera comparison between note 2 and nexus 5 hdr+,I've convinced my friend for the nexus 5, camera is his concern <br />

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[General Questions and Answers] medoeng:
Thanks for anyone who can help

Thanks in advance,

Best Regards,

Medo

picture in attachment
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Lucky13oz:
OK, I seem to be having a hell of an issue with my note 2. I rooted it about a week ago and installed TWRP, a couple days ago I decided to try a new rom. It booted up and everything seed fine except that I would keep getting some type of out of service error, so I decided to try a different rom, SwampMonster. I installed it though the TWRP (obviously) and it was successful, at least so TWRP said anyways. So Upon first boot it seemed to be booting fine with the Orange circle and after about 20 seconds it stops and the screen went black. As I have seen this plenty of times before I let it sit for over five minutes. Also when the Orange circle disappeared the computer beeped to indicate that it had been disconnected. Now I can only get into recovery and kies will not connect. I also cannot access TWRP.. can anyone give my a bit of advice. I was thinking of using a rom that I can install with oden but I can only find zip file based roms. Thanks in advance. Oh also, ODIN does make a connection
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
בס"ד

So now I'm on :

Bootloader *Locked*

Android 4.3 Google Edition - RUU : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2358781

system vers: 3.07.1700.1

Cid: HTC__K18

Mid: PN0711000

And I'm willing to flash Sense 5 - 2.24.401.9 - 4.2.2 RUU. ------- which only workes with my current Cid and Mid.

Would it go smooth? I'm going from 4.3 to 4.2.2... (I'm also asking about the downgrade, but generally on the whole procces..)

Thanks :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stovie_steve:
Please post a fastboot getvar all removing s/n abd imei

Are you s-off
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
What?

Yes I'm S-Off.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Hi [MENTION=5315018]TunneIVision[/MENTION], you mean this thread??

Please post a "fastboot getvar all", ie boot into bootloader/FASTBOOT USB, open a command prompt, go to your adb folder, and type "fastboot getvar all", copy/paste the output here (remove IMEI and s/n)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Yea it is man :)

Got it. Just need to delete "s/n" . What is it? serialno?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
yes serialno. we don't need to see your IMEI and serialno
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Thanks man , I really appreciate it :)

C:\Users\user>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.18.3263.15

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 3.07.1700.1

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_u

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0711000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__K18

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3817mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-94cf81a8fd

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.078s
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
S-Off :good::good: do not change that

So you want to go back to a Sense 5 or Sense 5.5 ROM, am I understanding correctly? any one in particular? (link?)

Hit the thanks button once in a while if I've helped :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Be sure that I **it him more then once before :)

As I said

Sense 5

2.24.401.9 - System vers

4.2.2

RUU
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
You got your first one too :laugh: (anyway no need to hit each and every one, just the ones you find useful, I hope they all are ;))

Don't think there's an RUU for you, can you read through this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2519672 and see if it helps, otherwise let me know. I'll be on my laptop for a couple more hours

EDIT: do you have a nandroid backup by any chance?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
I got this RUU after alot of searching.

So.. will it work?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
didnt see the link :confused: can you post it again (and any details of it)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Let my corrent myself.

My carrier agreed to run this 2.24.401.9 - 4.2.2 RUU .

"after alot of searching" :)

So? :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
OK I understand ;)

wish it could be shared though

:cool:

Anyway, yes with s-off you can run a downgrade RUU, it will fully restore your phone to previous condition, you will keep S-Off, it won't change (a good thing)

I saw you are already LOCKED (not relocked) and have you removed TAMPERED? If LOCKED, no TAMPERED, go ahead and run the RUU. should you receive an error 155 (I think) while running the RUU, then you may need to downgrade hboot.

Go ahead an run it, and let me know if all good
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
What do you mean error 155 ?

Both , my phone in it current condition and the 2.24.401.9 RUU use same Hboot 1.54.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
Sorry, didn't explain, sometimes (usually hboot 1.55) when running a RUU it gives an error 155 (on the PC), that would need to first flash an older hboot to get the RUU to work.

So everything good now :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
Thanks man. They should call me sometimes this week , I'll let you know if it worked :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TunneIVision:
בס"ד

Yayayayayayayayay !!!!! :) :) :) ;) :) ;) ;) ;) ;) :) ;) :) :)

Now im on 2.24.401.9 :) !

whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!

You are the BEST !!!!

thank you so much man !!

You were so patiente with me !!!

I dont need my carrier anymore !

How can I repay you?

I LOVE YOU !!! :)

If I will root it i wont get OTA? I would like to root and lock the bootloader

without custom recovery.

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