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[Nexus 5 General] LeoRex:
I recently went on a vacation...took a TON of pics with my Nexus 5 and while there were a few that came out a little wonky (focus issues), most all of them came out pretty much dead on. Now, granted, they may not be able to be blown up into big print, for our purposes (5x7 or smaller), they print up pretty well.

I didn't use HDR all the time... only when the situation called for it... there was one HDR shot, in particular... taken at night in Magic Kingdom... It was my family with the castle, in lights, way behind. I had HDR+ on and no flash.. only using light from a nearby street lamp.... A recipe for disaster, right? Nope.... the pic came out awesome. The Disney photographer that took the pic immediatly remarked about it when she saw it on the view finder... said that she hadn't taken that night pic with a phone that got the exposure right, until then and asked what kind of phone it was.

I also took a few photospheres that came out awesome as well....

Might not be the best camera... but it is still pretty damn good if you ask me.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Hmm.. happy to hear that from u :D:D Can u post those pics ?
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Some pics of my younger cousin brother :)
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
well now this is something interesting.. the nexus 5 also has a better front facing camera than few other flagship smartphones :D:D:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGWqAhMrJk

Do watch..
[Nexus 5 General] ououououo:
Just for fun... :)

Iphone 5, Nexus 5, Nexus 5 HDR+ on and SGS3.

HDR+ tends to get the color-balance off a bit for me while shooting indoors(often a blue-greenish tint, but here it was too warm). Nexus without HDR was closest to match the real scene in this example, only a litle dark(exp.comp set to -1 from earlier, that would explain it) and a tidy bit cold.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
What's ur point? Which impresses u more?
[Nexus 5 General] vmartinez39:
Camera does suck for night shots. My second phone is Lumia 928 but still hesitant to make it my main driver. Night and dark shots are no contest.

For day shots I'd give Nexus 5 the edge also because it has that sphere camera. The only reason I'm even considering the Lumia is because its just hands down a better camera on any smartphone I've ever seen. And if the 928 is this good, just imagine the Lumia 1020.

I'm really on the fence here. Unless Windows Phone 8.1 surprises me and like it I'd be willing to make it my main driver. But I'm actually bored with Android. No complaints, I mean its awesome, stable, great experience. The camera on the Lumias are really outstanding. Just bored to try something new really.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Don't know about the lumia 928, but it's definitely better than the lumia 920.. Here is the comparison link

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/18694_Too_close_to_call_OIS_camera_s.php

This was before the camera update.. Still nexus 5 performed better..

And not to be rude and no offence the lumia 1020 is a more a camera phone and less a smartphone.. Just my opinion..

I just wanna say that at this price range nothing can beat the nexus 5.. And lots of more updates coming soon..
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
Photo No. 3 - the least noise! I guess that is HDR+, and that is magic that google make in low light... Details. Colors reproduction could be better in this hdr+ shot.

First picture has much better color reproduction, but also have a lot more noise when zoomed in.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Agree.. Nexus 5 HDR+ mode is amazing..
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
1st nexus 5 hdr+ (4:3), second s4 hdr (16:9)
[Nexus 5 General] rickyiswhite:
Night shots aren't too bad
[Nexus 5 General] rickyiswhite:
HDR no flash better than my old iPhone 4s id say
[Nexus 5 General] wayne_sk:
Hey, I just stumbled upon this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam

Looks good, so far I took with it few test shots, which are quite unimpressive, but however, it has HDR, dynamic range enhancement, even its own video recording capabilities, which seem to do a little bit better than the built in camera's ones, but I need some more appropriate lightning conditions to make a real test.

So far I'm impressed, even when it does not have the 16:9 6MPx options, which is a bit pitty.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Yep its a good app.. I have it.. But the hdr is something totally different
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
Interestingly, on the Nexus 5 they did not use HDR + D Weird! G2 in night mode use several photos and merge them to one, this is OK, but HDR + is not?
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
yes man this is so unfair, in scenes 1-3 nexus 5 has sharper images than s4, htc one, zperia z1 , especially the grass, in scene 5 indoors it completely crushes s4, htc one, xperia z1, just imagine if hdr+ was kept on ..

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Htc Fanboys easily came to the photos taken by htc phones due to resolution.. and same goes for iphone 5s also

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First n5, then i5s,then s4 then z1s.. Clearly the green stand and grass were much more sharp than the others
[Nexus 5 General] jtdc:
is z1 compact a match or betters the nexus5?
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
Check this shots made by nexus 5:

https://plus.google.com/101124206646165980011/posts/cPp3bCxy4ff

I can't find anything similar made by some other smartphone... :)
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
What do u think about the votes? Were they bias?
[Nexus 5 General] bufosp:
i love the camera of N5. Before this, I have GS3 and couldn't take great photos in concerts. Usually in concerts there are low lightings, many movements (since i can't standing perfectly still during concert, can't stop bobbin my head and my hands back and forth lol), but using N5 i took MANY great photos. no blurs, great lightings and so on. I think the OIS helped so much. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] claud0902:
Quality is not the ONLY factor to determine if the smartphone camera is crap or not. There are many ppl use their smartphones to snapshot quick moment and if you take this into consideration, the camera on the nexus 5 is USELESS in a lot of lighting conditions.
[Nexus 5 General] ChanceOfChange:
the cam of nexus 5 is great for a 8mp cam! latest aokp include cam mod that makes it even more cool and quality capable! i love it!
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
I do not understand what you're saying?!

I compared the HDR+ night photos from nexus 5 and G2, and HDR+ has done a lot better photos, with smaller amount of noise, better details and natural colors.

I'm not kidding, I'm serious...

G2 night photos are blurry, out of focus, and with strange artifacts, simply HDR+ do a better job.

But every review I've read uses ordinary mode, and no HDR+, when comparing G2 and Nexus 5 in low light.

P. S.

If someone have tripod and both phone to make low light pictures and put them here, so we can compare?! You will probably believe me in that case :)

We have already seen that hdr+ is better then Iphone night photo earlier in this post.

P. S. 2.

"Nexus 5 camera is low" that is a clear example of artificial creation of a public opinion
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
I agree that camera is useless for fast shots.. But if u ask me, I would always prefer quality over quantity [emoji4].. That's y i like my Nexus 5..

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please link me
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
I agree with you, It is useless of fast moving objects and it is slow, but G2 is even slower, and it has much worse focus, but still most review will say it is great camera?! O_o :)

Few month ago I wanted to replace my nexus for g2 (because everyone in reviews said how great g2 camera is!), and I have tested g2 camera - focus is drop dead slow, no way you can shot moving object, same as hdr+...

Day shots in bright daylight are washed out (same as nexus 5 regular mod, but not with hdr+), and night shots were terrible, when compared to my hdr+.

So I gave up. :)
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
good choice at the end of the day.. :)
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
In the case that Apple was invented HDR+ and incorporated it into the iPhone, the whole world would be mad for him and everyone would be busy comparing the quality of that mod with other phones.

But because it is in nexus 5 (and it has almost no marketing), no one wants to use it in there camera tests and reviews. They all use just regular nexus 5 mod.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
yea.. in the latest photo shoot at phonearena it was so unfair.. the image quality of nexus 5 was far better then the htc phones and xperia z1, and sometimes s4 also
[Nexus 5 General] CitizenLee:
Every single camera phone on the market today is a toy compared to a modern DSLR.

Buy/steal/pirate these two books and learn how to use your 500D properly…

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Lantern-Guides-Multimedia-Workshop/dp/1600596118

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Exposure-Photographs-Digital-Camera/dp/0817463003

Once you get your head around the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO it becomes quite easy. Then the rest is just about having an eye for a good photo... which is a requirement no matter what device you want to use.

You can thank me later when you’re taking awesome photos :D
[Nexus 5 General] claud0902:
I agree with you and also believe the photo quality from nexus 5 is more than my satisfaction.

However until I recently I take the fast focus and snapshot ability as one other key factor to determine how good a smartphone camera is. Especially if you want to capture some quick moments of someone such as your little baby.

In my case, Nexus 5 has made me upset many times, especially in some inside conditions, never managed to capture some clear fast shots. The auto focus can be so damn slow if it is not in a good sun light environment so I have to use manual tap focus and try to do the quick shot.

Back to my point, the camera has the ability to take great photos but does not meet many ppl especially some family members' need on a smartphone cameta. I love the phone, but I have to admit that I expect more on this phone's camera capability.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Well stay tuned then, 4.4.3 is estimated to improve focus speed :)
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
Let's hope this isn't an April Fools Day prank: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/01/google-new-android-camera-app/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000594
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Its true I suppose..
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
I agree with you, camera must be fast to be really useful, but then how the hell g2 became one of the best cameras on the market today - it is much slower then nexus 5 (indoor is useless). G2 focus speed is approximately same as nexus 5 - before update 4.4.1.

Can someone explain to me g2 success?! :)

I also hope that 4.4.3 will bring changes in speed on nexus 5.

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With Better Camera app you can have tap to focus video on nexus 5 :) It works!! :)

This is my test video! Exposure changes with tap on bright or dark surface during video recording.

http://goo.gl/YGSDrg
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
hows the overall recording ? is it better than stock camera ?
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
No, it is not better then stock camera, in the term of quality. But you will have few useful and fancy features, like on every other smartphone today.

Group photo, where you can change faces of people in picture, camera takes several shots and give you ability to combine them.

Remove moving object, like on g2 camera software, camera quickly takes several shots, and then it can remove moving objects.

Classical HDR - nod so good

Sequence photos - burst mode and so... Bla bla... :)

Best feature is video with "tap and focus"!!!

Right now, app is free with all features. So you can try it.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Yaa u can aslo change exposure while recording videos
[Nexus 5 General] stylinred:
I've had my N5 since release but i've hardly taken any pictures with it, which is weird for me because i love mobile photography. the issue for me is the software is so limiting and laggy the camera itself isnt bad at all granted i've only taken a few macro shots with it but i was impressed nontheless but i was coming from the Nokia 808 Pureview and N8 which is known to suck at macro

I just read someones post in here recommending a camera app with more options so i'll definitely give that a try.

heres an unscientific compare (taken at the same day/time but settings and angle are different) between my N5/808

N5

808 pureview

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64809958@N03/

I'll have to try a compare shooting landscapes etc when my 808 is fixed
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Both shots are very good

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Is anyone using Jishnu's camera mod ?
[Nexus 5 General] 8bitplus:
Jishnu's camera mod on stock mod rom.

It does make a small difference to both quality and speed but I'd only say 10% faster.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
does it consume more battery ? and quality in terms of what ? only image size or overall image quality ?
[Nexus 5 General] OptimusVDarwin:
Do I see dmp 6's in the background?
[Nexus 5 General] 8bitplus:
No higher battery use than stock, at least nothing that stands out to me after only a few days.

I find some of the more fine detail is viable when comparing on a PC. just due to the lower compression (again its only tiny difference). file size being bigger is a bit annoying as I only have the 16gb n5.
[Nexus 5 General] stylinred:
thanks, yeah thats what impressed me about the N5 but the UI :/

it would be nice if google/lg came out with an update quicker
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Hmm its coming soon [emoji4]

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Its near :)
[Nexus 5 General] fedor12:
I am eagerly awaiting the update
[Nexus 5 General] Void Power:
Camera speed really sucks, if I am moving even slightly. I can live with that, if they speed it up in the next update. 1 second less for taking a focused picture would be fine for me.
[Nexus 5 General] ArtieQ:
Camera is fine but I got serious issues with taking landscape pictures, the exposure always gets ****ed up. Yesterday was kinda a semicloudy day with a bit of sun coming forward and I was on top of a mountain and was trying to take a picture of the whole city but no matter where I focused only the sky got bright. I tried ProCapture and Camera ZoomFX. Anyone else with this issue?
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Yes its the problem with exposure.. The part on which u focus gets washed out.. But if u use hdr+ the final result will be good
[Nexus 5 General] cthip:
Is anybody else's Camera missing photosphere?

I'm not quite sure when mine went away--sometime in the last month. I don't use it very often, but I went to use it the other day and it was gone!

Searched, but couldn't find any relevant information.
[Nexus 5 General] gc84245:
I've taken a few pictures with my Nexus 5 and S3 and while the S3 pictures were often blurry, the Nexus 5 pictures were nice and crisp. I guess it's the OIS at work.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Please share..
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
the nexus 5 camera really blows :p

i have both a n5 and a s4, and i cant stand using the s4 camera and the filled with trash options samsung camera app. i did put the google camera app on the s4, which makes it somewhat better. but the nexus 5 camera itself is leaps and bounds better. i really enjoy using the n5 camera, and it does take wonderful photos. just check out some of my photos posted in the photo thread here or on my g+.

anyways, those of you who claim cant capture good photos, do you know how to use the camera settings to set up the camera how you need?
[Nexus 5 General] gc84245:
I deleted them, but I plan on taking more with both phones and will post them later.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Can u post some comparisons?

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Okk
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
im at work and dont have the s4 with me, but here are a few photos from the n5 yesterday, from my g+..
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Hmm. I wanna have a look at s4's camera.. If possible
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
ill get you a few photos, maybe tonight(here in new york) or tomorrow.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
If possible.. Same scenes taken with s4 and nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
not possible, as i either take photos with the n5(mostly) or the s4(rarely). i do have some similar scenes on the s4 though(gulls).
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Ohh okk

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In what way is the nexus 5 better can u explain?
[Nexus 5 General] simms22:
the details. the s4 photos feel overly processed/digitized, where the n5 details feel natural to me. im not saying that the s4 camera takes terrible photos, because it doesnt. but they feel unnatural to me.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Hmmm that's the point.. The Nexus 5 has original colour reproduction..
[Nexus 5 General] chicagoaan:
Agreed I just left the S4 and couldn't be happier with this n5 phone and my camera shots. Even though many articles are bashing it or blaming the 4.2.2 software I find it actually > the s4 camera in and out of light.

Great shots BTW. I'm glad I made the switch. It was this or the 5s because I'm done with samwiz, but I can't stand the iPhone its too small and restricted (my opinion)
[Nexus 5 General] tnizzle:
HDR

Do you guys always have HDR on regardless if there is light or not?
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Hdr+ all the time..

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*4.4.2 u mean..
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
Only when I'm taking shots of my dog, then I use regular nexus 5 camera mod. Because hdr+ is slow for that.

For example with friends, indoor - always hdr+, they usually don't believe that mobile camera can take great indoor pictures without using flash :)
[Nexus 5 General] Void Power:
Without HDR the pictures are terrible, so yes. If only it didn't take eternity for the camera to focus and shoot moving objects, it would be awesome.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Sometimes i also take with the normal mode but with -1 exposure
[Nexus 5 General] chicagoaan:
Yes 4.4.2. I don't use HDR and I feel like I get great shots. Maybe these guys who feel it needs to always be on are pro photographers? I'm not, but I can't argue with the results.

This is just a plain pic no HDR/tweaks taken outside my window this morning.
[Nexus 5 General] LiquidSolstice:
That is a beautiful looking neighborhood :). May I ask where?
[Nexus 5 General] limeaid:
I haven't seen anyone else say this, but I think hdr+ got worse after the update to 4.4.2. Before the update, I kept hdr+ on at all times but after, I find myself using the regular, automatic mode for almost all situations.

I'm not sure what they changed exactly, but after the update, I feel like the images taken with hdr+ are less sharp and underexposed.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
I don't know since I got my phone pre-loaded with 4.4.2..
[Nexus 5 General] chicagoaan:
San Francisco/Daly City
[Nexus 5 General] neriamarillo:
This camera certainly does not suck. This is an HDR+ picture I took over the weekend. It was extremely sunny and I mean extremely. Very accurate colors and contrast.
[Nexus 5 General] nb31b:
Here's a few HDR+ photo I took immediately after a supercell thunderstorm a few weeks ago.
[Nexus 5 General] Asheque:
Please don't compare Android with iPoop

I have extensively used both the phone and can with no doubt say N5 camera is much superior. iPoop users need to just get a life and stop whining about android phone because it's far more than you guys can handle. I was using FastBurst.apk all this time and i think it is one of the best camera app . The only downside was that my pictures won't really be visible under "Gallery" and have to be viewed from "FastBurst". Currently I am using MotoX.zip and its Fantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastic. So once again iPoop (iPhone) users,get a life. Stop *****ing about android phones.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
If u can post some shots?? With both phones
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Has any1 noticed that the flash on nexus 5 is yellowish?
[Nexus 5 General] xT-g-K:
I was by no means disappointed with the camera app, but I had upgraded from an iPhone 3GS so I had a huge leap in performance. The front camera is not too great but the back I was fairly pleased with, it was so much faster than I was used to so for me I'm not exactly worried about the people who complain that is isn't going at the speed of light.
[Nexus 5 General] keepermike:
I agree with you as well, having come from a galaxy s2 the camera in my n5 is way better, I however think the app could be a little better, but it's not horrible.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Great.. Finally a sign of relief for me.. someone in this group only said that the camera on s2 is better than nexus 5, and I was like very dissapointed..
[Nexus 5 General] neriamarillo:
I don't understand what the fuss is about with the N5 camera. This camera outperforms almost all of the phones currently out now. The only thing that needs refinement is the app but that is up to either Google or some Dev who wants to take a stab at it but since the HDR+ is proprietary fro Google I see it kinda hard.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
I just hope that new camera ui does not Ditch the hdr+..
[Nexus 5 General] bliizzz:
They cannot ditch a feature the phone was launched with
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Hmm i hope so
[Nexus 5 General] Domster26:
The camera software on the you-know-what by you-know-who is made for a bunch of simpletons.
[Nexus 5 General] Bruce Lee:
I was at a church retreat last weekend where I was the camera man with my nexus 5. The other camera person was a girl with a s4. I have to say my nexus 5 out performed the s4 in every way except for camera speed. The nexus has the best quality, best clarity, best colors, and best low lighting when paired up against the s4. The nexus 5 camera is totally underrated. From outside to inside and at a camp fire, the nexus 5 beat out s4. I don't get why the hate.
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
What do you think, what would happened if the HDR+ was invented by Apple and put in their iPhone - it would be the greatest miracle of the decade :)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/explore/nexus5photography

https://plus.google.com/u/0/explore/hdr+

*- G2, for example, only has good marketing, LG has invested a lot of money in it, while on the other side nexus 5 has no marketing at all - only two videos recorded by google and uploaded on Youtube.

*- And we all know how important marketing today.

What is more important, while you're on vacation in nature with family or friends, to be able to take perfect shots even if the light is not good - an image that is immediately ready to print and ready for send to family and friends, and have "only" 8mp, or to shot an average photo that has 13MP (or even more), in which all the sunlit parts of the image are burned and which will have a blur if the sun is down, and there is not enough light? (like on g2)

Not a single review that is comparing phones ever use HDR+ on nexus 5 (they always use regular shots) although HDR+ *is DEFAULT mod on nexus 5 camera.*

Why? I do not know why.... :/*

Regular photos, taken without HDR+ on Nexus 5, are just average - nothing special... That is way N5 in review get bad score when it comes to camera...﻿

But HDR+ - that is real MAGIC. :D
[Nexus 5 General] TwinkyOfHope:
My gf has a galaxy s4 and my sister has an iPhone 5. Both of their cameras are awesome. I haven't been super impressed by the N5 camera. It's still also my phone of choice :)
[Nexus 5 General] neriamarillo:
The three of you go take the same picture at the same time. Compare them and then get back to us. N5 outperforms them by far.
[Nexus 5 General] ali262883:
Great :) always wanted to hear this
[Nexus 5 General] rangoj:
One more incredible nexus 5 shot:

https://plus.google.com/113717834160931133515/posts/W1pS1PcsJrW