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[One (M8) General] BerndM14:
So today I was sitting here at work, took a pic of my workspace and played around a bit with some of the HTC editing tools like dimension plus(I think it's called?) to view pictures taken in 3D. It's cool but needs some work.

It got me thinking though. What's the purpose of this depth sensor camera and 3D view of pictures. Do you guys think that HTC is thinking of using pictures taken in "3D" would make 3D printing easier? It'll cut out ALL of the extra hard work that goes into this 3D printing process. No more CAD to make 3D models, layering it etc etc. If you can just take a picture "3D" then you can send it to the printer and print it, it'll be much cooler to have a 3D printed family statue than a "family potrait" just hanging on the wall.

Sure, the whole "dimension plus" edit needs a lot of work, it's still in the beginning stages, but could they maybe be heading in such a direction? It seems more focus gets given on images in the "front" than the scenary in the back for example, nobody probably wants a 3D printed mountain range but they'd want the kid standing infront of it for example.

Maybe I'm just spouting rubbish...lol Yes...That DOES mean I have a lot of time on my hands at work!!!

Would be cool though.
[One (M8) General] zedmarcus:
Poland.

Sent from my HTC M8
[One (M8) General] anjuice:
Thank you :D

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Thank you!
[One (M8) General] David522d:
Crispy.

Sent from my unlocked M8.
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
My first attempt on HTC ONE (M8) Camera. Liking it the way it capturing the light source. :)
[One (M8) General] waz675:
Some pics of my kids, 2 and 4. She's got a bib on in the pic as she decided to wear a bib all day and night straight after kindergarten, kids will be kids <3
[One (M8) General] andy905:
Managed to catch this with they rapid fire photo capture.
[One (M8) General] andy905:
This one is better.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Article about megapixels versus UltraPixels, while hating on the limited pixel density its full of praise for the M8 camera

http://m.pocketnow.com/2014/05/26/ultrapixels-vs-megapixels?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Finally some of the press are waking up

[MENTION=2390514]vegetaleb[/MENTION] this article states chromatic issues are even more severe on the Mini 2/816
[One (M8) General] vegetaleb:
Yeah and on Sony Z1/Z2 too, only the S4/S5 don't have too much of it

The HTC chromatics are high on anything shiny while the Sony with trees (wood)
[One (M8) General] batsai:
Inside shot, all auto.
[One (M8) General] morfini:
Have you guys been setting max iso? If yes 400 or 800?
[One (M8) General] vegetaleb:
[MENTION=1144067]hamdir[/MENTION]

Almost perfect ufocus
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
Right now I have an HTC One M8 and an Xperia Z2 in my possession.

Which is the HTC M8? Those on the left, or those on the right.. what do you think?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/98464095@N06/sets/72157644879366204/
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
these are goregous, waw really the colors completely destroy the M7

:victory:
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
Again agreed even though its 4MP again the photos look way better. Hopefully you get one soon so we can see some other shots :)
[One (M8) General] Maximus78:
Thank you hamdir that really means a lot to me, I really hope you get one soon mate. :fingers-crossed:
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
just waiting for it to arrive to EMEA mate, they better not stick two different sensors in there!

with this color range, just wait for shock and awe :)
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
Hopefully not! Who knows, you making another big HTC thread for this device also?
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
no more megas from me except the free HTC mega discusion thread which is currently focused on the M8 anyway

someone else is running the mega m8 this time

a camera thread *maybe*
[One (M8) General] ste1164:
Thats fair, a camera thread would be good :)
[One (M8) General] hung2900:
A comparison ePrice. The thing I was afraid is true. Even the new One solves noise and detail in low light much better than the old One, but the dynamic range in night shots are still terrible, the same as the old One. I couldn't make any satisfied night photos (night but outdoor, not lowlight indoor) with the M7.

http://www.eprice.com.tw/mobile/talk/124/4899661/1/rv/sony-xperia-z2-review/
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
thanks for this someone finally tests these phones in low light properly

well at least with custom lenses you can tweak and limit max exposure and ISO

but yes HTC should lower their pixel size to 1.8um and win a little more pixels for their next camera, plus it would help them reduce over lighting as well

however compare the statue images in full scale and you can see the horrific pixel mess on the other tiny pixel sensors and the M8 and Z2 really has the best overall photo

I think the best camera this year is the Z2, the S5 is the usual non sense does ISOCELL even works? still as horrible in low light, as for LG can they increase that smudge any further? one more notch and nothing will be left in the image...
[One (M8) General] hung2900:
Z2 is great. About S5, ISOCELL is a new tech and needs a lot of time for development. Not all BSI cameras are the same, right?

But here are some evaluation about the cam module of S5

- Handle sharpness and high ISO worse than BSI Exmor RS. The sharpness of 16MP 1/2.5 inch cam is almost equal to the photo of Note 3's 13MP 1/3.06 inch cam. Noise is a little better in low ISO, but worse in high ISO (over 600)

- Triump in white balance: having correct white balance in almost any case.

- Much better color reproduction but not make over saturation

- Not much better in dynamic range without HDR

- HDR (one main point of ISOCELL tech) is super: blazing fast (almost equal to normal mode), very reliable in both low-light and sunlight. Sometimes blurs the detail but not much. Current reviews ignore it in comparison.

Actually very hard to compete with S5 if compare S5's HDR with others' normal photos. You can say that it's not fair or why do not compare HDR vs HDR, but you should know the fact that this is not normal HDR but a new technical feature of the camera, and it shutters the same as others' normal mode, not taking an age like others' HDR. One more thing is on S5 you still can use flash and lowlight mode (or so-called Smart Stabilization of SS) together with HDR
[One (M8) General] Basil3:
Point and shoot. Bear in mind it's around dusk. Had a play with uFocus, very difficult getting it right. I'm on 1.12 firmware.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
actually the results are good, good color range

but banging my head to the wall, they've added a whole second camera for this but the precision is flawed and its difficult to get right? :rolleyes: to be fair many reviewers had 1.54 but still looked flawed

they need to improve the algorithm and quickly...
[One (M8) General] Basil3:
yeah, i couldn't get both of the blue parts at the top of the slide in focus. anyway, will try to replicate the shot when i'm on 1.54. love the phone though :good:

edit: device :D
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
the HDR on the M7/M8 was always almost instant, when last year SGS4 needed to wait ages the One M7 was doing it in a fraction

however due to the extreme light sensitivity on the UP Sensor, HDR in daylight sucks but in low light its killer, almost the best feature in this camera

the One X before it had the best HDR in daylight i have ever seen but somehow its not working well on the UP sensor
[One (M8) General] eortizr:
For people saying OIS is not needed with the new dual camera tech... check this out..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdiX8kUuFw

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Check this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdiX8kUuFw
[One (M8) General] sameer1807:
Better color in the new sensor but OIS def makes a difference..
[One (M8) General] gavinfabl:
Having had the original HTC One, I've been comparing my HTC One M8 photos with those I took with the old phone. The M8 is much better. I've had file sizes from 1.2mb , 3mb, and 7mb. I've got several photos in my blog tomorrow. I will also upload them here over the weekend with any others I take.
[One (M8) General] Milanno:
Graphic designer, but I like in free time to mess around with cars, bikes and sometimes with gadgets (like now with HTC One Batman Edition) :D
[One (M8) General] drasticza:
So far so good

After purchasing the M8 I was worried about the camera and thought I might return it for the S5.

I love the phone so far, the camera is better than the reviews IMO. I find the camera on this MUCH better then the 13 mp camera on my previous phone the LG OG.

S5 may have a better camera but I am happy with the M8 camera and the software and build quality beat the S5. I'll stick with the M8.
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
[MENTION=650183]mwatson[/MENTION], M8 left ones.
[One (M8) General] waz675:
Quick hint, when doing comparison photos, take them in the same resolution. Looking at original resolution can be an instant give away for "guess the camera" type of questions.
[One (M8) General] townay:
even without looking at the resolution, the m8 photos are slightly saturated right out of the box :p
[One (M8) General] morfini:
What's the catch here, why the m8 pics are looking so much better?
[One (M8) General] CandyAndy:
Because they are not. They are more saturated, lack of detail etc. Overall I am getting more and more disappointed of this camera. Even so much, that considering of selling this already and getting something else. Especially angry of the ufocus. It is a neat thing and it simply never works 100% never. If it would even work 95% but most pictures just end up bad.

Actually here is one example, I was happy about it when looked at the phone screen. When I got it on the big screen I could see the issues here.
[One (M8) General] AmberBoy:
Agree with you, Ufocus does not work as it should. I hope it is software problem and will be fixed soon. Bad job HTC.

HTC One M8 & Tapatalk
[One (M8) General] morfini:
Well I can agree with you only with ufocus. Hope it gets better. For about everything else I am completely in love with this phone.
[One (M8) General] mushages:
Just found something funny in Desire 816 advertisement
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Sigh...do you really blame them? After the world spit on them for doing the right thing?

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I only agree with him about uFocus everything else he complained about most have to do with his manual focus

Did anyone check if ufocus improved with 1.54.401.10, I am on dev edition and it's a little behind on OTAs

By the way, there is hope of upscaling to be included :)
[One (M8) General] mushages:
[MENTION=1144067]hamdir[/MENTION] but that sounds wrong how come you advertise for megapixels doesn't count then you say more megapixels more memories.. I really don't want to lose the Ultrapixels it's a cool thing and I beleive ( actually see) the difference. Our cameras literally catch stuff our eyes can't see. As I stated before for example dust amount or dirt in windshield.. compare it with another phone and I bet you won't see it in any other mobile camera......
[One (M8) General] Ark1406:
All taken with my M8
[One (M8) General] morfini:
Upscaling? This would be awesome. By who, HTC or developers?
[One (M8) General] camil:
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[One (M8) General] PcFish:
I was in California over the weekend. Here's some random shots. Stock.
[One (M8) General] dondavis007:
Have you tried the same function on other cameras? The Z1 and S5 is not even close. The S5 is really so bad that using google camera is a better option. The M8 is so far the best point and click camera I have .

Sent from a Samsung Galaxy S5...
[One (M8) General] CandyAndy:
Software wise I agree that m8 has the best app for taking photos.

However hardware wise this loses to even my gf's Xperia z1 compact.

Snapping photos with this is a joy but end results are too often disappointing even for a mobile phone camera
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
are you even looking at the photos in this thread?
[One (M8) General] edgie168:
Clearly this camera is worthless. :rolleyes:
[One (M8) General] CandyAndy:
All of them yes
[One (M8) General] edgie168:
The M8 is obviously not the phone for you, then. Knowing it was "only" 4mp, why did you get one?

Better to sell it and get a G3 or 1+1 or something instead.
[One (M8) General] demirlijanp:
I love this phone and it's camera!
[One (M8) General] BookOfRick:
Some low light night shots :)

edit: Last photo was at 2 AM sun is completely out. Even my eyes couldn't catch this amount of color/detail without waiting for quite a while to adjust to the dark. Notice the stars. 4s800iso
[One (M8) General] CandyAndy:
Well actually I love the phone. As well as I loved m7 before this.

Just shame about the camera :) oh well, m9 will be the one
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Here is the thing, It feels like just the idea of low mega pixels makes you feel the camera is bad, but in reality this thread has proven over and over again that this phone takes awesome pictures (density aside)
[One (M8) General] PhoenixMert:
So many stunning shots can't wait to get my m8 later day :laugh:
[One (M8) General] waz675:
Wow, your pictures suck buddy! They don't even seem to be 9MP resolution, a *MUST* for any photo! Here's some 18MP resolution photos from my super duper klout snez pez android iPhone

*wink*

Yeah, we may have been at a zoo today. Then again, being from Australia, a lot of people I've spoken to on the net (almost 25 years for me now! Crazy) could believe that it is our backyard if I told them that.

Hehe. And lastly, a very very weird t-shirt we came across for sale. "CRAPMAN" lol lol lol (WTF hahaha)
[One (M8) General] demirlijanp:
What is your problem?
[One (M8) General] waz675:
That you have good photos "during" a discussion where some people seem to be influenced from 'others' (biased reviewers or people needing to justify their phone/camera or people thinking not outside of the box) that our camera 'sucks' but your photos show that the camera is good to great.

I.e no problem with your pics, just sarcasm that M8s camera isn't any good. Might even be the typically dry sense of humour that a lot of Aussies like myself have doesn't translate over the net to overseas people.

Or else its the around 220+mg of morphine equivalent of hydro morphone that I have (80mg) I take for my chronic pain messing with my expression tonight.
[One (M8) General] demirlijanp:
It is really hard for me to understand your type of humor :) BR.

Feel better.
[One (M8) General] HtcOneJon:
I've never actually been in a situation yet where I wanted the extra zoom ability in a photo over the actually usefulness of the M8 camera.

I've had a GS4, Sony Z and Z1, i've used iphones for testing and the Lumia 1020, and the only phone that comes close to the M8 for decent shots is the Lumia, and even that takes too long to shoot and has wierd lighting issues.

The Z and Z1 blurred any action party photo's i've took in the past, and were awful quality during the day, the GS4 was comparable to the HTC One but crap once it reached indoors or 5pm, and the iphone's took passable photo's but nothing surpassing the M8.

I don't get all the hate for it. 4MP is more than enough.

p.s I meant to quote you quoting the guy you were quoting :D
[One (M8) General] Wickedd:
Hey y'all,

How interesting are the camera settings ? Do you guys allready have some custom cameras saved ? And is it worth creating a topic for sharing presets under certain conditions ?

The M8 Camera is good but not supergreat, so maybe when you got a couple of prefixes the quality might be improved at least a bit ?
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
I wish there were a way to get rid of the blurring on the left. My eyes are constantly drawn to it! I've tried focussing on that area, but it seems to make no difference?
[One (M8) General] Seraz007:
After looking at some of these shots, I have no doubt about my next phone ;)

Will be picking it up in a couple of days
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
if focusing on the left side doesnt kill the blur, i think you have an optics defect :(
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
that's a shame, I'm on my 3rd M8 now...:rolleyes:
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
so you changed your previous one for a little OCD thing like a misalignment or micro dent and ended up with a bigger problem? ;)

i am on my second M8 and both are great (Dev Edition vs EMEA) and struggled to pick which one to keep, both tested for side blur camera issues = non
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
No, the previous two were exchanged at the request of my carrier as they kept dropping the network. I blamed the network, but you've got to go through the charade!
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
It would be nice if the photos had a bit more detail in them but that actually goes for all of them. Mobile phones that is. My biggest gripe is that the photos are relatively "small" from the get go (around 1.5MB) and then they get even more compressed if uFocus is aplied and even more compressed if any filters are aplied and then compressed even more when uploading to the net (excluding full res uploads)... Wish it wouldn't do that. Wish social sites wouldn't compress already small enough photos. Other than that it's quite an amazing camera. One must figure out the versatility of a camera in order to take good pictures. It applies to every camera out there. You change the lens of a SLR but you can't do that to compact cameras such as smartphones. I took magnificent macro photos with a VGA camera on an old Motorola. Something I stil can't recreate on modern phones. It was crap at taking photos of anything else though but magnificent macros.

Here's on with my One. Uploaded with Tapatalk, maybe gonna upload it later from the PC but I don't care really.

It's the innards of my guitar shot in darkness with flash all manual, retouched with the stock editor which I love btw.
[One (M8) General] BadAzDB:
I used toothpaste and a damp cloth to thoroughly scrub off the coating on the front and back lenses... And to my surprise the results were better than expected
[One (M8) General] waz675:
Here's my daughter showing me the way she's desssed up as she's "mums apprentice" today while doing some cooking. Plus I love the "Don't mess with me punk" face she had on for the photo!
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
Any samples?
[One (M8) General] townay:
Just because 2 of your M8s doesnt have side blur issues doesnt mean everyone is as lucky as you are. Dont need to get over reacted because of it. Some people have it, some dont.

just saying
[One (M8) General] waz675:
http://www.freetoothpaste.com/

:p
[One (M8) General] myth1001:
Taken during my trip to Cambodia. =)
[One (M8) General] huzz:
Novice here. Trying my hand at the manual mode. Just sharing not making any claims. I like how it turned out.
[One (M8) General] edyboy:
No editing.
[One (M8) General] boofhead:
took this today. the first add for a htc m8 i have seen. i still find it amazing that this is only 4megapixels. compared it to a mates z2 today and i really dont think the z2 takes a photo 4-5 times better. it really only allowes you to zoom in a bit further. love my m8.
[One (M8) General] Georgo94:
This was my first day with M8. Shots are pretty darn good :good:
[One (M8) General] :
[MENTION=1144067]hamdir[/MENTION]

Please take a look at some pictures i clicked on my trip

There is camera lens protector with minor scratches on the camera lens but the pics still look good imo

https://www.flickr.com/photos/125091163@N05/with/14320998774
[One (M8) General] dsmpampis:
Some pictures at 21:00

Tapatalked with my "refrigerator look" HTC one M8
[One (M8) General] Kmac_thp:
These are how my pictures are turning out lately. Not sure what's going on but the M8 seems to be having issues with focus. My pictures are terrible. I just did a complete wipe and reload of my M8 since it didn't seem right after the update. Ever since my pictures are like this. All auto settings.
[One (M8) General] GermanGuy:
That's my hometown!

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] waz675:
I'd have a go at (properly) cleaning the lenses
[One (M8) General] Kmac_thp:
I've tried everything. Even those lens wipes. Wondering if the lens is actually scratched.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
search this thread, few people said that once the camera lens protection coating is damaged you can rub it off with toothpaste and a brush

but again search for it and don't hold me responsible :)
[One (M8) General] dsmpampis:
I was in Düsseldorf for the weekend! The town is magnificent.

Tapatalked with my "refrigerator look" HTC one M8
[One (M8) General] edyboy:
Shot behind a glass. No edit.
[One (M8) General] onukomer:
(:

HTC One_M8 cihazımdan Tapatalk 2 ile gönderildi
[One (M8) General] GermanGuy:
Pictures turned out really nice. Looks like you had good weather too for a change. :)
[One (M8) General] Kmac_thp:
Thanks, that worked, sort of. Did some digging and found out HTC has an issue on their hands with the coating they used for the camera lens cover thing. Everyone is suffering scratches that kill your picture quality. I actually used Goo Gone on mine to clear the scratches. You have to actually remove whatever coating HTC put on it. Pretty bad quality for a $600+ phone, IMO. Not sure I'll get another HTC phone if this how they cut corners.
[One (M8) General] GermanGuy:
I don't have a single scratch on mine. It is in a case but has cutouts for the lenses which are not protected.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
low light tip:

i keep my camera app locked to Max ISO400 all the time, if the low light view finder is dark for my liking i usually bump up the EV to +2 which basically slows down the shutter a little, otherwise i go as far as ISO800 before i switch to night mode, flash or manual, in other words i never take photos above ISO800

i am finding this way the easiest and fastest way to a top quality gorgeous low light shots, even better than my M7 results

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56930129@N03/14306487226/

And the general rule:

completely rely on auto focus, if it over exposes or under exposes in view finder, auto focus again, the photo below over exposed at first, i lowered the phone and raised it back again

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56930129@N03/14329469865/
[One (M8) General] zedmarcus:
Inowroclaw Poland (I was there last week getting married).

Sent from my HTC M8
[One (M8) General] mushages:
Sorry I don't mean to bring any other thread discussion here but as long we are talking about pictures can anyone give more information about the lens coating found on the M8 and S5 I guess ? I mean for the past week I always used my shirt to remove finger prints from the lens so I can take good pictures but didn't notice I was scratching the lens / removing the coating .. my back camera looks good with some hair line scratches but the front one looked miserable I tried scratching it more to remove the coating and it works well camera looks better but I didn't remove the whole thing as I'm scared that it removes the black circle which surrounds the front facing camera. I want to take good pictures and show others my 5mp front facing camera but I don't want my phone to look ugly. Anyhow I would love to see who have done it too and see the results of the phone look and camera pictures..
[One (M8) General] waz675:
You should use a proper lens cleaner, a lint free cloth so you can't scratch those fine hair line type scratches that can potentially happen with clothes etc. Even buying a $1 cheap lens film thing for any phone usually includes those lint free cloths. I've got a heap around, come in very handy for camera lenses, about the only 'real thing' I know to take better shots lol
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
i have to bring up this photo one more time:

Virtually no side blur, i just relied on auto focus and even though my M8 camera lens is actually not in the center
[One (M8) General] BookOfRick:
Day at zoo.

1. Flappy bird. No motion blur on wings!

2. Low light macro spider

3. Regular macro
[One (M8) General] PcFish:
My first macro. all auto. EV -0.5