yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M8) General] plsdunbiteme:
I just got my M8 and am really pleased with the camera quality. I'm coming from a Sony Z2 and LG G3, and I actually prefer the M8 picture quality compared to the other 2 phones. The pictures look a lot more natural compared to Z2 and G3, both of which produce pics that look process / artificial. True, the M8 pics are lower resolution and less room for zoom, but I've found from experience that zooming on the Z2 / G3 are hardly useful anyway because of the sensor limitations (and heavy processing destroying the fine details).

I love how fast the M8 cam shoots and its versatility in all conditions, including low light. Imo, it really is the perfect point and shoot camera and the duo cam depth features are lots of fun to tinker with. I think the Ultrapixel has gotten a bad rep quite unjustifiably and I for one hope HTC continue with the ultrapixel tech instead of reverting to the traditional MP race because of consumer pressure.
[One (M8) General] cirehawk:
I just got my M8 a little over 2 weeks ago as well. I haven't really gotten to play with the camera too much, but the few I have taken have been good. I started reading this thread a few weeks before I actually got the phone, and have continued to make my way through it (up to page 180) to pick up tips. It seems [MENTION=1144067]hamdir[/MENTION] was/is very knowledgeable and strongly defended the camera. I haven't seen a post from him in a bit, so he may have moved on. The manual controls on this are extensive and will take a bit of time to figure out. I started looking at some basic photography videos to refresh my general understanding. I'm looking forward to learning the camera and getting some quality pictures from it.

The phone itself is outstanding and oozes quality/style.
[One (M8) General] cundiffr:
Here's a picture of my lady at our local brewery. Its low to medium light. I edited the photo with google photos and adjusted the focus with HTC's app. Overall I think the camera is pretty decent.
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
[MENTION=3159532]cundiffr[/MENTION], very nice picture and color balance.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] sokrisba:
Here's my pic taken in the afternoon. No enhancements were made whatsoever besides the HTC Refocus feature obviously. I used google camera since I have a GPE :)
[One (M8) General] riginal:
Parking;Iranian style [emoji6]

I think this camera has a very good digital zooming

The second one is with zooming(I think even the first one was a bit zoomed in, not sure) and the third photo is just some random shot I liked
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
Manual controls are awesome, though a tripod is a must in low light
[One (M8) General] gustav30:
Trying to slow down shutter in manual to capture an old Lionel o gauge train around Christmas tree.

I still need to work on it, but pretty cool feature.
[One (M8) General] knobbyhtccruise:
Try a pair of dark glasses, give it a whirl
[One (M8) General] iJekyll:
Can someone please take a HDR shot for me and post it here? I'm with GPE ROM and the pictures I take with the HDR function looks HORRIBLE! I wonder why ( I did clean the lens)
[One (M8) General] alias3800:
Hey man, from my time experimenting, converting your phone to GPE yields better photography results than simply flashing a GPE ROM. Don't know why.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/58386678@N04/X935B5

That being said, I took this shot a few days ago with the HTC camera but during the GPE conversion. HDR, fixed the focus on the brightest spot of the shot and that was all.

Oh, and I haven't had to clean the lens, although I've only had the phone for about a month.

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Speaking of which, what's the best way to share shots on XDA through Tapatalk? I had heard Flickr, but I'm not sure if that's the most straightforward way. Thanks.
[One (M8) General] Billchen0014:
Melbourne Australia. Beautiful summer day with the sea to the top right. Didn't clean my lens because I wasn't expecting this sort of view. (Notice the red tinge on parts of the road)
[One (M8) General] DragonFatura:
Maybe it's too soon, but whatever:

Merry Christmas to XDA community and members :)
[One (M8) General] sallam5010:
Qatar
[One (M8) General] Rahabhim:
Vicente López > Buenos Aires > Argentina
[One (M8) General] jackfrost3821:
Shots from my M8

Details, colour reproduction, sharpness and low light performance -- everything is satisfactory. Surely, M8 might not hold a good competition against likes of Note 3 or Note 4 but considering its only featuring 4UP/MP duo camera setup, its good enough for me.

Just look at these shots. They look amazing!
[One (M8) General] knobbyhtccruise:
All this talk about Android lollipop ... What about good old Jellybean ?
[One (M8) General] jamiee6610:
Jellybean was good for me lol!
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
Have not been posting for quite a while.

As usual, all taken with auto or night mode - unedited

Slow motion capture of butterflies

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/16142295822/

Lots more samples at https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/
[One (M8) General] ColdFire InOx:
These look amazing!
[One (M8) General] PcFish:
Really love the macro on the phone. I'm a bit sad we're probably going to lose Ultrapixel in the next phone.
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
Fireworks in Brasilia.

ISO 100, 4sec, 4:3, edited in stock gallery (saturation, levels, etc)
[One (M8) General] cirehawk:
Nice. What settings did you use?
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
Settings are in post. I did also use a tripod and voice capture for stability.
[One (M8) General] itzsnookums:
Lollipop stock camera
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
I have been playing with this app called Long Exposure 2. Controls are quite good, there is F-stop controls as well as shutter speed controls, not too sure how the F-stop control works versus the actual ones on cameras. Downside is that max resolution is only 1920x1080.

Heres a sample

This one is taken with Sense camera long exposure

Two more from past two weeks - Auto - Unedited
[One (M8) General] gavinfabl:
Some stunning photos in this thread. Whilst I now have a Note 4, the HTC One M8 is on a special offer at Vodafone so I am going to get one and get posting back in this thread some magical photos ☺
[One (M8) General] cardozclive:
Sense camera with Standard Settings
[One (M8) General] PcFish:
Those night shots look amazing! I'll definitely check out that app.
[One (M8) General] BerndM14:
Looks like somebody was busy...
[One (M8) General] cirehawk:
Oops, indeed they were. I was looking at it from my phone and overlooked the settings. Very nice.
[One (M8) General] caretaker01:
Its been some time until i`ve posted

All Have been resized to 1600x1200 (i think)

online photo sharing

image url upload

uploadimage

image upload with preview

picture uploading

click image upload
[One (M8) General] Ehfida:
Good or not?
[One (M8) General] caiejay:
DSLR effects using manual settings in Sense 6 Camera

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
Em what's the point of this when there nothing to see lol.
[One (M8) General] clusterchuck:
Pho noodles
[One (M8) General] IINexusII:
he is showing the bokeh effects with the sense camera, which i quite like :D
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
But there was nothing to see or is a ufo l
[One (M8) General] caiejay:
idk, ppl with dslr cameras always do this crap ?:D

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
A few more taken last week:

I bought a RE camera a few days ago too, quite happy with it, seems like I have a higher chance taking a good action/candid shot with it than a phone camera. A few samples here:

More samples here https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/
[One (M8) General] caretaker01:
Very nice subjects, i expecially dig the butterflyes
[One (M8) General] Callliope:
Winter Sunset in Romania

No edit added
[One (M8) General] DragonFatura:
Purple sky in the evening

Manual mode, no edit
[One (M8) General] riginal:
Unedited:
[One (M8) General] Jamal Ahmed:
Seems like there have been a lot of purple skies lately (or is it really common in winters?)

here's one I shot yesterday. Sense camera on GPE
[One (M8) General] malteasers:
Random stuff messing around in Manual mode
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
My girlfriend just got herself a Desire Eye. I gotta say, the pictures do seem better than the one taken with my M8. Except for very low-light, moving shots (where the M8 makes better, but still noisier-than-usable photos), any visible difference seems to be in advantage of the Desire. A sample:

Desire Eye

M8

Both were taken using the same settings in manual mode

Another cool thing is that the front camera has all the same features as the back one, including manual mode too! (shutter speed limited to 2sec)

All in all I guess I'm not so sad to see HTC moving away from UP as I was before.
[One (M8) General] caretaker01:
Quick shot on my way home

image hosting no sign up

Slightly postshot edited for white balance and straighten
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
Great pic! Is this with HDR? Can you post original pic also?
[One (M8) General] caiejay:
Ultra pixels are da shizz !!:D Auto settings on sense camera

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] renehd2:
Some UFocus photos ??
[One (M8) General] itzsnookums:
Perk
[One (M8) General] caretaker01:
yes its made using HDR with picked/locked focus and exposure point on the brightest area on in the scene (original picture uploaded)
[One (M8) General] Leon:
Some pics on auto
[One (M8) General] caiejay:
Manual settings of sense 6 camera

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
Guys, how satisfied are you with front facing camera? I have M8 and iP6, and getting frustrated with M8 front canera. My results are with pink tint, and although it is 5MPx vs 1.2MPx, pictures on iP6 looks better.

Rear camera is ok, but HDR on iP6 is fantastic. I do lot of Skype calls and I'm disappointed with front camera on M8 :(

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] itls96:
All processed using VSCOcam.
[One (M8) General] Mukhi11:
My m8 has started taking foggy images. I have seen videos of toothpaste trick and intend to do it but i am concerned about camera lens scratching after the coating has been removed.

So question is with normal use does the lens scratch after removing coating ?
[One (M8) General] riginal:
to build a hospital

(no edit)
[One (M8) General] bigfdaddy2:
Cat says don't u fuk wit me lol
[One (M8) General] Mukhi11:
Stock sense camera
[One (M8) General] Macke93:
Snowy in Sweden :)
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
A few more, all un-edited, auto or night mode:

More samples here : https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/

A few from the Re Camera:
[One (M8) General] sallam5010:
All unedited, mix HDR or M or Auto mode

From langkawi and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with love ??
[One (M8) General] starbase64:
ƒ2 iso100 1/1000
[One (M8) General] Mukhi11:
Auto
[One (M8) General] Xava12:
Auto and manual mod.
[One (M8) General] deviatesaw:
I've not had issues after removing the film. If your worried use some sellatape or other clear tape as a protector.
[One (M8) General] leart369:
Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] Karish1989:
Hdr is very very bad :s..... HTC fix this ASAP!
[One (M8) General] Ehfida:
Auto and manual
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
IMAG4060_1 by markcaigerwatson, on Flick

here is a pic form me. Any tips on embedding pics fromm flickr? this doesn't quite look right..
[One (M8) General] Rotten Ross:
Took these on Sunday morning (auto)
[One (M8) General] Caspid:
I actually really like the M8's camera — super fast shutter/burst, good low-light performance, auto-focus is moderately quick, 4MP is perfect for my uses and means I can store a ton. I just wish it didn't tend to overexpose so much. e.g., sometimes, skies will show up a nice deep blue, but most of the time, highlights are completely blown out.

Here're a few pics I've taken:
[One (M8) General] hkhs10811:
These photos are great !
[One (M8) General] MegaMod:
Nice

Nice work.. :)
[One (M8) General] hb5:
Picture taken from bus.
[One (M8) General] bordermadman:
Some snaps from puerto vallarta, last two or so i was having some fun with filters [emoji1]
[One (M8) General] .Ryker:
Some of those looked photoshopped, in a good way. Those are awesome!
[One (M8) General] bordermadman:
The only ones touched up are the bronze sculptures,they have some Google filters, the rest are straight up raw pictures [emoji4] [emoji106]
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
From last week. All auto or night mode:

More samples here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
Taken with GPE stock googe camera
[One (M8) General] Mukhi11:
I must say even at 4mp m8's camera is awesome ??
[One (M8) General] th3:
This thread makes me realize how crap I am at taking photos [emoji26]

I just can't visualize the sceneries that look decent on pics when I'm looking at them.

Sent using Tapatalk
[One (M8) General] caiejay:
By a factory near my area

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] fabidesca:
Reverze 2015
[One (M8) General] liti15:
I think it has a good camera coming from lg g3
[One (M8) General] Mukhi11:
Auto mode
[One (M8) General] iggdawg:
Took this after one of the big snow storms up here in New England a few weeks ago. I could have played with the lighting to mitigate the "I took this through a glass door" look a bit, but I liked how it looked. I very rarely use Ufocus, but it did the trick here.

Auto with ufocus.
[One (M8) General] Steven How:
Hey guys just wondering, anyone of you have both the HTC sensation and HTC one m8? I was wondering which camera is superior in the way of crispness. Like can see clearly when zoom it won't get pixelised. As I usually took photo in sight seeing. But the picture somehow is kind of disappointing to me when I set it as my desktop wallpaper though. Thanks in advance.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] WarCow:
A nice sunrise picture i took a few months ago.
[One (M8) General] PcFish:
Autofocus, lightened up in Snapseed.
[One (M8) General] ipmanwck:
Did anyone here change from lg g3 to m8 ?? If so are you happy with camera. Indoor shots on g3 suck.
[One (M8) General] liti15:
Yes i changed and the camera in the m8 is better i think
[One (M8) General] Shan89:
[MENTION=4587163]ipmanwck[/MENTION]

Here some low light ( lazy to upload full res and quality, tapatalk will give you good sample of camera. ) keep in mind it does wonders when used manually or hdr, this was all auto quick shots.

This one is with auto enchant + ufocus, some gallery effects.
[One (M8) General] itls96:
Processed using VSCOcam
[One (M8) General] boytoy:
first one is with manual settings
[One (M8) General] TempestZ:
I bought one 2 days ago and I was worried about the camera too but it's pretty good for a phone camera and it's not like I will print my pics. I find it acceptable
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
If you are just taking photos for sharing. Seriously nothing wrong with the camera. Unless you think you need to zoom in for the shot.

I have been using the camera for one year now. I have brought it for my holidays and business trips, so far the only times it fell short is when i need to zoom to perfectly frame. Otherwise, my wife who was using a note3, still feels the m8 is a better overall camera.
[One (M8) General] th3:
I only need the cam on holidays and outings, which is 40% of my year, and the M8 has served me very very well in that regard.

I usually take a late production Fujifilm XS1 with me, so you can see, megapixel don't mean squat to me, but in the last 2 trips, the M8 has sufficed. And that's something massive in my book.

I shoot mainly terrain and new cultures with the view of natural, eye-view replication. Other than that, I shoot car pics for comparisons (I rent/sell sports cars), and obviously, my little girl [emoji4]

Sent using Tapatalk
[One (M8) General] Op3a:
I've bought a M8 after an OnePlus (and before OnePlus I've used a iPhone 5S). The thing that scaried me the most when I was to buy the phone was the camera. I've read a lot of user reviews that said that the camera was frustating and poor. After 2 weeks of use, the thing that I most love in this phone (aside from the aluminum body :p ) its the camera. It's fast, the color are great and it is awesome in low light situations. The only downside is that you cant zoom (crop) them (which I never do either).
[One (M8) General] arses:
htc one ultim8
[One (M8) General] caretaker01:
sweet theme going on here
[One (M8) General] caiejay:
Sunset in Oman
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
A young Hellebore just out the ground still green. Shot with my M8 on a cloudy day, edited with Snapseed.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] TITANote2LTE:
Macro

Decided to test out M8 Macro shots,

solid, so far the best on closeups I've used, better so then the Z3

Half ass bacon wrap scallops lol, Impressed with the M8, the front facing cam. GPE and Sense, both are great, only thing is Sense schools it in overall speed but quality none the less is par IMO
[One (M8) General] claudio917:
Did you try the Z3? How did you find the comparison between z3/z3c camera and the M8's in general use? I almost never take pictures in manual mode and I have to choose between z3c and M8, and the camera worries me a little bit :) thanks :)
[One (M8) General] TITANote2LTE:
The Z3 camera was over rated IMO. Anything I shot that had the color red, ended up being pink, green was washed right out and low light pictures were horrible. Front facing selfies (I am one lol) are 10x better on the M8.

The only plus for the Z3 was video recording, blows the M8 outta the water. Along with zooming and cropping.

Yes I know there was a "temp fix" for the Z3 if you set the camera up and use manual mode, your colors will look more accurate, but I wanted a no fuss open camera and so far the M8 delivers. Let me know what you decide.

Cheers
[One (M8) General] fabidesca:
Sping is finally back :D
[One (M8) General] edios123:
Z3 in general is a better phone overall. 5.0" is quite small to my liking. I came from a Moto X 2014 and I prefer its feel and design over M8. Photos look great on the phone screen, but gets just 'okayish' when seen on a bigger screen, like, say a PC monitor.

And you will have to adjust the aperture sometimes because it tends over expose photos.

With the Z3, you get a better camera, much better battery, bigger screen, a gig of RAM extra, almost equal speakers (as per a YouTube video), but a poorer software.
[One (M8) General] knobbyhtccruise:
Don't think you'll be adjusting aperture ...
[One (M8) General] Darkseth:
You can Absolutely NOT tell the sound quality in a YouTube video. It gets obsolete with the crap **** microphones such videos are recorded with. Plus the sound is changed by your speakers too.
[One (M8) General] edios123:
It's what the person who took the video said.

But someone told that its speakers are so crap that he feels that the sound from an S5 sounds better than that. Don't know what to believe.

Sent from my One M8
[One (M8) General] jamiee6610:
I have noticed that the last 2 big updates in OS have reduced camera quality/ file size. The compression has increased significantly by the looks of it? File sizes have reduced in size.

Now all that aside i can still get some good shots considering, what i have noticed is since Lollipop HDR is screwed , and the light sensitivity has become a pain.

Also unlike previous incarnations when you apply filters its reduced the quality and file size by a massive amount.

Last night in low light i took some snaps while i when to grab something to eat with my other half. The restaurant we were at was lowly lit, i used auto, HDR and manual.

Close up

three different shots of the same subject HDR, auto and manual

Now i found that Ufocus worked quite well on a number of low light shots i took recently? After a certain point the option is not availible.

Im going to Japan in a month i will post some shots from that.
[One (M8) General] Darkseth:
In that case: Try it out by yourself. I never heared the S5, just my old S3, and i can assure you, the sound quality difference is by MILES better on the m8.

The S5 should sound even WORSE, because the speaker is slightly muffled (so that its also water proof !!).

Never heared anyone say, that the HTC ONe speakers are not the best ones on the smartphone market.

Others might be just as loud, or even louder, but NOT better.

Maybe its some sound signatures, that one might prefer, since the Sony have a bunch of sound settings, (which are mostly nothing but Equalizers).

Well, like i said, try it out for yourself ^^ Another ones taste might not be your taste.
[One (M8) General] ahmoda:
Here are my shots at night....
[One (M8) General] Joplisan:
I made this lovely photo of a burger yesterday. Auto, iso limited to 200, not edited. ??
[One (M8) General] jamiee6610:
I sat in the pub 2 weeks ago with the guys who work for me after work.

One of my best mates who works with me has a Z3, i have a M8 and a Z2.

Mate we compared the phones and to be honest i wouldnt agree with you at all.

Your phone cant do anthing at 20mp unless its manual all the filters worked at lower resolutions. 4k video came with a warning that the phone may over heat and shut down the phone.

As for photography both the Z2 and Z3 shutters were slower in my opinion?

Low light was a joke on Z2 and Z3 the camera really struggles in low light! My good shutter speed became a factor.

Yes your right the battery may be bigger but doesnt seem to last as long, my mates Z3 drops charge like you cant imagine?
[One (M8) General] edios123:
That's good news for me, to know that my phone is not so far behind! :)

But switch the resolution to 8MP and it will take great shots.

I really wish HTC put an 8MP shooter on the M8. When the photo isn't zoomed, it looks great on the phone.

I had a choice of getting the Z2 over the M8,but didn't go for that because of various Sony issues like self cracking back, over heating etc.

Sent from my One M8
[One (M8) General] PcFish:
Great shot of the moon, did you have it mounted or something or just super steady hands?
[One (M8) General] scifan:
Lets see if this works...
[One (M8) General] Jbb3393:
That's literally six blocks from my apartment. Old holiday picture? The tree on top gives it away. Here's one from my view

No edits just a hdr
[One (M8) General] scifan:
That was from this past December - I had taken my kids down to the science center during Christmas break...
[One (M8) General] asdf916:
Pardon my laziness, but is there a guide to using the M8's camera? I just recently bought a used M8 and want to know if there are some tricks to get great shots like some of you have and what settings to use (I do realize that there's no one-size-fits-all setting for all settings).
[One (M8) General] doaneramma:
Here is some from a burst. There are actually more obviously, but gives you an idea. All from my trip to Cabo San lucas this winter
[One (M8) General] kelsusit:
Does anyone have the HTC One M8s and if so could you post up some sample pictures!
[One (M8) General] whiperhack:
Raw pictures. No special effects.

Sent from my HTC One_M8