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[One (M8) General] fabidesca:
I just bought my M8 here this afternoon my first pictures

Envoyé de mon HTC One_M8 en utilisant Tapatalk
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
Just want everyone to know there is a coating on all lens. It may appear to be scratched but its only a coating .

To clean off the coating use a qtip and alcohol

HTC M8
[One (M8) General] mushages:
it's hard to remove the coating around the lens but easy to remove the part which is exactly on the lens.
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
Exactly my experience

HTC M8
[One (M8) General] mushages:
did you manage to remove it all? I hate it looking like this ...
[One (M8) General] BookOfRick:
I used rubbing alcohol and the scratches persist. Got the scratches whilst having it in the dot view case and they are slowly getting worse. :|
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
I found that the most outer edge is the hardest.

Once the liquid gets beneath the lens , the lens will start to move.

HTC M8

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I thought that was the case as well.

But I just rubbed more vigorously. The scratches turned to haze and blurry. My pics were destroyed. But I just kept at it. Now the lens is clear as day

HTC M8
[One (M8) General] sofia-captivate:
How is the pictures in low light? Is 4 ultra mp better than s5 camera?
[One (M8) General] starbase64:
my low light test...
[One (M8) General] ou2mame:
Is your cat a korat? We have one.. She's the weirdest cat ever. Skittish, curious but overcome by fear.. Friendly, then scared. Its like she is bipolar.
[One (M8) General] itls96:
Some pictures taken and been processed using VSCOcam

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[One (M8) General] girlygirl00:
Rose from my backyard after a good rain today. Happy with the detail.
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
Some photos I've taken over the weekend:

More samples can be viewed here :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/
[One (M8) General] robgo:
I don't care about camera on the phone so much. I've used the selfie cam far more than the rear cam for a persistent/clingy person I speak too :D. I have a dslr I bought as a hobby a while back and have hardly used it but have been meaning too. It's one of the reasons I chose the M8 over other phones just marketing their cameras. I owned a Lumia 920 which had an amazing camera when it was released but camera is more or less just a gimmick to me. I'd prefer to have an excellent phone with an ok camera than a bad phone with a freak camera just to take psuedo art shots for instagram :good:
[One (M8) General] il buono:
Couple of shots from the front yard. River not included :D
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
Photos taken this morning.

Dawn in Singapore - Venus, New Moon and Airplane

Gardens By The Bay - Singapore

https://www.flickr.com/photos/31191230@N07/
[One (M8) General] BookOfRick:
Took a walk
[One (M8) General] Diddy555:
My best shot in a aquarium. It was dark, only the fish tanks were lighted... Flash wasn't allowed.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
HDR never fails (AE/AF lock to brightest)
[One (M8) General] njan_ivide:
All pics are unedited.
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
Beautiful. Location?

HTC M8
[One (M8) General] njan_ivide:
first 2 @ Abudhabi,UAE

Rest all at Cochin, India
[One (M8) General] sallam5010:
Can someone make hdr just like the m7 ? In m8 u can't lock and change to hdr ! No matter what or how fast I was still it blows up the whole pic :( makes me really mad and pissed off
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Just hold and lock focus to the brightest distant spot you can find ;)
[One (M8) General] sallam5010:
I totally know and been using it a lot on m7 but in m8 it doesn't work ! It just blows all the pic makes it Soo bright and unusable and if am not fast enough it just ignores what I locked on . I hate this stupid software
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Nope mate, you got me wrong I was telling you the M8 method

In HDR mode: hold and lock focus to the brightest spot you can find even if its out side the view finder, then frame and shoot, no need to change modes at all, its actually much easier than the old m7 method
[One (M8) General] boofhead:
a picture of my staffy.
[One (M8) General] sallam5010:
Hmmmm.. well it's late night now will try 2mrw after the prayer :) thnx mate
[One (M8) General] pinkgabe:
use a mr clean magic eraser to take off the coating that has all the scratches show up
[One (M8) General] littlegreenalien:
Htc m8 and wife gs4 compared
[One (M8) General] Olaeli:
Thanks for the tip.

Not heard of it in my country though, but will look for it.
[One (M8) General] njan_ivide:
Well then you can use some alcohol and rub on in a circular manner with a microfiber cloth. it will take around 10-15 minutes but will not leave any scratch on the actual glass.
[One (M8) General] BookOfRick:
HDR is a beast.
[One (M8) General] fahadfreid:
Lol I can't take you seriously because I've had the G2 and its screen is worse in every regard to the M8's minus the size. It's whites are actually colder and the screen is pitiful under sunlight. Also it looks unnaturally saturated (something LG is trying to do in a more horrible fashion on the G3). The M8s screen actually looks vibrant without looking like it went through the Samsung treatment. And the G2's camera sucked in anything other than broad daylight. The indoor shots are the worst I've ever seen since the Nokia feature phones. They looked like oil paintings done with a bad imagination. And the flash made things even worse. Moreover, it's plastic, though better than the S4, still felt like ****. Not to mention it was nearly impossible to find any accessory for the phone. Add to the fact that it's stock software actually managed to look worse than touchwiz and I was wondering where all the hype for this phone came from. The only redeeming point about the phone was the battery. Oh and also the sound quality through the headphone jack was worse than my older S3 and every iDevice I've used. So yeah.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
[MENTION=4923895]fahadfreid[/MENTION] you a replying to a very old post

cut the argument out of this thread as it's Out Of Topic or we will invite mod action

I suggest you remove your reply

[MENTION=3750463]Erazo1986[/MENTION] and everyone posting night photos: BIG TIP reduce Max ISO to 800, as MAX1600 is the reason why you are getting such smudgy images at night
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
i think I have dead pixels on my camera sensor. See attached. You can see about 7 dots in view centre right.I've attached a zoomed in picture which shows the spots up closer. anyone else got this?

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[One (M8) General] fabidesca:
Envoyé de mon HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
M8 camera tips

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/05/17/htc-one-m8-camera-tips-to-improve-your-photos/
[One (M8) General] ajai_dev:
I have several scratches on the camera lenses this is the worst thing ever since its just been a month since I have bought this. There was no reason to make this lens so big when the camera sensor is so small, its like axing your own foot off.
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
And this is light trail using the m8 manual
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
How did you do it?
[One (M8) General] androidfilesharing:
I used a Mr. Clean magic eraser. Slightly less potent than alcohol and cleared it up perfectly!

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My experience as well. I'm OK with the outer edges though as it does not affect picture quality one but
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
go to camera manual mode

set the shutter speed to 4 ( the lowest value )

make sure to keep your hand stable during that

i will do more pics today :)
[One (M8) General] h0l:
Me being followed by a trail of ambulances.
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
Then buy another phone and move on with your life
[One (M8) General] parichay:
Hi, I have the M8 and love the camera - it does what I want and I really like the uFocus feature. I have 1 question though - I am planning on installing an AOSP ROM (SlimKat) - once I do so, can I still get the that feature? I mean, is there any sense apk which I can install on AOSP? Or do I have to be satisfied with the default new Google camera? Thank you.
[One (M8) General] habylab:
It's on topic, but this thread is for photos!
[One (M8) General] FlowingAway:
What you posted comes off as a troll very poorly masked as an opinion. Definitely not a fact.
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
No the second camera does nothing and you best off with google camera since it does a better job for me.
[One (M8) General] GermanGuy:
Videos Taken with M8

Question for the Photo experts. When taking a video of a show on stage in a dark setting, everything on the stage appears overexposed (too bright). I looked through all the settings for video and cannot see a way to improve this. Any thoughts?
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight..... You'll just drop this non-constructive, trollish comment in here, while not providing any feedback or specifics as to what doesn't please you with the images or other pics for comparison. Again, if you don't like them, move on or at least try to be constructive
[One (M8) General] sebo1084:
Watermelon balls by the pool.
[One (M8) General] kameleongt:
Took this today at a local truck show.

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[One (M8) General] jhun80:
[IMG="hdr"]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3892/14353329478_782684d344_k.jpg[/IMG]
[One (M8) General] Henry443:
You share nice collection of pictures that is taken with M8.

These pictures make me fan of M8 soon i buy it.
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
Maybe his post was over the top but your post comes off as a troll because you give no reasons why you said, more so since this thread is about posting pics but if you want hate on it there is another thread for that have fun in there.
[One (M8) General] --anx--:
Unedited. Just exposure -1 and white balance to auto.
[One (M8) General] dressanderc:
Use a faster shutter speed and possibly a lower ISO
[One (M8) General] GermanGuy:
Faster shutter speed for video?
[One (M8) General] dressanderc:
I'm sorry, man. My brain somehow completely skipped the word "video". Time for more coffee.
[One (M8) General] GermanGuy:
No worries. :)

I did place my question in a "picture thread".
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
Another light trail
[One (M8) General] fabidesca:
How do you do? :o
[One (M8) General] morfini:
Sorry if I 'm being off topic, can I somehow keep my video mode? I like 60 fps video and I don't want to have to choose it every time I open the video camera.
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
Yes, when you make your settings in video, just tap gear icon and go to bottom on Save as Camera, and there you go. Just click it next time and all settings are saved.
[One (M8) General] morfini:
Unfortunately it reverts back to normal mode even if I choose to save. Probably it saves the setting but not the mode.
[One (M8) General] xsardax:
Strange, not in my case. I have same custom preset with Fast FHD and it is saved as camera for weeks, never had problem.
[One (M8) General] mushages:
Tutorial please? What mode do you choose and what settings?
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
go to camera manual mode

set the shutter speed to 4 ( the lowest value )

all other is auto

make sure to keep your hand stable during that shot ;)
[One (M8) General] mushages:
But how can you write something using a phone flash for example my picture is instant :/
[One (M8) General] morfini:
Ok I couldn't choose my custom video option because I couldn't find it. I feel stupid but It is a little tricky to find it, you have to swipe.
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
Setting the shutter speed to 4 keeps the camera lens open for 4 seconds during that it captures the light

You can search for light trail for further info
[One (M8) General] v-b-n:
Here is a boring dull beach in Singapore which I ended up making lively (albeit a bit much I think) ... sat +1 sharp +1 rest auto
[One (M8) General] dannejanne:
Done with my little modding project.

CM Quickfire TK with Cherry MX blue switches. From all black to this.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[One (M8) General] nanoo-eg:
Your photos in Greece are for tourist guides!!!!!!!
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3844/14390685444_c46627ce70_b.jpg
[One (M8) General] v-b-n:
Here's one with slow shutter speed... It's a bus racing away
[One (M8) General] Pettro:
Hi guys. Just offering some quick tips, I leave my phone on auto for all my pictures and usually use a small LED flashlight for a macro-flash effect on close-up images.

Here are some of the pictures I've taken with my M8.

PS: I love to eat lol, I apologize for the food pictures.
[One (M8) General] squabbi:
Here are some of mine. :)
[One (M8) General] joeyzbg:
Shot some nice pictures expirimenting with manual mode :)

LINK
[One (M8) General] mheera:
manual 4 seconds shutter speed first try
[One (M8) General] spotmark:
Found this fellow hanging out in our driveway, after last night's storm.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Macro mode

Landscape mode

HDR mode

Almost all of these shots were taken at sunset and HDR proved to work wonders

Full size in my Flickr Albums:

HDRs by HTC One (M8)

UltraPixels by HTC One (M8)
[One (M8) General] DigitalMadness:
[MENTION=1144067]hamdir[/MENTION] Thats just insane. Omg
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
i am proud of my HDR collection :) it makes me laugh at every so called reviewer who burried the HDR mode on the M8

lock into brightest and expect magic, works everytime ;)

HDR and landscape are my two favorite modes, if you notice from my landscape shots there is no focus planes and so it never blurs the edges

Landscape mode = infinite focus

and you can see this clearly in the grape shot, both the village in the distance and the grape plant in the front are in focus
[One (M8) General] Rotten Ross:
How did you take this pic? Stock app?
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
ya stock htc camera

go to camera manual mode

set the shutter speed to 4 ( the lowest value )

all other is auto

make sure to keep your hand stable during that shot
[One (M8) General] mathrania:
Night Mode.... Sharjah, UAE.
[One (M8) General] Minigoat_92:
Just a day in the life.
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
How fast was the shutter dpeed for the macro flower shot?

Did not notice the bee frozen in flight till just now.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
No I only noticed the bee when I got home !

The shutter speed is in exif: 1/1210 of a second :) that's in standard macro mode around sunset
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
Thank you. It was a risk going on a long trip with just handphone cameras. Fortunately all turn out well.

I wished I had known of the techniques outlined by hamdir, esp for HDR and Landscape mode, some of the photos might have turned out even better.
[One (M8) General] mheera:
sunset today .. auto mode ..
[One (M8) General] Pettro:
So I want to help the m8 users with a few tutorials for maximizing the most from our phones. Some written and in video form when I have some time. Mainly inspired by the great results hamdir has shown!

Who needs 16 megapixels when 4 is just dandy?

Here are some before (original, absolutely no corrections) and after (edited with snapseed) results:

BEFORE:

AFTER:
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
Beautiful. Is this auto mode ?

HTC M8
[One (M8) General] Costaki:
Macro

Macro, stock HTC camera
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
KFC (Malaysia) Doraemon Travel Blanket. :)

I really love the M8 HDR mode. :)
[One (M8) General] Pettro:
Actually it was manual.

ISO = 100

White Balance = 5300K

Shutter = 1/1,250

Manual Focus (macro mode)

Those were my settings, in bright light you may need to bump it up. Today it was somewhat cloudy. But I do have some new pictures and tricks to post for you guys! Will post before work tomorrow.
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
nice pics, but to be honest most phones these days produce good close ups. Macro shots at 4mp look great, it's the more long range where the cracks appear in this camera. If you have any tips on those, that would be great.
[One (M8) General] hudsoncouto:
Edited with stock gallery?
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
HDR locked on the sun, Edited in Snapseed

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] Pettro:
The landscape mode in this phone is quite good. The problem is with the HTC's automatic algorithms. I took a low-light picture of my street at roughly 11 pm and it came out awesome. I also tested a few shots using the flash and very high shutters.

The HTC has a very good flash and if used properly can be used for some amazing macro shots as well.

Landscape:

Flash:

Bonus (edited with snapseed):
[One (M8) General] ronniemayo:
Some light painting
[One (M8) General] dsmpampis:
Tspatalked with my (refrigerator look) HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] cardozclive:
Clicked using macro mode
[One (M8) General] jonny68:
here are two photos I

took in the park, look nice.

First in normal mode, second in hdr
[One (M8) General] Bananaz:
Witch filters in Snapseed?
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
A couple... Mainly HDR scape, people, modified, grunge over, don't know which but without the texture. :)

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] Rotten Ross:
Walking home from football, just thought I would snap a pic of this,
[One (M8) General] Rotten Ross:
Here is it with the pic
[One (M8) General] ajkahn:
I am amazed, the only reason I didn't go with the m8 was the camera. Wish I had found this thread earlier. Great photos guys.

One question for all the low light photos, do you adjust any settings or is it auto?
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
It depends on the scene and what you want to capture. HDR works great in low light, especially with flash but again it depends on what you want to show on the photo. If it's still life then usually manual with low iso and long exposure but again it depends on what you want to show. Play with the settings a little, toy with it, use flash, don't use it, go wit HDR or shoot full auto. ;) sorry but there is no ultimate advice I can give you.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] italysfinest327:
Some shots from my weekend away
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Long time never post photos taken with HTC One (M8). Here some yesterday shoot at my hometown. :)
[One (M8) General] contraryrhombus:
It is just another normal day in England. Clouds incoming for the impending rain. Or doom. I'm going to say doom.
[One (M8) General] Bananaz:
2 pictures of my dog today!

Weird bug on ufocus on the first one.

[IMG="Eddie1"]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5472/14606465325_02eaa2855c_b.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Eddie2"]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/14606467505_8cd9248921_b.jpg[/IMG]
[One (M8) General] dannejanne:
Sent from my One M8
[One (M8) General] Brachogan:
here`s Mine i really wonder how 4 Mega Pixel (Even if its Ultra i know but still same Res. of 4MP)

took a pics like that
[One (M8) General] The-Last-Hylian:
Crazy! Really nice photo!
[One (M8) General] FlowingAway:
What kind of settings do you change in Snapseed to make THAT happen? That's awesome looking.
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
It was shot in HDR mode to begin with, then I applied HDR scape filters in Snapseed along with some Grunge without texture and corrected saturation and contrast a bit. That's it.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] pball52998:
Big bug

My cat

My 1967 Suzuki motorcycle

Random Flowers

Sent from my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. S-OFF.
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
nice photos but you have to check your camera lens cover
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Just try out Camera Manual Mode. OMG! It is real awesome!
[One (M8) General] mathrania:
What are the settings in manual mode??
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
[MENTION=1940466]Andrewtst[/MENTION] so awesome :laugh:
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
White Balance - Auto

ISO - 100

Shutter Speed - move around until satisfied

Focus - move around until satisfied

Thanks. :)

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Good Night Everyone. :)
[One (M8) General] NYLUVBUG:
Bethlehem steel stacks. Bethlehem PA
[One (M8) General] raider5oh:
Only added an filter and vignette from HTC editor
[One (M8) General] pball52998:
What do you mean?

Sent from my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. S-OFF.
[One (M8) General] Vandam500:
He probably said that because most of your pictures look kind of blurry. Likely that your lens needs to be cleaned.
[One (M8) General] pball52998:
Probably. What would you suggest cleaning it with?

Sent from my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. S-OFF.
[One (M8) General] Vandam500:
A cleaning cloth
[One (M8) General] Eiad Ajam:
maybe your lens cover is scratched
[One (M8) General] pball52998:
Hasn't been out of the case. So I don't think so. Gonna clean it with my glasses cloth.

Edit: taking more photos, I noticed it's not a scratch. But my picture won't focus completely. I can focus on one thing, and doesn't focus on the thing behind it. When I focus on the background and not on the main object the main item is blurry. Using focal camera, because I hate google camera, but I'm on GPE so no sense camera for me..

Sent from my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. S-OFF.
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Now your photo look clean and sharp, not like previous all blur blur like your lens is scratch or fog inside. But your flower still a bit out of focus, it is I either you snap it too close and never proper focusing it.

The front and back focus different is correct. Nothing wrong about it and it should behavior like that when you having close object in front.
[One (M8) General] pball52998:
I guess dust or smudges, glasses cleaning cloth did the trick. As for the front and back focus, is there any way you could get a full focused photo? I don't mind it, just wondering.

Sent from my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. S-OFF.
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
This is lens behavior which act like human eye. If you got front object near, you can't see clearly at far object. Also when your front object too close to eyes, it became blur and far object clear.
[One (M8) General] pball52998:
True. Didn't think of it that way. Thanks for the explanation ???

Sent from my HTC One M8 Google Play Edition. S-OFF.
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Welcome. :) Actually DSLR can control it but I don't think any mobile phone camera capable yet due to hardware limit. Maybe Samsung Galaxy K can but that over bulky size is not a phone already.

This HTC One (M8) camera lens is having a big aperture which is F/2 that why you seen more DOF output. :)
[One (M8) General] sasohamer:
My M8
[One (M8) General] sasha4fierce:
lets continue with macedonia ...

bonus:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJ1ke1VXRg[/YOUTUBE]
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
Sorry, not exactly on topic per se but anyway....

Do any of you know an app that would feature vignette only the top part of the photo? If you go vignette you get a circular darkness around but I'd only like to darken the sky, like in those über cool shots from Top Gear and I'd like to do it on the phone without using PC and Photoshop.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers!

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] digitalcandy:
Here is a photo I took.
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
One night at City Square, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.