So I think my phone is taking sweet pics. I just wanted some feedback on any settings that are optimal. I haven't the slightest clue about what I should change the default settings to, but I've read a few really good results by tweaking them a bit. Any advice would be appreciated.
Subscribed - I'd be interested on anyone's input as well!
Try using the Screen Shutter button instead of the dedicated button. I consistently got sharper pics on EVO 3D when I did this.
Also try manually bumping up ISO instead of AUTO. I think AUTO encourages too slow a shutter speed.
Warning on White Balance. What you see on the screen is not what you get before you take the shot. This is a bug IMHO. Always try to get White Balance right. It can really make the a big difference in your photos. Auto tends work badly indoors with any kind of light. Outdoors Auto usually works good. If you get it wrong your photos will be slightly blue or slightly yellow (and sometimes slightly green).
Here are some of my shots. Camera settings are stock except for -1 saturation, -1 sharpness, white balance sunny, and ISO 400.
I put them on my dropbox so Tapatalk doesn't kill them with compression.
http://db.tt/Ql7ckFJU
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
RegnierD said:
Here are some of my shots. Camera settings are stock except for -1 saturation, -1 sharpness, white balance sunny, and ISO 400.
I put them on my dropbox so Tapatalk doesn't kill them with compression.
http://db.tt/Ql7ckFJU
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for sharing, I'll try those settings today at the park. May I ask what made you choose -1 sat and -1 sharp?
Thanks for the input guys!
Like Mik, I wanna be like Mik....
darkfire23 said:
Thanks for sharing, I'll try those settings today at the park. May I ask what made you choose -1 sat and -1 sharp?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you get up close, skin looks really pink, and some shots can be grainy from the post capture edits our imaging chip does. I tuned it down a little to see if it would help, and it did, a little.
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
There's a camera discussion thread here with lots of tips:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681309
Also, don't forget that after you take a pic, you can apply imaging effects, like the high contrast in this pic attached that I just took :O
In gallery, long press the image, edit, effects.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE using XDA
^^^ Nice! That's pretty much wallpaper worthy!
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
RegnierD said:
^^^ Nice! That's pretty much wallpaper worthy!
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its the bowl of a 'decked out' tobacco pipe.
hehe
Related
http://www.androidcentral.com/camera-comparison-htc-evo-3d-vs-evo-4g
Oh man! Looks like a step backwards for the camera!
I'm still getting it!!!!!!!!
3vo is def sharper, just change the color settings to get more vivid pics. I think its an upgrade
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
As smartphone cams go in 2011? Evo 3D Camera: fail.....on an otherwise flagship device for HTC.
If HTC was to upgrade their camera....this would seem to be the release to do it (it by name draws attention to its CAMERA for god's sake). Dissapointing.
You know I've seen some 3vo pics that look god awful, and some that look pretty decent... most of the guys give awful reviews (meaning they don't grasp what a review should be) what makes you think they know how to work hardware (tweak settings..etc) to make a picture look good. lol
it looks fine you can adjust settings for better color.
better than what i thought it was gonna be.
jersey221 said:
it looks fine you can adjust settings for better color.
better than what i thought it was gonna be.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep, you're right. Phil just commented saying he didn't optimize the camera before taking the pictures. Just point and Shoot.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d/95409-camera-comparison-up.html#post1013363
My girl has an iPhone, and when we're out and take pics, I have her use her phone because the evo camera sucks. She's always throwing it in my face. I just want to be able to tell her to shove her iPhone up her ass. Also, why does the thunderbolt seem to have such a good camera (and reviews) but the 3ds is just.....eh?? Corner cutting? Cheaper hardware? Is Sprint trying to save coin?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Quality pictures require a quality camera... that's why I have my Canon 40D, 5D and 1Ds.
I also have cameras. Thats mot related to the fact that HTC uses subquality cameras on these high end devices. As a converged device camera I use the pics in conjunction immediately with other apps. My other cameras can't do that.
Night·Fire said:
Quality pictures require a quality camera... that's why I have my Canon 40D, 5D and 1Ds.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There wasn't one of those photos where I thought the 4g did better. Clarity was better on the 3vo across the board. Look at the frogs or the last one with the green/pink leaves. Look at where the pink meets the green.
Truthfully I think the 4g could do better. Out of focus. But then again, so is my evo 4g camera
fpineda101 said:
Oh man! Looks like a step backwards for the camera!
I'm still getting it!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
lol love that despite the letdowns people are still getting it, but whatever IM STILL GETTING IT!!
hdad2 said:
There wasn't one of those photos where I thought the 4g did better. Clarity was better on the 3vo across the board. Look at the frogs or the last one with the green/pink leaves. Look at where the pink meets the green.
Truthfully I think the 4g could do better. Out of focus. But then again, so is my evo 4g camera
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah at 1st glance 4G seems better but if you really look clarity is better (as stated above) on 3vo...Frogs (more detail) flowers (same thing) looks like there needs to be some color correction (in processing??) also I just saw the other link in a prev thread and I think there was something in the settings that may somewhat address this???
IANAPhotog...btw
White balance: Lets you change the white balance
to enable the camera to capture colors more
accurately by adjusting to your current lighting
environment.
Auto focus: Enables or disables centered
autofocus. Autofocus is enabled by default.
ISO (photo mode only): Lets you choose an ISO
level or set it back to Auto. Higher ISO numbers
are better for taking pictures in low light
conditions.
would manipulation of these settings make the pics a bit better?
*tho I understand why the test was done with no adjustments via both cams.
Guys check out the new 'Lightbox Photo' app..it takes pics way faster than Vignette etc and has an immediate "fixit" option which makes great fast color/contrast corrections...nice resulting picture.
That's disappointing the 3VO camera is still that far behind iPhone. They should have invested the R&D into a practical camera instead of the 3D stuff. Will probably still end up getting it because it's the next best thing from EVO.
Right now, I carry my little Canon powershot because it takes way better pictures than my ancient 2mp Mogul.
The Evo 3D will obviously take better pictures but I don't think it's as good as my Canon. My plan is for simple pictures I'll carry just the Evo 3d and if I want really nice pictures, then I'll pull the Canon out.
Is it me or does our camcorder suck?? I recorded my dog in the house blinds were open and everything so I can have light in the house but my video still came out dark which is crazy really starting to think our camera is wack I love the phone don't get me wrong but I'm considering trading it in I mean its like I have to be outside to get decent quality....in the daytime anyway
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
You forgot to turn on the camera light.
phatmanxxl said:
You forgot to turn on the camera light.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But it was light in my house tho open blinds and everything.....
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
Maybe too much light or cam was pointing the bright areas. All cameras will do this. The shutter is taking in all that light.
Rydah805 said:
Maybe too much light or cam was pointing the bright areas. All cameras will do this. The shutter is taking in all that light.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok ill do a couple more test then
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
I'm a professional video producer and hobby photographer. I haven't tested the Evo 3D's camera for video yet, but the problem you described is common in all auto cameras.
When a camera is automatically adjusting exposure, shutter, iso, etc. it adjusts for the brightest dominant subject in frame. The camera thinks you want everything perfectly exposed and is programmed not to blow out the highlights. So, what happens is it sees the bright window and thinks "ok, lets expose to that so it isn't a white blob." If you want to avoid this type of thing, lighting has to be as even as possible to the windows (which is almost always impossible) or you frame your subject without the window in the background. You also avoid this by using manual exposure settings, but I'm not sure how much control you'll have on the E3D.
What I would be weary of is the bitrate the E3D records video at. HD is only a resolution, but if it's a crappy bitrate, the video will look like crap. If you're not familiar with that, search youtube for some sample clips of videos in different bitrates. This probably can't be adjusted in the settings, but might be adjusted with some development if this is lacking. I remember when I was on my Samsung Moment which was android 2.1, that was adjusted in the build.prop but I don't know if that's the same here.
EDIT:
Some examples of what I described -
Bitrate comparrisons:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNG6gw4cxU
Some background to the above clip, this is testing the Q scale of a hacked firmware for a DSLR. The Q scale is just the piece of the firmware that controls the video compression/bitrate. The lower it is set, the higher the bitrate it uses. He starts at about a 44Mbps bitrate in the above video and moves down to about 10Mbps or lower. I'd be surprised if the E3D records even 2 or 3 Mbps. But if you jump from the beginning to about 1 min 30 sec. you can see the difference more. Watching it through, the changes are so subtle you might not notice much.
Couldn't find a video to demonstrate, but this forum post about the subject might help:
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7594_102-282799.html
@GK1984 THANKS A LOT your info makes sense even tho imo my EVO 3d camera is kinda wack ....specially in low light
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
Chauleyboii said:
@GK1984 THANKS A LOT your info makes sense even tho imo my EVO 3d camera is kinda wack ....specially in low light
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem. There's a lot to factor into better low-light picture. The tiny lens on mobile phones doesn't help. The new Mytouch HTC just released this summer has a back-lit sensor which lets more light hit the sensor, for example (the sensor is built backwards so the wiring is behind it - in a nut-shell). It's like a "duh" technology but JUST emerged recently. A lot of cameras compensate by adjusting the ISO (digital equivalent to film speed or sensitivity to light) but that causes more noise/fuzz to appear. You may want to try that though if you can for video, I know you can on photos. But feel free to ask me anything about video or photography and I'll do my best to respond. I don't sign in to XDA often, but I'd be glad to exchange emails or something.
Turn up the exposure, under image adjustments.
Does wonders for me.
Noiro said:
Turn up the exposure, under image adjustments.
Does wonders for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did I mess with all the settings .....stop not satisfied lol .....just think HTC could if done better I know back in the day BAKED SNACK would tweak the camera and camcorder to make it better....just hope eventually the devs will do the same
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
That's the only settings change I would make to get the best results, aside from dancing with a higher ISO... I keep it at max on both the camera & camcorder.
Noiro said:
That's the only settings change I would make to get the best results, aside from dancing with a higher ISO... I keep it at max on both the camera & camcorder.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Gotcha
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
guys a friend of mine just got the motorola razer,
its a really good phone now that i see it more often,
but i was testing our camera with the razor camera,
our have more features witch i think is the only phone and the mytouch slide that have more features on the camera,
well i noticed with both cameras on that the razor have better low light pictures in we were at starbucks this afternoon, and i got both cameras on when i moved these phones sides on the amaze you could see the lights moving fast and on the razor it was smooth, low light was perfect when on the amaze it was kinda yellow
even on the ffc when i moved them the razor looked better than the amaze,
what do you guys think? is it something we could fix on ours maybe a tweak
or its the way the camera was built?
I hate the yellow tone to indoor pictures! You can tell when you go into settings and uncheck widescreen, the image will turn normal for a split second and then go back to yellowish. A tweak would be awesome.
Other than that this camera is fantastic.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using XDA App
The camera itself on the amaze is better. You just have to do some software tweaking like play around in manual mode with lighting saturation contrast iso etc. And turn auto enhance off.
Also if you're seeing yellow change the white balance in manual mode.
I just went from the MyTouch 4g Slide to the Amaze. Cameras are comparable, and both very good. I think the clarity on the Amaze is a bit better- I took a pic of a book with a post it on it to compare, and could read the handwriting on the Amaze version where it was blurry on the 4gSlide. Slide has markings on the lens, but I can't tell that the optics are any better on the older phone. All in all, very good, very fast camera.
#1 complaint about the Amaze camera is the retarded focusing. It gets even worst in low light. So if you're in a hurry, your first pictures will always be blurry. Best thing you can do is turn off Auto focus, and keep it in manual mode.
I also hate the yellow looking indoor pictures also. It's a decent camera but I wouldn't stay the best.
sefar said:
I just went from the MyTouch 4g Slide to the Amaze. Cameras are comparable, and both very good. I think the clarity on the Amaze is a bit better- I took a pic of a book with a post it on it to compare, and could read the handwriting on the Amaze version where it was blurry on the 4gSlide. Slide has markings on the lens, but I can't tell that the optics are any better on the older phone. All in all, very good, very fast camera.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
they both have the same camera, the software settings might be a little different from factory
---------- Post added at 04:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 PM ----------
hzm82 said:
#1 complaint about the Amaze camera is the retarded focusing. It gets even worst in low light. So if you're in a hurry, your first pictures will always be blurry. Best thing you can do is turn off Auto focus, and keep it in manual mode.
I also hate the yellow looking indoor pictures also. It's a decent camera but I wouldn't stay the best.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
change the white balance settings in manual mode!!! also they yellowish nature of the picture is party because of the yellowish tint of the amaze screen..you can only tell a picture apart if you look at the same picture taken with two camera's on the same screen
Thanks to whoever it was that mentioned about going into settings and white balance. Definitely looks a ton better and takes out the yellowish hue. Now I am happy with the camera. Before that only outside pics look good. Inside was terrible, but this helped out a ton.
Thanks!
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk
JesseMT4G said:
Thanks to whoever it was that mentioned about going into settings and white balance. Definitely looks a ton better and takes out the yellowish hue. Now I am happy with the camera. Before that only outside pics look good. Inside was terrible, but this helped out a ton.
Thanks!
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
glad it helped
Responding to your title question. I personally think the camera and video sucks compared to my old Nokia N8. That is the best camera I ever had and I REALLY miss it a lot lol.
seansk said:
glad it helped
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea it helps a ton, I'm just annoyed with HTC for having auto so yellow. Thanks!
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using XDA App
hasoon2000 said:
Responding to your title question. I personally think the camera and video sucks compared to my old Nokia N8. That is the best camera I ever had and I REALLY miss it a lot lol.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is true Nokia does make very nice camera's on their phones...so does sonyericsson which is now only sony, since sony is also in the business of point and shoot, they can make camera's better than a manufacturer that's only in cellphones.
the camera really take good pictures if you are not in a hurry,
but my concern was when u have it open and move around, its very fast, when i saw the razr it was smooth and the lights were not like lazer looking as with the amaze was,
hasoon2000 said:
Responding to your title question. I personally think the camera and video sucks compared to my old Nokia N8. That is the best camera I ever had and I REALLY miss it a lot lol.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it is safe to say that you had the champion of champs of phone cameras.
The Amaze seems to be among the best cell phone cameras of all time. Definitely top 5 if not top 3, and there have been alot of cell phone models that have come out over the years.
Please keep all question related threads in the Q&A section.
Thread Moved.
Sent from my Galaxy Note i717, using XDA Premium.
You don't have to be a farmer to know what sh*t smells like.
I have a few devices,and I use the camera alot.
So far,the Samsung infuse has the best pictures.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
i love this camera. for me no need for a digital cam this works great and is always in my pocket.
okay so i see people taking AMAZING pictures with this phone, but i just cant seem to take ANY GOOD pictures! they come out fuzzy or just low HQ. are settings are everyone using to get these AMAZING pictures???
Attachment taken with depth of field effect. Sexy. Not messed with much else. I leave it on auto. I did read up on what ISO and white balance means and what the settings can do for a picture. I suggest researching what each setting does.
Edit: After uploading and looking, the picture looks a bit foggy. No lights on in the room and no flash.
Maybe a higher ISO would have been better, but it was on auto for this pic.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE using XDA
some people are claiming bad camera, make sure the lense is clean, if its smudge or dirty then pics will suck. also if it has focus problems try to manualy focus
Here are some of my shots. Camera settings are stock except for -1 saturation, -1 sharpness, white balance sunny, and ISO 400.
I put them on my dropbox so Tapatalk doesn't kill them with compression.
http://db.tt/Ql7ckFJU
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
Id like to ask, does anyone know if there are going to be any tweaks coming out that are for the S3's still's camera?
I personally find that if i'm shooting pics in my garden, that the grass looks luminous green, and over-saturated.
Now, not starting a war here - i sold my 4S to get an S3, but i do find the S3 images a fair bit less realistic than my old iPhone
JCM800 said:
Id like to ask, does anyone know if there are going to be any tweaks coming out that are for the S3's still's camera?
I personally find that if i'm shooting pics in my garden, that the grass looks luminous green, and over-saturated.
Now, not starting a war here - i sold my 4S to get an S3, but i do find the S3 images a fair bit less realistic than my old iPhone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you are looking the images on your phone, it's because of the Super AMOLED screen...
It tends to oversaturate colors, thats normal.
But I know that the camera also oversaturate colors a little bit, nothing big, but it does.
JCM800 said:
Id like to ask, does anyone know if there are going to be any tweaks coming out that are for the S3's still's camera?
I personally find that if i'm shooting pics in my garden, that the grass looks luminous green, and over-saturated.
Now, not starting a war here - i sold my 4S to get an S3, but i do find the S3 images a fair bit less realistic than my old iPhone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
there are a tweaks already available for download that enhances the audio and video bitrate as well as added physical buttons for still images...have a search around.
Just change the many camera settings already available on the handset before shooting...
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Change camera setting before a shot..
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
i agree that the super AMOLED screen makes the image look over saturated. Looks great on the phone screen but poor once you open the file on a computer. I like to experiment with different settings and then touch up the images in post. just keep in mind that lighting is on your side, you just have to know how to manage the amount of light taken in by the camera
I'm still testing out the features and hope to get a good setting but honestly i find that my photos using my old HTC Sensation were better quality.
Also, i have edited the media_profiles.xml file and increased the bitrate, that is my tweak. anything else would be on the user.
First off anyone claiming iphone 4s photos are more realistic than photos on s3 is telling a few porkies especially if they use Hdr on 4s as that makes iphone pics look as unreal as it gets. Secondly the photos on s3 blow the 4s away regardless of the mythical over saturation of colours.
Take any pics on s3 and ip4s side by side on auto in a variety of situations and I guarantee the iphone pics will be sub standard 99 percent of the time, colour balance or no.
Sgs3 takes as good photos as my cannon powershot 14mp easily.
swift2fly said:
i agree that the super AMOLED screen makes the image look over saturated. Looks great on the phone screen but poor once you open the file on a computer. I like to experiment with different settings and then touch up the images in post. just keep in mind that lighting is on your side, you just have to know how to manage the amount of light taken in by the camera
I'm still testing out the features and hope to get a good setting but honestly i find that my photos using my old HTC Sensation were better quality.
Also, i have edited the media_profiles.xml file and increased the bitrate, that is my tweak. anything else would be on the user.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really you think the Sensation took better pictures?
I have a HTC Sensation and the picture quality from this phone is shocking in all but the best daylight conditions, and even then it's no match for the S3 or the S2 for that matter, as for video quality on the Sensation not even gonna go there lol
ixon2001 said:
Really you think the Sensation took better pictures?
I have a HTC Sensation and the picture quality from this phone is shocking in all but the best daylight conditions, and even then it's no match for the S3 or the S2 for that matter, as for video quality on the Sensation not even gonna go there lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea so far. but i need to fully test the camera on the s3. i still prefer using the htc sense camera on the sensation.
sent from my ancient alien phone