Test your Visual Skills in the HTC One Photo Challenge

by Adam Johnson on May 10th 2012, 11:46am
tagged camera, HTC, HTC One, photo

HTC is very proud of the shooter on their latest phones the HTC One S and HTC One X. And they should be. There’s been a lot of buzz around the quality of this camera. HTC has taken the opportunity to set up a challenge, should you choose to accept it. All that is required is for you to head over to the HTC Blog and start the challenge. You’ll be choosing which photo was taken with the HTC One X and which was taken with a professional digital camera. Personally I did not do all that well. I won’t reveal my score, but I could probably think of a few decent excuses why my score was bad. All joking aside, give it a shot yourself and let us know how you did.

source: htcblog

HTC One X Camera Shutter Remotely Controlled By Bluetooth Headset

by Ed Caggiani on May 9th 2012, 12:12am
tagged bluetooth, camera, HTC One X, remote

What’s this? Apparently the shutter on the camera of the HTC One X (and perhaps the whole One series) can be controlled remotely by some Bluetooth headsets. That’s a pretty cool trick. Someone from ePrice, a Chinese tech forum, has posted a video of a few different Bluetooth headsets remotely taking pictures through a One X. The button combinations differ between headsets, so if you’re going to try it with your gear, make sure to try double and triple-clicks on each of the buttons. Who knows, you may get lucky! If you do, let us know in the comments which headset worked and what the button combo was.

Check out the video after the break.

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HTC One X Camera Mod Improves Picture And Video Quality

by Ed Caggiani on Apr 15th 2012, 6:11pm
tagged camera, HTC, HTC One S, HTC One X, mod, One S, One X

Much has been said about the HTC One X‘s supposedly outstanding camera, and we’ve seen amazing photographs from it as well as some mediocre ones. It seems the camera can take exceptional images in the right conditions but some of the built-in limitations may be holding it back from true greatness.

Enter the HQ Camera For One X mod. This tweaked camera, by XDA member NODO-GT, removes these limitations, unlocking the camera’s true potential. What limitations are we talking about?

For one, the stock software limits 1080p video compression to a maximum of 10Mbps. This mod raises that to 20Mbps, meaning video will look much sharper and contain less compression artifacts. Photographs can also now be taken with zero compression, generating larger, and much sharper looking JPEG files. To accommodate for the larger file sizes, the mod also removes any image size limitations that existed in the stock software.

This mod was in open beta, but due to some reports of crashes and bugs, the download link has been removed and the developer is asking for private testers. Installing it requires an unlocked and rooted One X. The developer says a version for the One S should be available soon.

This is the second useful mod we’ve seen for the One X, with the first being the fix for the battery issue. Great to see the mod community going full-force on HTC’s new flagship. Hopefully, some of these improvements can make their way in to HTC’s official updates in the future.

source: xda

Camera ICS+ Gives Your Non-ICS Device the Stock Android 4.0 Camera and More

by Stacy Bruce on Feb 29th 2012, 10:33am
tagged Android 4.0, Android Market, app, application, camera, froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb

I am sure by now many of you have seen the newest Android camera that comes stock on all devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Some of you may even be a bit jealous that the camera on your device running Gingerbread, Honeycomb or Froyo can’t do all the neat added features that come equipped with the stock ICS camera app. What if I told you that yes, you could have the newest Android camera interface and features plus a whole slew of other features on your pre ICS device? Enter the Camera ICS+ app. An almost exact duplicate of the stock ICS camera, Camera ICS+ will give you all the ICS camera features and more.

First off, to begin, there is both a free and paid version of the app but for $0.99 you can snap pictures all day long without having an annoying ad plastered in your viewfinder. The major difference between this app and the stock ICS app is added filters and the ability to utilize the volume buttons as either a zoom feature, auto focus, shutter, or a combination of auto focus and shutter (the latter is one feature I really wish Google would have added in the first place, it’s really handy). Some of the other features include: » Read the rest

Lytro Camera Will Focus on Photos For Now

by Ed Caggiani on Feb 20th 2012, 5:23pm
tagged camera, focus, Lytro, photography, video

We’ve seen an Android-powered 16MP camera from Polaroid, and 3D cameras from HTC and LG. But imagine a camera that can capture the entire light field at once. What good is that? Well, it would allow you to take a picture without worrying about what’s in focus since you could actually focus the picture afterwards. This is exactly what the Lytro camera can do.

Currently, the Lytro is a stand-alone unit that requires a Mac to process the images it shoots, but a Windows version is expected soon. Eventually, this type of technology will hit mobile devices and make blurry phone pics a thing of the past.

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Want HDR Video Recording On Your Smartphone? Sony’s New CMOS Sensors Can Make It Happen (Video)

by Joe Sirianni on Jan 23rd 2012, 10:46pm
tagged camera, CMOS Sensor, sony, xperia ion, Xperia S

As I’ve always said, “Damn, if this isn’t an awesome time to be in the mobile industry“. It’s no surprise that companies like Sony and Samsung produce incredible cameras to accompany their incredible handsets since they’re no strangers to the stand alone camera. Sony has some of the best camera sensors one is ever going to find in a majority of their handsets. Devices like the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Ion and Sony Xperia S house a 12 megapixel Exmore CMOS sensor with the ability to capture beautiful shots in a number of different conditions. However, the company is looking to one-up itself by announcing an even better CMOS sensor which touts “RGBW Coding” enabling the ability to capture HDR video.

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[Video] Google’s Matias Duarte Shows Off Android 4.0 Real-Time Video Effects

by Stacy Bruce on Nov 16th 2011, 12:02pm
tagged Android 4.0, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, camera, effects, Google, Matias Duarte, native, operating system updates, OS, real time, tweaks, video camera

With all the great features that we are looking forward to in the impending release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, some are more practical than others. This week, The Verge, had an opportunity to sit down with Matias Duarte to spend a few minutes discussing one of the more ‘add-it-cause-it’s-fun features’ rather than focus on more serious stuff.

The video below outlines a new addition to the ICS’ native camera app that allows you to apply real-time video effects. By applying a tweak-filter, if you will, you can create goofy caricature-like effects and distort the persons face or head as you see fit. While focusing solely on the subjects head, the camera can apply these effects without distorting anything else contained within the video. Feel like making your buddy look a bit pudgier than normal? Easy. Feel like making your girlfriend look a tad skinnier than in reality? Just a click away.

These kooky features will now be found within the native ICS video camera and while not very practical, they are bound to provide a bit of fun in between those times you are enjoying the more serious improvements within Android’s latest, and most definitely greatest, OS to date. Check out the video after the break and let us know what you think.

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Samsung announces 16-megapixel CMOS image sensor for smartphones

by Robert Nazarian on Sep 29th 2011, 3:03pm
tagged 16-megapixel, 16MP, camera, pictures, S5K2P1, Samsung

It has been rumored that HTC is working on a phone with a 16-megapixel camera. We already have proof that Motorola has a 13-megapixel in the works, and now Samsung just announced its new 1/2.3-inch 16 Megapixel (Mp) CMOS image sensor – the S5K2P1 – with Samsung’s advanced 1.34 micrometer (um) backside illumination (BSI) pixel technology.

“As the adoption rate of CMOS image sensors in the digital still camera market increases, market demand for imagers such as the S5K2P1, which provides clear and fast video, is expected to grow in 2012,” said Dojun Rhee, vice president of System LSI marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics. “Introducing advanced high-resolution imagers based on BSI pixel technology supports further adoption of Samsung CMOS imagers to compact digital camera and camcorder applications.”

The S5K2P1 is optimized for compact mobile CE devices and is suited for premium smartphones. It supports native 16:9 video at up to 8.3Mp resolution at 60 frames per second. For point-and-shoot images, the maximum resolution is 16-megapixels at 30 frames per second without shutter lag effect.

Full press release after the break:

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[Leak] Motorola Dinara 13 megapixel test photo surfaces

by Robert Nazarian on Sep 13th 2011, 1:50pm
tagged 13MP, camera, Dinara, droid, Droid HD, motorola, photo, test photo

Back in July we first heard about the Motorola Dinara which is rumored to have a 720p screen and a 13MP camera. Last month we saw the Dinara or the DROID HD posing with the Bionic. We are still not certain if the Dinara is the same phone as the DROID HD or something different.

Late last month we saw a test photo from the Dinara, but it was only at 9MP (4000 x 2248). The 13MP specs continued to stick, but we wanted proof. We just received proof as another photo surfaced, but this time at 4128 x 3096 or 12.8MP. Sure the photo is blurry, but it isn’t about the quality right now, it is more about the pixels.

This is great news, but lets face it, Motorola’s cameras haven’t been the greatest. 13 megapixels is wonderful, but lets hope they finally figure out that quality is more important.

[via pocketnow]

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