HTC One vs Lumia 920 Imaging Comparison

[xda2_haseeb]

Hey Guys!

What do you think about this HTC One vs Lumia 920 Imaging Comparison? I have used both HTC One & Lumia 920 but i must say i was a little disappointed to see the HTC One low-light performance. It doesn't perform how it was promised too. What was most disappointing was that it didn't even have "Light Assisted Focus" which made it difficult to take focused photographs in low light. What do you guys think about it? Did i miss anything? Did i overlook the "Light Assisted Focus" or am i right? Looking forward to your informative replies.

 

[hamdir]

the Lumia 920 use settings similar to night mode on the One, so try night mode and more importantly try HDR which is the SGS4 night mode method but at much faster shutter

Regrading focus the "touch to capture" mode will solve it, when you touch your target, the camera will reach focus and take a shot

using HDR plus auto flash light, will "flash assist" the HDR capture and the results are incredible (similar to the method used in Lumia 925)

HDR (no flash, good shutter speed)

Night (Less noise, fixed ISO, slower shutter/focus)

Auto (Main low light quality, slow shutter/focus)

HDR (no flash, good shutter speed)

Night (Less noise, fixed ISO, slower shutter/focus)

Auto (Main low light quality, slow shutter/focus)

Zoe Mode (Fast shutter / focus, lowest quality)

finally comparisons are not allowed on this forum

 

[valdigre]

I bought HTC One as a replacement to my Lumia 920 (and I still have it).
I have not made any proper comparison yet, however my immediate feeling is, that HTC One is a big downgrade in terms o camera performance, when it comes to IOS, picture quality and recorded sound quality. The only thing that HTC is superior in is (in my opinion) image sharpness/details, which are still lacking on the WIndows Phones.

Having said that, I treat Lumia as my idiotic experiment and I will probably never abandon Android again.

If I find a bit time I will do a picture comparison with both phones, side by side.

 

[godutch]

I bought HTC One as a replacement to my Lumia 920 (and I still have it).
I have not made any proper comparison yet, however my immediate feeling is, that HTC One is a big downgrade in terms o camera performance, when it comes to IOS, picture quality and recorded sound quality. The only thing that HTC is superior in is (in my opinion) image sharpness/details, which are still lacking on the WIndows Phones.

Having said that, I treat Lumia as my idiotic experiment and I will probably never abandon Android again.

If I find a bit time I will do a picture comparison with both phones, side by side.

Can you make zoes with a Lumia too?

 

[Mooozer]

to be honest I don't think the comparison is fair. The image quality of the htc one is simply awful. Nearly every other phone i had made better pictures (ok the nexus 4 was a bad one ^^). that said, i have to admit it IS very decent in low light and color reproduction. but while other phones produce clean and detail rich photos in normal daylight, my one struggles to keep up with.
the camera is really the only thing I absolutly dislike about this phone (and as a sony fan that is a huge compliment toward htc).

what bugs me the most is that 4MP in reality isn't that awful at all, still htc decides to treat the picture with way to much smoothing, eliminating effectively that few details it captured. Despite I honor my camera in my phones a lot, I have to admit I would still miss the One if I'd sell it. After all, it's still 1 little detail.

 

[cihanleanne]

to be honest I don't think the comparison is fair. The image quality of the htc one is simply awful. Nearly every other phone i had made better pictures (ok the nexus 4 was a bad one ^^). that said, i have to admit it IS very decent in low light and color reproduction. but while other phones produce clean and detail rich photos in normal daylight, my one struggles to keep up with.
the camera is really the only thing I absolutly dislike about this phone (and as a sony fan that is a huge compliment toward htc).

what bugs me the most is that 4MP in reality isn't that awful at all, still htc decides to treat the picture with way to much smoothing, eliminating effectively that few details it captured. Despite I honor my camera in my phones a lot, I have to admit I would still miss the One if I'd sell it. After all, it's still 1 little detail.

i agree with you HTC One is a great phone except that awful camera i dont know why they didnt use Omnivision or Sony sensor rather go with ST microelectronics

 

[townay]

i agree with you HTC One is a great phone except that awful camera i dont know why they didnt use Omnivision or Sony sensor rather go with ST microelectronics

ST Micro is mic

 

[I Am Marino]

I give HTC props for trying to buck the trend and do something "new" but it does have it's weaknesses.
Instead of trying to be different by using a 4MP and try to debunk the megapixel craze, they should have made a 8MP Ultrapixel camera and just market it as the new generation of cameras, and then appease all crowds.

 

[Itaintrite]

I give HTC props for trying to buck the trend and do something "new" but it does have it's weaknesses.
Instead of trying to be different by using a 4MP and try to debunk the megapixel craze, they should have made a 8MP Ultrapixel camera and just market it as the new generation of cameras, and then appease all crowds.

I don't think you understand what "Ultrapixel" is.

 

[I Am Marino]

I don't think you understand what "Ultrapixel" is.

I'm sure I don't.
I have absolutely zero understanding of camera sensors, etc.

I'm generally a proponent of people feeling way too entitled to having some kind of super digital camera in their phone.
But if an OEM is going to try, go big or try again.

 

[Itaintrite]

I'm sure I don't.
I have absolutely zero understanding of camera sensors, etc.

I'm generally a proponent of people feeling way too entitled to having some kind of super digital camera in their phone.
But if an OEM is going to try, go big or try again.

Funnily enough, HTC did go big with "Ultrapixel".

 

[Hunt3r.j2]

It's not bad in daytime, it's just not great. Only good/meh. It blows away even the L920 in night time though.

Overall I'd like to see HTC take on the L1020 with a huge sensor. 1/1.5 with 14.5MP would destroy the L1020 for low light, although it would have less sharpness (need at least 20MP to eliminate bayer artifacting through oversampling).

 

[cihanleanne]

ST Micro is mic

No its not when i fix tear the Htc one it was ST Microelectronics

 

[Tuborg68]

Se some posters suggesting an 8mp ultra pixel camera in future htc units. But is that even possible without destroying the slim design? If you want to build a sensor with the larger ultra pixels and pack twice number of pixels, the sensor must become much larger. And then you probably must move the lense further away from the sensor to cover it with light (the image). Hence you need to build a thicker device.

Maybe this is why Nokias are on the hefty side.

But hey, this is just a humble theory based on my limited knowledge of sensors and optics.

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