Night time video comparison. Htc One vs S4 vs Z

[zodiac100]

Don't know if this has been posted here before but anyways here goes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx4_qlB6vA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[decadan1977]

Don't know if this has been posted here before but anyways here goes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx4_qlB6vA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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The HTC one looks rubbish from that.

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[kalo88]

RE: HTC One - I think pulling in extra light can sometimes be 'too much' making things bright rather than detailed.

 

[zodiac100]

The HTC one looks rubbish from that.

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I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.

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[kalo88]

I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.

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Both the Z and S4 use the Exmor RS so yeh, it comes down to software tweaks.

 

[decadan1977]

I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.

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Well on that note. The Z looks more natural. S4 looks good but I prefer to see it as my eyes intended. Just my opinion.

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[OsiBasi]

Hard to tell which is the most natural because I have no freaking clue how it looks in real life.
But HTC one definatly has an awful camera.

S4 & Z looks just about as sharp, but the colour saturations are completely different. I think the Z has the better "real-life quality" Because there's no way it's completely pitch black outside and buildings being that yellow.

 

[LegibleEel]

HTC one was awefull, throughout the video the colour was way too yellow and laggy. I thought it was very disappointing for a phone which was made out to have a revolutionary camera.
On the other hand, The xperia z seemed to have a purple tint which made it look weird in some cases (didn't the iPhone 5 have that issue?). But overall the colour was a lot better and more true to real life colours than HTC.
The S4 was amazing, it had no awefull colour tints and footage was smooth and colour was better than the two of them put together.

Anyway, that's my opinion, I prefer the S4's camera Despite me being a Sony fanboy lol

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[decadan1977]

The video of the Arc de Triumphe the s4 made it look a little over bright. Was a daily commute for me when I lived in France. Passed it many times in the twilight hours. Again eyes see what they see. Think it's a matter of preference. But do like the S4. Have 1 in my household also.

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[gm007]

S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.

Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?

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[zodiac100]

S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.

Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?

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Found it on YouTube. It's made by a French tech site. I personally found the Z to be the best. I doubt very much that the buildings could have been that yellowy as some have said already.
The Z maintained the best quality throughout.
As for the HTC, don't really want to talk about that. I'd seen enough well before this video to know it's camera is the poorest seen on any flagship for some time.
S4 and Z were close but I think the Zs camera used its brain a bit more. The video was better calculated as far as the settings used.

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[cheetah2k]

The S4 looks like its filtered some how. You notice it more when you see the street lights. The Z captures that halo effect of the light, where as the S4 is completely halo free - definitely filtered.....

The only issue I have with the Z night time video recording is that it has a hard time focusing on objects coming towards you and tends to make the video visibly "jitter" - almost as if it was applying a kind of face tracking to high speed objects..... This of course is the software, as I downloaded a JB Camera app and it massively reduced this issue.

 

[G1_enthusiast]

damn that S4 look good but Z isnt that far behind, honestly though, how many of u video record that often? and how many of you take picture a lot? if you do you should get Sony NEX

 

[Akiainavas]

S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.

Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?

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Can't agree with you. XZ recording has better white balance and natural, almost daylike colours. S4 recording is old news - everything's yellowish like in every night/low light video recording - it's still good, but I prefer the way XZ records it as i honestly don't like those yellow night time recordings.

 

[gm007]

Can't agree with you. XZ recording has better white balance and natural, almost daylike colours. S4 recording is old news - everything's yellowish like in every night/low light video recording - it's still good, but I prefer the way XZ records it as i honestly don't like those yellow night time recordings.

As i say before S4 is a winner,i am a professional photographer so no one can convince me the opposite.
Look the details and the magenta tint in the XZ's video.

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[zodiac100]

As i say before S4 is a winner,i am a professional photographer so no one can convince me the opposite.
Look the details and the magenta tint in the XZ's video.

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Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.

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[decadan1977]

Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.

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Agree 100 percent dude. I said in a reply earlier. I know that part of France rather well. And it certainly is not like that using my eyes at night. And I agree being a pro photographer certainly not any grounds to be the guru in my opinion. George Bush was a professional politician and I certainly wouldn't agree with most things he said lol

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[gm007]

Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.

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If you don't believe your eyes there is nothing i can do.


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[zodiac100]

damn that S4 look good but Z isnt that far behind, honestly though, how many of u video record that often? and how many of you take picture a lot? if you do you should get Sony NEX

Well if you've got a misses like mine, you'll struggle to get through the day without taking at least 5 pics. Mostly of her by the way lol.
She's getting the s4 this May so I'll get an opportunity to judge them better.
I've done comparison with iPhone 5 which I'll post eventually when I have the time. The Zs problem is the heavy processing of noise which blurs out the fine details when you start cropping. It doesn't happen always, it all depends on how good a pic you take to begin with. The better it is, the less processing there is. At zero crop however, the Zs image quality is the best I've seen on a phone. The processing does improve the image quality by getting rid of the dreaded noise but fine details are blurred out when cropped. I guess it's a trade off and I doubt most people use cropped pictures anyway.

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[zodiac100]

Agree 100 percent dude. I said in a reply earlier. I know that part of France rather well. And it certainly is not like that using my eyes at night. And I agree being a pro photographer certainly not any grounds to be the guru in my opinion. George Bush was a professional politician and I certainly wouldn't agree with most things he said lol

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Very well said. He said we aren't believing our eyes but the yellow buildings on the S4 don't support his theory. I think it's him who doesn't want to believe his eyes. Instead, he's picking up on minor details to justify his position.
Oh well! Each to his own I suppose

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