{"id":28081,"date":"2012-04-09T04:05:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=28081"},"modified":"2012-04-09T08:46:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T00:46:23","slug":"review-htc-one-x-camera-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/09\/review-htc-one-x-camera-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: HTC ONE X Camera (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the 2nd part of HTC ONE X review. Click here<\/a> to check out my first part of the review<\/a>. As mentioned, I will focus on the camera of HTC ONE X in this part of the review. One of the features of HTC ONE X is the camera. It is touted to have the shortest lag. Read on to find out good the camera is.<\/p>\n

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Camera lag<\/span><\/h1>\n

The HTC ONE X has a 8-Megapixels rear camera with F2.0 aperture. It can capture images in low light and has a dedicated image chip. I guess that is the reason for the fast reaction from this camera.<\/p>\n

HTC ONE X has the shortest camera lag of all the mobile phones that I have seen. In fact, it is so fast that it makes it so surreal. Press the shutter and the picture is taken before you know it.<\/p>\n

HTC has made it simple to use the camera. It has inserted the camera icon into the menu so that you can access the camera in any screen (see below).<\/p>\n

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Built-in Filters and Adjustments<\/span><\/h1>\n

HTC has also add in many filters for the camera. And you can actually see the effect “live”. They are: Distortion, Vignette, Depth of Field, Dots, Mono, Country, Vintage, Vintage Warm, Vintage Cold, Grayscale, Sepia, Negative, Solarize, Posterize and Aqua.<\/p>\n

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Here are the results of some of the effects.<\/p>\n

Distortion<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Dots<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Vignette<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Vintage Cold<\/span><\/h2>\n

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And there are also many adjustments that you can play with.<\/p>\n

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Continuous Shooting<\/span><\/h1>\n

This is one of the very impressive features on HTC ONE X. Pressing on the shutter will allow it to shoot continuously. Here are some settings for Continuous shooting.<\/p>\n

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And here is a screen shot after the shoot.<\/p>\n

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You can choose the best shots and discard the rest or just leave this menu to get all the shots<\/del> (I managed to get the shots as I set the phone to automatically upload the pictures to Dropbox).\u00a0 In my opinion, this will be an important feature for sports event.<\/p>\n

Camera Mode<\/span><\/h1>\n

HTC ONE X has a number of camera modes that you can set. They are: Auto, HDR, Panorama, Portrait, Group Portrait, Landscape, Whiteboard, Close up and Low light. As for video, it has a Slow motion mode (not sure how many times slower).<\/p>\n

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Most of them are not new. What is interesting is the HDR mode. Below is a sample of using HDR mode (I don’t think it did any justice to it). I think it takes 2 shots and combine them to make the best of it (in terms of lightings).<\/p>\n

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Another function is the Panorama mode. It will take 5 pictures. All you have to do is to press the shutter once, follow the box. Once you are in the box, it will automatically snap a picture and continue for the rest. Once done, it will process these pictures to have a panorama view.<\/p>\n

One of the disappointment of HTC ONE X camera is the Close up or Macro mode. The focusing distance is not near. I have seen better macro on other mobile phones. For me, this is very important if I am going to take a small object as I will not be able to get closer to it due to the focusing distance.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span><\/h1>\n

Overall, I love the speed of the camera, the continuous shooting mode and the Panorama mode. The color from the pictures is always very subjective. It depends on individual. I would only comment that what you see on the screen may NOT be what you will see on your computer. For example, a shot that I have taken seems more saturated on the HTC ONE X than on my computer screen.<\/p>\n

HTC is NOT the only one with such “problem”. I have actually seen a handful of manufacturers’ mobile phone with similar “issue” recently. So, if you need a fast camera to take candid pictures, HTC ONE X is definitely one of the mobile phones on the market that you can consider.<\/p>\n

Here is a short video I made about the HTC ONE X camera.<\/p>\n