Pictures taken with your Focus S

[Depatter]

Here's some I snapped today. In high light the picture washes out and in low light it gets fuzzy. It will take a decent picture, but only when lighting is perfect. Adjusting the settings hasn't seemed to make much difference. IMO It's much harder than it needs to be to get a good picture.

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=cb4678b9ff2b1a08&page=play&resid=CB4678B9FF2B1A08!196

 

[gravage]

iPhone 4s samples

Per request, here are my iPhone 4s samples. You can compare them with my Focus S pictures from my original post.

 

[HeyCori]

check these out;

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before you ask its not my car

is that ur car?!!

 

[Depatter]

Not sure whats up with my phone, but your shots look awesome Gravage!

 

[jeremyshaw]

Not sure whats up with my phone, but your shots look awesome Gravage!

May I please make an asinine quote about "photographer, and not the camera?"

 

[Depatter]

You could but I have taken literally thousands of photos with my iPhone and not had any issue. =)

 

[HeyCori]

Per request, here are my iPhone 4s samples. You can compare them with my Focus S pictures from my original post.

I am seriously underwhelmed by those iPhone 4S shots. I think that just goes to show how far phones still have to go before they can really replace a point and shoot.

 

[palandri]

I am seriously underwhelmed by those iPhone 4S shots. I think that just goes to show how far phones still have to go before they can really replace a point and shoot.

My wife is a good photographer and has a nice Olympus camera. She doesn't use it on vacation anymore since she got her N8. The Nokia N8 (which I hope they make a Nokia WP N8) is the best out there for phone cameras:

Nokia N8 image and video samples - All About Symbian

 

[gravage]

I am seriously underwhelmed by those iPhone 4S shots. I think that just goes to show how far phones still have to go before they can really replace a point and shoot.

I have been seriously underwhelmed myself, especially when compared to the iPhone 4 camera. Unfortunately, I didn't take it back in time and now I'm stuck with it unless I sell it myself.

I always liked the shots my SGS2 took and the Focus S seems to be using the same camera.

 

[gravage]

Here's a pretty good camera comparison that includes the Titan, iPhone 4s, and Galaxy S2. If we can assume that the Focus S has the same camera as the GS2 and that the processing on WP7 isn't weird, it looks like this phone should be doing pretty well (as evidenced by my shots).

Pretty disappointed in the Titan's results, especially given how much they hyped the camera.

8 megapixel mega shootout: Picture this - GSMArena.com

 

[jeremyshaw]

Here's a pretty good camera comparison that includes the Titan, iPhone 4s, and Galaxy S2. If we can assume that the Focus S has the same camera as the GS2 and that the processing on WP7 isn't weird, it looks like this phone should be doing pretty well (as evidenced by my shots).

Pretty disappointed in the Titan's results, especially given how much they hyped the camera.

8 megapixel mega shootout: Picture this - GSMArena.com

Compared to previous HTC attempts, this round of HTC phone cameras might as well be the best thing ever

 

[3migo]

Here are a few more that I took when I was testing against my iPhone 4s. Most of these pics came out BETTER on my Focus S than they did on my iPhone 4s.

Hello fellow Austinite!

 

[HeyCori]

My wife is a good photographer and has a nice Olympus camera. She doesn't use it on vacation anymore since she got her N8. The Nokia N8 (which I hope they make a Nokia WP N8) is the best out there for phone cameras:

Nokia N8 image and video samples - All About Symbian

Some of the best shots I've ever seen from a phone. I wonder if the cost of the camera adds a significant amount to the cost and that's why it's not being mass produced.

 

[jeremyshaw]

Lens probably adds cost, but more importantly, size.

 

[gravage]

Hello fellow Austinite!

What's up, dude? Just moved here a few weeks ago, but I'm loving it.

 

[Winterfang]

Check these out!

Ok the first one is ridiculous. I could clearly read the Modern Warfare is back flier, Man how do you get such great phones without the phone compresing them to garbage? :O

 

[ScubaSteve2]

Some of the best shots I've ever seen from a phone. I wonder if the cost of the camera adds a significant amount to the cost and that's why it's not being mass produced.

I think I read somewhere that the camera component costs Apple somewhere between $13-14 in the iPhone 4S.

 

[jeremyshaw]

I think I read somewhere that the camera component costs Apple somewhere between $13-14 in the iPhone 4S.

Probably R&D + QA for the lense keeps it difficult? I know a decent camera system needs space for the lense, at least. I dunno, maybe it takes good software, too.

 

[jeremyshaw]

Significantly better than I thought, after the notedly poor indoor performance.

 

[yunchikan]

^ those look great!! really want one now. ><
and for people who want to look at more samples, check out Twitpic / MicrosoftStore

most of the recent pics are taken by the Focus S. some are by the Focus and u can definitely see the differences without looking at the exif. :]