Comparison 4

iPhone 5S - 1/2160 f2.2 ISO32HTC One - 1/2959s f2.2 ISO125There were a couple of difference between these two snaps right off the bat. Colour temperature and dynamic range. And on both counts, I plumped for the iPhone. The overall tone of the snap was more pleasing with a cooler palate overall, and the sensor did well inpreserving the highlights as well as retaining enough of the shadow to make the overall exposure just about right. Not perfect, but not too far off.

The HTC One on the other hand accentuated the harsh temperature of the sun on this late afternoon snap. As a result, the tone was orange brown, with a tinge of green. If you were looking for the 70s colour film tone, then this would be perfect, but not my cup of tea.

My vote went for the iPhone on this one.

Comparison 3

iPhone 5S - 1/1580s f2.2 ISO32HTC One - 1/486s f2.0 ISO125A clear difference between the two snaps here. The iPhone underexposed in order to preserve the highlight at the expense of overall underexposed scene, while the HTC One prioratised the shadow. I was sure by using the HDR algorithm, the overall snap would look different, but the dynamic range might not look real.

Another limitation here was the fact taht I did not select the specific metering area. I just pressed the shutter and let the camera figure out how it prefer to expose the final snap. The right exposire maybe somewhere in between the two. I was sure the sensors on a dSLR or my X-Pro1 would have coped better.

So, which one do you guys prefer? My vote went to the HTC One on this one.

Comparison 1

iPhone 5S - 1/30s f2.2 ISO 125HTC One - 1/33s f2.0 ISO 160As you can appreciate, the snap from HTC One - the bottom - seemed to be more exposed compared to the top. It also appeared to retain less of the highlights compared to the iPhone. In terms of aesthetics, the photos would be open to personal interpretation. In this snap, I prefered the iPhone since the snp appeared to be richer in terms of colour gamut. The HTC snap also appeared more yellow, although I think it was more of the eposure issue.

Discovering Kyoto Slideshow

More on the kyoto trip here.

Upload Issues Again

I managed to upload the Raya photographs onto Flickr with no issues. But yesterday, when untried to upload the photos from Pavilion and Kuala Selangor, things got a bit awry. Download was not a problem, but uploading my snaps took helm of a long time.

My main connection at the Gombak House was P1. It played up before Puasa but seemed to improved a bit since - although the speed still left plenty to be desired. Last night it was hardly uploading. I then switched to my phones, both Maxis and Celcom. No joy.

I decided to sleep on it and tried again this morning. Much smoother.

I guessed there must have been plenty of traffic at my local area. But slow internet speed is just becoming painful especially when I used the cloud rather readily. Hopefully the connection get better as I have plenty more uploads to do .....