Insanely Great Nexus Camera - "Just you wait and see"

[SiempreTuna]

Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president of engineering, is quoted as saying "We are committed to making Nexus phones (with) insanely great cameras. Just you wait and see."

A hint about the next Nexus, perchance ..?

Google's Gundotra Promises 'Insanely Great' Nexus Cameras | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

 

[SalasarYumi]

If that is true then the new Nexus would be great but I hope the price is not also insane.

 

[SiempreTuna]

Definitely - the BEST feature of my N4 is the price. Everything else about it is great, but the price is simply OUTSTANDING!

 

[Digital Controller]

Definitely - the BEST feature of my N4 is the price. Everything else about it is great, but the price is simply OUTSTANDING!

Couldn't agree more.

I would love to see the 13MP cameras they are talking about. Certainly would be a bump up from the 5MP on my GNex

 

[Hadron]

Or he might mean something other than more megapix - hopefully

 

[Davdi]

Sensor size matters more than Pixel count. my 9MP bridge camera gives better results than a 14MP compact because the sensor is larger, so the individual pixels are also larger. this is most noticeable in more extreme conditions (Night and bright sunlight).
I've just started playing with HDR and the resulsts vary from natural to almost airbrushed bright colours. The Android PRO HDR Camera gives good (and in-App tweaking od images). oddly it works better on my HTC WFS than on my Xperia U where the results look a bit 'Over Processed for dramatic effect'

 

[Demache]

Couldn't agree more.

I would love to see the 13MP cameras they are talking about. Certainly would be a bump up from the 5MP on my GNex

I would rather see an increase in the sensor size and the lens. You get more quality out of every pixel.

Now obviously, your never going to get DSLR quality. With those you can get very clear and decent shots WITHOUT flash indoors and nothing more than a modest overhead lamp. But improved indoor light sensitivity, and sharper images without post processing would more welcome then 14355433 MegaPixels.

If you need more megapixels, buy an actual camera.

 

[SiempreTuna]

I agree with the sensor-size guys. The most exciting thing about the new HTC One for me was the switch from 1.4 nanometer (?) to 2 nanometer pixels.

You have to wonder about the low-light noise on a 13MP sensor - that's a heckuvalota pixels to cram into a tiny sensor.