Sunday, February 9, 2014

Photo Op: 4Blend HDR vs. Nokia Cam Beta

With a flurry of snow last night, our back yard turned into a winter wonderland. Of course, it was time to go play in the snow, but what a great time to test out a few of the great camera Apps on my Lumia 925. So, after stopping for a few snowball fights, building a little snowman or two and sliding around on the icy ground, we reached the gorgeous property out behind our place.

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The first image was taken with Nokia’s Camera Beta software. as you look at the image, there is a great range from “white to black” and very good definition. Zooming in a bit more, details are pretty clear and overall, the image turned out very good.

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4Blend HDR surprised me on this one. The image wasn’t as “good” as what Nokia’s Camera Beta software recorded, but it was much more life-like. The grays of the sky, the whites of the trees and the overall details of the darker areas was much better. I also felt like the sharpness was much better on the 4Blend image.

I took a few more shots at cropping the image below so you can see a bit more of the detail in the image. Again, the Nokia software seemed to deliver a cleaner image, but the color accuracy and dynamic range of the 4Blend HDR image was much better.

Take a look at the sample crops below and see what you think.

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Nokia Camera Beta

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4Blend HDR

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Nokia Camera Beta

 

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4Blend HDR

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