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GSMArena team, 3 November 2014

Game on


HTC Nexus 9 review: Game on

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  • Nexus 9

8. Still and video camera
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and build quality, display
  3. 3. Controls, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Contacts, messaging, loudspeaker
  7. 7. Gallery, media players, audio quality
  8. 8. Still and video camera
  9. 9. Web browser, other applications
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. HTC Nexus 9 specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (64)

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8MP main camera

HTC Nexus 9 packs 8MP f/2.4 camera with single LED. You can activate the snapper via a swiping gesture from the lockscreen or from the homescreen shortcut.

The camera UI is intuitive and requires practically no time to get used to. The image capture button is on the right side. Timer, flash settings, grid view, and the ability to switch to the front-facing camera are available via a menu in the top right corner.

The shooting options are located on the left side. They include regular shots, Panorama, Lens Blur, Photo Sphere, and Video.

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The camera UI

Users can opt to set their image exposure manually via a toggle in the settings menu. Resolution of the photos, as well as the quality of the panoramas can also be tweaked.

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A look at the camera settings menu

The image quality of the Nexus 9 is quite nice for the 8MP league and particularly so for a tablet. There's plenty of detail, colors are pleasingly rendered, and contrast is very good.

Dynamic range isn't the best around and there's a fair amount of noise, but its mostly of the less obtrusive luminance kind.

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Nexus 9 camera samples


More Nexus 9 camera samples

Flash is nicely powerful and usable even at medium ranges. Overall, the Nexus 9 produces highly respectable photos and proves that tablets can be good casual photography tools when necessary.

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Flash off • on

Here's how the Nexus 9 camera stacks up against the iPad Air 2 and the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact.

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Nexus 9 in our Photo compare tool

1080p video capture

The video recorder and its settings have the same layout as the still camera. Users can downsize their videos to 720p if they wish.

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The video camera UI

Videos captured with the tablet display good colors and plenty of detail, coupled with smooth framerate. Contrast is stellar too. However, the dynamic range and the contrast could be better.

You can download an untouched video sample here - 0:09, 16.8MB.

The Nexus 9, iPad Air 2 and the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact all shoot 1080p video, you can use our Video compare tool to put them head to head.

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Nexus 9 in our Video compare tool

Next Page » 9. Web browser, other applications
8. Still and video camera
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and build quality, display
  3. 3. Controls, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Contacts, messaging, loudspeaker
  7. 7. Gallery, media players, audio quality
  8. 8. Still and video camera
  9. 9. Web browser, other applications
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. HTC Nexus 9 specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (64)

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