A few pictures from the Dev Alpha

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 07:01 AM

Took these over the weekend

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 07:12 AM

**SlcCorrado** · 12-10-2012, 07:13 AM

Looking good

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 07:16 AM

I am pleasantly surprised the pictures did not become washed out when facing near the sun. The first one you can see the rays coming in from the right of the picture and it still came out pretty good.

**SlcCorrado** · 12-10-2012, 07:56 AM

Definitely. Do we know for sure that the camera is final hardware?

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by SlcCorrado

Definitely. Do we know for sure that the camera is final hardware?

I cannot speak for certain, but the images I have seen taken with the L series devices are as good or better than the ones with the Dev devices.

**SlcCorrado** · 12-10-2012, 08:09 AM

Cool, just curious. It just seems like a feature they could have easily ignored for the developers phones. Really no point in putting in the nice stuff right away. Here's hopin, I guess

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by SlcCorrado

Cool, just curious. It just seems like a feature they could have easily ignored for the developers phones. Really no point in putting in the nice stuff right away. Here's hopin, I guess

I would think the camera would be, hardware wise, at least this good. No reason for it to be anything less and you are correct, it *might* be better. The software is better at least.

**SlcCorrado** · 12-10-2012, 08:34 AM

Awesome. February can't come soon enough

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 10:43 AM

Id love to see anyone else with Dev devices put some pictures up for comparison. I havent taken any with the Dev A, but ill be sure to next time.

Here is one inside, in low light.

**SlcCorrado** · 12-10-2012, 10:52 AM

Thts a great pic

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by SlcCorrado

Thts a great pic

What you dont see is that this little bugger climbed onto me while I was playing Black Ops 2 lol

**eyhab27** · 12-10-2012, 10:57 AM

the lowlight picture is pretty impressive. i think it was the area of most concern for a lot of folks.

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by eyhab27

the lowlight picture is pretty impressive. i think it was the area of most concern for a lot of folks.

Obviously it is with the flash, but you can see that it does an excellent job up close

**dentynefire** · 12-10-2012, 12:39 PM

this is very reassuring, thanks!

**Cesare21** · 12-10-2012, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Sith_Apprentice

Obviously it is with the flash, but you can see that it does an excellent job up close

Did the puttycat close her eyes due to the flash??

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-10-2012, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Cesare21

Did the puttycat close her eyes due to the flash??

He actually was passed out sleeping lol

**DJM626** · 12-11-2012, 09:49 PM

Very Impressive I'll say

**calicocat2010** · 12-13-2012, 10:53 PM

Wow these are great pics. Can't wait! Oh and adorable sleeping cat. How old is he?

**peter9477** · 12-13-2012, 11:13 PM

From Dev Alpha A tonight.

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**calicocat2010** · 12-14-2012, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by peter9477

From Dev Alpha A tonight.

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How does that compare to the other competitors?

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-14-2012, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by calicocat2010

Wow these are great pics. Can't wait! Oh and adorable sleeping cat. How old is he?

He is just now 10 weeks old

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-14-2012, 06:52 AM

Here are a couple more. First two are images of text from an old RIM training manual. Black Text on white, and White text on grey. The second set of images is actually Jupiter last night. The image in my telescope was much clearer, but if you look at the full size pictures (taken THROUGH the lense of the telescope with my Dev Alpha) you can see bright Jupiter, and two small moons down and to the left.
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**peter9477** · 12-14-2012, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by calicocat2010

How does that compare to the other competitors?

I have no idea how it compares, and don't care that much because I'm not planning to pick between devices based on their cameras. I just took it because it looked nice, and posted it for others to enjoy if they choose to.

(The thread's title was "A Few Pictures from a Dev Alpha", not "Is BB10 camera better than an iPhone's?" Sorry if I don't feel like comparisons today.)

By the way, to answer one question above, I think we're pretty certain that the camera on the Dev Alpha is NOT the final hardware. If nothing else, the flash doesn't work, and they had to disable the code around that just to keep us from locking up our devices so often. Presumably the fact it's that different means it may be entirely unrepresentative of the real thing. No idea about the DA B though.

**Sith_Apprentice** · 12-14-2012, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by peter9477

I have no idea how it compares, and don't care that much because I'm not planning to pick between devices based on their cameras. I just took it because it looked nice, and posted it for others to enjoy if they choose to.

(The thread's title was "A Few Pictures from a Dev Alpha", not "Is BB10 camera better than an iPhone's?" Sorry if I don't feel like comparisons today.)

By the way, to answer one question above, I think we're pretty certain that the camera on the Dev Alpha is NOT the final hardware. If nothing else, the flash doesn't work, and they had to disable the code around that just to keep us from locking up our devices so often. Presumably the fact it's that different means it may be entirely unrepresentative of the real thing. No idea about the DA B though.

Yeah the Dev B camera flash works fine (excluding time-warp) as does the video light. I think they should do the video light idea for time-warp flash so it is a continuous light for the entire 2 seconds or whatever it is.