• A cloudy day in SF town
  • Invisible friend!
  • Rock out with CNET
  • We all actually say tomato
  • Deliciously displayed
  • Lovely white petals
  • Get back to work
  • Puck stops here
  • Catching a break
  • Sitting around
  • Post SF Giants parade
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Shooting with the Nexus 4's camera (pictures)

A cloudy day in SF town

I take the LG Nexus 4's 8-megapixel camera to the not-so-mean streets of San Francisco to see how it holds up. Here, this water fountain is in focus and crisp, even though this photo wasn't taken on the sunniest of days.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Invisible friend!

Still using the rear-facing 8-megapixel lens (because no one wanted to hang out with me), the Nexus 4's camera washed out my face.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Rock out with CNET

It was Halloween here at CNET (hence the wave from a hard-core '80s hair-band member), and the Nexus 4 captures our lower lobby with accurate color hues.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

We all actually say tomato

Unlike the cameras from the Samsung Galaxy S3 and AT&T's LG Optimus G, colors don't necessarily "pop" out in saturated tones. Instead, they remain true to life, which means in some cases, they're still dull.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Deliciously displayed

Each string bean here is well-defined with distinct edges.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Lovely white petals

The auto white balance on the Nexus 4's camera is impressively accurate.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Get back to work

Low-lit indoor shots are understandably grainier.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Puck stops here

The grains of sand on this shuffleboard table are hard to make out.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Catching a break

In this indoor shot of our breakroom, the dark hues on the lower-right corner are hard to distinguish.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Sitting around

You can really see the noticeable amount of digital noise against the walls and seats in this dim indoor picture.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

Post SF Giants parade

Here, moving cars in the background are in focus, but once again, dark hues are hard to discern.
Photo by: Lynn La/CNET

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