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Comment by rmp2150 | Hacker News Reader

Why is the picture quality so bad?

Mobile version of G+

Check these: https://plus.google.com/photos/+Scobleizer/albums/5871408320...

The pictures aren't bad. I've taken quite a few with my Glass and most are more than acceptable. The hard part is making sure your head isn't tilted.

Guess it's because the camera has to be super-tiny.

Wasn't the camera one of the biggest selling points Google tried to make? Looking at picture quality in the blog post and the Glass demo at Google I/O 2012, there is a clear disconnect, in my opinion.

Yes, but I don't think they've ever claimed that the picture quality of the camera was great. They emphasized on the camera a lot because taking pictures with the Glass is way more personal than taking a picture with a traditional camera. After some time, when you go back to look at the pictures you'd taken, you live those moments again the same way you remember them, from your point of view. This was my take anyway.

Yeah I understand that but whats the point if the quality is not good. Good Idea. Poor execution.

I don't think the quality is that bad, actually. In low light situations the camera obviously suffers, but that's not a big surprise, considering how small the lens is. Then again, I know nothing about photography.

The images on the article, like [1] have been downscaled to 480×354 px for the mobile site, then upscaled by your browser.

The original can be accessed via the regular google plus interface [2] and downloaded as 2560x1888 px [3]

The quality is in line with a phone camera.

[1] https://plus.google.com/app/basic/photos/+Scobleizer/album/5... [2] https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/ZLV9Gdmk... [3] http://imgur.com/RHmdbi7

Thank you for clearing that up.

You have obviously already made up your mind that the Glasses suck so why do you even want our opinions?

> After some time, when you go back to look at the pictures you'd taken, you live those moments again the same way you remember them, from your point of view. This was my take anyway.

Wow, I've never really thought of it like that. Being able to take effortless snapshots from your own vantage point instead of lining up quasi-staged photoshoots seems pretty... organic (somewhat ironically).

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