OnePlus One review

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Note the fine detail in the impressions of the glass

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The contrast between the vibrant flowers and the deep green leaves is impressive

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While a little fuzzy, this indoors shot didn't wash out the colours too much

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A busy market scene showing a variety of colours and some heavy shade

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HDR does a good job of revealing more detail in the shade, but note the weirdly green oranges

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The OnePlus One deals reasonably well with shade even without the HDR mode

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Excellent contrast between a sharp close-up object and a blurry background

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Detail and colour contrast is adequate indoors and under artificial lighting

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Jon Mundy
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