It's a Pink World According to the HTC HD2 Camera

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.modaco.com/content/windows-mobile-news/296272/htc-hd2-camera-issue-confirmed-as-hardware-software-defect/' target='_blank'>http://www.modaco.com/content/windo...oftware-defect/</a><br /><br /></div><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1259097524.usr1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>That's a photo taken by Philip Berne from <a href="http://www.infosyncworld.com" target="_blank">infoSync</a> on the HTC HD2 he received at the recent Mobius event (<a href="http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/htc-hd2/10668.html" target="_blank">and here's his review of said phone</a>). Notice anything, uh, pink about that photo? There's something screwy with the sensor on the camera - likely related to white balance I'd think - and it thinks the scene deserves a blast of pink. Initially HTC told users that it was a hardware problem, but now it seems it's a software problem and can be fixed with a forthcoming update. Good news for HTC HD2 owners! Myself, I haven't noticed this problem yet, but now that I've said that, I probably will...</p>

[jspear]

I saw this this evening taking a night picture at the Seattle Center Monorail. Manually changing the white balance to Flourescent fixed the picture. I also did not see this happen all of the time in picture taking. The software seems to get confused when there are multiple light sources of different types in a scene and one is not dominant.

[Pony99CA]

Maybe this is the first "Project Pink" device?

Steve

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

You've got hints of the problem in your HTC HD2 Jason. Like I've mentioned, the photo in your Mobious post as a circle of pink in the middle. That's how the problem usually manifests.

[kanzlr]

actually i found that if you wait a few seconds, the whitebalance finally settles correctly. hm.