By Rich W Woods

A week ago, I published the first part of the camera comparison of the Nexus 6 and the OnePlus One. In researching the two devices, I realized that they both use the Sony IMX214 Exmor RS rear camera sensor. Because of that, the only difference between the two rear cameras is software, firmware, and the fact that the Nexus 6 has optical image stabilization (OIS).

In that comparison, I used the stock camera apps. For the Nexus 6, I used Google Camera and for the OnePlus One, I used the stock CyanogenMod Camera app. I promised a part 2 to see what would happen if we used the Google Camera app for each and this is that part 2. It’s important to note that although the same camera hardware and the same software is being used, both devices still have different firmware.

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By Rich W Woods

I’ve been using the Nexus 6 for a whole three days now and I am super impressed. It’s a super fast phone with a super beautiful display. It has a poor battery because of that 1440p display, which is a severe setback, considering that if you gave up your Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 for a Nexus 6, you probably want to use it for the combined use times.

Of course, the scope of this is to compare the camera of the Nexus 6 to that of the OnePlus One. I’ve been skeptical of the Nexus 6 camera thus far. After all, the Nexus 5 camera was less than spectacular and the Moto X is terrible in low light. Hopefully, the Nexus 6 will solve this problem.

Typically, when I do a camera comparison with the OnePlus One, the OnePlus One loses. The reason for this is because I use all default settings when I do camera comparisons and the images tend to look washed out. This time, I tried something different. I used the Clear Image and Smart Scene settings for these photos taken with the OnePlus One.

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