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And because it’s so easy to activate that big button we found ourselves with long videos of the inside of a pocket after a night out. The flat base of the RE lets you plonk it on a level surface and take shots or video remotely using a smartphone via an app. This makes it a lot easier to frame your picture and ensure a blur-free image. There’s also a ¼-inch tripod mount. The microSD slot – 8GB card included, up to 128GB accepted – and the Micro USB charging port are also at the bottom. This makes it tricky to charge while the RE is on a tripod or flat surface. Considering the RE app has a timelapse feature, this is a bit of a problem – if you want a long-term lapse, that is. Barring a metal ring around the lens, the RE is plastic.
It’s a good-quality, hardy plastic that has managed to remain scratch-free in spite of often getting tossed in a bag or pocket. This is a well-made little product – all the more useful thanks to its water resistance. The RE can stay under up to 1m of water for no more than 30 minutes.
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You won’t go scuba diving with HTC’s camera, but you can feel safe using it on the beach or a typically muddy Glastonbury Festival. There’s no cover on the Micro USB port, but the microSD remains free of the wet stuff thanks to a rubber-sealed flap. HTC RE – App If you do want to see what you’re shooting, or to take a shot remotely, you need to use the built-in Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi to connect it to your phone. This isn’t a camera designed just with HTC mobiles in mind, though. The RE’s mobile app is available for iOS and Android, so you can use it with the iPhone 6 or Samsung Galaxy S5, just not Windows or Blackberry ones.
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Connecting to the RE can be tricky, but the app works well once you’re in You need to first open the RE app, which connects your phone to the RE via Bluetooth, then you need to access your Wi-Fi settings to find the RE. There’s no Wi-Fi pass through, which means you’ll have use your mobile data connection for live streaming or backing up online. The whole process is a little convoluted and irksome. Connection isn’t guaranteed, either. We found we had to constantly connect our RE as a device, adding a password with annoying regularity on both iOS and Android.
A firmware update has improved stability significantly, but it still sometimes happens. Not ideal when you’re having a party and everyone has to wait while you set up for a group shot. There’s lag between what you seen on screen and where you’re pointing the RE, too. It’s OK if you make slow movements, but anything more than that and you have to wait a few seconds on a frozen frame while the phone catches up. It’s no different to our experience with the Sony Lens camera or a phone-connected GoPro, but it just makes it that bit harder to get the shot you want.
The app can straighten wide-angle photos. It’s fast and results good The app provides various other tweaks and settings, including the resolution of photos – 8.3, 12 and 16-megapixel – and videos, and a wide-angle lens toggle. Advanced settings include digital video stabilisation and firmware updates.
This is where you should update the RE if you’re having the connection issues we experienced. Oddly these firmware updates can only be downloaded while connected to the RE. They’re only a few megabytes in size, but we’d still prefer not to have our mobile data leached for this task. The app gallery lets you upload images to your favourite social media outlet and straighten the fish-eye effect caused by the wide-angle lens. The RE app uses software to do this, but it’s fast and you wouldn’t notice a photo’s been straightened.
Very clever indeed. HTC RE – Picture Quality The 16-megapixel 1/2.3-inch sensor on the RE isn’t too far off the specs of the Galaxy Note 4’s camera. There’s no optical zoom or optical image stabilisation (OIS).
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