oh look! i guess newer updates addressed the issue.
http://www.lowyat.net/2014/08/f-secure-con...r-data-uploads/I've been using Mi 3 for nearly 2 months and since you're asking me, yes, I think its better than OPO. i mean, its pretty easy to get a photo to look good with Mi 3. i cant say the same for OPO.
anyways, both OPO and Mi 3 camera does provide pretty extensive manual settings in the camera. It is especially useful if you have an experience handling a DSLR, which if that's case, you'll love all these manual settings. like i do.
Ok, both got slow exposure, but Mi 3 range is even wider, you can control from 1/5000s

to 2 secs max, while OPO, only slow exposure, ranging from 1 sec to 8 secs max (which is much slower than Mi 3 2 secs, which is good). so each got their own advantage, like with Mi 3 u can specifically set high shutter speed even for dark environments, in order to capture certain subject..
P/S: all photos below have been resized for easy upload. original size: 10mp (wide). new size: 2mp
I forced high shutter speed in this photo to darken the areas which is not of my highlight.
Mi 3 got manual focus (for photo mode only), but OPO doesn't.
OPO have 4k video, and slow mo video at 1080p (720p) and 720p (120fps). Mi 3 only 1080p n no slow mo.
ISO on Mi 3 is wider range from 100 to 3200, while OPO from 100 to 1600 only (but this can be compensated with slower shutter speed).
There are more things I'd like to highlight for Mi 3 camera but I don't have the phone anymore. and i forgot the details. all of the above are those I can recall. Below were the only screenshot I have of the camera settings.
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Exactly. When I got Mi 3, it was the first time I knew that there are phones that have so many manual settings that usually only DSLR can offer. So when I wanna change to OPO, I already set my mind to low my expectation in the camera department. Then I discovered slow exposure is at least available and I'm relieved but to my dismay, I can't set the shutter speed to my heart's desire (which Mi 3 offers).
You're right. I'm still figuring out what settings is best just to match what Mi 3 can offer me last time.
that's what I think too.
So you haven't actually used the phone for a while? and what does the UI have to do with the camera photo quality?
look, i hate its UI as much as you do, especially since it's mimicking iOS with the no app drawer thing. and the fact i couldn't install any other ROMs on it is why I'm with OPO now. but if we're talking about camera, let's simply discuss it without prejudice would be best i think.

Nice pics.
I took a photo of an orchid back home. Coming from an awful camera on Gnex, this is godsend.
haha. xposed mod again. haih. u really poisoning me
i think i'll wait for the official battery fix from CM team, update it, only then i'll play with xposed.
too lazy to set up everything back again
It is good stuff. I hope they'll be done with dalvik by the time Android L comes.
Not sure what to expect really. I get almost 5 hours though data on for a while only + slight gaming.
Ya 30O. Got comments?