I am about to buy a Moto X and with all the talk about the subpar stock camera, it would be nice to have all the photo improvement options in one spot for easy reference, at least until the rumored 4.4.2 improvements come out (please, no arguments about that update here, there is already a thread dealing with that - only dealing with what is currently available in here).
Here is what I have found in this forum so far. Please add others or comment!
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Snapseed can rectify all issues with this phone's photo taking ability.
Also, Snapseed is an amazing app for photo editing (Google owned) for the Moto X and Droid Lines. I have found that making adjustments on the app works well. Also, snapseed is the only photo editing app that doesn't mess with the integrity of the photo. In otherwords, it doesn't downsample the size of the photo to enhance the quality (Changing the file size of the original photo from say 5mb to 1mb).
In the latest camera app, auto-white balance can be manually adjusted. I uploaded a video for demo purposes.... but try to fix the auto-white and then take a photo. As you can see in the video, dragging the focus circle will help adjust the iso white balancing.
Do you have HDR on? HDR is not meant to be used except in certain situations and not in low light and not with flash. If HDR is on in low lighting you will get exactly what you described.
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Has anyone tried the Camera Awesome app? Someone recommended it on another thread and it gets good reviews.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e.../store/apps/d...aawesome&hl=en&token=x4OgX5Lt
http://phandroid.com/2013/11/12/came...ndroid-review/
Yes, I downloaded it and I can say that especially in low light, the pictures come out much better.
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All that said, this camera is capable of decent indoor shots. It actually did better indoors/low light on the original 4.2.2 software, but the newest updates bumps the ISO up to ridiculous levels. But the updates improved color reproduction, focus, sharpness, etc..., so its a trade-off.
My solution: For fast outdoor, ideal lighting shots, I use the stock camera. Love the wrist flick action and the very simple interface. For indoor/low light shots, I use FV-5 camera from the Play Store ($3.95 but worth it). I gives you manual control over the ISO, exposure, WB, and some other settings. If you take your time, you can really get a nice indoor photo. I find dropping the ISO down to 200 or 400 to take out the graininess and bump the exposure up to brighten the photo up a bit works really well.
Here is what I have found in this forum so far. Please add others or comment!
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Snapseed can rectify all issues with this phone's photo taking ability.
Also, Snapseed is an amazing app for photo editing (Google owned) for the Moto X and Droid Lines. I have found that making adjustments on the app works well. Also, snapseed is the only photo editing app that doesn't mess with the integrity of the photo. In otherwords, it doesn't downsample the size of the photo to enhance the quality (Changing the file size of the original photo from say 5mb to 1mb).
In the latest camera app, auto-white balance can be manually adjusted. I uploaded a video for demo purposes.... but try to fix the auto-white and then take a photo. As you can see in the video, dragging the focus circle will help adjust the iso white balancing.
Do you have HDR on? HDR is not meant to be used except in certain situations and not in low light and not with flash. If HDR is on in low lighting you will get exactly what you described.
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Has anyone tried the Camera Awesome app? Someone recommended it on another thread and it gets good reviews.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e.../store/apps/d...aawesome&hl=en&token=x4OgX5Lt
http://phandroid.com/2013/11/12/came...ndroid-review/
Yes, I downloaded it and I can say that especially in low light, the pictures come out much better.
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All that said, this camera is capable of decent indoor shots. It actually did better indoors/low light on the original 4.2.2 software, but the newest updates bumps the ISO up to ridiculous levels. But the updates improved color reproduction, focus, sharpness, etc..., so its a trade-off.
My solution: For fast outdoor, ideal lighting shots, I use the stock camera. Love the wrist flick action and the very simple interface. For indoor/low light shots, I use FV-5 camera from the Play Store ($3.95 but worth it). I gives you manual control over the ISO, exposure, WB, and some other settings. If you take your time, you can really get a nice indoor photo. I find dropping the ISO down to 200 or 400 to take out the graininess and bump the exposure up to brighten the photo up a bit works really well.
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