Camera tips
Jennifer slammed the G1's camera: "I was very disappointed with the quality of the photos. No matter what type of lighting I was in, the photos always came out grainy and washed out. I was very surprised since the G1 has a 3.2 megapixel camera. I saw no options to change, so I don't know what the problem is. My Centro takes better pictures than what I've been getting with the G1. I also find the camera button on the right side of the G1 to be difficult to press."
The camera is fairly typical for smartphones and is the same one used in the HTC Touch series sans flash and software controls--sure would like to have had a flash! Careful photography produces pretty good photos given the limitations. The JPG images are a generous 2048 x 1536 pixels at 72 dpi and roughly 500 KB in size. There is auto-focus but no zoom, quality or exposure controls. The camera software will be improved in a future build but for now we can at least do some in-camera processing with the nifty PicSay app available in the Market.
I have taken hundreds of photos (see a few shrunken examples below) and find the quality to be reasonable if I pay attention to four things: keep the lens clean, avoid dim or contrasty scenes, set the focus by pushing the button half way before shooting, and hold very steady until the "click" sound.
Cameras this light are hard to keep steady by nature, so where possible I brace the G1 against something. I also check the image before taking the shot to verify that the exposure is as expected, and I recenter the image to control exposure (can always crop later). Scenics generally work best with a dominant sky in the frame. The camera button works fine for me when holding the G1 in both hands and squeezing gently.
Hope that helps. Try first outside in the best light. If you still get bad photos I suspect the camera is broken. Note that you can transfer images (or any files such as music) by mounting the G1 on your computer desktop thru USB. For photos look in the dcim folder.
Jennifer slammed the G1's camera: "I was very disappointed with the quality of the photos. No matter what type of lighting I was in, the photos always came out grainy and washed out. I was very surprised since the G1 has a 3.2 megapixel camera. I saw no options to change, so I don't know what the problem is. My Centro takes better pictures than what I've been getting with the G1. I also find the camera button on the right side of the G1 to be difficult to press."
The camera is fairly typical for smartphones and is the same one used in the HTC Touch series sans flash and software controls--sure would like to have had a flash! Careful photography produces pretty good photos given the limitations. The JPG images are a generous 2048 x 1536 pixels at 72 dpi and roughly 500 KB in size. There is auto-focus but no zoom, quality or exposure controls. The camera software will be improved in a future build but for now we can at least do some in-camera processing with the nifty PicSay app available in the Market.
I have taken hundreds of photos (see a few shrunken examples below) and find the quality to be reasonable if I pay attention to four things: keep the lens clean, avoid dim or contrasty scenes, set the focus by pushing the button half way before shooting, and hold very steady until the "click" sound.
Cameras this light are hard to keep steady by nature, so where possible I brace the G1 against something. I also check the image before taking the shot to verify that the exposure is as expected, and I recenter the image to control exposure (can always crop later). Scenics generally work best with a dominant sky in the frame. The camera button works fine for me when holding the G1 in both hands and squeezing gently.
Hope that helps. Try first outside in the best light. If you still get bad photos I suspect the camera is broken. Note that you can transfer images (or any files such as music) by mounting the G1 on your computer desktop thru USB. For photos look in the dcim folder.
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