Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

[PowrDroid]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

On the dog pics, I'd bet the white carpet helps with overall light level a lot.

Agreed.

Re: horse pics, I've been able to take photo's of cars passing on the road, both of us going 45mph or so, and it'll freeze even the wheels.
No explanation, just observation. Distance seems to help some.

And lighting.

 

[wolf_walker]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

I don't know if any of you are into flashlights as hobbies, but I have a surefire 6p with a nice cree led dropin that used to do weapon light duty that I might swap out for a flood/fill head and see if that will function as a sudo-flash and see what happens. They are quite bright but I'm not sure if they are good camera flash-bright or not. Shame you can't trigger an external flash with the DT somehow for testing.

 

[maxman1]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

On the dog pics, I'd bet the white carpet helps with overall light level a lot. My place, and yard, is all dark earth tones that absorb light.
Looks good though.

Re: horse pics, I've been able to take photo's of cars passing on the road, both of us going 45mph or so, and it'll freeze even the wheels.
No explanation, just observation. Distance seems to help some.

Yep, depth of field is less critical as distance increases. The closer the shot, the harder it is to capture sharp moving images.

 

[wolf_walker]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

I really wish one of the serious digital camera review sites could play with one of these, I suspect they could say given some experience pretty quickly whether it's software, hardware, or lens. I know a bit but not enough.

I've also yet to see in person a phone camera that does any better. I'm open to the idea but I'm yet to see it.
Grass always being greener is a consistent human trait.

 

[lowcountrydigger]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

This was taken on the 21mp setting while the chickens were moving, I have no problem with blurry pics...yet.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[PowrDroid]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

This was taken on the 21mp setting while the chickens were moving, I have no problem with with blurry pics...yet.

Posted via the Android Central App

That's a decent amount of light, so it won't be blurry. When light gets a bit scant is when there is a potential problem.

 

[wolf_walker]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

Glad I'm not the only one with chickens and techy gadgets.

 

[lowcountrydigger]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

Yup I enjoy my critters, I have a small farm and raise most of my food, wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[JeffMerr]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

Coming from an S3, the camera is absolutely terrible. No scene modes or options at all and I'm finding myself taking 5+ pictures of something to make sure I get at least one that isn't blurry. If it isn't fixed in the lollipop update I think I'm going to an S5.

 

[wolf_walker]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

You know, I thought that too about my S4, and I don't completely un-think it.
However I did have the opportunity to hold them side by side and take a bunch of photo's at the
same instant and, with the S4 on auto at least, I'd say the DT did about 90% as well.
Like you said this isn't testing the Samsung shooting modes, but I was a little less bummed
after.

 

[PowrDroid]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

Under the "Misery Loves Company" banner:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...37-note-4-camera-moving-objects-i-e-kids.html

 

[Masheen]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

View attachment 152779

Horses on the run!

Lmao. If this pic was taken with the Turbo then everybody complaining needs to shut up.

 

[benjamminh]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

^ Uhh...apparently you don't understand the importance of light to this issue.

 

[jamielov]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

Lmao. If this pic was taken with the Turbo then everybody complaining needs to shut up.

So one example of a good picture should shut everyone up, huh? Do you work for Moto? Dear Christ, why not read the 2000 other complaints instead of using an example of ONE picture as the basis for judgment. Besides the light, I also notice distance is a factor. When I'm playing around with the camera at hockey games, I can usually get clearer shots at things in motion, not far away...much like the horses in that picture.

 

[wolf_walker]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

A fellow on another forum suggested, and I think rightly, that when light is low, a camera can either extend the shutter time or alter the ISO to expose the image. These are film terms of course but still. Extending the shutter time gives a better quality image but induces blur with movement, using the ISO change avoids that but introduces garbage into the image. I believe on a firmware level the manufacturer has to decide how that curve is setup, at x light use x iso and y shutter speed, and there is some room for variation in there. On a big camera one can adjust it, and with better hardware there is more room as well. I think they choose image quality over ability to have a fast shutter at low light levels, if that makes sense...

 

[Masheen]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

A fellow on another forum suggested, and I think rightly, that when light is low, a camera can either extend the shutter time or alter the ISO to expose the image. These are film terms of course but still. Extending the shutter time gives a better quality image but induces blur with movement, using the ISO change avoids that but introduces garbage into the image. I believe on a firmware level the manufacturer has to decide how that curve is setup, at x light use x iso and y shutter speed, and there is some room for variation in there. On a big camera one can adjust it, and with better hardware there is more room as well. I think they choose image quality over ability to have a fast shutter at low light levels, if that makes sense...

You know alot about cameras wolf. I think Moto should let you tune their camera software as you put their entire team to shame.

 

[wolf_walker]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

I thank you but I don't think I'd go that far. I'm just an obsessive geek with a shutterbug for a wife.

 

[quantum tao]

Re: Photo's Auto focus blurry. Why?

something i noticed is that the turbo does a poor job of deciding when to use flash.