Is there a replacement camera app that makes the camera better?

[KPMcClave]

Given the parameters under which it was taken, what's wrong with it?

It looks terrible. It's blurry and mushy.

 

[KPMcClave]

Not at all, I'm a dad myself and my wife likes to put the little guy in his Yankees hat when I'm rocking mine.
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FYI, photo taken in direct sun using Droid Turbo.

Based on his expression, he might be a Red Sox fan.

 

[jamielov]

Unrelated... I'm a Penguins fan (well they pay my salary) and in have access to some amazing picture opportunities, which is why I get so into the whole camera phone debate.

 

[Phoenix212]

Based on his expression, he might be a Red Sox fan.

Heresy! He's mean muggin' bc he just woke up from a nap. That or he was confused by that bright orange ball up in the sky, we hadn't seen that in the Northeast in about six months!

 

[KPMcClave]

Heresy! He's mean muggin' bc he just woke up from a nap. That or he was confused by that bright orange ball up in the sky, we hadn't seen that in the Northeast in about six months!

I'm in Syracuse. I feel ya.

 

[motorcycle_monkey]

I'm in Syracuse. I feel ya.

I was just in your neck of the woods for 2 weeks at the end of March. Wow. Rough winter. Also, enjoyed Dinosaur BBQ 3 times while in the area! If only we could get a BBQ joint in COS like that.

Cheers!

 

[KPMcClave]

I was just in your neck of the woods for 2 weeks at the end of March. Wow. Rough winter. Also, enjoyed Dinosaur BBQ 3 times while in the area! If only we could get a BBQ joint in COS like that.

Cheers!

Yep, it was the worst February ever here (lowerst average temp of any month of 9 degrees was coldest by 3 full degrees, 2nd snoweist Feb). I plugged my Turbo in to the Turbo charger just to warm up!

Glad you enjoyed the Dinosaur.

 

[88horizon5speed]

nothing in the photo looks particularly clear in my opinion. the dog more so because it is moving.

 

[mrtonk]

Screaming, running pack of girls. The camera seems fine to me. These were all action shots with no editing.

 

[KPMcClave]

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Screaming, running pack of girls. The camera seems fine to me. These were all action shots with no editing.

Try it indoors...

 

[jamielov]

This is such a weird game. You post 4 bad pictures, I'll post 4 good pictures,. Therefore I am right. Your messy pics don't matter because I posted good ones.

 

[I800C0LLECT]

Here's something interesting...

15mp
HDR off
Touch to focus/set exposure
Auto flash

First photo I dragged and focused on the light.

Second photo I focused on the fan blades.

Third I focused on the TV

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[I800C0LLECT]

21mp
HDR off
Touch to focus/set exposure
Auto flash

Same as before...

This time... Notice how unfocused the third photo is when focusing on the TV. I tried turning on Netflix but I continued to have focusing problems this time around.

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[KPMcClave]

21mp
HDR off
Touch to focus/set exposure
Auto flash

Same as before...

This time... Notice how unfocused the third photo is when focusing on the TV. I tried turning on Netflix but I continued to have focusing problems this time around.

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Hmm. On which photos did the flash trigger (the second and third in each example)? It's odd that the TV would be out of focus since it is stationary.

 

[I800C0LLECT]

Yeah... Don't know what that was about... I took about ten photos and at least half were out of focus and it would refocus over and over.

Flash wasn't triggered at any point.

I think most interesting is that this camera was able to catch the fan moving without any blur when I focused on the actual light.

Edit... I wasn't able to get that photo without the touch to focus feature. Another clue to why some have more blur than others?

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[I800C0LLECT]

Something else to talk about is the brightness and colors. I'm not a photographer but it looks like the 15mp shot is generating different photos from 21mp

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[jamielov]

Strange indeed. As I continue to say, too many variable and issues getting a good photo. The whole purpose pretty much of a camera phone is a quick point and shoot. The lengths moto is making people go through to seemingly "trick" the camera is too much work.

 

[KPMcClave]

Yeah... Don't know what that was about... I took about ten photos and at least half were out of focus and it would refocus over and over.

Flash wasn't triggered at any point.

I think most interesting is that this camera was able to catch the fan moving without any blur when I focused on the actual light.

Edit... I wasn't able to get that photo without the touch to focus feature. Another clue to why some have more blur than others?

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I've used touch to focus all along, FWIW.

With motion shots like this one, I wonder if a more predictable motion has anything to do with it. A fan, a ball rolling acorss the floor, etc. I have no idea why that would matter, but of the shots in lower light that people have been able to capture, they're almost always (I think always...using almost just in case) of this type of motion. Humans and pets who don't move in a rythmic, predicatble pattern are more the issue.

In a pic like the TV out of focus, it's almost as though the motion from the fan might be "distracting" the camera? In some of the motion shots of my daughter playing hoops, it seems others I wasn't focusing on are less blurry than she is. Or maybe she just got game!

 

[ktabel01]

re: snapping a pic while recording video

That is exactly what I do. Works perfectly. Usually taking a video already

 

[KPMcClave]

re: snapping a pic while recording video

That is exactly what I do. Works perfectly. Usually taking a video already

I did try this Saturday and the pics were essentially no better than the others I've taken using assorted tactics.

What I realized yesterday, though, is that I had the video setting at 1080 quality. If I'd realized it Saturday, I would have also tried some shots with 4K quality (or whatever the top quality is called). I will give that a try next Saturday. I am not confident it will matter (because nothing I've tried has seemed to make a significant difference), but we'll give it a go.