Folks,
Joined the forum in desperation to see if there is anyway I can improve my photos.
My experience so far, had the phone for about a week. My first android since having every generation of iphone up to 4S, my camera experience has been very disappointing. The camera is simply awful in comparison to my iphone 4S. Using the auto function, it seems to take an age to focus before you can get a decent picture, then the delay when you actually snap is so much slower than the iphone 4S. With 2 young kids, you have to be quick with the camera, and it is just useless if you are trying to take a quick picture before they are on the move, that split second delay while focussing is very frustrating.
The manual 20mp is option is also very disappointing, I can't see any difference in the shots when zooming in other than the size of the file it generates, this may be better with good light, but the weather has been so crap, not had a chance to test this, but indoors, all camera shots are very poor. If your subject move even a little, it is near impossible getting a sharp picture. The iphone 4s handled this brilliantly.
I hope there is a software update at some point that may enhance the experience. The same goes with video, footage seems to move in/out of focus, added to that the camera software has crashed about 5 times, requiring a restart of phone. Not impressed at all, which is a shame as the rest of the phone has been fantastic!