Is the S4 able to take pics of your moving kids indoors, without blur?

[Aggie PT]

I am looking to upgrade my EVO 3d to the S4 or One. I am heavily leaning toward the S4, but my only concern is the indoor camera. The One seemed to take blurry photos of my 2 year old that can't stand still less than the S4 did at the Sprint store. Sports mode worked a little better and cranking the iso up to 800 worked even better. My question is do any of you have experience taking pics of your moving kids indoors and does it actually take clear pics? Thanks.

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[planoman]

Try burst mode or best face mode? Took pics of my son doing a cannon ball into the pool Monday. Had about 8 shots. I was impressed. So was my wife who was shooting using her 60D.

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[puremeerkat]

You can set the HTC One to Fast HD (60 FPS) mode for fast moving objects.

 

[byeblackberry]

You can set the HTC One to Fast HD (60 FPS) mode for fast moving objects.

Wrong forum bud.

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[nyc_rock]

Honestly, this is one of my biggest complaints of the S4. I think the camera is god awful indoors. 9 out of every 10 photos I take comes out blurry. Im hoping a software update is in the works.

 

[jlh73]

Honestly, this is one of my biggest complaints of the S4. I think the camera is god awful indoors. 9 out of every 10 photos I take comes out blurry. Im hoping a software update is in the works.

Indoor shots are not the greatest for this 13 megapixal camera. You can use the low light function but I don't want to have to dig into the settings every time I want to take a pic.

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[Rashawn29]

turn auto night detection on

 

[Aggie PT]

Try burst mode or best face mode? Took pics of my son doing a cannon ball into the pool Monday. Had about 8 shots. I was impressed. So was my wife who was shooting using her 60D.

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Thanks for the info. It does seem to take great pics of moving objects outdoors, but my concern is indoors with low light.

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[Aggie PT]

Honestly, this is one of my biggest complaints of the S4. I think the camera is god awful indoors. 9 out of every 10 photos I take comes out blurry. Im hoping a software update is in the works.

That is what I suspected but didn't want to hear. Have you tried burst mode like the poster above mentioned? Also sports mode or night mode may work? I cranked up the iso to 800 in the sprint store and that seemed to help as well. Anyone tried these issues with there moving kid pics inside?

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[Aggie PT]

turn auto night detection on

Does this essentially turn night mode on any time their is low light? Does that seem to help with motion blur?

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[Valkaneer]

Wrong forum bud.

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Ya but thing is, he is right, the HTC One takes fantastic quick movement intense pics. Had they had a 8 or 6 mega pixel camera it would of been a real beast to beat.

 

[Aggie PT]

Ya but thing is, he is right, the HTC One takes fantastic quick movement intense pics. Had they had a 8 or 6 mega pixel camera it would of been a real beast to beat.

Do you know this by experience? Just curious of the one is that much better in that regard.

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[Valkaneer]

Do you know this by experience? Just curious of the one is that much better in that regard.

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Go to the store pick up a HTC One and have someone wave at you and burst shot it on normal.... Then do the same on the S4 and tell me which one has blur and which one does not. I tested this over and over and the HTC One had little or no blur in almost every shot while the S4 was teribad. Even with the S4 on burst the best I got was 1 time I had 50% of the burst pics come out ok. Every other time the 1 out of 5 or 6 would be ok, while it was the opposite with the HTC One. Now both cameras have there strong points. But if your looking for fast movement the HTC is by far better. Test it out for yourself don't take my word for it.

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Try the Sports mode, its not ONLY for sports

 

[aggie]

Do you know this by experience? Just curious of the one is that much better in that regard.

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I've got both the One and S4 and can say without a doubt the One is much better at catching moving objects without blur and much better in low light situations. If you are looking for a camera to take on vacation or use to blow up photos to print then the GS4 is probably better. In general I prefer the look of pictures from my GS4 better if outdoors or in a well lit room focusing on stationary objects. Night and sports mode do help somewhat but not quite as good as the One. I would give both a try in the store and see which one fits your needs best. Both are outstanding devices.

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[jokout1]

Got curious and was playing around with the settings and got some surprising pics in almost total darkness...turn on night detection, 400 ISO and adjust to 6 MP, it does a nice job of picking up light in very dark areas, freezing action, but just like the HTC One, the image will look fairly good on the phone but a bit grainy if you blow it up! I want to spend a little time experimenting to see if this can be improved but this does look promising.

cheers

 

[urstrinath]

By making changes in setting as placing night-mode you can get the pics without blur..

 

[Zod1010]

Ya but thing is, he is right, the HTC One takes fantastic quick movement intense pics.

I had a One and returned it for the S4. The S4's camera is vastly superior. Granted, the One might take better pictures in a few, very specific scenarios. But indoors wasn't one of them. Truthfully, I wasn't even impressed with it's vaunted low light capabilities.

Had they had a 8 or 6 mega pixel camera it would of been a real beast to beat.

Well, in fairness, couldn't you say the same thing about many devices? If the S4 only had front-facing speakers and a sleek metal cover, no one would even be talking about the One. But no phone is perfect. For me, personally, I couldn't be happier about switching.

 

[smsrn]

I have had my S4 less than 2 wks and cannot get 1 good sports mode shot! Thinking of taking it back but not sure what a good replacement would be....otherwise I love the phone.

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I have had my S4 less than 2 wks and cannot get 1 good sports mode shot! Thinking of taking it back but not sure what a good replacement would be....otherwise I love the phone.

 

[STSVA]

You'll have problems getting blur-free pictures of moving kids indoors in low light even with a dslr. Everything is a tradeoff. Low light means a slow shutter speed and resulting motion blur from subject and/or camera movement. The solutions with moving subjects are: 1. Increase the amount of light, for example by using flash. 2. Increase the ISO, meaning that the camera boosts the signal from the available light, which also increases noise, causing a grainy look. If the One's pictures of moving subjects indoors look good, if it's in low light then it's probably using high ISO to allow a fast shutter speed and applying lots of noise reduction to decrease noise, but which will also lose fine detail.

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