I agree with you. The quality of the cameras on our phones has increased tremendously. And not only the quality but the capabilities as well. The manual video mode is no slouch and I plan to do some creative stuff myself.
I think you just have me an idea. But I did do a 30 second exposure shot of the moon and clouds posted earlier in this thread.Im impress with every picture in this thread, i don't have a v10 (yet) but I'm between the G4 or this one V10... Have any one try to capture a good/great picture of the moon it self? I just wondering how that will look....normal phone camera doesn't do any justice thanks and keep those great picture coming
I've also noticed a degree of image quality loss depending on which way you upload the image. If you choose the little camera icon option the quality is just ok. If you choose the paperclip option the quality is noticeably better.
Personally I love the manual mode. I own a very entry level interchangeable lens camera(ILC) so I am very familiar with what affects the settings will have on a shot. Auto mode is really already good to begin with but there are certain situations(low light and high contrast settings where the highlights can get really blown out) where you want to take control over the scene. Also everything may be correct except for the color temperature in scone scenes and you can use manual to change that one parameter. One tip I would give too is in scenes with lots of light and the highlights get blown out, expose for the highlights and then bring up the shadows in post processing with a photo editor app like Snapseed or PhotoShop Express. For long exposure shots at night you'll need a tripod or even a simple smartphone stand to stabilize your phone. Set the ISO low between 50-200 and experiment with different shutter speeds to see how they affect the shot. For 15-30 second shots unless it is really dark you may need an nd8 filter to control the highlights without. Otherwise the lights will be blown out too much. Lastly, get out there and have some fun. You'll learn a lot just by doing that. Post your pics as well so maybe we can help if need/want it. The last bit of long exposure shots were uploaded without any edits but don't feel like editing your pictures makes them any less good. Some shots need a little touch up here and there. Welcome to the family!
Also in manual mode the affects show live on screen so you can get a good idea as you change them. Just mess around with the settings.
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