RAZR camera = pure suckage

[beperry1]

RANT: the RAZR (and my wife's bionic) camera suck so hard! ! Why is there so much lag? Why is my old DINC superior in this regard? Why is it so crappy in low light? Why does it refocus after it already focused? What the eff? Also...WHY AM I JUST NOW RANTING ABOUT IT...damn.

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[LegalAmerican]

RANT: the RAZR (and my wife's bionic) camera suck so hard! ! Why is there so much lag? Why is my old DINC superior in this regard? Why is it so crappy in low light? Why does it refocus after it already focused? What the eff? Also...WHY AM I JUST NOW RANTING ABOUT IT...damn.

I'm beperry1 and i approve this message.


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Heineken also approves this message, as it appears you downed a few before jumping on here.

 

[anon(94115)]

what do the first 2 phones have in common that the third one doesn't? (besides sucky cameras)

Motorola vs HTC

 

[beperry1]

Is there a fix?

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[ajnevares]

Is there a fix?

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What I did on my Bionic (and will probably do on my MAXX when I get it tomorrow) is use the Camera ZOOM FX app...not necessarily a fix, but the lag was gone and the focus was much better.

 

[Praggles]

My wife's I phone runs 8 hours on battery and drops calls all the time...the camera is friggin awesome. What do you want?

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[LegalAmerican]

iPhone's camera is insane. It is about as perfect as you can get in a cell phone. But..........like Praggles said, the iPhone lacks severely in other categories. So since I already have a video and digital camera, I will buy the device that performs better as a smartphone.

 

[JHBThree]

iPhone's camera is insane. It is about as perfect as you can get in a cell phone. But..........like Praggles said, the iPhone lacks severely in other categories. So since I already have a video and digital camera, I will buy the device that performs better as a smartphone.

The iPhone camera is good if you don't care about settings and just want to point, shoot, and go. But, you do have to make some other sacrifices like you said. In the time I had a RAZR, I found the camera to be more than adequate, and even produce some exceptional photos.

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[gymgal1951]

I love the camera on my text maxx. Takes some time to explore all the features, but I have the time!

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[droidntn]

How exciting! Every day a person should learn ONE new thing.
Today Mark learned the word :
Suckage

Actually, I'm proud it's PURE Suckage and not some common mixed half breed Suckage.
:-D
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[B. Diddy]

RANT: the RAZR (and my wife's bionic) camera suck so hard! ! Why is there so much lag? Why is my old DINC superior in this regard? Why is it so crappy in low light? Why does it refocus after it already focused? What the eff? Also...WHY AM I JUST NOW RANTING ABOUT IT...damn.

I'm beperry1 and i approve this message.


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I've noticed that the shutter lag in the stock camera seems to occur primarily with the first shot I take after starting it up. After that, as long as the camera's focused on what I want, the shutter speed is actually pretty fast.

I used to have a Droid Incredible as well, and I actually think the Maxx's camera is a little better. The Maxx's video camera blows the Incredible's video camera out of the water onto the next continent.

I would say that almost every smartphone camera doesn't do well in low light. The iPhone's camera may be an exception, but judging by the photos that my wife has been taking with her new iPhone, it's not that much better. Even many dedicated point & shoot cameras do poorly in low light, and their flashes end up being overpowering as well. If you want something good for low light, get a DSLR camera.

It might be refocusing because what you're trying to snap is in motion, or you might not be holding the phone still enough.

I think I'm going to start a thread where people can post pix they took with their Maxx, so that people can see that it can in fact take decent shots ...

 

[beperry1]

I know it can take good photos...I'm a photographer. My point is the dinc never lagged and did well in low light. This is a high end phone...I expect more.

Ouch...it's a RAZR, Maxx.

 

[Bob61]

You want to see pure suckage then check out the Nexus. I had that originally and came to Maxx. I've not experienced tree lag you talk about and quality looks good to me, especially compared to Nexus

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[B. Diddy]

I know it can take good photos...I'm a photographer. My point is the dinc never lagged and did well in low light. This is a high end phone...I expect more.

Ouch...it's a RAZR, Maxx.

Either your Dinc or mine must have been a fluke, because my Dinc had worse lag than my Maxx, and didn't do well with low light! Anyway, as a photographer, you probably should expect to be disappointed by most smartphones. I just don't think smartphone camera tech is ready to replace dedicated cameras yet.

 

[LegalAmerican]

Either your Dinc or mine must have been a fluke, because my Dinc had worse lag than my Maxx, and didn't do well with low light! Anyway, as a photographer, you probably should expect to be disappointed by most smartphones. I just don't think smartphone camera tech is ready to replace dedicated cameras yet.

Agreed. Smartphone cameras are for 2 events.........

1) the times that you see something cool/funny/awesome and you need to take a quick shot because you don't carry your digital camera around or you forgot it at home

2) the times you see something around town that just makes you say....."The Shiz!?!?" and you have to prove it to your buddies.


Neither of those situations are really going to make or break my experience with a smartphone. Just as a great camera wont make me buy an iPhone, a bad one wont make me hate the Maxx. (not that I think the Maxx has a bad camera- I think it's more than adequate)

 

[beperry1]

I disagree. Camera phones have taken place of point and shoots which are used for the times you have mentioned. Being as such, an older phone should not out perform a newer one, and this is the point everyone is missing.

Ouch...it's a RAZR, Maxx.

 

[LegalAmerican]

I disagree. Camera phones have taken place of point and shoots which are used for the times you have mentioned. Being as such, an older phone should not out perform a newer one, and this is the point everyone is missing.

Ouch...it's a RAZR, Maxx.

I can't imagine very many people actually believe that cell phone cameras are supposed to outperform point and shoot digital cameras. They don't even have a basic ability to zoom. The zoom is only digital, and all that will do is lower the pixel density. It's not a true zoom like a digital camera would have. Even a BASIC digital camera. We will ALWAYS be disappointed if we have unrealistic expectations.

You're the photographer, and I am not......but isn't the only possible improvement to Smartphone cameras going to be in the Megapixels? I guess they could get higher quality lenses and perfect the internal settings and stuff, but it seems the number of megapixels will be their only direction they can go.

 

[jeffrok]

Cell phone cameras are for fun.. Imprumptu group photos, moments at a sporting event, stuff like that.. Any device that a person regularly "cleans" with their pants leg shouldn't be highly criticized for its picture-taking. BTW, so far in the first 3 days that I've owned this phone, I think the camera works good enough.

 

[bradenfontaine]

https://plus.google.com/112568701614243457189/posts/3TT2RWM4NMg

i think the photos it takes are just dandy...

 

[carracerz14]

I doubt the dinc has less shutter lag than the razr because it hardly has any! The only other phone that was faster was my nexus, but the picture sucked. Once you let it auto focus by tapping on the screen the picture is almost instantly after you hit the button.

Doesn't look bad to me, and the second pic was through my windshield as I was driving 65 and its zoomed in. Still looks good.
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