Camera pics look good to you all?

[robimon7]

I took several pictures over the weekend at night and was not impressed with the quality, the focus was not clear and the flash was awful, anyone have pics shot at night that look good? Also I didn't like the different color schemes they had, it didn't look like it was nicely done but very basic program, is their an app that works good and can make picture taking on a droid better?  And how is the HTC Droid Incredibles camera compared to this one? I'm thinking of returning for that one, any help and insight to this matter is appreciated.

[Wildman]

I am very happy with the quality of my camera shots after updating to 2.2, it has took very cleat photos in any light so far. Before the update I was using Camer 360 which worked well for mr but now I havent needed to even install the app.

[1XUser]

I had the same problem with pictures indoors, at night or any time there was a low light condition. I have not tried since the update. I think I will now, though.

[Wildman]

The quality has improved compared to 2.1 quality, I do admit that they are not perfect but its a phone not a camera, but for a phone the images are nice, I have sent a number of photos to family in emails of family gathering that they have printed out and framed.  I have compared against a number of other phones I have like the HD2 and Imagio and the Droid X is hands down does the better shots.

[TaeSong]

Droid X camera is crap.

It uses CMOS (instead of CCD) which conserves power usage, but image sensor is sensitive to noise in low-light conditions.

I doubt it is even true 8 megapixel camera... from the looks of it, it might actually only be 1.3 - 2.0 MP camera using software to interapolate to 8MP pictures, which is probably why it's so blurry.

720P HD video claim... it might be 720P, but records at maybe about 5-15FPS, this is unacceptable.  That's not a video, it's a slide show.  At least 24-30FPS if you want to claim it can record video at any resolution.

[1XUser]

Cannot disagree more. I used my Droid X and an Olympus digital camera while on vacation and the X out performed the camera. The picture quality on the phone is amazing and as mentioned above, suitable for framing. I also used the video and it is superior to the camera in every way. I connect to my HD TV and it shows 720P when connected and the picture quality is like being there. I love this function of the phone and can leave one more device at home next time.

[Wildman]

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TaeSong wrote:

Droid X camera is crap.

It uses CMOS (instead of CCD) which conserves power usage, but image sensor is sensitive to noise in low-light conditions.

I doubt it is even true 8 megapixel camera... from the looks of it, it might actually only be 1.3 - 2.0 MP camera using software to interapolate to 8MP pictures, which is probably why it's so blurry.

720P HD video claim... it might be 720P, but records at maybe about 5-15FPS, this is unacceptable.  That's not a video, it's a slide show.  At least 24-30FPS if you want to claim it can record video at any resolution.

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You need to read this post because all these shots was taken with the droid x... http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x/22993-lets-do-post-pictures-taken-your-droid-x.html

Hear is some simply shots pulled from site.  The camera quality isnt as bad as you make it out to be, are you sure the camera setting is set on 8mp under the resolution option on your device.

[Cody21]

Those are pretty decent pictures... Mine gets nowhere CLOSE to that good of quality. I also bought Vignette, hoping it would provide some improvement. My pictures (outdoors, sunlight) just are not that good of quality.  running 2.3

[Wildman]

Have you cleaned your camera glass, a number of reports said this causes blurry photos...  Here's a shot I took of some damage done to one of my vehicles for insurance claim... I am unsure why you images are not clear, I have been comfortable using mine daily for shots and leaving my Nikon at home. Vignette is a nice app but I had better luck with Camera 360, since 2.2 the stock camera apps has done just a good..  I am at a lost of why your shots are coming out bad, have you changed any of the preset settings on camera app?

[djtonic]

Great pics wildman.  The issues I have with the X camera is strictly medium to low light settings.  Outdoor and bright indoor pics are beautiful.  But....I can't get over the graininess of low light shooting, it's really quite bad.

Other than the low quality of low light shots, i like the camera.  It's fast and the colors are way accurate.

Are those dune/ sand tires on your four-wheeler?  Pretty BA.

Dj.

[Wildman]

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djtonic wrote:

Great pics wildman.  The issues I have with the X camera is strictly medium to low light settings.  Outdoor and bright indoor pics are beautiful.  But....I can't get over the graininess of low light shooting, it's really quite bad.

Other than the low quality of low light shots, i like the camera.  It's fast and the colors are way accurate.

Are those dune/ sand tires on your four-wheeler?  Pretty BA.

Dj.

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Ok that is a easy fix, try setting your ISO at 400 instead of auto on dim lighting shots, this works for me everytime.  You can find this setting by opening camera click left menu button/Settings/ISO equivalent sensitivity

[crb79]

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Wildman wrote:

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djtonic wrote:

Great pics wildman.  The issues I have with the X camera is strictly medium to low light settings.  Outdoor and bright indoor pics are beautiful.  But....I can't get over the graininess of low light shooting, it's really quite bad.

Other than the low quality of low light shots, i like the camera.  It's fast and the colors are way accurate.

Are those dune/ sand tires on your four-wheeler?  Pretty BA.

Dj.

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Ok that is a easy fix, try setting your ISO at 400 instead of auto on dim lighting shots, this works for me everytime.  You can find this setting by opening camera click left menu button/Settings/ISO equivalent sensitivity

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You are dead on Wildman,  I just got through playing with mine in a dark room.  The first picture I took had Auto ISO, I then changed it to 400 and even as slow as 100.  This improved the speed greatly.  For those action shots (pictures of kids) that tend to come out blurry, increase the speed to 800.  

[Wildman]

Glad I could help and it worked for you also..

[robimon7]

I checked out the site but I'm on my work comp and its restricting some of the pics, i dont know why, but several outdoor bright light pics were seeable and they look great  but I have yet to see a pic in low light.  The few I took of my friends were blurry, not sharp at all.  If anyone can attach some night pictures using the flash, I would like to see how yours came out, I'll try to take some tonight and post on here again, will let you know the outcome.

[PacoX]

The thing about the camera is that it has a bit of a learning curve. Its takes a bit of play time to get used to allowing the camera to focus and letting it having that split second to take the picture. The focus feature on phones is somewhat new. Its not going to take a picture as well as a camera, but its better than most phones.

I use Vignette, I am just more comfortable with it coming from 2.1. The only issue I have with the camera is that the lens seems to be a dirt magnet and the camcorder  doesn't like to pick up various black levels. I was taking a video of my dog and the camera had trouble processing his image.

You also have to understand that the phone does some post processing to your pictures. The initial picture is throw back at you doesn't alway reflect the final product.It you scroll through the pictures in your gallery you can see that they are a bit blurry when you first click them, then they clear up as the phone processes it.

[Wildman]

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robimon7 wrote:

I checked out the site but I'm on my work comp and its restricting some of the pics, i dont know why, but several outdoor bright light pics were seeable and they look great  but I have yet to see a pic in low light.  The few I took of my friends were blurry, not sharp at all.  If anyone can attach some night pictures using the flash, I would like to see how yours came out, I'll try to take some tonight and post on here again, will let you know the outcome.

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I really think everyone is expecting the same quality as a regular camera, a phone simply doesnt have the hardware to acomplish this... also so many stress the 720P and 8mp resolution advertised, this is truly a resolution than a true quality, you can take a 800x600 video and filter it into a 720p  resolution and at that point the video 720p but the quality wasn't changed, also a high quality 5mp camera can beat a 8mp low grade camera any day, just because it has more mp doesn't always make it be a clearer camera.

 Heres a Droid X shot I took of a friend that was in a room with no light but a tv light across room...

And this was taken on a desk next to my bed with no light at all in the room, all light is from flash only.

[robimon7]

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Wildman wrote:

I really think everyone is expecting the same quality as a regular camera, a phone simply doesnt have the hardware to acomplish this... also so many stress the 720P and 8mp resolution advertised, this is truly a resolution than a true quality, you can take a 800x600 video and filter it into a 720p  resolution and at that point the video 720p but the quality wasn't changed, also a high quality 5mp camera can beat a 8mp low grade camera any day, just because it has more mp doesn't always make it be a clearer camera.

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Thanks for the pix, since im not a bronze contributor I cannot post images yet, but looking at your pix, it's about the same as mine.   I realize this camera for the droid x does not take good night time pics, and thats a shame, I was hoping to leave my old cam home but it doesn't look like it anytime soon, I'm so disapointed in Motorola and why they would use these cheap parts for their camera, boasting an 8.0 megapixel but it truly isn't a 8 megapixel camera, just false advertising! it chaps my hide to know I fell for their **bleep** false words! I should've researched more on their camera but I'm your average consumer, I see 8 megipixel I would believe it to be a true 8 meg.  Who would figure they would use cheap **bleep** parts along with the 8 meg, I knew right away the moment I snapped the first nighttime pics that something was off.  The flash just felt so cheaply tagged on.  Very disappointed at this point with motorola.  And I'm slightly disappointed with Verizon for putting their name behind this device.  If it wasn't for their quality of calls I get, I'd be furious.  Very unhappy camper.

[Wildman]

I really don't know where the issue is with night photos, I feel they come out pretty nice, better when I adjust the ISO to 400 instead of auto. even on my regular cameras I always had to adjust the ISO for dark shots to adjust exposure time to improve quality. I have printed off shots and frame them a few times and people who saw them didn't really know that I used my phone.

Also keep in mind that distance has a factor, the further from flash the more images become grainy when ISO is on auto.

[JoeSmith]

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Wildman wrote:

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TaeSong wrote:

Droid X camera is crap.

It uses CMOS (instead of CCD) which conserves power usage, but image sensor is sensitive to noise in low-light conditions.

I doubt it is even true 8 megapixel camera... from the looks of it, it might actually only be 1.3 - 2.0 MP camera using software to interapolate to 8MP pictures, which is probably why it's so blurry.

720P HD video claim... it might be 720P, but records at maybe about 5-15FPS, this is unacceptable.  That's not a video, it's a slide show.  At least 24-30FPS if you want to claim it can record video at any resolution.

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You need to read this post because all these shots was taken with the droid x... http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x/22993-lets-do-post-pictures-taken-your-droid-x.html

Hear is some simply shots pulled from site.  The camera quality isnt as bad as you make it out to be, are you sure the camera setting is set on 8mp under the resolution option on your device.

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Those pictures are only 400x299 and 399x225 so it proves nothing.

They could've been taken with a camera using CIF 352X288 image sensor.

If those pictures had actually been taken using Motorola Droid X, it would have been included the information in the JPG file info.

It's possible the the camera info was striped out during or after the pictures were processed, but not likely.

Also the pictures are a fraction of 3264x2448 (8MP) size Droid X is suppose to take.

[Wildman]

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JoeSmith wrote:

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Wildman wrote:

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Those pictures are only 400x299 and 399x225 so it proves nothing.

They could've been taken with a camera using CIF 352X288 image sensor.

If those pictures had actually been taken using Motorola Droid X, it would have been included the information in the JPG file info.

It's possible the the camera info was striped out during or after the pictures were processed, but not likely.

Also the pictures are a fraction of 3264x2448 (8MP) size Droid X is suppose to take.

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If you havent realized, the forums option copies a image to the server and resizes it, so what ever changes was made was by the site. But I dont think it will matter because when someone has drawn their opion of something. I do not think there isnt anything that can be posted to make you develope a diffrent opinion. But any way, View Attachment...  Besides why would I need to lie to you about my camera shots?

[crb79]

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TaeSong wrote:

Droid X camera is crap.

It uses CMOS (instead of CCD) which conserves power usage, but image sensor is sensitive to noise in low-light conditions.

I doubt it is even true 8 megapixel camera... from the looks of it, it might actually only be 1.3 - 2.0 MP camera using software to interapolate to 8MP pictures, which is probably why it's so blurry.

720P HD video claim... it might be 720P, but records at maybe about 5-15FPS, this is unacceptable.  That's not a video, it's a slide show.  At least 24-30FPS if you want to claim it can record video at any resolution.

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WOW!  I will never get the minute of my life back that I wasted reading this comment.  

Back on topic:

I've been using my Droid X set for 8.0MP since I purchased it.  I have a 7.1MP Cannon camera that I've been leaving at home because the quality isn't as good as my Droid X.  The Droid X does have issues in low light situations where the subject is more than 5-10 ft away, but then, even my Nikon D60 has issues if I don't use an external flash or set the shutter speed down.

I have taken well over 300 pictures, and 50+ 720p video clips since July 16th.   They are all amazing.