Bionic pictures SUCK!!!!!!

[portableb]

I thought this was the worst smartphone pictures I've seen, then I just now left the technical expertise who said "those are the worst pictures I've ever seen, that camera is a joke and they have to come out with a firmware and not take this seriously." !!!
 How can I upload them? You won't believe your eyse how horrible.
Out of focus, lighting sucks, I've done everything from brightness settings to try to change the MB and you can't!!! No switching it to 5 MB, etc. And you can't push and hold and it take a picture to manually focus!
MOTOROLA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!
No only am I about to downgrade and sacrifice the little things (beside duel core processor, HD video, laptop dock) like 4G by getting the Incredible 2 (but I had an incredible 1) but I'm about to switch to sprint (and suffer slower 4G speeds) and get the Photon 4G.
The NEWEST latest and greatest smartphone can't even do the simple things we need (which are essential before the want)!
(I won't even upload the I-phone (only 5MB) same pictures I took which blew these away.)

Brian

PS downloaded camara apps and they crash as not supported for the new phone. Why should we have to do this anyway paying $299 and this is the latest and greatest phone out?

[Elitist_Jerk]

its a cellphone.

[AZSALUKI]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150367117105320&set=a.175596425319.160556.50247480319&type=...

pretty nice lookin if you ask me?

not sure if you know what you're doing, but you can't designate the file size that it will take (ie 5mb)....unless you are refering to "megapixels" and are simply calling them "mb" by mistake? 

anyway....if sprint has decent coverage where you need to use your phone, then by all means, go for it. but if you are truly looking for digital camera quality, then i would get a digital camera.

[portableb]

Prepare to be shocked!!

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e203/portableb/Bionic/

www.photobucket.com/bionic

[droidsw]

portableb, I don't have a Bionic, but speaking in terms of general photography, indoor photos should be taken with outdoor (sunlight) behind you.

The other photos (without the sun glare) just need more lighting (flash?).

They really aren't that bad. Maybe, not up to the standards you expected.

I use my Droid X for work-related photos and take multiple shots of each angle because this is a phone, not a camera, and the photos are sometimes poor quality.

If it matters, I have seen many cellphone photos posted by friends on Facebook that are horrible and make your photos look like Annie Liebovitz took them.

[gerio]

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droidsw wrote:
portableb, I don't have a Bionic, but speaking in terms of general photography, indoor photos should be taken with outdoor (sunlight) behind you.

The other photos (without the sun glare) just need more lighting (flash?).

They really aren't that bad. Maybe, not up to the standards you expected.

I use my Droid X for work-related photos and take multiple shots of each angle because this is a phone, not a camera, and the photos are sometimes poor quality.

If it matters, I have seen many cellphone photos posted by friends on Facebook that are horrible and make your photos look like Annie Liebovitz took them.

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Ya know, I was kinda thinking everything you just said about those pics, but I just take the occasional pic, so I wasn't sure I could tell...

Geri O

[curtterp]

There are many factors in taking a good picture.

1. Sensor - Just because you have 8mb sensor, doesn't mean that it will take great pictures.It just means it can grab more information than lower sized sensors.
2. Lens - The lens in a camera phone is NOT the same quality as a digital camera, and certainly NOT the same quality as DSLR camera. Case in point. My X has the same size sensor as my Canon 10D, but the picture quality is not as good as my Canon. Why? Because I have professional lens's for my 9 year old Canon.It doesn't mean that my X has a bad camera, just means if I want really good photos, I do not use my phone.
3. Lighting - You need good strong light for a phone camera to work well. If you have poor lighting, picture quality suffers greatly
4. Movement - The speed of a phone camera is slow, pretty much like the older digital point n shoot cameras. If the camera moves slightly, then the picture will be blurry. In other words, if you want to take action shots, then you really need to invest in a good camera.

Just because its the latest phone, doesn't mean that the camera is the best on the market. My X takes decent enough photos, but I need to take several pictures to make sure that I have a good photo of what I want. It works good enough for simple pictures, but if you want studio quality pictures, then get a better camera.

This is not meant to be a slam, just information in what affects picture quality. One more point. If the lens has fingerprints or smudges on it, there is NO way you can get a good picture from any camera.

[gina7289]

I agree with what was said before me. Sometimes silicone covers create a shadow too. Especially with an extended battery plus cover. It happens on my thunderbolt which has an 8mp camera. Different phone though. All phones could have different cameras even if it has same mp.

[Bandit390]

Expected from motorola when they are probably using the same camera from my two generation old droid x. Notice how they also didn't splurge on the front camera....VGA...not even 1.3mp.

[vidguy7]

So far I'm really liking the phone and finding it much better than the Charge. However, to be perfectly honest, the OP is correct, the pix are unquestionably the weakest area of this phone. They are really pretty sub-standard.  My wife's Iphone blows my pix away...not even close.

With that said I'd rather have the much improved reception I'm experiencing than great pix.  But it would be nice if Motorola would offer a firmware upgrade for the camera section.