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minor update on Droid camera issues
FredCDobbs
Newbie
‎11-08-2009 06:30 PM

I was in the verizon store this morning exchanging my[edit] up Droid, trying to get a camera that worked. No luck, new one is the same. I can now get the corners to go green once outa ever 10 times or so. Will be returning within my 30 days. On a side note the rep was a real twit. Very moody that I wanted a fully functional device at purchase.

 

There is a patch coming out for the Droid on Dec 11. This according to a verizon mgr. Whether this will address the issues with the camera remain to be seen

 

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Kyon14
Newbie
‎11-08-2009 07:20 PM

Is the camera really that bad? I never tried the droid but it said it takes dvd quality video :smileysurprised:

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FredCDobbs
Newbie
‎11-08-2009 07:49 PM

It says dvd quality. they are defining quality by the 720x whatever. Not the visual quality. These phones take great youtube videos. Thats it. you could no more watch these on a 22" monitor or a tv that you could a beta tape.

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reallyniceguy
Contributor - Level 3
‎11-08-2009 08:09 PM
I have heard bad things about the camera, when I was playing with it at the store, it froze when trying to take a pic. Everything else worked fine tho.. oh and battery got hot while doing google search. Actually all the motorola phones ive had , get hot while in use. I guess its normal.
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cem95z
Contributor - Level 1
‎11-09-2009 02:40 AM

I am on my second droid due to the first one not being fully functional. On day one, with the first droid, it took fair pictures outside. not fast at all. I tried my new droid camera inside for the first time today...it was crud. I could not get a cat in focus... and the cat was staying still. The flash is pointless. The verdict is still out on this phone, on weather I keep it past 30 days. I do love the google gps. It got me to a restaurant that I had never been to before with no problem... it was great to have with me when I wasn't driving, and my garmin was not in the car with me.

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Re: minor update on Droid camera issues
rjones
Newbie
‎11-09-2009 02:50 AM

What's wrong with the camera? I've been taking pictures for three days now and no problem. It's not a substitute for a dedicated camera -- no PDA phone is --  but the resolution is pretty good and zoom works OK. Flash is nice to have. I took some pictures of a band last night and they looked pretty good.

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cem95z
Contributor - Level 1
‎11-09-2009 03:20 AM

I would say that it being so slow and the lack of focus on the camera is the biggest problem I have with it. I wouldn't expect it to be as good as my nikon, but when they advertise 5 megapixels with flash, I guess I had a bit more expectation than what I got.

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fezzik
Contributor - Level 3
‎11-09-2009 02:41 PM

I have heard that using one of the other camera apps helps a lot.  The stock camera apps aren't very good. 

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Re: minor update on Droid camera issues
dschwa
Newbie
‎11-09-2009 02:53 PM

I agree.  My pics are fine for a phone.  My Nikon D60 are better duh!

 

Perhaps it's because I read the manual before I got the phone.  Moto has the full PDF download. http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/US-EN/Mobile%20Phones/DROID-by-Motorola/US-EN/Documents/...

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Re: minor update on Droid camera issues
spectrumfox
Enthusiast - Level 3
‎11-10-2009 12:14 AM
It is said that the upcoming update will fix the problems with the camera.
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