Is your camera quality any better or worse than this? [Archive]

one1

Sep 23, 2007, 04:56 PM

I took this pic earlier while running out to get some food. Every pic I take seems to have a haze or halo to it. Is this normal? Some parts of it look fine, some look really blown out whenever light is present. Even at night when there is a light in the picture it seems to have it's own halo or haze.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/audiogodz1/stuff/IMG_0041.jpg

zub3qin

Sep 23, 2007, 05:17 PM

I took this pic earlier...

quite honestly, that picture is better than the photo I get with my treo 700. I think it is great quality for a phone photo.

ejrizo

Sep 23, 2007, 05:24 PM

here are some pics in different lighting conditions... not sure if it helps... but yours seems to have too much of a green tint..

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/1.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/2.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/3.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/4.jpg

VoodooDaddy

Sep 23, 2007, 05:42 PM

Ive never been impressed with any of the pics Ive taken. Ive seen some pictures that people claim to have been taken from their iphone that look as good as anything I take on my 5mp Canon.

runplaysleeprun

Sep 23, 2007, 05:47 PM

one1

Sep 23, 2007, 05:49 PM

Seems like all the photos have this haze to them. Pretty much answers my question. :)

I think the green tint was the effect of the factory tint of the glass on the Jag.

ivi7

Sep 23, 2007, 05:50 PM

There are many factors which could change the quality of the photographs clicked from the iPhone. Some days I get very crappy snaps and on other days I feel like a photographer.

ejrizo

Sep 23, 2007, 05:51 PM

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/7.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/6.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/ejrizo/5.jpg

here are some more for ya... these are a little bit nicer...

i think it all depends on the lighting... outside and sunny makes for some better pics.

nickspohn

Sep 23, 2007, 06:06 PM

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f97/nickspohn/iphonepics004-1.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f97/nickspohn/iphonepics003-1.jpg

sushi

Sep 23, 2007, 06:07 PM

The pics in this thread remind me of an old camera that I had with a plastic lens.

Does the iPhone have a glass or plastic lens?

Cybergypsy

Sep 23, 2007, 06:34 PM

this one a a super bright dayhttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/1354803277_5825d00405_o.jpg

TurboSC

Sep 23, 2007, 06:49 PM

god I hate using the iPhone camera... it feels so out of place on the device... so under-developed and full of little problems.

chas0001

Sep 23, 2007, 06:55 PM

That food looks delicious! As I am on a diet could you please tell me whether that plate contains food that is less than 5000 calories?

Photos look good. Not sure about the dog though (the pet).

nickspohn

Sep 23, 2007, 06:57 PM

That food looks delicious! As I am on a diet could you please tell me whether there are less than 5000 calories in that?

5,000 calories is a diet?

one1

Sep 23, 2007, 07:09 PM

this one a a super bright dayhttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/1354803277_5825d00405_o.jpg

Got one of those myself (CLK). I just snapped this in low light. Doesn't seem to matter what light I am in, I get a haze to my photo's. I'm just not getting the same quality. (yes I wiped the lens off)

(No idea why this rotated when it uploaded)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/audiogodz1/stuff/IMG_0003.jpg

I'm just going to assume my lens is defective from scratches or something.

one1

Sep 23, 2007, 07:19 PM

I'm just going to assume my lens is defective from scratches or something.

After that thought crossed my mind I looked...... yep, it's scratched. Having shot with DSLR's for many years I am aware of what happens when a lens gets scratches. A lot of light reflections that makes for haze.

I see no way to truly protect the lens on this phone. There is no cover, it is not recessed in the hole in any way, and it is not a replaceable lens.

Hello apple, are you listening? These cameras are going to be useless on used phones after a while.

(click for a good close look)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d5/audiogodz1/stuff/DSCN0752.jpg

I suggest you guy's put a piece of tape over your lens.

nickspohn

Sep 23, 2007, 07:36 PM

Do you have a case for your iPhone? It sure doesn't look like that...

My Camera is scratch free.

one1

Sep 23, 2007, 07:46 PM

Of course.

MattyMac

Sep 23, 2007, 07:48 PM

That food looks delicious! As I am on a diet could you please tell me whether that plate contains food that is less than 5000 calories?

Photos look good. Not sure about the dog though (the pet).

What! That's a yorkie...yorkies are awesome!

mobilehavoc

Sep 23, 2007, 08:33 PM

I've been pretty pleased with the iPhone camera PQ actually..

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1313/1425635828_3ecb90a4e2.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1074/1425634758_288b7284d6.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1413/1045901762_8bf64fda51_o.jpg

one1

Sep 23, 2007, 08:37 PM

Taste of Lexus driving event, nice. :)

mobilehavoc

Sep 23, 2007, 08:45 PM

Taste of Lexus driving event, nice. :)

Yeah it was cool, we got a little crazy with the IS350...man that car is fun to drive.

Jade Cambell

Sep 23, 2007, 08:57 PM

I've been pretty pleased with the iPhone camera PQ actually..

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1413/1045901762_8bf64fda51_o.jpg

Wow. Stunning picture.

I'm very impressed with the image quality shown in this thread. I'll be ordering my iPhone on September 25th, and i'm glad to see that the quality is this good.

VoodooDaddy

Sep 23, 2007, 09:03 PM

Ive never been impressed with any of the pics Ive taken. Ive seen some pictures that people claim to have been taken from their iphone that look as good as anything I take on my 5mp Canon.

Just an example, the pic of the dog and woman sitting on the deck in this very thread. Ive taken hundreds of pictures in all kinds of lighting and none have come out as clear and sharp as these.

bobznc

Sep 23, 2007, 11:33 PM

Remember, the iPhone is auto-focus, so if the phone can't pick a focal ground, you'll picture will be hazy.

Sobe

Sep 23, 2007, 11:44 PM

if you look at the pics from the OP you'll also notice one thing in common: lots of bright light.

I find that the iPhone's cam does best in sort of medium settings -- not too bright, not too dark, not much movement, it's the goldilocks camera =D

ejrizo

Sep 24, 2007, 01:48 AM

mashoutposse

Sep 24, 2007, 02:22 AM

iPhone

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1619/img0988eu6.jpg

skinnylegs

Sep 24, 2007, 02:31 AM

is this an iPhone camera thread or a show off your car thread? :D If it is the latter, game over.....mashoutposse wins.

mac 2005

Sep 24, 2007, 02:43 AM

IDANNY

Sep 24, 2007, 02:43 AM

don't believe everything you see/hear on the internets....

Yah the evil interwebs

Kamera RAWr

Sep 24, 2007, 03:54 AM

Lets just remember folks, its iPhone, not iCamera. If you want to take decent pics, get a decent P&S. Just my opinion :p

Sobe

Sep 24, 2007, 04:09 AM

Lets just remember folks, its iPhone, not iCamera. If you want to take decent pics, get a decent P&S. Just my opinion :p

I think the point was more along the lines of "is this normal" rather than "is this a good photo"

anubis

Sep 24, 2007, 01:51 PM

Remember, the iPhone is auto-focus, so if the phone can't pick a focal ground, you'll picture will be hazy.

iPhone camera is a fixed focus camera. There's no focusing it needs to do.

BulkHedd

Sep 24, 2007, 03:53 PM

I have found that one of the biggest problems I have taking pictures with the iPhone, and most cell phones really, is that I always seem to wind up with fingerprints on the lens (or lens cover). That can make for some pretty hazy pictures. You might want to wipe it off before you snap your pictures.

typ356

Oct 30, 2008, 11:34 AM

When will we see an update to the camera?
Auto-focus, white balance and video.

Small White Car

Oct 30, 2008, 11:56 AM

When will we see an update to the camera?
Auto-focus, white balance and video.

Actually, for me, white balance is the one thing the current camera actually does do well! I've got no complaints on that front.

If it does get auto-focus then I'd love to see a small red ring showing where it's focusing on the screen, and a small blue ring showing wherea the exposure is measuring from. They're both auto and move around the screen, but if you WANT to touch them you can drag either ring to wherever you want it and it will stay there until you take the photo.

That would be a killer feature.

sookainian

Oct 30, 2008, 12:05 PM

I'm very pleased with my iPhone camera picture quality. Not bad for such a handphone camera as compare to my old windows mobile, O2Mini & O2Atom.

iceterminal

Oct 30, 2008, 02:04 PM

Here's one of my better shots, quality wise. But in dark situations, all the pics are very very grainy.

Oskee2001

Oct 30, 2008, 02:32 PM

I've been quite impressed as well:

andreab35

Oct 30, 2008, 02:39 PM

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5F136 Safari/525.20)

I am impressed with the camera on the iPhone.
I've taken some really nice quality photos. Some photos just don't come out so great. It all depends on the environment you are taking the photo in.
You can always edit photos on the computer if you need to make them look better.
Plus I must add, that if you are somewhere special or want nice photos, bring your regular camera. ;)

s8film40

Oct 31, 2008, 02:08 AM

I've been quite impressed as well:

I got almost the same shot.

Oskee2001

Oct 31, 2008, 10:02 AM

Wow, that one is much nicer!!! Good work.

TwiceNightly

Oct 31, 2008, 10:38 AM

Here are two I took, in very different lighting conditions......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/twicenightly/cottage.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/twicenightly/fireworks.jpg

I'm very pleased with the iPhone camera, great quality for a 2MP and just fine for a mobile camera.

daisuke07

Oct 31, 2008, 10:52 AM

I hate the iPhone's camera because it can't even zoom-in so I never use it.

sergiuria

Oct 31, 2008, 11:35 AM

If you jailbreak it, you CAN zoom in

jbloeser

Oct 31, 2008, 12:10 PM

If you jailbreak it, you CAN zoom in

How many of your photos (posted here) are from a jailbroken phone? My non-jail break 3G doesn't seem to take pics this well.

BlackMax

Oct 31, 2008, 12:18 PM

My experience with the iPhone camera is that it takes fairly good pictures if you have plenty of light and the object you're photographing is not too close. If the lighting is poor or you are too close (less than 1 foot) to the object you're photographing my results have been mixed.

sergiuria

Oct 31, 2008, 12:35 PM

This are a couple of photos with my phone at a fishing trip

iceterminal

Oct 31, 2008, 05:13 PM

Most of my pictures are not even close to the quality of these other pictures. Especially the night photos. Mine are quite grainy.

Should I take it in or call Apple?

firewood

Oct 31, 2008, 05:22 PM

From the looks of several photos here, it appears as if the iPhone camera is extremely sensitive to how clean the lens is (and I don't mean rub on your shirt clean, I mean photographic lens cleaner clean), glare on the lens (one should shade it from any direct light with something), and absolute light level (noisy sensor).

Al2009

Oct 31, 2008, 08:10 PM

This are a couple of photos with my phone at a fishing trip

nice pics, where's that at?

sergiuria

Oct 31, 2008, 08:22 PM

nice pics, where's that at?

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Central America

James L

Oct 31, 2008, 08:26 PM

If you jailbreak it, you CAN zoom in

It's not zooming in, it's simply cropping a section of the photo out so it looks closer. You could do the exact same thing in iPhoto or Photoshop after the photo has been taken.

Al2009

Oct 31, 2008, 08:42 PM

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Central America

I fish the Bahamas alot, gotta love being out on the water. There's nothing like it.:D
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a310/taclet/P1010017-2-1.jpg
Just took this last week, for a posting on watchforums. I love the camera on the iphone, lighting and a steady hand makes a big difference though.

RITZFit

Oct 31, 2008, 09:06 PM

I've found that its all in the lighting. I'm very impressed w/ the pics my phone can take on a sunny day. in low lighting the pics look worst than that of my old moto v3

MacFly123

Oct 31, 2008, 11:26 PM

I use the iPhone as my digital camera for traveling etc. I think it is great. In the future models will it be great to up the lens quality a bit, more mega pixels, focus in the software and zoom etc? Sure, but I love it for what it is now. It has saved me at least a couple hundred dollars from not getting a new digital camera so I am happy :)

ldorazio

Nov 1, 2008, 01:40 PM

akabear

Nov 1, 2008, 04:41 PM

Went to NYC and took several photos from Liberty Island with my iPhone 3G and stitched them all together with Photoshop. I had to reduce the image 33% so the photo would fall under the max file size for the website.

sookainian

Nov 1, 2008, 09:23 PM

This is about the best I could get from the iPhone. Of course it IS Big Sur, so it naturally looks "good".

I wish Apple had used a higher resolution lens. It also seems to have problems in lower light, WAY too slow.

http://www.lorddior.com/images/bigsur.jpg

All those pinky-blue dots in your picture is camera noise and low resolution ( 2mp ).

So I don't think higher resolution lens would help much. ( i believe you mean better quality lens )

What Apple need is a better image sensor for the iPhone 3G...