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iPhone 7 Plus camera blur

WRXiceman

WRXiceman

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Hi all,

During the reveal of iPhone 7 Plus, I remember seeing some promotional photos that they took with the camera.

One photo I remember was of the man mid air, and it looked perfect. No blur what so ever.

Now, when I take a photo of anything that isn't static, it turns out blurry and really disappointing.

Anyone else?
Have I missed a setting or something?

Thanks in advance.
 
WRXiceman said:
Hi all,

During the reveal of iPhone 7 Plus, I remember seeing some promotional photos that they took with the camera.

One photo I remember was of the man mid air, and it looked perfect. No blur what so ever.

Now, when I take a photo of anything that isn't static, it turns out blurry and really disappointing.

Anyone else?
Have I missed a setting or something?

Thanks in advance.
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Make sure your lens cover is clean and free of streaking. I was taking pictures at The National Air and Space Museum a few months ago and couldn't figure out why my photos were coming out with streaky light sources. I wiped off the lens cover and all was well again. Just a thought.
 
WRXiceman said:
Hi all,

During the reveal of iPhone 7 Plus, I remember seeing some promotional photos that they took with the camera.

One photo I remember was of the man mid air, and it looked perfect. No blur what so ever.

Now, when I take a photo of anything that isn't static, it turns out blurry and really disappointing.

Anyone else?
Have I missed a setting or something?

Thanks in advance.
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You are talking about shutter speed or exposure time. The iphone7 has a longer shutter speed that helps with low light pictures but will make action scenes seem blurry and bright scenes seem white.

See the big white background?

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macfacts said:
You are talking about shutter speed or exposure time. The iphone7 has a longer shutter speed that helps with low light pictures but will make action scenes seem blurry and bright scenes seem white.

See the big white background?

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That doesn't make sense to me as the promo picture shows a man jumping and mid air the image looks sharp with no blur.


Gathomblipoob said:
Make sure your lens cover is clean and free of streaking. I was taking pictures at The National Air and Space Museum a few months ago and couldn't figure out why my photos were coming out with streaky light sources. I wiped off the lens cover and all was well again. Just a thought.
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I had that issue last week and wiped it clean which removed the streak, but didn't solve the blur of shooting something that is moving.
 
Just a thought, but maybe they took a 'burst' of pictures and picked the best one.
That's how I manage to get decent pics of moving objects.
 
Bigads said:
Just a thought, but maybe they took a 'burst' of pictures and picked the best one.
That's how I manage to get decent pics of moving objects.
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Hmm... very possible I suppose.
I just assumed that is dealt with motion like that extremely well and thought I may have had a dodgy lens.
 
That photo was outdoors on a sunny day, so you get to have a really fast shutter speed that freezes action. If it's overcast or indoors, it's going to be blurry. Also, if you have HDR mode on it's also going to be blurry.
 
geoff5093 said:
That photo was outdoors on a sunny day, so you get to have a really fast shutter speed that freezes action. If it's overcast or indoors, it's going to be blurry. Also, if you have HDR mode on it's also going to be blurry.
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Ahhh, ok.

I will try some test shots outdoors then and see what happens.

Thanks
 
WRXiceman said:
Hi all,

During the reveal of iPhone 7 Plus, I remember seeing some promotional photos that they took with the camera.

One photo I remember was of the man mid air, and it looked perfect. No blur what so ever.

Now, when I take a photo of anything that isn't static, it turns out blurry and really disappointing.

Anyone else?
Have I missed a setting or something?

Thanks in advance.
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Those super sharp images were taken in excellent lighting which resulted in high shutter speeds. Low light make for slow shutter speeds and moving object can be blurred due to motion or even camera movement.

Can you post some examples?
 
Newtons Apple said:
Those super sharp images were taken in excellent lighting which resulted in high shutter speeds. Low light make for slow shutter speeds and moving object can be blurred due to motion or even camera movement.

Can you post some examples?
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It must be due to poor lighting then.
To be honest, I've only tried it indoors, so will test tomorrow.
 
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As with any other camera, the advertisement doesn't mean that you have the eye or talent to reproduce anything remotely similar, but it is easier with iPhone than many other.
 
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