Camera Gripes

[dfnj123]

Did you resize that photo? The photo should be around 1600x1200 (@4:3, 1920x1080@16:9) if it is from a 2MP camera. Here is a pic from my trip to Nags Head.

no, I didn't resize it

 

[Zwhaler]

Ouch, those pictures really take a toll when it comes to motion. Thats a shame.

 

[3282872]

It takes the photo when you take your finger off the "button". Bearing that in mind there is no delay. Figured that out after a couple of pics.

Just put your finger on the button, compose the shot, and then take the pic.

Ahhhh, I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip...

 

[NewtypeCJ]

It's better than my old cell phone's camera. But I'm still pretty horrible at getting decent shots. However, I did recently grab this one at a Travis concert that came out surprisingly well for it being taken at a concert.

 

[Mechcozmo]

Granted it IS a cellphone, but the camera has some weird traits.
For just shooting a static picture it's OK
If there is action...big shutter delay causes missed moments...
If camera is panning or subject in motion...Big distortion happens

I actually like the one on the right. The distortion is pretty funny. If you have it in mind, I bet you could get some great effects out of it.

Then again, the iPhone's camera ain't got nuthin' on my K10D. Use the right tool for the job...

 

[diamond.g]

no, I didn't resize it

How come yours is a different size than mine?

 

[mustang_dvs]

Motion distortion on cameras that do not use an iris shutter is nothing new.

In fact, it was purposefully utilized on focal plane shutter cameras in the early 20th Century: MaisonBisson's examples:

...Lartigue’s camera had a focal plane shutter, a two-part light curtain that slides to one side to expose the film while the second part follows a moment behind to again block the light. While slow exposures might allow one curtain to open fully before the second closes, fast exposures require both to be in motion at once, often exposing only a tiny slit of the film at any moment while they travel across the frame. The result is that each bit of film represents a slightly different moment in time...

...A digital camera’s imaging element, either a CCD or CMOS sensor, is made up of pixels that are organized into horizontal lines that are then stacked to make a picture. And the camera takes the picture by reading each pixel from left to right, line by line, from top top bottom. In the end, pixel number one in the upper left corner of the frame is sampled long before pixel five million in the lower right. Sure, the whole process is usually done fast, very fast, but it’s not fast enough to keep these helicopter rotor blades from looking bent. The camera in my Clie has a particularly slow scan rate, making it easy to lean cars sideways. I took advantage of the effect for a self portrait when I wanted to blur my office in the background.

Modern and historical documentation of the effect, with both mechanical and digital cameras can be found at RIT's page on slit-scan photography.

 

[blueflame]

took with my iphone...

no anything done to it. dont know, all the people who complain, did you just look at the 2mp specs and think it was going to be as good as a 2mp camera from a few years ago? when I got this, coming froma razr, i just expected a bigger clearer picture. I got just that, in fact, I am really impressed. except the lack of video recording and zoom snd photobooth!!!! however im like 99% thats coming via software.
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[Horseface]

Whiningtons! It doesn't have a flash or a crappy pixellated digital zoom! I can't attach my 35mm primes to it! It doesn't allow me to film and edit tedious movies of my pets and family! Whaaaaaa!

Bloody hell. It's a phone with a 'free' camera that's limited like any other toy camera built into phones. Any weird characteristics with the way in which the photos come out can only be a good thing. I'm sure anybody creative enough to take serious photos with it will exploit the wavey effect to the full.

 

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Last I checked, I believe part of the $600.00 USD I paid was ALSO for a camera. If I got a "free camera" along my I-phone purchase, as a seperate entity, I might feel otherwise. But being these are one-in-the-same device, yeah, I paid for it.

My Treo 650 -- even my Samsung SPH I-700 (read POS) could take better shots with motion.

Who wants 2 million pixels if they're all in the wrong places?

And for those calling us "whiners" -- Squeaky wheel gets the grease. Plus, this is cheaper than therapy.

 

[jwa276]

Last I checked, I believe part of the $600.00 USD I paid was ALSO for a camera. If I got a "free camera" along my I-phone purchase, as a seperate entity, I might feel otherwise. But being these are one-in-the-same device, yeah, I paid for it.

Who the hell spells it "I-phone" Are you talking about iPhone?

 

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Eye Doo, ewe gotta problem width that?

 

[tderemigis]

some of those distored pictures look really cool lol

 

[johnnybluejeans]

I have to say that this is the best camera phone I have owned. I had the same motion distortion on my sidekick, and it was 640x480 and couldn't shoot in low light at all. I am actually impressed with the low light capabilities of the camera on the iPhone.

As others have said, you can get rid of any delay by holding down the shutter button until you are ready to shoot, and then release to take a photo. This actually has two positive results. First it eliminates delay, second it greatly reduces "camera shake".

As for digital zoom, digital zoom is nothing more than a gimick and could be added with an update. Digital zoom is nothing more than cropping. There is absolutely no zooming involved.

 

[Ubuntu]

I agree 100%.

Iphone camera just sucks. Period. (.)

I'd "take the hit" for a lower res 640x480 WITHOUT distortion / motion problems.

My Treo never had this issue, nor did my Samsung - and those are much older phones.

Glad I'm not alone.

Try the newer samsungs. Much better cameras, granted, but my u600 takes a decade to actually take a picture.

 

[jecapaga]

I have to say that this is the best camera phone I have owned. I had the same motion distortion on my sidekick, and it was 640x480 and couldn't shoot in low light at all. I am actually impressed with the low light capabilities of the camera on the iPhone.

As others have said, you can get rid of any delay by holding down the shutter button until you are ready to shoot, and then release to take a photo. This actually has two positive results. First it eliminates delay, second it greatly reduces "camera shake".

As for digital zoom, digital zoom is nothing more than a gimick and could be added with an update. Digital zoom is nothing more than cropping. There is absolutely no zooming involved.

exactly...would you rather have a more pixelated initial shot on screen due to digital zoom or would you just rather have the normal shot. digital zoom is nothing more than cropping in on what isn't there. i still think it's a great camera phone..leaps above what i had before and enough to actually use it as a camera.

 

[TurboSC]

It is an Apple product, so why shouldn't you? And if it wasn't going to be done as well as every other Apple product then why do it?

I agree with you 100%. I love my iPhone but the camera is very lacking. Here's to an update soon that'll change that... Apple won't fail us hehe