Poor camera quality pictures, looking for solutions

[jmcl]

I am pretty much dissapointed with the pictures I have obtained with my Universal's built in camera.
Sometimes - most of the times - dont really beleive it is a 1.3 MPixels cam.

So,

1. Do you think using another software to take pictures would improve performance/quality?

2. It is possible to use another software to manage the camera?

3. Maybe, it's just me not being able to use it properly. Any advice to get good quality pictures?

[Carnivor]

have you checked the pictures on your pc?

i thought this until i looked on the pc and they were actually pretty impressive, dont be fooled my the on screen preview after youve taken a pic

[jmcl]

yes... checked them out on a PC.. but no good quality. The problem is that if you're taking good quality pictures.. the it must be me.. :?

Anyway I recon that good pictures can be obtained under good conditions (light, etc.), but indoors... no way, at least for me.

[thanas]

i've seen on my HTC wizard that in the registery the camera can be edited things like bitrate too, havent tried it yet.

[StevenAFC]

Ive gone from a D500 to this. Both 1.3 megapixel cameras, but the images from the samsung are far larger and far better quality. The images I get from my XDA are terrible.

[jmcl]

maybe -hope so - it's just the software.
Could the camera be used with another soft? maybe from another WM5 device.

[dreamtheater39]

HTC has used extremely cheap and low quality camera sensors :-( Theres not much you can expect from its camera....so i guess its wise to accept the fact and move on :S

There are tons of dead pixels, and fails to reproduce the colors accurately...its just a "i have a cam on my phone too" feature, and nothing of any practical use!

cheerio
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[Carnivor]

its enough to get the point across say car accident , for insurance or the poice, it would be enough to convince surlly.

[ninja12innotts]

Took some pictures yesterday for first time on Universal, on top of a hospital roof, sun shining.

So as normally happens in those situations you can not see what you are taking properly due to the screen contrast etc. in the sun. ( same on all camera phones I have had )

Just used the standard settings, didnt change anything, have just downloaded them onto the PC and I am quite impressed with the quality.

On par if not better than some of the camera phones I have had in the past.

Just checked settings and I was on 640 x 480 capture size and ambience auto.

So for me a thumbs up to the quality from a camera phone.

[jmcl]

share one of those beautiful pics... :D

wanna check if it's just me..

[siezear]

Perhaps a silly question - but have you made sure your camera settings are at 2M (1200x1600) to take your photos. The exec defaults to a much smaller size.

cheers

[jmcl]

hehe, yes.. thanks. :D
I'm just saying that quality doesnt fit in in a 1.3 Mpixels camera, my POV.

[jamfitz86]

The camera is useless imho. sometimes its good to catch stupid pics of people who have parked terribly or funny signs on petrol station doors but all in all they would have been best just leaving it out.

The only solution is to get a decent camera.

JAmes

[richardlai]

I'm an amateur photographer (with the lovely Nikon D50), and no doubt the Universal's picture quality is not very good. However, I see it as a bonus add-on for the Universal rather than a proper feature. Say, I don't carry the Nikon D50 into my lessons at school all the time (until recently, when we had our very last lessons at school for the rest of my life!); with the Universal I was able to quickly take pictures of my classmates sleeping in our maths lessons or film our chemistry teacher burning jelly babies (they literally scream and burn when they react with some solution!).

Anyway, my conclusion is that the camera on the Universal is good for quick snaps, but not good for family portraits. :wink:

PS: HTC, come on, you call yourselves "High Tech Computer Corporation" and you can't even manage a tiny camera?

[richardlai]

Whilst on the topic, yesterday I tried to take pictures of a beautiful wheat field in the sun, but the picture I got was just a very dark image, no matter where the sun was relative to the lens. Changing the settings to "Sunlight" or "Automatic" did not help either.

Very disappointed, and you don't often get this lovely weather in the UK! :(

[mdaexecfan]

To the OP, there's no easy way to say it: the camera is crap, like 99.99% of all mobile phone cameras. The CCD they use are cheap as dirt, and unless you're experiencing optimum conditions (such as bright, bright sunshine outdoors), there's no way you'll ever take any decent pic with this phone regardless of the software.

Glad I could clear that up! :twisted:

[Bagmanstu]

It does not seem that bad to me,

settings = 2M(1600x1280) and daylight

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/504/20060530000286sp.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20060530000286sp.jpg)

I have not resized the pic , so sorry if it runs off screen :wink:

This is just before my ride to Turkey and back from UK

Stu..

[richardlai]

Bagmanstu:

Nice outfit! ;)

[oink1]

there's no way you'll ever take any decent pic with this phone regardless of the software.

Glad I could clear that up! :twisted:

Exactly - it's a phone/PDA with a free camera, not a camera with a phone/PDA... Miracles you will not get! :)

[nipeng]

The quality is acceptable to me but getting the best result is sometimes difficult. My major problem the handling, choosing the right settings for the occasion is a bit awkward.

@Bagmanstu: Cool :D

[richardlai]

Exactly - it's a phone/PDA with a free camera, not a camera with a phone/PDA... Miracles you will not get! :)
Well, some people have paid good money for this phone (not me; I got it off ebay for 240 pounds!), so one might expect a good camera on the phone. But I agree: I would never use my phone camera unless I need to take a picture urgently - like taking some quick snaps with my teachers before I leave school forever. ;)

[adamdon89]

You could try playing around with CoolCamera (http://www.ateksoft.com), but form what I've seen so far it doesn't look too good.
CoolCamera:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2488/607030642154zi.jpg
HTC software:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1941/image011179xa.jpg
But CoolCamera does have some cool tools like, you can use it as a PC web cam.