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Re: Grainy Camera pictures

Yeah I have no idea what ISO is and i honestly dont care - haha.

What I do care about is setting it to auto and have a 5 Meg picture (point and shoot). But, that wasnt the case - That is why I started searching for a way to make the pictures better. I do know my HTC Diamond took awesome pictures, without me knowing anything about camera settings. So, I guess it is what it is with this phone. Kind of a bummer.


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Originally Posted by jonnythan View Post
The pictures are grainy because you're using ISO 800.

The higher the ISO, the grainier the pictures. That is true of all cameras. ISO 800 from a modern point and shoot digicam is only slightly better than what you're seeing.

Set your ISO to auto and keep it there unless you're getting a blurry image - then go in and force it to 400 or 800 and try again.

If you're shooting at ISO 200 and the camera needs to have a relatively long shutter time of 1/10 s, you will almost certainly get a blurry image. Setting it to ISO 800 will result in a grainier picture, but you'll be shooting at 1/40 s, which has a much better chance of not being blurry.

If you don't know what ISO means or does, you should leave it alone.
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