Make camera image sharper

[imtjnotu]

there is no hope for this camera until HTC gets off there ass and gives us quality drivers....

[imtjnotu]

even my heros camera takes horrid pictures....makes me seriously want the samsung hd or the omnia 2

[themuffinman]

So everyone knows, I removed the lens cover about 2 weeks ago and I haven't had any issues with dirt or smudges. I would say that 80% of the time my phone is in a case and 20% of the time in my pocket. I was looking at my lens a few minutes ago and it still lookz excellent and I havent stop to clean it. Then lens is still under the battery cover by a quarter of an inch or so, so that still protects the camera. All in all I think its definitely worth it to remove the lens cover.

[imtjnotu]

Originally Posted by themuffinman

So everyone knows, I removed the lens cover about 2 weeks ago and I haven't had any issues with dirt or smudges. I would say that 80% of the time my phone is in a case and 20% of the time in my pocket. I was looking at my lens a few minutes ago and it still lookz excellent and I havent stop to clean it. Then lens is still under the battery cover by a quarter of an inch or so, so that still protects the camera. All in all I think its definitely worth it to remove the lens cover.

pictures still are not as good as the TP even with the lens off

[ACHlLLES]

but isnt tp2 little faster on taking the pics?

[JimP]

Interesting thread.

There are several things at work on the original poster's photos.
Although the pictures are 5 megabites (which had to be software upscaling), you find quite a bit of edge enhancement which shows up on hard edges. Also consider that to display it on these web pages, it had to be downscaled to fit. If you're usually taking pictures for the web, it makes for a cleaner picture to shoot it closer to the resolution you intend to post unless you can shoot in camera raw and have access to software to resize it to the needed size.

[skipster]

I looked at my lens cover this morning, and could hardly see thru it! Yech! A lens cleaner later, it is clear again. I have not tried any pictures yet, but will. For taking a quick snap of something, this camera is usable. If it really matters, I use a digital camera anyway....

[JimP]

You guys with the crud on the lens, by chance are you using one of those slide in cases that have felt to cushion the phone?

[bast525]

I gave this hack a try.... the first thing to point out is that on my phone (VZW TP2 running stock rom), the 3M setting under Super Fine was set much higher by default, 541228. I tried increasing it to the highest value listed by the OP, 700000-whatever. I did not really notice any difference in picture quality. Furthermore, I looked at the file size of a pic taken at the default setting, and one with the increased setting... there was only a 12 KB difference in file size (from 501 KB to 513 KB).

there was still quite a bit of digital noise and the pics were just OK overall. I also tried with the back cover taken off, and again, I really noticed no difference. BUT, I keep the lens cover very clean, no finger smudges or anything. My problem with the TP2 camera is even at the lowest ISO setting, the images just have too much noise and grain, even taken in daylight.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by bast525

My problem with the TP2 camera is even at the lowest ISO setting, the images just have too much noise and grain, even taken in daylight.

exactly, but with these miniscule lens & sensors you get what you get I suppose (I don't care how many megapixels they claim it is)

I have a 24"x36" image of my Daughter hanging on my family room wall. Nobody that sees it can believe the quality of it & it was shot with a 3 megapixel camera.

The difference is, THAT 3 megapixel sensor was the size of a large postage stamp, not the size of a pencil lead... (& it was a $3000 camera)


~John