Bad camera photos

[djqwikcut]

Can someone maybe give me some help as to WHY photos taken with the TP2 camera are horrible.. The colors are washed out and the brightness (no matter what I set in the options) looks bad. I have attached an example.. some photos are even worse then that.

[ChrisH09]

Well for one the low light doesn't help. Try setting your phone's white balance to daylight...and remember, this is not a point and shoot or DSLR..it's not meant for high quality pictures. Phone Camera's have always been lack luster and will probably never be anywhere near what we are used to with digital camera's. The lens on this phone is smaller than a dime, when as one on a point and shoot is the size of a half dollar...can you see where Im going? That picture isnt that bad for the low light you took it in. Also if you have photoshop or some editing program that may help by fixing up the picture a bit.

[brownhornet]

Long story short... the camera sucks.

[Blackcircle]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

long story short... The camera sucks.

lmao!

[iLogiK]

Originally Posted by ChrisH09

Well for one the low light doesn't help. Try setting your phone's white balance to daylight...and remember, this is not a point and shoot or DSLR..it's not meant for high quality pictures. Phone Camera's have always been lack luster and will probably never be anywhere near what we are used to with digital camera's. The lens on this phone is smaller than a dime, when as one on a point and shoot is the size of a half dollar...can you see where Im going? That picture isnt that bad for the low light you took it in. Also if you have photoshop or some editing program that may help by fixing up the picture a bit.

I'll say this for the hundredth time, just because its not a point and shoot doesnt meant it cant take good pics. They simply put in a low quality camera in there, I took this pic with a HTC diamond which has a 3 meg camera and look at the difference:

[prentrodgers]

Lighting is critical. Try sunlight.

[djqwikcut]

My TREO 800W took better photos then this TP2. I did play with the white balance and it looks better.... I have the hbrightnes set to 0.00 . I tried what someone suggested about lowering the brightness but makes no sense and didnt work as it made the photos worse...

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by djqwikcut

My TREO 800W took better photos then this TP2. I did play with the white balance and it looks better.... I have the hbrightnes set to 0.00 . I tried what someone suggested about lowering the brightness but makes no sense and didnt work as it made the photos worse...

Honestly this phone takes the worst pics out of all the phones ive ever had... smart and non smart phones.

[djqwikcut]

However, I see another THREAD that has posted photos from the phone and they look really good... dont know how they are getting photos like that:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...7&goto=newpost

[Kezzerxir]

I understand it is frustrating to have such an expensive and a camera that blows. I have found the plastic lens on the back cover does degrade the image, however I would not remove it. In comparison to my Touch Pro I think the still images are far worse on the Touch Pro 2 but it appears the video capabilities of the Touch Pro 2 are far better then the Touch Pro. Since more often then not the image quality of the video on the Touch Pro 2 is better then stills, I believe that it is just bad software running the still camera mode. Ultimately though, I like the Touch Pro 2 best for what it true purpose it, communicating. My Touch Pro, girlfriends Iphone, and other phones that have better camera just lag in others area. One example would be the keyboard on the Touch Pro BLEW donkey balls so bad. My solution is just to keep a Nikon S210, which is a cheap point-n-shoot in my car for any time I want to take decent photos, such as pics on the beach, camping, ect. I use the phones camera only as a last resort. If I really need image quality I bring the big guns aka the Nikon D80 and 17-55m f/2.8.

...just my 2 cents...