I gotta admit this camera is growing on me somewhat. It's not perfect, but it seems to be workable once you get used to it. Yes, it still has some issues with exposure and light balance and all that, but the fast shutter seems to help avoid blurry shots in some scenarios where a lot of previous phones (even my wife's 4S
) have blurred occasionally. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't put it above the 4S or other new HTC cameras, but I'm seeing more and more how Moto has at least put
some effort into improving it.
These shots were taking while I was standing still and my kids were riding across in front of me - they were moving at a decent pace:
This was taking while on my bike following my daughter - so multiple potential sources of blurring:
This was taken while walking next to him, while he was moving (there's another that is a little blurry):
All of those were overcast skies. Late yesterday, I took these (almost sunset) - a great example of how the color/exposure can change for no reason:
And then this morning I grabbed this (in the shade) with practically no effort:
I think as long as you make sure you're holding your hand as steady as possible when that shutter snaps, which in some cases is instantaneous unless it refocuses itself, you'll typically get pretty clear shots... the exposure might be another issue, but at least it won't be as blurry!
Edit: The portrait to landscape thing is more and more a PITA... if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's been mentioned in another thread. Basically, if you take a shot in portrait, it'll end up landscape if you send it via MMS, let dropbox automatically upload it, etc.