Tips for good shots on Droid

[ralphtrent]

Hi all
I did a search but could not find exactly what I was looking for. The pictures taken with my droid seem grainy and noisy. does anyone have any tips?

Thanks,
RalphTrent

 

[GeLopez]

lots of light on the subject

 

[knglou]

is this all the time or only at night

 

[MaxBobcat]

lots of light, as stated.

very steady hands.

 

[Sweet Kitten Feet]

Replace the stock camera app with something else. There are lots of camera apps in the market.

 

[Anomander]

The more light you can get on the subject the better the picture. It would be nice if we could play with the ISO settings on the camera. I think the problem there is that it defaults to a higher value then what it should be causing the grainy pictures. Every now and then I get a couple of good pictures. I was using Pro Zoom 5X with these ones.

 

[Matth3w]

Try this afterwards:

Photography Grain - Remove Photography Grain or Noise in Adobe Photoshop Video - About.com

 

[jcardona1]

use a different camera lol. seriously though, i hate the camera on this phone. its pitiful. the shutter speed is so slow that you can only shoot something that is completely still

 

[hippyfish]

There is a pretty good article specifically on taking better pictures with the Droid here:

How to Take Better Pictures with the Motorola DROID Camera - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

It's an amalgamation of some of the advice above, with a few new twists.

 

[broosewee]

The camera improved drastically from 2.0 --> 2.0.1 and maybe more in 2.1.

Avoid the flash, steady hands, and copious amounts of light are your best bets. There's no magic to it. 3rd party camera apps do seem to improve it a little, but they're still working with the same crap hardware.

 

[FarkinDroidUser]

1st - Wipe off the lense it is always dirty.
2nd - Hold the phone still even for a few seconds after you take the picture

 

[mantis5]

Shoot at 3MP instead of 5MP. This may seem counterintuitive, but it makes good sense. You can read more about it here: megapixels vs Image sensor size

Lots of light, as has been mentioned.

The sensor is so small it is not going to make great pictures. In good light, though, I think it does a decent job.

 

[cisco0910]

as Farkin said clean lens, i always do that. Then i choose 5Mpixel and high quality. Steady hands, even after you here the click hold it still for another extra second. Plenty of light, nothing you can do about dark pix. Droid camera sucks with dark pics, pretty sure no work around for that.

 

[broosewee]

If we're getting into specifics, then take the picture when you exhale and don't inhale until one second after the 'click'. Yes, you will need to exercise to take pictures with the Droid because Droid Does and you should too! jk

Oh, I use the onscreen shutter cause the external button moves the camera too much sometimes.

 

[Istus]

For those having issue with moving subjects (or shaky hands) you can change the "Scene Mode" to action which will give you a faster shutter speed. Play with the other scene modes in other environments which change the ISO and aperture as well as the shutter speed. I've been pleasantly surprised on a few occasions now.