Help Backlight doesn't come on when taking pictures?

[mellowjive]

Hello,

Is it just my phone, or when you go to take a picture in low light, you can't see what you are looking at? The screen is almost black unless you are in a well lit area. I went through the settings and didn't see anything that would lighten up the screen. This is pretty ridiculous if this is the case. My Samsung SI 3 years ago even backlit the viewing screen. It's a mystery what your camera is pointing at until you snap the photo.

If the phone does just suck, like I think it does, anyone suggest a good camera app that works better and backlights the viewer?
Thanks

 

[Frisco]

Hello,

Is it just my phone, or when you go to take a picture in low light, you can't see what you are looking at? The screen is almost black unless you are in a well lit area. I went through the settings and didn't see anything that would lighten up the screen. This is pretty ridiculous if this is the case. My Samsung SI 3 years ago even backlit the viewing screen. It's a mystery what your camera is pointing at until you snap the photo.

If the phone does just suck, like I think it does, anyone suggest a good camera app that works better and backlights the viewer?
Thanks

Hello mellowjive.

I noticed that the user manual for the LG Lucid includes a "night mode" in the Camera menu. Perhaps you're missing the setting area for that feature. Here's the pdf download for the user guide for that device:

http://cache.vzw.com/multimedia/mim/lg_lucid/lg_lucid.pdf