Help camera picture quality?

[esw320]

I was looking at the pictures people uploaded to this forum and I have no idea how people are getting their pictures to look so good. I just got an epic and all my pictures are grainy and blurry/whited outish. It's hard to explain, but if anyones got advice on how to maximize picture quality it would be awesome!

 

[Kelmar]

Can you post a sample picture for us? It might be easier for us to help if we can see it.

 

[AndroidSPCS]

Some tips: Lighting affects photos a great deal. Best photos are taken when it's bright outside. Using the flash sometimes helps, sometime is too harsh. If your photos are taken when it's dark, it will be blurry and fuzzy.

Only the very best DSLRs and top digital cameras have the ability to take sharp pictures in dim lighting.

 

[Bomix]

hold the phone still.. it tends to be blurry unless you hold that sucker still!

 

[adelmundo]

Also don't use the zoom feature. In fact zoom out as far as it can go. The camera uses digital zoom and digital zoom is never anywhere as good as optical zoom in terms of picture quality.

Follow the above suggestions as well: holding the camera still and use in bright light like sunlight or a well lit room, and in some instances use flash.

 

[zoramac]

Simple question first, what resolution are you using when taking pictures? the .3 mp don't come out to well on mine, but all of the higher resolutions look great

 

[esw320]

thanks for all the feedback i really appreciate it, I think it may have just been the fact I have been taking pictures in a dim room. Dumb question, but how do I upload them here?

 

[PhonerSapien]

I was looking at the pictures people uploaded to this forum and I have no idea how people are getting their pictures to look so good. I just got an epic and all my pictures are grainy and blurry/whited outish. It's hard to explain, but if anyones got advice on how to maximize picture quality it would be awesome!

I'm experiencing the same thing, too. The first pictures I took in indoor lighting with the flash, and I was surprised how washed out they looked. I compared the pic to a similar pic I took with an 8-year-old Nikon Coolpix 2500 2-megapixel digital camera, and the Nikon was noticeably better. This dissapointed me, since the Epic is new and 5-megapixel.

However, I should mention that the Epic pic file is 45k, and the Nikon Coolpix is 408k in size. I'm new to the camera, and very confused how it works, and so I assume that maybe there's a default setting somewhere that controls the size and/or resolution of the pics. But, come to think of it, for a smartphone 45k is ideal because it's easy to send by email and bluetooth, and quality is really a lesser consideration.

I've tried to include the above-mentioned pics in this post. You can probably guess which is which by looking at them.

 

[Peezy]

the camera is far from 5mp... its more like 3

my 5mp cybershot is waaaaaaaaaaay better than the epic camera

 

[Kelmar]

I'm experiencing the same thing, too. The first pictures I took in indoor lighting with the flash, and I was surprised how washed out they looked. I compared the pic to a similar pic I took with an 8-year-old Nikon Coolpix 2500 2-megapixel digital camera, and the Nikon was noticeably better. This dissapointed me, since the Epic is new and 5-megapixel.

However, I should mention that the Epic pic file is 45k, and the Nikon Coolpix is 408k in size. I'm new to the camera, and very confused how it works, and so I assume that maybe there's a default setting somewhere that controls the size and/or resolution of the pics. But, come to think of it, for a smartphone 45k is ideal because it's easy to send by email and bluetooth, and quality is really a lesser consideration.

I've tried to include the above-mentioned pics in this post. You can probably guess which is which by looking at them.

Can you provide unedited or resized pictures from the Epic to we can look the the Exif info to see what ISO, etc the image was shot at?

 

[gme109]

I'm experiencing the same thing, too. The first pictures I took in indoor lighting with the flash, and I was surprised how washed out they looked. I compared the pic to a similar pic I took with an 8-year-old Nikon Coolpix 2500 2-megapixel digital camera, and the Nikon was noticeably better. This dissapointed me, since the Epic is new and 5-megapixel.

However, I should mention that the Epic pic file is 45k, and the Nikon Coolpix is 408k in size. I'm new to the camera, and very confused how it works, and so I assume that maybe there's a default setting somewhere that controls the size and/or resolution of the pics. But, come to think of it, for a smartphone 45k is ideal because it's easy to send by email and bluetooth, and quality is really a lesser consideration.

I've tried to include the above-mentioned pics in this post. You can probably guess which is which by looking at them.

The Epic maybe 5 mega pixels, but it uses a much smaller sensor than your older Nikon digital, not to mention the Nikon has a much better lens.

 

[PhonerSapien]

Can you provide unedited or resized pictures from the Epic to we can look the the Exif info to see what ISO, etc the image was shot at?

I don't understand the request. Attached above (first pic) is the file that came from the Epic. I didn't change it in any way. I can look at my camera settings (or file properties) if you tell me what to look for and where to look for them.

 

[Kelmar]

I don't understand the request. Attached above (first pic) is the file that came from the Epic. I didn't change it in any way. I can look at my camera settings (or file properties) if you tell me what to look for and where to look for them.

Check to see what ISO you are shooting at, if it's auto, etc. It would also be beneficial to check your white balance settings and clean the lens on the phone. It looks like the "washed out" image is created because the camera couldn't judge the exposure correctly from what I'm seeing at a quick glance.

As mentioned above, the sensor size and quality and lens size/quality are drastically different between a point and shoot and a cellphone. These will play a HUGE factor.