results of "what to do when your camera gets lost/stolen"
After taking a total of 100 photos using my camera on my Motorola A1200, I do have the results.50% came out okay (especially in the daylight)
50% came out really bad. Almost to the point where it's blurry and people look like ghosts.
What I learned from this:
1) Take multiple shots of the same scene. I took 8 of Gustav Klimt's paintings in Vienna. 1 came out good.. the rest were really blurry.
2) You really do need to hold still after the shot.
3) Daylight shots are the best.
4)LCD screen in direct sunlight is not best time to judge whether a photo is blurry or dark. I definitely made some photos too bright.
What was fun:
1) Playing with the settings. Taking black and white photos in Prague and Vienna was fun since the architecture called for it.
2) Watching people react to me taking photos with my phone. The Japanese people weren't too impressed (as they were taking photos with their cameras too..) Watching the locals look at my phone while they look at their flimsy flip phones and sliders was fun to watch.
3)After taking many bad photos, you finally figure out how to use a camera on your phone. I guess trying to figure things out is fun, but it would be nice if the camera had an auto-focus feature.
4) Although it cost a lot of SMS credit, sending photo mail was fun... too bad it cost money for people who received them as well.
posted by Koh @ 2:15 PM
1 Comments:
The most important thing is very much #2 - holding still after the shot. With phone cameras, I find that often times the shutter soundclip doesn't sync with the actual time the "shutter" clicks. On my N80, the picture is taken between a half second and a second after the noise is made, so I have to hold my hand steady till then. If you have a flash on your camera, then the #3 doesn't really apply - because the phone can usually compensate. As far as the LCD screen is concerned - that's why I leave the white balance to the phone: my phone is pretty good at figuring out the best balance.
In my experience, the best cameras are usually found on Sony Ericsson phones, but inevitably the processor that they use is so mind-numbingly slow, that they are unusable - hence my love for Nokia N-series phones which have nearly as good cameras, paired with reasonably fast processors.
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