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Stock Droid owner here. I love my Droid, and I'm admittedly biased against Apple, but I agree with his complaints about the camera. I've never done any OS modif

Stock Droid owner here. I love my Droid, and I'm admittedly biased against Apple, but I agree with his complaints about the camera. I've never done any OS modification at all (even rooting), and I've noticed the Camera app is the crashiest thing I've got on my phone. Even when it starts up, it takes about 10 seconds before I can actually take a picture, and the quality is...lacking, overall. I'm no photographer, so it doesn't get to me too badly, but I can understand his frustration even from just using it occasionally.

kls 16y ago
I am not saying that it is the case, I just think when you modify the device that much (especially overclocking) and you experience hardware and software issues you cant run out on the net and blame the device unless you have the proof to eliminate those things as the cause. I have a Galaxy Tab and the photos are better than my iPhone so it very well could be the droid hardware, it could be the version of Android but by adding that many variables via modification you can't just go out and blame the device without due diligence. There are a host of external variables that could be causing that problem.
code_duck 16y ago
I started having problems with the camera on my Droid 2 right away. The color balance is random and difficult to reset. Sometimes there is a 5 second delay before the shutter fires (it is confused by motion - like rain or snow even). The pictures are often fuzzy. The Sport setting is the only one I use, since these problems are worse in the other modes. It even crashes sometimes and takes down the entire phone (it reboots!). Sometimes the flash gets stuck on for 15 seconds first. Yes, the picture quality is often bad on the Droid 2 - sometimes it is perfectly good, though, which is even more frustrating. I can't rely on the camera at all. The camera on my iPod touch is actually better, though it has 1/4 the resolution. It's reliable, has good white balance, snaps right way, and the photos almost always look good. I'm definitely wary of Motorola products as a result of this and a few other issues with this phone. It has nothing to do with Android, though. I wish I bought a Samsung or HTC, not an iPhone.
27182818284 16y ago
I've owned a few droids and have written basic apps for the phone. In my experience the camera app is really slow. Unusable at times even because it just takes too long to open and get the picture taken.
phlux 16y ago
I have a My Touch 4G, today at lunch my colleague was taking a picture of another coworker with her Canon 5D MarkII. I pulled out my phone and snapped a few pics of her taking pics. I clicked on effects, applied a border and some other things and got a fantastic pic. What i thought was amazing was the quality of these pics from my PHONE. She is taking pics on a camera that cost much more than my phone. She cant email them, she cant apply effects to them, she cant skip over to reddit/HN as well. She was talking about how she had some book that showed her how to apply antiquing effects to photos with all these layers etc... and I pointed out it was just a click of a buttton now on MY PHONE. http://i.imgur.com/jcfjz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jcfjz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xT9Mm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xT9Mm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8U8LT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8U8LT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/L6nEv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/L6nEv.jpg I say, stop bitching. "There is all this amazing technology, and nobody's happy!"

kls 16y ago

I am not saying that it is the case, I just think when you modify the device that much (especially overclocking) and you experience hardware and software issues you cant run out on the net and blame the device unless you have the proof to eliminate those things as the cause. I have a Galaxy Tab and the photos are better than my iPhone so it very well could be the droid hardware, it could be the version of Android but by adding that many variables via modification you can't just go out and blame the device without due diligence. There are a host of external variables that could be causing that problem.

code_duck 16y ago

I started having problems with the camera on my Droid 2 right away. The color balance is random and difficult to reset. Sometimes there is a 5 second delay before the shutter fires (it is confused by motion - like rain or snow even). The pictures are often fuzzy. The Sport setting is the only one I use, since these problems are worse in the other modes. It even crashes sometimes and takes down the entire phone (it reboots!). Sometimes the flash gets stuck on for 15 seconds first. Yes, the picture quality is often bad on the Droid 2 - sometimes it is perfectly good, though, which is even more frustrating. I can't rely on the camera at all. The camera on my iPod touch is actually better, though it has 1/4 the resolution. It's reliable, has good white balance, snaps right way, and the photos almost always look good. I'm definitely wary of Motorola products as a result of this and a few other issues with this phone. It has nothing to do with Android, though. I wish I bought a Samsung or HTC, not an iPhone.

27182818284 16y ago

I've owned a few droids and have written basic apps for the phone. In my experience the camera app is really slow. Unusable at times even because it just takes too long to open and get the picture taken.

phlux 16y ago

I have a My Touch 4G, today at lunch my colleague was taking a picture of another coworker with her Canon 5D MarkII. I pulled out my phone and snapped a few pics of her taking pics. I clicked on effects, applied a border and some other things and got a fantastic pic. What i thought was amazing was the quality of these pics from my PHONE. She is taking pics on a camera that cost much more than my phone. She cant email them, she cant apply effects to them, she cant skip over to reddit/HN as well. She was talking about how she had some book that showed her how to apply antiquing effects to photos with all these layers etc... and I pointed out it was just a click of a buttton now on MY PHONE. http://i.imgur.com/jcfjz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jcfjz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xT9Mm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xT9Mm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8U8LT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8U8LT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/L6nEv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/L6nEv.jpg I say, stop bitching. "There is all this amazing technology, and nobody's happy!"