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How to take good cellphone pics (please read, I swear it will help)
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flag AqueousBeef
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 19:47 Quote
"Sorry for the bad quality cellphone pics"

This is a phrase heard all too often in these forums. The truth is, cell phone pics need not be so bad. The Achilles' heel of the cameraphone is the small image sensor (in most cases, a CCD). This gives the camera awful low light sensitivity. A great workaround of this is to take your pics outside whenever possible. You will get optimal results in the late morning or afternoon (right before sunset works well too).

Place your bike/whatever you're taking a pic of so that the sun is shining onto it. Then grab your phone and take some pics from various angles and choose the best ones. Delete the rest

Another helpful tip is to use 2 hands whenever possible. This will eliminate a lot of the blurriness found in many photos

Below are a few examples of pics I took with a cameraphone (as well as a few by Hummeroid)
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example of bad photo

Notice how in the last pic, how when attempting to take a shot against the sun, the picture quality drops dramatically. This is also true if you're stuck taking a pic while indoors. Avoid backlights at all costs, they steal the focus and wash out colors. Also try to avoid concentrated light as much as possible (e.g. reflections and clearings in shadows)

If you follow these pics, you can make even the shittiest cameraphone take tasteful pictures
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Even in the crappy pic above, the lighting was done well, so the colors are captured quite accurately

If you have any other tips, feel free to post them
Also, post your own cellphone pics
flag sherbet
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 19:53 Quote
Bravo, wet beef! An amazing thread indeed.
flag dotca
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 20:06 Quote
AHah yeah! I can take some decent pictures with my 3 year old phone!
flag PedalUpBombDown
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 20:12 Quote
So that's what my problem is! Most of my pic's are taken indoor, with some form of backlight, and with a reletively shitty phone. Huh.
flag AqueousBeef
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 20:45 Quote
PedalUpBombDown wrote:
So that's what my problem is! Most of my pic's are taken indoor, with some form of backlight, and with a reletively shitty phone. Huh.
First off, no offense, but it's "pics" sans apostrophe. Secondly, that would explain a lot Razz
flag dirt-life
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 22:15 Quote
Actually the part where you said to use two hands when taking pictures might help.
flag signorvince2
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 22:18 Quote
havocrider14 wrote:
Actually the part where you said to use two hands when taking pictures might help.

Should be common sense, but nowadays....

Good thread Beef, I'll try to get some decent ones tomorrow.
flag dirt-life
Posted: May 3, 2008 at 22:39 Quote
vinceliberatore wrote:
havocrider14 wrote:
Actually the part where you said to use two hands when taking pictures might help.

Should be common sense, but nowadays....

Good thread Beef, I'll try to get some decent ones tomorrow.
Well,when you're trying to quickly snap shots of people in the air,it doesn't dawn on you to hold with both hands.
flag dh-pete
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 11:13 Quote
Do you have any extra tip's because i have a 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson k850i and still end up with a blurred image and bad light, Check my album for examples.
flag AqueousBeef
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 11:56 Quote
dhpete93 wrote:
Do you have any extra tip's because i have a 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson k850i and still end up with a blurred image and bad light, Check my album for examples.
Try lowering the ISO, and make sure autofocus has completely engaged before taking the picture. Try forcing the flash as well
flag dh-pete
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 12:17 Quote
AqueousBeef wrote:
dhpete93 wrote:
Do you have any extra tip's because i have a 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson k850i and still end up with a blurred image and bad light, Check my album for examples.
Try lowering the ISO, and make sure autofocus has completely engaged before taking the picture. Try forcing the flash as well
Thanks, That has helped a lot. I should be changing my phone soon for a better camera/video phone (LG viewty) since i don't want to carry a camera but still want high resolution and good video, I hope your thread helps keep crap pictures to a minimal tup
flag AqueousBeef
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 13:53 Quote
dhpete93 wrote:
AqueousBeef wrote:
dhpete93 wrote:
Do you have any extra tip's because i have a 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson k850i and still end up with a blurred image and bad light, Check my album for examples.
Try lowering the ISO, and make sure autofocus has completely engaged before taking the picture. Try forcing the flash as well
Thanks, That has helped a lot. I should be changing my phone soon for a better camera/video phone (LG viewty) since i don't want to carry a camera but still want high resolution and good video, I hope your thread helps keep crap pictures to a minimal tup
I've had good experiences with Sony Ericsson cameras and the iPhone camera is pretty deece. It's not so much the megapixel count that matters, it's the quality of the image sensor. That's why you can have all these shitty $50 10 megapixel cameras from Wally Mart.
flag dh-pete
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 14:05 Quote
AqueousBeef wrote:
I've had good experiences with Sony Ericsson cameras and the iPhone camera is pretty deece. It's not so much the megapixel count that matters, it's the quality of the image sensor. That's why you can have all these shitty $50 10 megapixel cameras from Wally Mart.
Yeah, I considered that when i tried the phone but it has a brilliantly clear Schneider-Kreuznach(sp?) lens and 120 frames per second video, So i am now sold on the idea of getting it because my K850i is broken.
flag AqueousBeef
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 14:24 Quote
Holy crap, we don't even have phones that nice in the colo-I mean states.
flag dh-pete
Posted: May 4, 2008 at 14:36 Quote
AqueousBeef wrote:
Holy crap, we don't even have phones that nice in the colo-I mean states.
I think expensive phones are a English thing, Here's a picture of my phoneUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://www.techshout.com/images/se-k850i.jpgI don't see why i cant use the camera well but i guess i just need to experiment, Thins is the phone i will get soonUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://cellphones.gsmhacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/lg-viewty.jpgThe English are really just a big bunch of posers. lol
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