Comments on: Motorola Droid: Camera Review

By: Marx88

Marx88 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:02:01 +0000

I have had a droid phone for about 3 months now. It died after I had it a few weeks it just broke. I sent it in to be repaired and when I got it back it was fixed, but now the camera is completely blurred. Sometimes if I mess with the camera for 30 minutes it will start taking good pictures. It really sucks having invested in this phone. I dont have time to send it in for repair again so what I do is just use the flash for a flash – light. If somebody knows how I can fix my camera software without erasing my apps I would really appreciate it!

By: brittney

brittney — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:15:37 +0000

Since I got this all I ever seem to get is washed out extremely grainy pics. When I had an lg ally which only had a 3.2 mp camera it had crisper sharper and all around clearer and better pics. I can honestly say i’m hating this camera!!!!!

By: bobbie

bobbie — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:01:16 +0000

More Mpixels = more noise, that grainy stuff you see when there isn’t enough light for the very tiny crammed in pixels to work right. Since makers sell on pixels, not image quality, expect even poorer performance in the 8 MP versions. If it was 2 MP, the results would be much. much better, because the low light sensitivity would be far greater. Since you only share images on your computer in smallish files, it would never bother you – but the marketeers have won and convinced everyone that high pixel count is good. It isn’t, especially in a very small chip.

By: JoeBlow

JoeBlow — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:08:01 +0000

Kums and one or two other people have suggested there are some techniques that will lead to better quality pictures on the Droid. Does anyone have links to step-by-step instructions?

By: paul wong

paul wong — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:14:39 +0000

I compared to camera of iphone 3GS with this droid phone.
The iphone camera function has no lag, focus faster, able to take a dog jumping in the air, and video has clear sound and vision.

By: craigers

craigers — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:27:42 +0000

I think the camera is great for as far as a phone goes…..but remember you bought the phone for the phone not the camera….of course it will not take as good as a picture as a legit camera…..im 17 and can figure that out

By: Peter Steier

Peter Steier — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:54:18 +0000

I’m confused; my Motorola Droid (=Milestone) never shows “green edges”, but always red ones. However, the picture appears to be as sharp as it can.
The picture quality is not too good, the optics seem not to match the 5 MP sensor: I guess a black/white line grid would only show some 600 lines (horizontally) instead of the 1300 possible with the sensor. Thus, a 2 MP picture will probably catch all detail provided by the lenses. This should anyways be good enough for a 9×13 cm foto print, but not much more.
I have found no way to change any ISO settings; so I cannot tweak very much!

By: macwoods

macwoods — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:43:01 +0000

What will you say if i compare droid with iphone..?

By: billy

billy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:24:10 +0000

i send oix to facebook and they never get any bigger than a thumbnail…any suggestions?

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:40:08 +0000

Nice review…plain and simple. I am looking at the DROID and iPhone. Haven’t decided yet. Btw, I live in California but grew up in Baltimore (Pimlico area). GO RAVENS!

By: arona

arona — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:23:29 +0000

When frame that changes color shows that if your composition is focused. If it’s red, your camera is unable to detect a focus for the picture. If it’s green, your camera can find a focus and it will significantly lower the chance of your picture taken being grainy – out of focus.

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:07 +0000

that dog needs a bath

By: droidannoyed

droidannoyed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:25:03 +0000

The cam on the Droid stinks.

By: droidannoyed

droidannoyed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:24:22 +0000

No one expects a camera to take great shots on a phone? But we all want the same quality we had on our other 5 4 3 2 year old phones. To think that a droid phone should take BAD shots not even equal to the 2.3 mega pixels is a blatant misleading of the consumer. The reps denied a focus problem then the secret date fix that they said wasnt there. Too bad so many people who lets face it might be getting a smart phone for the first time will be not only disapointed but let down when on Chrismas day their camera phone cant take pictures their old lg env phone did. Shame on Motorolla for rushing this lagging mess of a phone with some gimmicky apps that just slow down your ability to make a phone call .

By: Cyle

Cyle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:17:04 +0000

Hey, first of all, thanks for a really great review. I think some of your pictures are great! When you’re looking a the quality of a picture, it’s pretty important to think about the uses of the picture. Many of those can be framed in am 8″ by 12″ frame and look good in your house. That’s good enough for me. And even better, you can upload the pics to your favorite spots!