Hah two things, I wish Nokia fix the crazy white balance and let the user set infinite focus.
True but there are a lot more ways to compensate for it on a DSLR. On my iphone I was able to tap a spot on the screen and it would use that spot and adjust for the light....the sky wouldn't have been washed out but the trees would of been much darker. I'm not complaining, just comparing. It's different and in my opinion, I think the iphone was a little better in some lighting situations. If this sensor is the low light "king" then it stands to reason that this camera will struggle a little in certain lighting. I do like being able to manually control some of the camera settings. Big plus in my book. I'm happy with the other photo's as well as video.
One last thing, is the location of the camera seems to be susceptible to getting stuff on it. As mentioned above, it will be a good idea to carry a cloth around to clean it often. View attachment 35101
If you want DSLR pictures, you're going to have to carry a DSLR. As for making the whole scene look good, try the HDR Photo app, which will take three shots and combine them - just like I'd have to do with my DSLR for the shot you've attempted.
I recorded a time lapse. Sorry it's not more exciting, but I'm amazed what you can do with a CELL PHONE these days. Just a few years ago, you needed an expensive rig. Lot's of training and expensive software. Now, it's just point and shoot. Literally. ;-)
All settings were set for automatic and the pics were taken once every minute from 8:42am to 9:02pm. The video was compiled at 15fps.
I think the color saturation is pretty good but it is a little dark in the fore area. I might look at playing with a backlight setting or something.
It snaps three for you and composites them. Then you can adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation, or select from a group of preset processing filters, some of which are decent. It's a really good app for a specific purpose. - I should note that most of the photos I've taken with that HDR app aren't the most crisp though. For that you really need to have it standing on something solid.
Under the Skydrive Storage | Photos + Videos settings, what are the benefits of switching from the defaults of "Good quality" to "Best qualty" other than the obvious having the best quality on Skydrive...
For photos, I like the idea that no matter what, as long as my phone sa cell connectvity, it can upload pics. I see this as a disaster recovery type of option. If something happens to the phone, at least I know the pics are stored online. Video, I don't care SO much since I don't take so many videos.
If I flip it to Best quality for the photos, that seems to say that it won't upload the photos until it gets within WiFi range. Correct? There may be times when I'm not connected to WFi for a while. I would hate to lose any pics if for whatever reason I wasn't able to sync with SkyDrive. On the flip side. having the best quality pics on SkyDrive would be nice as well. Is there THAT much of a difference between "Good quality" and "Best quality"? Thanks all.
Ok, I d/l it to try it and I can see what you mean about holding it still. This may be more than what I want to get into. It seems to take a while to take the 3 pics as well. Not really suitable for moving subjects.