Camera Settings Confusion

[Guest silvos3189]

Can someone explain what the metering is?

Like... what is Matrix, Center, and Spot and which is best?

And in the Adjust part... should sharpness always be 2 or 0 by default?

One final questions is about the anti-shake and wdr... should it be on or does it being affect overall image quality?

[Guest kdkinc]

Can someone explain what the metering is?

Like... what is Matrix, Center, and Spot and which is best?

And in the Adjust part... should sharpness always be 2 or 0 by default?

One final questions is about the anti-shake and wdr... should it be on or does it being affect overall image quality?

Hay have ya heard about GooGle yet its something new try it !!! :rolleyes:

That's how I answered the same questions for my self

:D :(

Edited May 23, 2010 by kdkinc

[Guest ray1234]

The other thing is try it and see the difference yourself. Like a real camera, each and every users have different preferences, and takes photo under different conditions.

For my own preference, I turn off anti-shake and WDR as I found that the 2 options degrade the picture quality by creating more picture noise, use a higher ISO for anti-shake effect instead.

For metering, depends very much on the subject you are taking. Try it out and see which suits you, there is no general answer as it depends on the subject of the photo and the conditions you are taking those photos. The best thing about digital photography compared to film photography is - just try it.... no cost....

[Guest silvos3189]

Thank you for such... "helpful" advice

sadly I've already done both suggestions before creating the topic.

In terms of google, the results I've gotten... It did explain to me, but truthfully I'm really unclear what it's actually talking about. I don't understand which is used for what and for what purpose.

I've also tried to take sample pics for myself, but they all either seem too similiar or too different... quality still looks bad no matter what settings I use.

Any more useful advice that could answer my questions more simply?

Hmm... anyone want to post their favorite settings and then tell me what they use those settings for the most?

[Guest kdkinc]

This a article by MS that had some tips on the options and setting. I read it last week found it helpful.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-...t-pictures.mspx

:rolleyes: :D

[Guest silvos3189]

thanks, but... although the link is good... it's not really related to my questions.

I asked about the metering, sharpness, wdr, and antishake for the phone and the phone in that article has none of those features.

[Guest ray1234]

I've also tried to take sample pics for myself, but they all either seem too similiar or too different... quality still looks bad no matter what settings I use.

Post a pic, we'll see what your problem is, there are too many possibilities otherwise. Also, bear in mind this is a phone camera, some of the settings (e.g. spot metering against matrix metering) may not work as the function is suppose to, because after all this is not a real camera. That is one of the reasons why we tell you to try, what you read may not necessarily correspond to what you see in real life.... that's how we take good photos, we try.... if one setting doesn't work, we try another setting and see if things improve

In general, I can give some guidelines :

1) Don't use auto ISO, this usually choose too high an ISO and creates too much noise. I choose ISO100 for indoors and ISO50 for outdoors under bright sunlight

2) keep your hands steady, especially for indoor photos. The phone cameras usually have longer exposure time compared to real cameras, as the aperature may not be as large. Hold the camera steady, or use the timer function for long exposures to avoid button press camera shake. If blurred photo is your problem, you should be able to tell from the photo whether it is blurry due to out of focus or camera shake.

3) Focus - my i8000 has focus problems. I can tell you if focus is ok, i8000's camera can take quite sharp photos. So determine first whether the photo is in focus. My get around for the focus problem is only turn on the camera when you are pointing at the subject, this way my i8000 can focus correctly most of the time. Otherwise, if I move it to other subjects afterwards it seems the i8000 cannot focus correctly

4) Turn off anti-shake and WDR, I find those 2 functions create noise and blur the picture

5) Personally I don't use the mode function, as I prefer to control the settings myself. If you're like me, turn the mode to 'none'. However, there are some controls that can only be controlled in the mode function. For example, long exposure can only be achieved by turning to night scene mode, so choose the right mode depending on situations then.