Broken Haiku
Rant
A lot can be said about the iPhone, and there is constantly one aspect or another of it being debated. What's irrefutable though is the built in camera. It really really really sucks.
Donkeyballs.
What you're looking at was a lovely all-sky red and orange sunset.
However, the iPhone camera has absolutely no center weighted exposure. As a matter of fact it seems to take every darn pixel and check for exposure because you will almost always, end up with a lower than wanted exposure. Note that there's absolutely no manual exposure compensation of any kind either, which most old cameras do with ease.
The noise isn't too bad - at least not worse than 3-4 year old mobile cameras, but the camera is _really_ slow and you have to learn to keep holding the camera at the target a while after you hear the shutter sound or you might end up with a blurry picture of your own feet.
Also, auto white balance seems to be totally out of the picture. No matter what I take a picture of I end up with at least a slight blue tinge or as in this case *gestures up to the pic*. I can only speculate at Steve's possible infatuation with Smurfs.
Combine this with a slow starting app, the lack of a physical button to push and absolutely no digital zoom and this is the second worst camera-in-phone I've ever used. The first one was the Sony Ericsson Z530 which was horribly grainy. Even my old Sony Ericsson K750i (Released in June 2005) took ten times better pictures.
Most of the problems with the iPhone camera can be fixed in the software. The question is if it ever will since Apple seems to blatantly ignore the pangs of their users when it comes to supporting the very basic expected functions.
SMS forwarding
SMS delivery report
MMS functionality
How about attaching a photo to an already written e-mail?
Note, I am not an Apple hater, nor am I a blind fanboy that cry over the "injustice" of talking about the bad sides of a product. It's just that - a product like any other. The iPhone is a lovely toy in many ways, but it doesn't come close to have that feel of a finished product.
Rant
A lot can be said about the iPhone, and there is constantly one aspect or another of it being debated. What's irrefutable though is the built in camera. It really really really sucks.
Donkeyballs.
What you're looking at was a lovely all-sky red and orange sunset.
However, the iPhone camera has absolutely no center weighted exposure. As a matter of fact it seems to take every darn pixel and check for exposure because you will almost always, end up with a lower than wanted exposure. Note that there's absolutely no manual exposure compensation of any kind either, which most old cameras do with ease.
The noise isn't too bad - at least not worse than 3-4 year old mobile cameras, but the camera is _really_ slow and you have to learn to keep holding the camera at the target a while after you hear the shutter sound or you might end up with a blurry picture of your own feet.
Also, auto white balance seems to be totally out of the picture. No matter what I take a picture of I end up with at least a slight blue tinge or as in this case *gestures up to the pic*. I can only speculate at Steve's possible infatuation with Smurfs.
Combine this with a slow starting app, the lack of a physical button to push and absolutely no digital zoom and this is the second worst camera-in-phone I've ever used. The first one was the Sony Ericsson Z530 which was horribly grainy. Even my old Sony Ericsson K750i (Released in June 2005) took ten times better pictures.
Most of the problems with the iPhone camera can be fixed in the software. The question is if it ever will since Apple seems to blatantly ignore the pangs of their users when it comes to supporting the very basic expected functions.
SMS forwarding
SMS delivery report
MMS functionality
How about attaching a photo to an already written e-mail?
Note, I am not an Apple hater, nor am I a blind fanboy that cry over the "injustice" of talking about the bad sides of a product. It's just that - a product like any other. The iPhone is a lovely toy in many ways, but it doesn't come close to have that feel of a finished product.