*sigh* You know im going to be honest with you here, from the beginning it sounds like youve made your mind up on the camera. so im not going to bother with any more pictures or explanations to you about this phones camera. Youve already made up your mind.
Patience my friend. Perhaps you are right OR there may be a 1 in 10,000 chance she has a defective camera. I doubt it, but there is a way to find out. And Robinelli has demonstrated in the past that she has an open mind and is willing to try to make things work out. So let's try.
I don't know. I think mine may just not work for some reason. None of my pics are clear. The ones other people have been posting look much better. I'm not sure if everyone is tweaking all of their settings or just hitting night mode and getting lucky. Or maybe the lighting in my house is just really sucky.
Robinelli, please take no offense at the following information, if it helps it's worth the effort and if not, just forget about it. We first need to rule out user error to determine if you indeed have a defective camera.
Remember the link that Ghost posted above to KenRockwell.com about the "Megapixel Myth?" That site has a wealth of good information about photography. I know this to be true because I shoot a lot of images. I'm not a pro but let's say I'm an avid hobbyist with some good equipment including a DSLR and several top line lenses.
Sharpness depends more on your photographic skill than the number of megapixels, because most people's sloppy technique or subject motion blurs the image more than the width of a microscopic pixel.
[read more here: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm ]
Reread the above excerpt from Ken and let that sink in and then read this:
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]People presume unsharp images are caused by a defective camera or lens. 99% of the time it's photographer error![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Today's high resolution digital cameras are unforgiving of any error by the photographer. It takes a great deal of skill to extract every pixel of sharpness of which today's cameras are capable. Modern (2005 and newer) cameras have zero tolerance for photographer errors if you are looking for the greatest sharpness. [/FONT]
[read more here: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/unsharp.htm ]
Here is a shot I took with the Vibrant using stock settings on my way to my front door, having just picked up the Vibrant. I wasn't as steady as I usually try to be, didn't read up on the camera, didn't make any adjustments, I just snapped a quick image and went in the house.
[keep in mind that this is substantially downsized from full resolution and not as sharp as it is right off the Vibrant when viewed on my PC]
The camera in the Vibrant is remarkably good for a point and shoot based on my experience. Try reading the "Fixing Unsharp Images" information at Ken Rockwell completely. Then find a way to stabilize your hands while shooting with the Vibrant, it can be as simple as resting your elbows snugly into your ribcage or using a rest for your hands, then carefully snap the image with as little motion as possible. You may just be able to isolate what is causing the "unsharpness" in your images. At first, make it easy by using well lighted subjects. And practice, shoot lots of images, the film is cheap and so is the developing!
It's not like the old days...
Have fun and keep us posted on your progress Robinelli!