Getting the most out of the Jolla Camera.

answered 2014-05-26 18:04:51 +0300

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updated 2014-05-26 18:08:52 +0300

Macilaci457
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I try to make good photos with my Jolla and when I have time I like to experiment with things.

1. the light: Until metering modes are not implemented, the only thing You can play with is exposure compensation. Which does work well.
2. the resolution: I always use 16:9 which suits me better, but think twice before You want to crop a photo later. Any resolution on a smartphone (6-8MPixel) can only match a real camera with half the resolution. You zoom in, and You have crap. Sorry, but that how it is.
3. focus on the subject: what a smart-snapper should learn is to go closer. You won't get any zoom anyway, but still You need to go closer to have the best picture
4. focus lock or touch focus: You can make very nice pictures using reflections, and different focus points. This needs very bright light conditions, but the Jolla still can have narrow depth of field in macro or close situations. Try to take a photo trough a mirror, or a pond with infinite focus.
5. the ISO thingy: higher ISO means need of less light, but causes more noise. In normal environmental light or in well lit indoor places the Jolla tend to blur moving objects even in ISO 200. Only use ISO 100 to have more clear photos outdoors with plenty of sunshine, or without moving objects or the camera itself
6. fixing things: use any surface to make Your camera fixed, to avoid hand shakes.
7. make lines parallel: use the grid functions to set the level of Your image. Leaning buildings are awful. And this is very important:

8. Try to see things differently: most of the pictures we imagine are taken from about 1.7m height, because of the eye heigh. But many photo can have a benefit from taking it from lower or higher. Use Your arm to raise up, or take a photo from near the ground. Experiment. I often bring a towel or a napkin, and in churces I place my Jolla down to a spot in the middle of a fresco on the ceiling. That takes fascinating photos, and nobody takes photos 90°upwards in a church. :-D

9. Have fun!

answered 2014-05-26 13:09:32 +0300

lasse
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I would like to have pictures in raw format, so I could process them as I want. I am so old-school!

answered 2014-05-26 14:40:24 +0300

drummer12
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updated 2014-05-26 14:41:01 +0300

The only thing i would suggest is to set the image ratio 4:3 then you have the full resolution (8MPx). If there are many bright objects and you want to focus on something dark you should work with spot focus.

answered 2014-05-26 14:04:00 +0300

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updated 2014-05-26 14:05:17 +0300

jgr
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Getting good (i.e. interesting) photos is not about a specific setting (otherwise we would not need different setting options), it is about the best (most interesting) combination of settings and scene -- and about a camera that supports this combination well (the Jolla camera is, as any smart-phone camera, rather limited).

Therefore, first thing to get good photos: Have an interesting scene.

Then, only then, decide on the clipping of the scene, and experiment with different camera settings (the options aren't too many with the Jolla camera) – and press the trigger in the right moment!