Bad quality pictures in dim light

When I'm in dim light situations, (Bar) my pictures are grainy and really dark. When I used several of my friends iPhones to take additional pics, I noticed 1) the image on the screen before taking the picture is brighter. 2) the picture is is better quaility, more vibrant. My comparison was against 2 other iPhone 4S'. Also, when using my flash, the pics have a blue tint. I always assumed that this is because of the use of an LED as the flash. Compared to both my friends iPhones, theirs is more normal looking.
Should I just take it into the Apple Store and let them deal with this?

cosoriocadenas wrote:
Why my iphone 4S takes bad quality pictures in interiors? low light
You answered your own question. It's the low light.
What is the solution to this issue?
Are you using the flash?
You might also want to try out an app called King Camera. It allows a bit of control over exposure that might help.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/king-camera/id430240788?mt=8
Matt

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tollirom wrote:
I tried to make a video editing with imovie on ipad with pictures only from my ipad 2.
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But often with these cards, you can not work in the CS3 normal nativ settings for Ex1 footage.
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or is it mainly used for creating better pictures in low light?
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• DVD is a standard in it self. It is Standard Definition Quality = Same as on old CRT-TV sets and can not
deliver anything better that this.
HD-DVD was a short-lived standard and it was only a few Toshiba DVD-players that could playback.
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Blu-Ray / BD can be coded onto DVDs but limited in time to - about 20-30 minutes and then need
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_ BD-Player or PlayStation3 - to be able to playback
The BD-encoded DVDs can be play-backed IF Mac also have Roxio DVD-player tool. Not on any standard Mac or DVD-player
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• How it was recorded - Tripod vs Handheld Camera. A stable picture will give a much higher quality
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unclemano wrote
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