Droid X, Camera issues, blurry photos

I am finding out this is an issue but wondering what suggestions you have. I have tried to make photos clear but especially when making one into wallpaper it is stretched and blurry. My Storm camera was better so far. Otherwise I love the Droid. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks.

This may sound kind of a given but I have learned this gets overlooked...
1. Do you press button and allow camera to focus on subject before taking photo?
2. Are you making sure to take in correct Scene settings?
3. Have you configured the ISO for low light situations?
I wont say the camera is the best but I have used it for graduations and family reunion and was able to print photos with very nice quality and I also play slide shows of photos on 50 inch TV without complants.
LoydroidX wrote:
deborahgfan71 wrote:
Sorry I can't help you. The Droid X has the worse camera of any cell phone I have owned. I downloaded a couple of phone apps that work much better. Pictures are especially bad if you need to use the flash.
Would you mind sharing the names of some of the apps that make the camera work better? Yeah...the stock camera could be better. In fact, I took some pictures this evening at a company event. The pics on the beach (before the sun went down) were excellent. However, the ones inside the restaurant were dark and a bit blurred, even set on "Night Portrait".
As I'm typing this, I seem to remember a posting on here about the various camera settings (Exposure, ISO, etc.). I'll try to find it.
You can look at Camera 360 and Viignette, they have done well in the past but in my opinion I perfer the stock app since the 2.2 update, I paid for both of these apps and neither is being used any more.

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