Why are pictures taken with the ipad so grainy?

Pictures I take with my IPad 2 are very blurry.  Is it the camera or the software? The pictures my son takes with his IPhone are beautiful.  One would think the Ipad pictures should be as well.

I agree with gwforeman -- usually a sign of low-light situation, forcing the camera to compensate by increasing gain which, conveniently, rhymes with "grain." It's the digital equivalent of loading a "faster" film (800ASA vs 100ASA). The benefit is that you can obtain a discernible image under low-lighting conditions but the trade-off is that your image quality suffers. Try the suggestion of taking pictures outside under daylight conditions (best-case scenario) and see if your image quality improves.

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