[neolazarus]

Sorry for a strange question ... my rear-facing camera is supposed to be good for 5 megapixels, right? For some reason it's been impossible for me to get photos larger than 1 Mp - and most are under 600K. Even in very well lighted setings, the resolution is still quite low. What am I missing? Is there a setting somewhere that I can change to get better resolution?

[pkcable]

Yes it's 5MPs. Swipe down from the top to get to the settings.

[neolazarus]

Thanks for the reply ... when I swipe down, the only options I get are Pictures, Stabilization, Ratio, Auto, Action, and Whiteboard. Is there somewhere else I can go for the resolution settings?

[silverbullet]

Thanks for the reply ... when I swipe down, the only options I get are Pictures, Stabilization, Ratio, Auto, Action, and Whiteboard. Is there somewhere else I can go for the resolution settings?

Yes, please tell us how to adjust/check the resolution. I too only have the above items to select from.

[pacoman03]

jpeg images are compressed files, so a 5 megapixel image will not necessarily be 5 mb. That's mb=5 megabits. 5MB= 5mega bytes. There are 8 bits in a byte. Anyhow, because of the compression, photos taken at the same settings by the same camera will have different file sizes.

[pacoman03]

OK. I transferred a few pics from my PB to my PC. The pics are all 2592 x 1456 pixels, which, according to my calculations , is about 3.8 mega pixels.

[neolazarus]

Thanks for the replies. Out of curiosity, what are the filesizes of the photos you've taken?

[neolazarus]

And I'm assuming that you're telling me that there is no setting available for increasing/decreasing resolution - is that correct?

[farside33]

My rear camera images are the same size. Using a megapixel calculator (web.forret.com/tools/megapixel.asp) an image that is 2592 x 1456 = 3.8 megapixel (3,773,952 pixels).

Front camera image size is 2048 x 1152 = 2.4 megapixel.

My Torch 9800 images are 2592 x 1936 which calculates to 5 megapixel.

This could be a simple bug (or feature) in the PlayBook camera application.

[nah.uhh]

Change the pic size to 4:3
I'm getting 2592x1936 for my rear pb camera or 5.018(5)mp
2048x1536 for ff camera or 3.145mp(3.2)

Edit: and make sure you're zoomed out

[pacoman03]

Change the pic size to 4:3
I'm getting 2592x1936 for my rear pb camera or 5.018(5)mp
2048x1536 for ff camera or 3.145mp(3.2)

Edit: and make sure you're zoomed out

Confirmed. So it really is a 5 mega-pixel camera.