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Test via Little Photo app.

The Motorola Bionic can take pictures of 8MP max, which equates to about 1.2-1.5MB in size. I wanted to see what the Little Photo app, did to the resizing of the photo. The app can only do a max resolution of 1024. Because of the limitation, the file size of the photo is reduced to about 120-140kb, so uploaded to here to see what it looked like. Surprisingly good...much better than I thought it would look. That means the Little Photo app is better in its processing than I thought at keeping the quality of the image. This also means that the camera on the Bionic is very good for a phone.
I'm still bummed about the LP app though, because my phone is capable of over 3k resolution, which means that the photo above when viewed at 1024 is about 30% of what it could be. That's really good for a camera phone and could make for some nice prints. I will have to give LP some feedback, but I know one reason they limit the resolution is that all phones can handle the software processing. My phone is brand new and can handle A LOT. Maybe they can make a PRO version of the app for those super phones.

Happy Independence Day USA! From this year's 4th of July Fireworks.

Exposure: 3.2 sec @ f/13.0
Focal Length: 75mm

Broomfield County Fireworks. Broomfield, CO. July 4th, 2011.

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From this year's 4th of July Fireworks. One of my favorites. Beautiful yet awemazing :)

Exposure: 3.2 sec @ f/9.0
Focal Length: 75mm

Broomfield County Fireworks. Broomfield, CO. July 4th, 2011.

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From this year's 4th of July Fireworks.

Exposure: 2.5 sec @ f/8.0
Focal Length: 75mm

Broomfield County Fireworks. Broomfield, CO. July 4th, 2011.

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This is the first time shooting fireworks with the 5D, since last year's ended up being rained out. Had to experiment with a few lenses initially but as it was a little breezy and I only had my lightweight tripod, I settled with the IS 24-105mm. As I was "camped" fairly close to the fireworks site too, this lens also gave me the most flexibility. I was pleasantly surprised, when I loaded these onto my computer, how well they came out. I actually have about 100 quality images. Probably about 20-30 of these ended up with just fantastic composition.

Exposure: 2.5 sec @ f/8.0
Focal Length: 55mm

Broomfield County Fireworks. Broomfield, CO. July 4th, 2011.

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