This looked okay on my phone screen

[olivermoss]

oh ffs...

I did so many passes, but couldn't tell on my small phone screen that the focus was on the plants behind the fence. RIP

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I did have an edited and stabilized version, but I deleted it in case that had caused compression. Nope. For the cute video I was dreaming of I really need to use my real camera, a gimble and learn a real edition program. I may take another stab on just camera phone, but I suspect it can't hold the focus.

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[mistressofmuses]

Ugh, I hate when I can't tell whether the focus is right (or worse, really looks good at the time, but the image/video is not)... so many cute videos or nice pics that could have been...

Damn camera phones.

[olivermoss]

I wonder if it would have worked if I'd have gone slower? Maybe the tracking couldn't follow? It does focus when I turn. I need to learn video gooder so when I have chances like that I can get the shot.

[mistressofmuses]

Sometimes camera phones do struggle to focus quickly. Video is more frustrating for me to try to figure out, because the files take up more space, and just in general it seems less consistent than photos. Then again, I probably mostly don't try to use it in ways that are really ideal - I'm usually trying to get lightning video or something, and it doesn't know what I'm asking it to focus on when I point it at clouds in the dark.

[olivermoss]

Yeah, I've just got so little experience in making videos that I've got no sense of anything. I didn't even know how to check the video, or if I could check the video, while there to make sure it was good. I do that with photo, which check to make sure I got it.

[mistressofmuses]

Same. :/ Video stuff is definitely pretty widely outside my skill set.

I definitely think it's harder to check the quality "in the field." I know that I've had stuff that looked perfectly clear on my phone, only to realize it looks like mushy nothing when shown at any size larger.