The Camera Phone - What a Buffoon

So I am really disappointed in my phones camera quality. I mean, it is a camera phone so I wasn't expecting much, but geez, these images look like total crap. The color is really dull. I swore when I first got it the pictures were a lot better, but thought that maybe I just imagined that. I have messed with the white balance, and the picture quality settings, but nothing. Oh well, it is just a camera phone after all, and as I said earlier, I did not expect much from it. Well, last week I was out of town and wanted to take a picture of something and did not have a regular camera, all I had was my crummy camera phone. I took it out and snapped a couple of pictures, only to be disappointed as expected and immediately put it back in to its holster, not to touch it again for a while. Then I got to thinking, what if, NO, why didn't I think of this earlier. What if the lens is actually dirty? Yeah, you were all probably thinking of this already, "check the lens, check the lens". I can hear you all chirping already. Well, there it is, the lens is filled with lint and garbage. By design the lens is recessed a couple of millimeters, making for a perfect lint trap. So I cleaned it out and what do you know, this thing takes decent pictures. Yeah, it is only 2 mega pickels, but what the hell, when you have nothing else it is not to bad. I can't believe I didn't think of that damn lens right away. Oh well, where is that box it came in?

For your reference, here are two different pictures that were taken with in a few minutes from each other. You will notice one is dull and dreary, where the other one is crisp and clear.














I am such a dummy :(

Oh well, until my next woops,

-JbJ

Flight Chronicles - Dissappointment

Wow, it has been a while since I have taken the heli out. I sure hope I remember how the controls work when I finally do. Hopefully it will be just like flying a bike.

I stopped by the hobby store a few days ago to get the spare parts for my heli, hoping to get it out soon. I really needed new landing gear so I grabbed them. I figured it would be nice to have a new battery hanger as well, half of mine is missing. I figure it is out in the yard somewhere. Unfortunately the hobby shop did not have a battery hanger. I figured I would get along with out it. I got home with my shiny new landing gear, stripped the heli down and started the repair. Turns out, there is a small hub on each side of the main chassis that the front section that the landing gear mounts to. It was broken off on both sides, so unfortunately, it is still grounded. I have most of the parts, and I will get the rest shortly, so in the mean time I will half to pass the time playing catch with the dog.

Until the parts arrive,

-JbJ