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finally, a "what to buy" article that says "don't buy"

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[โ€“] Seimhe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We did some amount of joking around with the camera and I don't remember getting a blur, but I was able to change settings to achieve it and get some nice effects like when car lights leave long red streaks behind them. I was lucky though, I had someone explain the main settings to me like ISO and shutter speed.

[โ€“] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I had decent resources, and even the auto settings should have helped out in some situations, but rare success. I do think there's a real possibility I had a faulty product, but I never bothered to dig further. Within a year or two phone cameras took the reigns, so I moved on