My iPhone 5 runs iOS7 and all software is up to date. Today, I need a hint or two from someone who actually has experience and knows his stuff. Please do not confuse this thread by posting irrelevant remarks. I hope that someone else will also be able to benefit from what we do and say here. 
It is no Lumia 2010 camera and I also do not need that. A proper DSLR is what is needed when we need the full use of a proper camera, I suppose. The Lumia apparently does well in low light conditions.
My phone happens to come with a 8MP camera that does fair pictures and video. Mostly, no problems. In the dusk, however, pictures become grainy but improve as the sun sets and it becomes dark. It is in the hour before darkness that I find the pictures to be very grainy, as if it were taken with a too high ISO.
The camera app has no worthwhile settings to manipulate picture quality. I have tried various slow-shutter apps but these really are just annoyware. I also have Camera Awesome installed as well as basic Photoshop Express. None of these have much beef to it, though.
Are there any tips or tricks that one can use to enhance picture quality? Any apps, paid or free, that you can recommend? It mainly is the very white moon produced by the camera when I shoot a yellow full moon, etc., that annoys me a bit, over and above grainy images in false/bad light conditions.
It is only for the "family album" and nowhere near anything professional.
It is no Lumia 2010 camera and I also do not need that. A proper DSLR is what is needed when we need the full use of a proper camera, I suppose. The Lumia apparently does well in low light conditions.
My phone happens to come with a 8MP camera that does fair pictures and video. Mostly, no problems. In the dusk, however, pictures become grainy but improve as the sun sets and it becomes dark. It is in the hour before darkness that I find the pictures to be very grainy, as if it were taken with a too high ISO.
The camera app has no worthwhile settings to manipulate picture quality. I have tried various slow-shutter apps but these really are just annoyware. I also have Camera Awesome installed as well as basic Photoshop Express. None of these have much beef to it, though.
Are there any tips or tricks that one can use to enhance picture quality? Any apps, paid or free, that you can recommend? It mainly is the very white moon produced by the camera when I shoot a yellow full moon, etc., that annoys me a bit, over and above grainy images in false/bad light conditions.
It is only for the "family album" and nowhere near anything professional.
I used HDR for a day and switched it off. I do use the focus as explained below and I saw tonight that where I focus sometimes makes a difference. It seems to bear fruit to focus below or besides the main object in the picture when working in bad light. And yes, the recommended app will be installed soonest and I liked reading that article as well, bookmarked it.