Saturday, March 8, 2008

Which is the best 5 Megapixel Camera phone ????

Ok so let us get started with a hot topic  among avid mobile fans these days... which is the best 5 Mp cameraphone in the market ????  

I would like to shed some light on the topic, but this is strictly my view, let the comments flow.......



A) Nokia N82

Pro's : A candybar version of the very popular N95, This is one phone that sends all others to dust when it comes to imaging. The great Lens/sensor from N95 now coupled with a xenon flash that is 5 times better then N95's flash and atleast twice better then K850's flash. Add to that More RAM that allows for faster camera operation and connectivity options like WiFi and A-GPS.

The video recording Remains as good as the best in market, recording VGA 30 fps mp4 format...

Cons: The only con that the camera has is that the images are a bit oversaturated, but that is from the critics... To me personally, they are great... Yeas, It does make pink looks light red... but u cant have everything...




B) Sony Ericsson K850: 


          The latest flagship in the cybershot range, there were a lot of expectations from K850.For this , It has to thank it's illustrious cousins
          K750i and K800i both which really pushed the limits when It came to mobile

photography. 
          
Pro's : Good screen, Good Daylight Pics, Good photo (and media) browser lifted from psp.Looks good too

Con's:  Well, we have to say we are disappointed. The camera outputs seriously undersaturated and rather bloated pics, for which we have to thank both the inadequate lens and the excessive noise reduction system.
The video recording in QVGA ,30 FPS and that too in 3GP, is another big drawback.
Many other small niggles, like placement of D-pad, Absence of mechanical lens cover.... the list goes on


Inference: Sorry Sony,This ain't a cybershot that we know.Unless you are seriously SE fanboy, Dont buy this phone. 





C)Lg Viewty :
 
             Well After years of making CDMA phones , I will count Lg Viewty as the first serious GSM contender from LG


Pro's        : Great 3 inch screen. The camera is decent , In the fact that it ouputs rather raw images without much post-processing.This leaves you 
                with the option of editing them on your desktop as per your will.

The video camera is phenomenal. While it matches N82 in terms of VGA 30fps
                 there is a special mode called high speed shooting video mode, where it shoots at QVGA,120 fps!
                Now you make ask what's the use of that? well the main basis that the camera records at 120 fps, but plays the video at normal 16 FPS, ythus giving you those professional slow-motion shot. Try shooting a balloon filled with colour water and you will know what I mean

The viewty also stores video in the very popular Divx format compression. While that is good for it can play them as well and can be used a serious movie player...

Cons:    The divx format means that videos cannot be played on other popular phones, unless you have some software installed.....

             Also the camera is slow to respond and the OS looks a bit unfinished and if I must say dubious. The touchscreen interface is noit upto everyone's liking...




Inference: A seriously hot contender, If u dont mind owning a LG phone.







c) SAMSUNG G600: 

The cheapest 5 MP camera phone in the market is also the slimmest


Pros: Rather average camera, witha very poor flash.
The screen is as usual amazing though, but we actually dont have anything new here....
       Music player is huge improvement over previous samung's.

Cons: FLASh is very weak. Samsung OS generally do not supprt java completely          

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