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Camera Phone Photography

March 27th, 2007

A few manufacturers (Samsung, Nokia and Sony in particular) are attempting to make better camera phones with megapixel sensors and proper lenses. The big question is, can you take useable photos with these phones?

I decided to try to find out. My test candidate is a Sony Ericsson K750i.

What’s good

1. Actual auto focus - excellent for sharp images.
2. Many manual options (exposure compensation, white balance, timer, etc).
3. 2 mega pixel ccd

What’s bad

1. No manual focus/shutter speed/ISO settings - still, most point and shoot digital cameras don’t offer these options, so you can’t really blame Sony
2. Camera Shake In less than ideal lighting, camera shake does become an issue - you can work around this by using the timer/included ‘flash’ to some extent.
3. Some distortion at maximum wide angle setting

(Tip: please view the picture full size, by clicking on it and selecting all sizes)

Conclusion

The K750i is probably the first useable camera phone. It’s photo quality is comparable with entry level point and shoot cameras from a few years ago.

Also, at a street price of under $300, the K750i represents incredible value for money, and is probably the best camera phone available in SL today, with photo quality that is significantly better than Nokia’s (more expensive) entry level N series phones.

Note: Most of the photo’s here are close up/macro mode - I will add more wide angle/outdoor shots later on.

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