iPhone Camera Shoot Out
- Sunday, January 25, 2009, 2:34
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In this review we look at the Camera on the iPhone (2 megapixel) which is possibly one of the most expensive phones on the market, compared with a standard Sony Ericsson Cybershot K810i (3.2 megapixel) and a Nokia 6110 Navigator (2 megapixel). BOTH mobile phones are at least 18 months old, and are Nokia and Sony Ericsson’s ‘average’ phones of 2006/2007…
One point to note is that these phones do have automatic flashes (unlike the iPhone!!!)
A point-and-click test of all three phones.
(click on the thumbnails to see the full size images of each test)
Test 1 – Indoor Office Shot
Test 2 – Macro Shot
Test 3 – Outdoor Shot (no flash)
Test 4 – Backlit Scene
The iPhone is terrible at shooting anything backlit, the lack of fill in flash means that the overall balance that the camera applies to the image is usually wrong. In this test, the same thing occured, whilst it tried to balance against the bright window it left the main darker area of the bean bags dull and grainy. The Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones performed better, with the Nokia bleaching out the entire window in favour of the closer content, whilst the Sony Ericsson handled the image in the best way, leaving the background and the foreground visible nicely.
Winner: Sony Ericsson
Conclusion
With all these shots we were holding the camera extremely still each time, and still we were disappointed with the results of the iPhone.
The Nokia and the Sony Ericsson clearly outshone the iPhone, lets hope that Apple implement autofocus and some sort of flash before the next iPhone is released. If you want an iPhone as a phone/iPod/Camera replacement, we suggest still taking your camera out with you… You’ll be disappointed most of the time other wise.
Our ‘Camera Shake Test’ will be online next week, so be sure to check it out.
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