Adi Moga asked: What is the best camera phone? This is the question you ask yourself and the consultants in specialized stores when you have a considerable amount of money saved for buying the latest-generation handset equipped with built-in digital camera. Maybe you are one of the many customers who ask for this all-in-one high-end gadget that could save you time and some extra money that others spend on purchasing 2 separate devices – one designed for mobile phone calls and a second one for high-resolution pictures.
Yes, it is a smart choice to opt for a single unit integrating both functionalities, but that happens either when your resources are limited, or if you are not a professional photographer, because in case you need to capture artistic photos you’d surely ask for a separate shooting device.
These days technology has reached a high level of advancement and we can find almost everything we dream of, to make our life easier and more pleasant. There are several high-resolution digital camera modules integrated in cell phones, but the images just can’t reach the same level of clarity and overall quality of those created with professional cameras. To solve this problem, large manufacturers worldwide try to improve their technologies and enhance capabilities, so that this type of devices to accommodate with these days’ users’ requirements.
If yesterday we were impressed by new 5 megapixel capable cell phones, now he can look for the upcoming 8 megapixel models, promoted as the best camera phones that are about to reach stores worldwide.
We will discuss today about two of them that many of you are so anxious to get your hand on, and which will be available for purchasing by the end of this year. These are the Sony Ericsson C905 and Samsung i8510 aka the INNOV8.
Even if by taking a look at the C905 we see a stylish handset with a black sliding keypad and cool silver accents, inside it hides a powerful digital camera module of 8.1 megapixels with image stabilizer and Xenon flash, capable to take still images at a resolution of up to 3264 x 2448 pixels.
In addition to these features plus the automatic focus, it balances the light and colors automatically using Smart Contrast technology, while the face detection capability focuses on people in the image.
By accessing the dedicated camera key you can shoot 9 pictures in one second to not miss any subtle movement of the subjects you focus on. At a later time you can keep only the best positions.
The digital zoom is of 16x and you have a red-eye reduction tool to minimize this unpleasant side effect when shooting with flash light in low light environments such as indoors with artificial light.
Sony Ericsson promises it is the best camera phone for blur-free perfect sharpened pictures.
In addition, you can use the video shooting mode for recording funny moments on the go at 30 frames per second. This feature also has stabilizer and video light enhancements, and after identifying the most appropriate images and videos you can share them on the web via Picture Blogging.
Now let’s move to the other top camera phone, which comes from Samsung and is known worldwide as the Samsung INNOV8, promoted in the United Kingdom under its model name – i8510.
This handset is a slider, like the Sony Ericsson C905, and comes in a sexy black design, with a very thin upper part and a keypad like the one encountered at the U600 model from the same company.
Its digital camera module is an 8MP capable with CMOS sensor, autofocus, image stabilizer, Dual Power LED light, and video recording capability at a speed of 30 frames per second. It supports auto-panorama shot and more than that, you can set it to detect the faces automatically, as well as smiles and blinks of people you want to record memories with. This way, the smart device will alert you if someone blinks, or will start shooting when the right smile is detected.
The Wide Dynamic Range technology filters the intense light coming from the back of the subjects and distinguishes between shapes, while with the Auto-Panorama Shot mode you’ll capture multiple pictures from the same 360-degree environment and stick them together to form a large panorama picture.
Both handsets described feature geo-tagging, an innovative technology that allows you to shoot images with metadata, consisting of location information, so at a later time to remember where were you while eating that tasty Thai Chicken food.
From all the mobile phones existent on the market that come with camera functionality, the two you had the chance to read about today have the highest resolution enabled, but as they are not yet available in stores we couldn’t test them and post some pictures to demonstrate their capabilities. Each of them are said to be the best camera phone. We will let you decide that.
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