The camera on the iPhone doesn’t take great pictures but it doesn’t prevent people from loving it either. The reasons?
- It is available at any time. I can leave my Nikon DSLR camera at home but I won’t leave home without my cell phone, which is currently the iPhone.
- Photo taking is now spontaneous. Whenever anything catches my eyes, I pull out the iPhone and snap a picture.
- It is easy to be creative. Part of the reason for that is the tens of photo-related apps you can find in the App Store.
For all the iPhone shutterbugs out there, here is a good blog I just discovered (I know, I have been living under a rock for quite some time): iPhoneography. This blog covers all kinds of stuff related to iPhone photography and videography. You will find news, showcases, new photo app introductions, app reviews, etc.
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The upcoming update to the iPhone OS software, version 3.0, promises 100 new features and 100o new programming APIs. People who got hands on the latest beta version of the iPhone 3.0 OS software have seen photos with noticeably better quality and clarity. The difference is quite dramatic.
The 2.0 megapixel camera on the iPhone 3G is hardly worth mentioning compared to most compact point & shoot cameras that are offering sensors in 8-12 megapixel range. However the convenience of having a camera all the time without filling up two pockets is indispensable for many people. The ability to keep track of where the photos are taken (geotagging) with the built-in GPS is another definite plus.
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Miscellaneous on May 8th, 2009.
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T-Mobile G1 is the world’s first phone based on Google’s Android platform. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera, and a built-in GPS. So the question is, does it support geotagging?
The answer is “yes!”. According to the leaked T-Mobile G1 user guide, it is simply a matter of turning it on in the camera’s capture settings. There is a checkbox labeled as “Store location in pictures”. Once checked, user can then save the longitude and latitude in the picture’s metadata. Great!
My current phone is a Nokia E71. It has a 3MP auto-focus camera and a built-in GPS, but it needs third party software (such as locr) to tag the photos with the location information. The camera software does support more controls such as white balance, flash modes, etc. Unlike the G1, it can take nice videos as well.
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Digital photography on September 25th, 2008.
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LG’s new KC910 is a replacement for LG KU990
, aka the “Viewty”. According to the information at PhoneArena, this sleek 14mm device is “…slimmest 8MP phone on the market. It has Xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach lens, ISO up to 1600 and can capture video in VGA resolution at 30fps and in QVGA at up to 120fps for slow motion effect”. Other advanced camera features include geo-tagging with built-in GPS, manual focus, face, smile and blink detection, and digital image stabilizer. There is no mention of optical zoom.
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Other on August 23rd, 2008.
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I am curious if most people know who has the largest market share in CMOS image sensor. Is it Canon? Nope, it is Micron Technology Inc (see this media presentation from Micron). So I guess it is not so strange that Micron makes the 2MP image sensor for the iPhone.
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Miscellaneous on June 27th, 2007.
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