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| Nokia has the largest market share in the mobile phone sector, and is undoubtedly popular as far as the phone aspect is concerned. One would congratulate them for their early focus on things that mattered, like voice clarity and getting handsets to be physically robust. But those were the days when phones were, you know, phones - and those days are becoming obsolte. Nevertheless, Nokia is faring well even with increased interest in making phones do everything just about short of shaving. Their suitably hyped N-Series (mainstream entertainment) and E-Series (for business) of phones met most of the evidently varied demands of the neo-smartphone market. Amidst the craze to get everything packed in, does Nokia run the danger of being a jack of all trades and master of one and half? In particular, let's check out if the camera aspect makes it to the necessarily short list of features that do well. |
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| For the lenses, the Nokia camera phones usually rely on Carl Zeiss optics, the latter being a leader in their own field. The partnership began with the N90 model, and looks like it's going to be a long and promising one. Megapixels, while far from being "everything" for good digital photography - are admittedly important, and most of the N-series cameras sport a 5 megapixel lens, which is usually more than enough unless you're looking at a need to get large sized prints. Many lower end phones from Nokia frequently have a .3 to 2MP lens, but you would want to steer clear of them if you want anything that looks decent when stretched out on a 1024*768 resolution screen. |
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| Most Nokia phones come with a camera lens cover, so all you need to do to start the camera is to push the lens cap back. This is as good as having a dedicated button, not to mention that the precious lens stays protected. The N-series phones have auto focus (as opposed to many of the E-series ones with fixed focus). Most of them have built in algorithms that make the images "look more pleasing". Don't be surprised - nearly every digital camera (even the standalone ones) worth its salt has them - it's just that the N-series cameras can sometimes be a little obvious in their attempts at making the images look good. However, this comes out only when you take a close look (with a keen eye!) and in comparision with a photograph of the same thing taken with a dedicated camera. |
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| There are the usual options when it comes to scene selection, exposure, light sensitivity, sharpness, and contrast. It's been pointed out that the default sharpness ("normal") is a bit too sharp when compared to the real thing. However, experimenting with different settings - there is always the custom mode - should give you what you want. Nokia camera phones are as much of the latter as the latter - if your emphasis is on an all-in-one device that can take better than decent photos outdoors and in macro mode, then the Nokias were certainly built for you! |
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