3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixel
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3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelfrom what i can understand there is barely any noticable difference in the qulaity of the picture unless you are blowing it up bigger...
does this mean a 3.2 megapixel camera would be sufficent on a phone and anything else higher is really a waste of money .... -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelwhat type of lens should l look for ?(Original post by impervious)
Unless the phone has a decent lens then your pictures will not be up to much anyways. 3.2 will be enough for standard photographs.
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelI personally think there's a big difference. Then from 5megapixels and up I can't tell the difference.
I'm not techincal atttt alll but I'm just saying my opinion from past experience. I've had 3.2, 5 and 7.2 megapixel cameras and the last picture quiality looked the same. -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelForget the lens, one of the most important things for camera phones is shutter speed. Slow shutter speed = crap picture, the only way of getting around a slow shutter speed is if your phone has some sort of shake-sensor so that it only takes the picture once it's steady and then you can, typically, take a good picture.
I think lenses are universally crap on mobile phones so far, although I heard a while back that kodak was developing a new design of lens specifically for the mobile market which would improve things. -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelwhat's the difference..?(Original post by DJkG.1)
Look for resolution, then shutter speed, then the lens, then the megapixel count.
EDIT: I was being facetious, to anyone wondering they are the same thing hahaLast edited by White Zenith; 29-07-2009 at 13:54. -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelThats pretty good for a mobile I think. My old kodak digital camera had a Schneider-Keuznach lens. Anyway, megapixel count is rather useless if you don't want to blow your picture up (or crop).(Original post by adam:))
is the Schneider-Kreuznach lens on the LG viewty a good lens then? -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelThis is usually due to the lens seemingly having a magnetic attraction to dust and other detritus found in your pocket.(Original post by TheWakeUpCall)
Mobile phones often give speckly pictures. I would look online where people post sample pictures to see what they're like. -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelResolution is how clear the camera can sense changes in colour (i.e. how much detail the camera can see). Pixel count is how many pixels they squeeze in (i.e. how much detail the camera can put onto the photo).(Original post by White Zenith)
what's the difference..?
Having high pixel count and low resolution will make the picture look pixelated because the low resolution can't detect the finer changes in colour so the camera is forced to give multiple pixels the same colour . High resolution and low pixel count will have the same problem but for the opposite reason, each pixel can only be given one colour so the camera can't make use of the high resolution.
At least, that's how I understand it. Someone will probably come and shoot me down though.
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelNokia use Carl Zeiss Optics Lens in their cameras. I had both the 5MP N85 and 8MP N86. Unless you are sending you images to a computer there is very little difference between them. As long as you focus properly, they both give gorgeous pics. Stick with 5...
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelMP and resolution are associated. The mega-pixel of the camera is the number of pixels it captures to make a picture. Resolution is just the pixels horizontal multiplied by pixels vertical, which equals the "megapixel" of the camera.(Original post by Svenjamin)
Resolution is how clear the photo is. Pixel count is how many pixels they squeeze in.
Having high pixel count and low resolution will make the picture look pixelated because the low resolution can't detect the finer changes in colour so the camera is forced to give multiple pixels the same colour . High resolution and low pixel count will have the same problem but for the opposite reason, each pixel can only be given one colour so the camera can't make use of the high resolution. -
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Re: 3.2 megapixel camera phones vs 5 megapixelAh k, everyone ignore me then.(Original post by Zedd)
MP and resolution are associated. The mega-pixel of the camera is the number of pixels it captures to make a picture. Resolution is just the pixels horizontal multiplied by pixels vertical, which equals the "megapixel" of the camera.
