Wednesday, May 30, 2007

N80 Camera
I was a little disappointed with the picture quality of the phone. At 3 megapixel I expected the N80 camera's picture quality to be a lot better. I have been shooting with the Nokia N70 (2 megapixel) a lot and the photos taken with the N80 weren´t better, sharper or more colorful. Note here that the N80 camera hasn´t autofocus like the N90, N73 and N93 models.

No lens cover on this phone!
When reading Steve Litchfield´s N80 review I found out that the N70's sensor has its images processed 'onboard', i.e. by dedicated electronics inside the camera, whereas the N80's sensor passes its data to a chip on the N80's motherboard. The N80 has 3 megapixles, but the N70 sensor is better than the N80 one. Steve´s review also revealed that the sensor elements in the N80 camera are physically smaller and that the lens used is part of a moveable array ( i.e. swappable with the macro one). The N70 camera has a fixed lens. At this point it´s good to remind you that image quality isn´t about megapixels. It about the lens quality (and if it´s plastics or glass) and lens size and sensor type etc. Megapixels is nowadays used for marketing and will not always say that much about the picture quality.The camera settings including self-timer, sequence of pictures, different shooting modes, night mode, white balance (settings; AWB, Sunny, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent), exposure value -2 to +2, different color effects (sepia, black & white, etc.), three grades are available for image sharpness - Hard, Normal, Soft and you can adjust the contrast and color saturation too.You can manually switch to macromode and then it´s possible to take pictures in a distance of 15-25 cm. N80 records video in MP4 video (352x288) and 3GP video (176x144).I will write more about the N80 camera and ad pictures in the nearby future...ConnectionsThe are a lot of connections types available; Wi-Fi, UPnP, Bluetooth and IrDa. Nokia N80 works with Bluetooth Specification 1.2 (you cannot use stereo Bluetooth headset with the phone). USB 2.0 is also supported. The UPnP technology allows seamless connection between different devices. With UPnP and using WiFi connection, you can transmit pictures to the television and music to your home stereo system etc. The other devices of course must support UPnP!

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