On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:17:10AM +0000, Mark Rogers wrote:
As mentioned elsewhere, I do use the camera a lot, and it looks like the N900 will be a step down from where I am with the N82 (which is also 5MP but has Xenon flash) - although the camera software might be better. Shame it doesn't at least have 8MP (I know that camera quality can't be gauged by MP but there isn't typically a lot else to go by).
I'd rather have a 2MP camera in a phone than 5 or 8... as you shrink sensors (well, increase the density of the light detector thingies) they create a lot more noise and make the picture look crap (generally).
I'd rather they put in a decent lens in with a low megapixel sensor and a good flash (something missing from many cameras on phones) instead of letting marketing get in the way who just want bigger megapixel numbers as it looks good in the press.
Adam