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Now you can take great photos with camera phones, after all!
by Lilian ·
The other day I mentioned that camera phones are for kids, of which I received some positive and some negative responses.
One of Digital Photo’s readers gave me a link with great photos taken with a camera phone.
Thank you, djcybersonique for the link which I agree have lots of great photos. That man is skillfull so I guess anything in his hand will turn out to be masterpieces.
One of my blog buddies, owner of Hamkahlink pointed out to me a few camera phone models which are currently unavailable yet but will probably be very snazzy gadgets to own. Watch out for these camera phones and I guess I have to eat my own words soon. 
Samsung SCH B500
This camera phone is certainly more of a camera and less of a phone, especially when you see it from the back. The slider handset which goes by the name of SCH B500 is quite thick to accomodate the camera lens - 18.5 mm to be precise. The SCH B500 does not simply bank on the credit of having a 7.7 megapixel camera either; its a DMB phone so it can recieve and allow the user to view satellite TV as well.
All I can say is a ‘WOW’! Read and see the model on Hamkalink.
Hamkahlink also brought to my attention another camera phone which can be called ‘A bloggers camera phone’. Here’s why:
Sony Ericsson K800i, codename ‘WILMA”
A Cyber-shot™ digital camera and a small and sophisticated feature-packed 3G phone all in one. Bring the K800i with you and you have a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, image and video stabilizer and built-in Xenon flash ready for any moment, anytime.
BestPic™ technology lets you capture several images in quick succession with one press of the camera key. Pick the best. Delete the rest. A camera stabilizer function compensates any small movement of your hand when you’re taking a picture and shooting video. When you’ve taken a photo, you can share it straight away using Bluetooth™, multimedia messaging or blog about it.
But the cynic in me probably says….those models are going to cost a bomb and ultimately my opinions on camera phones still stand. Nevertheless, it is fun to know what technology brings us.
March 27th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Not sure what you mean by..
It’s a Flickr group for K750i owners, the pictures are from many different people, I am a member of the group too, as I own the same phone, the phone and camera are merging..
But still as always, it’s not about the equipment it’s about the person taking the picture, give an idiot a dSLR camera and they will take lousy pictures, give someone with a good eye a camera phone and they’ll take great shots.
Of course there are limitations with hardware (small sensors produce grainy shots in low light), but then it comes down to the user, you have to know the limitations and work with them
March 27th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Oh btw the URL for the original group is http://www.flickr.com/groups/k750i/ you can edit it into my above comment if you like.
Cheers!
March 28th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
K750i really takes good quality photo , see this (not mine but a from a friend’s archive)
http://www.fotothing.com/maiylah/photo/65fa514ae80433a0de065e5f1c9cd51b/start=21
January 30th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Sweet