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    #31
    Is the iPhone camera as bad as people say? I have an N82 which isn't the easiest to use but it has the best phone camera on the market (at the time of purchase), I know it's primarily a phone but having a good camera at all times is important to me as I can't a afford to miss a precious moment with an 18 month old kid.
    Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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      #32
      Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
      I couldn't wait ANY longer!!!
      Er Indoors has got an iPhone and it's taken over her life. She's never been into gadgets at all before. I'm glad I got a Nokia E71 instead. It's so "functional" [i.e. boring] that I never spend much time on it at all.

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        #33
        Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
        Is the iPhone camera as bad as people say?
        Yes.

        It's 2MP with ok optics, which is fine for snaps but there's no LED or xenon so it's crap in low-light.
        ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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          #34
          Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
          Is the iPhone camera as bad as people say? I have an N82 which isn't the easiest to use but it has the best phone camera on the market (at the time of purchase), I know it's primarily a phone but having a good camera at all times is important to me as I can't a afford to miss a precious moment with an 18 month old kid.
          The piccies taken at the Xmas do from people using iPhones were better than from my new Panasonic camera (I was using the beginners setting - but that's no excuse....)
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #35
            In all honesty I don't know. For the kind of pics I take with a phone they come out just fine. Maybe they might look better on another phone but it's all relative. You want to catch the fact that your kid has just got to his feet for the first time, not compose an award winning techically stunning photograph.

            Having said that, the "shutter speed" can be a little slow. It's about a half sec delay between pressing the button and taking the shot. But again, it's not a huge issue for off the cuff, informal shots.
            "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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              #36
              Originally posted by DaveB View Post
              In all honesty I don't know. For the kind of pics I take with a phone they come out just fine. Maybe they might look better on another phone but it's all relative. You want to catch the fact that your kid has just got to his feet for the first time, not compose an award winning techically stunning photograph.

              Having said that, the "shutter speed" can be a little slow. It's about a half sec delay between pressing the button and taking the shot. But again, it's not a huge issue for off the cuff, informal shots.
              Have you got kids? That’s the difference between a cheeky grin and her tipping a bowl of spaghetti bolognaise over her head.

              I have quite a few 7"x5" pics that I've had framed, I don't think a 2MP camera would be any good for that.
              Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                #37
                Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                Do you still have to throw it away when the battery is shot?
                £55 inc VAT.
                ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
                  £55 inc VAT.
                  Without invalidating the warranty?

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                    #39
                    hmm, it's impressive to start with, but the battery life is shocking, and the
                    actual phone is poor, many times my screen has gone blank and I've had to
                    wait for it to revert back to the phone application before the call can end.

                    After the novelty wears off, I don't think it's all that (as a phone if not
                    a portable media player)

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                      I have quite a few 7"x5" pics that I've had framed, I don't think a 2MP camera would be any good for that.
                      I don't think it would be awful.

                      http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...mera-pixel.htm
                      ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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