Comments on: Lord, won’t you buy me an 8 megapixel Nokia? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/lord_wont_you_buy_me_an_8_megapixel_nokia.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: fr http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/lord_wont_you_buy_me_an_8_megapixel_nokia.html/comment-page-1#comment-213874 fr Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:38:25 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/lord_wont_you_buy_me_an_8_megapixel_nokia.html#comment-213874 Mike is right, and for the tiny sensors they put in phones going much further than the n95's 5 megapixels is a terrible idea. The noise in the picture will be a big problem, especially in less than perfect lighting. I would prefer a lower resolution sensor which is better in low light situations due to the physically larger pixels recieving more light. For a normal 6 x 4 print a 2 megapixels sensor would produce great quality, providing the lens, focus, flash etc are good quality also (which they aren't on most phones!). Mike is right, and for the tiny sensors they put in phones going much further than the n95’s 5 megapixels is a terrible idea. The noise in the picture will be a big problem, especially in less than perfect lighting. I would prefer a lower resolution sensor which is better in low light situations due to the physically larger pixels recieving more light.

For a normal 6 x 4 print a 2 megapixels sensor would produce great quality, providing the lens, focus, flash etc are good quality also (which they aren’t on most phones!).

]]> By: Mike http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/lord_wont_you_buy_me_an_8_megapixel_nokia.html/comment-page-1#comment-213852 Mike Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:24:22 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/lord_wont_you_buy_me_an_8_megapixel_nokia.html#comment-213852 Gaaa - megapixels do not a great camera make. The rust of willy-waving around 10MP digicams has resulted in larger file sizes, but actually *decreased* image quality. Give me better lenses, not bigger pixel counts. http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm has all the low-down on the Megapixel myth. Don't believe the hype. Gaaa – megapixels do not a great camera make.

The rust of willy-waving around 10MP digicams has resulted in larger file sizes, but actually *decreased* image quality.

Give me better lenses, not bigger pixel counts.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm has all the low-down on the Megapixel myth. Don’t believe the hype.

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