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[kangnamdragon]

Is there a phone in Korea yet that has an English internet web browser and PDA and camera and MP3?

[Gollum]

One of my female friends designs phones for SK and Samsung. I can ask and find out tomorrow. She bought a 5 megapixel phone the other day, but gets to pre-test the other phones before they're sold. She was working on a 7 megapixel last I knew.

[Swiss James]

I still don't understand why the majority of people would ever need a 7 mega-pixel camera. When was the last time you saw an amateur photo blown up to the size where the difference would be noiceable?

[Gollum]

Honestly, the average person doesn't need above a 3 megapixel digicam, either.

It's all about sales.

[Swiss James]

Whenever someone's boasting about how many mega-pixels their camera has, I like to ask them what size they have the pictures set at.
It's usually 1024x780 otherwise the pics fill up the card too quickly.

The equivalent of buying an SUV for the school run I s'pose.

[Demophobe]

You are only marginally correct. Go buy a 2 megapixel camera and compare it to a 7 mega-pixel photo, even at a lower resolution. Print it and see more differences.

I just moved up to a Canon S70 (7.1 mega-pixel) from an S30 (3.1 MP) and I tell you the differences are huge, even at lower resolutions, it's very obvious which image is which. The cameras both use the same sensor, so that is ruled out as being responsible.

It's always the same with tech. Many people rage against it for various reasons, but at the end of the day, technology always improves. Always. There are just as many people in the know as there are folks in the dark about these issues, and although the Megapixel race is reminicent of the GHz race in CPUs, there are many quality improvements to be had with more pixels. There are, of course, limits to this theory and other factors at work besides just the number of pixels, but in general, a bigger sensor requires more pixels. Old sensors weren't fully utilizing the possibilities of the pixel range, and thus, as in my case, a higher pixel count means higher quality.

I am no photo-head either, but I can see these differences with side-byside photos of the same objects. I did this for the exact reasons you outlined, and now I see the reality. 7 is greater than 3.

Then again, to give some credit to your "most people are too dumb" theory, I do shoot on max size, in RAW format with a 1GB card.

[Derrek]

[Demophobe]

[hojucandy]

cameraphones, even the megapixel ones, all have shyte lenses, and very slow responding optical systems.. they are purely gimmicks.

i'd love one though!

[Derrek]

[Bulsajo]

[Derrek]

By the way, here's a peek at the newest Samsung phone, which my friend, who designed it, now carries. She said they aren't for sale just yet, but will cost more than a whopping 1 million won. I think there are display models in stores though. It's a 5 megapixel and slides open. I told her it looks big like a TV remote when it opens. You're only seeing half of the screen until it opens up. Very bright and nice resolution on the screen.

The camera sensor is not CMOS, like other handphones are. It has a sensor like what you'll find in a digital camera. Also plays music and you can put memory cards in, etc. Lots of other features I'm sure she failed to mention.

I believe she said the model number is something like SCH-250. Not my style of phone, but interesting.

[eamo]

I've been disappointed with the finished results of my Canon Mini-DV camcorder.

When burned onto DVD-R the image is grainy and movement has a significant pixelation effect.

I remember getting more 'natural' images with my old VHS camcorder!

Maybe I'm not doing it right but I think I'm doing all the orthodox steps for producing digital video.

Also, I remember my VHS camcorder dealing with light and shadow differences better than my Mini-DV.

[Demophobe]

[Derrek]