5MPx camera comparison

Symbian-Freak has a quick comparison of the Nokia N95, N93 and the Sony F707 Digicam. The main question being, can the latest 5MPx smartphone do as good as a 5 years old Sony digital camera. They post comparison shots and come to the conclusion that no, the digital camera still comes out on top.

The thing to remember is that the quality of a picture is not only based on the amount of megapixels. It’s based also on the lenses and on the software that processes the raw image, as well as the compression of the resulting JPEG file. The N95 has good lenses, but Sony is known to make very good cameras. Also being a phone, the processing is done by some rather new software running on top of a smartphone operating system, while the Sony is an actual camera.

Still, if you take a look at some recent Flickr photos taken by phones, the quality is still very good for web shots and medium sized photos. For many people who don’t need the best quality photos, a recent camera phone is enough.