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Nokia 6220 Classic
Newest 5 mega pixels camera phone from Nokia with Carl Zeiss Lens and Xeon flash. Comes with A-GPS and Nokia Maps

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Canon only 28mm wide angle camera. Large LCD screen. Time-lapse video functions.

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Nokia 6220 Classic vs Canon SD870 or Ixus 860

The the growing power of handphone camera, such as the Cybershot series by Sony Ericsson, and Carl Zeiss series by Nokia. It is always curious how is the quality of those handphone camera compared with those compact digital camera.

Here I will give a series of comparisons between the latest Nokia 6220 Classic (5Mege pixel, with powerful xeon flash, Carl Zeiss) with Canon SD870 / Ixus 860 (28mm wide).

Today will be the outdoor sunny day, the images are 100% crop, both taken at 5 mega pixels.

Camera (Canon SD870 / Ixus 860)
Phone (Nokia 6220 Classic): Image appears to be darker


Camera (Canon SD870 / Ixus 860): 100% crop
Phone (Nokia 6220 Classic): More noise at the roof top and the floor texture is not so clear


Camera (Canon SD870 / Ixus 860): not in focus region
Phone (Nokia 6220 Classic): equally blur

On overall, it appears that Nokia 6220 Classic phone camera appears to be darker and more noise. More comparisons will be coming up in the following posts. However, the image quality appears to good compared with maany other phones. Other outdoor comparisons at my later post http://hightechwebs.blogspot.com/2008/07/nokia-carl-zeiss-lens-camera-versus.html.

Click here for more comparisons btw Handphone Camera vs Digital Camera

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yea, nokia 6220 classic camera does not do well with areas where it is darker. At the same time, I believe it is 'tuned' to be darker so as to reduce noise? Just a hunch.

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