Nokia N96 Camera Review - Fast Focus
N96 Camera
The Nokia’s N96 Camera is one of the more important factors in a person’s decision to buy or not buy. When the Nokia N95 first came out it was almost unheard of to have a 5MP camera on a phone.
Yet, 18 or so months later when the Nokia N96 was released with … well, a 5MP camera, there were already phones here or soon to be here with 8MP cameras - take for example the Sony Ericsson C905 or the Samsung i8510. And if you’ve read other articles on this blog, you’ll know not to get me started talking about the lack of a Xenon flash.
So what can we say about the camera on the Nokia N96. Well, essentially it’s much the same as that on the Nokia N95s. Of course, it comes with a dual LED flash and is lacking the lens cover of the original N95. So in many ways it is essentially the same but just with a few subtle differences.
One thing I’ve always found tricky with my N95 is the focus … at times you get perfectly focused photos … and other times you don’t. And it could be a photo you’ve taken just 10 seconds after you took the first one.
Is the Nokia N96 any better? Well, it appears that it is faster at focusing, but that the focusing can still be a little bit random.
CJ over at http://zomgitscj.blogspot.com/ has posted a really good article in which he took lots of photos with the Nokia N96. His overall conclusion is :
Personally I love that the camera focuses alot faster than my N82 and my previous N95-1. However, the results dont “Wow” me. I’d say the daytime picture capabilities of the N96 are on par, if not a little worse, than the N95-1 and N95-8GB models. Somehow, I have the feeling that my N82 would have taken much better pictures under similar conditions. Maybe its a better image processing algorithm compared to the N96. I’ll save that verdict for my upcoming N82 vs N96 camera comparison.
Now from what I can see he hasn’t done his N82 vs N96 comparison yet, and I’ll be sure to let you know when he does.
The article has a lot, and I do mean a lot! of photos taken with the Nokia N96. If you’ve used a Nokia N95 then there won’t be too many surprises in what you see, but it’s definitely worth a look.
I think the best news is that it focuses faster … but clearly, there is still some room for improvement.
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The phone looks great and has a greater battery life “BUT” what went wrong with the camera??
Why should i buy the N96 (which is so much more expensive than the N95) when the camera takes worse pictures compared to the N95