GSM Cameraphone Comparison Q4 2008

Test 2: Flash pictures

Also being a common situation for picture taking, we feel this is the next most important category. Usually indoors the light is never sufficient for a good photo and you’ll have to use the flash. It has to be powerful enough to illuminate the entire room in order to see objects and persons in real color as opposed to night vision pictures. We had used different light levels (bright, medium, and light) shot pictures from 6.5 and 13 feet.



From  just the thumbnails it is visible who the winner in this test is. The C905 was the only 8MP camera that managed to illuminate the objects properly, and again the 5-megapixel N82 was second, surpassing the big guys. Even in a darker room and at 13 feet away snapping pictures is not a problem with those two devices. In contrast to that, the  performance of the other models is mediocre at only 6.5 feet. This is definitely one of their weak sides. Let’s not forget that they are not simply cell phones with an average camera, but top shelf cameraphones.