Verizon Cameraphone Comparison Q2 2009

Test 2: Nighttime Pictures taken outside

This demonstrates how the camera behaves at night when using a longer exposure to gather in as much light as possible.  We took images using the camera’s Auto settings, as well as manually selecting the Night mode on the Omnia, Darkness and Party modes on the Exilim, and Intelligent Shot mode on the enV Touch and enV3.  Between these different modes, all of the phones performed best when they were not using them (leaving it set to Auto), since images had the tendency to come out blurry.


The enV Touch comes in 1st place with our night tests, as images showed the least amount of blurriness and grain, but were also properly exposed.  When trying the Intelligent Shot mode, images would be brighter, but were slightly blurry and had more red hue to them.  Because of this, we believe it is best to have the Intelligent Mode turned off.  The Omnia is at 2nd place, as images have less detail and more noise then the enV Touch.  When trying the Night mode on the Omnia, it made images too bright and washed-out.  Coming in at 3rd place is the enV3, since most images have a consistent red hue to them, but are less blurry than the Exilim, which is at 4th place.  We tried different Best Shot Modes with the Exilim, and found having it turned Off or set to Party produced better images than the Night View mode.

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The phone’s performance, sorted from 1st to 4th place:

1. enV Touch: Night images are sharp and the most in-focus, with the least amount of blurriness and grain. 
2. Omnia:  A bit brighter than the enV Touch, but has more noise and loses some detail. 
3. enV3:  Even though there is a red hue, most images are less blurry than the Exilim. 
4. Exilim:  The Exilim’s night images blurry and the least sharp out of the four phones, especially when using the Night mode.