Photo allegedly taken with the Google Nexus 7 tablet spotted on Picasa

3. aaronkatrini posted on 18 Jun 2012, 09:59 1 0

Quite actually, it may have a front facing camera, since those are the most required by average users and also doesn't cost much. Just a simple 1 or 2 mpx..

5. andygallo posted on 18 Jun 2012, 14:58 2 0

I agree, on a tablet the front facing cam seems more important to me than a rear facing one.

If this pic is real I'm wondering if this guy had "Instant Upload" enabled by mistake on Google+.

Assuming this is real, I think this pic is from the front facing cam. The ~1.2MP rez would be in more line with that. It also seems more likely this was taken while the tablet was sitting on a desk or table (with the FF cam pointing up), instead of the guy randomly holding it up over his head taking pics of the ceiling with a rear facing cam.

Also, the 2mm focal length might give us more clues. So, ceiling tiles are 2'x2' and I'm guessing maybe 6' of distance (assuming the device is sitting on a desk), doing some rough calculations this equates to about a 65 to 68 degree horizontal field of view. That's roughly equivalent to a 28mm on a full frame. This makes it about a 14x crop, which puts the sensor size around a 1/6". Just for reference, that would make this sensor about 3 to 4 times SMALLER (area-wise) than the REAR facing camera of the iPhone4S or Samsung GS2.

Man, I obviously got way too much time on my hands to be calculating that.

4. DigitalBoy05 posted on 18 Jun 2012, 14:25 0 0

since nexus devices are normally developer tools it probably will have a rear shooter and front facing camera so app makers can test the apps they make if they use the camera feature.