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Galaxy Nexus fans: see a taste of the camera’s power with this photo gallery
November 4, 2011 | by Andrew Kameka
Samsung
A lot of people have been disappointed that the Galaxy Nexus has “only” a 5 Megapixel camera rather than the 8 megapixel beasts that have been seen other recent Android phones. As we’ve covered countless times, a camera’s megapixels is about the size of the photo produced, not the quality of the image captured. So unless you’re trying to get 8 x 10 photo’s printed, you will never care about those extra 3 megapixels.
So, if you’ve been worried about the 5 vs 8 megapixel debate, don’t. Worry about the good vs. bad, light vs. dark, smooth vs. noisy debate. All that matters is whether or not the Galaxy Nexus will look good when you whip out that phone to take a picture of your husband and daughter posing together, or your co-worker making a funny face.
Android developer advocate Tim Bray has shown what the Galaxy Nexus is capable of by sharing some photos on Google+ of a recent trip to Asia. Some of the images look a little dark and don’t pick up as much light as I would hope. Not sure if that’s the muggy Shanghai weather or lighting conditions, but we’ll see more when the camera is in another person’s hand.
Here are a few shots from the gallery, but you can see all 24 images on Google Plus. Also, this isn’t an end-all-be-all look at the Galaxy Nexus’ power, just a taste.
Hat tip to Pernell Moore for the share.
Hmm.. the pink spot syndrome is very obvious in most of the shots. Sticking to my SGS II.
Because surely Samsung's previous phone is so much better than their upcoming device. Okay.
Great! Now I can't 'unsee' the pink spot! Lol
hmm those shots dont really match up with your headline. Fail less next time.
Damn it, damn it, damn it. I'm not impressed. They still have a distinct "camera phone" feel to me. The sensor looks easily overcome by bright areas, and the photos look generally flat to me. AND after reading Tim Bray's post on Google+, these aren't straight from the camera. . . he did some processing in Lightroom. I was really hoping the Galaxy Nexus camera would set the new standard for camera phone image quality. Maybe we'll see better examples, soon. . . but this is disheartening.
Why don't you just get in iPhone?
Because, unlike you, most Android users are not Tools! Now, get that dudes tool out of your mouth and go pray to your newly dead jesus!!
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Nice to see some test photos of real people. Usually you just get some perfectly still objects like a building or signs in day light which doesnt tell me much.
Please take some time to learn about sensor sizes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format The article states most phone cameras sensors are much smaller than consumer digicams. The iphone 3 is slightly bigger than 1/6 and the iphone slightly bigger still at about 1/3.2. Consumer digicams range 1/3.8 to 1/1.5. However Couple that with other compromises due to packaging, processing and chasing higher mpxl specs and it should be expected that phones image quality suffers. Here's an informative analysis of the iphone 4 camera (the comments contain add'l detail): http://falklumo.blogspot.com/2010/06/apple-iphone… In the end having a camera in your pocket is better than no camera.
All the data collected after all the tests don’t mean a thing. This is the U.S. “more equals better,” yes this is also the cause of our current state (irrelevant), if a cell phone has less than a 8mp camera on its back it’s garbage. We don’t care that we will print a subway size poster of any pic we take. Manufactures can’t give us 8mp then expect all the technical explanations to suffice its 3mp loss. They shouldn’t have given us 8mp in the first place then! Improve the 8mp camera instead of giving us an “improve the 5mp one. Heres an idea, improve the 8mp rear camera and replace the 2mp front facing camera with the new and improved 5mp ones. Heres an
Completely underwhelmed by this… Still looks as taken by a phone. While i find 5 MP sufficient for everyday needs, the quality of the pics remains poor. Gonna buy the phone anyway.
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The 8Mpx sensor on my Desire HD takes much better photos, and without a pink spot. Can't wait for a custom ROM with IceCream Sandwich.
The nexus is my big plan, but these photos are disappointing. Seriously. Color's great, clarity, depth, but if I share a photo with a friend and they pull it up on line it's going to look pixelated like this? Really? Sht. I know the phone is not all about the camera, but as we get closer to the phone being everything we want it to be, this is disappointing. This really negates the arguement about the mp. Look at any detail in these pictures (as they are being blown up already even just a little) and it's not smooth. It's pixelated, which is cured by a higher mp camera. Still getting the phone, but damn. Would have loved to see these pics be substantially better.
Am I missing something? I was disapointed when i looked at these images BUT, check out the size of the pics- 640×480 pixels- these have been reduced for quick downloading. Where are the full size images?