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Camera Question
mjdj1689
11-07-2011
This may sound a silly question to some , but to me its not , I have a Samsung Galaxy s2 phone, and I have been using the camera on it which seems ok to me apart from the flash that lets it down, my question is whats the difference between the camera on this phone and a digital camera like this http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...7C14419442.htm apart from the flash , and 2 more mp anything else , will the zoom be better ? I have always wondered this . thanx
tomharry2
11-07-2011
Originally Posted by mjdj1689:
“This may sound a silly question to some , but to me its not , I have a Samsung Galaxy s2 phone, and I have been using the camera on it which seems ok to me apart from the flash that lets it down, my question is whats the difference between the camera on this phone and a digital camera like this http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...7C14419442.htm apart from the flash , and 2 more mp anything else , will the zoom be better ? I have always wondered this . thanx”

The sensor.

One on galaxy s is small, the one on a point and shoot is slightly bigger, but they are all tiny compared to a DSLR camera.

Bigger sensor, more light falls on it and better pictures. Zoom is not that crucial.

Very basic explanation.
chrisjr
11-07-2011
Not to mention the quality of the optics. A dedicated camera, even one at the price point of the Canon, is likely to have better optics than most phone cameras.

And talking of zoom. Optical zoom is better than digital zoom. With optical zoom the image "projected" onto the sensor in the camera is made bigger. So you get the full resolution of the sensor at all times. With digital zoom a small portion of the image is electronically magnified so you lose resolution.

For example say the image sensor is 1000 pixels square if you have a 10x digital zoom then what happens is a 100 pixel square part of the image is magnified to 1000 pixels square. But it still only has the same level of image detail as the original 100 pixel square. With optical zoom the image coming into the lens is magnified ten times so you always get the full 1000 pixel resolution of the sensor.
cribology
11-07-2011
Plus the SGS2 has a highest ISO of 800 where the camera you link has 1600 which basically means it should produce better pictures in low light
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