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Digital Camera Vs. Camera Phone

Posted by kdawson on from the gonna-sell-a-lot-of-N95s dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNet.co.uk has done some simple head-to-head testing of camera phones alongside digital cameras to see which device takes the best quality pictures. The results are surprising, with Nokia's latest handset, featuring a built-in 5-megapixel camera, taking more vibrant pictures in medium light conditions than a 10-megapixel dSLR. Of course, the pictures aren't fully representative of how the images would look at full size; but given that most people resize images to put on Flickr, we could start to see a decline in dedicated digital cameras sales and an increase in camera phone sales."

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  1. Next article on CNet... by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Is 3DS MAX really more powerful than Google Sketch?" - We gave 10 randomly selected people half an hour to learn to use them, and then compared the results.

    And, coming soon...

    "Is DVCPRO HD actually better than VHS (after you resize it to 64x48 pixels)?"

    "Is a dual-socket, quad-core workstation actually faster than a ZX Spectrum (when playing Space Invaders)?"

    1. Re:Next article on CNet... by j79 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Regarding DVCPRO vs VHS, you completely forgot that most people will recompress the video to put on YouTube...so seriously, what's the point of DVCPRO HD?

    2. Re:Next article on CNet... by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're right. I completely forgot that 87% of home users and 95% of broadcast professionals use YouTube as their "master" format. ;-)

  2. Herd-fermentality. by skoaldipper · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I want to know is while posing for the group picture...

    Was the gold kitty pretending to pull the cord as a train conductor, "choo! choo!", or...
    Was the kitty mid stride in a left leg power lift release move? If so, that would explain the monster's reaction behind him, and the delirium cast over the M&M candy's face.

    "Everybody say cheeeeeeeeeese!"

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  3. Re:"Vibrant" by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vibrant doesn't mean much of anything to me... About as much as audio sounding "warm".
    Your text is very "Chewy"
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  4. Re:Rediculous by revengebomber · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can show you that my old Voodoo 3 is quite compareable to the Geforce 8800GTX when playing Quake at 640x480. Apparently, you can't even tell the difference between 330 and 1180 frames/sec. N00b.
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