Round Four!
(Indoor & night shots)
Now for the camera phones’ indoor shooting abilities. The phones tested here have their own night-modes or LED flash lights, so various combinations of different modes were tested to discover which mode was the best one that could be used.
Our first subject is a small wooden table with a few oddities and antiques, with a painting set on the wall as a backdrop. There is minimal lighting here, with very faint candescent lighting coming from the floor above, as well as brighter lighting coming from a door nearby to the right of the photo.
Before testing the phones themselves, we used a Canon Powershot G5 to set the benchmark for the comparison here. The G5 is a dedicated digital camera with CCD sensor capable of capturing four megapixels, although for this test we have toned it down to two megapixels.
While nothing is visible without a flash, the area springs to life when the flash is enabled.
Now, our first subject is the Nokia 6670.
Unfortunately in normal mode, virtually nothing is visible unless you stare really hard into the photo. However with night mode activated, the picture quality improves to the point that the picture becomes viewable, although it’s still fairly dark. When night mode is turned on, the camera must be held extra carefully as it becomes very sensitive to small movements.
Next up is the Motorola A1000.
Unfortunately, neither regular mode nor night mode do any job at all. The
picture is completely black. Night mode only serves to add visual noise to a
black picture, which is of no use to anyone.
The S700i is the next to step up to the challenge, and it does so with an army
of options. It includes both night mode and an LED flash.
It would seem that night mode is designed to work together with the LED flash – by enabling it, a lot of background noise is removed, making for a cleaner picture. The trade-off here is focus – you need a very steady hand if you intend to use night mode and the flash together., as can be seen from the second picture. Nonetheless, the S700i has done very well here and wins the comparison.
Finally, the S65. In dark lighting the S65 is restricted, and can’t be used to take photos, even with night-mode turned on.
And for reference, the GX20. Despite this camera being only 0.3 megapixels, it is indeed one of the best modules created for a camera phone. This phone has a built in LED-flash, but no night-mode.
Even without the flash on, the GX20 still succeeds in capturing the most light out of all the camera phones in the test, producing an easily viewed picture. When the flash is turned on, the results are comparable to the G5, with excellent results.
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