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after going around paris.. i do care about camera quality after all

After wandering around Paris on foot for hours on end, I appreciated the fact that my point-and-shoot camera is an ultra-compact and weighed the same as two mobile phones. The photo-quality has been good enough so far, but after seeing my friend Appie's gigantic SLR camera and its gorgeous photos, I have to say that I'm a little jealous. However, I am lucky that I do have almost unlimited access to her wonderful photos of Paris.

This brings into the question of mobility and the need to share media with other people. I did appreciate that my phone had a 2 mp camera inside the Sacre Coeur this past Tuesday. As the sign read "No Talking. No Pictures," I thought there was no way to record the majestic mosaics and colorful stained glass windows of the basilica. I did manage to sneak a few photos; however, half of these photos suffered from shaking. As the phone screen is much smaller and less pixelated than most camera LCD displays, it was difficult to tell whether I have taken a good photo or not. Once I came home and loaded them onto my computer screen, these once minor imperfections turned into major problems. Compared to my friend's camera on his Nokia phone, the image quality of my phone is definitely lacking.

It's great to be able to have a camera on your phone, but if the camera can't take crisp and clear photos, there is really no point in having a camera. I would rather lug around a gigantic SLR camera that guarantees great-quality photos than to a mediocre camera phone that decides to give me a good photo half the time. Unless there is some way to guarantee that the preview version is an accurate version of the image on your phone screen, I would definitely prefer to bring both my ultra-compact digital camera and mobile phone wherever I go.

posted by Koh @ 3:38 PM