Comments on: Video test (outdoor HD): iPhone 3GS vs Samsung NV8 (compact camera)

By: CyrustheCitrus

CyrustheCitrus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:02 +0000

Oh right lol, i …
Oh right lol, i thought the NV8 was a phone my bad

By: edman852852

edman852852 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:02 +0000

The quality is …
The quality is acceptable

By: reptilexcq

reptilexcq — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:02 +0000

3 Megapixel vs 8.1 …
3 Megapixel vs 8.1 Megapixel, of course the Samsung is much more clearer. I hope iPhone upgrade to 5.0 or 8.1 next version. I hate they keep teasing us with a little bit of upgrade this and little bit upgrade that instead of just pour everything out. And I KNOW it’s a marketing strategy because if they put everything out…they have nothing much to offer in the future.

By: reptilexcq

reptilexcq — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:01 +0000

Well …all i know …
Well …all i know is that the higher the Megapixel, the better the quality. Look at all the phones and compare them by Megapixel, they’re better as megapixel gets higher. That is why reviewers talk about megapixel and not anything else.

By: richardlai

richardlai — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:01 +0000

Nothing to do with …
Nothing to do with that really. You must remember that both cameras output VGA (as in 640×480) videos, and the sharpness depends on the optics and physical size of the lenses i.e. not the resolution. Even with a 5MP or 8MP camera, the iPhone will still give a worse quality than a normal camera on videos with the same resolution.

By: slamylaa

slamylaa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:01 +0000

by the way, other …
by the way, other phones can take higher megapixel photos, but wait till you try to browse thru them on your phone… you will be waiting and waiting.. very unlike iphone

By: TranceSession

TranceSession — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:00 +0000

samsung baby always …
samsung baby always wins that’s why i love that brand!

By: richardlai

richardlai — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Packing more pixels …
Packing more pixels onto a sensor can worsen the quality, i.e. the higher the pixel density, the less light reaches each photosite in each pixel cell. This is why DSLRs are so much better than compact cameras, e.g. I had a Nikon D100 which had 6 megapixels only, but it still beats the 8-megapixel Samsung NV8 by miles because of the larger sensor.

By: richardlai

richardlai — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Whoever does that …
Whoever does that is a bad reviewer. Like seriously bad. I think you should look up one of David Pogue’s old videos regarding quantity vs quality.

By: bengst

bengst — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:26:59 +0000

Bad thing with …
Bad thing with iPhone camera is the software, not the hardware or “megapixel”. Just like iSight on MB/pro. The OS always trying to balance (auto adjust) brightness/contrast. iPhone users can’t take control of it. (thank God there’s iGlasses app for iSight).

Try take a picture of black on white drawing from your computer screen. You can’t! Now adjust the computer brightness, and notice the iPhone is trying to adjust it too!

IMO, the camera auto adjust in iPhone is ultra crap.