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Sony Ericsson C905 - sample shots and lowdown on camera
Sony Ericsson once had intentions to equip the C905 with one of the best CMOS chips out there, but eventually ditched this idea, since the tally turned out to be way too hefty. That's how come the Sony Ericsson C905 will hit the market with Sony's very own Exmor camera module onboard, although it won't be the first handset to feature this chipset - in fact it debuted in some offerings aimed at the Japanese market some time ago; and while sporting a less impressive megapixel count, some of these handsets boasted glass lenses and optical zoom instead.
If we are to compare it with already existing cameras offered by other manufacturers, the Exmor module doesn't give the C905 any substantial edge over its competition, furthermore, the much-touted noise reduction algorithm doesn't seem to do a decent job, since you will see the same amount of noise on images as before. All in all, when it comes to mobile devices, the Exmor technology, originally designed for reflex cameras with large CMOS matrices doesn't look like a particularly good solution - to make things work there, they will need something new, more tailored to the specifics of mobile phones. As far as the Exmor's competition goes, both OmniVision's (which are about to start shipping and will trump Sony's offerings on many fronts) and Samsung's matrices seem more fetching. The main reason why they decided to run with Sony's camera module developed in-house is actually twofold - there are some political and pricing-related issues behind this decision. Basically, Sony Ericsson won't be able to churn out lots of C905 units and other phones employing the same matrix, since essentially it's not a mainstream phone - unlike the Sony Ericsson K750/K800, the new C905 won't have tremendous sales, which has already been proven by the K850i's unsatisfying performance on the market (mainly because it was late to the market, but there are other reasons too, we'll get to them later). On the other hand, Sony is after smaller production costs for its chipset - other players on the market don't quite queue up to buy it, for it has better alternatives out there. But let's stop right here, since this is not quite what this article is all about, and get straight to the most interesting part - image samples.
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Sony Ericsson once had intentions to equip the C905 with one of the best CMOS chips out there, but eventually ditched this idea, since the tally turned out to be way too hefty. That's how come the Sony Ericsson C905 will hit the market with Sony's very own Exmor camera module onboard, although it won't be the first handset to feature this chipset - in fact it debuted in some offerings aimed at the Japanese market some time ago; and while sporting a less impressive megapixel count, some of these handsets boasted glass lenses and optical zoom instead.
If we are to compare it with already existing cameras offered by other manufacturers, the Exmor module doesn't give the C905 any substantial edge over its competition, furthermore, the much-touted noise reduction algorithm doesn't seem to do a decent job, since you will see the same amount of noise on images as before. All in all, when it comes to mobile devices, the Exmor technology, originally designed for reflex cameras with large CMOS matrices doesn't look like a particularly good solution - to make things work there, they will need something new, more tailored to the specifics of mobile phones. As far as the Exmor's competition goes, both OmniVision's (which are about to start shipping and will trump Sony's offerings on many fronts) and Samsung's matrices seem more fetching. The main reason why they decided to run with Sony's camera module developed in-house is actually twofold - there are some political and pricing-related issues behind this decision. Basically, Sony Ericsson won't be able to churn out lots of C905 units and other phones employing the same matrix, since essentially it's not a mainstream phone - unlike the Sony Ericsson K750/K800, the new C905 won't have tremendous sales, which has already been proven by the K850i's unsatisfying performance on the market (mainly because it was late to the market, but there are other reasons too, we'll get to them later). On the other hand, Sony is after smaller production costs for its chipset - other players on the market don't quite queue up to buy it, for it has better alternatives out there. But let's stop right here, since this is not quite what this article is all about, and get straight to the most interesting part - image samples.
Continue reading...
