Communicam is rubbish, just me?

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Communicam is rubbish, just me?

caz444

Joined: Sep 27, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 10:39

Hiya
Could someone let me know if I am using the communicam M-20 wrong as the pictures I am taking are awful, totally dark and you can only slightly make out who the person is..its rubbish, I wasnt expecting top quality pictures at all, but compared to the nokia photos it is just unusable...are there any settings to make it lighter? I have changed the contrast but no difference, any advise woudl be great..thank you
Caz

levinlam

Joined: Mar 10, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 10:46

communicam is good but it is for the case if you send it to a computer and view it. your T68ie only has 256 colors! Best it u choose picture balance on. then take in bright lit areas, forget abt stilling a shot in discos!

adamrj

Joined: Jan 15, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 11:16

Well I'm not sure anyone agrees with me, but my opinion is that we're being sold very old technology at over-inflated prices. Sure, I don't expect a 6 megapixel camera with zoom lens, but it's obvious to me that we're being milked for our money. Give it a couple of years, and I guarantee phones will have cameras capable of taking decent photos under any conditions. The technology to take a really good photo at 640x480 has been around for at least 5 years - so why is it not available on phones? Because people will pay anything for the chance to be the first with a camera, however poor it is. I guess that's just the way it works!

Stinus182

Joined: Sep 03, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 12:39

I agree with this.
I have the same problem.
you can change you're colorbalance with pressing *##* in the cameramenu.

Eleventy7

Joined: Jul 05, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 19:28

as levinlam quite rightly said the pics may look awful on the fone's display (bcoz of the lack of colours the fone can display), but if you send them to a pc they are actually fairly good pics. I read a review where the reviewer compared various pics taken with the MCA20 and the Nokia 7650, and when sent to a pc the pics from the MCA20 were much better than the Nokia's.

bart

Joined: Feb 03, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 19:47

i am very happy whit it but my colour boost is on 25 and then its much better

With Ericsson and Nokia gone: we must keep their spirits alive and buy JOLLA or YOTA

Korova

Joined: Sep 25, 2002
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From: Surrey, UK
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Posted: 2002-09-27 19:55

I too am happy with the camera. Like any camera without a flash, the photo needs to be taken in good light. If you use good light the picture looks good on the phone screen, and fantastic on a PC screen. I suppose I'm pleased because I only paid �50 for it, thanks to a �70 discount voucher that came with the phone from orange. If I had paid full whack for it, then I may have been a bit disapointed, but as it goes, I'm not!

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wongy008

Joined: Sep 27, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-27 23:46

hi guys i just recently purchased a t68, and i think its a great phone

just a quite q as im reading some posts to familirise myself with the phone but what does colour boost mean that someone mentioned on here, is it a setting on the phone or the comunicam

lastly those who have a comunican, would you recommend it

Korova

Joined: Sep 25, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-28 00:17

I would recommend the MCA-20.

The colour balance can be adjusted when the camera is connected to the phone (while in the camera's menu) by pressing *##*.

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Joined: May 21, 2002
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Posted: 2002-09-28 05:41

I think the memory in the camera is large part of the price. There are cheap cameras that can take decent picture but they have only 8 or 16 top ...

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mpressive

Joined: Oct 12, 2002
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From: London, UK
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Posted: 2002-10-12 01:28

Hey, I just got my MCA-20 this morning. Does anyone know if it is possible to download a 640x480 pic from the phone to a laptop? I tried Send Via IR but it says Failed to Connect to Device. I have a Toshiba laptop running Windows XP Pro. I also can't seem to get the email facility to work on my phone!!

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!!!