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Why did i buy a dsc-n1 when the k800i's camera is amazing? |
mr_m
Joined: Aug 09, 2003
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I bought a dsc-n1 8.1 MP about a week before i got my k800i and quite frankly i regret it. Although the touch screen on my camera is a neat touch i find that the k800i has a few features that a 'top-of-the-range' digital camera should have e.g the panoramic mode is amazing on the k800i and the face warp feature is just hilarious!!.
One of the reasons i bought my digital camera was beacuse of a few family/friends birthdays coming up but also because of the upcoming british motor show. I wanted to take some good pictures of some up and coming motors but although my camera is quite compact enough, why do i need to take two devices?.
Sonyericsson have really done well this time and apart from a few minor software issues (like not being able to set the keypad sound to click or tone without taking the battery out and in again!) i wish i'd got the k800i before the camera!
Are sony cybershot camera sales going to suffer in the future because of improved camera specs in mobile phones??? |
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HellFire
Joined: Jun 28, 2003
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Even though the K800 camera is brilliant a normal digital cam is a lot better I have a DSC-V1 and theirs a lot of difference in the quality when you zoom in and I don’t have that bug you have |
mr_m
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I agree, overall the digital camera is of better quality overall but the k800i, as a combined phone/camera/music player etc and of similar price (sim free) , the k800i is fantastic value for money.
I would probably only use my digital camera now and again but i would have to make a concious decision to take the camera out with me but the k800i goes with me everywhere! |
sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
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Dude, did you really waste bandwidth posting such a rhetorical and non-sensical question? The k800i can no way compete with the DSC-N1 in the function department. I have both and I would take my N1 any day in a head to head comparison. I use the k800i when I do not feel like taking my N1 with and if I do not care about the photo quality. Sure 3 megapixels is nice but to compare this against the 8.1 megapixels of N1 is a no brainer.
*edited on a Mac of course. Mac: There is no substitute*
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*Jojo*
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Digital cameras can't be compared with camfones! You can even spot a minor difference when compared side-by-side, say a Sony 3.2 mp Cybershot with that of the K800i. Having the zoom feature on the digicams is another story!
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mr_m
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@sapporobaby
I was simply making a point that although the n1's camera is obviously superior, the camera functions of the k800 are great for somebody that does not own a digital camera and if you are going to print out a standard sized picture, the difference is negligable.
If you were going to take a picture and print to a larger scale then i agree that the k800 would have problems. |
sapporobaby
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On 2006-07-15 00:09:30, mr_m wrote:
@sapporobaby
I was simply making a point that although the n1's camera is obviously superior, the camera functions of the k800 are great for somebody that does not own a digital camera and if you are going to print out a standard sized picture, the difference is negligable.
If you were going to take a picture and print to a larger scale then i agree that the k800 would have problems.
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Fair enough. Example: I use my k800i when I an out and about in downtown Helsinki and do not want to look like a tourist by dragging out the N1. I can pop off a few shots with the k8 and post them, email them, whatever. Now the N1 comes out when I am serious and want to take things worth remembering and editing.
Your point is well taken that the k8 is a good all arounder when you don't want to take the heavy artillery with you. |
mr_m
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@ JN
when i want to take a pic worth remembering i usually get the t68 camera attatchment out and snap away!
i call it 'bringing out the big guns!' |
sapporobaby
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On 2006-07-15 00:25:53, mr_m wrote:
@ JN
when i want to take a pic worth remembering i usually get the t68 camera attatchment out and snap away!
i call it 'bringing out the big guns!'
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!! ROFLMAO
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Shift_
Joined: Jun 26, 2006
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The K800i's camera doesn't even compare to a Nikon 3100 digicam, which was a lower end model a few years ago, and can be bought for about 50 dollars today.
However, what it does in such a small package is amazing on it's own  |
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On 2006-07-15 00:25:53, mr_m wrote:
@ JN
when i want to take a pic worth remembering i usually get the t68 camera attatchment out and snap away!
i call it 'bringing out the big guns!'
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@mr. m - Ya sure you mean pic worth remembering . . . or disposing  What iliked only with that Sony 8 MP digicam is it's - 'touch-screen' feature (very 1st on digicams I guess ) , but given the money, I won't buy a Sony branded digicam ! Only Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Pentax will do for me !
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xan K
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I have a Canon A620, it is a quite decent 6.1 MP digital camera and I think not even the latest and best camera phone come close to this, and it's worth noting that this isn't a higher-class camer but rather a middle-class one. Now for a phone the K800/K790's camera performance is amazing.
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QVGA
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Zoom in on both cameras, and then tell us which provides better quality. |
mr_m
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@ JN, i agree that the touch screen is quite gimmicky and there are definatley better digital cameras out there.
@QVGA . When zooming in on both, the dsc-n1's optical zoom is obviously better whereas the k800i's digital zoom loses quality
There are cameras in phones now with 10MP which is probably why company's such as jessops are selling mobile phones now aswell as im sure that it will come to a time when camera phones will outsell stand alone digital cameras. Although the quality of the pictures might not be the same, it will just be more convenient. |
HellFire
Joined: Jun 28, 2003
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You cant just rely on the pixels as the optics and CCD/CMOS sensor make a big difference also, you can get a 5MP SLR that outperforms a 8MP SLR and a 10 MP camera phone would probably be quite poor when compared to a standard 5MP digital camera when printed on A4 photo paper |
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Posted: 2006-07-14 23:41
