New camera phone purchase - advice

[rfortson]

I'll vote for the Nokia N95. Getting a little long in the tooth now, but 5mp camera with flash and autofocus, plus shoots decent (DVD quality) video. I use it as my mp3 player and gps when I jog.

Here's a shot of Clapton and Winwood at Madison Square Garden taken with the camera. I'd say it's as good as most $150 P&S cameras (minus the superzooms, of course).

[Eetu]

Nice photo! N95 can do some nice stuff at 5 mp. I think it is VG that has, hold on to your hat, 8 mp. N95 is 3G, I think it is quad-band if not at least tri-band. Well, thanks for the photo.

[sareal]

Originally Posted by rjseeney

Even at 2MP, I would expect photo quality to be much worse than a traditional digital camera. You will have no flash, a fixed focal length (no zoom) and a single aperature. The camera will likely be impossible to use indoors or with low light. There are many solid inexpensive digicams both new and used for under $200(US). I understand the convenience factor but for $550, you can get a phone, camera and MP3 player, all which will do a significantly better job than the hybid phone.

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[JimC]

sareal

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