![]() ![]() There's also geo-tagging of pictures, though since it doesn't have an onboard GPS it does this by sending location data from network cellsites over the air. Video is of lesser quality (QVGA) than the still camera but it's still pretty good, with motion blur noticeably less than most other cameraphones we've tried. You can also add the Storyteller application which allows you to add frames and thought bubbles, as well as add paint effects and upload them to your Facebook or Bebo page. The PhotoDJ editing option also lets you fine-tune your pics before a final save. There's a Photo fix option which will automatically correct any glaring light balance issues. It's not bad exactly, but for a premium cameraphone, we had expected the best, and it's not immediately clear why Sony Ericsson appears to have abandoned it maybe it's the thinline size factor.ĭespite these niggles, picture quality in good light is really very good – sharp and with good colour tones, but there is a delay of a few seconds between pressing the shutter and the photo being taken, which is a problem for action shots. If you're a touch screen-ophobe however you can also use one of the keypad soft keys to bring up an options menu and make your selections that way.ĭisappointingly, the flash is of the LED photolight variety, rather than the proper Xenon version found on other Cyber-shot cameras. We also found it a wee bit too quick to accept our selections – pause for a millisecond while you're running through the options and you'll have to go through the process again. This is because the outer parts of the screen are taken up by the touch buttons, and the picture has to fit into a smaller area. The ice blue icons look great and it's easy and intuitive to use but the way we see it there are two problems with this system, the first being that the 262,000-colour screen is smaller than you would expect (and smaller than the previous K850's come to that). These include the shoot mode (including panorama and frames as well as BestPic), flash, face detection, timer, macro and infinite focus, plus white balance and scene selection. ![]() There's a surprise in landscape camera mode (the onboard accelerometer automatically switches the orientation for you) when the display takes on touch screen abilities to offer eight buttons along the top and bottom of the screen. It's got the usual multishot abilities of course, including the rather marvellous BestPic option, which allows you to take four pictures after and four pictures before you press the shutter.įace detection is now on the agenda, which means the camera will find and focus on a central face in the frame, plus there's red eye reduction and an image stabiliser on board. Sony Ericsson's cameras have been getting steadily more sophisticated over the years and this 5-megapixel number moves things along still further. A lovely little slice of ice blue lights up when the camera starts up too. It's a much sturdier form of protection than the usual strip of a lens cover and feels securely built. In fact, the whole phone case slides out to the side to reveal the lens. Looking at the back however, it's not immediately obvious that there even is a camera, since there's no lens in sight and no lens cover. The C in the name, by the way, stands for camera (and also Cyber-shot, which makes sense, replacing the old K for the Swedish 'kamera') and that's not surprisingly the focus of this phone. With a little faith and practise though, the angle actually does make it easier to press the keys with your thumbprint, which is probably a more natural way of doing it, when you think about it. But the keys on the keypad aren't flat but are actually angled downwards slightly which feels a bit weird, especially if you're used to pressing on small keys with the tip of your thumbnail. ![]()
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