iPhone 3G S: First impressions of its upgraded camera "The digital camera on the new iPhone 3G S seems to deliver on its promise of better performance compared with other iPhones, at least in my initial use of it over the past few days." [Consumer Reports Electronics]
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Ars Technica did a good 3G S review, and mentioned that in low light your experience may vary. Some pictures looked good, some looked horrible. Mostly, I think they liked the autofocus more than anything.
I was a able to play with the dynamic autofocus some, but not in low-light situations. It'll be interesting to see if it corrects for white balance and gamut as it does for focus.
Haven't played with the in-camera editing, though. Has anyone?
If paid-for, downloadable content was really available, accessible, and fairly priced, people would buy it. Look at the streaming selections at Netflix, Amazon, and yes, even iTunes. It's ridiculous. And the DRM just makes it worse. Amazon gives you just 24 hours to watch most of their $5 HD rentals before they expire.
I recently tried to buy Toy Story 1 & 2 on DVD for my kids. I couldn't because Disney took it off the market. Used copies in good condition now sell for $100. So I did the next best thing, rented from Netflix. The discs were so horribly scratched they wouldn't play. How many people think it would be wrong to download a movie in that situation?
Apologies, Firefox 3.5 RC2 isn't playing nice with one of my add-ons and my post ended up in the wrong topic. Long story. :(
Though the improved camera was a little of the reason I upgraded (of course I'd just taken the plunge may10) I'm impressed with the general overall speed improvements of the phone's operations. Certainly worth the trade.
I've enjoyed the camera quite a bit, the video is really nice but gets compressed to crap if you send it out directly from the phone. When I can I wait until I get home to copy the video off the phone and send out the clip that way.
I took a picture in the DJ booth last night when I was at work and liked the results in lower light. I did have the glow of equipment so it wasn't completely dark.