A cameraphone is a cell phone that has a camera built-in.
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What (presumably mid-range) phone cameras compete with $100 Point & Shoot cameras?
I heard on another board that the Lumia Pureview can easily compete with the most serious Point & Shoots in the $5-600 range.
My interest is different. Let's take a decent recent Point & ...
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What is the focal length on your typical cell phone camera?
Now, let me clarify (or...divulge) a few things.
I know cell phone cameras are generally wide angle, which makes sense because hey, people wanna go out to dinner, or a show, or at the park with their ...
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Is “Ultrapixels” just marketing or is there a real benefit?
HTC has branded the sensor in its new phone (the HTC One) to be "Ultra pixels". For the same sensor size it only gives you 4MP where today's standard for top of the line smartphones is 8MP and up. Of ...
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Why does my HTC cell phone lens appear so dirty, and how can I clean it?
My cell phone lens that looks dirty; or, I'm not even sure it qualifies as a lens — it's the transparent cover. See the photo below.
I'm not sure if the lens was always like this or it happened at ...
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How do smartphone cameras focus? [duplicate]
I'm curious, when I focus my DSLR or my pocket camera the lens moves back and forth changing the distance from the sensor. Does this really happen inside my smartphone?
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Good books or web sites to learn (basic, $100) Point & Shoot and phone photography for a beginner? [closed]
Most similar topics deal with how to learn SLR photography or at least how to make photos with a similarly priced, more expensive enthusiast compact.
But I especially want to learn how to make photos ...
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Will an add-on mini macro lens for my mobile phone help get a blurry-background effect?
I am new to photography. I am really interested in taking close up photos (macro photography) of objects with a blurry background. But my mobile phone (a Sony Xperia Ion ) does not have the facility ...
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How can I get the best quality prints from an iPhone photo?
I have a photo on my iPhone that I'd like to print, but the quality is poor. Is there anything I can do so that I can print it?
I have Photoshop CS5.
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Where can I find detailed camera, sensor and lens specs for cameras in smartphones?
For pretty much any dedicated digital camera out there I can easily find detailed specs on sites such as dpreview.com.
For cameras in smartphones however, these details are not easily found, or maybe ...
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What are the technical camera specs for the HTC Wildfire S?
I am trying to do some CGI manipulations on pictures I've taken. In order to fake reality with some 3D object inserted in the picture, I need some information to configure my virtual camera so it can ...
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Is there any way starburst diffractions could be captured with a fixed f/2 smartphone lens? [closed]
There's been some controversy surrounding the publicity camera samples for Nokia's new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 920. First it was shown (and admitted by Nokia) that the stabilised video footage ...
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What are some camera-phones with decent shutter-release response (or workarounds)?
Whilst a cell phone camera is never going to be the greatest, it does excel in one area - you generally have it on you all the time. So having a good cell phone camera is a nice thing to aspire to.
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Motorola Razr Maxx compression removal
I've recently acquired a Motorola Razr Maxx. I had hoped its camera would be good for those random shots of opportunity, but unfortunately its quality seems crippled by overzealous JPEG compression. ...
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Does the Nokia Lumia 920 truly present any significant advancements in cameras?
Nokia is touting the new Nokia Lumia 920 as a breakthrough on many fronts for digital photography, even going so far as to say that it can achieve DSLR like results.
Of course one of the things that ...
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How do I get the best results with a cell phone camera?
I know cell phone cameras are the lowest rung, but when reading reviews of phones, the reviewers always have sample shots that are much better than what I can manage.
What are some ways to take ...
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How can you make the most of mobile phone cameras? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get the best results with a cell phone camera?
I don't always have my DSLR with me, yet someone in the group usually has at least an iOS or Android device with ...
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How can I improve my smartphone photos of a product for eBay?
I've got a 8.0 Megapixel camera (The camera of Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone).
I need to take pictures of the product, and I want to make it look as best as can be!
It's a notebook, and it even looks ...
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Can I combine several low quality pics into one higher quality picture?
Is there an easy tool to combine low quality pics taken from a mobile phone, all of the same thing but taken within a few seconds interval from one another, mostly suffering from slight out of focus ...
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What is Interoperability Index R98?
In the uploaded pictures from my mobile phone, I get a line with the following information: Interoperability Index = R98? What is this Index?
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How many megapixels are needed on a smartphone to take above quality photos?
Just regular above quality photos for Facebook and normal things.
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Is the iPhone 4S camera good enough to serve as one's “everyday-carry”?
I'd like to have a camera with me at all times, but my DSLR is often too bulky. For some time now, I have tried cell phones as a compact camera substitutes, but with limited success. Often, the ...
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What does interpolation mean in the Nokia 808 Pureview?
The new Nokia 808 Pureview claims a 41MP sensor when shooting still images. Engadget tells us that it is due to "interpolation jiggery-pokery that condenses four or five pixels into one pixel". I ...
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What Android phone has the best camera? [closed]
I am going to buy an Android mobile phone and I want to be sure it has good camera (and video camera).
What phones do you recommend that have good camera?
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What's the professional approach to removing noise from a cell phone pic?
I have a cell phone photo that's a bit grainy and slightly blurry. It's not the out-of-focus type of blur, but the blur brought on when edges run together due to lack of sharpness.
I have Adobe ...
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What makes a Carl Zeiss lens so special in a smartphone?
There are smartphones on the market that have a focus towards photography. Some are equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens. I have looked into Wikipedia, which tells me that they are a brand who produces ...
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Will point-and-shoot cameras be able to compete with camera phones? [closed]
As camera phones become more and more sophisticated, will they ultimately replace point-and-shoot cameras?
