OmniVision Unveils 12 MP Camera Sensor

[Big Ry]

All I can say is they better bring down the price in micro SD cards for this to have a shot.

Even 12+ MP pictures barely take up any storage

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under what compression ratio? let's not forget we're losing quality also in the processing it takes to shrink the file size. I have a 12MP DSLR and some RAW photos are 10MB in size!

Light, but also color. Every phone camera I've had has a ton of grain in it, even tho it's "O wow, look, we put a 5MP camera in there", but the pics look like sh*t.

I don't care how big I can print the picture out at full resolution if it has no shot at having great colors.

lol, we'll need to have a ring of 5 LEDs around the lens so it gets enough light

I've taken a TON of pictures on my DroidX. On the computer, they look grainy. But i recently bought a new printer that has photo printing capabilities and have to say, my DX takes AMAZING pictures. I've printed a bunch of 4x6 photos, but I have three borderles 8.5x11 prints and have gotten a TON of positive remarks not only about the contents but the quality of the print. They are all amazed it was taken on my phone. Here are two examples: Sample 1 Sample 2

The black/white one prints AMAZINGLY well. The detail of the bark at the playground is crazy good. The color one is also truely amazing looking. I've had people accuse me of photoshoping parts of it. The colors are WAY WAY more vibrant on the print than in the photo. My sons eyes are a crazy blue too on the print. And no, hes not bleached out from the flash, hes just very fair skinned.

I have a 14 megapixel camera and the images are very comparable. When you zoom in, they look grainy, but print beautifully. When viewed on a TV or something (I did as a slideshow for my parents a few times) the images are gorgeous.

you're experiencing the "benefits" of higher resolution sensors but are still missing the point. these high resolution sensors are capable of "hiding" the excessive noise in any photo, IF LEFT UNTOUCHED! crop, zoom, alter said photos and the noise will become more and more pronounced. just like you observed the noise on your computer.

it's not that the printer is doing a good job of reducing or hiding the noise, it's that hte image has enough resolution that it's unnoticeable.

10MB out of a 16/32GB card is nothing

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[sb1831]

I was mostly concerned with the 1080p video recording. I have and HD Video recorder, and a Canon DSLR that records at 720p, and the file sizes get pretty big. Unless you continue to move them to your computer the space will get used up pretty fast. But I suppose it also depends on how much video taking each person does, some do more than others.

If I want a camera to take great pics, I use my DSLR. If I wanted to play video games I'd get a Wii I suppose since I have a nephew. I guess if more people were like me, we'd get phones with better battery life.

 

[steveninspokane]

I was mostly concerned with the 1080p video recording. I have and HD Video recorder, and a Canon DSLR that records at 720p, and the file sizes get pretty big. Unless you continue to move them to your computer the space will get used up pretty fast. But I suppose it also depends on how much video taking each person does, some do more than others.

If I want a camera to take great pics, I use my DSLR. If I wanted to play video games I'd get a Wii I suppose since I have a nephew. I guess if more people were like me, we'd get phones with better battery life.

If your main concern was battery life, I am sure you can find a much cheaper alternative then a smart phone.

Fact is, Not everyone has a DSLR, and if most people are like me, they pack their phone everywhere they go, but not their $2000's worth of camera and lenses around. And sometimes, who knows, out of the ordinary something happens that is worthy of capturing, it is great to just pull out your all in one life tool (Smart phone) and capture it.

Recap,

Not everyone has a DSLR
Not everyone wants to pack their DSLR around
Smartphones are great to have to take pictures and videos with.

 

[640k]

10MB out of a 16/32GB card is nothing

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maybe not, but it doesn't take "much" to fill it up. between video, photos, mp3s, etc....

let's put it this way, my D2 with 16GB and normal operation, regularly only has 4-2GB of available space on it. my DCIM folder's current size is just shy of 2GB. that's with highly compressed, 5MP JPG images. imagine what kind of damage a non-savvy consumer would do with RAW images.

 

[640k]

If your main concern was battery life, I am sure you can find a much cheaper alternative then a smart phone.

Fact is, Not everyone has a DSLR, and if most people are like me, they pack their phone everywhere they go, but not their $2000's worth of camera and lenses around. And sometimes, who knows, out of the ordinary something happens that is worthy of capturing, it is great to just pull out your all in one life tool (Smart phone) and capture it.

i've still managed to whip out my phone, even while trucking my DSLR around. sometimes you need a shot and you have the wrong lens on, sometimes you just want to upload a pic or video because it captures the moment.

 

[sb1831]

I have a question. Do any of the phones on the market even have memory that will allow the full potential of real time capture of HD Video? I know that some of my Class 10 cards have cost more than the price of some phones these days. Given that manufacturers typically don't put that type of quality into a phone how does it compare?