On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 03:41:28PM -0400, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > HOWEVER, the digital cameras that I've seen on Android devices have all > > been in the 2 to 3 MP range. > > Within about 18 inches of me I have a phone with a 5-megapixel camera, > a phone with a 13(!)-megapixel camera, and a tablet with a 5-megapixel > camera. The 5-megapixel devices are fairly conventional; the > 13-megapixel one is a bit special. Not to mention crazy expensive. > > There are Android phones with low-resolution cameras, but many people > will have phones with better cameras.
Oh, ok. I wasn't aware of any of these. I only knew what I've seen in muine and in adverts for others. Thanks for the update. But, fwiw, even a 5 MP is only in the medium range (as is my 4 MP Nikon). You can definitely get some high quality images, as long as you don't try to enlarge them too much (my 4 MP Nikon is good to about 20x16, MAYBE up to 24x16...after that, it's pixelated ... and that assumes direct to TIFF photos, not JPEG). 13 MP is certainly getting into the higher end. If I remember correctly, one of the newest Nikon DSLRs is only up to about 16 or 18 MP (and I really want that one, but it'd take a few years of Ramen noodles for every meal, and not spending a penny beyond that and bills, just to get close to being able to buy one). Btw, I just got an Archos 101 Internet tablet, courtesy of a friend from college (to keep me from getting bored, and thus lowering my morale, while in the hospital starting in just over a week...when dealing with cancer, low morale can be lethal) and its camera is amazingly BAD. We're talking HORRIBLE! It MIGHT be as good as 0.5 MP (aka 500 kP)....or maybe not. But then, the only reason that matters is that it might not work for scanning barcodes for apps.... I wouldn't use it for real photography either way (the next set I do will use Ektar 100 Pro film). > Note that I'm not quibbling about anything with your post, other than > the prevalence of better-megapixel devices. And that's how I read it...just pointing out that they exist. :-) Later, --jim -- 73 DE N5IAL (/4) | "Now what *you* need is a proper pint of [email protected] | porter poured in a proper pewter porter < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > | pot.." ICBM / Hurricane: | --Peter Dalgaard in alt.sysadmin.recovery 30.44406N 86.59909W | Android Apps Listing at http://www.jstrack.org/barcodes.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
