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iPhone 4S Becomes Second Most Popular Cameraphone on Flickr

japanime said:
Indoors, however, it's such a huge disappointment, particularly under fluorescent lighting. The blue-green splotch ruins all pictures. And, according to the folks at the Ginza Apple Store Genius Bar, the blue-green splotch is present in ALL iPhone 4 cameras. (Not sure if this is true, but that's what they told me when I tried to get them to switch my iPhone 4 out for one whose camera didn't have this problem.)
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Mine does not have that problem. They were just BSing you I think. I find that if the genius doesn't really know the problem they tend to BS you. I won't even hold it against the genius to be fair as I applied for an apple job and one impression in the group interview I got was that if you didn't know the answer they didn't want you to go ask some one else but figure it out yourself. So I really get the impression they pressure the genius's to just come up with something. So they probably get good with coming up with BS when they don't really know the answer.

I will say mine makes white look really yellow when you take pictures with lots of white (I tend to take a lot of pictures of cats on my bed which has white sheets and a white down comforter and the bed and walls always looks this nasty yellow in the picture. I did notice at least in the store the 4S did seem to take better pictures of white that didn't have that yellowish tinge).
 
Sorry, but Nokia N8 is still the state-of-the-art cameraphone. Sadly N9 was a downgrade in this aspect, as it lost xenon flash and sensor size (an important item for better image quality).

iPhone 4S and N9 provide good quality for normal use, but N8 produces more balanced images, with a good dynamic range. If you want more vivid photos, you can simply use OSX image viewer or the built-in N8 image editor.

For the visitors that think I am overrating N8, it is not the perfect phone tough. My perfect cameraphone should have the following characteristics:
Photography:
- Panasonic LX5 sensor density (could be a smaller sensor with less pixel count that would fit in a cell phone);
- raw mode: this feature is absolutely mandatory for amateur enthusiasts as it provides a broader dynamic range;
- manual mode: control over speed, iso sensitivity and aperture are as essential as raw.
Video:
- external microphone support;
- higher framerate (45 to 60 fps under 720p);
- manual controls to choose aperture, iso and autofocus.

Desirable characteristics:
- 2nd curtain flash;
- NFC/bluetooth/WIFI/IR external flash triggering;
- "manual autofocus", that is, the user can choose what frame region must be the focused area.


All or some of these characteristics could make the perfect cameraphone. At the current time, all phones are very poor in terms of software, providing basically all-automatic cameras.
 
 
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