Nokia N95 camera review: High five

19 April 2007
Camera interface, description of functions, sample pictures, comparison to a digital camera, and sample VGA videos. Nokia N95 is among the first mobile phones on the European market to ever offer a 5-megapixel resolution. What’s more, its camera features a Carl Zeiss lens, automatic focus, and detailed user-configurable settings.

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  • Anonymous
  • nb6
  • 19 Apr 2007

Gsm Arena you used write such good reviews about phones, what happened this time? With all due respect, I think this is a rather lousy review, I was awaiting this review so badly especially from your site. I hope you ever come with a better review, I was waiting for your review before buying this phone but now I will just have to search somewhere else. Anyway, thanks

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    • Lukas Carlsson
    • MDk
    • 19 Apr 2007

    I am sorry for mistakes in my message.
    * are about looks
    * megapixels
    *GSM Arena are right

    and so on...

    However it is not regarding mistakes i wanted to do. The link doesn't seem to be working so here you go a new one:
    http://www.palmshop.ru/img/foto/olympus_mju_mini_s_blue.gif.big.gif

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      • Lukas
      • MDk
      • 19 Apr 2007

      Please have it in your mind that mobile cameras will never be better/equal to good cameras like Fuji F9600, Canon G6 and so on.
      But in the matter of fact, "ultra-compact" cameras is all about looks and number of megapixsels.
      In terms of performance, Nokia N95 is equal to Olympus Mju Mini S for example. (http://www.palmshop.ru/img/foto/olympus_mju_mini_s_blue.gif.big.gif).
      GSM Arena is right in statment "Substitute for a digital camera"
      However, this phone is not about the camera and I hope to see the full review soon. If you want REAL camera - Pentax K-series, Pentax ist*, Canon EOS are on the top.
      Mobile phones are going to change "ultra-compact" cameras one day...

      All the Best,
      Lukas

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        • Anonymous
        • TIE
        • 19 Apr 2007

        the worst review i've seen so far. gsm arena aint doing a good thing at all.

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          • Anonymous
          • w6n
          • 19 Apr 2007

          so why not a full phone review?? i think you should focus on the complete package, because i'm not going to buy this phone instead of a camera...

          also, there have been a lot of reports about the phone's poor battery life, so make sure you tell us what that's like...right now it sounds to me like they tried to do too much with this little device and it's more a prototype with room for a lot of improvements to make it a really reliable, day to day phone, instead it's a gadget junkies phone.

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            • GReddy
            • nDV
            • 19 Apr 2007

            I don't know, i'm not an expert in cameras...but as i can see there's over sharpening all over the edges...just like with the camera on 6280, 6233...as i said, it just may be my opinion, correct me if i'm wrong

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              • fdf
              • 2CL
              • 19 Apr 2007

              What is annoying is that the article implies heavily that this phone is capable of producing very good photos buy saying that it is a 'Substitute for camera'. It's nowhere near the performance of a real camera.

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                • Anonymous
                • nth
                • 19 Apr 2007

                IMO this article is ridiculous.
                if i'm lloking for some articles about some digital camera performances and/or comparisons,
                i'll go to www.dpreview.com or www.steves-digicams.com or www.dcresource.com instead.

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                  • vace
                  • mD6
                  • 19 Apr 2007

                  I think that the picture of n95 is really good but the comparison with digital camera is not write>they should make a comparison with LG kg920.5MP vs 5MP!

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                    • shou
                    • PB1
                    • 19 Apr 2007

                    it's not fair comparing cameraphone to digicam.
                    even the cheapest digicam has a dedicated chip for digital image processing in it.
                    i think GSMarena starting to make-up things...

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                      • fdf
                      • 2CL
                      • 19 Apr 2007

                      How can the phone's picture s be compared to a real digital camera. My 3.2MP can take better pictures than this! Megapixels aren't everything, and all the details on the pictures are missing. Look at the leaves; it's a big smudged mess of green, along with the ground. It's all like a large watercolour painting. You implied the only difference was the colour which is very untrue.

                      It's OK for a cameraphone, but nowhere near the quality of real cameras.

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                        • mnm
                        • PId
                        • 19 Apr 2007

                        i-mobile 902 camera is far more better thn n95 n the price is also dirt cheap...these branded phones just fool people spcly nokia...sony ericsson is good...but i have got a i-mobile 902 5mp camera with xenon flash using the sony camera is awesome n at dirt cheap price...

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                          • whB
                          • 19 Apr 2007

                          forgot to mention,.. sony is known for their images with lesser barrel distortion while maintaining sharpness and exposure at once. while canon is known for the sharpness and accuracy.

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                            • SeF
                            • whB
                            • 19 Apr 2007

                            i think nokia don't really focus the digital camera quality on their phone instead they just add megapixels and settings for further improvement over their past camera phones. their primary target is the consumers not the digital imaging crown or TIPA award. on the other hand, SE aims to be the best mobile imaging company and also just like nokia, wants to attract costumers. all in all both companies have slightly different aims on the market.

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                              • westie
                              • UFI
                              • 19 Apr 2007

                              The price is dropping rather quickly...

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                                • Anonymous
                                • ptR
                                • 19 Apr 2007

                                nothing to say,just i'm second

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Rn@
                                  • 19 Apr 2007

                                  (1st!)no other phone on the market to compare with so compared to a reel cam. i guess thats what you'd call props.