Comparing a 12 Mpx: Nokia N8 vs. SE Satio (U1i)

The need to capture a personal moment in a photograph or video is increasing. Purposes also varied, some people taking pictures or video recording for personal documentation, while others were to be disclosed to others through social networking sites such as Facebook.

For some, the ability of the digital video cameras on the phone has not fulfilled his need for a camera, so usually choose to bring pocket cameras wherever they go. But now some vendors started to include camera phones up to 12 megapixels in the hope of meeting those needs.

In this article tries to compare the ability of the camera Nokia N8, against Sony Ericsson Satio. Both can be categorized as superior when talking about cameras, because both are measuring 12 Megapixel.

Operation
The existence of a special shutter button on both phones is something that has been properly held, given that the power of the camera features a very prominent. In addition to taking pictures, the shutter button on the phone also works as an auto focus like the digital camera. For the zoom, Satio equipped with physical buttons zoom in and zoom out so that the process of zooming become more intuitive. Unlike to the N8 the process of zooming to be done on a virtual panel.


Interface on both the camera feature can be quite easily understood. On view camera features Satio, on the left side of the screen you will find 5 different icons, each representing arrangements, such as choice scenes / presets, shooting mode, flash, exposure, and auto. On the right we will find an icon for the exit of the features of the camera and icons to go into the settings option.


Meanwhile, N8 interface appear more minimalist with only 3 pieces of icons on the right side, each one to switch to video mode, flash, and the settings menu. Also the zoom panel pinned on the left.
To switch to a video recorder mode is not difficult, because the existence of a physical button on Satio to move from photo to video camera mode is very helpful. While on the N8, like zoom to move to video recorder mode done on a virtual panel.

Indoor objects
The ability of the two cameras in the room could be said to be very adequate. When tested, both cameras can capture the sharpness of the well above average of most camera phones. Only when shooting with the help of flash, in a room with low lighting conditions both phones capture a slightly different color compared to the original color of the object. If N8 displays a slightly paler color than the original color while Satio produce a darker color than the original color. But the most into the record is the ability of the Nokia N8 are able to minimize noise which is not owned by Satio.

Outdoor objects
Just as when in the room, both cameras appear clearly in the outdoors. Both cameras produce images that are relatively balanced in terms of quality. Both the sharpness and color produced in accordance with the conditions of actual objects.

Macro mode
Macro is a common feature on high-grade digital cameras, but not on the phone. However, we compare these two phones both armed with this feature. By activating the macro feature, a camera to capture objects with very good sharpness, although in a very close distance.
When the two cameras to try to activate this feature, on the N8 to produce sharpness much better than Satio. Besides the colors more natural.

Video Recording
When talking about video recording capability, N8 had the upper hand. His ability to record 720p HD quality video is clearly not comparable with the videos made Satio that only in the quality WVGA only.
When recording video, it is felt that the censorship Satio work slowly so that when the video was recorded and played back the movement of the object looked like a stammer. The situation is very different from the video results from N8, which is able to produce HD quality video camcoder classmates.

Conclusion
Both phones clearly able to demonstrate superior quality as a camera phone, it's just that the ability of the N8 to reduce noise when operated in low lighting conditions can be spelled out incredible, and enough to make Satio overwhelmed. Yet both are relatively well-balanced performance, when used in good lighting objects. On the video, Satio obviously did not play in the same league with the N8. In terms of quality, N8 far left Satio.

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