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4 x 6 Shoot-Out: Are Camera-Phones Ready To Make Consumer Prints?
Description: Camera-phones are on the verge of delivering the snapshot capabilities that people currently expect from single-use film cameras and entry-level digital cameras. The recent release of twomegapixel camera-phones by all three Japanese wireless carriers raises the question: Why buy a digital camera? The purpose of this 40-page study, including 119 figures, charts, and tables, was to determine if currently available camera-phones are capable of delivering acceptable consumer prints and to assess how the images produced measure up to those produced by the most popular standalone consumer cameras. Prints from images obtained by camera-phones with resolutions of 640 x 480 (two models), one megapixel, and two megapixels were compared to those from a single use (OTUC) film camera, a single use (OTUC) digital camera, and digital point-and-shoot cameras of one-, two- and three-megapixel resolution. Six test subjects, representative of standard consumer photo activities, were photographed: a house in full sunlight, an interior shop display, an outdoor portrait in bright open shade, an indoor portrait, a close-up of small objects, and an antique spice rack in dim interior lighting. Standard consumer 4 x 6-inch borderless glossy prints of all 54 test shots were made using three different methods a home inkjet printer, thermo-autochrome equipment at a corner drug store kiosk, and an online service that uses a silver halide-based process. The prints from these various sources were used as the basis for the evaluation of the results. Prints were scored in four performance categories sharpness/level of detail, color accuracy and saturation compression/ interpolation artifacts, and dynamic range, yielding overall quantitative scores for each device for each subject and for each performance dimension.

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1. Introduction: Conventional Wisdom 2. Definitions & Methodoloy 2.1 The Cameras 2.1.1 Camera-Phones 2.1.2 One-Time Use Cameras 2.1.3 Digital Cameras 2.2 The Subjects 2.3 Shooting the Pictures 2.4 Transferring the Pictures 2.5 Printing the Pictures 2.6 Evaluating the Prints 3. The Shooting Experience 3.1 Toshiba VM4050 from Sprint PCS (VGA) 3.2 Sony Ericsson K700 (VGA) 3.3 Motorola V710 (1.2-Megapixel) 3.4 Sharp SH505iS from NTT DoCoMo (2.0-Megapixel) 3.5. Dakota Digital Single-Use Camera (Ritz Camera, made by Pure Digital; 1.3-Megapixel) 3.6. Fujifilm QuickSnap Flash Single-Use Camera (2.06-Megapixel Scans) 3.7. Olympus D-600L (1.3-Megapixel) 3.8. Konica Digital Revio KD-200Z (2.1-Megapixel) 3.9. Olympus C-3040 Zoom (3.3-Megapixel) 4. Evaluation 4.1. VGA Camera-Phones 4.2. One- and Two-Megapixel Camera-Phones
4.3 Summary 5. Conclusions and Outlook 5.1 The Accepted Wisdom is Wrong 5.2 Consumers Need Help 5.3 Camera-Phones Are Getting Better 5.4 Working Together Appendix A: File Size Table About the Author / Future Image TABLE OF FIGURES Fig. 1 - Toshiba VM4050 Fig. 2 - Sony Ericsson K700 Fig. 3 - Motorola V710 Fig. 4 - Sharp SH505iS Fig. 5 - Dakota Digital One-Time Use Camera Fig. 6 - Fujifilm QuickSnap Flash Fig. 7 - Olympus D-600L Fig. 8 - Konica Digital Revio Fig. 9 - Olympus C-3040 Zoom Fig. 10 - House Fig. 11 - Shop Fig. 12 - Still Life Fig. 13 - Spice Rack Fig. 14 - Outdoor Portrait Fig. 15 - Indoor Portrait Fig. 16 - Camera-Phone Tripod Clamp Fig. 17 - Cloud Dome Fig. 18 - Sharpness Fig. 19 - Color Accuracy Fig. 20 - Artifacts Fig. 21 - Dynamic Range Fig. 22 - House, Toshiba VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 23 - House, SEMC VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 24 - House, VGA Camera-Phone Ratings Fig. 25 - Shop, Toshiba VGA Fig. 26 - Shop, SEMC VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 27 - Shop, VGA Camera-Phone Ratings Fig. 28 - Still Life, Toshiba VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 29 - Still Life, SEMC VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 30 - Still Life, VGA Camera-Phone Ratings Fig. 31 - Spice Rack, Toshiba VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 32 - Spice Rack, SEMC VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 33 - Spice Rack, VGA Camera-Phone Ratings Fig. 34 - Outdoor Portrait, Toshiba VGA Fig. 35 - Outdoor Portrait, SEMC VGA Fig. 36 - Outdoor Portrait, VGA Ratings Fig. 37 - Indoor Portrait, Toshiba VGA Camera-Phone Fig. 38 - Indoor Portrait, SEMC VGA Fig. 39 - Indoor Portrait, VGA Ratings Fig. 40 - House, Motorola 1.2MP Camera-Phone Fig. 41 - House, Sharp 2MP Camera-Phone Fig. 42 - House, 1- & 2MP Ratings Fig. 43 - Shop, Motorola 1.2MP Camera-Phone Fig. 44 - Shop, 1- & 2MP Ratings Fig. 45 - Shop, Sharp 2MP Camera-Phone Fig. 46 - Still Life, Motorola 1.2MP Fig. 47 - Still Life, Sharp 2MP Camera-Phone Fig. 48 - Still Life, 1- & 2MP Ratings Fig. 49 - Spice Rack, Motorola 1.2MP Fig. 50 - Spice Rack, Sharp 2MP Camera-Phone

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Indoor Portrait, Olympus 1.3MP Digicam Indoor Portrait, Konica 2.1MP Digicam Indoor Portrait, Olympus 3.3MP Digicam Indoor Portrait, All Devices Ratings Table of Results File Size Table

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