Comments on: Samsung Pixon 12

By: jack

jack — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:48:01 +0000

Indeed Pixon 12 is a great camera-phone. Number of pixel on the sensor is not the only factor enable good quality image. By the way the flash is XENON. Here is a good review : http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39051199,44808983p,00.htm

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:30:01 +0000

I have a Samsung Pixon 12, It has a 12 mega pixels camera for better photography. My friend suggest me to buy this phone from here: http://www.nextgenmobileshop.co.uk/phones-Samsung-M8910Pixon12 at very low price in UK.

By: B_E_N

B_E_N — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:27:10 +0000

My experience from Ericsson K750i ( 2,0 Mp ) is mindblowing !
My experience from Ericsson K800i ( 3,2 Mp -> that’s 60% increase over the K750i ) is very good
BUT
I assume THE SENSOR SIZE on the two consequtive models IS THE SAME, and the increased detail on the 3,2 Mp K800i is counteracted by increased noise which seem to have called for heavy noise reduction:
Fine lines are sharper – to a point. Even finer lines are simply lost: i.e.: textures on surfaces often lose nuances and detail.

And to make things worse, the inevitable smearing and blur caused by the noise reduction is counteracted by a substantial sharpening. A sharpening that makes edges raw and over-contrasty.

This jpeg-processing in the K800i is close to impossible to revert afterwards in post-processing.

On the contrary, in the K750i the slight lack of the finest details is easier to handle, and a gentle sharpening to some degre compensates that.
– - – - –
I’m sceptical to the insane Megapixel-race, but still curious as to whether a mobilephone will finally get a camera that takes really good pictures.

Why not shiftable lenses ? Like the revolver shift of the Kodak V610
http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/126100-2408p056-1b.jpg
So we can finally get true telephoto !? That would mean a world of difference regarding VERSATILITY of the camera.
It’s obvious Samsung want us to crop the part of the HUGE 12 Mpixel wide-angle pictures, to emulate a true telephoto lens, but that JUST DON’T WORK.
Period.
Anyone knows if the display is the same mindblowing 3,1″ – 480 X 800 (!) – as the Samsung Jet has got ?

By: Shyh-Horng Chen

Shyh-Horng Chen — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:50:17 +0000

I’m really looking foward to test the Pixon12. Especially I’m interested in the new display. Does someone already have some experience with it?

By: Tez

Tez — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:24:04 +0000

Personally I hate my N95 8gb, its photos are worse than my old sony 3mp camera, and I wish I had never got rid of the sony it was simply a much better phone!

The Samsung Pixon m8800 from being locked to switching to camera mode and taking a photo takes 2 seconds (compared to about 9-12 seconds on my N95. I tested a Sony C905 and that took 4-5 seconds. I hope the Pixon 12 (M8910) is as fast as the Pixon m8800 because that along with the Xenon flash will make it the best camera phone by a mile!

By: Luiz Marques

Luiz Marques — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:48:29 +0000

Personally, I find that most of my cellphone photos are pretty good (N95), but then I did buy the phone in a large part because of the camera quality.

It does have terrible shot delay (compared to a digital camera) and takes several seconds for the first shot when you open the lens cover, though…

Seems inevitable that you will pay a little more for the fancy camera, compared to the lame camera in a cheap cell though.