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- Jun 19, 2002
Thinking about getting a digital camera, but could I go w/ a camera phone instead?
I have usually just borrowed one of my family's digital cameras when I want to take some pictures, but for my birthday I'm thinking about getting one for myself.
I'm also going to be buying a new cell phone very soon (including new contract), so I'm curious if a very nice cell phone could provide at least decent photo quality. I know there are a lot of cameras on phones that really suck (I've seen pictures) and so it's kind of pointless to have them, but are there any newer phones you can buy that actually get close to quality of a regular digital cam?
I'm not too picky about the image quality, just your average digital camera would be sufficient for me, but I'd want the phone's quality to be at least AT that level, and from what I've seen most camera phones take pretty bad pictures. If I could, I'd like to just get a really nice phone that takes good pictures rather than get both a phone and a camera. If camera phones still all suck though, then it'd be helpful if you could recommend a quality digital camera that's a good deal for its price (probably < $200). Thanks!
I have usually just borrowed one of my family's digital cameras when I want to take some pictures, but for my birthday I'm thinking about getting one for myself.
I'm also going to be buying a new cell phone very soon (including new contract), so I'm curious if a very nice cell phone could provide at least decent photo quality. I know there are a lot of cameras on phones that really suck (I've seen pictures) and so it's kind of pointless to have them, but are there any newer phones you can buy that actually get close to quality of a regular digital cam?
I'm not too picky about the image quality, just your average digital camera would be sufficient for me, but I'd want the phone's quality to be at least AT that level, and from what I've seen most camera phones take pretty bad pictures. If I could, I'd like to just get a really nice phone that takes good pictures rather than get both a phone and a camera. If camera phones still all suck though, then it'd be helpful if you could recommend a quality digital camera that's a good deal for its price (probably < $200). Thanks!