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I can't believe I read this whole thread.
You have to love the RIM faithful. For the last couple of weeks I've been reading over and over again about how WONDERFUL it is that RIM finally has a phone that'll shoot HD 720p video. (Why is it still in 3GP?) People seem to just be dying to run out and record hundreds of hours of high def video with this awesome new Blackberry as if that's the most important feature to hit Blackberry phones in the last decade.
Then you mention that fact this phone actually has a below average, fixed-focus camera and those same people come out of the woods with pitchforks in hand ready to burn you at the stake. After all, it's of the utmost importance that your smartphone shoots HD video, but good pictures? Oh, no. Everyone has a nice digital camera for that. (Don't those digital cameras also shoot HD video?)
It's just the same old story over and over again from the RIM loyalist, including the "fearless" leader of the Crackberry nation. They never demand more from RIM. ****, at this point they don't even expect it. I remember a few years back when RIM was still releasing "flagship" devices that didn't have WIFI and these same people were going around telling everyone that it wasn't a big deal because no one needed WIFI anyway. It just never changes. It's really too bad because we've reached the point when it's so painfully obvious that the die-hard RIM loyalist aren't enough to keep this company going. Now more than ever you'd think that the RIM faithful would be the people complaining the loudest. Hey RIM, some of us would still like to be able to buy Blackberry phones 10-years from now. Could please stop making the same stupid mistakes over and over?
Oh well... the saving grace here is that most people probably won't even notice. I mean, it's late 2011 here. Auto-focus cameras are just the expected norm. I don't think anyone will even ask about the camera at the point of purchase. I was reading a review the other day (Blackberry Bold 9900 review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Mobile phones) where the reviewer doesn't even realize that the phone doesn't have an auto-focus camera. He's just assuming the focus isn't working correctly. You can't really blame him. I'd bet he hasn't been handed a "flagship" device (or bottom end device for that matter) with a fixed-focus camera in 2 or 3 years. A camera that will focus on its object is just something that you assume is there.
Maybe next year, eh RIM. I'm still dying to come back. I still have a small trace of Blackberry blood running through my veins. I don't know what you put in there, but it's pretty good stuff.08-14-11 12:46 PM - Can Autofocus camera take fast pictures? - noI can't believe I read this whole thread.
You have to love the RIM faithful. For the last couple of weeks I've been reading over and over again about how WONDERFUL it is that RIM finally has a phone that'll shoot HD 720p video. (Why is it still in 3GP?) People seem to just be dying to run out and record hundreds of hours of high def video with this awesome new Blackberry as if that's the most important feature to hit Blackberry phones in the last decade.
Then you mention that fact this phone actually has a below average, fixed-focus camera and those same people come out of the woods with pitchforks in hand ready to burn you at the stake. After all, it's of the utmost importance that your smartphone shoots HD video, but good pictures? Oh, no. Everyone has a nice digital camera for that. (Don't those digital cameras also shoot HD video?)
It's just the same old story over and over again from the RIM loyalist, including the "fearless" leader of the Crackberry nation. They never demand more from RIM. ****, at this point they don't even expect it. I remember a few years back when RIM was still releasing "flagship" devices that didn't have WIFI and these same people were going around telling everyone that it wasn't a big deal because no one needed WIFI anyway. It just never changes. It's really too bad because we've reached the point when it's so painfully obvious that the die-hard RIM loyalist aren't enough to keep this company going. Now more than ever you'd think that the RIM faithful would be the people complaining the loudest. Hey RIM, some of us would still like to be able to buy Blackberry phones 10-years from now. Could please stop making the same stupid mistakes over and over?
Oh well... the saving grace here is that most people probably won't even notice. I mean, it's late 2011 here. Auto-focus cameras are just the expected norm. I don't think anyone will even ask about the camera at the point of purchase. I was reading a review the other day (Blackberry Bold 9900 review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Mobile phones) where the reviewer doesn't even realize that the phone doesn't have an auto-focus camera. He's just assuming the focus isn't working correctly. You can't really blame him. I'd bet he hasn't been handed a "flagship" device (or bottom end device for that matter) with a fixed-focus camera in 2 or 3 years. A camera that will focus on its object is just something that you assume is there.
Maybe next year, eh RIM. I'm still dying to come back. I still have a small trace of Blackberry blood running through my veins. I don't know what you put in there, but it's pretty good stuff.
Can All focus camera take good close up pictures? - no
Is there a compromise in between? - no
I just tested and it took my 9700's Autofocus camera around 10 seconds to take 3 shots. I bet I could take at least 6 shots with an All focus 9900 in 10 seconds.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com08-14-11 01:20 PM
