Re: SE K800i and email question

hairydog@despammed.com wrote:
> Have I understood correctly? You are connecting through 3 and trying
> to use an Orange SMTP server? Well, it won't work. Use 3's SMTP server
> or find a server that does SMTP Authentication.

I think he meant he uses three email accounts, not Three email
accounts! I experienced the same problem with my K800 (used on Orange,
but not Orange branded) so used another SMTP account (work account)
with authentication enabled.

I presume the Orange branded version has this fixed, but if not then a
firmware update (which is needed to fix some rather dodgy photos taken
in auto mode) is hopefully imminent.

The K800 takes the best photos for any current 3 megapixel camera, but
in auto mode it's shocking how easy it is for the phone to take really
BAD photos, without warning, because it gets the settings all wrong
(and then tries to soften things up to spoil them more). Using the
flash causes most problems. K800 & Auto; just say no!

Jonathan

On 10 Sep 2006 15:52:08 -0700, "Jonathan Morris"
<j.morris@jmcomms.com> wrote:

> but
>in auto mode it's shocking how easy it is for the phone to take really
>BAD photos, without warning, because it gets the settings all wrong
>(and then tries to soften things up to spoil them more). Using the
>flash causes most problems. K800 & Auto; just say no!
>

Poor, as its a camera second, thats likely to be used in auto 99.9 %
of the time. If I have to spend time fidling with apertures and iso I
think a camera would be better....

"Jonathan Morris" <j.morris@jmcomms.com> wrote in message
news:1157928728.334797.256480@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
> The K800 takes the best photos for any current 3 megapixel camera, but
> in auto mode it's shocking how easy it is for the phone to take really
> BAD photos, without warning, because it gets the settings all wrong
> (and then tries to soften things up to spoil them more). Using the
> flash causes most problems. K800 & Auto; just say no!

Took me a few days to figure this out. Mine usually remains in Portrait,
unless conditions have changed.

Shak

uknewsfan wrote:
> Poor, as its a camera second, thats likely to be used in auto 99.9 %
> of the time. If I have to spend time fidling with apertures and iso I
> think a camera would be better....

It's not that advanced (yet!). Auto tries to do everything for you, but
seems to get confused. Firmware can fix that, and probably will (and
maybe already has - I no longer have my K800 to check).

In manual mode you can select the basic modes, for low-light (when the
flash works much better) or landscape - which turns on the image
stabiliser. Document mode increases the sharpness of macro photographs.
It is well worth choosing the right mode for the photo you're going to
take. In fact, any ordinary digital camera is better if you select
certain things in advance than rely on a 'catch all' mode that can only
work so well.

Jonathan