 Re: Video quality on Sony Ericsson K800i ?
Brian A wrote:
> I am assuming that it would be possible to get good quality video if
> the software permitted it. To fit a more video on the card they've
> reduced the quality. It would have been far better if they gave the
> choice to set the video to high quality even though recording time
> would be correspondingly reduced.
I am not sure it could ever capture video beyond 176x144 pixels,
although the frame rate for that resolution could possibly be improved
(as seen with the K750/W800) but not by enough that I'd consider using
it for my holiday video!
The W900 has a graphics co-processor and managed QVGA video that was
quite decent (record and playback). The K800, for some reason, doesn't
have this which seems like a backward step (but the K800 also lacks
Shockwave Flash themes, some of the new Sony Ericsson icons etc so it
must have been in development for a LONG time).
The camera sensor is top quality (on our camera test, it outperforms
every other 3-3.2 megapixel camera, including Nokia's N73 and N93) but
for video, well, the less said the better. The phone is clearly not
able to process video at high resolution, even though I bet the sensor
could easily provide it.
When Sony Ericsson releases their next Cyber-shot phone, hopefully with
Minolta's optical zoom technology, I hope they also boost the video to
a MINIMUM of 320x240 and ideally VGA (640x480) at a decent frame rate.
Jonathan
(What Mobile magazine)
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