Neither camera has an eyepiece viewfinder. Phones, of course, generally don't have any optical zoom at all.Īll the usual touch-screen tricks work: tap to take a photograph swipe to view the next or previous shot spread two fingers to zoom into a photo. And these cameras have incredible zoom ranges, even while recording video - 10X for the Nikon, an impressive 21X on the Samsung. You get a true built-in flash, rather than the feeble LED built onto the backs of phones. The cameras themselves, each available in black or white, are clearly designed to flaunt their superiority over mobile phone cameras. Unfortunately, you won't really know until you pay the money to download these apps. Some of the photo-editing apps can't handle these cameras' big 16-megapixel files, either. Just beware that most of them are intended for mobiles, so they don't recognise these cameras' optical zoom controls. Take a shot with one app, crop, degrade and post it with Instagram. The Android store overflows with photography apps. These cameras offer a second big attraction, though: freedom of photo software. The Samsung model can also get online over the cellular networks, just like a phone, so you can upload almost anywhere.
You can even make Skype video calls, although you won't be able to see your conversation partner the lens has to be pointing toward you.īoth cameras get online using wi-fi hot spots. Well, as fine a job as a phone could do, anyway. You eliminate the whole "get home and transfer it to the computer" step.Īnd as long as your camera can get online, why stop there? These cameras also do a fine job of handling web surfing, email, YouTube videos, Facebook feeds, Skype video calls and other online tasks. Now you can take a real photo with a real camera - and post it or send it online instantly. "What's the address, honey? I'll plug it into my camera.")īut the real reason you'd want an Android camera is wirelessness.
You download and run them exactly the same way. These cameras can run Angry Birds, Flipboard, Instapaper, Pandora, Firefox, GPS navigation programs and so on. The big black multitouch screen is filled with app icons. The Samsung camera that looks and acts like an Android phone.įrom the back, you could mistake both of these cameras for Android phones.
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