iphone - is the camera any good?

[scottyd2k9]

Im thinking about selling my Nokia n8 and my ipod touch 3g to buy an Iphone 4s white with money put toward it but i dont know because i'll switching from a 12mp camera to a 8mp. Does anyone know if the iphone camera is good ???

an is it worth getting?

[Teknikal]

You might have seen this already but there is a comparison on engagdet

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/17/c...ii-nokia-n8-a/

One thing to bear in mind is it's definetely a pro apple site and they probably used as many tricks as they could to make the 4s pics look as good as they could and the others as bad as they could.

[crunc]

The camera on the iPhone 4 (I can't say for sure about the 4s) is good in comparison to most cell phone cameras, but it's still a cell phone camera. It takes pretty good pictures when the light is very good (basically only outside). Indoors it's much grainier and the LED flash isn't very good. One pretty cool thing about it, though, is that the GPS tags the location of photos, which is pretty darn nifty - seeing your photos marked on a map. I love that. I wish my real camera had a GPS built-in. In short, I think the 4/4s makes a good supplement to a real camera, but it's probably not a great choice for an only camera.

[LBG]

Yeah it's good for taking photographs, but useless for taking good photographs. As far as phone cameras go, it's pretty good, but definitely no substitute for a good compact camera or DSLR.

Also, pay no attention to how many megapixels phone cameras have. Having more megapixels doesn't mean better quality photos. The sensor quality and amount of noise in low light conditions is much more important.

[Coburn]

The camera's pretty good. There are some camera apps that make the photos look fantastic.

You can find some photos taken with the 4S: http://www.flickr.com/cameras/apple/iphone_4s/

[EfratBarTal]

i am very unhappy with the results of night photography mostly the flash that just does more harm then good. but the daytime photos are pretty good for a cell phone. i'm talking about iphone 4 btw