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LG AX830 Glimmer
Internal Camera
The camera on the Glimmer is supposedly 2.0 megapixels and it seems to have that, but the pictures aren’t quite what I expected. Some of the pictures came out blurry, including ones taken in very controlled situations. I took a variety of pictures in different environments in order to hopefully give you a good idea of the cameras performance. One of the pictures was taken in a night situation to demonstrate the flash that this camera features.
I think a lot of the reason the pictures have some blur to them is that the lens is so small and accessible to dirt that even a little bit of a smudge can drastically affect quality. All pictures were taken after wiping the lens on my shirt; I figure that is the most anyone will have available with them to clean the camera lens on the fly. Included below are the test photographs I took, be warned however, they are NOT resized and thus are very large. If you have a slow connection beware.
This photo is of a band about to play in a low-light situation; because of the distances involved the flash was useless.
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In this set of photos I took some shots with my camera and then with my phone to compare. The items pictured are ones which I am currently or have recently reviewed. The picture quality the Glimmer gives is insufficient for what we do here at Techwarelabs. Note that these pictures were taken in a well lit room under the carefully controlled environment in which we photograph and test our parts here at TWL.
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These are my flash test pictures. I needed an object at close range that had both dark and bright elements. My alarm jumped out at me as the best fit of this role so I took a picture. Note that the room itself is very dark; the non-illuminated features are very difficult to read ordinarily. As you can see up close the flash actually can illuminate things and make taking a photo possible.
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Here is the interface used to take pictures with, it’s pretty intuitive, but does require you to use the touch screen. This is a good example of the interface and the steps needed to take the picture above. As you can see it’s really dark, there is no way a normal camera without a flash could make a decent photo.
Hard to see isn't it? Let's enable the flash. |
Adjust some of the modes. |
Boom, a nice visable picture. |
This is the photo browser in the phone |
Thoughts About the Touch Screen
When you are dealing with a touch screen phone there are a few additional things you must address. The first question I get asked about it is usually how durable it is. The screen on the Glimmer is firm and fairly resistant to scratches. In the time I’ve had this phone I have managed to put only one real scratch on the face. It is just a small nick near the buttons on the bottom. It’s almost impossible to photograph or I would show you. LG provides a film for it that does significantly help with scratches, but I chose to not have the film on when I got the scratch. The next thing to address is its sensitivity. The screen takes a forceful push to accept an input. This keeps your pocket from dialing out, but still allows the screen to be usable. When you first get the phone you calibrate the screen and from then on it is very accurate. I use my nail frequently to hit the small spots between letters in text messages and the screen is precise enough to pick that up.
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