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I do a fail amount of digital photography with a quality camera, but my
question has to do with getting the best image quality from a cell phone camera. I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. My Verizon phone has a 1.3 mp camera built in. It is a LG 8100 and I set it in the 1.3mp picture mode. To get a picture from the phone to my computer I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Is there a way to improve the quality of the image that I get from Verizon? Is there another (better) way to transfer the image from the phone to my PC without going through Verizon and losing resolution? Thanks EJ in NJ |
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Ernie Willson wrote: I do a fail amount of digital photography with a quality camera, but my question has to do with getting the best image quality from a cell phone camera. I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. My Verizon phone has a 1.3 mp camera built in. It is a LG 8100 and I set it in the 1.3mp picture mode. To get a picture from the phone to my computer I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Is there a way to improve the quality of the image that I get from Verizon? Is there another (better) way to transfer the image from the phone to my PC without going through Verizon and losing resolution? Thanks EJ in NJ Jpeg pictures size does't apply to MP size since jpeg is a lossy compression. What matters is what is the dimension of the pic when you open it in an editor. I'm used to Photoshop and it tells you the true picture size in the lower left of the picture window and in Image / Image size. Irfanview show the image size in Image / resize - resample. So you probably have a heavily compressed jpeg from a 2 megabyte image. If that is how verizon handles it you are pretty much under their control. Reason I have never considered a camera phone is that they charge you to get your image from the phone, cameras with data cards seem like a much better idea. Though I have heard of camera phones that do use memory cards. Tom |
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tomm42 wrote:
Ernie Willson wrote: I do a fail amount of digital photography with a quality camera, but my question has to do with getting the best image quality from a cell phone camera. I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. My Verizon phone has a 1.3 mp camera built in. It is a LG 8100 and I set it in the 1.3mp picture mode. To get a picture from the phone to my computer I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Is there a way to improve the quality of the image that I get from Verizon? Is there another (better) way to transfer the image from the phone to my PC without going through Verizon and losing resolution? Thanks EJ in NJ Jpeg pictures size does't apply to MP size since jpeg is a lossy compression. What matters is what is the dimension of the pic when you open it in an editor. I'm used to Photoshop and it tells you the true picture size in the lower left of the picture window and in Image / Image size. Irfanview show the image size in Image / resize - resample. So you probably have a heavily compressed jpeg from a 2 megabyte image. If that is how verizon handles it you are pretty much under their control. Reason I have never considered a camera phone is that they charge you to get your image from the phone, cameras with data cards seem like a much better idea. Though I have heard of camera phones that do use memory cards. Tom Bluetooth, IR or data cable connection directly from phone to PC or e-mail from phone Tony M |
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"Ernie Willson" wrote in message m... I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. Prize for understatement of the year there. I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Didn't you get any sort of wire which will connect your phone direct to your PC? |
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Helen wrote:
"Ernie Willson" wrote in message m... I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. Prize for understatement of the year there. I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Didn't you get any sort of wire which will connect your phone direct to your PC? Most cel providers don't give you the data cable, they prefer to sell it to you. You can usually find them cheap on eBay, although those don't always include the necessary software (BitPIM, DataPilot, etc.) Just do an eBay search for 'lg 8100 data cable'. If the phone supports Bluetooth, you may also consider a USB Bluetooth adapter for the computer. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0613-1, 03/29/2006 Tested on: 3/29/2006 4:58:09 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:08:23 -0500, Ernie Willson
wrote: Is there a way to improve the quality of the image that I get from Verizon? No. |
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In article , Ernie
Willson writes I do a fail amount of digital photography with a quality camera, but my question has to do with getting the best image quality from a cell phone camera. I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. My Verizon phone has a 1.3 mp camera built in. It is a LG 8100 and I set it in the 1.3mp picture mode. To get a picture from the phone to my computer I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Is there a way to improve the quality of the image that I get from Verizon? Is there another (better) way to transfer the image from the phone to my PC without going through Verizon and losing resolution? I do not know Verizon, and do not need to. A JPG file produced by a 1.3Mpix camera will be about 0.2MB, depending on image content it can be as low as 0.12MB. I doubt that you have lost any resolution (or 'quality') since neither the sensor nor lens have much. I use blue tooth to transfer from my mobile phone. -- Ian G8ILZ |
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"Matt Ion" wrote in message news:N2GWf.198758$sa3.57904@pd7tw1no... Helen wrote: "Ernie Willson" wrote in message m... I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. Prize for understatement of the year there. I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Didn't you get any sort of wire which will connect your phone direct to your PC? Most cel providers don't give you the data cable, they prefer to sell it to you. You can usually find them cheap on eBay, although those don't always include the necessary software (BitPIM, DataPilot, etc.) Just do an eBay search for 'lg 8100 data cable'. If the phone supports Bluetooth, you may also consider a USB Bluetooth adapter for the computer. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0613-1, 03/29/2006 Tested on: 3/29/2006 4:58:09 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com I bought a $20 cell phone. No pictures, no video, no color screen. It gets a good signal and performs as it should - a phone! I have 3 digital cameras and my cheapest is 3mp, true zoom lens and is miles ahead of a cell phone camera. And they gave me the data cable! |
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tomm42 wrote:
Ernie Willson wrote: I do a fail amount of digital photography with a quality camera, but my question has to do with getting the best image quality from a cell phone camera. I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. My Verizon phone has a 1.3 mp camera built in. It is a LG 8100 and I set it in the 1.3mp picture mode. To get a picture from the phone to my computer I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Is there a way to improve the quality of the image that I get from Verizon? Is there another (better) way to transfer the image from the phone to my PC without going through Verizon and losing resolution? Thanks EJ in NJ Jpeg pictures size does't apply to MP size since jpeg is a lossy compression. What matters is what is the dimension of the pic when you open it in an editor. I'm used to Photoshop and it tells you the true picture size in the lower left of the picture window and in Image / Image size. Irfanview show the image size in Image / resize - resample. So you probably have a heavily compressed jpeg from a 2 megabyte image. If that is how verizon handles it you are pretty much under their control. Reason I have never considered a camera phone is that they charge you to get your image from the phone, cameras with data cards seem like a much better idea. Though I have heard of camera phones that do use memory cards. Tom My wife's cellphone has Bluetooth capability and the manual implies that it can transfer pictures to a computer that way. Don't have Bluetooth on any of my computers though, so I can't verify this. The pictures look pretty good on her phone screen. |
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Helen wrote:
"Ernie Willson" wrote in message m... I realize that cell phones are not the ultimate in image quality. Prize for understatement of the year there. I first upload the picture to Verizon and then download it from the Verizon site. The Verizon service is very good, but when the pic arrives on my computer it is about a 0.2mp jpeg image. Viewing the image ISTM that the image has lost a great deal of quality (ie resolution). Didn't you get any sort of wire which will connect your phone direct to your PC? HAH! Only if you PAY (and pay large). And some cell phones produce 2-5mp images, which is quite enough for most users. The problem is the tiny lenses in most of the phones, and the lack of focus, and zoom ability, although this too is coming. |
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