Still pic fail with the new ipod touch

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

It doesn't have a 'still camera' at all, it just takes a still shot using the video. The stills are same resolution as the video. If they had only put the camera on it and left out the video - there would be a thread about how dumb it was to not include HD video. People like to look for things to complain about, gets really annoying. The pictures that it takes will look great on the screen of the device, just not so good on a 22" monitor. The video will be great, it'll be like having a point and shoot on hand. Also, with facetime this opens up the ability to make video calls, since not everyone will have the iPhone.

See, you can look at the good and enjoy the device, after all we are tech enthusiasts, but nobody on a PC forum will ever do that...'Apple XYZ Win' threads are non-existent. I get heated when all i see in the title is 'fail'

Hard to say it will take pictures. I know the iPhone has always been on the upper end of its camera phone spec. The 2MP was definitely better than other 2MP cameras and the 3MP too. I know because I still have my old Sony Ericsson cameraphones and this was when they were using 2MP and 3MP + flash when the rest of the US was stuck on VGA on their RAZRs. The iPhone is pretty good. The new 5MP on the iPhone 4 is good too although I never looked at any matchups against my awesome N82. I wouldn't be surprised it if beat my cameraphone since the Nokia N97 already bested it too.

But the problem is using a video camera for stills is never good. I think people tried to hack the Nano to do stills? It looked terrible from what I saw. I don't mind a nice 960x720 photo with the current iPhone's quality.. just downsized, but knowing that this is going from a video camera to stills, it's going to suffer greatly.

Seriously though, besides the kids that carry the iPod Touch, you adults who will carry one probably have a cameraphone too. That'll be a much better option anyway no?

I think one of the problems was they couldn't fit the iPhone camera in the iPod touch casing.

And this is what somewhat bugs me about the iPod. It's even thinner. The 9mm of the iPhone 4 is ridiculously thin already. Even the 11mm of the Nexus One is fine by me, but there comes a point where you start losing the ergonomic feel too. If the new iPod retains that, then that's cool, but nothing's wrong with being slightly thicker but offering more features. But oh well. I completely understand why they can't have the iPod Touch cut too much into the iPhone. Then everyone else would just get an iPod and not the phone anymore.

 

[TheStu]

Hard to say it will take pictures. I know the iPhone has always been on the upper end of its camera phone spec. The 2MP was definitely better than other 2MP cameras and the 3MP too. I know because I still have my old Sony Ericsson cameraphones and this was when they were using 2MP and 3MP + flash when the rest of the US was stuck on VGA on their RAZRs. The iPhone is pretty good. The new 5MP on the iPhone 4 is good too although I never looked at any matchups against my awesome N82. I wouldn't be surprised it if beat my cameraphone since the Nokia N97 already bested it too.

But the problem is using a video camera for stills is never good. I think people tried to hack the Nano to do stills? It looked terrible from what I saw. I don't mind a nice 960x720 photo with the current iPhone's quality.. just downsized, but knowing that this is going from a video camera to stills, it's going to suffer greatly.

Seriously though, besides the kids that carry the iPod Touch, you adults who will carry one probably have a cameraphone too. That'll be a much better option anyway no?



And this is what somewhat bugs me about the iPod. It's even thinner. The 9mm of the iPhone 4 is ridiculously thin already. Even the 11mm of the Nexus One is fine by me, but there comes a point where you start losing the ergonomic feel too. If the new iPod retains that, then that's cool, but nothing's wrong with being slightly thicker but offering more features. But oh well. I completely understand why they can't have the iPod Touch cut too much into the iPhone. Then everyone else would just get an iPod and not the phone anymore.

There could have been some great things if they had made it slightly thicker... more battery life (it already gets 40 hours), more storage capacity (128GB easy), and they could have fit in the better camera with a flash. But then what would they have done for the next model? Never forget that Apple is an evil money grubbing corporation, just like every other evil money grubbing corporation (Kia, Johnson&Johnson, PepsiCola, Hershey, Google, Amazon, et al).

 

[rudeguy]

There could have been some great things if they had made it slightly thicker... more battery life (it already gets 40 hours), more storage capacity (128GB easy), and they could have fit in the better camera with a flash. But then what would they have done for the next model? Never forget that Apple is an evil money grubbing corporation, just like every other evil money grubbing corporation (Kia, Johnson&Johnson, PepsiCola, Hershey, Google, Amazon, et al).

lol...you brought candy bars into an Apple thread.

Maybe I do like you...

 

[MrX8503]

Lol I wouldn't say apple is evil because they left out a camera feature. The new touch already offers a lot in the thinnest form factor out there. They probably don't wanna cut into their iPhone anyway.

If they were evil I would say it's because they gimped their new nano so people would buy touches instead.

 

[kami]

I think its just a 960x720 sensor meant for video but they decided to allow stills with it too. Not really a dealbreaker unless you were really gonna use the ipod as your actual digicam. For me its just a gimmick. I'm not gonna take any serious photos with a tiny little plastic lens.

 

[TheStu]

lol...you brought candy bars into an Apple thread.

Maybe I do like you...

I do what I can for the people.

 

[Oyeve]

Lol I wouldn't say apple is evil because they left out a camera feature. The new touch already offers a lot in the thinnest form factor out there. They probably don't wanna cut into their iPhone anyway.

If they were evil I would say it's because they gimped their new nano so people would buy touches instead.

I agree, the new nano is pathetic. Why strip it? The last nano was excellent. I know they want people to get the touch but to strip the nano of the camera is just stupid.

 

[jalaram]

I agree, the new nano is pathetic. Why strip it? The last nano was excellent. I know they want people to get the touch but to strip the nano of the camera is just stupid.

I'm ok with the mediocre camera being dropped, but I'm not crazy about the lack of hard buttons. It is primarily an audio player.

I like Engadget's idea of putting a strap on it and using it as a wristwatch.

 

[secretanchitman]

I'm ok with the mediocre camera being dropped, but I'm not crazy about the lack of hard buttons. It is primarily an audio player.

I like Engadget's idea of putting a strap on it and using it as a wristwatch.

same here. i read somewhere that there is a setting you can turn on so whenever you wake up the nano, the clock will display.

 

[phillyTIM]

delete - please disregard

 

[jpeyton]

Wrong thread.

 

[DivideBYZero]

A lot of people buy Nanos for workout audio devices, and a lot of those people will be disappointed with the new one.

Skipping songs/playlists and navigation is easier with hard buttons. You can reach over and press a hard button while running with the old Nano. You have to stop, look at the screen and touch carefully with the new Nano.

Good going staying on topic there, superposter.