Nokia N96 review | Digital Camera
Nokia N96 multimedia phone
Nokia N96 phone display
The Nokia N96 mobile phone features a beautiful monitor. It is a 2.8 inch QVGA LCD TFT monitor with a maximum of 16 million colors. The monitor is bright and clear. The cell phone features an option to rotate the monitor automatically upon rotating the handset, which is ever so convenient when using the mobile television function. Rotating is not always completely fluent, which is a pity whilst it are these little things that make a phone just that tad less appealing.
Nokia N96 mobile TV
Mobile television on the Nokia N96
Various providers have been offering mobile television for quite a while now. Two devices who were available right at the time of the introduction was an LG and the other a Samsung. Both mobile phones were not too enhanced, and as for the Samsung, you still had to pull out an external antenna. Now, the Nokia N96 is the perfect cell phone to watch mobile television. The quality of both image and sound is excellent. Switching between channels takes some time, however, not annoyingly. The most popular channels are at hand at any time this way. The range is reasonable; it is not always possible to watch television if calling is possible. However, with the recent introduction in mind, one can suspect the coverage to be extended. All in all, a very nice feature. Checking the news or watching your favorite program on the road is now made possible.
Nokia N96 camera
Nokia N96 microphone
Nokia N96 navigation
Nokia N96 camera
T he integrated camera in the Nokia N96 features a Carl Zeiss lens and offers a resolution of 5.0 Megapixels. Pictures made with the Nokia N96 are excellent in comparison to other 5.0 Megapixel cameraphones. Colors are reproduced perfectly and the contrast is fine. One thing very noticeable is the digital noise that pops up if a too high ISO sensitivity is used in combination with a large amount of pixels on the tiny sensor, unlike regular digital cameras.
Nokia N96 digital camera
Delay when taking pictures
The main downside we encounter on most mobile phones is the delay of the camera. It is kind of a problem for both starting up the camera as well as capturing a subject. This is also the case for the Nokia N96; when starting up the monitor remains black for a few seconds, a nuisance if you want to capture a quick moment. And if you try to capture the subject next, it should not move for a while or the picture will turn out blurred. Pressing and capturing takes approximately two seconds. This exposure / shutter delay is an annoying feature which does not facilitate shooting with a mobile phone. It is a common problem. Besides that, the shutter release is not half of what it should be. It is hard to depress it completely at times, thus only exposing and not actually taking a picture. It happened to me frequently and it certainly does not add to the joy of photographing.
Nokia N96 camera application
The monitor serves as viewfinder
When the camera application is completely started, the entire big monitor serves as viewfinder, which makes it ever so easy to see how the actual picture will turn out. The monitor shows shortcuts for settings such as contrast, sharpness and flash settings. In Scene mode, you have the choice for the close-up mode for example; however, its default setting is automatic whilst for every situation the best possible setting will be evaluated. When you have adjusted the scene mode, and when the camera application is finally restarted, it will automatically be set to standard, preventing it from remaining in the wrong mode.
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