My boss is going back to his hometown at London this week. He brought LOTS of used stuffs that he would have otherwise discard to office, and gave it away to whoever who wanted them.
Some other colleagues took Microsoft SideWinder game controllers, some PC games, a very old Compaq (before hp took over) iPAQ, a Logitech wireless mouse, and an O2 XDA Mini. Surprisingly, no one seemed to want the Pentax Optio S4 digital camera after some time, so I asked for it. For a year 2003 digital camera, it is surprisingly very small and light, packing 4MP sensor in the process.

I have been taking pictures using this “new” camera, and the quality is nothing to write home about.
Taken on my way to The Cathay, this image was taken using ISO 100, and surprisingly very grainy and noisy.

Again taken using ISO 100, the noise in this picture is much less noticeable.
Curious on how different the result of a 5-year-old digital camera compared to a camera from the latest phone model, I took the the following pictures:
This one taken using 4 megapixels Pentax Optio S4.

And this one is taken using 3.2 megapixels Nokia E90.
No doubt, camera phones have come along way in the last many years. The results are clear. Results from camera phones are much clearer, its colors more vibrant, and it captured more details compared to a dedicated digital camera from five years ago.
Although the quality is not as good as I expected (well, frankly I didn’t expect anything), you can’t beat the price of $0 (zero).









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