1224 x 1632 pixels (2Mpx) – an amazing resolution for that tiny camera in the Sony Ericsson K750i phone. When I downloaded the fist picture in the computer I was shocked of how much this camera phone species evolved in the last year alone. From a tiny 160 x 120 px (the size of this thumbnails below, incidentally) to a picture larger than my 1600 x 1200 px desktop wallpaper and over half a megabyte despite of the strong compression (same image saved as an uncompressed TIFF would be around 4 MB). Over a hundred times more pixels in one year. Amazing.



Here are some successive crops, from full-frame to a 1:1 ratio. Keep in mind that this is a difficult shot for any camera: extreme highlights (causing burnout) is the background, midtones and shadows (meaning noise, of course) in the foreground. You can also see some purple fringing because of the harsh contrejour lighting.



In better lighting conditions (soft light), the color, noise levels and sharpness of the image are absolutely remarkable for a phone (see the crop above).

Yay, interesting times!