LG Electronics says its new phone smart camera applications “take care of all the complicated camera adjustments and processing for you.”
The Viewty Smart is an 8-megapixel upgrade to the first LG Viewty, which LG says sold more than 6.5-million units. Also called the LG-GC900, it has adjustable ISO to 1600, an 800-by-400 pixel 3-inch touchscreen, multiface detection, and A-GPS-based geotagging to show the exact spot where a photo was taken. It’s 12.4mm deep, making it the slimmest 8-megapixel camera phone available, LG says.
LG says its consumer preference surveys showed customers thought current camera phones were too complicated to operate.
The Intelligent Shot Mode addresses this as it analyzes the subject, background, and lighting conditions, and compares the data against seven preprogrammed scenarios to take perfect pictures every time. “This feature, still rare on high-end stand-alone compact digital cameras, is a first for camera phones,” the company claims. “This hassle-free mode completely eliminates the need to check settings before taking a photo. It even provides instantaneous feedback, showing exactly how the camera is analyzing a particular scene with real-time indicator bars.”
The Viewty Smart will go on sale in Europe in May.
April 27, 2009
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