Recently I have been digging into the hardware of the BlackBerry Z10 especially the camera. I mentioned before the the BlackBerry Z10 has a f/2.2 aperture for the camera which was impressive compared to the iPhone 5 f/2.4 lens aperture and the Samsung Galaxy S3 f/2.6 aperture. (lower is better) Pete was kind enough to point out to me that BlackBerry themselves have shared a few more specs on both the front and back cameras and they are definitely buzzword compliant. Let me know if you can help me see how they stack up.
Back camera
- 8 megapixel auto-focus camera
- Back Side Illumination for better low-light performance
- 5-element F2.2 lens
- Dedicated ISP (image signal processor) with 64MB frame buffer
- Flash, continuous and touch to focus, image stabilization
- Enhanced Super Resolution Digital Zoom (5x)
- 1080p HD video recording
- 4 DOF (Degrees of freedom) video stabilization
- Time Shift mode for pinpointing and adjusting individual elements of your picture
Front camera
- 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera
- Image and video stabilization
- 3x digital zoom
- 720p HD video recording
I found it promising that the BlackBerry Z10 camera matches the iPhone’s 5 element lens and “Back Side Illumination.” Still I am scratching my head at the “enhanced super resolution digital zoom” in the back camera compared to the front camera. Now I am also curious how many “degrees of freedom” the front camera has for video stabilization.
PS: It seems like these specs have been on the BlackBerry website a little after launch but its the first I have seen of them and I thought they were definitely worth mentioning!
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