Increase camera resolution?

[Guest timjacobs]

Hey,

I have this friend who has a nokia 6600 (Vga camera)

And he has this program wich increases the camera resolution to 1 megapixel.

Is this possible for the c500?

Thanks

[Guest RT87]

I asked about this a while back, but could never find the program which did that. What's the name?

I'm sure it would be possible. It justs takes 4 or the same pciture and makes it bigger while keeping quality - somthing like that?

Additionally, an application which adds new filter effects would rock!

[Guest Mehka]

we lack good programmers :)

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

we lack good programmers :)

Just because someone has not bothered with making this one camera app does not mean we do not have good programmers for the Smartphone. :roll:

[Guest Mehka]

its a fact that symbian phone programmers are better at programming :)

[Guest Confused Stu]

Mehka - that's a good line to start a lynchin'!! :)

I'd be very interested to know your basis for that comment. Is it simply the fact that a symbian programmer has to be better for a given end result because they have to work with an inferior OS? :D

[Guest Jamma14]

I'd be very interested to know your basis for that comment.  Is it simply the fact that a symbian programmer has to be better for a given end result because they have to work with an inferior OS?  :D

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Lol! :)

There probably are more developers for Symbian because more people own those phones, and so developers have a wider possible user base to target. This means more applications are released but not necessarilly of better quality. We have lots of good developers for smartphone, don't start slaging them off unless you have coded something of any use yourself. Have you?? Thought not.

Click the arrow.

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[Guest Driekus]

To go back on topic:

Can't you just use a desktop PC-based program for this? I mean, I think they use some sort of pixel-interpolation or something, right? It's not much good putting it on your phone, since the resolution of the display won't be able to show your enhancements anyway. It would only be useful after transferring files to your desktop computer.

In that case: maybe WM OS programmers might be smarter than Symbian programmers, for not wasting their time on programming less useful apps...

Reminds me of something:

So long, and thanks for all the fish... :)

[Guest Jamma14]

To go back on topic:

Can't you just use a desktop PC-based program for this? I mean, I think they use some sort of pixel-interpolation or something, right? It's not much good putting it on your phone, since the resolution of the display won't be able to show your enhancements anyway. It would only be useful after transferring files to your desktop computer.

In that case: maybe WM OS programmers might be smarter than Symbian programmers, for not wasting their time on programming less useful apps...

Reminds me of something:

So long, and thanks for all the fish...  :)

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Good point, it is probably best to use a professional tool like photoshop on your pc if you want to blow up your picture without much loss of quality. I imagine the symbian program does something similar anyway, but on the phone and so with poorer quality.

[Guest beersoft]

you could (if your hand was very steady) do something with taking 4 or more photos then joining them together (hands up everyone who had a handheld scanner)

is rather pointless tho, cmos cameras (the ones in 99% of phones) suck

later

Owen

"dont feed the trolls"

[Guest Mehka]

I can say what tastes good without knowing how to cook, say how a car is being driven, without being able to drive myself. I can comment on a soccer game while I cant play the game as good as they can.

[Guest Jamma14]

I can say what tastes good without knowing how to cook, say how a car is being driven, without being able to drive myself. I can comment on a soccer game while I cant play the game as good as they can.

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I didn't say you couldn't, just said I don't think you should be so harsh about it when you haven't tried it yourself, as it means you don't have all the background knowledge you could to hold a fair opinion. It's like saying what people cook should give you orgasms or that football* :D players should be able to shoot the ball at 200mph when it is just unrealistic.

Some constructive criticism would be fair enough, but I've seen you talking about crappy smartphone developers in other threads as well and I disagree and don't think that is a fair opinion. So there. :)

[Guest Jamma14]

I can say what tastes good without knowing how to cook, say how a car is being driven, without being able to drive myself. I can comment on a soccer game while I cant play the game as good as they can.

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Ahhh double post again!! That's twice in two days!! And I definitely only clicked the post thing once!! Mayb something to do with the advert refresh?? :)

Don't think it's me :oops:

Edited July 6, 2005 by Jamma14

[Guest RT87]

The symbian programs do not just stretch the image. It takes multiple images quickly and uses all these images to create a larger higher quality image.

Is not possible for some filter effects also????? Surely!

[Guest Mehka]

ah well :)

[Guest Newlap]

If we will join some photos in one it'll look like as photo through fisheye.

And it s quite diffecult to take photos with edges in one place.

[Guest Mehka]

I doubt it has been even tried

[Guest simon11]

I don't really see the point of this. If you want high res pictures buy a camera. This gives you the quality as well as pixel size.

[Guest Driekus]

I don't really see the point of this.

Isn't the whole philosophy of the smartphone to have a device that integrates multiple functions in one? I mean, you could just as well carry around a powerpoint remote controller instead of installing an app that will enable you to do the same with your phone, use a laptop to edit .doc-files instead of your pocketpc (phone) or buy a Sony PSP if you want to play some videogames.

All-in-one. That's the point you don't see, see?

Edited July 22, 2005 by Driekus

[Guest scott2eyes]

PocketPC- all in one device.

Smartphone- all in one device that fits comfortably into your pocket. Meaning functionality takes a back seat to size.

As for taking quality pictures, even though a higher resolution would be pretty much the only factor that many people would take into account from a sales/marketing perspective (because supposedly pixels=quality...), I'd personally be much more interested in seeing better colour balance, more control over the shutter speed so night time pictures become possible and less harsh compression than a higher resolution.

Stitching photos together is possible, but not a very good solution- the factor that makes it a problem (as well as the perspective issue) is that the light balance will be different in each picture, making the seams obvious.

Example: http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/srn/Passion.jpg

[EDIT- you need to copy and paste the URL into the address bar, as Angelfire don't allow off site links. And I need to get a new web host....]

Edited July 22, 2005 by scott2eyes

[Guest pauledmond]

The camera resolution is given by the CCD and cannot be improved.

Furthermore, stiching pictures would just give you a larger picture, not a higher resolution one.

So the answer is - it can't be done.

This doesn't mean you can't use sharpening plugins, as in Photoshop, but still you wouldn't beat a camera.

Hope this helps...

[Guest Mehka]

Pauled, it has been done for symbian phones.

[Guest killerost]

You're thinking of THIS program? It's pretty nice program and it does increase the picture quality.. if you got a still motive and a steady hand :)

[Guest Mehka]

cool program

[Guest killerost]

cool program

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Yeah. And I'm no smartphone programmer myself, but making a program who takes X numbers of pictures and then combines them together, maybe with some of the features from the photoacute, "Automatic picture noise reduction", "Barrel distortion correction", "Interlacing artefacts removal" and/or "Improving brightness at the edges of picture" shouldn't be THAT hard to make??