E50 camera compared to Fuji S5600
Jaro 9. July 2007 :: camera, review, test
The following article was written by KHRoN from Poland.
One week ago I did a simple test. I took several photos with my Nokia E50 and Fuji S5600 to check whether they differ and if so, how much. I was shooting in Ruczaj district, Krakow, Poland.
The Nokia E50 was in a default mode while the S5600 was set to a custom mode (f5 aperture, standard color, 3MPx mode, 2048×1536). I made a mistake of setting the S5600 to a spot metering mode. Oh well, the next comparison will be better given the rain finally stops. It’s been raining here for a week now.
Both photos were rescaled with Lanczos algorithm to 720×540 px, ran through the Enhance Detail filter in XnView and saved in JPEG format with 85% quality which is enough for the web.
The result is quite interesting.
For the start, FOV of both cameras is almost the same. It is quite a surprise to me as I thought that E50 would have a bit wider FOV.
Next, it seems that S5600 has darker exposure than E50. Nevertheless, E50’s sunny white balance works quite well (better than auto though).
On every pair of photos it’s quite obvious that E50 is blowing out
highlights while preserving some details in dark areas. But the overall exposition is really good for such a cheap camera.
Of course, photos are not nearly as detailed as from regular cameras but sometimes it’s better to take at least some photo than not to take a photo at all. And then E50 comes in handy :)
Note: Photos are paired. Top photo – Nokia E50; bottom photo – Fuji S5600.
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