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SERIOUS CAMERA PHONES<br />
THE GOODS HIGH 5<br />
1. Apple iPhone 3G<br />
$299 (16GB) with 2-year contract<br />
(AT&T) www.apple.com<br />
With just a 2MP camera, the iPhone’s<br />
fun is in all the downloadable photo<br />
applications, many of them free. Vihgo,<br />
for example, lets you make your picture<br />
look old, or painted on canvas, or<br />
shot in the rain. And some help your<br />
“real” photography: BitWerkz’s f/8<br />
DoF Calculator ($4) tells you—based<br />
on your DSLR, lens, and subject—the<br />
hyperfocal distance, depth of fi eld at<br />
any aperture and focal length, and how<br />
much of the scene will be in focus.<br />
2. Motorola Motozine ZN5<br />
$100 with 2-year contract (T-Mobile)<br />
www.motorola.com<br />
Motorola joined forces with Kodak to<br />
create its latest camera phone. This little<br />
unit is loaded with a 5MP sensor, 2.4inch<br />
LCD screen, and Xenon fl ash, along<br />
with Kodak’s Perfect Touch imageprocessing<br />
technology. The result? A<br />
handsome little camera phone that can<br />
snap very nice photos and store them<br />
on microSD cards with capacities of up<br />
to 4GB. We just wish the card slot were<br />
more easily accessible—you have to<br />
take out the battery to insert or remove<br />
a memory card.<br />
3. Nokia N85<br />
$430, unlocked (AT&T, T-Mobile)<br />
www.nokia.com<br />
With a reputation for image quality, this<br />
Nokia includes a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar<br />
lens and a 2.6-inch OLED screen that<br />
can reproduce up to 16.7 million colors.<br />
A dual-LED fl ash helps to conquer dim<br />
lighting conditions, while the sidemounted<br />
microSD card slot makes it<br />
easy to swap out the memory card (8GB<br />
microSD card included). And, because<br />
the phone works on the GSM spectrum,<br />
you can use it anywhere in the world.<br />
4. Samsung Memoir<br />
$300 with 2-year contract (T-Mobile)<br />
www.samsung.com<br />
This sleek 8MP model sports a 2.6-inch<br />
touchscreen on one side and a very<br />
compact camera design on the other.<br />
The customizable TouchWiz interface<br />
puts your favorite photo upload tool (from<br />
Flickr, Kodak, Photobucket, or Snapfi sh)<br />
within easy reach. Face and blink<br />
detection make portraits a snap, and you<br />
can set the phone to geotag your images<br />
automatically. A nifty Panorama mode<br />
uses a green box to guide you in aligning<br />
your images perfectly.<br />
5. Sony Ericsson<br />
Cyber-shot C905<br />
$350, unlocked (carriers not announced)<br />
www. sonyericsson.com<br />
With an 8.1MP sensor, this phone (soon<br />
to be released offi cially in the U.S.) is for<br />
serious shooters. A sliding metal cover<br />
protects the lens, a Memory Stick Micro<br />
slot (2GB card included) puts cards<br />
within easy reach, a Xenon fl ash helps<br />
in low light, and a subtle rubbery fi nish<br />
helps keep it in your hand. There’s also<br />
built-in GPS for geotagging your photos<br />
and face detection for focus and<br />
exposure. Can’t wait until it gets here<br />
offi cially? You can fi nd an international<br />
version online for about $550. p<br />
16 WWW.POPPHOTO.COM POP PHOTO MAY 2009
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