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Hi
Anyone out there who has recently got a new K750I might find that Sony Ericsson has nicely upgraded the camera.
The way to tell is there is a piece of paper in the box telling you this ( as well as an updated pc suite cd rom ) & the fact that the zoom has been downgraded from the earlier K750Is
What this means is that you will lose any zoom function when the picture setting is on large ( you get a nice message saying zoom is not available when picture setting is set to large ) You only get 2 x zoom when the picture size is set to medium & only get the full 4 x zoom when the picture size is set to small.
Flashing the firmware doesn't fix the zoom issue either.
Ive had 2 x K750Is next to each other both running the same firmware & camera driver, The older phone has the full 4 x zoom on any picture size setting, The new K750I had the zoom ruined by Sony Ericsson.
So a great phone made worse by an upgrade from Sony Ericsson.
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Posted: 2006-07-20 19:42:03
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Well, I've only had my K750i for only a few hours and I can zoom 4X on the 2MP setting. And the funny thing is that I got it just yesterday. I don't know if it matters, but my phone has R1CA021 firmware with Camera Software Version at 5.3...
~Ibrahim~
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Posted: 2006-07-20 21:03:49
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I'd consider that a feature, as digital zoom is an abomination upon man kind, and is absolutely useless.
[ This Message was edited by: kalleboo on 2006-07-21 06:50 ]
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Posted: 2006-07-21 07:49:58
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That's weird. How can a later K750 has different specifications? Even the zoom is disabled. What f/w is that? R1CA021 ver.5.3 ? Or your phone is faulty?
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Posted: 2006-07-21 09:42:00
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Hi
The newer phone isnt faulty, Sony Ericsson have done something to the camera zoom.
The firmware on both K750Is was R1CA021 & the camera driver was version 5.3 on both.
On the newer phone there was a separate page inside the box explaining that Sony Ericsson had upgraded the pc suite software & also the camera.
This page mentioned on the smallest picture setting the 4 x zoom would be available.
On the medium picture setting you would only get 2.5 x zoom.
On the largest picture setting you would have no zoom at all.
When you try to zoom when the picture setting is on large you get the following on screen message " ZOOM IS NOT AVAILABLE WHEN LARGE PICTURE SIZE IS SELECTED "
Heres a scan of this information page found in the box with the new K750I
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/PowerLee/Picture.jpg[ This Message was edited by: PowerLee on 2006-07-21 14:21 ]
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Posted: 2006-07-21 15:20:49
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this is the same on the w550 as well, won't let you zoom on large
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Posted: 2006-07-21 19:17:22
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That is incredibly stupid.
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Posted: 2006-07-21 19:28:34
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Digital Zoom is a waste of time. Take an ordinary picture and crop/scale it in Photoshop. EXACTLY the same result (well, actually you may get a better result in Photoshop with different filtering).
I cannot understand why some manufacturers try saying 5x zoom, 8x zoom, a million times zoom...
When you take a photo, you can zoom in and crop on the phone (in landscape view) for making a new wallpaper or something. Easier to do after the event, in my opinion. You'll also get a steadier photo than trying to cope with all those blown up pixels jiggling about!
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Posted: 2006-07-25 15:57:11
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