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LG Viewty Reviews

Dialaphone reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "The camera features are incredibly good for a camera phone. Normal shots, panoramic shots, incremental ISO of up to 800, low light settings and more are all available. The combination of high ISO and responsive automatic flash means that a murky image on the screen translates to an excellent, crisp snap in playback. It’s a 5.1 megapixel sensor , so you can expect large, clear images. You can’t force the flash, but you can have it off, on automatic or on red-eye reduction mode."

CNET UK reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "As for taking normal pictures, the 5-megapixel camera is very capable and of a similar quality to the Nokia N95's camera. You can adjust the size of images, picture quality, ISO and white balance, among other things...The digital stabilisation feature reduces blur but don't expect the same level of quality as optical stabilisation. Equally, although the KU990 has a xenon flash, we didn't find it as bright as a standalone camera's flash, but it is better than an LED photo light."

3G reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "You have two means of controlling the 16x digital zoom on the Viewty; unfortunately, both are a little fiddly. Option one is to use the virtual slide-control on the left of the touch-screen, which requires real thumb dexterity and caused us to drop the camera twice. Option two requires you to rotate the click-wheel positioned around the camera lens on the back of the Viewty. There are two problems with this second means of zooming: it feels clumsy and you’re highly likely to smear the lens with greasy fingerprints. Neither of which will enhance the quality of your photos...However, for simply pointing and shooting photos on auto-focus, the Viewty feels great. It’s a well-balanced handset with a great viewfinder and the shutter button is in exactly the right place."

Trusted Reviews has a review of the LG Viewty and writes, "So what about the camera, then? Well five megapixels are definitely ‘in' and if you want state of the art that's what you have to look for. But there is more than mere megapixels here. The autofocus, Xenon flash, and macro mode all seemed to work well. The Viewty will shoot video at a massive 120 frames a second, too, which seems a bit over the top."

Coolest-gadgets reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "The 5 megapixel camera is easy to access with dedicated camera buttons on the side which just as easily allows movie shooting and playback. As with many digital cameras there is an annoyingly long delay between button-press and shot resulting in missed moments when your subject moves – not great for taking pictures of children!"

LetsGoMobile reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "Pictures can be taken with the 5 Megapixel auto focus digital camera. The camera is equipped with a flash and an auto focus assist lamp. The flash has an effective range of 2.5 meters and enables shooting in bad light circumstances providing the flash is used within the effective range. In situations with insufficient light for the camera to focus, the auto focus assist lamp will help. A red beam will expose the object in order for the camera to focus correctly."

TweakTown reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "This is one of only a handful phones so far to feature a 5 Megapixel camera, but after having taken a few pictures with it and comparing to an almost three year old Pentax Optio WP, the short end of the stick is that it can’t compete even with an old pocket camera...None the less it beats most other mobile phone cameras and it also offers a few interesting features such as the option for manual focusing and up to 16x digital zoom. The digital zoom is pretty much useless past 2x as the pictures become too pixelated to be of any real use."

CNET Australia reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "The specs for the camera in the Viewty are first-class but in operation we noticed serious shutter lag, meaning the subjects in candid snaps move and blur considerably before the image captures. As well, we'd prefer hard buttons on the device for adjusting some of the more important camera settings rather than drilling down through the touchscreen interface which can be cumbersome for adjusting settings before a photo and is impetus to leave the camera on auto settings."

Connected Internet reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "The Viewty is the latest in LG’s range of cameraphones, and it packs a very impressive 3″ full touchscreen and a 5.1 megapixel camera, putting it on a par with a mid-range digital compact camera...The LG Viewty sets new standards for cameraphones by including a manual focus function, a first for a cameraphone. It also includes an image stabiliser that helps record clearer images. I shot a few shots with the camera in the States and compared them to my 7 megapixel digital camera and they were comparable."

IT Reviews has a review of the LG Viewty and writes, "If you want to be right at the crest of the wave as far as camera specifications are concerned for your latest mobile phone, then you are going to be looking for a handset with a 5-megapixel camera. Well, the LG Viewty has one, and it shoots video too. Shoot at QVGA resolution and it'll give you an unheard of 120 frames per second."

Vnunet reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "The software, which is extremely easy to use, is especially handy for cropping people who've accidentally made their way into pictures from the phone's 5-megapixel camera. We particularly liked the Muvee application, which makes slideshows of photos taken, in different styles, and sets them to music stored on the phone...However, we were disappointed to find that we could not adjust the colour or brightness of phone images, which tended to come out very bright, lending the people in them a ghost-like pallor. Despite this, we were impressed with the camera’s face-detection technology, which does exactly what it promises, and focuses the camera on people's faces. The only other complaint about the camera is that there is no protective lens cover, which could be a real problem for those people who like to throw their phones in their pockets next to a set of keys."

MobileBurn reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "In terms of multimedia, the Viewty's main talking point is its camera, which offers 5 megapixels and an auto-focus Schneider Kreuznach lens, plus manual focus and a flash. With all these great selling points, the Viewty's camera sounds like a winner, but sadly I found it to be a little disappointing, with many of my pictures coming out very blurry, regardless of the amount of light available or how steadily I held the device. There is an image stabilization feature available, but the option isn't easily found and requires you to press the keypad lock button to activate it. The Viewty's flash created an additional irritation, turning itself off each time the camera mode was closed down, so that every time I started the camera, I had to go into the options and set the flash back to "auto", a setting considered to be default on most other camera phones. For indoor environments the flash was useful, but would give photos a blueish hue."

Stuff reviews the LG Viewty and writes, "The 5MP camera is good, though there's no lens cover on it. The rim around the lens zooms in and out. This rim also adjusts volume during calls and scrolls through menus. This last function takes a bit of getting used to (though helps to compensate for the difficulty I had using the touchscreen to scroll) and is a bit uncomfortable to use one-handed...There is a xenon flash instead of LED...The camera also has a digital image stabilizer to make your photos less blurry, though in practice it doesn't work as well as an optical image stabilizer. The quality of the images was very good for a camera phone, and it certainly does it faster than Nokia's N95."