Camera Phone Reviews

LG VX9900 enV

LG VX9900 enV Reviews

PCMag reviews the LG enV VX9900 and has this to say about the phone's camera: "Outfitted with a powerful (for a phone) 2-megapixel camera, the handset takes sharp, well-balanced photos, albeit with distracting color noise. An autofocus function, although a cool idea, raises the shutter delay from a sprightly 0.4 seconds to an unacceptable 2 seconds without making photos much sharper, but you can turn it off. Sadly, the flash is pretty dim as well. You can use the enV's movie mode to take 320-by-240 videos at 14 frames per second, with some visible compression artifacts. I printed my photos directly over Bluetooth to an Epson PictureMate printer without a problem. I was also very happy to see that the camera sports a handy lens cover."

MobileTechReview has a review up of the LG enV VX9900 and has this to say about the phone's camera: "The VX9900 has an unusual 2 megapixel camera: it offers both fixed focus and autofocus modes-- usually you get one or the other but not both. In fixed focus mode it works like most camera phones, taking the photo nearly instantly with less than superb focus and no depth of field. Put the camera in either 1 or 2 step autofocus and the subject is in sharp focus, with a 1 to 2 second delay before the shot is taken. In 1 step mode the camera autofocuses and shows you the focus screen (a yellow square in the middle of the frame) then takes the shot. In two step mode it autofocuses, again showing the yellow autofocus square which turns red when it's done focusing so you can press the shutter button. Does autofocus improve image quality? Yes. Overall image quality is good by US camera phone standards but the VX9900 won't be the envy of the Nokia 2 to 3MP camera phone crowd. Images show some noise and grain even in well lit indoor settings, but resized down to 800 x 600 a 1600 x 1200 (maximum) resolution image looks quite good on a PC screen. Colors are accurate and the enV handles bright highlights well by phone standards with only modest whiting-out of highlights."

Gadgetell reviews the LG enV VX9900 and writes about the phone's camera: "With the camera sitting on the back of the phone, it actually holds and feels like a real camera when taking pictures, a great improvement to most camera phones out there. LG has placed both a shutter control top (when holding it like a camera) as well as converted the volume buttons to zoom controls. To keep a natural feeling, you can use the external display as your viewfinder but the field is hard to see on the small screen. Once you pop open the camera to use the internal screen, the ergonomics aren’t as great but at least you can see what you are taking pictures of. Don’t fret about running out of space as there is a microSD card slot on phone."

MobileBurn reviews the LG VX9900 enV and writes, "The LG VX9900 enV has a 2 megapixel camera with auto-focus with flash that can take some very nice photographs. The auto-focus is a bit awkward to use when compared with most other AF capable devices, though. Since it lacks a two-stage shutter button, the camera will either attempt to get focus once the shutter button has been pressed (which could take a second) and then proceed to take the photo, or it can be set up so that the first press of the button obtains focus and the second press takes the photo. The user interface in the camera app is very good, and looks very much like those found in Sony Ericsson handsets of late. The only real complaint I have, apart from the somewhat awkward auto-focus system, is that there is no manual white balance setting for incandescent lights, even though there are settings for auto, fluorescent, daylight, and cloudy."