v200 camera query

is it just my v200 thats useless or is it the same with them all. when i try and take a photo at night indoors the picture is all grainy (something to do with the artificial light i think).

you're right...not enough ambient light and plus the camera is low-res.

i got the same problem.

Its the optics...

You gotta remember that in photography one VITAL element is LIGHT (hence the flash on most cameras). The chip can only try to capture what it 'sees' - in the sbasence of light not much - hence the graining.

Plus the optics used on the V200 are not exactely 4 Mega Pixel - its a mobile phone with a camera and not a camera with a phone.

They corrected some of the experiences on the E700 where you can adjust via 'Night Mode' and the software 'adds' the missing light - but your objects have to stay completely still otherwise you get a non grany image with a lot of movement - basically blurred.

This comes from the fact that the camera adjust the shutter time from (say 60ths of a second to a 10th or even half a second).

Advantage : Shots in dark rooms possible
Disadvantage : If there is movement while the 'lens aperture' blurry image