Nokia N95

The settings I was referring to include –
Scene Modes for close-ups portraits, landscapes, even the sports mode is great if you need to capture a picture of a moving object. There’s also night mode and a separate setting for night portraits. But a great feature with the N95 camera is the little hints it gives you when choosing the right mode with a small description that explains when each setting is ideal for usage.

Flash Settings aren’t any different from most camera phones with auto, off or redeye reduction settings. There’s also a self tier with 2, 10 and 20 second delays. Sequence mode gives you the option of selecting the interval between bursts. Then you also have exposure compensation and white balance settings. Color tones are also available for those artful images you may opt to take with sepia, black and white or negative options. And of course you have settings for adjusting the ISO, contrast and even the sharpness of the image and there’s a small preview window provided to make sure you get it right.

The camera is a bit slow to start up. It takes at least 3-4 seconds, even when processing the images. But the quality is pleasantly decent. The zoom is a wee bit sluggish though. Close-ups pick up the colors really well and the detail is also not too shabby. There’s a slight water color effect if you look really closely. I’m not sure I liked the normal pictures taken in sunlight. They came off a wee bit grainy. But I guess they’re ok if you’re just a point-and-shoot user. So no worries. Overall the picture quality is great so go ahead, snap your heads off.

Battery
Here is what gives the N95 away. Its Li-Ion 950 mAh battery sucks! What I’m trying to say is that for a phone like this, which will rock the industry, a battery that gives you just about 5 hours of talk time is not adequate. Its not too bad but I know it could have been better. The battery lasted for a good 2 days of usage with calls and a few functions being used here and there. However with the music player I got a pretty average usage. It ran for a full 8 hours and finally died of exhaustion. We sincerely hope the next batch of phones will see a marked difference in battery life.