Gadget Wars: MOTOZINE ZN5 Vs Nokia 6220 Classic

05 Dec, 2008, 2:00 pm IST | Shayne Rana

In the mobile camera world we've pitted the ZN5 against the Nokia 6220 Classic and here's what the verdict is.

Gadget Wars: MOTOZINE ZN5 Vs Nokia 6220 Classic


Performance
This is of course the core of this feature so let’s get to it.

Daylight
In auto mode while in bright daylight, the Motorola ZN5’s lens manages to reproduce clear images with decent blacks but with a little more natural red in certain areas. The colors also seem a bit softer and warmer. The images are quite sharp though, in comparison to the Nokia.


ZN5 - Daylight

The Nokia manages the light fairly well with not so much of the red coming through. A bluish overlay is quite evident with a little noise that tends to reduce the overall sharpness of the image.


6220 - Daylight

Motorola takes this round too.

Night
For this test I simply placed both handsets in a makeshift slot to hold them steady and started a timer to avoid any jostling of the phone.

The ZN5 fared very poorly. The images are almost indistinguishable and extremely grainy with too much artifact. It lacks sharpness altogether and the lights in the images got burned out. The reason being, the camera pushes the ISO level way too high in night mode.


ZN5 - Night


This is really where the 6220 came out the strongest. With no settings except Night Mode and a timer, the images were quite clear and sharp for a CMOS sensor like this. Plenty of details were visible with a very negligible amount of burn in the lights.


6220 - Night

Nokia wins this round hands down.

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