Camera Phone Reviews

LG Dare

LG Dare Reviews

CNET reviews the LG Dare and writes, "Arguably, the best feature of the Dare, however, lies in its 3.2-megapixel camera. You can take pictures in five resolutions (2,048x1,536, 1,600x1,200, 1,280x960, 640x480, and 320x240), five white balance presets, five color effects, four ISO settings (Auto ISO, ISO 100, ISO 200, and ISO 400), and six preset scenes. Other camera settings include spot or average photometry, multishot, three shutter sounds (with a silent option), auto focus, a self-timer, flash, and four different shot types (Normal, Panorama, Split, and Frame). It even offers face detection to ensure someone's face is in focus and noise reduction, which reduces the amount of artifacts in an image. Most notably, however, is something called SmartPic technology, which enhances images with face color compensation (dubbed Smart Beauty), as well as light compensation (dubbed Smart Light)--especially in low light situations."

Gizmodo reviews the LG Dare and writes, "It's a bit grainy, but with decent light, it could make some interesting videos at 120 frames per second. The 3.2 megapixel camera is decent, but nothing to write home about...Speaking of camera, the editing feature is not as "full" as we first thought. There's no red-eye reduction or shadow/highlight or color adjustment. Most of the options are actually novelty, and even for being silly they are not very useable."

InfoSync reviews the LG Dare and writes, "The LG Dare has one of the best cameras we've seen on a camera phone. It's as good, if not better than any of the Nokia Nseries phones, like the Nokia N78. That still doesn't mean it's as good as a real point-and-shoot, and we saw some problems with image quality, like serious fringing around the edges of objects and some strangely colored halos that appeared at the edges of buildings where they touched the sky. Colors looked pretty good, and under the best lighting conditions the images were perfectly acceptable. But even the best cameraphones have a ways to go before they truly replace digital cameras."

PC Mag reviews the LG Dare and writes, "The still camera grabs 3.2-megapixel images at 2048 by 1536, with autofocus, an unusually bright flash and a Schneider-Kreuznach lens. LG touts its SmartPic technology, which is meant to improve low-light image quality, but camera isn't up to the standards of a dedicated point-and-shooter. It still has some blur issues in low light (the virtual ISO can't go above 400), and photos could be sharper. Using autofocus results in a 1.5-second shutter delay, which is reduced to less than half a second without autofocus. Even so, the Dare is better than most of the cameraphones on the market, if not the high-end units sold independently by Nokia."