Very impressive! Are these parts of trolleys that are under construction?

Thanks E :)

The top pic is part of a cctv unit that we manufacture, but yes, the bottom one is part of the base of a trolley. The darker piece disappearing out of the bottom is where the wheel and buffer will be located after painting.

Definitely top of the class for observation!! :D

*beams* :D

Oof, check out the burnished steel on that!

does it not seem slightly unfocussed to anyone else? maybe i need new glasses.

Looking at the foreground focus on the steel in the full size image, I think the edges are well defined, the burnishing is captured well; best I've seen a cameraphone produce ;)

do the camera instructions include something like a 'focussing distance' recommendation? since it's a fixed lens, it'll probably get it's most stellar performace focussing at a set distance. a foot, foot and a half...

The User Manual that comes from Vodafone is about as much use as a toothbrush for information. It's basically a "There you go, work it out yourself" scenario.

Mandy - I agree with you. The focus didn't pull very well, although it looks to me like it wasn't helped by smoothing in the post-processing. There are a few jaggy edges that ought to be smooth. But then the subject matter may have been a bit much for the AF - the second shot is pretty short of nice, easy to spot, edges in the AF zone, and AF is hard work (even for a D50, let alone this!)

There's a certain amount of CA goin' on on some of those edges too, but machined steel can be sharp enough to cause that with my eyes, let alone with a teeny-tiny non-apo camera lens.

Still, for a phone, it's good. I'm impressed, but not quite as impressed as I was hoping to be. Won't be long until we can get liquid/electrostatic lenses in phones, then we'll see some serious performance. Nothing that compares to a few hundred grams of stacked ED Nikon glass though. :)

anybody know how to pair a bluetooth with the k800i. the user manual is as good as a toothbrush to a guy with no teeth