December 19, 2007
Upcoming standard to separate cameraphone wheat from chaff
Cell phone cameras have breached the 5-megapixel mark, but the image quality on many of them isn't that hot. A 22-member consortium named the I3A hopes to give consumers some guidance on image quality by developing a set of standards. [via ars technica]
"The 13A's list list of group participants reads like a Who's Who of influential corporations in a variety of areas. Companies participating include Texas Instruments, Nokia, Phillips Lumineds Lighting, Sony Ericsson, ST Microelectronics, Micron, Motorola, Eastman Kodak, and AMD.
The ultimate goal of the I3A's work in this area is to produce a range of standardized tests that could span the entire range of digital photo devices and provide consumers with an easy-to-understand rating system. "
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