Nokia N95 8GB Macro Pictures At Botanical Garden

July 27th, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

I went to Botanical Garden in the Bronx with Sheila today and took some macro pictures using the Nokia N95 8GB. I was intimidated by most of the people inside carrying all these giant DSLRs with tripods and lenses that were longer than foot, but you know what… I’m satisfied with the pictures I took and I did not have to carry anything outside my pockets.

Nokia N95 8GB
That’s me taking photos with the Nokia N95 8GB

You can view my macro photos on Flickr, but feel free to browse using the flash slider below. Note: It might not be visible to some RSS readers.

The pictures taken with the Nokia N95 8GB were pretty good in my opinion. The 5 megapixels Carl Zeiss lens performed well for a phone. Of course, we can’t compare the quality to a Digital DLR on enlarged printed photos, but when uploaded and shared on Flickr like what I usually do, carrying a DSLR or another standalone digital camera becomes unnecessary.

You might also want to take a look at other photo samples I’ve taken with my Nokia N95 8GB while cherry picking and during a visit to a Buddhist Monastery.

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  1. WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive - N95 8GB takes ‘great’ macro snaps
  2. Nokia Daily News 07/28/08 | Nokia Daily News

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  1. Micky on 27 July 2008:

    Some great close up photos Mackarus! Shows how good the N95-2 Camera really is, and that you don’t need a big DSLR to great shots. Well done.!

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  2. Karl on 27 July 2008:

    Yes, I agree!
    I Think the N82 is even better!
    Where is Sheila?

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  3. Mark Guim on 27 July 2008:

    @karl lol I only uploaded the macro pictures so far, but I’ll upload the rest on Flickr later.

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  4. MaRKz on 27 July 2008:

    heh you put “Digital DLR” instead of DSLR :P

    Good picture quality. If I didn’t know they were from an N95 I would have guessed they were from some average point-and-shoot camera.

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  5. Mark Guim on 27 July 2008:

    @Markz Whoops thanks for pointing that out. @Micky This is actually the N95-4 for North American 3G.

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  6. Ravindra on 27 July 2008:

    WOW Mark,These shots are great,very good and details are so clear……….

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  7. dimitris on 27 July 2008:

    Mark,

    How has your N95 been stability-wise?

    We have two N95-4s, both updated to the 20.2.005 firmware. They both experience random shutdowns while idle.

    This has happened both on the charger and on battery power (battery was charged). In all cases they were not in a pocket or similar, so it’s not accidental key presses either. In fact in most cases it happened overnight while they were on a nightstand.

    Googling around suggests that this has been going on for a while, with the N95-3 and with the original 8GB model.

    Finally, these don’t have any “strange” software installed that might cause this. They have Google Maps and Google Search, and I positively know that these were not running during many of the shutdowns.

    One possibly related observation: Almost every time I handle either phone’s BL-6F battery, for example to remove the SIM, I hear the characteristik crackle of static discharge. Bad/counterfeit batteries/phones?

    All in all, with 2 out of 2 having this problem, and with a seemingly known history of problems that Nokia isn’t able/willing to solve, I’m definitely unimpressed.

    My E61i on the other hand has been rock solid. Perhaps N-series are simly to be avoided as just consumer-quality devices for not-too-demanding customers.

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  8. Mark Guim on 28 July 2008:

    @dimitris,

    I’ve had stability issues back when I had the Nokia N95 NAM (N95-3), but I installed a lot of stuff and a hard reset made it back to normal. I couldn’t figure out what’s wrong and assumed it was one of the apps I installed.

    So far no stability issues with the Nokia N95 8GB, but I do have a problem with my navigation key that I’ll be contacting for warranty repair this week. The down key is harder to press now. There must be some dust or speck that got stuck there.

    I suggest hard resetting your phones if you haven’t tried yet and let me know if you still get issues. *#7370# at the standby screen. Maybe you need to call for warranty repair.

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  9. Micky on 28 July 2008:

    @Mark, I should of known that, whoops.

    Agree with Mark on the hard reset dimitris.

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  10. Mark Thomas on 28 July 2008:

    Cool photos.

    I love macro shots on my N95 - here are a few from mine:-

    http://flickr.com/photos/marksthomas/sets/72157605394059565/

    All the newer ones are N95…

    Mark

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  11. Mark Guim on 28 July 2008:

    @Mark Thomas Nice photos!

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  12. AJ on 28 July 2008:

    Few N95 Macro shots from me:

    http://flickr.com/photos/alruii/2641988671/
    http://flickr.com/photos/alruii/2642813322/
    http://flickr.com/photos/alruii/2642809480/

    Very good in decent light.

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