Xenon Flash: the new thing with camera phones
First it was the accelerometer. Now it’s Xenon powered flash.
Nokia was probably the first in the Asian region to release a Xenon flash equipped camera phone with the Nokia N82. Now Sony Ericsson as well as Samsung have released their own versions of Xenon flash enabled phones as well. The demand for Xenon flash came about from consumers who take tons of night shots. Since mobile phone cameras have been in the megapixel war for the longest time, flash considerations were not really addressed. It isn’t about megapixels anymore as you don’t blow up photos taken from phones to bond paper size prints. Night photos were given more thought - and thus, Xenon flash.
Because the duration of the flash that is emitted by a xenon flash tube can be accurately controlled, and due to the high intensity of the light, xenon flash lamps are most commonly used as photographic strobe lights. Xenon flashlamps are also used in the technique of very high speed or “stop-motion” photography, which was pioneered by Harold Edgerton in the 1930s. [Xenon Flash]
The Sony Ericsson K800i has Xenon flash, 3MP sensor and burst mode! The Samsung G800, which will be officially launched in parts of Asia this week also has the same Xenon flash technology and 5MP.
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