Samsung D500 review
“D500 is the second GSM product camera by Samsung equipped with a megapixel. First the same camera appeared in Samsung P730 when the company decided to apply a CMOS-matrix. As different to a CCD-matrix the CMOS one is not so good and has much more noises in the majority of the modes. An acceptable quality of the photos may be achieved only in the street in a sunny day. Only Sharp and Sony Ericsson use CCD-matrixes in the European market. If looking at their products you’ll see the phones do not distinguish in a small size (Sharp GX30, Sony Ericsson S700). The reason is the size of a CCD-module, it is rather big and integrating it without changing a typical size of the phone is impossible. And taking into consideration their low price comparatively to CCD-modules we may all understand the choice of the majority of the manufacturers. In general the manufacturers do think the function is used seldom and optionally. That is why worse quality is not considered critical especially if the size remains the same.”