BlackBerry, the phone maker formerly known as Research in Motion, has a lot riding on the Z10. It’s the debut handset for the long-delayed BlackBerry 10, the operating system that the company hopes will mark the beginning of a turnaround after years of losing ground to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms.BlackBerry phones are known more for their polished messaging system than their photographic prowess, but on paper the Z10 ticks most of the boxes you’d expect of a high-end phone in 2013: 8-megapixel sensor, fast F2.2 lens, and a high pixel-density display. We put the Z10 camera through its paces: read on to find if it’s worthy of a phone that’s clearly the result of a lot of effort from BlackBerry. @Tom Goodman, you're not convinced because you're probably one of those crazy pixel peepers who can't enjoy a photo unless you're scrutinizing it at 100% magnification in Photoshop! Well, hate to break it to you, but out in the REAL world, people don't look at photos that way.
Ultimately, today more than ever, the actual image is far more important than the device you used to capture the image. That's what photography is really about- the photo, not the device. But alas, there are people like you who just don't get it, and think photography is more about the equipment than the actual photo.
Tom, I'll say it again: it's about the photos. I could care less about what someone uses to create a photo. I use Canon FF and APS-C DSLR bodies, an Oly m4/3, various compact P&S cameras, and yes, a smartphone camera, too.
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Doesn't matter, I've gotten wonderful, memorable, cherished photos from all of them. Like I said, it's about the photos, not the device. Open up your mind. Sadly, narrow minds have narrow ideas, hence your comment that I am a cellphone camera 'zealot'! Yes, someone who says that it's about the photos, not the device, is a cellphone camera 'zealot'. Absurd.I stand by my assertion that 'the best camera is the one you have with you' still holds truer than ever.
But only a device 'zealot' would say something like '.except those built into cellphones'.especially in the face of evidence to the contrary:The pictures say it all. You are talking beta firmware (or is it even alpha?) and I am pretty sure that DPR used the latest standard firmware for their test, which would be a V 10.0.xx firmware. I have the Z10 and I also own the iPhone 5, Galaxy Note II and the latest HTC One and the Z10 has by far the worst camera. It isn't bad for snapshots, not at all but comparing it to the mentioned other phones I own, it lacks a lot of quality. DPR is right and you cannot expect DPR to test an alpha/beta build or even wait for the 'next big' firmware update. This is ridiculous.
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Btw: My Z10 has the latest 10.0.10.99 (Vodafone) firmware.