After an amazing night out partying with friends, I used my E66 which I had got along to click pictures and see for myself how the 3.2 MP Af camera on board Eseries put up to the likes of Carl Zeiss being offered in the Nseries. I was not expecting it to be on the likes of the later but I did found some amazing things which completely changed my notion about E66. I would like to add here that I had a N95 8GB and N96 as well, which I used too and will show you some of the comparisons and video recording as well but that will come in the next post. So, right now let me review the E66 Camera for you all.

Let me introduce you to the E66 3.2 MP Auto Focus Camera. Yes, its NOT a Carl Zeiss. It has a single LED Flash which works fair enough within a distance of 1m. It has a Landscape orientation and unlike the E71 has a dedicated camera key. It has a descent set of customizable options as in the Nseries devices viz. – White balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent – Center weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.7 step – Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video – Scene modes: automatic, user defined, portrait, landscape, night, night portraits – Color tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative – Full-screen viewfinder with grid – Active toolbar etc. Tip: Try to use these camera options to the full. For a quick trick on clicking Black & White Pictures Click here.

E66 Camera really surprised me. I was not expecting it to produce pictures as good as the N95, but it did. I clicked pictures in different lighting conditions and in different scenarios to test it to the limits. I was happy with a certain set of results and at the same time was even more happy to see what I expected to find.

1. Day Time

2. Dim Light

3. Night Shot

4. Using Macro

5. Black & White

6. At 100 km/hr Speed

The colors have been beautifully brought up and are truer. The work captured by the camera in the day is super. The Macro more is not up to the mark. The single LED works great for short distances and captures pictures well. Moving or clicking pictures in burst go blur more often and tend to render the moving subject blur many a times. After seeing the above pictures, you can formulate your own opinion but the point to note is that most of the pictures clicked at night were very descent when steady. At times they were even comparable to the night shots of Nokia N95 8GB and N96 (not as good as a digital camera). Thus, all in all a great show by the camera and it made me completely reject my null hypothesis that Non-Carl Zeiss mobile phone cameras can’t perform. For the size and functionality the E66 offers I would give this a Thumbs Up and Rate it 3/5. Well Done Nokia. Tip: Avoid clicking pictures with sun rays are directly hitting the lens. If you plan to take pictures in Dim Light or at Night for some important event then please take your Digital Camera along as E66 fails to take quality pictures at Night. The single LED is just too weak.

On a Final note, please let someone else do the clicking if you intend to drink cause the camera needs a little steady hand or you might end up with the following pictures