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iPhone camera photo gallery

We tested the iPhone's camera by taking a variety of shots. See them all in our slide show.

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The iPhone's camera did relatively well in broad daylight.
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The camera also did a decent job taking pictures in the shade. But it couldn't quite handle the contrast to bright light. Notice how the building on the left side blends into the background.
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The iPhone isn't so great for distant scenery; far away objects looked rather fuzzy.
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It wasn't half bad with close-up shots, but light colors blended into one another.
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Without a flash, the iPhone camera is not optimized for night shots.
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Cars driving by at night became little more than streaks of light.
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Shots taken in overcast weather were decent, if a bit dark.
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Motion in brightly lit shots tended to be blurry.
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The camera did show colors well.
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The iPhone did well with our test image taken in CNET's photo studio.

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