Some time ago I blogged about a talk given by Nokia Australia General Manager Shaun Colligan at a Leadership Matters seminar in Perth on the impact of mobile technology on the media.
It wasn’t long after that I got in touch with Shaun and told him what we were doing at PerthNorg and we agreed to meetup. It was a great meeting and Shaun and I decided we could put some of Nokia’s great technology to use on PerthNorg that could put our vision of new media into practice.
He gave us the use of five of the latest Nokia N93 phones. For the geeks among you here are the specs on the video and photographic capabilities of the phone:
Imaging and Video
• 3.2 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, 3x optical zoom, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
• Direct connection to compatible TV via Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-64U, included in box) or wireless LAN/UPnP
• Sub camera, CIF (352 x 288) sensor
• Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
• Integrated flash (operating range up to 1.5m)
• Digital stereo microphone
• Flash modes: on, off, automatic
• Rotating gallery
• Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
• Lifeblog support
• Video and still image editors
• Movie director for automated video production
Mobile Video
• Video resolutions: up to VGA (640×480) at 30 fps
• Audio recording: AAC stereo, 48kHz
• Digital video stabilization
• Video clip length: max. 60 min per clip
• Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, night
• Colour tones: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Zoom: (optical / digital) 3x / up to 8x
Mobile Photography
• Image resolution: up to 3.2 megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixels)
• Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
• Auto focus
• Auto exposure - center weighted
• Exposure compensation: +1 ~ -1EV at 0.5 step
• White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene: automatic, user, close-up, landscape, night, night portrait
• Colour tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Zoom (optical/digital) 3x / up to 20x
Camera Specifications
• Sensor: CMOS, 3.2 megapixel (2048×1536)
• Carl Zeiss Optics: Vario-Tessar lens
• Focal length 4.5 mm (Wide) /12.4 mm (Tele) 34.25 - 94.1 mm(35mm equiv.)
• Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
• Macro focus distance 30 cm (macro @ Wide) 10 cm (macro @ Middle to Tele)
• Shutter speed: Mechanical shutter: 1/2400~1/3 s
Or to put it another way - it takes amazing quality videos and photos. Essentially, what it is though, is a mobile reporting station.
Video and photos can be uploaded from the phone to the Web while out and about- depending on the limitations of telcos to some degree.
You may have noticed a couple of videos popping up on the norg by Cit J Skribe filmed with the Nokia N93. In the next few months you will be seeing more of them - from Skribe as well as Busybee, Justin, Lizzie_P, Rich and myself. But I hope everyone is inspired to do the same and be prepared to report and record what they see around them.
Thanks to Nokia to their awesome support and belief in all our Cit Js and what we are trying to do. Let the real citizen journalism begin. 
Hope to see you round the norg …
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Busybee
Norgdom
Perth Music
January 30th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Have you seen this Bronwen - http://www.citizenjournalismawards.com ?
Too bad it’s only for UK residents.