14 DAY TRIAL // Xperia arc is the latest mobile phone that Sony Ericsson announced officially as being on its way to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, and some more info on the camera capabilities of this device have just emerged into the wild. Announced officially at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January, the new mobile phone should arrive on shelves with a wide range of improvements over the previous models, some of which involve its camera.
The handset comes with a new camera UI, Sony Ericsson's Rikard Skogberg notes in a recent post on the company's blog. Moreover, there are new settings that users would enjoy with the phone's camera, as well as a more refined ease-of-use.
It is also “a lot faster compared to our earlier products, especially when comparing the time needed in between shots when trying to shoot action scenes. We have set very aggressive targets for that time between shots and it will be optimized even further in the work ongoing up until launch,” the said blog post reads.
Xperia arc packs a series of improvements to the light sensitivity in the sensor itself, compared to the company's previous products. The sensor, Exmor RTM for mobile from Sony, is based on back-illuminated technology.
“Another thing when it comes to light sensitivity is that the lens of the Xperia arc has an aperture value of f/2.4. In short what this means is that the opening letting the light in is bigger than before which also makes more light hit the sensor,” the blog post continues.
These two features enable Xperia arc to shoot photos even when in low-light situations, such as indoors or in the dark. Basically, the phone comes with “increased sensitivity in both the lens and the sensor”, which decreases the shutter time and minimizes blur, the blog post reads.
“The main improvements in the reworked user interface are quicker access to lots of settings and also more control over e.g. the flash which is something I personally have been asking for in our products for a while,” Rikard Skogberg states.
According to him, the video was recorded with another Xperia arc smartphone, so that we can admire its HD video recording capabilities.
“Please remember also that this is pre-release software on prototype hardware so there will most likely be some minor changes made and performance will be further optimized before launch,” Skogberg concludes.