N95 in action

I went to Madrid for the Symbian S60 conference this week, and borrowed a Nokia N95 for the occasion - S60 is the computer operating system used in the phone.
The evening was spent at a fiesta place in the hills above the city, with a miniature bullring where traditional Castillian riders put their firey stallions through their paces - literally, walking sideways and backwards, galloping round the ring and rearing.
It was a severe test for any camera, let alone a cameraphone, with fast-moving subjects in the low light of the evening sun.
The N95 has a 5 megapixel image sensor, so it should be capable of taking sharper pictures than mid-range dedicated cameras. And it performed nobly, but at the edge of its capabilities.
For a start, the delay while the autofocus got its act together meant I lost a lot of shots, including this one - the rider was well inside the ring when I pressed the button.Some shots are also a little blurred, because of the low light and possibly a bit of camera shake.The colours were rather subdued as well, but the cameraphone correction in Microsoft Digital Image Pro did a good job of brightening the images.
The lesson I took away was that cameraphones still have a little way to go to rival dedicated digital cameras in low light or with fast moving subjects.
This is one of my favourites - the riders waiting to enter the ring.Equine flashing:No bulls were hurt: