The N97 has been released for about a week now with tons of good reviews available. This phone is packed with many great features such as a full QWERTY keyboard, 32GB, microSD, touch screen, large battery, handwriting recognition. You name it, the N97 probably has it. But one of the most important feature is also the 5 Megapixel camera with auto exposure, auto focus, exposure compensation, flash, full screen viewfinder, self timer, and sequence mode. It also has a Carl Zeiss lens. It is a very good lens. Carl Zeiss AG has been making expensive and high-quality optical lenses for over 100 years.

There are 8+ Megapixel camera phone available but resolution has little to do with sharpness, and sharpness has very little to do with image quality. Resolution (pixel count) has nothing to do with picture quality. Color and tone are far more important.

Nokia has made it very easy for us to take excellent pictures or videos and upload them directly to Ovi Share or Facebook to share with your friends and family. This is why the N97 is perfect for everyday use.

Check out some of the pictures taken with the N97.

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Here are some test shots from nokiacreative.com, comparing the N97 to the N95 8GB. It very interesting to see that the N97 pictures are more vibrant and have better contrast than the N95.

Full resolution pictures here here.