Questioning design choices for the FP2?

[Stefan]

Regarding the camera of the FP2, there is an interesting discussion happening over there:

FP2 - 8MP camera OV8865

Hello everyone! I am sure I am not the only one curious about the 8MP camera module of FP2. So I will share what I just found… I understand that one day it will possible to change the camera module to a bigger sensor module. Today there is this 8MP module in the FP2 : 8MP OmniVision OV8865 sensor. Is it good hardware ?! First we can remind that, during the last years, OmniVision has provided 5MP and 8MP modules for the iPhones. With the excellent (really excellent) picture quality tha…