UPDATE (24 June): Due to time constraint, I will be inserting the images over time. Apologies :embrass:
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This is a user review of the image quality of the Nokia Pureview 808 phone's camera. I'm sure most of you have heard of the 808 because of its camera module with 41-megapixel sensor and Carl Zeiss optics. The focus of my review is still images, and time-permit I might show some video samples.
The front view of the phone (in Nokia case) in camera mode:
The back view of the phone; notice the camera lens cover that comes with this original Nokia case:
What I am showing:
What I am not comparing:
A few qualifiers:
About the images shown below:
They are cropped portions of larger images:
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This is a user review of the image quality of the Nokia Pureview 808 phone's camera. I'm sure most of you have heard of the 808 because of its camera module with 41-megapixel sensor and Carl Zeiss optics. The focus of my review is still images, and time-permit I might show some video samples.
The front view of the phone (in Nokia case) in camera mode:
The back view of the phone; notice the camera lens cover that comes with this original Nokia case:
What I am showing:
- How the phone capture the same scene versus another phone (LG Optimus 2x), a compact camera (Canon SX230HS) and a m4/3 camera (Olympus OM-D with Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens).
- How the images turn out, in terms of colour, white balancing, image noise, dynamic range etc.
- Resolution and sharpness of images.
- Quality of lens.
- (If I have time...) Aspects of the 808's camera interface.
What I am not comparing:
- Interface and specifications of devices.
- User experience vis-a-vis ergonomics of devices.
- OS-specific matters, e.g. Android vs. iOS vs. Symbian.
- Video quality versus other devices.
A few qualifiers:
- I paid for my 808, and I don't work for any telco/phone makers. And no, I'm not a Symbian fanboy :bsmilie:
- I have dispensed with comparing ISO 1600 for daylight shots; I don't find it relevant.
- Shots were taken using the devices' best JPEG setting, and I've used the cameras/phones in pure auto mode.
- I have used/set lenses on the OM-D and SX230HS (28mm respectively) to roughly match the 808's 26mm.
- Cropping and resizing were done in Adobe Photoshop, using bilinear method to shrink images and bicubic method to enlarge.
About the images shown below:
They are cropped portions of larger images:
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