Nokia dropped a bomb on the cameraphone market today by introducing its new 808 PureView phone — a phone that is capable of capturing 41-megapixel photos. The native resolution of the phone (16:9) produces 38-megapixel images measuring 7152×5368. The phone also allows you to capture 5-megapixel images by condensing every seven pixels into one, which dramatically reduces noise and improves image quality. Other features include a 4-inch screen, 16GB of built-in storage, a Carl Zeiss f/2.4 lens, lossless digital zoom (i.e. cropping a photo out of the giant image), and HD video recording. It’ll hit store shelves in May at a price of €450 (~$600).
Yes, that’s right. But this combination isn’t about shooting pictures the size of billboards! Instead, it’s about creating amazing pictures at normal, manageable sizes. There’s a combination of benefits. The technology means that taking typically sized shots (say, 5 megapixels) the camera can use oversampling to combine up to seven pixels into one “pure” pixel, eliminating the visual noise found on other mobile phone cameras. On top of that, you can zoom in up to 3X without losing any of the details in your shot – and there’s no artificially created pixels in your picture, either. Otherwise, you can use ‘Creative Shooting Mode’ to capture images at high resolution – 38 megapixels; then reframe, crop and zoom to find the best “picture within the picture” after the image has been shot and before saving it at convenient sizes for sharing and storage.
They don't have a jaw dropping smiley, but holey moley. The test will still be in the actual image quality in the hands of the users and not the perfect condition stuff they use to sell the phone
My enthusiasm is all there, the experience I am still working on.
The 41mp doesn't really float my boat, but the oversampling promisses a lot of low light detail for a very decent 5-8mp image... same technique as what the PhaseOne MF uses for low light imaging
Before everyone just criticize: It may be VERY handy in certain situations. For instance last weekend I did a 2500km Bike trip and (believe it or not!) I forgot my camera at home and had to rely on a NOKIA C7 for images and video. I reluctantly used it and was quite surprised by the IQ.
And that is with a FIXED FOCUS 8mp Phone camera.
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"You see, in this world, there's only two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns and those who dig.You dig."(Clint Eastwood) in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Philip, I don't think anyone is really criticizing the camera module. Speaking for myself, I am looking forward to the day when this technology finds its way into a decent smartphone (Android, iPhone, WP) - I really do not like the symbian OS.
Philip, I don't think anyone is really criticizing the camera module. Speaking for myself, I am looking forward to the day when this technology finds its way into a decent smartphone (Android, iPhone, WP) - I really do not like the symbian OS.
Have to agree - however the recent upgrade to the current NOKIA Belle (OS) do make a huge (positive) difference in handling.
"You see, in this world, there's only two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns and those who dig.You dig."(Clint Eastwood) in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Regards, HILTON
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