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The Nokia 808 PureView is still arguably the best camera-centric smartphone available. Its huge 41MP sensor set the inspiration for the Nokia Lumia 1020 along with Android competitors like the Sony Xperia Z2 which comes with a 20MP camera aimed at dethroning Nokia's veteran photo champ
How to do you think the Nokia 808 PureView fared against the Sony Xperia Z2? You can read the publishers personal take on the photos and download the original RAW images by following the source link below.
source - AAS
Nokia 808 PureView vs. Sony Xperia Z2 - Photo Comparison
The Nokia 808 PureView is still arguably the best camera-centric smartphone available. Its huge 41MP sensor set the inspiration for the Nokia Lumia 1020 along with Android competitors like the Sony Xperia Z2 which comes with a 20MP camera aimed at dethroning Nokia's veteran photo champ
Both smartphones make use of image oversampling to produce high quality images from their large camera sensors. It is important to note that the Xperia Z2 produces 8MP images, while the 808 PureView samples are 5MP in size. Although these resolutions are different, so are the fields of view of the two camera lenses, and the comparison is a 1:1 crop from the center detail of each case.
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| Nokia 808 PureView | Sony Xperia Z2 |
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| Nokia 808 PureView | Sony Xperia Z2 |
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How to do you think the Nokia 808 PureView fared against the Sony Xperia Z2? You can read the publishers personal take on the photos and download the original RAW images by following the source link below.
source - AAS
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Share your thoughts below and head over to the source link for their verdict.
source - AllAboutSymbian
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Nokia Lumia 1020 (with Lumia Black) vs. Nokia 808 PureView
This is not the first time the Nokia Lumia 1020 has been compared with the Nokia 808 PureView. However Nokia's newer camera flagship has an added advantage - the Lumia Black update. So how will the Lumia 1020 with Lumia Black compare against the veteran 808 Pureview.
| Nokia 808 PureView | Nokia Lumia 1020 |
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| Weak artificial lighting, flash enabled, human skin tones, 'party' shot(!) | |
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Share your thoughts below and head over to the source link for their verdict.
source - AllAboutSymbian
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The Nokia Lumia 1020, much like its predecessor the Nokia 808 PureView, uses its large sensor with its high pixel count to capture very detailed pictures. It uses a technology Nokia refers to as pixel oversampling, where information from multiple pixels are pulled onto the sensor to produce 'perfect' pixels in a lower resolution output image. While both devices essentially do the same thing, they get about doing it in a different way. Let's take a closer look at how it is done. and how the two devices compare
The Nokia 808 Pureview which launched in 2012, comes with a 1.3GHz single core processor and 512MB of RAM. Since isn't powerful enough to handle the oversampling of (up to) 41 megapixel in rear time, Nokia has included a custom imaging chip/sensor from Toshiba and a dedicated Broadcom BCM2763 image processing chip to handle this load. It's a system that worked terrifically well, though was somewhat expensive to have implemented in the first place (in both money and time).
But how does the software-based 'oversampling' on the Lumia 1020 compare with the GPU-based oversampling on the Nokia 808 PureView - is it possible to tell the difference?
The photo, cropped slightly and in slices, taken on the Lumia 1020 with the default Windows Phone Camera application first, then the Nokia Pro Camera application and finally the 808 Pureview
[CONCLUSION] You can use the default Windows Phone Camera application for taking quicker (less than 2s shot to shot in real life) 5MP photos on the Lumia 1020. For events and action settings, you'll still get decent shots (with or without flash).
The next scenario shows the images cropped in more tightly, to 1:1, in order to see what's actually going on. They are arranged in the same order as before
[CONCLUSION] The 'oversampling' used in the Nokia Pro Camera application does have significant benefits in terms of reducing noise and depicting fine details, when compared to the default Windows Phone Camera app. But whats most impressive in the cleanness of the 808 image.
Now moving on to comparing the software oversampling (from 34MP JPG) on the Lumia 1020 with the hardware oversampling (from the raw camera output) on the Nokia 808. Both cameras are equalized in order to get the best comparison between them.
[CONCLUSION] Real time hardware oversampling on the Nokia 808, in terms of the absolute purity of output, is significantly more effective than the software-based used in the 1020.
Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Nokia 808 PureView - Oversampling Comparison
The Nokia Lumia 1020, much like its predecessor the Nokia 808 PureView, uses its large sensor with its high pixel count to capture very detailed pictures. It uses a technology Nokia refers to as pixel oversampling, where information from multiple pixels are pulled onto the sensor to produce 'perfect' pixels in a lower resolution output image. While both devices essentially do the same thing, they get about doing it in a different way. Let's take a closer look at how it is done. and how the two devices compare
The Nokia 808 Pureview which launched in 2012, comes with a 1.3GHz single core processor and 512MB of RAM. Since isn't powerful enough to handle the oversampling of (up to) 41 megapixel in rear time, Nokia has included a custom imaging chip/sensor from Toshiba and a dedicated Broadcom BCM2763 image processing chip to handle this load. It's a system that worked terrifically well, though was somewhat expensive to have implemented in the first place (in both money and time).
The Nokia Lumia 102 on the other hand has a much more powerful 1.5GHz dual-core processor with 2GB of RAM, which was deemed up to the job of doing the 'oversampling' in software, so in theory ending up cheaper and simpler to build and maintain, but there had to be a few compromises made.
The following image was captured in an environment with extremely low ambient light. The consistent colours and clearly drawn outlines are expected to stand out in both images.
The photo, cropped slightly and in slices, taken on the Lumia 1020 with the default Windows Phone Camera application first, then the Nokia Pro Camera application and finally the 808 Pureview
[CONCLUSION] You can use the default Windows Phone Camera application for taking quicker (less than 2s shot to shot in real life) 5MP photos on the Lumia 1020. For events and action settings, you'll still get decent shots (with or without flash).
The next scenario shows the images cropped in more tightly, to 1:1, in order to see what's actually going on. They are arranged in the same order as before
[CONCLUSION] The 'oversampling' used in the Nokia Pro Camera application does have significant benefits in terms of reducing noise and depicting fine details, when compared to the default Windows Phone Camera app. But whats most impressive in the cleanness of the 808 image.
You can learn more about the comparison and the technology between the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the Nokia 808 PureView by following the source link below.
source - AllAboutWindowsPhone
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The recently announced Nokia Lumia 1020 goes head to head against the Symbian powered Nokia 808 PureView in side-by-side video capture comparison. How does the newer Windows Phone compare against the previous champion cameraphone. The comparison covers quality, colors, and zoom capability.
[NOTE] In the video (around the 3:50 mark) the zooming is refered to by a factor of 3X where it should actualy be 4x in 1080p mode (while it will be 6x in 720p mode)
Also check out the following video comparison between the Lumia 1020 and the 808 PureView
Share your thoughts with us below and head over to the source for the video authors description and detailed comparison.
source - AllAboutSymbian | Symbian Tweet
Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Nokia 808 PureView - Video Capture comparison
The recently announced Nokia Lumia 1020 goes head to head against the Symbian powered Nokia 808 PureView in side-by-side video capture comparison. How does the newer Windows Phone compare against the previous champion cameraphone. The comparison covers quality, colors, and zoom capability.
| Nokia Lumia 1020 | 1/1.5" BSI 34MP sensor (in 16:9 mode here), 4x lossless zoom at 1080p, stereo audio capture, Optical Image Stabilization, all real time image processing via the SoC/main processor, to provide some sharpening. |
| Nokia 808 PureView | 1/1.2" 34MP sensor (in 16:9 mode here), 4x lossless zoom at 1080p, stereo audio capture, dedicated real time image processor handling over 'a billion pixels per second' to oversample each video pixel. |
[NOTE] In the video (around the 3:50 mark) the zooming is refered to by a factor of 3X where it should actualy be 4x in 1080p mode (while it will be 6x in 720p mode)
Also check out the following video comparison between the Lumia 1020 and the 808 PureView
| 808 PureView | Lumia 1020 |
Share your thoughts with us below and head over to the source for the video authors description and detailed comparison.
source - AllAboutSymbian | Symbian Tweet
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Lets check out a few more photo sample comparisons between the Lumia 1020 and the 808 PureView in low light conditions
How do you think the Lumia 1020 compares to the 808 PureView? Do you think its worth upgrading form your Symbian device to the newest Windows Phone? Share your thoughts with us below and check out the source links for more samples and high resolution photos
source - Symbian Tweet | Symbian Tweet
Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Nokia 808 PureView - Photo Capture comparison
When the Nokia Lumia 1020 was announced, we all wondered how the company's newest camera centric flagship compares to its older Symbian powered sibling the Nokia 808 PureView. Both handsets are known for their massive 41 megapixel sensors, but let's take a look at some of the features that differentiate the two Nokia camera flagships.
| 808 PureView | Lumia 1020 |
| 1/1.5 inch optics | 1/1.2 inch optics |
| six lens ZEISS optics | five lens ZEISS optics |
| f2.2 aperture | f2.4 aperture |
| 1.1 micron back-side-illuminated (BSI) sensor | 1.4 micron front side illuminated (FSI) sensor |
| image processor is handled in the main SoC | dedicated Broadcom image processing chip |
| Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) + Pixel Over sampling | Only pixel Over sampling |
Additionally the Lumia 1020 features newer imaging algorithms and more advanced settings in its camera app to offer a more professional photography experience for its users. The enhancements to the Lumia 1020 also result in superior low light photos.
So lets now take a look at how the two devices compare in their photos.
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Lets check out a few more photo sample comparisons between the Lumia 1020 and the 808 PureView in low light conditions
How do you think the Lumia 1020 compares to the 808 PureView? Do you think its worth upgrading form your Symbian device to the newest Windows Phone? Share your thoughts with us below and check out the source links for more samples and high resolution photos
source - Symbian Tweet | Symbian Tweet