Official Nokia 808 PureView Sample Images

February 27, 2012 | Zoltan Arva-Toth | Camera Phones | 7 Comments |
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By way of its official blog, Nokia has released three full-resolution, 38-megapixel sample photos taken with the new Nokia 808 PureView camera phone. All three Nokia 808 PureView samples were taken at low, non-standard ISO sensitivity settings (ISO 55 and ISO 58), with the lens wide open. Do they compare favourably with the official sample images from the 36-megapixel Nikon D800? Perhaps not (remember that those samples were captured with some of the best Nikkors out there, using a camera with a full FX sized sensor), but they surely do contain a lot of detail - try resizing them to 14-16 megapixels and you’ll probably agree that this smartphone is likely to give a lot of compact camera manufacturers a run for their money.

Website: Nokia conversations: the official Nokia blog (scroll down to UPDATE #2 for the samples)

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#1 Bashar

The images seem very nice .
Image quality is like compact camera image quality
.... maybe better .

Good Job Nokia !

9:33 pm - Monday, February 27, 2012

#2 Andy

I'm reminded of EVE from Wall-E for some reason.

11:49 pm - Monday, February 27, 2012

#3 Richard Arran Photography

It will be interesting to see how the likes of Canon and Nikon respond to this with their forthcoming cameras.

12:05 pm - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

#4 chris

Soon, all your fast expensive long lenses are going to become pretty redundant.

Imagine having in your pocket a camera/iPhone with a 50-100mp sensor and able to crop the middle bit giving you the equivalent of a 300mm f2.4 lens at 8 megapixels (suitable for A3 prints).

What, 5 years!

3:20 pm - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

#5 faptastic

Puts all the compact camera makers to shame, makes me wonder if they're are all in collusion to make such dross. To think it would take a phone manufacturer to come up with a revolution. Kudos to Nokia, you might have killed the point and shoot market, serves them right for their lack of innovation, if not a long awaited wake up call!

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Nokia+808+PureView&f=hp#page=1

10:59 pm - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

#6 Evo-anon

The design reminds me of the ZN5

8:14 am - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

#7 Philip Aucott

Nokia have managed to keep me away from Iphones by giving a better camera, looks like this one should be next on the phone shopping list.

5:58 pm - Wednesday, February 29, 2012