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Nokia 808 PureView Camera – Pictures & Video – Comparison with Nokia N8 & Samsung Galaxy SIII

Outdoor, Partly Cloudy, 38 Megapixels

100% Cropped parts below. Click to enlarge.

(Full resolution shots – PureView 38MP (11mb file size), PureView 8MP, N8, SGS3)

Nokia has recommended to shoot at “Creative PureView” mode with up to 8 megapixels which actually reduces the noise using the pixel oversampling technique that uses all the 38 megapixels to shoot but downscales the final shot to 8 megapixels. Downscaling from 38 megapixels to 8 megapixels should of course (technically) reduce the digital noise while maintaining the detail which other smartphones really can’t do. But very fortunately Nokia didn’t restrict its users at 8 megapixels and in fact has given the option to shoot at its full amazing resolution. Well that is also stunning. Did you see the 38 megapixels shot above? That brought the whole lot from the scene including smaller digits of phone number on a holding. If concentrating on the same noise & detail matter, then again in 38 megapixels shot Nokia 808 PureView managed to give less noise and much more detail than other contenders but of course not as much as it did in 8 megapixels shot.

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Khurram Ali

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Onmypalm says:

July 2, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Thanks for the review. For the next stage, it will be appreciated to compare camera controls. I have the N8, and I always feels the camera interface in slow and not very friendly. how does that compere with other phones and cameras? Thanks
onmypalm
- KA says:
  
  July 2, 2012 at 3:43 pm
  
  @3eff3285e60a6bd29361088f5c8133c4:disqus thank you
  Yes your suggestions will be taken in mind and the review will cover more on the User Interfaces and Features of the phone.
Bogdansha says:

July 3, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Thank you for this prereview!
Please use in future comparisons 1 top handset from every other Mobile OS. Some kids need to see for themselves just how good Nokia is :P
slblack says:

July 4, 2012 at 3:26 am

More sample pics plz. do a flickr account, anything with highly detailed pics.

Pakistan has some beautiful areas and lots of city culture from what I hear, im sure the 808 will be a fantastic choice of camera.

But yea, more pics plz.
- KA says:
  
  July 5, 2012 at 5:59 pm
  
  thank you @slblack:disqus for your input.
  We won't promise about any following photography centric posts with this device. But we'll do our best to get more pics with 808 PureView as we wish to.
billywilder says:

July 5, 2012 at 4:30 pm

Good videos. What do you think about audio quality of 808? Especially for the last video?
- KA says:
  
  July 5, 2012 at 5:50 pm
  
  @twitter-15643830:disqus thanks for dropping by. Audio recording quality is no doubt is excellent in PureView. Did you check the comparison video?
  
  Well about the last video, if you picked up the noise of wind then of course that's the noise of wind physically touching the device. That is natural when something physically hits an object it produces noise.