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Kamis, 17 Januari 2013

Galaxy Camera vs. 808 PureView: Shoot 'em up

Introduction

So, this may as well be the first against the last of their respective kind. Nokia would gladly try and sell you PureView in various wraps and Android-powered cameras are not unheard of, but a shootout like this one isn't very likely to repeat itself any time soon.

It's been a while and we don't know which is worse - the itch in the forefinger or the coat of dust on our Nokia 808. Both have just been idle for too long. But you know what, nothing's going to scratch that itch better than the best camera ever put in a mobile phone, and a brilliant set of web, social, media and cloud connectivity that Android brings to a proper point-and-shoot.

We're about to see yet another digicam take on the PureView, and one would think that, having survived a Canon and an Olympus, the Finn has little to worry about. We can see a point there but it's a lot more complicated than it seems. And hey, we're not complaining. We like it when it's complicated.

The thing is the Nokia 808 PureView and the Samsung Galaxy Camera are not each other's alternative. People interested in the Galaxy Camera most likely have a smartphone already, and most likely a droid. It would only make sense to a fair few it seems, to keep a second smartphone, be it the most spectacular cameraphone ever made.

The Galaxy Camera on the other hand, has all the smart you look for in a smartphone - except the phone bit obviously. A superior selection of apps makes Android better connected, while Symbian is, we're sorry to say it, a platform without a future.

Ultimately though, image quality will be the focus of this article, and things here aren't as straightforward as they seem either. The PureView has a wide-angle lens, but the Galaxy Camera's is wider. Samsung's digicam has a bigger and more capable Xenon flash than the Nokia 808 - the Finn on the other hand has an extra LED flash to use in video recording. We were quite impressed by the 4x lossless digital zoom of the PureView but it cannot really match 21x optical zoom.

Yet, the extra-long zoom might be both a blessing and a curse for the Galaxy Camera. Believe it or not, the proper digicam has a smaller image sensor than the phone. And yes, we all know by now that this isn't just another cameraphone. The Galaxy on the other hand isn't your average point- and-shoot - it's a connected camera and thanks to Android you can browse the web on it, play media and instantly share your stills and video.

Two gadgets and we don't want to have to choose. We have two shutter keys at half-press and hopefully it will be at least a little easier for you to make up your mind. It's been a while since we had a Nokia and a Samsung in a straight head-to-head. Let's not keep anybody waiting.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Kamis, 06 September 2012

Nokia fakes Lumia 920 PureView video, issues an apology for it

Yesterday, Nokia announced the Lumia 920 with a PureView camera, except here, PureView did not mean the pixel oversampling that we saw on the 808 PureView but rather the use of optical image stabilization to achieve steadier low light photos and videos.

To demonstrate this effect, Nokia released a video where they compared the effect of having and not having optical image stabilization side by side, the implication being that the video was shot on the new Lumia 920.

Turns out, that was not the case, as was later discovered by Pocketnow.com as well as The Verge, who found a reflection of a camera crew in a van using what was clearly a professional camera (or at least most definitely not the Lumia 920) to shoot the 'OIS ON' part of the video.

This meant that what we were supposed to believe was Nokia's super awesome optical image stabilization at work was just actually just a professional video camera.

Now we expect some amount of deception in advertisements but that's for fancy press images. While talking about sample images and video we expect them to be the actual content captured from the device otherwise it defeats the purpose, which is why it was a disappointment to see Nokia fiddle with that. Nokia should have let their brand new product do the talking instead of relying on a professional tool to make things look nicer. Or at least provide a warning in the video so we know what we are really looking at.

Fortunately, Nokia has been quick to issue an apology, saying that the video was not shot on the Lumia 920 but rather "simulated" to give an idea as to what OIS on the Lumia 920 would look like. They have also released another video and this time it actually is from the Lumia 920, they say.

The new video looks impressive and makes us wonder why Nokia didn't use the actual phone to shoot the previous video. Maybe it would not have been as stable as the professional camera but it'd have still looked good and more importantly, be truthful.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Selasa, 08 Mei 2012

Nokia PureView 808 headed to Mexico soon

Nokia has just overruled its plans to exclude North America from the PureView 808 markets. Mexico is getting the camera/smart phone hybrid in a few weeks, probably in the end of May or the beginning of June.

The confirmation comes straight from the Spanish version of Nokia Conversations.

Recently we also noticed the PureView 808 passing through FCC, so the tiny hope that it might also make it to the United States has become a little less so. We are sure that Nokia won't mind giving their sales a boost.

In case the USA remains cut from the PureView 808 markets after all, Mexico will be there to satisfy that demand as well.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Senin, 07 Mei 2012

Nokia PureView 808 enters FCC, gives US tiny hope

Back in March we learned Nokia PureView 808 wont be coming to North America understandable, given Nokias decision to pull off Symbian smartphones from this market.

Since the N9 skipped the NA market, we had no reason to expect the Finns to have a sudden change of heart for the 808 PureView. Not to mention that the US is a key Lumia market, so Nokia prefers to focus all its attention that way.

And then suddenly the Nokia PureView 808 lands at the FCC and secures permission to enter the US market. So however tiny it is, there is a chance it enters the North American (or at least the US) market after all.

Nokia PureView 808 torn apart FCC

At the very least the photos that accompanied the FCC report let us take a peak inside the mighty cameraphone and see what its internals look like.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Rabu, 02 Mei 2012

Nokia confirms PureView 808 is coming in May

Yesterday there were some speculations the PureView 808 release might be delayed for June or later. Today Nokia is putting an end to all of those rumors the 41MP camera-smartphone PureView 808 is coming in May as it was promised all the way back in February.

The first countries to get the PureView 808 include Russia and India currently Nokias most loyal markets. The full list of countries and dates will be announced shortly.

Nokia and Carl Zeiss made another announcement today about their extended partnership. This means both companies will continue to work tightly together so they can bring you even better mobile cameras than the PureView 808s. Nice!

Nokia released lots of camera samples taken with the PureView 808 a few days ago. You can find them right here.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Jumat, 27 April 2012

Nokia 808 PureView new samples arrive, look stunning

Nokia is apparently not all about the Amazing Everyday and still finds time for its 808 PureView cameraphone monster. Today we got some fresh samples from the 41 megapixel to feast our eyes on. It's not the first time they're doing it, but you won't hear us complaining.

Nokia 808 PureView samples

Most of the photos have been downsized to 5 megapixels, which supposedly allows us to see the best of the PureView technology and they are really impressive. The dynamic range and the amount of fine detail resolved is splendid and while we can't say anything about their accuracy, colors certainly look nice. Not to mention the shallow depth of field, which is normally next to impossible to achieve with a cameraphone.

There are also a few full-res samples, where the "per-pixel" sharpness levels isn't quite as impressive, but the overall resolved detail is mind-blowing. We'd say that the full-res samples are about as sharp when viewed at 100% as the current best cameraphones. The thing is there's three to four times more pixels on the 808 PureView.

In other words nothing currently on the market comes even close to what the 41 MP sensor inside the Nokia 808 PureView offers.

Check out the full gallery over here.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana

Selasa, 17 April 2012

Nokia 808 PureView surfaces on pre-order in the UK

We've already seen Nokia 808 PureView pre-orders pop up elsewhere but now we're talking the UK.

Clove.co.uk now offers the ultra-high-megapixel cameraphone but the pricetag is a bit harder to swallow than the one we saw from Nokia Italy. With the VAT included, the UK price amounts to 538.80, which is roughly 655, while Nokia Italy's asking price is 599.

We hope other UK retailers chime in on that one and make a more palatable offer for the Nokia 808. A Dutch retailer, for instance, has a pre-order listed at 565.

Clove doesn't mention a release date but the Nokia Italy pre-order had May as a projected time frame for the launch of the highly anticipated cameraphone.

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Eliana Adriana Chandra Buana