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Hum, ok, the headline is not exactly precise, but the sensor is indeed 41 megapixels, and that is mind blowing! Can it rival Nikon’s latest goodies, the 36Mp D800? Read on to find out.
Nokia recently announced its 808 PureView smartphone, with Carl Zeiss lens and a jaw breaking 41 megapixel sensor, using pixel oversampling technologies. According to the guys from Finland “At standard resolutions (2/3, 5 and 8 megapixels) this means the ability to zoom without loss of clarity and capture seven pixels of information, condensing into one pixel for the sharpest images imaginable”. In lamest terms, this means you can get a picture and zoom in A LOT on it, without any quality loss.
Another good thing the little beast allows is for less noise on images, even in less than ideal situations. Since the camera has more than one source for the same area, it can average that pixel and discard crazy artifacts created by the sensor. Cool, isn’t it? And all that in a REALLY tiny body! All that will lead to extremely sharp images.
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This awesome glass and sensor marriage could not be wasted on the video department. And certainly is not! The 808 records Full HD 1080p video and is able to zoom in 4X with no quality loss, debuting Nokia’s Rich Recording, which enables audio recording at CD quality.
On the specs side, the sensor is 1/1.2” sensor, just slightly smaller than the ones found in the Nikon 1 System cameras. The lens is 8.02mm (~28mm equivalent) f/2.4 lens and a 4” screen.
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| Photo: courtesy of Nokia.com |
All this hardware produces crisp, clear and real high-res pictures, at least in the bright outdoor conditions in which the samples were taken. I strongly recommend you to download (click on it) the full res sample above and look at it, at 100% zoom level. This is no match for a full frame D-SLR, but should really worry many camera manufacturers.
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