Nokia 808 Pureview, Part 3: Schoolboy Error!

Just noticed that Blogger has compressed all the images in the previous posts. Shows how long since I used this thing.

If  there's any you really want to pixel-peep at, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Nokia 808 Pureview, Part 2: Croome Court

Took the phone out with me today in a situation where I'd normally take the DSLR. Wanted to see what it would do as a main camera.

Again, all straight out of the phone. Used the "Creative" mode for most of them: Pureview on, 5MP images, best quality JPEG. Pretty much everything else left automatic.

1. Croome Church. Reasonably well exposed. A little 'soft'. The 808 seems to use sharpening sparely, unlike most mobiles.

2. Statue. This I like. 

3. Lake. This is a 34MP image. Well exposed, I think. 

4. Tree. Wanted to see how well it did detail. OK, but some parts are out of focus. I could probably do a better job when I get more familiar with the interface. 

5. Decor. Indoor, no flash. Colours are good and true here. Unfortunately, at 1/35 second, a bit of camera shake. 

6. Flowers. Didn't blur this one. 

7. Plaster. Would the flash reach the exposed brickwork? I think it did. 

8. Light through window. Tricky to get exposure right. I'd probably fiddle a bit in PS with this one. 

9. Sarah. Again a bit soft, blurred. 

10. Verity.

11. Imogen

12. Sometimes you need a lens hood! 

13. Indoor, no flash again. Worked better this time. 

On the basis of this, I'm happy to use the 808 as "the camera I have with me". May not bother taking the DSLR to Spain this year.

So, what do you think? 

Nokia 808 Pureview, Part 1: 41MP

Been quiet here for a while, hasn't it?

As you may know, I've been interested in the Nokia 808 Pureview for a while. The last Symbian phone with a ridiculous 41MP sensor. If you're not familiar with the technology read up on it. Suffice it to say, you're not supposed to take 41MP photos - it is there to give you lossless zoom and to reduce noise by oversampling. 

Wasn't going to buy one (dead platform and all that) but given Nokia still haven't put this technology on a Windows Phone (and my old phone developed a fault) I decided to get one. Had it about a week. 

What's it like? In what follows, all the phots are straight out of the camera (sorry, phone) without editing - unless noted. 

Before getting into all the real photos, here's how you make people's jaw drop. Take a full resolution photo then zoom in on a small part. EG:

Pretty  poor, really, you say. Then zoom all the way out: