iPhone 5 still can’t touch Nokia 808 PureView (Low light comparison)
The iPhone 5 is heralded by its biggest fans as having a much better camera than the predecessor, with evangelists claiming you can now take low light pictures that you could not before on an iPhone 4S.
It uses something that attempts to be like oversampling by combining pixels (though not precisely like the 808, and it can’t since the sensor and pixel starting point is not the same). Whilst it is known that the low light optimised Nokia Lumia 920 slaughters iPhone 5, the Nokia 808 PureView gives the iPhone 5 a good kicking too.
After the comparison pics on the weekend that oddly showed the older 4S in a more favourable light, Vlado shares these pictures that correlates more with what the rest of the blogosphere has shown us.
We really don’t need to label the photos. The worse one is the iPhone.
Cheers Vlado for the pics!
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And still Nokia will not do anything to promote / sell 808!
because it may affect their Lumia sales:)
You guys do realize that the 808 was just a big tech demo and advertisement for the Nokia brand, right ?
no.
Derp, I guess that was obvious! In that case, please read above!
Nokia 808 beats iPhone also at video and audio: Nokia 808 vs iPhone 5 at the same music concert – Nocturnal Wonderland 2012 http://nokia808recordings.blogspot.com/2012/09/nokia-808-vs-iphone-5-at-
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These camera comparisons are really pointless. Everybody knows Apple aren’t concerned about the camera. They even made the iPhone 5 camera sensor size much smaller than the iPhone 4s. Nobody takes professional shots with a phone camera. And DSLR-grade camera on a phone won’t bring in more sales.
If Apple weren’t concerned they wouldn’t bother talking about the camera. And even if Apple really weren’t concerned, Nokia fans and other prospective buyers might be.
Nobody takes professional shots with a phone camera? FALSE. Nokia 808 PureView is not just a phone camera. It’s rare, but you can take very high quality shots on a Nokia 808 PureView. The brilliance is that unlike my DSLR, I only ever need to bring the 808 that slides into my pocket. My DSLR? Ha. It’s nice to have the option of having great pictures all the time, and not, “oh I’ve only got my phone with me, this will have to do”.
Apple talks about a few point that most people are concerned with.
1 Display
2 Battery life
3 Performance
4 Size/Weight
5 Camera
6 Moar appzzs..
Basically every single iPhone presentation has been the same albeit not in the order I put above.
Also makes me think about how Nokia does it;
1 Think about irrelevant things
2 Present these things in such a way that it becomes boring and drab up to the point you feel a 4th grader could present better.
Apple is concerned about the camera, but only insofar as it doesn’t compromise the other qualities of the phone. Apple knows that only a relatively small minority among the iPhone users really cares about the camera. That said, the iPhone has since its fourth incarnation been quite popular among photography enthusiasts. Since a phone camera is always with you, it should be able to take decent shots.
Of course nobody would go to a paid shoot with only a camera phone, no matter how good it was. It’s just like professional race car drivers don’t race in street legal sports cars, no matter how good they are. Professional equipment has qualities which are not really possible to include in a phone camera, even if the actual image quality is similar.
However, most photographers like to have a good carry-on camera and for that niche something like the 808 is almost perfect fit. It is quite clear that the 808 would not have sold even half of what it already has if it had the same camera module as the N9 (or even 701). Then it would be just another mid-range smartphone with an OS that many view as obsolete and difficult to use (incorrectly since Belle, but the perception is now well entrenched).
Understandable. Some expect different things from their smartphone and for some people, Symbian can’t cut it. For others, Symbian is a must (though those peeps are getting less and less over time).
I can’t wait for Lumia PureView v3.
V2 should be enough until then.
Nokia will milk the tech before combining it in one massive untouchable package.
This’ll happen when PureView v1 can be made smaller without losing anything & combining v2 while still not losing anything. Right now that seems like quite the task.
A Lumia is destined to utilize this looking at the current situation, but maybe not as set in stone just yet as may be assumed.
In any case I believe Nokia’s future is looking bright, considering. And WP is a respectable platform which could take some cue’s from Symbian regarding image app quality for better success.
yeah doesnt effect sales,lets stop making innovation..
Standard Apple Fan Reply
About Small Screen Size
Fan Reply : The comparison is pointless, everyone know Apple is not bothered up screen size, blah blah blah.
Mehh..When will you guys learn
It was the same thing with resolution. Until they got retina. And then it was all about resolution. Until there was 720p screens and beyond.
Tech specs only matter when the iPhone has something slightly better.
That really is the mentality of many Apple fans on the Internet boards and blogs. However, for the average iPhone user tech specs really don’t matter much. Look how well the 3GS continued to sell throughout 2011. And it’s got tech specs which make the N8 look advanced.
The most worrying/annoying thing is that that’s the mentality of not just Apple fans but the so called professional tech media.
If the media would at least try to be even half-impartial, but no. Not even close. Apple somehow gets a pass, every time. Take for example the latest iPhone 5. It’s a boring, seriously overpriced last year’s device with no innovation and with an ancient UI. But you wouldn’t know that reading the tech media.
To be fair, some sites did express some disappointment concerning the iPhone 5. GSMArena comes to my mind. But I agree, the “Apple can do no wrong” attitude is still widespread. One reason for that is that while controversy may bring some short time attention, many sites are afraid to alienate to Apple fans by being critical. In a reverse situation Nokia bashing started in US centric blogs and sites, because Nokia had no significant user base in the US and they could bash away without even a modicum of objectivity.
The N8 IS advanced
On the money…
I see lots of people use their crappy iPhone with led flash taking pictures everywhere and in party.
Pointless..!!!
Are you kidding ???
If you remember, during the announcement, a significant amount of time was taken to explain how great the iphone5 camera is.
The truth is:
“Imaging is one of the distinguishing features of current day smartphones and there is no match for Nokia cameras(especially 808 and 920)”.
808 has the best camera, but it is not something that people will buy. I mean it’s a Symbian after all. Remember N97, huh? Get real. Symbian is not a smartphone OS. It’s a piece of crap that got Nokia into this deep hole.
Lumia, on the other hand, is a thing of beauty and WP8 .. man .. just piece of art. WP8 with true pureview will trump over everything including iPhone. But 808 with Symbian.. I feel nauseated. Remember N97 huh? That is what got Nokia into this deep hole.
I mean get real. iPhone may have worse camera but it is more well-rounded and beautiful, espeically compared to something Symbian.. Remember N97 huh? that was piece of shit.
And please don’t mention N9 and the Meego fiasco? Dud, No apps exist for that piece of crap either. Meego is another thing that got Nokia into this.
Meego and Symbian.. dumb and dumber .. man .. get real. WP8 will save the day for Nokia. Elop is a genius.. Remember N97 .. that piece of X got Nokia into this shit that Elop is correcting.
I’m so mad at OPK and N97 and Symbian .. that piece of dung that got Nokia into this deep hole. Elop.. The genius will save the day.
As for iPhone, anything is better than a symbian crap,, remember N97.. that piece of shit got Nokia into this deep hole. Symbian Symbian Symbian.. worse than some famed vibrators of similar names.
Did I mention N97 was a piece of crap? That shit got Nokia into this deep X. Lest you forget .. OPK is the one to blame and Elop will save the day.
Back to topic. 808 may have good camera but it’s symbian .. you know that piece of shit found in the crappy N97 engineered by the deem wit OPK.. Let’s never forget at least for another 20 years.
You’re one angry dude..you actually bought the N97 and got burned? What a dumbass! Anyone with half a brain would know buying the N97 is just asking for trouble.
I am with you here. No I never bought a N97 but was amply reminded of the crappiness of that device from such wise men as Jay and Jesse.
Don’t compare the crappy S60v5 with awesome Belle FP2. Just go ahead and give it a try. I am sure you won’t complaint.
Symbian has way more function and has mutlitasking which smartphone should have.ios does not have mutlitasking so iOS is not a smartphone os.n97 is like 4 years ago.symbian has improve a lot.
Doesn’t matter. Symbian is dead. Get real!
Doesn’t matter!? Not true. You mean: It doesn’t matter FOR YOU, because you don’t operate on logic. You are blinded by your rage and don’t want to do research in the matter, you just repeat what somebody else has said, you lazy troll.
Symbian is dead? Not true! Why, Nokia keeps releasing updates to symbian phones – not just bugfixes but also new features and applications. Actually Nokia supports its Symbian platform more than the android systems are supported.
Your outbursts are funny, as you clearly know they’re not based on truth but still keep argumenting against the facts.
People who say Symbian is dead are brainwashed! Just because the majority use other OSes does not mean it sucks! I use Symbian belle FP2 did you ever used it?
Man .. get real.
Symbian = Belle is still more efficient than Android, has more features than iOS, needs less battery.
Lumia = 800 was a lame copy of N9. Not upgradeable to WP8
N97 = was bad, but OVER THREE (3) years old. Has still more features than competition.
N9 = excellent smartphone with plenty of apps, nowhere near a fiasco. You clearly have no experience with it, so can it, boy.
Elop = actually not so good, he made quite a few mistakes and admits them also.
WP8 = will not be a Nokia exclusive, and the Nokia apps will be assimilated by Microsoft. Hopefully sells well in the USA to silence biased press, but 920 AT&T only deal will damage Nokia sales.
Who should get real?
You cling onto the past. Symbian, no one admires it except some reactionaries such as you in this blog.
Just consult Engadget, Slashgear, TheVerge, Gizmodo, and MNB.. YOU SHOULD NOT regard Symbian as something remotely usable .. no I will say it more bluntly.. It’s a pile of Elephant dung..
Well, I do own the 808 and the N9, so I may have a slight bias towards them.. I’ve also owned android and iOS devices.
But claims against Symbian usability I cannot agree with. The 808 is way more faster in use than androids, and its way more flexible than iOS. It has all the apps I need or want, and beats the hell out of the competition in connectivity and imaging. The Belle Feature Pack 2 update I got last week made the device even better than it was before.
I’m quite familiar with the before mentioned (U.S. based) blogs, they all admit that they either had not enough time with the new Anna or Belle devices, or that the ‘review’ was focused on specific features.
I could make a list of sites that review Nokia devices favorably, but I won’t. I’d imagine they should be familiar to you, as you surely troll their comment sections regularly.
I’m not a troll. Defending Symbian is trolling. So by definition, you are the troll here.
A troll generally spouts rubbish.
You speak nothing but rubbish. Ergo, you are a troll.
I never say something that you never said. Man,, I am with you! If you can’t tell friends from enemies than you should double your dosage.
” In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as a forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. ”
YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF A TROLL, LOOK IN THE MIRROR !!!!
Hey remember the old Ovi services? They were HORRIBLE! They were part of the reason Nokia did so poorly! Awful!
Not all of them. The Store and Maps used to be under the Ovi services as well, and Ovi/Nokia mail is okay, albeit nobody uses it. But then again, only people who registered during the early 00′s and haven’t bothered to try anything else use Hotmail, one of the glorious new WP ecosystem services. Hotmail has admittedly improved lately, but that hasn’t brought many (if any) users back from Gmail…
I considered “Ovi services” to be the “ecosystem” stuff beyond what they already had (like maps). Stuff that was the glue that connected it all, like Calendar.
I remember when one day Ovi sync decided to delete all my appointments in my calendar! Fun times.
Hey sorry, on the Hotmail point, have you tried Outlook.com yet? It’s pretty decent actually…
I may switch from gmail, but it’s still a little too beta for me.
Well, I own a 808.
I tried to do the Fp2 update the other day (2/10) and the phone died and could not be restarted again …
I wrote about it on “Nokia Support Discussions” right away and was quite suprised when I was contacted by Nokia (Nokia Finland, I believe). They wanted the log files from Nokia Suite , wich I was using when it died, and wich apps I had installed on my 808. I guess to rectify, the now pulled, Fp2 update.
For me the camera was the only thing that made me buy first a Nokia 6220 Classic, then the N8 and and lastly, the 808.
I had read about Symbian and all its shortcomings on different blogs and sites before I got the N8. The camera was the forgiving factor.
The N8 has a great camera but is short on memory and processor power. It takes ages for the camers to “focus” if I zoom in to a photo and crashes quite frequently.
The 808 is better in every respect but I do miss a lot of apps that You can have if You have an Android or iphone. There are also many apps that I had on my N8 wich is incompatible with Fp1/the 808…
I live in Gothenburg where we have trams and buses. The comany that runs them have made apps for “droid” and iphone but not for Symbian. If a company/service says “Get your app here!”, You know for sure that there is no Symbian app. This the norm here in Sweden!
So I have to disagree, I do miss a lot of apps that would make life easier.
Most of my friends have “droids” or Iphones and I never here them complain about the lack of multitasking ability, short battery life, free maps or USB on the go and so on, and to me, their devices seem to work very well.
Fp2 killed my phone, it is now sent to Swedens one and only “Nokia Care Point” in Stockholm…
I find my N8 to have non of those said issues. Auto focus is always fast enough and the phone has never crashed since I bought it nearly two years ago.
Symbian is not my cup of tea, AT ALL. But it has improved a lot since the days of N97.
I’ll take your word for it regarding map support, but surely your not implying anything broader than your own subjective experience because the whole world knows that Nokia maps hands down craps all over the competition in that area!
Another whining ass…
Are you seriously defending the N97?
A real man.. you Dave.. the few people here who don’t forget to take medicine on time.
I’m not sure if your comments against Symbian are serious or you’re just trying to antagonise here.
It has pros and cons, to say it’s purely one or the other is simply not true.
If my hatred of Symbian is genuine or not is your main concern, please rest assured — it is!
Just leave and don’t troll here.
I think someone bought a N97 in the past and making it a personal deal out of it. Symbian Rockz!! U brainwashed A-hole!
Jesse, I would recommend that you don’t call people “boy”!!! It might not go over so well.
Saying something is more efficient than Android is your big argument? Everything is more efficient than Android. My shoe is more efficient than Android.
You think the 800 is a copy of the N9? How in the world is it a copy? It shares the same hardware, made by the same people, with an entirely different OS.
N9 (which I own) does not have “plenty of apps,” if the point of reference is Android or iTelephone. I would say that it has “some apps.”
WP8 is not a Nokia exclusive, but Nokia has exclusives on WP8.
Actually the N9 and L800 do not share much hardware. They have the same camera module, but the N9 has a TI OMAP chipset and 3.9″ screen versus the Qualcomm chipset and 3.7″ screen in the L800.
True, so I guess even less of a “copy”
Granted N97 was a failure for the most part, I know I still have two in mint condition, but it wasn’t that bad either!
Symbian was difficult at the best of times but N97 had some nice aspects to it on it’s own accord…
In fact you had me interested up until the part where you so flamboyantly crapped on the N9 and Meego. Now, anyone who has used the N9 has of course experienced Meego and vice versa. So having made that point, it is obvious you have no real idea about the N9 at all, because it’s fckn sublime. And don’t even try to say “but I know what I’m talking about, I also have an N9 in my extensive library of slick mobile devices” cause I know you would be talking out of your ass mate!
Not one person has said to me either directly or indirectly, after actually owning and using the N9 that it was a fiasco and a dud. In fact nearly everyone I know that has one either as their primary phone or backup just can’t understand why Nokia did not further develop that platform instead of WP. (However the strategy with MS seems to be making sense recently).
At the very worst I have only heard people praise the N9 as a good attempt but ultimately doomed due to lack of real support etc…
Putting such emphasise on the apps part, which is absolutely not why one would be investing in an N9 to begin with only makes it that much more obvious which camp you really belong to.
Your an ass…
Symbian os is one is the best os from market….is not its fault that nokia did not give enough resources for os to run proper on the device….is nokia/opk to blame.
Maybe n97 killed symbian os …..but again is not symbian fault or symbian engeniers is nokia’s(middlle) management….
Symbian OS is the only os that suport camera module up to 41 mpx…and one of the most secure os (cabir and other were just sending sms/mms to a number)..and your datas are safe (not like andoid and ios-spy on your location)…
Symbian was/is destroyed by nokia (OPK ,elop)or others.
Symbian as OS have a great kernel (nanokernel)optimised for low power compsumtion and memory preservation…
The problem was not the OS itself …was the UI (user interface) because nokia was not able to create a proper ui for OS.
They tried in 2001 with symbian s90 and 2003 with Symbian series 80(touchscreen and key imput) but they abandoned the project in 2005(the world was not prepared for touch screen smartphones–they said)and they choosed s60 (the worst iteration of symbian)as their main OS/UI/UX to develop.
So …mr guest… symbian OS (still) is the best os in the market but had the bad luck to be developed by nokia…
Elop is not a genius…he is just making MS games(you will see soon )…WP7.x,8 is not a proper OS….having many flaws(no bluetooth file sharing and no capabilities to suport big camera sensor like n 808…)and if MS (mobile) os is so good why windows mobile was so bad ???? and why they kill it ???and why the stopped suport for win mobile ???.
Because is all about the money …if they does not make money with something they just trow away that will happen with nokia in a few years.
PS …how do you know that symbian is worse than “some fames vibrators”??? have you…….????
Boy! How many words do you have to type to proclaim your stupidity! Just simply say “I’m a moron”. The whole world know n97 is the reason nokia is in so much trouble. But., where have you been? You’ve been living under a rock or something? Nokia have improved symbian belle to such an extent that it is actually very usable.
I really need to get myself a 808.. i keep telling myself, that i don’t need it, and i can’t live with the limited apps. but still, i want it. i can’t help it, i just want this phone so bad
What apps do you need? Which device are you trying to switch from? You can look at the offerings at Nokia store, it’s a pain to search for a certain kind of app, but searching for other users’ experiences could also help you find a replacement.
well, i already have a Nokia N8, so i know which apps there is, and for the most part, all me needs are covered.(eg. Web, mail, Greader, GPS) but i still like to play the occasional game. at the moment i’m using a Lumia 800, and that is also covering my apps need good enough, with a little bit more “new” games. So yes i could properly live with then 808..
I see your problem, then. =D The N8 is getting a bit old, but luckily the 808 doesn’t take anything away from the feature list, it does add the NFC that could be useful someday. I’ll suggest you wait unless you can get a good deal with the 808. The 808 price will drop, and something new might come along as well. At the moment, maybe the 920? I’d imagine the 920 would be in the same price range as the 808 originally was – and you already have the lumia 800.
For me, the 808 beats the 920 camera though. The zoom is really that important once you use it. Haven’t seen videos of WP8 photo or video zooming though, so I can’t really be sure how they will do it. I hope Nokia camera crew have pixel binning and lossless zoom in WP. They did not have that in the N9 – Symbian had the lossless zoom in video but N9 didn’t get it even it was released later than the N8.
Just wait and do more research.
Oh, your primary phone is the N8 right now?? Getting a bit old is an understatement!
Get the 808, replace the N8, you will laugh at your former self and will not look back! Trust me.
Buy the 808, you won’t regret it. It will be some time before there is hardware that will replace it. You can always have two phones and swap sims.
Use iPhone 5 and compare with nokia n8.iphone is too lousy for 808
N97 was a hardware fiasco but having used one i’d say i liked that device a lot. Sure it did not have the UI blah blah of iOS, but every feature that makes Symbian the best was in it, fully functional. In fact most of my synced stuffs like contacts, map bookmarks, routes are still there in my 808. It had one of the best 5MP camera module i’ve used till date (yeah comparably better than most modern generation 5MP cameras) ; one of the best full qwerty keypad i ever used, supported 32 gb msd cards (yeah i had 64 gb on it
) ..
It lacked presentation and uber smooth performance; it made it up with awesome features. In fact most of the features itself have remained unchanged over the years right from 6630 (that’s like 8 years ago), it’s only presented in a different way now which makes people go gaga.
So much negative criticism against Symbian while people don’t blame Android for poor support, i mean how many budget phones ever receive updates except for Symbian ?? No use making fun of the best OS ever made (WP8 as some potential), if you don’t like it move on. At least on Symbian you don’t need apps to do most basic stuff.
Sanity prevails.
N97 was more than just the software we interacted with on it.
And if I had to go out with the N97 again, I know my pics would be respectable, nothing flash, but respectable…
Support is a Nokia thing, the competition are just too cool for school in that department.
Even some guy complaining about his bad experiences with the 808 above notes without realising, Nokia support is right on the money…
…
Symbian Rockz!!
This thread is like every other thread here, except “WP/Elop” and “Symbian” are reversed.
What’s the big deal. Also, @Janne, seems like GTD did get your hint and started posting here
The comparison it’s not correct, in my opinion. To compare the two cameras at low light must be necessary to use the same ISO setting on both and not ISO 400 for the Nokia and ISO 800 for the iPhone 5 (I look inside the EXIF informations).
If in iPhone it’s not possibile to set manual ISO, use the same setting with Nokia (which have manual ISO) then publish the new results …
The iphone has no settings, so you can’t change anything. Also, the difference is so big, that it won’t matter.. the 808 captures way more light at any ISO speed.
And look again.. the 1-st two pics are both @ 800iso. The second one, I just set the 808 to 400 to show that, even then, it captures more light than the iphone 5 @800.
You can see more here: http://sdrv.ms/QOzrHB
The flash performance difference is even bigger..
The camera is the only advantage that can be easily shown, for me the 808 is a better smartphone overall. I will take symbian over iOS any day..
all and all, you are not supposed to be getting those kind of results out of 1.4 micron pixels, what Nokia did with the 808 is.. magic.
Symbian FTW~!!
=D
New Symbian is great! I prefer it over Android. 808′s camera is like having sex.
Jay, thank you for using my pics for the blog post!
Which photo is from which Camera? It’s not clearly stated.
Photos 2-1 and 4 seem the best… Which do I prefer visually.. number 4, why? Because of the ambience and the colours in the sky and lower noise profile.
However as a low light photo, to capture the moment, which of the photos achieves this goal? I’d say both absolutely. Assuming one is the iPhone5 and the other the 808, I’d say they tick the boxes for the masses.
Read the words: “Stockton Bridge Grille” in both photos they are perfectly fine and not some blurry mess. Tick.
This is inherently the problem. Apple does “enough” and balances form factor, weight, battery etc with all the features in the iPhone. Nokia aims for uncompromising brilliance in the Camera, but can never assemble all components into one superphone.
As a Nokia fan, does it annoy me that Apple marketing spins half truths and lies… best screen, best camera, fastest, longest, etc. Of course it does – it drives me mad. But what they have done is combined “enough” of each element into one phone.
Do people buy Ferraris, yes if they want performance plus style, but for most people a good old Ford / Honda / Toyota will have “enough” of everything to appeal to the masses.
Pretty much…
Except the thing about Ferraris’ and common Fords, Honda’s etc…
I’d only buy a Ferrari if I had the money to burn, and then I would be very chuffed. Otherwise as I did settle on a Nissan GT-R, personally much, much better value for money.
And never a good old anything actually, that’s like settling on a C8 series Huawei instead of a Nokia Lumia 920…No way
What appeals to the masses in these examples is purely a matter of economics…
Yes I agree, Iphone 5 camera is not good in low-light situation. When we capture a picture in low or dim light (usually Night) then we see its picture quality is effects it is due some problem in phone camera. It also have purple haze problem in its camera which is due to some lens injuries but apple totally refused that. Don’t worry I have solution for that I just found the best solution at http://howmobile.net/apple-iphone/2853-solution-camera-issues-iphone.html. Hope you can like the solution. It’s very easy to understand. Hope the solutions solve your Iphone 5 camera trouble.
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Using iPhone app NightCap the iPhone beats the 808 in low light photos. This app not only gives you up to 1 sec exposure but it also takes the photo only when the phone is not shaking. You also see what kind of quality you are getting before you take the picture.
The 808 loses in this comparison because it’s very hard to take low light pictures without a tripod. The 808 takes the picture when you press the camera button and it doesn’t wait until the phone stops shaking. It’s also hard to focus in low light if you use the 808. Just try using the focus assist light when you take a low light picture of a scenery.
“Using iPhone app NightCap”
Yay up to 1 second exposures, whoohoo.
“but it also takes the photo only when the phone is not shaking.”
ANNNND a completele load a crap pulled out of your ass! You need to hold this VERY still. No OIS to assist you.
(it might wait until you hold really still before it starts, which would be a good feature, but during the exposure you need to hold still)
On a related note, does the L920 have a delayed picture mode? So you press the shutter, but the phone gives you a second to absorb the movement of pressing the shutter, before taking the picture? Like you would use the 2 second timer on some cameras for.
It’s hard enough to take a good picture with 1 sec exposure. Yes, it can be done without a tripod if the phone waits for your hand to stop shaking. Somehow it’s very hard to believe you could do the same with a longer exposure. Without a tripod that is.
Usually 0.2-0.5 sec is enough and the picture turns out to be a good one because the software waits for the best moment. Remember, it’s up to 1 sec, not 1 sec every time.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nightcap/id486414195?mt=8
Just look at the pictures on that page. The difference is huge and this actually works.
It would be nice to see someone using this app when comparing the phones. And a similar one for every other phone compared there is one for them.
Nobody doubts the effects of longer exposure; the difficulty is holding still. Pretty much any camera can make a good low light show if it can be convinced to use a long shutter time, and if it’s held steady.
Waiting until the user holds still is a good trick. I like that idea. Clever!
It also let’s you to set the exposure time as you wish. This is something you can’t do with the 808. It’s easy to set the app to use the best possible exposure time you can hold the phone still. You can use that one and get the best results you can have without a tripod.
One nice feature is that the app takes pictures when it’s waiting for you to press the shutter button. If the last picture taken, before you press the button was a good one, it’s saved to the camera roll.
This is not a miracle app or anything like that. It’s just something that makes the iPhone much more capable in low light. It would be nice to see this used in the comparisons because anyone can get it for $0.99.
lol just hope that an application can solve the low light bad pictures, that would be the same like saying that some application will make your phone cook tea
PureView FTW!!!
P.S. FP2 is there = FOTA!!!
Had fun reading all the arguments and posts.
I have 808 for a month now. And mind all these people who keeps on bashing Nokia/symbian blahblahblah…. Just an advise, use the material before writing anything against it. Never had issues with my 808. I wonder how iphone cameras look like in in 41+ in. LED tv. Or any large monitor. 808 pictures look so HQ on its screen (probably some trolls will say because of this so called ‘clearblack display’) but plug ur 808 via usb on a hi res tv, and you’ll be blown away. Have seen my 5 mp shots on our bravia tv at home and im speechless myself.
People here should have at least a sense of ‘immersion’… IMO, a sec or hour glance and hold at these devices won’t give you the full grasp of the whole experience. I’m speaking in fairness to all OSs and all phones.
And my conclusion, just like the olden days, STILL… Nokia is here. Never leaves and still kicking. Making some ‘creatures’ mind roll over the floor. If not, trolls won’t rant as I’ve seen.
Mabuhay Nokia!