Video: Nokia 808 PureView vs the Samsung Galaxy S3 at Coldplay gig, Munich
Imagine you were a Coldplay fan, bought some tickets, wanted to record something for you to remember. If you had the Nokia 808 PureView with Rich recording, you’d have something you can listen back to and enjoy.
If you had the Samsung Galaxy S3, you’d want to bring an axe to your speakers.
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In a related post, here is a collection of Rich Recording clips with Coldplay.
http://mynokiablog.com/2012/09/09/weekend-watch-rich-recording-with-coldplay-and-nokia-808-pureview/
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- Le Rich Recording du 808 PureView vs. Galaxy S3 (concert) | October 16, 2012
My goodness , what a contrast..
I muted the audio right away when it switched to the SG3′s audio.
Me too, it sounded like my poor little speakers were blowing out with all the noise.
And the Lumia 920 will have the same Rich Recording Microphone with all the other sick specs!
Here is a sample of the 808 against a poor Lumia 900 microphone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nqXPiYX9d-A
Those “High Amplitude Audio Capture” microphones can record a significantly broader range of frequencies than standard microphones: up to 140 dB in fact, whereas traditional phone microphones top out at 110 dB
“To cope with high sound pressure levels, Nokia has developed together with microphone suppliers a new microphone concept (High Amplitude Audio Capture) that can capture high sound pressure levels with perceptually no distortion to the audio. It is capable of recording up to 140 dB and higher Sound Pressure Levels, while that commonly used digital microphones can only reach 120 dBSPL without heavy distortion.
As high amplitude audio levels are tolerated, there is no need to limit the frequency response. Hence full audio bandwidth to match to human hearing capabilities can be provided when capturing with HAAC microphones” Nokia
But apparently the Lumia 920 is in mono; so while it’ll offer an indecently better performance than the “competition”, it’ll still be lagging behind the 808.
It would help a lot if the samples were equally loud. RR really isn’t marketed as it should be.
don’t listen the clip with earphone,the S3 crappy audio really ” hurt” my ear !!!
my eats started crying listening to the s3 audio
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The 808 makes a good mobile video camera but the video quality is very poor compared to the real video cameras. Everything is almost fine as long as you don’t zoom but after you do that you may have some serious problems.
While zooming the video becomes jerky because the 808 seems to be dropping frames.
If you have zoomed in video and you start panning, it’s possible the video becomes jerky as the 808 drops frames. Combine the panning and zooming and you get some super jerky video with tons of dropped frames.
The zooming has lots of other problems compared to the real video cameras but you can probably live with them.
The audio quality is great. It seems that most of the people praising the video on 808 seem to be amazed by the audio quality. Not the video if you compare it to the real video cameras. That’s why you rarely see the 808 compared to real video cameras.
I agree that there are some issues whilst zooming in fast but that’s about it. Never seen any lost frames either.
Youtube clips make video’s appear to be missing frames for fast moving scenes. Just check out any decent camcorder review samples on youtube and you will see the same thing. This is only exaggerated when zoomed in due to hand shake. Hence why Nokia have introduced OIS on the L920.
The problem occurs with raw video material from the 808. It’s not caused by Youtube.
I’ve evaluated 808 videos I have taken with my own 808 and the problem is a real one.
I would love to see a comparison with a real video camera. I bet the 808 wins on sound quality but gets beaten by the image quality. On the other hand the 808 is an incredibly small video camera but then it cost more.
You thinking of comparisons against digital cameras that are likely going to be costing considerably more than the 808?
I’ve had no issues whatsoever with the video quality of the 808 so far – it hasn’t missed a beat; so from my usage there is no problem at all.
I have the 808 and love it:-) Here is a clip I shot few days ago in Hockey match in Pori. First 12 seconds my hand covered the right mic but after that audio sounds really good like being there watching the hockeygame live:-) A lot zooming there, this was shot at 720p. http://youtu.be/je0EDyMQHwA
The image quality really drops at 1:00 when you have zoomed in. The 808 is a great device but it has definite limits when you compare it to the real video cameras.
The sound quality is great. It’s much better compared to the video.
Great video Jari! I used go to watch a lot of hockey games when I was in Finland. The 808 audio really captures the atmosphere very well.
Ludlium, I disagree that the video quality drops off when zoomed in. What you see is due to the poor lighting in that area. Towards the end Jari zooms in as the players move away and the image is no perfect.
Nice Frak! picture!
If the 808 can’t handle that ‘low’ light then it’s not a very good video camera.
why not use FPS app to check..anyone can try?