Damian Dinning on the Nokia Lumia 1020 successor – @PhoneDaz’s imaging wish list.

Do you remember when Damian Dinning mentioned that there were some features that didn’t make the cut in the final Nokia Lumia 1020? As an ex-Nokia Imaging Guru guy, Damian would know much about Nokia’s capabilities and what was then on the pipeline. Over on twitter, he’s been musing about its successor. It’s been almost a year since that July 11 announcement. There hasn’t been any public info/leaks regarding it.

The first began last night but it is an o going ‘wish list’ with the last being from a few minutes ago. He says he genuinely doesn’t know what it is.

Damian asks what he’d like to see.

• Out of curiosity, what would your wish list be for a 1020 successor? Here are a few of mine… Disclaimer: genuinely don’t know what it is.
• Larger display. Faster shot to shot and AF. AF during video. More manual controls in video, e.g. Exposure.
• Removable micro sd cards. Video editing e.g. Effects from creative studio. High frame rate video. Sweep panorama.
• Still capture during video capture. Frame zoom a la 808, but smoother. No OIS pre capture, makes it hard to frame precisely.
• Man controls in lenses and/or lens functions in main camera. E.g. Love refocus but no controls.
• Also want to manually set the focus point in refocus. Closer focus but will make camera slightly bigger
• And to pick up from earlier…. 4k video for future proofing for some and newer displays for those that them. Ability to use zoom in lenses.
• Agree with many others, HDR mode integrated to Nokia camera. Panorama integrated there too rather than separate lens.
• Similar to iPhone and Nokia way of changing between video, stills & smart seq would like panorama and refocus or refocus added as….
• …as extension of focus setting.
• Definitely miss a counter indicating remaining shots /video time available when memory reaches certain level….
• ….Just low memory warning is not helpful enough.
• I’d also like a multi-spot metering selection like a few film cameras used to many years ago. Simply tap on each area of the screen.
• Resulting exposure based on average of each area. If needed hdr used automatically.
• Shade white balance setting and more natural camera settings. Much better in black but still sometimes it’s a little too saturated for me.
• Audio settings to be available for BT not just wired.
• Of course the 930’s surround sound recording capabilities.
• Now Nokia mobile and MSFT are one, I’d really like to see post capture controls to be available in the default full screen view rather…
• ..rather than having to ‘view in Nokia camera’ to access those. Takes away the spontaneity.

Out of curiosity, what would your wish list be for a 1020 successor? Here are a few of mine… Disclaimer: genuinely don't know what it is.

— Damian Dinning (@PhoneDaz) May 31, 2014

Any wish list from your side? Perhaps that laser focus as with the LG G3 as noted by vikas?

Category: Lumia, Nokia