Nokia Lumia 1020 Video and Photo Shoot Preview

MojoKid writes "Nokia, perhaps more-so than any other smartphone manufacturer in the game right now, needed to find a way to make something special. The new Nokia Lumia 1020, though it sports essentially the same internals and display as Nokia's Lumia 920, most definitely is different, and perhaps even an attractive alternative, depending on your specific needs. 41 megapixels of resolution, floating image stabilization and a powerful camera app to back it up, will make the Lumia 1020 pretty 'special' to some people, some of whom might be considering a Windows Phone for the first time as a result. Initial impressions of the device and its camera performance, show Nokia's new flagship device does shoot impressive still images and video, thanks in part to the Lumia 1020's image sensor and stabilization features. Nokia's Pro Cam app is comprised of a slick dial interface that offers virtually all of the controls you'd find in a DSLR camera. From White Balance, to ISO, Focus, Exposure and Flash Control, it's all in there. When you snap a picture, the 1020's camera grabs two versions of the shot; a large full resolution (7700x4300, roughly) shot with a huge 11MB file size is captured and an additional 5MP image is derived from that and stored as well. The results, especially in decent lighting, can be impressive."

Comments

Digital image stabilization makes a comeback.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wake me up when Nokia can come out with something on Windows Phone which wasn't already implemented on Symbian two years ago.

Re:Digital image stabilization makes a comeback.

[craigminah]

What are they trying to imply with this statement, "...offers virtually all of the controls you'd find in a DSLR camera"? Kind of a way to trick people into thinking it's DSLR-quality which is BS. 22MP is nice but how is it's low-light abilities and dynamic range? Seems like marketing hype...

Re:Digital image stabilization makes a comeback.

[rtfa-troll]

Samsung has been showing serious cameras that have phone functions, standard phones which have been outclassing Nokia in general reviews and real optical zoom cameras with most smartphone features. Nokia traditionally lead in phone cameras and when the original Pureview 808 came out it looked pretty neat.

Now Nokia which has contracts that leave it trapped with windows they are desperate to get some of the 808's shine back. They know that users who already used a Windows phone won't do it again so they have to look for new audiences. Aiming to sucker in camera users who they hope won't check app availability let alone how up to date the apps in the app store are is one of their better chances.

Re:Digital image stabilization makes a comeback.

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh come on, are you trying to sell sh.t for Microsoft? DSLR would have aperture priority mode, shutter priority and full manual mode, not the "ISO, white balance is all there".

Does this Windows phone crap needs to forced on people so badly that paid for "reviews" are not sufficient and now Slashdot is needed for that too?

Meh

[DougOtto]

The pictures don't even look that good. Blurring, CA issues and poor DOF.

That's too many pixels for a sensor that size.

Re:Meh

[notanalien_justgreen]

This is just not true at all. In low light conditions shrinking the pixels will produce higher noise results. Additionally this is way too many pixels to have any effect resolution-wise. It's a marketing gimmick, pure and simple. If there was any validity to your argument, then why do real DSLR cameras typically max out around 15-20 megapixels even though their sensors are substantially larger than this one?

why are you comparing it to a real camera?

[Jeremy Erwin]

Nokia's Pro Cam app is comprised of a slick dial interface that offers virtually all of the controls you'd find in a DSLR camera

But can you change the lens? Is the sensor large enough that depth of field becomes meaningful?

The 1020's camera grabs two versions of the shot; a large full resolution (7700x4300, roughly) shot with a huge 11MB file size...

My camera produces 20 megabyte raw files, but its sensor is only 14 Megapixels.

7700x4300?

[MindPrison]

And yet we haven't seen a single 7700x4300 sample anywhere on the net ....yet...

Not to my knowledge. Most of those reviewers on the net, links to flickr images with a max res of 3000x etc....

If it wasn't windows

[EmperorOfCanada]

If it wasn't windows then I would put this phone on my candidates list. I don't understand why they got into bed with Microsoft. I program apps for the iPhone and then port them to Android but would love to have a better Android as my primary phone. I don't want to wear the hair shirt of BlackBerry or Windows. It is sort of like the days when a few of my friends were all wound up about BeOS and before that OS/2. They could come up with all kinds of reasons that BeOS or OS/2 were awesome OSs but sticking to the mainstream OSs is just so much easier and when developing, profitable.

One thing though. I watched the video of the two dogs and while crisp it was odd looking. The colours were sometimes wonky and the dogs went weird when they moved fast. As an example the driveway turns quite blue for a moment while panning.

Re:iOS laggy OS

[dfghjk]

Seems to me that choppy response is a standard Android complaint, particularly from those who do not have quad core. Those weren't Apple customers complaining about lag, either, they were older device customers complaining about performance after iOS upgrades. Cores are not the problem there.

Of course, quad core means worse battery life as well, along with slower recharge times that come with the larger batteries.

Funny how people seek out information to confirm their prejudices.

Re:To quote Bender,

[dfghjk]

The ignorance on /. is astounding.