Nokia Lumia 920 vs. Nokia 808 PureView

The Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia 808 PureView both feature Nokia’s PureView cameras, but they have some very different technology behind how the take pictures. Nokia’s imaging chief, Damian Dinning explains what makes the two cameras difference and how PureView works for each of these devices.



The 808 PureView features a 41MP camera which allows noise-reduction, pixel oversampling and lossless zoom. While the Lumia 920 features an 8.7 MP camera which allows amazing low-light and stable photos with (OIS) Optical Image Stabilization with its floating lens technology.
Damian Dinning Tweeted the following:

Received lots of questions this week regarding PureView #808 vs #920. Going to need to do this over a number of tweets, here goes…

1. In situations where camera movement is not an issue #808 will provide more detailed images with less noise due to oversampling…But where camera movement is evident for either stills (typically low light) or videos #920 will be better due to OIS
2. In low light if devices are handheld and used in auto #920 will be better due to OIS – no blur and brighter images. If #808 is used in night mode or manual ISO allowing speeds to 2.7secs and supported it will provide better images due to oversampling.
3. In video, for most people, due to OIS you’ll get smoother looking videos with #920. #808 however in video does provide lossless zoom oversampling due to high res sensor.
4. In terms of audio recording, the difference is mono in the #920 vs #808 which is stereo. (The mic and HAAC and hi-fi quality is the same as the 808, but limited to mono.)
5. #808 due to high res sensor has lossless zoom in stills and as already mentioned also in video.
6. #920 thanks to the new capabilities of the #WP8 platform can use ‘lens’ apps. This allows greater extension of the camera capabilities.. you'll see this at launch with some cool lenses from #Nokia such as Smart Shoot and Cinemagraph, wih more to come in the future.. we’re VERY excited about some of those we have in the pipeline
7. I think that covers the main differences people are interested in. Note: These are based on launch SW and are intended as a general summary. Note….and that actual side by side comparisons of course will be required to see specific differences important to you personally.
8. As a summary, #PureView is industry leading imaging technology designed to make a real difference.

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