Nokia's PureView Imaging Technology ...
... received a lot of attention at MWC 2012 with many calling it breakthrough imaging technology and justifiably so. The fact that The newly announced Symbian Belle Nokia 808 PureView sports a 41 megapixel 1/1.2" sensor capable of capturing 38MP photos gets immediate attention but the real story is how the sensor and its oversampling technology coupled with high-performance Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash (and LED for video) which will undoubtedly be migrated to Nokia Windows Phones is used to produce extremely detailed 5MP (the default) or 8MP photos with virtually no noise.
The PureView whitepaper linked below explaining the technology was written by PureView developers Juha Alakarhu, Damian Dinning, and Eero Salmelin "on behalf of many dedicated Nokia imaging experts" ...
• Nokia PureView Imaging Technology PDF Whitepaper (10 Pages)
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In the video below Juha Alakura, head of Nokia imaging technologies introduces the Nokia 808 and PureView technology ...
• Nokia 808 PureView Hands-On Video
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In this video below Nokia imaging expert Damian Dinning explains the PureView technology in some detail in simplified fashion ...
• Damian Dinning explains Nokia PureView technology
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Damien is also interviewed by Vaibhav Sharma for 13 minutes on the MWC show floor and goes into more detail about the Nokia 808 PureView ...
• Definitive Nokia 808 PureView Video: Damian Dinning Interview
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Steve Litchfield, All About Symbian's camera buff published 4 articles this week about the technology. Each article with its introductory paragraph (only) is linked below ...
>> Nokia 808 PureView announced, dramatically extends world camera phone leadership (2/27/2012)
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Today at Mobile World Congress 2012, Nokia announced its new Symbian (Belle, Feature Pack 1) flagship, the 4"-CBD-screened 808 PureView, the "first smartphone to feature Nokia PureView imaging technologies" (implying future use of the system on other devices, possibly on Symbian, possibly on Windows Phone). The headline feature is the 41 megapixel oversampling system implemented on a huge 1/1.2" sensor, enabling standard resolution photos to be produced yet with dramatic zooming (24-74mm) available without loss of detail, and with lower digital noise. Zooming is also available without loss of detail, in video mode. Up to 38 megapixel images can be taken at full resolution. Read on for much more. ... <snip rest: see article and graphics at the link above>.
>> Damian Dinning explains and demos the Nokia 808 PureView (2/27/2012)
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Damian's obviously a busy chap today and there are a number of interviews shot with him. Having watched some of the more technically challenged interviewers at work, I can recommend Vaibhav Sharma's, embedded below. Although the camera work is a little erratic and the sound a bit distracting in places, Vaibhav is almost as much of a smartphone camera 'nut' as me and so he asks the right questions and goes for the right demos! Included in the twelve minute video is a demonstration of the whole of the new Camera app UI for the 808 PureView. In particular look out for the wealth of stills and video options that you can (optionally) play around with on the device. Well worth watching - it's almost like you were there in Barcelona, bumping into Damian and getting a quarter hour of his valuable time! ... <snip rest: see article and graphics at the link above>. ###
>> The top 10 Nokia 808 PureView questions - and answers (2/27/2012)
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The announcement of the Nokia 808 PureView certainly seemed to attract attention from all quarters. Along with a number of common questions. I tried to answer them with my ever-growing news story and in the comments, but I thought it might be useful to bring the questions together in one FAQ that you can enjoy and point others to? ... <snip rest: see article and graphics at the link above>. ###
>> Nokia 808 PureView pixels versus the iPhone 4S (3/1/2012)
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We've covered the Nokia 808 PureView in some depth here on All About Symbian this week, reporting on the announcement and answering the most common questions. But, on the basis that a picture is worth a thousand words, I wanted to illustrate the single biggest aspect of Nokia's breakthrough in terms of how camera phones (and indeed cameras) can now work. Never mind the zooming, never mind being able to take 38 megapixel images, here's the real reason why PureView on the 808 is special. ... <snip rest: see article and graphics at the link above>.
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