Ben
27th February 2012, 03:37 PM
I'm sorry, is it April already?
Nokia has unveiled a surprisingly powerful multimedia cameraphone at this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Nokia says the PureView 808 can shoot full 1080p HD video with auto focusing at 30fps, and "capture stereo CD-like audio quality". Not only does the phone claim a resolution of 41 megapixels, it also runs the Belle (Symbian) smartphone operating system, which originated in the UK with Psion. Nobody predicted that would steal the show.
Nokia says the PureView 808 has a 41MP sensor with a resolution of 7728 by 5368 pixels, though it will be 38MP (7152 x 5368 pixels) in 4:3 mode, like a TV picture, or 34MP (7728 x 4354) in 16:9 widescreen mode. This would produce rather large image files, so the default setting for stills is 5MP in 16:9 mode, though you can increase this to 8MP. These settings allow for oversampling (using multiple pixels to create one pixel) or in-camera zooming (discarding pixels outside the desired frame). In other words, when you zoom with the PureView 808, you're just selecting a subset of the total sensor area.
Continues: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/mwc-2012-nokias-surprising-41mp-symbian-phone-10025504/
The burning platform just got a huge amount of megapixels bolted on to it.
While seeming entirely crazy, I at least give Nokia credit for coming out with something different to what is already on the market.
Nokia has unveiled a surprisingly powerful multimedia cameraphone at this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Nokia says the PureView 808 can shoot full 1080p HD video with auto focusing at 30fps, and "capture stereo CD-like audio quality". Not only does the phone claim a resolution of 41 megapixels, it also runs the Belle (Symbian) smartphone operating system, which originated in the UK with Psion. Nobody predicted that would steal the show.
Nokia says the PureView 808 has a 41MP sensor with a resolution of 7728 by 5368 pixels, though it will be 38MP (7152 x 5368 pixels) in 4:3 mode, like a TV picture, or 34MP (7728 x 4354) in 16:9 widescreen mode. This would produce rather large image files, so the default setting for stills is 5MP in 16:9 mode, though you can increase this to 8MP. These settings allow for oversampling (using multiple pixels to create one pixel) or in-camera zooming (discarding pixels outside the desired frame). In other words, when you zoom with the PureView 808, you're just selecting a subset of the total sensor area.
Continues: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/mwc-2012-nokias-surprising-41mp-symbian-phone-10025504/
The burning platform just got a huge amount of megapixels bolted on to it.
While seeming entirely crazy, I at least give Nokia credit for coming out with something different to what is already on the market.