Nokia N8 gets better stills, 30 fps video with continuous autofocus

13 October, 2010
If you already checked the review, you would know that the Nokia N8 is the best cameraphone available by a wide margin. But it turns out that there's even more potential locked inside that smartphone...

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  • 14 Oct 2010

wow phone but i hate symbian and i'm not the only one, nokia: forget symbian for you own good!

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    • koss
    • nDW
    • 14 Oct 2010

    Is not that much difference between pictures. Is about 10% more sharp and detail.. but 11 mb .. wtf

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      • Anonymous
      • w4J
      • 14 Oct 2010

      Cool your head down a bit guys!

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        • Anonymous
        • Uij
        • 13 Oct 2010

        Holy Crap this is Quality Video


        HEY WHERE ARE THOSE FAGS that argued with me about 24 frames per second, one of them called me a low life fag

        HELLO YOU USELess fag, see the difference

        Finally the real power of the N8 unleashed

        Sorry for the harshness GSMarena you guys rock but some people need to be given their own game

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          • deep space bar
          • NMv
          • 13 Oct 2010

          [deleted post]i guess he doesn't know that symbian doesn't need 1ghz and 512mb to run smooth lol he needs to be introduced to linux to understand

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            • Anonymous
            • kKn
            • 13 Oct 2010

            Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010lol look at shaky audio frequency response and compare it t... moreThats not true,a Shaky signal must be percible like something good like "analog" feel, flat signals like in the Iphone are sterile and dont have that rounded punch!! what a better example, take the signal of the Nokia N91 its not perfect but when an audiophile hear it it will say is the best of the best! Iphones sound Sterile and not musical i hope the N8 has that Big rounded output of the old N91 another reason for ilosers to feel envy!!!

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              • deep space bar
              • NMv
              • 13 Oct 2010

              Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010lol look at shaky audio frequency response and compare it t... moreyou know why dumb dumb cause samsung makes the audio chips for apple

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                • finnish owner
                • niB
                • 13 Oct 2010

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJ018LZjLc

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                  • GiJOE
                  • up6
                  • 13 Oct 2010

                  INK, 13 Oct 2010No one reaches the pre-order level of Apple because no one ... moreIphone are for teenagers. Good to show to your friends. Value for money? They dont know this thing.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • G1j
                    • 13 Oct 2010

                    Take that Apple iphone 4.

                    WELL DONE Nokia.

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                      • 0de
                      • 13 Oct 2010

                      Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010do u know 3 days preorder of iph4 took 1.3million phones?**No one reaches the pre-order level of Apple because no one raises the hype as much as Apple. Have you seen anyone else besides Apple bring in a feature that is new to the iPhone but not the rest of the world, and make it seem like they were the first to do it and it is the greatest thing since toast?

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                        • GiJOE
                        • s8e
                        • 13 Oct 2010

                        Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010do u know 3 days preorder of iph4 took 1.3million phones?**Buddy please.... I know these stats more then you. Now please try to focus on wht i said before. I am from a city called nagpur in india. I am not the only one mobile seller in the city. More then 20 big mobile shops are here. Not try to calculate pre orders frm, all cities of india, then frm world. Iphone? Big daddy is always big.

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                          • xka
                          • 13 Oct 2010

                          Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010so ur n8 can focus anything on screen or only middle of screen??Anything on screen. The camera shutter button is meant to give focus to the entire image through the wide-angle lens. Sure it would be artsy to have, say, and orange and a book, and the closer orange in focus while the book out of focus, but that's a matter of preference. I'd rather have my stills contain focus on what I capture through the lens. The detail of capturing everything is what I care about, so not having tap to focus in that regard is unimportant.

                          Now, when recording video, I would love to have tap to focus, because while recording, you can focus on anything you want in real time. I think that is good and I await when N8 gets this up.

                          Right now I'm using continuous autofocus add-on, which simply focuses onto whatever I set the lens to. It's a little hard to explain, but it does it's job.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • TqC
                            • 13 Oct 2010

                            GiJOE, 13 Oct 2010Nokia F***S other mobiles whenever it launches a new one. F... moredo u know 3 days preorder of iph4 took 1.3million phones?**

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                              • GiJOE
                              • s8e
                              • 13 Oct 2010

                              Nokia F***S other mobiles whenever it launches a new one. From N95, N97 to 5800 XM. And now the big daddy N8 going to make all nokia haters to S*** his balls. Ha Ha Ha. I got about 1300 pre orders, TILL DATE. I own a mobile store in NAGPUR, INDIA. Only 20 % people asking for SAMsung galaxy, wave, Moto milestone or SE xperia mini, etc. In higher range mobiles. Also latest nokia X2 sales are sky rocket. "NOKIA ROCKS".

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                                • Anonymous
                                • TqC
                                • 13 Oct 2010

                                jake, 13 Oct 2010You have no idea what you're talking about. Focus shots are... morejust to add iph4 auto focus anything in the middle of the screen once the camera is on. tap to focus if u wanna focus other area

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • TqC
                                  • 13 Oct 2010

                                  jake, 13 Oct 2010You have no idea what you're talking about. Focus shots are... moreso ur n8 can focus anything on screen or only middle of screen??

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                                    • jake
                                    • xka
                                    • 13 Oct 2010

                                    Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010what if u saw something to focus and can't use tap to focus... moreYou have no idea what you're talking about. Focus shots are done through the 2-stage shutter button, simply tap down once on the button to focus, and press fully to take the shot. Tap to focus is only good in recording mode, while taking stills it's convoluted. You would have to tap quickly to focus on what you want and then tap the button to take the shot. All while keeping the camera still. That is in no way better than a 2-stage shutter button, because the focus is set through the wide-angle lens and captures the entire frame within, and you only need to keep the phone in balance with your hand, while focusing with one finger. This is how photographers take pictures, they don't use flashy methods like tap to focus; it gets in the way of what they need to do.

                                    In video mode, tap to focus is better, but so is continuous autofocus, which the N8 has also. Also available through an install is the combo of C-AF, and 30fps video.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • TqC
                                      • 13 Oct 2010

                                      insaneman, 13 Oct 2010the n8 might not be what you want but i want the best multi... morelol look at shaky audio frequency response and compare it to perfectly flat audio freq of iph4. Ur music will never sound good on n8. even samsung phones have better freq output.

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                                        • pKi
                                        • 13 Oct 2010

                                        NvS, 13 Oct 2010Nice camera,though Megapixel isn't the absolute fact for th... morethe n8 might not be what you want but i want the best multimedia smart phone around and in my opinion that is the n8