TEST: Is the Nokia 808 PureView's camera any good in 2021?
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- Alex Norris
- SbF
- 13 Jan 2024
purist, 02 Dec 2023The daylight stills from 808 look less processed and arent ... moreAgree. Nokia`s shot are looking like true photography, and not over processed
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- purist
- 3XA
- 02 Dec 2023
The daylight stills from 808 look less processed and arent as oversharpened while being just as detailed. A win for 808 in my eyes. Low light and video its bad but for good light shots still the king!
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- tirakats
- x{6
- 29 Jan 2023
you forgot the flash... why not compare lowlight portrait with flash. come on @gsmarena its unfair
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 09 Nov 2022
It's 2022 and still happy using my Nokia 808 PureView. Best in photography indeed.
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- Huawei Photographic
- 031
- 07 Nov 2022
I switched from Nokia 808 to Lumia950XL and then to P30pro. In my opinion Nokia 808 still gives most natural images. They looks like taken with dslr. If You need more contrast You have settings in menu. Yesterday I saw videos teken with N808. They looks great. Natural with details in shadows and bright light. Without hdr. Most of the time I was taking images in 8Mpx mode. Why? Because they were great. 50x70cm enlargements can not be beaten Bay any todays cameraphone. An most important thing. I was able to take action without any shutter lag that is noticeable even in newest P50 Mate Pro in PRO Raw Mode. There is no mobile device that can take Raw+jpg in burst mode like Lumia950XL. I give up the st two devices only because of 1 reason. Lack of OS support but not an image quality. Does Canon or Nikon revolutionizes photography every year? No. Lenses designed 20 or even 40 years ago are still the same. Some tweaks happens in sensors technology but we can take great images with 10 years old dslr like with 2022. Maybe we can get more detail but higher sensor density does not produce more resolution from limited lens resolution. I love Canon 1Ds Mk2 sensor and images quality. More than 5dsr. Technically 5dsr is better but image, art is not mathematic. 1Ds mk2 with 80-200 f2.8 produce poem from prosaic scene.
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- chickiesmp
- xja
- 09 Oct 2022
Modern Phones just use better software. Nokia on the other hand sucks with marketing
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- Mario
- prM
- 09 Oct 2022
JB, 20 Sep 2022Seriously, why do modern phones need to go overboard with t... moreI am using Mi 11 ultra and am former user of 930/950 XL and as I went over to the Mi 11 I lost almost any joy of taking photographs because they look unnatural, oversharpened, sometimes very very far from what the eyes see, and with lack of perfect focusing that Lumias had. Yesterday I was browsing through old photos and Mi 11 can't measure with puteview cameras almost in any aspect that is countable.
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- Q7u
- 20 Sep 2022
Seriously, why do modern phones need to go overboard with the processing? Yeah, the Xiaomi gets more light, better dynamic range and contrast, but also a lot of oversharpening and just a fake artificial look to the photos. The Nokia on the other hand, gets amazing natural looking shots and honestly, I prefer those, at least the daylight ones.
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- Anonymous
- n1h
- 16 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 16 Sep 2022Everytime zooming into a daylight shot of 808 PureView, one... moreas if you're right there! with mi11u, you don't have the feeling of being there, just looking at a 2d image
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- Anonymous
- n1h
- 16 Sep 2022
Everytime zooming into a daylight shot of 808 PureView, one just can't stop admiring. Even it's 8mp resolution, it looks more detailed than many 12mp shots taken nowadays! And best thing is the incredible natural look, really looks like the real thing your eyes see!!!!!
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- Anonymous
- n1h
- 16 Sep 2022
In daylight, still nothing beats 808 PureView! In lowlight, 808 simply doesn't have current technology, processing power and not even a BSI sensor, still better than midrangers nowadays!
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- tirakats
- PZ9
- 18 Aug 2022
you forgot the flash. maybe you already concluded that if it will used it Zenon flash, there is no really competition even on todays modern camera phones.
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- toymaker666
- SH{
- 18 Feb 2022
Still got mine in almost mint condition.
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- HIV...
- Kix
- 29 Jan 2022
I still got my 808 PV in fine condition but I've left it alone for some years because the dead OS system environment.
I just wondering what kinda images it can take when combine it with today strong processors & more imaging application development...
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- Ardi
- ijs
- 09 Dec 2021
Nokia 808,ND filter, ISO 50, take a night shot, then compare with any today's phone camera.
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- Anonymous
- kky
- 07 Sep 2021
Durandal, 06 Sep 2021We know the name of the sensor since the phone was out : To... moreSuch a shame no true successor of this sensor was ever released. At least not in a phone if anything. Even the 1020 was supposedly better for being bsi and did have ois. But the slightly smaller sensor size and heavier processing were noticed. And I don't even know if that one was still toshiba or not.
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- Durandal
- suL
- 06 Sep 2021
haha bobo, 27 Aug 2021Conclusion: The 808 PureView provides the most natural proc... moreWe know the name of the sensor since the phone was out : Toshiba HES9.
- haha bobo
- y6V
- 27 Aug 2021
The Nokia 808 PureView was such a great device back then, sucks that it is still expensive lmao. ($300 on eBay)
But speaking of megapixels, this one really just rules them all. Not even the S21 Ultra can top it's 41MP sensor.
Because it's a true RGB bayer sensor, unlike most of the tricks that every company uses these days. (cough cough samsung with their 9-in-1 bs with their 108mp sensors cough cough)
- haha bobo
- y6V
- 27 Aug 2021
Conclusion: The 808 PureView provides the most natural processing and images.
Sucks that Xiaomi let everyone down with their oversharpened processing.
The GN2 still has a lot of potential.
I'm wondering if they compare RAW photos from the GN2 to the 808's sensor. (Nobody knows what is the name of the sensor, who knows what company manufactured it.)
Most AI algorithms nowadays just destroy every single photo with noise reduction and oversharpening.
I prefer natural looks with noise in them, rather than oversharpened photos.
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- xo
- JFm
- 20 Aug 2021
The Only phone that has a photos that look great on my 32" desktop screen are the ones from Nokia. There are so many things that 808's lucks but if You want something close to real camera photography from the phone, that is only possible via Nokia 808 - The King. l wonder what could they done if that photo camera was upgraded trough the years till 2021?