Nokia N86 8MP
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- ibX
- 11 Mar 2009
Nevertheless, the Nokia N86 has one of the most impressively equipped 8 megapixel cameras closing the gap between cameraphones and point-and-shoot cams. It's the first and only cameraphone to offer variable aperture values (F2.4/F3.2/F4.8) and a 28mm wide-angle lens.
You can see the difference between the wide angle and a regular cameraphone lens. Here are two samples of one and the same scene taken simultaneously with a Nokia N86 8MP and another Nokia phone. The samples are downsized to 800x600 pixels as resolution is irrelevant. Just compare the field of view.
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N86 wide angled
http://i.gsmarena.com/vv/revie...rena_004.jpg
The other first-ever is the variable aperture. Having a variable aperture (like a regular digicam) instead of a fixed aperture (like a regular cameraphone) gives you one more way of controlling the amount of light that reaches the camera sensor.
In other words, smaller F aperture numbers let more light in, while higher aperture numbers reduce the incoming light. You still get the same exposure, as the camera compensates for the various aperture settings by varying the shutter speed or the ISO, which are the two other factors that determine the total amount of light that gets in.
But leaving the photography primer aside, the advertized aperture values of Nokia N86 8MP (F2.4/F3.2/F4.8) have two distinctive benefits.
The first benefit is that at F2.4 the N86 camera has more light to work with as compared to the standard F2.8 value of all cameraphones we've seen so far. In low light conditions that allows you to get higher shutter speeds (possibly less handshake blur) or lower ISO (possibly less noise) or even both.
The second benefit from the variable aperture is that when there's enough light, the camera sensor can let the aperture close down a bit more (F3.2/F4.8) thus creating images that are usually sharper and with better depth of focus field.
Here are several full-res camera shots taken with the Nokia N86 8MP at the Nokia booth. If you check out the images EXIF data however you would see that the aperture value is F2.8, which doesn't really match what Nokia advertized. We guess the N86 unit we used was a too early one to really show its potential.
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- Anonymous
- Sdu
- 11 Mar 2009
Ste, 11 Mar 2009I think that this looks like a nice phone, it has a great c... moreMeaning, if 7.5 is 75% while 6.6 is 66%, then this phone failed... and unconvincing to majority of the visitors here.
There could be no remarkable feature and innovation to make this phone worthy of praise and excitement.
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- Anonymous
- myA
- 11 Mar 2009
Its cause Nokia are number 1 and they want them to fail. 2 its not touch screen so everyones like omg it sucks. 3 it looks same as nokia N96/N85. 4 all the fanboys are drooling over Iduo cause its got 12mp and they think it will get them laid.
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- mm}
- 11 Mar 2009
I think that this looks like a nice phone, it has a great camera and features, so why are the rateings so low? haha weird.
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- Anonymous
- q{d
- 11 Mar 2009
Anonymous, 11 Mar 2009there is no such a digital camera come with FIXED APERTURE ... moreagain f/3.5-5.5 refers to the maximum opening for the aperture for the min and max focal length respectively. Generally most P&S try to stay at the minimum aperture for good reasons. Usually If the aperture is higher that what the minimum is, you are doing something funky with your picture or you personally set it to f/...
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- Anonymous
- Sff
- 11 Mar 2009
N82, 11 Mar 2009Still now N82 compare with even 8mgp n it attain 2nd positi... moremy goodness! you can not compare se phones with others, more so with the boring nokia. se phones are beyond compare. sony is "like.no.other".
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- 11 Mar 2009
phil., 11 Mar 2009INNOVATION! what! even nokia can make phones using their ow... more100% agree
nokia is now really really boring
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- PyN
- 11 Mar 2009
phil., 11 Mar 2009INNOVATION! what! even nokia can make phones using their ow... moreStill now N82 compare with even 8mgp n it attain 2nd position where C905 4th bcz outdoor pictures are not as detailed as seen in the competition and there’s something like a white filter that can be noticed, which makes the colors pale,fake colorsss!!buy a C905 n N82 n thn compare thr photo n keep in mind N82 even with 5mgp but.........u will get ur ans!!n lisn u r not sonyericsson its SONY+ERICSSON+mobinnova+symbian+samsung chips n many other companyyyy!!
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- Anonymous
- nqY
- 11 Mar 2009
Anonymous, 10 Mar 2009Nevertheless, the Nokia N86 has one of the most impressivel... moreN86 is struggling to close the gap between cameraphones and point-and-shoot cams...
...SONY-ERICSSON IDOU already CLOSED THAT GAP and much more...
...SONY-ERICSSON IDOU is a point-and-shoot digital camera...
... and put a mobile phone in it... whether you like it or not... it's reality.
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- Anon
- M3s
- 11 Mar 2009
Hmm, where have i seen this design before? Oh! It's the N96! They just traded 8gb worth of internal memory to slap on the much needed 3megapixels on top of the now standard 5. Seems to be a habit with Nokia, cloning the same design again and again - save for changing afew things internally. Guess their motto is: if it aint broke, don't fix it! Only works, in some situations.... A little more diversity, Nokia!!!
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- 11 Mar 2009
Kal, 10 Mar 2009Huh dude it's talk of the town for Nokia users and fanboys.... moreits just so happen that Nokia is the leading mobile company in the world in almost all continents except the US, so if its the talk of Nokia world, its the talk of the majority of the mobile world.
the fanboys from other companies just cant stand this thats why their bashing in to Nokia pages. well, you are more than welcome, because you make Nokia pages such a big Hit. c",
as far as i can remember, N96 got the same treatment from nokia haters when it came out and look at where N96 now, it won over its competitors.
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- 11 Mar 2009
Kal, 10 Mar 2009Huh dude it's talk of the town for Nokia users and fanboys.... moreits just do happen that Nokia is the leading mobile company in the world in almost all continents except the US, so if its the talk of Nokia world, its the talk of the majority of the mobile world.
the fanboys from other companies just cant stand this thats why their bashing in to Nokia pages. well, you are more than welcome, because you make Nokia pages such a big Hit. c",
as far as i can remember, N96 got the same treatment from nokia haters when it came out and look at where N96 now, it won over its competitors.
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- Abdullah
- vGf
- 11 Mar 2009
Are most of you guys kidding? Well,I'm no fanatic like most of you here, but Nokia is using and has been using their own camera modules for quite some time. And yeah, by the way, all of you complaining about how late it is and how you guys love SE and LG and whatnot for soming out with so many 8MP phones way before Nokia, well, if there's another manufacturer I can respect right now, and there sure is, its Samsung. It's their chips most of you are using. And Nokia just chose not to do that because it doesnt want to. Samsung has made huge leaps over the past year or two in all the electronic zones they cover, and a very clear and huge one in regards to phones, cameraphones and smartphones.
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- Iykecosky
- p$K
- 11 Mar 2009
I love the phone .
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- mahdi
- prn
- 11 Mar 2009
Oooops .... NOKIA N86 8MP or N85 8MP ?
NAME IS N86 ! but pictures of this phone are N85 ... hahaha ...
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- Mrigank Pawar
- vu9
- 11 Mar 2009
anonymous, 10 Mar 2009check out our next upcoming LTE (LONG TERM EVOLUTION) devic... moreHome-made!
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- Mrigank Pawar
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- 11 Mar 2009
anonymous, 10 Mar 2009who lead he stay n attain 1st position not last n nokia is ... moreJust like Nokia is beginning to spell Xenon. Or are they??????????
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- imran
- wYR
- 11 Mar 2009
Shape is not attractive as compared to features
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- Anonymous
- ib7
- 11 Mar 2009
steveg, 11 Mar 2009i dont see too much of a difference comparing the N86 to th... more+ variable aperture
the only 1 cameraphone in the world got variable aperture
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- steveg
- j5a
- 11 Mar 2009
sorry, duh. it has 2 LEDs.