Nokia N8 vs. Samsung Pixon12 vs. Sony HX5v shootout: Blind test

05 October 2010
The Nokia N8 is an immensely popular phone and we’re already hard at work on a proper review of the handset. Since the N8 camera is its pivotal feature, we’re interested how you'd rate it in a blind shootout with two other cameras...

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  • pda
  • 06 Oct 2010

GSMArena should also do a portion where the pictures are upscaled to 12 megapixels. That would be fair, because the process of donwscaling or upscaling always affects picture quality.

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    • Anonymous
    • sGk
    • 06 Oct 2010

    C is the best at resolved details but picture a bit darker than it should be

    A is the worst when comes to sharpness but did good job in color

      • N
      • N12mp
      • YT8
      • 06 Oct 2010

      Gsmarena, why oh why don't you just take a 12mp camera, instead of 10mp, and take photos in full resolution. Or even better, why not three 12mp cameraphones.

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        • ShehanRG
        • Ia1
        • 06 Oct 2010

        C,B,A

        B is Nokia
        C is sony
        A is samsung

          • ?
          • Anonymous
          • Iam
          • 06 Oct 2010

          C is the best - it's capturing pictures. A and B are just producing ugly digital "impressions" on reality.

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            • Hint
            • pda
            • 06 Oct 2010

            Maybe you can get some hints over this matter there:

            http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=36508422

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              • ardhen
              • sEI
              • 06 Oct 2010

              B-A-C (sony,n8,samsung)

                • p
                • pixon12 user
                • nm9
                • 06 Oct 2010

                PIXON12 VS CASIO EXILIM EX-S600 VS CANON POWERSHOT A590IS
                ---------------------------------------------------------

                Let the photos do the talking and you to judge.
                http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9N5MV7WQ

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                  • Emokid
                  • vuq
                  • 06 Oct 2010

                  A = Sony camera
                  B = N8
                  C = Samsung

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                    • Arafat
                    • tU$
                    • 06 Oct 2010

                    C is the best, then A & B is the worst..
                    C
                    A
                    B

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                      • Sami
                      • Sch
                      • 06 Oct 2010

                      C is clearly the best. Sharpness is good, colors look natural. A has oversharpened touching, and B is really weak with color chart tests.

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                        • marco
                        • sEE
                        • 06 Oct 2010

                        C - A - B

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                          • Anonymous
                          • n9e
                          • 06 Oct 2010

                          1) C
                          2) A
                          3) B

                            • S
                            • Shahin Sultana
                            • tU$
                            • 06 Oct 2010

                            1. C (if not A)
                            2. A (almost as good as C)
                            3. B (worst of the three.. by a big margin)

                              • ?
                              • Anonymous
                              • uWS
                              • 06 Oct 2010

                              Photo Rankings

                              1. C
                              2. A
                              3. B

                              I think photo C is of Sony HX5v, A is of Nokia N8 and C is of Samsung Pixon12

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                                • sumair
                                • SkE
                                • 06 Oct 2010

                                c is best.
                                a is good.
                                b is ok.

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                                  • SEMANDO
                                  • NhS
                                  • 06 Oct 2010

                                  A
                                  C
                                  B

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                                    • JobApp
                                    • PWc
                                    • 06 Oct 2010

                                    I think C is the best then A came in second and B came in last
                                    The following are my the rankings to the above photos
                                    C has 4x First and 4x Second
                                    A has 3x First and 2x Second and 3x Third
                                    B has 1x First and 2x Second and 5x Third

                                      • A
                                      • Aminul Ahsan
                                      • tU$
                                      • 06 Oct 2010

                                      A, B, C all are good.. but on a comparative analysis:
                                      1st: C (by a small small small margin)
                                      2nd: A
                                      3rd: B (not as good as A or C.. fails big time in this photo http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/nokia-n8-blind-test/gsmarena_028.jpg)

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • LGt
                                        • 06 Oct 2010

                                        in some pictures b is better than c. in general c is the best. c = sony's cam