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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  • Pixel peeping Tom
  • pda
  • 06 Oct 2010

My quess:

C is Nokia N8, and it is the best one ( the best color, resolution and high iso )

A is Sony HX5v

B is Samsung Pixon 12, and it isthe the worst one ( worst color, and worst high iso )

    • g
    • gvaley
    • SXc
    • 06 Oct 2010

    For the images I looked at, in order of appearance:
    1. C,B,A
    2. C,B,A
    3. C,A=B
    6. A,C,B
    7. A=C,B
    8. C,A=B

    Overall, I'd say C,A,B or even C,A=B.

      • a
      • ayava
      • MuZ
      • 06 Oct 2010

      1. B
      2. C
      3. A

        • ?
        • Anonymous
        • MYk
        • 06 Oct 2010

        C - Best
        A - Very Good
        B - Poor

          • S
          • Shafeer
          • MGI
          • 06 Oct 2010

          C is best
          B & A has similar quality

            • T
            • Tuaeef
            • u1w
            • 06 Oct 2010

            well C is the best resolution A is the 2nd but B is worse i really kinda hate it.
            know C is SONy A is N* and B is pixon.

              • ?
              • Anonymous
              • pda
              • 06 Oct 2010

              C is the ( look at the detail and how the sharpening in handled.)

              C: http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/nokia-n8-blind-test/camera/gsmarena_019.jpg

              A: http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/nokia-n8-blind-test/camera/gsmarena_017.jpg

              B:http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/nokia-n8-blind-test/camera/gsmarena_018.jpg

              C also has a much better way to handle noise reduction in high iso, keeping the image most natural looking and keeping detail much better than the others:

              http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/nokia-n8-blind-test/gsmarena_032.jpg


              - My BLIND QUESS is that C is Nokia N8!

              - B is the worst one, and there my blind quess is that it is Samsung Pixon 12.

                • T
                • Tampio
                • nXM
                • 06 Oct 2010

                C-B-A

                  • D
                  • Detailed Is better..
                  • uuh
                  • 06 Oct 2010

                  Brighter better?, 06 Oct 2010Everyone voted C as the best only because it's the brightes... moreWho told you C is brighter..? Actually B is kind of more bright. Check out the photos of the building in Row 5 of the Review with 100% zoom at the trees on the lower part. You can see that B has lost Most of the details and C has GOT most details. A is in between.

                    • e
                    • e_lm_70
                    • MYk
                    • 06 Oct 2010

                    C is the best
                    A is a good 2nd, not so far from C
                    B is clearly the worst camera

                      • m
                      • melmoth288
                      • S1h
                      • 06 Oct 2010

                      I agree that C is the best, than there is A, and B is the worst of the samples (on aggregate). Because C is probably Sony digicam (more detail, seems like shots went through better lens with better aperture and C looks much better on higher ISO), A beat B in camera phones in my opinion. I am not saying which one is N8 or Pixon, but A samples in my view look very good for a camera phone and if it is N8, than Nokia did very good job with N8´s camera.

                        • P
                        • Pixel peeping Tom
                        • pda
                        • 06 Oct 2010

                        C is the best one take a look at the detail and color in this:

                        http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/nokia-n8-blind-test/camera/gsmarena_019.jpg

                        ....and then compare it with the others, to do this open multiple windows to compare, and look at the trees.

                          • ?
                          • Anonymous
                          • 9Ge
                          • 06 Oct 2010

                          1st - A
                          2nd - B
                          3rd - C

                            • m
                            • mag
                            • tdA
                            • 06 Oct 2010

                            B is "OK"
                            C is "GOOD" but its brightness should be reduced little bit
                            A is "BEST"

                              • C
                              • Ceridan
                              • Tt2
                              • 06 Oct 2010

                              I think B is Sony DSC-HX5v as it does not have the pink colour tint as A and C. Other than that I can't say which one is the Nokia and which one is the Samsung.

                                • m
                                • majid
                                • 0yw
                                • 06 Oct 2010

                                john_nokia 5530, 06 Oct 2010If you dont care then leave. why spend you time here at GSM... moreI know that sony isnt the best in digicameras as I have heared that of a camera shops clerck.as I know canon is the best and after it is nikon.but se camera phones are way better than nokia and samsung because i have compared many different models.

                                  • m
                                  • maria
                                  • JEH
                                  • 06 Oct 2010

                                  Everyone where not blind can see who is the leader:


                                  A: |||||||||||
                                  B: ||||||||
                                  C: ||||||||||||||||||

                                    • C
                                    • Cfox
                                    • PB7
                                    • 06 Oct 2010

                                    1st - A
                                    2nd - C
                                    3rd - B

                                      • B
                                      • Brighter better?
                                      • YT8
                                      • 06 Oct 2010

                                      Everyone voted C as the best only because it's the brightest. Crazy.

                                        • P
                                        • Pixel peeping Tom
                                        • pda
                                        • 06 Oct 2010

                                        Brilliant idea to do this test blind, by the way. Thanks!

                                        ...and it was sharpening in my lasy post, not "sparpening",what ever tahat is.