Nokia 808 PureView blind test: The sum of all pixels

14 June 2012
The Nokia 808 PureView has finally landed in swirling storms of hype. And of course, it wasn't given a chance to catch a breath. We didn't meet it empty-handed either. We had a finger on the shutter of some mean cameraphones and an EVIL digicam...

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  • Anonymous
  • 0TF
  • 16 Jun 2012

in my opinion D is the best.
B was also good.

    • ?
    • Anonymous
    • L4D
    • 16 Jun 2012

    AnonD-45098, 16 Jun 2012E and F are the best. E is Nokia Pureview 808 and F is Oly... moreOMG Wtf are you saying?
    The brighter aperture only means that the camera can use a faster shutter speed/lower ISO to get the same exposure and also smaller depth of field. The picture shouldn't be brighter.

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      • WJay
      • vjq
      • 16 Jun 2012

      I vote E as pureview and F as olympus

      It's either or. The reason why I can't really decide is because E resolved the most detail, which could really well mean it's pureview. Also, if it was taken off a RAW file from Olympus, the color signature of the last photo looks about right. If not it should be the other way round.

      Either way it's either E or F, i'm joining the crowd on this one :)

      If you were to put a gun to my head to choose, I'd go for E (and hope I'm correct :D)

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        • pigu
        • 0Uc
        • 16 Jun 2012

        1. B
        2. F
        3. D
        4. E
        5. A
        6. C

          • M
          • Malik
          • uWJ
          • 16 Jun 2012

          from Great to Good.
          F(pure View)
          B(Olympus)
          E(Nokia n8)

            • K
            • KING
            • HB5
            • 16 Jun 2012

            For sure it is F

              • T
              • TH
              • 6PU
              • 16 Jun 2012

              E for sureseems the best.

                • D
                • AnonD-45098
                • U@2
                • 16 Jun 2012

                E and F are the best.
                E is Nokia Pureview 808 and F is Olympus, because the images of E is brighter as compared to that of F. This is due to the fact that nokia pureview 808's aperture is f/2.4 which is larger that the aperture of Olympus. Olympus E-PL2's aperture is either f/2.6 or f/2.8

                  • ?
                  • Anonymous
                  • t1$
                  • 16 Jun 2012

                  I think D is the best

                    • d
                    • dima
                    • nmc
                    • 16 Jun 2012

                    1. F is Olympus has the most perfect picture like real camera should have especially so expensive and highly rated.
                    2. E is probably Pure View with next to perfect crisp but slightly unnatural colors.
                    3. Then all the rest having noise and color issues.

                      • D
                      • AnonD-19111
                      • qKr
                      • 16 Jun 2012

                      I think F is the best so i will put that as the 808

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                        • aerott1288
                        • nAt
                        • 16 Jun 2012

                        Protas, 16 Jun 2012Best to worst (photos) and I am thinking what smart phone o... moreNope F has edge sharpening usual for Oly JPEG, E is being smooth has practically no sign of digital post processing which is normal knowing that purview generate it's 8mp pics from 36mp by pixel binning which gives us a beautiful per-pixel details like output of Sigma's Foveon sensor so ONE thing is sure E is Pureview and F Oly no doubts about that !!!!

                          • D
                          • AnonD-59418
                          • Km1
                          • 16 Jun 2012

                          F is the best, nice, sharp with plenty of details in shadow, E is pretty close. A is also good too, C is the crappiest of all

                            • D
                            • AnonD-59417
                            • nDU
                            • 16 Jun 2012

                            E & F are the best. So when will we see the conclusion to this post? Today, tomorrow, on monday? Can't wait :)

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                              • Protas
                              • m5N
                              • 16 Jun 2012

                              Best to worst (photos) and I am thinking what smart phone or photo camera:

                              E Olympus E-PL2
                              F Nokia PureView
                              A Nokia N8
                              B Samsung Galaxy S III
                              D iPhone 4S
                              C HTC One X

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                                • Tux
                                • mXB
                                • 16 Jun 2012

                                Nokia N8 (downsampled from 12MP to 8MP)

                                The Nokia N8 doesn't have an 8MP setting.

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                                  • ShOuKa
                                  • 2m6
                                  • 16 Jun 2012

                                  I think the 808 is a straight F :)

                                    • ?
                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 0Ur
                                    • 16 Jun 2012

                                    F is good, the rest are junk.

                                      • ?
                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Trk
                                      • 16 Jun 2012

                                      the frame captures more. Contents are sharp and natural color

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                                        • RT28
                                        • vb$
                                        • 16 Jun 2012

                                        1. E [Best & Natural]
                                        2. F [a very close second]
                                        3. B
                                        4. A
                                        5. D
                                        6. C [Extremely Bad]