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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  • J
  • Jason
  • 2@R
  • 15 Jun 2012

E - Best. I think its pureview
F - second. I think is Olympus
A - N8
D - Not bad.

B and C not sure.

    • ?
    • Anonymous
    • PSx
    • 15 Jun 2012

    E and F are certainly the best!

      • D
      • AnonD-15087
      • 2T7
      • 15 Jun 2012

      MY Ratings are below

      1st ---E must be Pureview or Olymbus
      2nd ---F must be Pureview or Olymbus
      3rd----A it is N8
      4th----D must be samsung or 4s
      5th ---B must be samsung or 4s there is only a minor change between these two
      6th ---C this crap is HTC

        • D
        • AnonD-51384
        • P7k
        • 15 Jun 2012

        F: At Zoom is the cleanest among the options.

        but I believe that Nokia can do better, I hope to launch an update for the camera as soon as possible! Improving the quality.

          • a
          • admad
          • SmR
          • 15 Jun 2012

          1st - E
          2nd - F(Very close to E, but F has slightly lower detail but better noise handling)

            • ?
            • Anonymous
            • T3w
            • 15 Jun 2012

            My order: F > E > B

            Probably F&E are PureView and Olympus (not sure in which order), and B is probably SGS3

              • D
              • AnonD-59193
              • F1U
              • 15 Jun 2012

              F is the one I like most. The rest in decreasing order: E, D, B, D and C.

                • r
                • rokr
                • thc
                • 15 Jun 2012

                F is best, followed by E. i have no idea which cameras took these photos.

                i don't care about the rest...

                  • ?
                  • Anonymous
                  • TkD
                  • 15 Jun 2012

                  E is the best and suspect it's the 808 too.

                    • p
                    • parsamorpha
                    • mss
                    • 15 Jun 2012

                    in decreasing order of quality:

                    E=N808 and F=Olympus - they stand out, with every new look I think the other one is better
                    D=iP4S - still lots os detail but white balance way off, which is characteristic of iPhones
                    B=???N8??? - I must say this one does not at all look like N8; not enough detail, not naural at all, but D is too redish for N8
                    A=SGIII - blurred, SGII was bette, ...or is this one the characteristically soft N8, but then which one is SGIII?
                    C=HTC - they used to do too much post processing, now they seem to have overlearnt the lesson

                      • n
                      • nnd
                      • JF4
                      • 15 Jun 2012

                      E
                      F
                      D
                      A
                      B
                      C

                        • b
                        • blrs
                        • srp
                        • 15 Jun 2012

                        if you look in the sky you will find the answer:

                        Е 12 points
                        F 10 points
                        A 9 points
                        B,D 6 points
                        C 5 points

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                          • 1911
                          • 3vk
                          • 15 Jun 2012

                          E is best
                          F - second
                          ...then:
                          A
                          D
                          B
                          C

                            • f
                            • fneuf
                            • gKG
                            • 15 Jun 2012

                            Posting my comment a second time, as it times my first attend did get lost

                            I tend to think that the identities, ordered from best to worst are:
                            E – Nokia 808 PureView
                            F – Olympus E-PL2
                            A – Nokia N8
                            B – Apple iPhone 4S
                            D – HTC One X
                            C – Samsung Galaxy SIII

                              • V
                              • Ville Järvinen
                              • S26
                              • 15 Jun 2012

                              Sample E is the best one, then sample F comes second. Then quite much behind are A and D, of which A is the better one. Then miles behind are C and B, which both are quite bad compared to the others.

                                • M
                                • Magallaniko
                                • F1U
                                • 15 Jun 2012

                                F is te one I like most. The rest in decreasing order: E, D, B, D and C.

                                  • ?
                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Iar
                                  • 15 Jun 2012

                                  E is the best (808), F second but very close and it it is probably Olympus. Both have good resolution and very low noise, but F has oversaturated colors.

                                    • m
                                    • me
                                    • 7tF
                                    • 15 Jun 2012

                                    i think 808 is D

                                      • C
                                      • Count
                                      • iSV
                                      • 15 Jun 2012

                                      Leaning towards E for 808
                                      I initially would have said F was 808 but the shadow detail leads me to think E. Colour looks wrong in E which has always been a big thing for Nokia and E looks slightly saturated so I can't decide.
                                      However if I am spending this much time to tell and it is between the m4/3rds and the 808, that makes the camera PHONE one hell of a camera.

                                        • c
                                        • cyril
                                        • vw4
                                        • 15 Jun 2012

                                        F is the best..weather its pureview or olympus,I am not sure...