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
  • Kit
  • 15 Jun 2012

between E or F

    • S
    • Saad
    • fBh
    • 15 Jun 2012

    B-1
    F-2
    D-3

      • O
      • Oilman
      • n%n
      • 15 Jun 2012

      Definitely E = PureView.

        • ?
        • Anonymous
        • fwf
        • 15 Jun 2012

        D, then F

          • D
          • AnonD-59145
          • trf
          • 15 Jun 2012

          E is the best certainly and C is the worst. I wish iPhone 4S is not that worst. And Nokia 808 should come as F.

            • J
            • Jared
            • sF}
            • 15 Jun 2012

            E is definitely Nokia 808 PureView, F is Nokia N8

              • H
              • Hee
              • trf
              • 15 Jun 2012

              number E is certainly the best and C is the worst. Hope 4S is not that worst.

                • D
                • AnonD-59143
                • gCi
                • 15 Jun 2012

                Definitly E is the best picture made.
                After this comes A and then F. Those are the purest pictures in my opinion.

                  • ?
                  • Anonymous
                  • sxw
                  • 15 Jun 2012

                  Best to worst: E, A, F, B, D, C.

                    • r
                    • roxenz
                    • Kiq
                    • 15 Jun 2012

                    absolutely it's E

                      • N
                      • Nek0
                      • nYt
                      • 15 Jun 2012

                      From best to worst:
                      F D B E A C
                      :)

                        • D
                        • AnonD-59141
                        • H8D
                        • 15 Jun 2012

                        The results and the way i found them:

                        D = iPhone 4s
                        because of the narrow field of view (more than 30mm in 35mm equivalent)

                        A = Samsung Galaxy S3
                        because of the field of view (more than 28mm of B C E but less than the one of the iPhone)

                        B C E have the same field of view but C is so noisy:

                        C = HTC One X
                        very noisy

                        Between B and E the second have more details and less noise:

                        B = Nokia N8

                        E = Nokia 808 Pureview

                        Different perspective due to the optics make photo F look strange among the others:

                        F = Olympus E-PL2

                        My only doubt was between E and F: they both have plenty of details but F has a warmer color tone.

                          • A
                          • Azad
                          • wp2
                          • 15 Jun 2012

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

                            • ?
                            • Anonymous
                            • smb
                            • 15 Jun 2012

                            E First place.
                            F Second place.
                            The rest are far behind

                            If E Is the Nokia 808 PureView then the world turned upside down!

                              • P
                              • Pifski
                              • Mfy
                              • 15 Jun 2012

                              E - This is big sensor - Olympus PL2
                              F - This is maybe 808
                              All other are small sensors

                                • N
                                • Nek0
                                • nYt
                                • 15 Jun 2012

                                From best to worst:
                                F D B E A C
                                :)

                                  • A
                                  • Avidon
                                  • m%1
                                  • 15 Jun 2012

                                  Best E F A D B C Worst

                                  If it weren't for the awful colours, F would be best

                                    • A
                                    • Apple
                                    • KIe
                                    • 15 Jun 2012

                                    A and E have natural colors, which indicate they are using the same technology and image processing alogrithms. Since E is much much sharper, its the PureView while A is a downscaled sample from the N8
                                    C is the worst and points to HTC's cameraphone, the HTC One X
                                    D and B are quite similiar. Since both the iPhone 4s and Samsung Galaxy S3 use the same Sony BSI sensor, they are B and D, further, Samsung Galaxy S3 tends to saturate the green channel in its images so this points us to the conclusion that B is Samsung Galaxy S3 and D is iPhone 4s
                                    The last one, F is quite similiar in detail wise to E, and haves a usual tint normal cameras have so F is the Olympus.
                                    In short (Position wise)
                                    1) E: Nokia 808 PureView
                                    2) F: Olympus
                                    3) A: Nokia N8
                                    4) B: Samsung Galaxy S3
                                    5) D: iPhone 4s
                                    6) C: HTC One X

                                      • R
                                      • Roko
                                      • S2D
                                      • 15 Jun 2012

                                      Of course it's:

                                      F = Nokia Pureview
                                      E = Nokia N8

                                      These two also are the most colour - true

                                        • d
                                        • djk4363
                                        • ft4
                                        • 15 Jun 2012

                                        B does the trick for me. It think it is the culprit (i.e. Nokia Pure View).