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The Camera UI in Windows Phone 8.1 sees a significant set of updates. Like Action Center, there are five customizable buttons directly on the camera UI. By default you get access to the camera roll, front facing camera, scenes, lenses and flash settings without first going into the overflow menu. Every single one of those buttons is customizable though.
This is a reasonably full set of parameters for a default camera app, but we have a bone to pick with the way the configuration menu is set up. First off, after you hit that triple-dot icon to get to your options, you first have to decide whether you want to change photo or video settings (more on video later). Why not just pull up the photo options when in still camera mode, and the video options when in video mode?
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Of course, OIS keeps the camera steady, not your subjects. This can be used artistically -- cars passing at night become light streaks -- but when shooting fidgety people you risk your subject blurring themselves out of the photograph.
Kudos to the reviewers friend or whoever that is who let the reviewer portrait him like that. I am a bit ambiguous about whether a camera phone review needs to bring up the issue of missing limbs without any background information or obvious reason, but maybe that's just me.
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Couple of nits on the review:
- A long button press is only needed when the phone is off to activate the camera
- A short button press will suffice when the screen is on
- I didn't see any mention of the proximity sensor that will prevent camera launch when it is in your pocket
- You can also use this phone with gloves on which is useful when shooting outside. You can even touch the screen to focus and shoot with gloves.
Been using my Nokia 920 for a couple of months now and as a general snapper camera, find it pretty much does a great job. Low light performance is better than any compact camera i've seen and i rarely need to use flash.
What I wanted (and expected) from DPReview is to do a side by side comparison with the leading camera phones in various pictures. Include the iPhone 5, Galaxy S3, One X+, and maybe throw in the 808 PureView.
Why all the negative comments? The quality is on par with other phone camera's, maybe a smudge below the best of class. But OIS is a real benefit in video's, there is no denying that. Also, the rich audio recording make for even better video's in loud environments. For more pictures:
geez, photo IQ, even after update is HORRIBLE, can't believe Nokia cannot get the camera right in the 920 especially after t he brilliant cams in the N8 and Pureview??? The photos have no detail whatsoever!!!
I think using the camera module of the 808 would not only make the 920 too large, but also way too expensive. And the 920 already is rather expensive. But it is unacceptable that the 920 does worse than the N8 in quite some situations....
I do agree with the review, the default camera app is weak. Have you tried the app ProShot? This app adds all the manual controls you'd like. The only thing missing is HDR and panoramic shots. BTW, all the pano and HDR camera apps I tried suck big time. None give usable results. WP8 needs more apps in this field!
Oh, I'd guess about the same things as a huge amount of snapshots taken through history with all sorts of more or less crap cameras - looking at them again later to reminisce about the time and place where they were taken.
I'm guessing they don't "bake" it in so that they can update the features as they see fit where as if it was built into the camera app, they would probably need to go through Microsoft for any upgrades. There is also the cinemagraph app from Nokia. Since lenses are such a major feature of the camera, it should have been properly reviewed and used.
Ok, if the marketing blurb risked having this happy S3 owner changing phones, this review doesn't. The HDR mode alone has delivered some very keepable results on my Sammy (really, in good light be extra careful to hold the camera steady and it does what it says on the tin).
Unfortunately this review confirms what we already knew: the stabilizer gives a great advantage over other cameraphones in low light, but in standard conditions the quality is worse than all the other high-end phones. The tiny sensor has all the limitations of a standard cameraphone sensor (burnt highlights, high noise) and to be sincere is even subpar. The 920 cannot compete with iphone, GS3, Droid DNA and the like. Now I know that there are many Nokia/WP fans out there that will try to deny the obvious. I don't want to bash the phone or the OS: I'm just talking about the camera. Colors are too saturated, dynamic range is low, detail is low, lens sharpness is low, there's also some corner softness. Worse than other cameraphones, unless you're really a low-light shooter.
I had 808 and S95 and after comparison I disagree with your statements.
S95 shows more detail - you have to use RAW but seriously, who buys a S95 to use the mediocre JPEG mode...
Regarding high ISO the 808 is not better, only has more aggressive NR.
Better screen? Well, the S95 has twice resolution - 808 has better technology but I still would prefer the S95 here.
Amazing? Well, there is a difference of 2 years between these devices - and smartphones are still phones, not cameras. People should deal with that.
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