Why 41 megapixel phone

Click through for an in-depth look at Sony's latest full-frame mirrorless ILC. Nik Silver Efex Pro 3, one of the standout components of Nik Collection 4, is a black-and-white conversion tool that goes far further than the grayscale or black-and-white tools built into all-in-one photo apps. For some users, this app alone might be worth the cost of the whole collection — find out for yourself in our review. The Nikon Z mm F2. Get all the details in our full review.

These capable cameras should be solid and well-built, have both speed and focus for capturing fast action and offer professional-level image quality. Although a lot of people only upload images to Instagram from their smartphones, the app is much more than just a mobile photography platform. In this guide we've chosen a selection of cameras that make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images, ideal for sharing on social media.

If you're looking for the perfect drone for yourself, or to gift someone special, we've gone through all of the options and selected our favorites. We looked at cameras with selfie-friendly screens, wide-angle lenses, microphone inputs and great video quality, and selected the best. Recently the winners and runners up were announced for the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. The new version of the digital asset management tool promises improved performance and includes a new UI, new editing tools and improved workflow options.

Nikon doesn't specifically mention any future products, but does state the collaboration with Nissin and Profoto will 'increase reliable options for Nikon camera users, expanding possibilities for imaging expression'. Despite being a copy of a model from a far more popular manufacturer at its time of release, the Lomo LC-A has become an iconic camera in film photography culture and was the catalyst for the experimental 'Lomography' movement.

Zenfolio has announced the acquisition of Format, a popular website-building platform for photographers and other artists. The acquisition further bolsters Zenfolio's ongoing efforts to reinvigorate its business model and position itself a strong option for photographers looking to build a website and run a business. The 'Deakinizer' lens was made and popularized by cinematographer Roger Deakins when he used a modified Arri Macro lens to capture dreamy, tilt-shift like shots for the movie Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

NASA has published the first images from Landsat 9, a new space-based satellite designed to observe Earth in incredible detail. Geological Survey. But how much difference does the longer 40mm equivalent lens of the 'X' version make to the shooting experience? Click through to read more. Want to learn more about the Nikon Z9? Do you have a burning question you haven't seen answered anywhere else?

Join us for a live Twitter Space on Thursday, November 11, and be part of the conversation. Click through for details. The four firmware updates bring improved autofocus performance in a number of different shooting modes, as well as support for Nikon's new FTZ II mount adapter and Nikkor Z mm F4 S lens.

Adrian Smith is back with another excellent slow-motion video of insects filmed with a high-speed Phantom camera. The original Tamron mm F2. Now Tamron is back with a second gen version that promises to be even better.

Does it deliver on that claim? Chris and Jordan did a side-by-side comparison to find out. Check out their gallery of sample photos to judge critical image quality for yourself.

The lens will be a part of Panasonic's F1. Aptolux is a new company formed by videographers to create lighting solutions for videographers.

Its first product is the Aptolux MP-1, a modular, transforming LED light that can be as compact as a lunchbox when not being used yet deliver bright, efficient light. Sony's latest a7-series model is the most capable yet, but also the most expensive. We've been using Panasonic's new Lumix S 35mm F1. Panasonic has announced the Lumix S 35mm F1. Panasonic has released firmware version 1. The Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode as engineers work to investigate what's wrong with the telescope's onboard instruments.

This is the second time the venerable telescope has faced extended downtime after being offline for a month earlier this year. Panasonic China has posted a pair of images to various Chinese social media sites that tease what appears to be a new lens launch.

Gordon Laing is back at it again with another Retro Review. In this episode, Laing goes back 25 years to provide an in-depth overview of Nikon's unique Coolpix camera, which was half compact camera, half PDA. The adapter includes optics to help offset the crop factor of APS-C cameras.

OM Digital Solutions — the company that's bought the Olympus imaging division — has just launched the M. Zuiko Digital ED 20mm F1. Click through for a closer look. Chris and Jordan tease-out the differences. After quickly selling out of its first batch back in , Lomography has announced that it's re-releasing its color-shifting LomoChrome Turquoise Film in 35mm, and format. Submit a News Tip! Reading mode: Light Dark.

Login Register. Best cameras and lenses. Now reading: Do you need 41 megapixels? Our Nokia Lumia camera review comments. Previous 1 Introduction. Tags: review , mobile , lumia , nokia , smartphone. Next page. Nokia Lumia We are retrieving offers for your location, please refresh the page to see the prices.

View Comments Comments All Vote now on the link below and tell Microsoft what we really want for Christmas! Parishrut Pandey Lumia is a video beast. Vladik I downsized file to 13mp and S4 still stumps all over that image. DHJen Great camera with a embedded mobile phone.

Unstoppable36SG How many 's do have this issue? Communication is of the essence! Zlik The video stabilization score is somehow surprising. Having used and seen what the stability of the lumia in video, I am a little perlpexed. Tom May In the "Cons" under the video tests: Walking movements remain uncorrected by the video stabilization Over-correction of video stabilization when steadied on a tripod. DXOMark says nah!!!!! BigGuyLeo Needed 32mp to look at the picture 20 years later on my big 8k tv.

Tom May How? I don't understand why they would do this, even in the Pro Cam app? It's very strange. Then you'd have something more functional and reasonable.

You would know if you read the article first. Marcus gwise No not really i was let down bye the look of the i love my Nokia i think. CameraLabTester Microsoft just wasted money Virvatulet There is a wide spread consensus that the offered price was far too low, emphasizing Stephen Elop's questionable role in this transaction.

Savengance They did not waste money actually, they have 3 percent of the market share in the United States however that is not what they are concerned with. Stu 5 Noikasoft. Torgrims Thanks for a great review! CyberAngel Lumia didn't double the cost nor did it cut the battery life in half. Cam Jones I've been reading all these vs.

Dominick Well said! Menneisyys "Well said! Overdrive Disappointed in , I had high hopes that Nokia would improve or at least properly port 's camera into a WP platform.

Gryfster The scoring methodology has completely changed. Charlie Jin 41M pixel makes my photos unusable. I never needed over 8M for my phone camera. Stevan G the point of 41MP on mobile phone is mainly in oversampling, which is sadly not present in this device Menneisyys "the point of 41MP on mobile phone is mainly in oversampling, which is sadly not present in this device It just uses a somewhat less sophisticated algorithm than the CyberAngel A complete video shootout?

Stevan G yupp there are, but their back is more prone to falling off when hitting ground. Stoli89 Actually, Nokia's hardware designs, even for those with sealed batteries, allow for maintenance access without the risk of physical deformation of materials i. Photato Good quality but slow.

Still good job Nokia! Stoli89 Then you misunderstood the purpose of oversampling. Stoli89 What? Six will do for most. ET2 Funny coming from a guy who was constantly claiming "less pixels are better" Now you understand that they are not.

I guess we should just throw out all those tests then lol. Menneisyys You can easily check this by checking out the double-density ISO chart parts in the center. A crop showing this: flickr. Menneisyys flickr. Finally, low light: the Nokia smashes the competition:. Menneisyys continued from above flickr.

Plus 4 seconds to start the camera app, and 4 seconds shot to shot. No thanks. Menneisyys " takes much worse pics than any compact. Lars Rehm you focus too much on resolution. Menneisyys "you focus too much on resolution. Arquetipo The only way to understand the 's 41mp is by carefully reading DP and other technical reviews, and for all explanations and image comparisons, it makes a lot of sense.

FoveonPureView The only affordable for average folks alternative to the Nokia or this slightly purely image quality-wise less-performing would be the Sigma-Foveon-cameras. CyberAngel Any day now when your Fovean learns to make phone calls, etc. Digitall No I don't need 41mp camera, I need less noise, a clean image, a better IQ with a good optical image stabilization for sure. Rolandigital How was with camera start up times? Was it faster? Stoli89 Yes, the sports a dedicated scaling chip for the camera.

Gryfster But not as long as the Lumia Menneisyys "Don't bother to buy one, chromatic aberration at the corners, doesn't get better with the O. S" Oh no, you again S Nice talking to you again! Quick question, can I stop down a Lumia ? Menneisyys "Quick question, can I stop down a Lumia ?

As for the you the users i think it would be good to upgrade to , cause you were the ones saying that you 'd buy that phone not to curry a photo camera with you , yes but with that phone ,you'll need to curry one more phone that can work properly :- Lumia in my humble opinion is good for a phone the lens is "let's say a poor choice" but compared with the competition the 41mp sensor is making much fuss about nothing special.

If there were gonna be a problem with the size of the pixel something that some of you shouting that it wouldn't then you should have tried a different sensor with bigger pixels 4. Menneisyys "Is it possible that the color smearing may be due to the type of sensor technology. United Stated? Jon Holstein panoviews That android comments sounds very fanboyitic.

YiannisPP Sure thing dude, and the sun will set on the east tomorrow too. If you say so:. Jon Holstein siberstorm27 Which one is the best in low light without using flash of and has probably not been properly tested. CyberAngel "So it's not crop-stretch, its simply crop. Lars Rehm Sorry to disagree. Menneisyys "No, the whole point is really that Nokia is actually trying to pass a crappy 5 MP camera off as a 41 MP camera in order to boost sales. You may also like.

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Film Friday: Lomography re-launches its popular color-shifting LomoChrome Turquoise film in 35mm, and formats. Nov 5, When a picture is taken, the sensor is illuminated by light and the pixels convert light data into a digital image. On smaller, high-resolution sensors with densely packed pixels, the diameters of Airy disks may be larger than that of a single pixel, causing them to spread out over multiple pixels, resulting in a noticeable loss of sharpness or detail.

At narrower apertures, this issue is exacerbated when multiple Airy disks begin to overlap each other. While you can combat this in a number of different ways, there are a lot of complex variables at play, which introduce many interesting trade-offs. To make matters worse, smaller pixels also capture less light; thereby sacrificing low-light performance.

While it may seem counter-intuitive: a lower-resolution sensor can sometimes mean better quality images simply because the solution to these issues is larger pixels.

In simpler terms, photos recorded at double the resolution for a given size will look their sharpest. So, inside a smartphone, and given space constraints, image quality loss due to diffraction does indeed become a problem, especially on smaller sensors with higher resolutions.

Though the Nokia had a combination of a large sensor and huge resolution, industry leaders have since decided to limit sensor resolution to minimize diffraction issues.

As you can see in the table below, the original Pixel—modest as its camera specs may seem—has a much smaller issue with diffraction than the Lumia did, especially when you consider the advancements in image sensor tech since then.

Better photographic performance will be achieved through optimizations to the underlying hardware and software ecosystem, as opposed to super high-resolution sensors. Why haven't we seen another megapixel smartphone camera? The Lumia camera was light years ahead of the competition. Features By Gary Sims.

Diffraction, Airy disks and image quality There are potentially many answers to that question. The Lumia supports up to 6x zoom in p. For those shooting video, image quality isn't the only concern. The phone also features high-performance microphones to record audio to match the HD video. Though it's a fairly common spec to see in high-end Android devices, it's a first for Windows Phone handsets.

For the super, smartphone photographers, Nokia offers a Camera Grip shell. It has a physical camera button, extra battery and tripod-mount support, transforming your phone into a complete camera replacement.

And much like its other Lumia phones, Nokia will offer wireless charging covers for the Lumia The former mobile giant clearly wants to grab the attention of the high-end market.

So far, it hasn't been able to gain enough momentum with its Lumia line, due in part to a general lack of Windows Phone adoption. But if the Lumia 's camera performs as well, or better, than the PureView camera, then it's going to be the best smartphone camera on the market. And it won't have an old OS and bulky frame to hold it down.