Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Nokia Pureview Phone with a 41 MP Camera

Nokia has announced a new camera called the 808 Pureview.  It features a Carl Zeiss lens and a 41 MP sensor for what has been described as super sharp images (from a phone) and great low-light capabilities. You can see a video of this new camera below:

              

The claim of 41 megapixels is astounding given the size of the device.  However, the claim comes with a caveat about the use of images from the camera.  The phone is not meant to compete with a medium-format camera and of course the phone itself cannot offer the level of control of a DSLR.  For an explanation of how Nokia crammed that many megapixels into such a small foot print and their usability go to: Pureview Explained.

While it can't compete with a DSLR (yet), the phone's huge megapixel count and features are the result of the new frontier in the war between phone manufacturers:photography.

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