gavinlg
Veteran
So Nokia have released another camera specific smart phone. Usually I don't care, but this one is very interesting. It uses a Zeiss f2.4 lens unit and has a 41mp sensor. Yes, you read that correctly.
But it gets more interesting - Nokia have designed some sort of algorithm to downsample/pixelbin/combine pixels (for lack of more better terminology) so the final output size is 5mp. They say this creates huge 1:1 sharpness and super super low noise.
I know that with my 5d I can take an iso3200 image boosted to 6400 in post, and when I downsize it to web sizes it looks a lot cleaner and sharper, so taking this concept and optimizing it with a clever pixel combining algorithm is rather epic... It's significant because it could definitely mark an end to the typical point and shoot cameras we have today (especially if manufacturers like apple follow suit with this technology). It could even possibly be adapted by camera manufacturers for high end use.
Some initial samples at the full sized 41mp -
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More about the phone:
http://europe.nokia.com/pureview?cid=ncomprod-fw-scl-na-prodvidmwc7_0x0-na-youtube-g0-en-1todtmt59acd0#how-it-works
But it gets more interesting - Nokia have designed some sort of algorithm to downsample/pixelbin/combine pixels (for lack of more better terminology) so the final output size is 5mp. They say this creates huge 1:1 sharpness and super super low noise.
I know that with my 5d I can take an iso3200 image boosted to 6400 in post, and when I downsize it to web sizes it looks a lot cleaner and sharper, so taking this concept and optimizing it with a clever pixel combining algorithm is rather epic... It's significant because it could definitely mark an end to the typical point and shoot cameras we have today (especially if manufacturers like apple follow suit with this technology). It could even possibly be adapted by camera manufacturers for high end use.
Some initial samples at the full sized 41mp -
1
2
3
4
More about the phone:
http://europe.nokia.com/pureview?cid=ncomprod-fw-scl-na-prodvidmwc7_0x0-na-youtube-g0-en-1todtmt59acd0#how-it-works
gavinlg
Veteran
Apparently the sensor size is 1/1.2 which is rather large. I wonder who makes it?
