Nokia Lumia With 41MP Camera To Be Called Lumia 909, Will Cost $602

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Nokia is expected to launch its new Lumia EOS smartphone with 41MP camera soon, now rumors suggest that it will be called the Lumia 909.

Leakster @evleaks tweeted that the EOS will not be called Lumia 1020 but Nokia 909 instead. Images of the Lumia smartphone was also leaked by same source.



The pricing of the Lumia EOS has also been leaked via a inventory listing of Microsoft store. It suggests that the Lumia EOS will retail for $ 602 for carrier unlocked version and will come in Yellow, Black and White color options.



The Nokia EOS is expected to be unveiled at "Nokia Zoom" event on July 11.



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I have always wondered, what purpose do these extremely high megapixel camera phones serve? Is the image quality good enough to justify the size.
 
I dunno about the image quality affected by megapixels, but the Xenon flash attached in this unit here, just like my Nokia N8, is really good in low light.
 
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Aren't more Megapixels meant for pictures that we need to blow up in size and see ? Watching on a computer screen, can one make a difference between a 8 Mpx and a 41 Mpx pic ?
 
you don't actually take 41MP pics with this device, 41MP is the sensor resolution, so you will probably be taking 8MP images, but the data for each of the pixels corresponds to data from 3-5 pixels of the sensor, that results in a high fidelity image that does not drop in quality if you zoom it (about 3x)

Thats my understanding of how PureVIew is supposed to work
 
This is confusing and misleading at the same time. If the sensor is 41 Mpx and can ALSO take 8 Mpx pics, it is understood but it can ONLY take 8 Mpx then that is not how it is supposed to be right ?
The 41 Mpx sensor should be able to take a 41 Mpx picture which would run in several MBs right ? We need it or not is another question altogether.
 
^ I think that it can take ~35MP pics, I meant that the user would typically take 8MP pics (a compromise between filesize and quality) but at 35MP your technique be perfect because even small errors will show up. the 8MP oversampled image will have a HUGE amount of headroom to smooth out/correct error in technique etc.
 
Ok so basically 41 Mpx is just to show the "capability" on paper. Most people who would want the image to be small in size (for emails / uploading) and want them to come proper on computer screen will choose under 10 Mpx as the quality. Like i used to put my camera in 5 Mpx mode even when it was capable of 8 Mpx.
 
Like ultrapixel camera on htc one, sensor is huge i mean on par with a 12 megapixel or so but it takes a 4 megapixel resolution pictures. Huge sensor has it's own benefits like better low light performance and life-like pictures.
 
raksrules said:
Ok so basically 41 Mpx is just to show the "capability" on paper. Most people who would want the image to be small in size (for emails / uploading) and want them to come proper on computer screen will choose under 10 Mpx as the quality. Like i used to put my camera in 5 Mpx mode even when it was capable of 8 Mpx.
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pretty much, you can take a 35MP image if you want to, but then you will be left with at least a 30-50 MB image, and those sizes bring decent-mid level PCs to their knees during processing.

Edit - That's the RAW file size, the jpeg would probably be something like 10-15MB (but if you have 41MP to play with, you wouldn't really want to play with jpeg)

Edit2: It is not like setting a cam to 5MP when it can shoot 8MP, normal cams do not do the oversampling, so using anything less than the native resolution is under-utilizing the camera's capability. In the PureView's case the 8MP image is also using all of the 41MP that the sensor is capable of, thus you are still utilizing the full capabilities of the unit.
 
"one after 909"....
Probably the camera ultimately will be the one with a cluster of mini lenses... i am forgetting the technical term :P
 
soggy316 said:
you don't actually take 41MP pics with this device, 41MP is the sensor resolution, so you will probably be taking 8MP images, but the data for each of the pixels corresponds to data from 3-5 pixels of the sensor, that results in a high fidelity image that does not drop in quality if you zoom it (about 3x)

Thats my understanding of how PureVIew is supposed to work
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You understanding is accurate.
 
Some leaked pics of a battery-grip cover have surfaced. Looks like it is going to be a monster of a phone.
 
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