Nokia 808 Pureview Kamera Test

Introduction

We recently took a short nostalgia trip with the Nokia 808 PureView later on nosotros stumbled upon a nevertheless fully functional unit of measurement well-nigh past accident (not really, we specifically went out looking for one). Nosotros covered it in a video, going over some of the firsts and bests it did in 2012 - here information technology is, if you missed information technology.

Having the phone in our hands, and well aware of the reputation information technology has in the comments section of most photography-centric smartphone reviews here, we figured a brief shootout was in order - think of it as 'The 808 PureView versus The Year 2021 Cameraphones'.

Since nosotros can't practice a comparing between the Nokia and every smartphone that'south come out in the past half dozen months (for understandable reasons), we've picked a model to represent the state of the art and it's only natural for that to be our current Editors' selection for best cameraphone, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.

The Xiaomi is especially suitable for this head-to-head because it's the model that dethrones the 808 Pureview every bit the smartphone with the largest photographic camera sensor (we'd rather non count the Panasonic Lumix CM1 with its 1.0" sensor, considering nosotros run across it every bit more than of a camera with some phone functionality than the other manner around).

For a quick reminder, the Nokia has a 41MP 1/1.2-inch sensor with 1.4µm pixels and a conventional Bayer color filter array (as opposed to the reigning Quad Bayer designs). It was a multi-aspect sensor - meaning that information technology uses different portions of the imager for the unlike aspect ratios with the absolute corners remaining outside of the image circumvolve projected by the lens and unused. The lens has an f/ii.four aperture and a field of view that matches that of a Galaxy S21, so a focal length equivalent around 26mm. It lacks OIS, though.

The 808 PureView uses pixel binning to output 8MP or 5MP resulting images, and it did that long earlier it became the default mode of capturing photos on smartphones some vii or 8 years later. Naturally, a full-resolution pick is as well provided, even if you have to work your way through the menus to go in that location. Zooming in is as well role of the package, though technically it'due south simply cropping the middle portion of the sensor.

The Mi 11 Ultra, on the other mitt, is equipped with a 50MP 1/i.12-inch sensor on its primary camera, again with ane.4µm photosites. The lens in front if information technology has a 24mm focal length equivalent and an discontinuity of f/1.95.

This sensor does utilise a Quad Bayer filter array and outputs 4-to-ane binned images at around 12.5MP. But information technology also does a remarkable job of brusk-range zooming in past cropping the center portion and demosaicking it differently for the chore. The again, the Mi does also take a spectacular 5x telephoto. And a similarly impressive ultrawide camera. The Nokia has neither. Just that's not what we're here for.

We're here to compare the large-sensor camera of the 2012 Nokia 808 PureView against the even-bigger-sensor chief camera of 2021 Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. Nosotros shot the Nokia in Creative fashion to exist able to admission the 8MP 4:3 resolution and aspect, besides every bit the total-res 38MP setting. The Xiaomi we kept in Photograph mode for the 12.5MP images (at both 1x and 2x zoom), switching to 50MP for full resolution samples.

Daylight image quality

In wide daylight, the Nokia 808 PureView captures okay 8MP images, fifty-fifty 8+ years later. They practise take good level of particular and it'due south rendered in a very organic way that about present-day phones tin can't manage. Even binned, these do have a fine grain to them - non agonizing noise, but a texture of grit where there isn't any.

We're finding the PureView default exposure a little too dark with shadows and lower midtones needing a boost. Dynamic range is generally practiced, though in especially hard high-dissimilarity scenes similar the iPhone mural, the 808 can't quite cope. Color reproduction is accurate, merely restrained in terms of saturation (that's in the default 'Normal' mode, 'Bright' adds a bit more than life, but it'southward non a dramatic difference).

Daylight samples, binned (8MP/12.5MP): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

The Xiaomi counters with superior tonal development at both extremes and more enthusiastic color rendition without necessarily poking your optics out. And nearly that organic rendition of fine detail, the Mi 11 Ultra is actually a fine example of things done right, offering a measured approach to sharpening that brings natural-looking twigs and grass shoots. Oh, and noise is not a thing on the Mi.

Daylight samples, binned (8MP/12.5MP): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi eleven Ultra

The Xiaomi maintains some advantages in the loftier-resolution mode. For example, the 808's images get noisier hither, while the Ultra'southward really don't. That said, the two phones are most on par when it comes to pixel-level detail.

That could be explained past the Nokia sensor'south regular Bayer colour filter array which allows it to capture effectively information than the Quad Bayer pattern of the Xiaomi, to which it replies with a handful more pixels and a decade of R&D ultimately evening things out. Nosotros're nonetheless in favor of the Mi's exposure and tonal bend practices.

Daylight samples, total resolution (38MP/50MP): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

The Nokia maxes out at around 2.5x zoom (threescore-ish mm equivalent) when in 8MP mode and we figured we'd compare that against the 2x way on the Xiaomi fifty-fifty though it'south shorter at just nether 50mm equivalent, simply considering it's easy to access from the viewfinder. Plus, thank you to the departure in resolution, the subjects take virtually the same size in the frame at these zoom levels.

Daylight samples, zoom (2.5x-ish/2x): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi eleven Ultra

The Xiaomi barely has an edge here in detail, though at start glance it does announced to be notably sharper - while the Nokia's images are hazier, we tin't point to a detail that the Mi resolves and the 808 doesn't. The Mi'southward shots practice take better definition and micro-contrast. Overall, the Nokia does a skillful job of zooming in, and so does the Mi xi Ultra with its main photographic camera, even without resorting to its bodily telephoto.

Depression-light image quality

In depression light, the Nokia can barely put up a fight. It struggles to expose anywhere near brightly plenty in dark scenes, while better-lit facades can accept large areas of blown out highlights around light sources. Desaturation is also prevalent.

Low-light samples, binned (8MP/12.5MP): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi eleven Ultra

The Xiaomi, on the other hand, delivers excellent dynamic range even in difficult scenes and manages to betrayal for much darker scenes as well, extracting item where the Nokia captures just pure black. Color reproduction is also better, with no loss of saturation to speak of.

Equally a sidenote unrelated to the comparison here, merely very much related to the Mi'south color science, we're seeing a notable comeback in the way the Mi 11 Ultra treats warm calorie-free sources and at that place'southward no sign of the potent orange cast that we observed at review time.

Heed you, on the Nokia we experienced significant flare from point light sources which could exist due to our unit'southward historic period and the condition of its lenses, though we couldn't spot scratches on the immediately visible lens elements or embrace glass.

Not that nosotros'd usually shoot in full-res manner at night, but we took a couple of samples at 38MP/50MP for the sake of this comparison. While the Xiaomi's processing can't quite practise its matter at this resolution in terms of dynamic range, it'due south still mode ahead of the Nokia. The Ultra's photos are also sharper, meliorate detailed, and a lot cleaner.

Low-calorie-free samples, full resolution (38MP/50MP): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

Zooming in, things are a lot similar in full-resolution mode - the Xiaomi leads in pretty much all areas including dynamic range, detail and noise operation.

Low-calorie-free samples, zoom (2.5x-ish/2x): Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

Video quality

When it comes to video recording, the Nokia is underequipped to properly compete with the Mi 11 Ultra. The PureView tops out at 1080p/30fps capture, while the Xiaomi tin go all the style to 8K/24fps, though 4K at 30fps is a much more than realistic shooting fashion and that'southward what we used for this head-to-head. We compared the two phones both in daylight and at night.

There's only so much particular that the Nokia tin capture in its 1080p resolution and information technology's nowhere near the level of fine textures that the Xiaomi records. That said, as 1080p clips go, the Nokia's are reasonably well detailed, even past today's standards.

The Nokia's dynamic range is similarly not a match for what the Xiaomi can extract out of the scene leaving highlights on the brightly lit facades clipped to white, while the Mi eleven ultra has managed to retain detail there. The Nokia'south colour rendition is somewhat lifeless adjacent to the punchier and more likeable Xiaomi footage.

Daylight video sample frame grabs: Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

In low light, the Nokia tin't expose anywhere virtually brightly plenty and captures substantially a black frame with the occasional car headlights showing up. Mind you, information technology wasn't all the same completely night at the time of shooting these samples, as the navy skies in the Xiaomi prune prove.

Here a couple of frame grabs from the in a higher place videos for quicker comparison, followed by the one:ane crops for an even more immediate illustration of the differences.

Low-light video sample frame grabs: Nokia 808 PureView • Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

Final words

Nosotros almost idea nosotros'd merely dump the images and videos and leave them without whatever commentary, simply information technology's probably worth maxim a few words most how things have progressed over the years. While we do remember information technology'southward obvious, nosotros'd still like to accept in writing that the Xiaomi takes hands down the superior photos and videos.

That'due south true in our minds for the daylight still shots, though we can imagine there'd be those that insist that the 808 takes photographically pure-er images, while the modern ways of the Xiaomi may exist as well… expressive in terms of color, exposure, contrast, or whatnot. Equally for daylight video, the Nokia'southward 1080p capture is okay, it's just that 1080p isn't enough.

Moving into the night, it'due south across a shadow of a uncertainty that the 8+ years that split up the two phones have brought massive improvements in low-lite photography and video recording - both on a hardware level and in terms of software and processing. Ultimately, we'd adopt a modern-day cameraphone over a decade-old one. Though nosotros accept got to give to the old dog for keeping up with the youngster and then well. Nokia was actually ahead of its time with the 808 PureView camera.

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_808_pureview_vs_xiaomi_mi_11_ultra_camera_comparison-news-50047.php

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