Nokia 808 PureView

Can the killer camera turn Nokia from zero to hero?

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By Martyn Brett
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Nokia 808 PureView review
So what if it's got a huge camera, at the end of the day it's a phone.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

The camera is capable of producing shallow depth of field effects, such as seen here.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

Black and White mode is one of a few different options you can choose to shoot in.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

Colours from the Nokia Pureview 808 are represented well, being punchy without being over the top.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808 camera

One of the editing options on the Nokia Pureview 808 is cropping, see the original below

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

This is the original of the cropped image above. Both are saved as separate files on the device.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808 camera

There aren't many interesting filters, but you can adjust the RGB levels in order to

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

This shot is taken with the camera at fully wide.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

This shot is taken with the full digital zoom employed.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

One of the manual controls on the Pureview is exposure compensation. On this image, the camera has struggled with the brightness range.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

Here, we have upped the exposure compensation in order to produce a brighter, and more accurate, image.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

Here we can see that the metering, which you can't alter, has struggled a little with a bright backlit image.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808's camera

The camera struggles a little with macro focusing. You will need to stand a reasonable distance away when capturing small objects.

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In-depth look at the Nokia Pureview 808 camera

Here is an example of one of the digital filters that can be applied post-capture. This gives a slight pinhole camera effect by creating a vignette in the corners.

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Martyn Brett