Tweet After the tremendous reception deservedly received for the Nokia 808 PureView, our imaging team was perhaps entitled to a holiday.
Instead, though, we sent them back to the lab to work on two things: bringing the technology to Lumia smartphones and delivering a whole new set of improvements.
Carl Zeiss Optics
Optical Image Stabiliser: Barrel shift type
Stabiliser performance: Up to 3EV (8x longer shutter speeds)
Focal length: 3.73mm
35mm equivalent focal length: 26mm for 16:9, 28mm for 4:3
F-number: f/2.0
Focus range: 8 cm – Infinity
Construction: Five elements, one group. All lens surfaces are aspherical
Optical format: 1/3?
The results of this intensive labour are first found in the Nokia Lumia 920.
[NB: If you want to get right into the nitty-gritty, download and digest the white paper. This is the tl;dr version.]
The initial PureView model focused on the problem of digital zoom and perfect details. Phase two of development focuses on low light performance, and adds more practical features that will allow more camera phone users to take better pictures.
The number one camera phone annoyance – fixedLow light performance has been improved through two particular measures.
First, the sensor type has been changed. A next-generation Back-Side Illuminated sensor is fitted that places the photosensitive area directly beneath the lens, without wires or metal between, as is the case with Front-Side Illuminated sensors. More light reaches the plate, in other words. That’s of critical importance when there isn’t much light around.
Image captured with Nokia Lumia 920
Image captured with competing high-end smartphoneSecond, we’ve adopted a massive f/2.0 aperture – in layman’s terms, it’s a bigger hole, and so it lets in more light from the start when you’re using it indoors. Both these measures mean a lower sensor size is needed in order to get great results when you’re working in low light.
Ready, steady, snapThese advances are complemented by Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). Your pictures and videos won’t blur when your hands are shaking, or when you are on the move. Again, it’ll help in low-light conditions where exposure times can get significantly longer.
Your images and pictures won't blur
The OIS technology isn’t a digital algorithm, like you may have experienced previously. Crucially the rear-end of the camera is caged with a gyroscope to move the whole optical assembly to compensate unintended camera movement. Enough explanation: this video tells the story best.
As a self-confessed terrible photographer, thanks to genetically inherited shaky hands, it’s this part of the story that interests me the most.
But there’s more…The Nokia Lumia 920 packs a new generation of LED flash. This can be used as a continuous light for video and – for the first time – a pulse burst flash. The technology behind LED flash has improved significantly over a period of mere months, to be able to accurately freeze subjects under many more conditions than used to be the case.
Image capture with Nokia Lumia 920
Image captured with competing high-end smartphoneNext, the image processing algorithms on the Lumia 920 significantly outshine any found on previous camera phones. In particular, the ‘denoise’ algorithm for reducing any visual noise from images is brand new and better than ever. These advanced algorithms compensate for not having the oversampling technology used in the previous generation of PureView.
Once more, we’d urge the true camera-fanatics to take a look at the white paper for more in-depth information. Even if you’re not, there’s a ton of information there that’s just plain fascinating for anyone with an interest in photography.
Note: The Lumia 920 pictures in this post were taken using prototype hardware and software, and then reduced dramatically in size. In addition, the OIS video, above, was not shot using the Lumia 920.
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Video: Introducing the Nokia Lumia 920 16:30, 05/09/1232,345 | 940 Comments http://www.gadgeterija.net/ Denis Jelec Fullsized samples, please. 
I know! We’d love to be able to share these and will do as soon as possible.
http://www.facebook.com/teropetteri.laine Tero Petteri LaineSo no Rich Recording? It’s going to sound like.
http://www.favbrowser.com FavBrowser.comYep, great video quality with awful sound. what’s the point of recording?
Micha66It has only a 1/3? sensor and you call it still pureview? 
Are you sure? You’re not afraid to damage the fresh created pureview brand?
http://www.gadgeterija.net/ Denis JelecPureView is *not* one tech embedded. It consists of several different and independent branches (OIS/Oversampling) which may (or may not) meet in the future.
steeliconPureView has been demoted from being a legit technology to merely a marketing term for salespitch.
So your concern about damaging the PureView branding is now a non-issue: damage has already been done.
http://www.facebook.com/fravaccaro90 Francesco VaccaroGreat! But it’s a shame I have no cute girls to use for taking pictures
“The OIS video, above, was not shot using the Lumia 920.” Not sure why you labeled it as OIS ON then. Either way, would love to see some real sample videos.
http://conversations.nokia.com Ian DelaneyAgain, we’ll push for those. As noted above, it’s the #1 breakthrough feature for me.
peterson90210Its called simulation. Although the video should show a note stating the fact.
xoj_21its called a lie.
http://twitter.com/ymala1 Yasir AlamHoly shit you’re here too? Dedication my friend.
NorwegianThirtySomethingHe probably works for Samsung, judging by his posting history.
http://twitter.com/ymala1 Yasir AlamHoly shit you’re here too? Dedication my friend.
http://twitter.com/ymala1 Yasir AlamHoly shit you’re here too? Dedication my friend.
http://twitter.com/ymala1 Yasir AlamHoly shit you’re here too? Dedication my friend.
http://twitter.com/ymala1 Yasir AlamHoly shit you’re here too? Dedication my friend.
http://twitter.com/ymala1 Yasir AlamHoly shit you’re here too? Dedication my friend.
steeliconNo. Correction: It’s called a shameful, obstinate lie. Lying with persistence through the teeth.
http://www.facebook.com/ryster092 Ryan SpoonerBecause OIS is not a technology unique to Nokia Lumia phones and the camera used WAS using OIS. The video was just a demonstration of “Optical Image Stabilisation” as a technology, not the Nokia phone.
C38SIf you go to their youtube page you can see a real video. Also if you watch the real video in their presentation last night it also shows the rig that they used to compare the 2 cameras with.
http://twitter.com/jimmy1one jimmy mooreI’m an amateur photographer who owns a nice SLR. I never carried my Nikon around so I missed some great shots. However my 900 is always in my pocket. I’m thrilled to know I’ll be able to get comparable with my new 920 when it’s available
xoj_21fakes . ”To be fair, the video? was a demonstration of optical image stabilization, not PureView”
http://profile.yahoo.com/P6EBAGPWVBSG2RSD4B7ESJAUUQ MarmotaNote: The Lumia 920 pictures in this post were taken using prototype hardware and software, and then reduced dramatically in size. In addition, the OIS video, above, was not shot using the Lumia 920.
xoj_21still fake, if lumia 920 look nothing like this we will know , mobile review, and gsmarena showing full resolution and comparing them
http://twitter.com/AlexEfimoff Alex EfimoffAt the moment the PureView technology consists of:
- 41 megapixel sensor
- Floating Lens OIS
I hope to see them implemented in a single device a-la Nokia PureView 909
That flash comparison at the bottom of the article does NOT look real. How does the phone make the chick appear to have a spotlight on her from the opposite direction!?
http://twitter.com/AlexEfimoff Alex Efimoffto answer you question we need to know the exact conditions of shooting.
D .because it’s fake, just like their youtube video showing off PureView. They want your money, that’s it, they don’t care if they have to lie to get it.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ville-Jarvinen/1301077549 Ville JärvinenI take it you have never shot long exposure images withouth flash in enviroment where there are many artificial light sources around?
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonYeah, but the photo comparisons are incredibly dramatic and look seriously doctored.
I could see this photo being possible with a professional rig and crew but not from a camera phone. I’d love to be proven wrong but considering they already tried to pull a fast one with the OIS video they’ve given us no reason to believe any of the content they’re releasing is real.
The proof will be in the pudding. Someone is going to attempt to recreate these shots and if they can’t get similar results Nokia will be called out and hopefully held accountable for misleading the public. This could really blow up in their faces and ultimately hurt Microsoft too since Nokia appears to be the premier manufacturer of Windows Phone 8.
http://www.facebook.com/eolorvida Enrique OlorvidaYou can have your pudding, i will have my Lumia 920.
Take a look at this video.
Yeah, but the photo comparisons are incredibly dramatic and look seriously doctored.
I could see this photo being possible with a professional rig and crew but not from a camera phone. I’d love to be proven wrong but considering they already tried to pull a fast one with the OIS video they’ve given us no reason to believe any of the content they’re releasing is real.
The proof will be in the pudding. Someone is going to attempt to recreate these shots and if they can’t get similar results Nokia will be called out and hopefully held accountable for misleading the public. This could really blow up in their faces and ultimately hurt Microsoft too since Nokia appears to be the premier manufacturer of Windows Phone 8.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonYeah, but the photo comparisons are incredibly dramatic and look seriously doctored.
I could see this photo being possible with a professional rig and crew but not from a camera phone. I’d love to be proven wrong but considering they already tried to pull a fast one with the OIS video they’ve given us no reason to believe any of the content they’re releasing is real.
The proof will be in the pudding. Someone is going to attempt to recreate these shots and if they can’t get similar results Nokia will be called out and hopefully held accountable for misleading the public. This could really blow up in their faces and ultimately hurt Microsoft too since Nokia appears to be the premier manufacturer of Windows Phone 8.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonYeah, but the photo comparisons are incredibly dramatic and look seriously doctored.
I could see this photo being possible with a professional rig and crew but not from a camera phone. I’d love to be proven wrong but considering they already tried to pull a fast one with the OIS video they’ve given us no reason to believe any of the content they’re releasing is real.
The proof will be in the pudding. Someone is going to attempt to recreate these shots and if they can’t get similar results Nokia will be called out and hopefully held accountable for misleading the public. This could really blow up in their faces and ultimately hurt Microsoft too since Nokia appears to be the premier manufacturer of Windows Phone 8.
http://www.facebook.com/kauto.huopio Kauto HuopioMore precise, there seems to be at least _two_ extra light sources on the Nokia picture. There is one huge light on the left back, one can see the the shades on the ground. I’d like to see the exact setup for these two pictures explained. And maybe a second apology.
http://www.facebook.com/kauto.huopio Kauto HuopioMore precise, there seems to be at least _two_ extra light sources on the Nokia picture. There is one huge light on the left back, one can see the the shades on the ground. I’d like to see the exact setup for these two pictures explained. And maybe a second apology.
C38SThe buildings in the background didn’t all of a sudden get a spotlight.
NorwegianThirtySomethingBecause the flash of the other phone makes it appear that all other light sources disappear? Have you never taken pictures with a “normal” flash?
This is pretty normal behavior. Longer exposure and pulse burst flash will let other light sources through – that’s why the images look so much better.
http://www.facebook.com/eswar.rajesh Eswar Rajesh PinapalaFaking witha Pro camera at 00:27 shows why Nokia is bankrupt…
nokiaiphone+1
http://twitter.com/AlexEfimoff Alex EfimoffMy wish list includes:
- ability to control ISO
- manual exposure control
- manual white balance temperature control
- exposure bracketing
- ND filter
what else?
uh… you can control the iso on Lumia 900…
http://www.facebook.com/huahongtu Raymond TuNokia, you guys messed up so bad. The only way to appease our anger now is to make the real thing better.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H7XZGHA4CN5PQYAMAHRAH7WZWM Don FarmerI own the 808 and there are times I wish for more light. True I’m not a pro but the 920 looks like it is something that will add to my camera ability and be my true smartphone, of course with Win8. I can’t wait for the 920 to hit the streets and be able to take pictures like this as fast as you can with the Lumia, as I miss some with the 808. These pictures are great and I hope we’ll see more on Flickr and Fhotoroom. That Blink app is great.
http://profile.yahoo.com/ZWKBVVXOKRX7PSIT3MLAMLNDU4 RosimeiryOh boy, you really did not need this mistake. Not to mention the bad launch event presentation (what, 1/4 of it on arranging the home screen)…
Varuna SinghOh god. Now Nokia faking is trending. I really wanted to buy a Lumia. I would still. But I can only imagine this to be bad for Nokia. Fix it before its too late.
http://www.facebook.com/gsmtricks Fill HkDoes anybody know what is the music playing on latest promo video? I like so much want to set it as ringtone
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=553365620 Bill HaynesSo the ‘floating lens’ is really just backside illumination? I can think of at least one company that has that already. And big fail on the deceitful OIS video. Liars.
xsachaThe floating lens is the optical stabilisation that uses springs and a gyroscope.
The backside illumination is to improve low-light performance. It says in their whitepaper they have been looking at BSI since it first came out and it has only finally been good enough to use in phones. Previously BSI sensors had issues such as uneven lighting and over exposed photos (as seen in iPhone products).
They are using the latest generation BSI in this product. Similar situation to their high-powered LED.
The pdf link for white pager is wrong, should change the 820 to 920.
http://twitter.com/owenzhao Owen ZhaoThe pdf link for white pager is wrong, should change the 820 to 920.
http://twitter.com/owenzhao Owen ZhaoThe pdf link for white pager is wrong, should change the 820 to 920.
http://twitter.com/owenzhao Owen ZhaoThe pdf link for white pager is wrong, should change the 820 to 920.
http://twitter.com/owenzhao Owen ZhaoThe pdf link for white pager is wrong, should change the 820 to 920.
John HowardI want the girl in red, not the phone.
http://twitter.com/pricop2007 Pricop AlexandruCan’t believe that you guys tried to mislead us by filming from a VAN seconds after you show us a guy filming a girl and then moved the camera like the guy was filming. I am a dissapointed L800 owner, and now I’m looking at the HTC offer now, btw – the 920 back is ugly, specially because it’s curved from top to bottom, instead of keeping the top and bottom with straight lines, it’s much thicker than the 820.
Again, shame on you for what you’ve did, indeed “you’ve changed the things” – for real.
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff DalyI’m guessing the second wave will have more pixels so we can do lossless digital zoom, expandable SD storage and Rich Recording. I think I’ll keep ahold of my Lumia 900 and wait it out.
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff DalyI’m guessing the second wave will have more pixels so we can do lossless digital zoom, expandable SD storage and Rich Recording. I think I’ll keep ahold of my Lumia 900 and wait it out.
http://kjmackey.blogspot.com KjMIt would be interesting, in my opinion, to see images captured with the Lumia 920 compared with the leading camera phone – the 808 PureView.
That way we’d get a sense of the low light performance addressed by the larger aperture and how the new, improved LED flash compares with the xenon on the current leader.
Reasonable?
http://kjmackey.blogspot.com KjMIt would be interesting, in my opinion, to see images captured with the Lumia 920 compared with the leading camera phone – the 808 PureView.
That way we’d get a sense of the low light performance addressed by the larger aperture and how the new, improved LED flash compares with the xenon on the current leader.
Reasonable?
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
http://twitter.com/markrlangston Mark LangstonI get that they’re using prototype hardware but unless the hardware is finished don’t release ANYTHING until it’s done.
Nokia did themselves no favors by trying to fake out the public with that OIS footage. And the real footage is actually pretty crappy. You can clearly make out stuttering, which I assume is the OIS engine attempting to calibrate.
As for that last image with the girl leaning against the tree, I’m almost convinced that’s a fake. I’d love to be wrong because if that’s from an ACTUAL Lumia 920 then Apple had better watch out.
But if it’s fake Nokia’s public deception could be incredibly damaging to advancing the WinPho8 OS.
xoj_21photos are fake too
xoj_21photos are fake too
http://www.facebook.com/gmiguel83 Jorge MiguelGood/Great things always attract haters. Most if not all tech journalists who’ve attended the event yesterday confirmed that this phone’s camera is GENIUS! Watch the reviews. And if you guys see the comments about the ad being ‘Fake’, people don’t care about that. All they want is to lick and hold one of these.
http://conversations.nokia.com/ Adam FraserLick? That’s the second time we’ve had that in the comments since yesterday. Ha! I lick (like) it.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=610796618 Fabio Stefaniniphotos are not fake. Look at the last pair of images. The first has the ground in the frame whereas the second doesn’t. That’s why it “looks like” there is an other light-source, but it’s just because that light source wasn’t shown in the competing-smartphone picture.
Lights on the buildings? They are there also in the other picture so I don’t understand the comment.
Clearly you should read about how to use fill-flash in landscape pictures at night.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=610796618 Fabio Stefaniniphotos are not fake. Look at the last pair of images. The first has the ground in the frame whereas the second doesn’t. That’s why it “looks like” there is an other light-source, but it’s just because that light source wasn’t shown in the competing-smartphone picture.
Lights on the buildings? They are there also in the other picture so I don’t understand the comment.
Clearly you should read about how to use fill-flash in landscape pictures at night.
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