After what Nokia did with its 808’s insane camera, many a consumer was hoping that similar PureView technology would also feature in the impending new Lumia range. Don’t hold your breath, though: as Nokia is keen to point out, PureView isn’t about crazy pixel counts.
https://gizmodo.com/nokia-808-pureview-hands-on-a-superb-camera-with-a-ph-5912940
In a bid to perhaps manage expectations, Nokia’s senior camera guy Damian Dinning has this morning been pointing out that PureView is a name which relates to overall camera performance—including everything from optics thorough to software—and not just the huge pixel count that was offered up in the 808.
#PureView is about blending optics, pixels and image processing in new and different ways to allow you to do things you otherwise cannot.
— Damian Dinning (@PhoneDaz) September 4, 2012
#PureView is NOT a single specific feature or specification.
— Damian Dinning (@PhoneDaz) September 4, 2012
As said many times before it's NOT about the number of pixels but what you do with them. #getoverit
— Damian Dinning (@PhoneDaz) September 4, 2012
All of which is, of course, extremely sensible and mirrors exactly what we’ve said before. Still, if you were waiting for a 41-megapixel camera on a new Lumia device, it looks like you’re almost certainly out of luck. Chances are, though, the cameras will still be belters. [Damian Dinning via Verge]
https://gizmodo.com/reminder-megapixels-dont-matter-5888552
