From the 27th of July to the last day of August, I dedicated my London Daily Photo series to trying out Nokia’s 808 PureView mobile. As a camera, this little baby packs a wallop and promises an exciting future for mobile photography enthusiasts.
My month plus with the 808 proved especially fruitful. I was generally happy with all the shots I got out the mobile … and ended up with way more than the few weeks’ worth needed for my series. You can have a look at all my “London 2012 with the Nokia 808 PureView” photographs in this Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tikichris/sets/72157630692987100/with/7713475778/
Yeah, my tinkering around with the 808 coincided nicely with the “biggest show on earth” coming to town. And I took full advantage of every op I could to capture the good, bad, ugly or otherwise of the Olympics being held in London. It was certainly a visually exciting time to be in London. I hope you enjoyed my documenting of the time.
In my initial test drive post about the 808, I suggested the still image editor had “some limitations” but was “still way awesome.” Days later after getting to know the capabilities of the device a little better, I changed my mind. For something that fits in the back pocket of my jeans, the editing functions are amazing. Keep in mind while looking at any of my PureView pics that any editing was done on the camera.
The cropping was phenomenal. The colour adjusting etc – wow. In another league compared to the pre-set, non-app stuff of other smart phone cameras! The battery seemed to have a longer life than what I’m accustomed to with similar devices – and most days lasted well past when I thought it would be running low.
Obviously, the 41 megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss lens impressed. Really, a device so small yet powerful that let me share a big, crisp file with the online world so quickly offered an experience that was all together different that that with other phones, similarly sized compacts and even DSLRs.
For discrete street photography and the ability to travel light, this smart phone cannot be beat. It was, often and in a number of aspects, an ideal camera for my London 2012 shooting.
I enjoyed shooting with the Nokia 808 PureView so much that I kept going with it for a few extra days. Even today’s daily photo post was shot with the PureView. I’m sure it’ll come in handy again, and I’m keeping readily accessible and charged at the top front of my gadget drawer. To be sure, you’ll see more shots from my 808 appearing on my blog in the near future.
More about the Nokia 808 PureView:
http://www.nokia.com/global/products/pureview/
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