![]() ![]() In other words, looking at what's possible to be captured in the central portion of the frame, so I've gone with using the PureView zoom at around 2x, producing roughly the same amount of detail per group of pixels. Score: Nokia Lumia 1020: 9 pts, Samsung Galaxy S5: 8 pts Test 2: Hazy sunlight, medium distance subjectĪgain, my challenge in this test is to compare detail, like for like. Add in that the 1020's superior result is partly obtained from zooming in and that the S5 is capturing a larger 'scene' in this test, and the scores don't reflect a Nokia win as high as you might expect. Knowing how much to sharpen before you overdo it is a skill - and Samsung do seem to have this down 'pat'. But remember that this is part of a 16MP original and that you'd have to blow up the image to poster sizes before you'd see what I'm showing here on the AAWP web page. At 1:1 crop levels, as here, the effect is too savage - evidently. The Lumia 1020's detail is indeed 'pure' and natural - and arguably superior - yet the obviously sharpened S5 version has been processed rather expertly. Image processing is a fascinating science - both phone cameras do a great job here in different ways. I did take a lovely set of shots at a lakeside, but the 1020 crashed and lost the lot (blame my enthusiasm to play with the 8.1 Preview for Developers, I wasn't on stable firmware!) So houses and cars it is.Īnd here are 1:1 crops from the Lumia 1020 (top) and Galaxy S5 (bottom), click the hyperlinks to grab the original JPGs if you're interested: Don't worry, if you disagree with this methodology, I use different approaches in many of the shots below. At 2x, there's still some oversampling in the Lumia's software, so hopefully the real world balance between the two devices is maintained. Using the 1020's 34MP output is too high a resolution, using its 5MP output is too low, so I went with using the PureView zoom at around 2x on the scene, producing roughly the same amount of detail per group of pixels. In other words, looking at what's possible to be captured in the central portion of the frame, in such a way that 1:1 crops from the JPG output can be compared directly. Test 1: Afternoon sunlight, suburban landscape detailįrom a comparison point of view, the challenge here is to compare detail, like for like. Here, I'm just looking at still image capture. All of which means that I'm unable to use the 1:1 interactive comparator on the pages - for which those on low bandwidth connections may be grateful(!)Īs usual, I score each test case out of 10, partly for fun, as a rough guide on which device comes out on top from a qualitative point of view.įor an assessment of the Galaxy S5 as an overall smartphone, see my reviews on other sites and shows, of course. Plus there are the usual caveats over different fields of view, different JPG compression ratios, and so on. For the first time ever on the 'All About' sites, my methodology is going to have to stay flexible from test shot to shot, according to what I'm trying to capture and the options available on each phone. In fact, there is no one easy way to compare the output from the two camera phones. The Lumia 1020's pros and cons are well known in terms of photo capture, but the S5 is brand new (its firmware was updated OTA only today, in fact) and reviewers around the world are still delivering verdicts. īut all of this variation does present the question of how on earth to compare each device. 6MP, also in 16:9) and there does seem to be some oversampling and general pixel combination in order to 'purify' the output, but there's no oversampling benefit in doing so. Of course, you can choose a lower resolution (e.g. Which is, evidently, an insane amount of pixel detail to present to the average end user (who, often just wants to post a photo for viewing on a phone or computer screen), but Samsung insists - 16MP it is, at 5MB per image, by default. While the Lumia 1020 takes a high, 38 (or 34) Megapixel image behind the scenes and produces an oversampled 'pure' shareable 5MP version - an approach which does make eminent sense, even though the four second shot to shot time is a bit of a problem sometimes, the Galaxy S5 just goes right out for maximum Megapixels, 16 of them in 16:9 mode (i.e. The central question to consider here is also the biggest obstacle to comparison. ![]()
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