Lumia 920 demo reel is faked?

[aceattorneymvp]

This is a great video:

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimDfEIEiu0[/YT]

But if you look at :27, you can see clearly that the "OIS ON" section wasn't shot by a dude riding a shaky bicycle and his Lumia 920. Instead, it was shot by a cameraman in a van, with what looks like a DLSR:

Troublesome, no? Nokia needs to release the raw video from the guy on the bike, if it really exists.

 

[foregonereality]

This is a great video:

Click to view quoted video

But if you look at :27, you can see clearly that the "OIS ON" section wasn't shot by a dude riding a shaky bicycle and his Lumia 920. Instead, it was shot by a cameraman in a van, with what looks like a DLSR:

Click to view quoted image


Troublesome, no? Nokia needs to release the raw video from the guy on the bike, if it really exists.

Oh dear.

Nice find OP! that's not going to look good for nokia should any press outlets/competitors get their hands on it.

 

[lee.eubanks]

I guess they never actually said it was filmed on a bike, but it's certainly implied. Sad. If you're going to pull a fast one, be smart enough to fake it well enough that no one can call your bluff.

Good catch.

 

[palandri]

This is a great video:

Click to view quoted video

But if you look at :27, you can see clearly that the "OIS ON" section wasn't shot by a dude riding a shaky bicycle and his Lumia 920. Instead, it was shot by a cameraman in a van, with what looks like a DLSR:

Click to view quoted image


Troublesome, no? Nokia needs to release the raw video from the guy on the bike, if it really exists.

So you're accusing Nokia of fraud?

Who do you think was filming when both the guy and the girl were in the picture? Maybe the guy in the van?

 

[sinime]

Or was the van behind them for filming both riders? Cause there are shots of both riders, both the filmer and filmee.

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[Luminatic]

If this was really faked, I must admire Nokia for the ability to put the van onto the carousel Just saying!

 

[aceattorneymvp]

I didn't spot it originally. I saw someone's comment at engadget. However, I did see another potential bit of proof that the video is not legit. Notice the shadow of the cameraman from the carnival ride scene. Is it a Lumia 920, or a DSLR rig?

 

[squire777]

Or it could be a guy on one of the swings holding his phone up.

Why would Nokia fake this knowing that the phone will be released and people can test it out for themselves?

 

[aceattorneymvp]

Clearly in the shot with the van, there is no second rider. The footage shot from the DSLR in the van was passed off as footage shot by the guy on the bike with the 920.

In the carnival ride, the shadow of the cameraman is ambiguous, but it doesn't look like a guy holding a 920 to me.

 

[Luminatic]

Just found this:

Nokia Lumia 920 Camera image stabilization and low light - YouTube

Which is not proof that the official video is not fake, but prooves that the image stabilisation is really working, imho.

 

[Mitlov]

OH SNAP.

Sucks to be Nokia right now. Their stock has taken a 15% hit today. Wonder if that already reflects this fiasco.

 

[aceattorneymvp]

Just found this:

Nokia Lumia 920 Camera image stabilization and low light - YouTube

Which is not proof that the official video is not fake, but prooves that the image stabilisation is really working, imho.

Good find, but I don't see that much stabilization going on in that recording. Just mho.

 

[sinime]

It could be a fake, but it could be genuine as well. I looked at it a couple of times and can't quite determine if the angle is such that the rider shooting the alleged video would even show up in the reflection. It could still be that the guy in the van is slightly in front of the second rider. IDK, I'm sure there will be some clarification.

 

[palandri]

If it's fake, the other manufacturers will bring it up to the FTC.

 

[aceattorneymvp]

Check out this vid (via commenter at pocketnow) and jump to 1:30:

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKWRI9RoxN0[/YT]

Shows the OIS work amazingly for still photos. It might just work as well for video as well.

 

[bokchoy1]

The ambiguous shadow on the carousel could be this smartphone rig:

They do have an on/off comparison after all...

On another note - is that a magenta Lumia 920?

 

[sinime]

Check out this vid (via commenter at pocketnow) and jump to 1:30:

Click to view quoted video

Shows the OIS work amazingly for still photos. It might just work as well for video as well.

Looking at that video, I'm sold. I'll take 2. Well, have to wait for upgrade eligibility first

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[aceattorneymvp]

The ambiguous shadow on the carousel could be this smartphone rig:

Click to view quoted image


They do have an on/off comparison after all...

Could be, but the on/off comparison are (at least) two different takes. If they were the same shot, they girl would be doing the same thing (fiddling with her hair, making faces) in both shots.

 

[aceattorneymvp]

OK, commenter on youtube posted this from Nokia's official blog:

In addition, the OIS video, above, was not shot using the Lumia 920.

End of story.

 

[Reflexx]

So it was probably some sort of prototype rig.

I'd like to see video from the final 920.

The image stabilization still shots have been amazing. If it transfers to video (which I expect it would, since they're claiming it), then this is a must-have.