Lumia 1020 vs Canon 5D Mark II (my short comparison)

[swapnil wajpe]

Can you please upload the original files somewhere like onedrive, so that we can get a chance to compare them ourselves.

Thanks

 

[stephen_az]

That is a fair comparison as far as I am concerned. The two sets of photos were taken in the same light and focus distance. The 1020 ROCKS. There is no phone camera that even holds a candle to the 1020.

No it is not a fair comparison. They are not side by side comparisons of identical scenes. The backgrounds vary as do ambient and background lighting, not to mention shutters speeds and apertures. You have also provided no details regarding the configuration of the six year old DSLR or how the files were processed. For my money, they look like decent P&S images compared to minimally processed DSLR raw images shot as if shooting with a P&S camera, then converted straight to jpg.

Yes, they look nice (mostly) but they compare nothing at all. In fact, to me they show the great limitation of all P&S cameras with over packed sensors - an artificial emphasis on detail over color, DOF, bokeh, and overall lighting. They also demonstrate a well known fact. If you take an expensive DSLR and use it like a P&S camera, 1) the results will be mediocre (at best) and 2) you wasted the money buying such an expensive camera. This is even more true given it is a second generation full frame camera released at the start of 2009. I am sorry but I do not see the "wow" in anything here (can manage about the same with a 928 under those settings). I also do see a DSLR technique in several images that suggest snapshot expertise that lends itself to less than spectacular results with any full frame DSLR.

 

[Diavke]

It's fascinating how far cellphone cameras have gone. All props to Nokia and they Pure View technology. Here is interesting comparison between 808 which is still king of the mountain despite its ancient software and Canon DSLR Nokia 808 PureView vs Olympus E-PL2 vs Canon 5D Mark III vs Apple iPhone 4S: 38MP shootout - GSMArena Blog

 

[Arup Roy Chowdhury]

Here is another one this time 1020 against mighty 38MP D800 Nikon. The Electrical Engineer: Nikon D800e Vs. Nokia Lumia 1020

 

[FAHMI BASSEM]

Here is another one this time 1020 against mighty 38MP D800 Nikon. The Electrical Engineer: Nikon D800e Vs. Nokia Lumia 1020

Wooow, pretty awesome, thanks

 

[Steve Adams]

The haters will be here soon. That is a perfectly clear reason why the 1020 is the king of cameras in phones. Nothing comes close.

 

[Bahamen]

Another article that might be of interest:

Smartphones versus DSLRs versus film: Smartphones versus DSLRs versus film: A look at how far we've come: Connect

 

[henri verheyen]

This camera is outstanding, here some examples. All shot with 5 mp, i never use 41 mp.
And i do some light editing with, Fotor, Adobe photoshop express, Microsoft Digital Image, and photoroom.

 

[buxz777]

the camera on the 1020 is phenomenal no doubt about it but it wont beat a dslr when the light goes down or in certain situations , it will still a do good job but things like , weaker xenon flash , smaller sensor then a dslr etc just mean it wont be able to keep up when the going gets tough

I love photos and I often photo parties when I go out to events , the 1020 can still get a nice picture but without variable flash and the bigger sensor the pictures I get from it aren't as alive as a dslr and things like laser trails aren't as effective

here are some pics from the 1020 I took on xmas morning ;-)

here are some from new years eve

in the shot above , the colour xenon shot of the crowd at the party you can see the 1020 was struggling , it still froze time ok and done nearly the whole room but its a flat image and the xenon flash is showing its weak output

here we have a similar shot on a micro 4/3rds Panasonic g3 which is a good camera but the sensor is smaller then a slr but bigger then the 1020 it also has a much more powerfull xenon with variable flash settings and this is what you can get from it with no edits ;-)

as you can see the g3 photos offer much more quality then the 1020s due to the hardware limitations of the 1020 ..... so while we are all loving the 1020 and how good it can be ..... lets not forget that it isn't as versatile as a slr just as the other smartphone cameras aren't as versatile as the 1020s ;-)

 

[Arup Roy Chowdhury]

The fact that with all its shortcomings given proper setup it matches DSLR is good enough for me.

 

[djmuzi]

5 Megapixels are outdated. Sure it looks good on a Full HD display but as the 4K madness gets mainstream all the 5MP photos will go straight to the bin