When it comes to
smartphone cameras, safe to say the Nokia Lumia 1020 is currently
dominating the rest of the competition, which is saying something as
camera quality is a serious consideration when someone plans to buy a
new smartphone.
We have a camera comparison between the brand new Google Nexus 5 and the established champion, the Nokia Lumia 1020. Now, we're not expecting the Nexus 5 to get close to the 1020, but the margin is an interesting November 2013 data point in this popular facet of smartphone functionality.
I would like to inform you some of the points :
1.)The photos here were taken by Felix Hamer (check out his Storm in Amsterdam photos), in The Netherlands, on a 16GB Nexus 5, and all on auto, with flash disabled. These circumstances favor the Nexus 5 as much as possible (i.e. by eliminating the 1020's zoom and Xenon flash), but as you'll see below, the Nexus is still some way behind the Nokia. My own Nexus 5 32GB arrives in a couple of days and I'll be doing some more tests, across a much wider range of subjects and conditions.
2.)The Lumia 1020 spits out 5 megapixel photos, whereas the Nexus 5 outputs 8 megapixels, by default, plus there are differences in the field of view of the optics, so the crop comparisons below won't match up exactly. I'm just warning you....
3.)In each case the crop from the Windows Phone 8-powered Nokia Lumia 1020 is on top and that from the Android 4.4-powered Nexus 5 is below.
Test 1: Daylight:Rich colors
Here are the raw photos from the Lumia 1020 and Nexus 5
And here's a crop comparison of some relevant central detail (1020 on top, then Nexus 5 beneath):
Test 2: Car Detail
Again, no sun (boo!), but some nice detail on a white car. Here's the overall scene:
Here are the raw photos from the Lumia 1020 and Nexus 5
And here's a crop comparison of some relevant central detail (1020 on top, then Nexus 5 beneath)
The Nexus 5 camera does much better here, with its native 8 megapixel resolution producing more natural detail in this number plate crop. Mind you, if we were just interested in this detail, the PureView zoom could have been used on the Lumia 1020... but that's another test for another day!
Test 3: Indoors, good lighting, red flower
Here are the raw photos from the Lumia 1020 and Nexus 5 (click each to download the JPG).
And here's a crop comparison of some relevant central detail (1020 on top, then Nexus 5 beneath):
The comparison photos were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia 1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what do you guys think?
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We have a camera comparison between the brand new Google Nexus 5 and the established champion, the Nokia Lumia 1020. Now, we're not expecting the Nexus 5 to get close to the 1020, but the margin is an interesting November 2013 data point in this popular facet of smartphone functionality.
I would like to inform you some of the points :
1.)The photos here were taken by Felix Hamer (check out his Storm in Amsterdam photos), in The Netherlands, on a 16GB Nexus 5, and all on auto, with flash disabled. These circumstances favor the Nexus 5 as much as possible (i.e. by eliminating the 1020's zoom and Xenon flash), but as you'll see below, the Nexus is still some way behind the Nokia. My own Nexus 5 32GB arrives in a couple of days and I'll be doing some more tests, across a much wider range of subjects and conditions.
2.)The Lumia 1020 spits out 5 megapixel photos, whereas the Nexus 5 outputs 8 megapixels, by default, plus there are differences in the field of view of the optics, so the crop comparisons below won't match up exactly. I'm just warning you....
3.)In each case the crop from the Windows Phone 8-powered Nokia Lumia 1020 is on top and that from the Android 4.4-powered Nexus 5 is below.
Test 1: Daylight:Rich colors
And here's a crop comparison of some relevant central detail (1020 on top, then Nexus 5 beneath):
Test 2: Car Detail
Again, no sun (boo!), but some nice detail on a white car. Here's the overall scene:
Here are the raw photos from the Lumia 1020 and Nexus 5
And here's a crop comparison of some relevant central detail (1020 on top, then Nexus 5 beneath)
The Nexus 5 camera does much better here, with its native 8 megapixel resolution producing more natural detail in this number plate crop. Mind you, if we were just interested in this detail, the PureView zoom could have been used on the Lumia 1020... but that's another test for another day!
Test 3: Indoors, good lighting, red flower
Starting to crank the light levels down now, an indoor macro shot.
Here's the overall scene, with a flower shot against a relatively strong
backlight:
Here are the raw photos from the Lumia 1020 and Nexus 5 (click each to download the JPG).
And here's a crop comparison of some relevant central detail (1020 on top, then Nexus 5 beneath):
The comparison photos were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia 1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what do you guys think?
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Hamer and to give the Nexus 5
a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
e taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020/
The comparison photos
were taken by Felix Hamer and to give the Nexus 5 a fair shot, the Lumia
1020’s zoom and Xenon flash were not used. One of the comparison photos
can be seen in photo above, with the top portion of the photo coming
from the Lumia 1020, while the bottom is from the Nexus 5. Surprisingly
the Nexus 5 is able to hold its own and while the Lumia 1020 is a little
sharper, both photos look relatively good and unless you’re planning on
printing and framing them, they should be more than passable to be used
on Facebook and other social media websites. To see the rest of the
comparison photos, hit up AAWP for the details, but in the meantime what
do you guys think?: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/11/google-nexus-5s-camera-compared-against-the-nokia-lumia-1020
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