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Actual OIS performance: Lumia 920 against iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, HTC One X

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Re: Actual OIS performance: Lumia 920 against iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, HTC One X

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Post by barista »

IanDrake wrote: post #35
navs wrote: post #16

Yikes, that is quite a large phone. Lumias look like great phones but must they be so large?

It is large. It's thicker than my HTC Titan, but I suspect it will feel really good in your hand. As it is now, the only surface contact I have when holding my phone are the edges. I wouldn't mind giving up a little thickness for comfort holding the device. I think in the race to make things thinner we might have gotten carried away. Imagine a phone as thin as box board...now imaging trying to hold it.

920 has rounded edges that make it comfortable to hold. the sharp (jewel like!!) edges of iphone make it uncomfortable. Lumia 900 is very similar in how it feels in hand. Give it a shot and decide for yourself.

Re: Actual OIS performance: Lumia 920 against iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, HTC One X

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Post by barista »

mtgx wrote: post #30
hospadam wrote: post #29

On one hand - the image stabilization on the Lumia appears to be great. However, the image quality on both the iPhone 5 & Galaxy S3 were much worse than I've experienced in day to day use. I've used both phones personally - and the video quality on the iPhone and GS3 is much better than what was shown (even if it's not "stable"). Any idea on why the quality on those was much lower than in real life?

Were you walking while filming? He wouldn't be able to showcase the differences in image stabilization for each phone if he tried to stay as still as possible.

Actually it is possible to show the benefits of OIS without video. It allows you to use longer shutter speeds when taking pictures in low light. Take a look at this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j...

Re: Actual OIS performance: Lumia 920 against iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, HTC One X

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Post by jdthomas »

Anchor wrote: post #46

Engadget has also done a low-light comparison today: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/lumia-920-low-light-shoot... 920 seems to live up to the promise also in this regard.

I wish they shot something with motion in low light... From pictures my friends post online, my biggest complaint about most point and shoot (and phone) cameras in low light is not digital noise, but motion blur. I would prefer manufactures to bump the gain and take faster exposures.

Re: Actual OIS performance: Lumia 920 against iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, HTC One X

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Post by tptacek »

barista wrote: post #47
potatolicious wrote: post #4

sigh So the OIS actually does work as well as claimed, which boggles the mind why they felt they had to fake it in the ad.

I doubt I'd call it faked. Would you call siri ads faked? Everybody who has used it can vouch that it just doesn't work let alone in noisy downtown. It was a promo video used when revealing a product (not an ad broadcast on TV) that was trying to prove a point that OIS is important and can make pictures and videos look beautiful. The verge and all other sites that did the detective work was purely for the sake of pag…

Yes, I would call that Siri ad faked.
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