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Nokia N8 in focus: An interview with Damian Dinning

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Gsmarena have posted an article about the Nokia N8.

Here is a summary of the article:
It's been a nice and informative interview for us. We really hope you paid attention but if you haven't, here are the main points that deserve recapping.

* Nokia N8 sensor size is 1/1.83”, which is bigger (and better) than most regular digicams.
* The flash power is roughly comparable to that provided by the Nokia N82.
* Adding a lens cover on the Nokia N8 would have increased the thickness of the camera part. The heavily scratch resistant cover glass should compensate. A built-in ND filter is used instead of a variable aperture system. Neutral Density (ND) filter is a clear filter that reduces the intensity of light without causing changes in hue or color rendition. Thus the presence of an ND filter in front of the lens allows the camera to shoot in bright ambient light without reducing (stopping down) the aperture.
* H.264 encoding is used for the video capturing and AAC for the stereo audio. The video is currently encoded at around 9mbits/sec (might change), the stereo audio is encoded at 128 kbits/sec with 48kHz sampling.
* Video lacks continuous autofocus and use an Active Hyper Focal Distance system to make sure everything is in focus. That way they lose macro capabilities of the video camera but gain fool-proof focus reliability during video recording.
* Nokia N8 won't support special video recording modes such as 120fps high-speed video or time-lapse recordings.
* The HDMI connection allows both videos and still photos to be viewed up to 1280x720 resolution and supports Dolby 5.1 Surround sound (if the source multimedia offers it).



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