One of the most curious features of man is infinite growth it needs. For example, the first bike was an accomplishment, and then – the car, and now one of the fastest and most popular vehicles used aircraft. A similar trend is natural, and is reflected in the world of mobile technology. Do you remember what size diagonal flagships were three years ago? And what do we see today? The same thing happens with megapixel cameras smartphones. But does it make sense to expect them to increase? Let’s deal.

Despite a really huge number of devices submitted, the number of megapixels their cameras in most cases the same. It is about unspoken standard 8 megapixels, which is slowly but very steadily shifted toward 13. However, the market is there and contradictory decisions. Consider the need to increase the resolution of images, by the way, it is easiest for them.

More the better

Understand the desire to have a smartphone with a lot of megapixels incredibly simple. The main reason for this, of course, related to the quality of the image. And if you see the difference between the 38-megapixel image Nokia Lumia 1020 and 50-megapixel picture OPPO Find 7 can only aesthetes, the dissimilarity images HTC One M8 and the same iPhone 5s will be noticeable to all.

In addition, the important point is the simultaneous development of various services and other high-tech devices. For example, some time ago, the world famous Video YouTube learned to play 4K video. In addition, recently held release tablet with the same display resolution.

The smaller, the better

In favor of maintaining the usual characteristics of the camera says the opportunity to increase the physical size of the pixel, which will guarantee the creation of good pictures even in low light conditions. Such attempts are engineers Taiwanese company HTC, but to call this experience the best language does not turn.

Finally, increasing the number of megapixels implies growth of the physical dimensions of the smartphone. Illustrative of the problem are 1020 and Nokia Lumia 808 PureView. Making last lie flat on the surface categorically impossible, which, incidentally, makes it difficult to use these devices without taking them away.

Perhaps the most sensible solution to this situation is the recently introduced OPPO Find 7. His camera has 13 megapixels, but thanks to the capabilities of smartphone software able to create a 50-megapixel photos.

And what resolution camera is ideal for you?

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In July, Nokia introduced the Lumia 1020 – the flagship camera phone, which incorporated the features of the previously released smartphones Nokia Lumia 808 and 920: it has inherited from the first 41-megapixel camera, the second – dimensions, screen size, platform and Windows Phone 8. The device has advanced photographic features such as optical image stabilization, a bright xenon flash, six in the lens and LED-lights for video recording.

Maximum resolution photos that can do Lumia 1020, is 38 megapixels (when the aspect ratio of 16:9). Available mode PureView, through which you can either do a three-fold increase for shooting at a resolution of 5 megapixels, or significantly improve the image quality – this smartphone uses oversampling, converting 38-megapixel picture in picture with a resolution of 3 to 8 MP.

Apple, in turn, also paid attention to the quality of photos and video in the new flagship iPhone 5s. Smartphone camera sensor is bigger by 15%, and optics has an aperture F2.2. Lumia 1020 a number of technical characteristics inferior to “apple” of the new product, but the camera seemed to be an advantage on its side. But observers resource Laptop Mag claim otherwise. They conducted a large-scale testing, the results of which made a clear conclusion: the 8-megapixel camera iPhone 5s in most cases superior to shoot 41 megapixel camera camera phone Nokia Lumia 1020.

“In the end, the victory was for the iPhone 5s, which beat Nokia Lumia 1020 7 out of 10 of our tests. Even after updating the camera software of the Finnish system, eliminating the problems with the blue flare in the images, the color rendering in Apple-smartphone is still better. Photos of iPhone 5s have excellent detail and contrast, “- said in a Laptop Mag.

The experts made ten test shots with the iPhone 5s and Lumia 1020 under the same conditions and compare the results. In 7 out of 10 cases, the camera phone was better than Apple.

Sample Images:

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When it comes to the photos on your phone, you can just say that Nokia “ahead of the rest.” But companies such as Samsung, Apple, and even Sony can not stay away. Two of these techno-giants allow the use of its separate divisions for mobile cameras. Yesterday was the leaking of the new Sony lens and she immediately won our attention.

DSC-QX10 and DSC-QX100, it is so called new accessories from Sony, are essentially a lens array, but without the screen. Gadgets are modules Wi-Fi, NFC chips, and even support for memory cards microSD.

Both cameras are connected to the smart phone and tablet operating systems iOS and Android via Wi-Fi, there is support for NFC for easy pairing. As a result, this device makes your device a giant camera.

Camera DSC-QX10 and DSC-QX100 have impressive features. In the DSC-QX100, a 20-megapixel CMOS-matrix EXMOR R 1 inch size and relatively fast lens Zeiss Vario-Sonnar (EGF 28-100 mm aperture f/1.8-4.9) with optical image stabilization.

A simpler model DSC-QX10 is equipped with a 10x zoom lens with f/3.3-5.9 maximum aperture and 18-megapixel CMOS-matrix with diagonal 1/2.3 “. But whether it is interested consumers?

Although it is quite an interesting solution similar way, with the decision of the Samsung camera phone with its Galaxy S4 Zoom , but it looks, to put it mildly, rather clumsy, especially compared with the smartphone Lumia 1020 . Wear a lens in a pants pocket or jacket is not very convenient.

We do not want to criticize Sony at this stage. Mobile photography is still in its infancy, and companies need to experiment, to push the boundaries for the users. We are waiting for the official announcement, to be held next week. What do you think about the approach of Sony?

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