Nokia N86 8MP vs N82 Low Light Image Comparison

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The Crew from Nokia Conversations has put together a nifty little low light picture comparison between the new Nokia N86 8MP (and its Dual LED Flash) vs the Good ol’ Nokia N82 (and its Xenon Flash).

Nokia N86 8MP

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Nokia N86 8MP and N82 low light comparison

I have to say, I’m pretty surprised at how well the Nokia N86 compares with the N82 in low light situations. Atleast from these samples. That being said, I cant wait to get my hands on the N86 myself, to really compare the two devices, in a more real world scenario though.

These pictures are pretty good no doubt, but how would the N86 fare when you’re at the club taking pictures of you and your friends ? Or at an evening party or a restaurant hanging with your homies and taking random fun pictures ? These are just some of the scenarios in my head where I’d think a Xenon Flash would be essential.

Ah well, we’ll just have to wait till we get our hands on one of those N86’s to trial. Till then, good job so far with the N86 Nokia.

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  • Nice post CJ
  • samarthmehta87
    Correction: I meant reduce the shutter speed. Sorry for that.

    And ofcourse a faster lens which the N86 has.
  • samarthmehta87
    The pictures theyve provided are too low res to tell the difference. The only way to brighten an image without flash is to 1. increase senitivity of the sensor or 2. increase shutter speed.

    Option 2 isnt possible because that will bring in camera shake to the picture, and digital IS on these cameras is as good as it not being there.

    So if the sensitivity i.e. ISO is increased a lot of noise will creep into pictures as the sensor is very very small and noise reduction will take away a lot of detail to the extent that the image will look fake.
    These images will impress the layman, but you cant tell untill you have the full res images. From the 100% crops its clear that there is a lot of noise reduction artefact in the N86's image.

    That being said the sensor and optics on the N86 are clearly superior to those on the N82 but Nokia really needs to take out a model with a Xenon flash. Till then there can be no viable successor to the N82.

    (Sony has phones with LED AND Xenon!! Why can't Nokia do this or is Nokia too stuck up)
  • Damian
    Hi samarthmehta87

    One method you missed is to increase the amount of light entering the camera. That's what we do with the N86. Most mobiles and digital cameras use only f/2.8 or smaller aperture, in the case of the N86 8MP we use f/2.4 so we have roughly 50% more light entering the camera. BTW according to our measurements our sensor is more sensitive in low light than most if not all mobile sensors.
  • samarthmehta87
    i did say that also.. look at the correction i added below. But u can't deny that theres a good amount of Noise Reduction applied to the final image by the phone and that does take away some detail. Anyways its a camera phone so i shouldn't be so picky, it will definitely get the job done for everyone. And Nokia if you're reading this "WE WANT XENON!!" ..
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