Holy crap Nokia......

[red baron]

A 41MP camera phone.

[Buckethead]

Jeebus.

The things I take pictures of with my phone?

I don't want to see in that sort of detail. 

[J5]

a 41mp camera doesnt make the phone any good

it could be 100mp doesnt meant the camera or the phone are any good

[LowThudd]

That is what I was thinking. That is an awfully small sensor for that pixel density. And with a tiny lens to boot.

[suzyj]

not to mention winblows.

[J5]

not to mention winblows.

its gotta be better than symbian crap

was a nokia diehard for years

nokias step into smartphones sucked balls

[suzyj]

its gotta be better than symbian crap

was a nokia diehard for years

nokias step into smartphones sucked balls

Same. I had pretty-much every high-end Nokia from the 2110 to the N95. They were once incredibly good. But at some point they decided that all anyone really wanted was interchangeable covers, and that was the end of that.

[Bick]

a 41mp camera doesnt make the phone any good

it could be 100mp doesnt meant the camera or the phone are any good

Yes...

Time to start working on optics...

Regardless, IZ's pics will still be IZ_.

[duc_fan]

I have seen some amazingly clear photos taken on an older 5MP DSLR that blow away images taken on 12-15MP point-and-shoots.  The difference was the glass my friend had on that DSLR.  Once you get beyond roughly 1MP, the glass makes all the difference.

[LowThudd]

True! My Pentax DSLR is truely amazing at 12.5MP. For most things though, I just grab a 12MP Pentax point and shoot. It does have an SMC lens, and that works fine for me. Many cheaper point and shoots don't have lenses made by an actual 'Glass' maker. The better ones have SMC, Zeis and the like and work fine. But no, not as well as a DSLR with a larger image sensor and better glass.

At some point, it doesn't matter what the MP number is, if the sensor isn't large enough and the glass not well made it's pointless.

[JEFF_H]

I hear Nokia is working on an endorsement deal with Anthony Weiner

[zach (Slag)]

I'll only take it seriously if it comes with a lens cap. Dirty glass will ruin it all.

[Speeddog]

So each pic will be ~ 20Mb?

[Vishwacorp]

It's much more than just a 41MP sensor though. The sensor itself is among the largest ever fitted to a smartphone. It has a very good Optical Image Stabilization system. But the neatest trick is its "oversampling," where it combines information from multiple pixels into one pixel of the output image, which is 5 MP. Sure it's going to be not as good as an actual DSLR, but it definitely is the best smartphone for photography.

I've had quite a few Nokias in my life too, and while the company has made some truly stupid mistakes, over and over again, I wouldn't doubt their cameras. That's traditionally been a good Nokia attribute.

[duc_fan]

In my business we call that "compression".