Five Years In the Making, Nokia Plans 41-Megapixel Camera Phone

  • Nokia plans to incorporate a 41-megapixel sensor into its smartphone to enable digital zooming.
  • The sensor allows 3-4X digital zooming of both still photos and video while maintaining image sharpness.
  • Nokia’s research team worked with a number of optical zooms and experimented with different sensors, which led to a revelation. “If a big enough sensor could be fitted into the phone, the camera could just zoom digitally and throw away the unneeded pixels,” reports AllThingsD, regarding the team’s approach.
  • “Nokia has done it with the 808 PureView — or Hyperion, as it was code-named during development.”
  • At full resolution, the smartphone’s camera reportedly rivals professional cameras. Unfortunately, the technology will first appear on Nokia’s Symbian phone which is not sold in the U.S.

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