The best in smartphone photography 2. Connect. We handled an awful lot of devices in 2. But some smartphones truly stood out from the rest. DPReview Connect. We've seen innovations in sensors, new software features and a general tendency to focus on the imaging capabilities of mobile devices. As we reflect back on the past year and look forward to even more interesting advances in 2. Bigger sensors. Despite the fact that these days far more images are captured with mobile devices than dedicated digital cameras, for a very long time smartphone users have had to make do with the smallest image sensors on offer. The tiny 1/3- inch or even 1/3. Launched in February 2. Nokia 8. 08 Pure. Camera Reviews; Best Cameras (Dave's Picks) Compact Cameras. Cameras with wifi Wireless connectivity to make sharing easy. Tweet. Wifi Camera Finder. Price. The Imaging Resource 2013 Camera of the Year awards Best Pocket Camera Camera of the Year, Best Pocket Camera: Sony RX100 II Last year, Sony took. The best in smartphone photography 2013. not only showed us some innovative camera hardware in 2013 but also released a slew of. need the *best* camera. . here's Gizmag's compact camera comparison guide which looks. The best compact cameras of 2013. you might not fit them in the pocket of a. My updated list of the best Wi-Fi cameras include some great camera quality. camera that can fit into a pocket makes. best cameras in 2013. The Best Cameras (for Your Pocket). Esquire's 2013 Car Awards: The Third Car. the very best camera is the one you have with you. If you want advice choosing any kind of digital camera you're in the right place. Best compact cameras 2016: The best pocket cameras available to buy today. View was the first smartphone with a larger sensor. Its 1/1. 2- inch sensor is almost the same size as the 1- inch chips you would find in a Sony RX1. II enthusiast compact or Nikon's 1 system cameras. But the device launched running the already outdated Symbian operating system and the 8. This diagram illustrates different sensor sizes. The Sony Xperia Z1's is quite a bit larger than the standard 1/3- inch smartphone sensors but not anywhere near the Nokia Lumia 1. In 2. 01. 3 Nokia finally combined the 8. OS and launched the Lumia 1. Windows Phone. Its 1/1. The sensor captures very high resolution images that are then downsampled to output a high- quality 5. MP image. The same technology also allows for a much better than usual digital zoom. The full 4. 1MP files remain accessible to those who want to use them. The Sony Xperia Z1 is the second smartphone with a larger than usual imaging sensor that was launched in 2. Its 1/2. 3- inch sensor is nowhere as extreme as the Nokia's, but it is the same size as sensors found in consumer level compact cameras. The improvement in image quality over the typical smaller sensors is much less noticeable on the Sony than it is on the Lumia 1. Nokia's brand new 6- inch "phablet" Lumia 1. MP sensor with Pure. View technology is the latest model to implement a sensor that is larger than what has been the standard so far. We'll have to see what sensor sizes manufacturers will pull out of their sleeves in 2. Optical Image Stabilization. Optical Image Stabilization systems have been around in digital cameras for a long time and have helped photographers capture blur- free images at slow shutter speeds and smooth video footage, either by moving the image sensor or an optical element of the lens in order to counteract camera shake. However, it's taken a while for this feature to trickle through to smartphone cameras. With the Lumia 9. Nokia was the first manufacturer to offer OIS in a smartphone in late 2. Nokias have come with the feature, including the latest flagship Lumia 1. Moving lens elements in Nokia's Lumia phones, the HTC One, LG G2 and Google Nexus 5 keep things steady when the shutter speeds get slow or when shooting video. In 2. 01. 3 OIS has become something of a mainstream feature, with several top- end Android phones, such as the HTC One, LG G2 and Google Nexus 5, jumping on the bandwagon. Apple users currently still have to make do without OIS, but there is not doubt that it's a useful feature that can help improve your images in certain situations and we would not be surprised if it was implemented into the next generation i. Phone. Bigger screens with more pixels. It started with the Sony Xperia Z, revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada at the beginning of January, which was the first mainstream phone to be launched with a 5- inch screen and 1. HD resolution. After the Sony's debut, other top- of- the- line Android smartphones, such as the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Nexus 5, have all been launched with the same display specs. LG's G2 comes with the same resolution but a slightly larger 5. The thinner bezels on those latest generation devices mean that the overall dimensions of the phones aren't any larger than the 2. The Sony Xperia Z was announced at CES 2. Virtually every top- end phone announced after the Sony offered the same size specs. Outside the Android world things look a little different though. Apple didn't adjust the i. Phone 5's 4- inch screen size or 1. Nokia has stuck with 4. That said, there are never- ending rumors that Apple will launch an i. Phone with a larger screen and Nokia just came through with the Lumia 1. Realistically though it is hard to see how even higher resolutions on 4 - or 5- inch screen make ergonomic sense. There is no doubt we will see more innovation in the screen department in 2. And of course there will be more curved screens. Phablets Phablets, as smartphones with screens larger than 5- inches are commonly called, are definitely here to stay. When Samsung launched the original Galaxy Note in 2. Samsung's Galaxy Note III on the left is one of the most popular "phablets" around and replaces the Note II on the right. The third and current generation of the Note has been one of the hottest devices of the year and virtually every manufacturer offers at least one 5- inch- plus device in their line- up. HTC launched an oversized version of its flagship model One, the One Max, and Nokia's brand new 6- inch 1. MP 1/2. 5- inch sensor that we are keen to get our hands on. Camera App Features. Smartphone manufacturers not only showed us some innovative camera hardware in 2. New functions included 3. GIFs and the ability to refocus images after they've been taken. New software features reach from fairly useful like the Samsung Galaxy S4's Eraser mode ... Sony Xperia Z1's Virtual Reality mode. In addition to those new features existing ones were improved, with panorama modes capturing much bigger images and HDR functions producing more balanced results and dealing better with moving subjects in the frame. While some of those features are genuinely useful others are firmly based in the gimmick camp. We have no doubt that device manufacturers will surprise us with all sorts of useful and not- so- useful new functions in their camera apps in 2. So, if you are contemplating a device that does not offer one or another software feature there is a good chance you'll find a third- party solution in the app store of your choice. 4. K video. 4K TV sets are the latest big thing in display technology. The high- resolution screens were omni- present at this year's consumer electronics trade shows and are by now widely available in retail stores too. Unfortunately there is not a whole lot of 4. K content available at this point in time which is why it only makes sense that manufacturers are starting to implement 4. K capturing capabilities into their devices. The Acer Liquid S2 and the Galaxy Note III were both launched at IFA in Berlin and are the first smartphones to offer 4. K video recording. This frame grab from a Galaxy Note III 4. K video shows noticeably more detail than a 1. The Acer Liquid S2 and the Samsung Galaxy Note III were the first two smartphones launched in 2. K video footage but as the displays become more affordable there is no doubt that 4. K capturing will catch on in both digital cameras and smartphones. Expect to see many more 4. K- capable devices in 2. RAW Capture. A lack of RAW capturing capability is an often- cited reason enthusiast photographers say they won't shoot with smartphones. However, there are a lot of signs on the horizon that this is about to change. Nokia's 1. 52. 0 "phablet" was the first smart device that is capable of saving DNG RAW files from its 2. MP CMOS sensor and a firmware update recently added this feature to Nokia's flagship smartphone, the Lumia 1. You can now edit DNG files from both the Nokia Lumia 1. Lumia 1. 02. 0 in Adobe ACR. We should also see the first Android phones with RAW capturing in 2. But soon it won't only be Windows Phone users who can play with their images in Adobe ACR or other Raw editors — Google also announced the implementation of RAW capturing capabilities in future versions of Android. We'll be interested to see how that pans out with so much variation in Android hardware but nonetheless it seems RAW capture is about to become a standard feature, at least on high- end devices, and we are looking forward to modifying the white balance or reducing noise reduction on some of our smartphone pictures in the near future.
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