Mariam Nihal Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Nokia Lumia 920 brings the first ever Mobile OIS (Optical Image Dtabilizer) technology, new generation led flash combined with f2.0 aperture and Carl Zeiss lens to ensure best imaging especially in low light conditions. Nokia Lumia, known for reshaping mobile photography with its intensive camera features, proved why photography was taken so seriously. Ten years later, after introducing cameras to their mobile phones, Nokia is still leading this field with its new innovative PureView technology. According to infographic, over 300 million photos were uploaded each day on Facebook through mobiles in 2012. Nokia Lumia picked up on the significant rise in the statistics of image sharing on social media websites and decided it was time to invent what no one else had in the market. They realized mobile imaging capabilities have become a crucial element when it comes to making a decision while choosing a mobile phone. According to Nokia, over 50 percent of images shot are taken at night. The Lumia 920 is the first Windows Phone with PureView imaging technology and the first phone in the world to have physical Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) for blur-free images. This means your pictures and videos won't blur when your hands are shaking, or when you are on the move. The rear-end of the camera is caged with a gyroscope to move the whole optical assembly to compensate unintended camera movement. It will also help in low-light conditions where exposure times can get significantly longer. This will allow you to take pictures and videos that are detailed, bright and less blurry, even in low light conditions and even with shaky hands. Smart Shoot lens allows users to perform two key functions – change faces and remove unwanted objects. When you take a photo using Smart Shoot, you're actually taking a sequence of photos. You can then flick through the photos, choose the best faces and then combine them to create the perfect group shot. Smart Shoot allows you to take away moving, un-wanted objects in your photos such as a passerby or person on the perimeter of the shot that spoils the photo. With this object removal feature, you can select the best shot and precise moment from a range of alternatives. Smart Shoot automatically suggests objects to be removed from the image and all you need to do is confirm the removal to create the perfect shot. Using advanced floating lens technology, Nokia Lumia 920 is able to take in five times more light than competing smartphones without using flash, making it possible to capture clear, brighter pictures and video indoors as well as night time shots. With the Cinemagraph lens Lumia owners can now create a magical blend of photo and movie-like animation, creating photos that are alive with feeling through imagery. Once selected from the camera menu, Cinemagraph lets users snap a photo and generate 15 frame-per-second file. You can also use the Panorama Lens and Creative Studio to add professional effects by easy and versatile editing of your pictures, add effects to pictures or use filters to make them look visually striking and improve the quality of the image by letting you adjust color, brightness, vibrancy and detail. It also helps you remove red-eyes, crop and rotate pictures. The advanced floating lens technology reacts to the minute movements in your hand to balance the lens, so the shutter can stay open longer, and more light means brighter, clearer images without flash. Nokia has adopted a massive f/2.0 aperture – in layman's terms, it lets in more light from the start when you're using it indoors. Both these measures mean a lower sensor size is needed in order to get great results when you're working in low light. The Nokia Lumia 920's new generation of LED flash can be used as a continuous light for video and a pulse burst flash. The technology behind LED flash has improved significantly over a period of months, to be able to accurately freeze subjects under many more conditions than used to be the case. Back-Side Illuminated (BSI) sensor is fitted that places the photosensitive area directly beneath the lens, without wires or any metal between. More light reaches the plate, in other words. That's of critical importance when there isn't much light around. “Nokia PureView continues to deliver cutting-edge technology to make it possible for a smartphone camera to take the kind of images usually only seen on a standalone SLR camera. “With the Nokia Lumia 920 we have made it possible to shoot pictures and video at home, outdoors, in a restaurant or even at night, and come out with professional-looking results,” said Vithesh Reddy, General Manager, Nokia Lower Gulf. PureView imaging technology recently won the best innovation award by PhoneAren. It focuses on image quality, loss-less zoom, and superior low light performance. Following the launch of the award winning Nokia 808 with 41mega pixel PureView camera early this year, Nokia has embarked and successfully executed the second phase of the revolutionary PureView technology with the launch of the Nokia Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8.
