The rise of the mobile Internet era is closely related to the development of mobile phones. As an important function of mobile phones, photography has also been gradually improving. From the initial 300000 pixels of mobile phones to the 16 million pixels of today's bad streets, mobile phone photography has never been as powerful as it is today. In the development of mobile phones, there have been many mobile phones equipped with super photo taking devices. Now let's review them together.
Nokia N93i
When talking about Nokia's photo taking, I have to mention the N93i model. The N93i adopts a unique flip mirror design. The outer cover is made of mirror material. It has a 1.1 inch OLED small screen, the inner screen is 2.4 inches (240 x 320), the camera is 3.2 million pixels, supports 3x optical zoom, and the lens is Vario Tessar Zeiss certified. The biggest feature of the camera is that it skillfully places the camera on the rotating shaft of the body. This design keeps enough space for the lens. Thanks to this, it can be equipped with the "3x optical zoom" of the card camera. With its gorgeous appearance and super photos, the N93i can still sell for nearly 4000 yuan 2 years after its release, and its popularity can be imagined.
Sony Ericsson C905
As a member of the Cyber Shot family, the Sony Ericsson C905 is equipped with an 8.1 megapixel camera, which supports face recognition, optical anti shake, 16x digital zoom, and xenon flash. Although today, its heavy body and configuration are nothing remarkable, at that time (released in 2008), it was quite rare for a mobile phone to have such a high standard of photo configuration.
Motorola ZN5
Also in 2008, Motorola's first 5 megapixel mobile phone was launched—— Motorola ZN5. The ZN5 is a straight board model. The upper part of the body uses a mirror screen, while the lower part is an integrated keyboard design. Its screen size is 2.4 inches (240 x 320), the camera is 5 million pixels, and it uses Kodak sensors. The CMOS size reaches 1/2.5, and it is equipped with xenon flash. Compared with other camera phones in the same period, the biggest feature of ZN5 is its super large CMOS. In the era when everyone was 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6 CMOS, 1/2.5 CMOS was as dazzling as a firefly in the dark.
Nokia N8
2010 was the year when Android phones exploded, and Nokia still adhered to its Symbian route and launched the first Symbian 3 phone - Nokia N8. The Nokia N8 has a 3.5-inch AMOLED display (640 x 360), an ultra luxurious 12 megapixel camera (Zeiss certified), and a CMOS size of 1/1.83, f/2.8， Equipped with xenon flash lamp. Just like the Motorola ZN5, the CMOS size of the Nokia N8 reached 1/1.83 of the terrible size. At that time, the SLR was not so popular, and people still used the card machine to take photos. The CMOS size of the card machine was only 1/2.3. The CMOS size of the Nokia N8 has exceeded most of the mid-range card machines.
Nokia 808
In 2012, Nokia launched the Nokia 808 smart phone, which can be said to be born for taking photos. The Nokia 808 phone uses a 4-inch 640X360 AMOLED display, a 41 megapixel camera (Zeiss certified), and a CMOS size of 1/1.2, f/2.4， Equipped with xenon flash+dual LED fill light, the device belongs to the first generation of Nokia PureView. Due to the huge CMOS and extremely high pixels of the Nokia 808 phone, the analytical power of its photo samples has already exceeded that of the mid-range card camera at that time. In addition, the Nokia 808 phone can output 5/8 million pixels of ultra clear when taking pictures through the oversampling technology. At the same time, it also benefits from the high pixels. It can output 5/8 million pixels of pictures with a nearly lossless digital zoom.
Lumia 1020
In 2013, Nokia updated its PureView product line and launched Lumia 1020 (WP8 system), Lumia 1020 uses a 4.5-inch 720P AMOLED screen, equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 SoC (dual core 1.6GHz), 2GB of memory, and a 41 million pixel ZEISS certified lens, with a CMOS size of 1/1.5, which adds the optical anti shake that is not available on the 808, and also configures the combination of LED fill light and xenon flash. Although the Lumia 1020 is more like a smart phone in terms of specifications, configuration and system, its CMOS size has shrunk, and its white balance often has problems. Therefore, many users feel that its photo performance is not as good as that of the predecessor 808, but it is still a super photo phone.
Galaxy S4 Zoom
In 2013, Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 Zoom, a powerful camera in the Galaxy series, in London, England. On the premise of using Android system, the machine is also equipped with a 16 million pixel camera, supports 10x optical zoom, CMOS size is 1/2.3, xenon flash, which It's just a card machine. Compared with the Nokia 808, it has a 4.3 inch (960 * 540) Super AMOLED screen, an Exynos 4212 (dual core) SoC, and 1.5GB memory, which is completely equivalent to the configuration of a card machine. The specification of the mid end Android machine makes it a smart phone that truly combines the functions of photography and mobile phones.
Galaxy K Zoom
A year later (2014), Samsung launched the Galaxy K Zoom, the next generation of the Galaxy S4 Koom. Compared with the previous generation, the K Zoom has been upgraded on the mobile phone hardware, using a 4.8 inch 720P Super AMOLED screen, and the SoC has also been upgraded to Exynos 5260 (4 * A7+2 * A15). The memory is 2GB. The camera parameters are consistent with those of the previous generation.
Panasonic DMC-CM1
This Panasonic DMC-CM1 uses Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8974AB (4-core 2.3GHz), has a 2GB memory, a 4.7 inch 1080P screen, a 2010 megapixel camera (equivalent to a 35mm F/2.8 Leica lens), and a 1-inch CMOS size. Although Panasonic DMC-CM1 does not have optical zoom, as a fixed focus card machine, its configuration is luxurious enough. In addition to its leather body and professional photography app, it is more like a high-end luxury card machine.
