Detail in optics is expensive. You can zoom in to 100% crop on a consumer lens and see how blurry it is to a professional lens and easily understand. You are asking a lens to resolve a full size picture to a fraction of you sensors area. Even with the most expensive lens, there is a limit on how much detail a lens can resolve. The Nikon D800 is pushing existing professional level lenses. By merge your camera and your phone I guess you mean do away with a camera. Your feelings aside, a 300 dollar compact camera will destroy the image quality of a Lumina 1020.
for the regular joe instagram snapshooter, i would agree. but if you want creative control, a full manual point and shoot is worth carrying around.
You've obviously never used the Lumia 1020. With the camera grip, it morphs in to a point and shoot - with DSLR quality. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nokia/index.html <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PJV_zTy_1x4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bZO__KO3UmY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mMB7Zi8Yz6I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The best point and shoot on the market is the RX100 M2. The RX100 M1 is the same quality but cheaper with some less features than the M2. I think the M1 goes for around $400.. M2 is probably closer to $600. I own the M2, it's the best investment I've made in a camera.
I have a son-in-law that has the Lumia 1020 and he really gets some great pictures with it. May be some day I will switch from home phone to one of these 1020 s.
Hi Guys. Thanks for all the help. Later this year or next we have to invest in a DSLR as well since ours is literally beat up from use and being thrown in different bags. We bought a less expensive Canon Rebel back in the day. Our point and shoot is old and busted as well and simply doesn't take good pics at all. My wife likes to manually manipulate the focus so I figured this was a good camera and gives her some of the SLR controls but it is still small. I think for 299 this seems like good fit since we will eventually get a new DSLR. I appreciate all the info. God bless.
If you look around, you can get a refurbished Canon T3i or Nikon D3100 for around that price, lens included.
I agree but would go further and say that the average joe taking a picture of his friends will get much better results with a compact camera like the OP linked than a Lumina 9000+! Ultra. I could go back and scan 60's era 6x6cm and later 35mm and it would best today's camera phones. Just remember you are trading quality for convenience.
Should I post test shots of a Lumina, a compact camera and then a DSLR to show you how you are wrong? Or do you want to avoid that and just admit it is more convenient because you don't need to carry two devices?
Here's a refurbished D3200 (newer version of the D3100) on eBay for $349 with 18mm-55mm lens kit via SlickDeals: Link to eBay
Sony makes great cameras (I have an old A300), but the two cameras you cited are a bit more: the M1 is $550-600, and the M2 is $675-700. I am pretty sure the going price of a LX7 is a lot closer to $300.
I debated between the LX7 and Sony's RX100 for a long time. the rx100 seemed superior in every aspect except pricing (almost twice as expensive). i just couldn't justify the extra cost.
Feel free to show me how I'm wrong, please do. For the average amateur photographer, the camera of the 1020 is on bar - and even better than a point and shoot or entry level DSLR. Why? It is compact, so you'll carry it anywhere. It has great software, so you can edit and publish on the fly. It has a mechanical shutter, which allows to you do things most entry level cameras don't. It over-samples smaller photos, so when they inevitably post them to Facebook - they'll look better than their friends. Review after review of the Lumia 1020 by photographers better than you or I back my claims. If it is good enough for a national geographic photographer, I can assure you that it is good enough for most people. The results speak for themselves. http://pocketnow.com/2013/08/12/how-to-take-incredible-photos-with-the-lumia-1020
White or black? My wife would be the main user. Any one own a white camera. Does it get dirty like I imagine it would or does it stay clean? I imagine this came up 12 years ago when digital cameras started coming out in silver. vs.
Go with black. It's just my opinion that with light-colored items, including appliances like fridges, stoves, etc., you'll see it get dirty a lot faster. Unless you are a pig that doesn't like to clean often, you should only have to clean the black one once in a while. I clean my camera bodies every few months or so.
The tech behind the Lumia 1020 actually first surfaced in previous Nokia phones that didn't run Windows Phone 8. Nokia is an amazing company, and that is why Microsoft just bought them (well, their devices division). <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ezIZjFt80kQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Further look at the camera in action - <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Aj1DX-3NNPQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
BigSherv, go with black. Won't look dated in a few years. Great choice in camera. OK Canon 5x compact camera (narrow shot) Lumina 1020 (narrow shot) Canon 5x compact has longer reach and offers more detail Canon 5x compact camera (wide shot) Lumina 1020 Canon has wider field of view and no barrel distortion which is show on the Lumina. Optical zoom>>>>Digital zoom
