The staff over at All About Symbian (AAS), have done a review of the Nokia N86 8MP and this time it is done using the latest prototype.

They say that even though the Nokia N86 Camera lacks a Xenon Flash, it’s camera unit has the next level of performance with a bigger, better sensor, variable (and wider) aperture, wide angle optics and faster shutter speeds. This means that it will cope in dark situations even without the use of any flash.

They take the latest prototype of the Nokia N86 8MP and compare it to the king of Nokia cameraphones ie Nokia N82.

Here is a quote from the review and comparison:

“The limiting factor with most camera phone photos is that there’s simply not light registering on the small sensor for good indoor photos. So you get blurred images (a result of having to keep the shutter open for longer to gather enough photons) or ‘noisy’ images (a result of there simply not being enough photons captured to produce reliable and consistent colours). Or both.

The sensor in the N86 8MP is almost certainly bigger and more sensitive, plus the optics themselves are listed as ‘wide angle’ and the widest setting in the much trumpeted ‘variable aperture’ (f2.4) is half a stop wider than that (f2.8) in the fixed aperture N82, giving 50% more light in extreme conditions. It all adds up to better photos when the chips (and lights) are down.

See the example photos below, ripe for analysis. Firstly, a photo taken by the N86 8MP in normal indoor (but bright) conditions. Click through to see a typical snap from the N86 8MP in all its glory:”

Click here to see the review, comparison and picture samples

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