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Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper by slantyyz on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:51PM (#6027728)
You don't need to print to see the improvements the oversampled images provide. You should see much cleaner images, especially in low light. These are noticeable even at Facebook level resolutions. Anyone who has used a real camera would know that.
Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper by drdaeman on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:33PM (#6029016)
There's completely no point in such sensor if lens are not providing equally high resolution image too. Unless you're into shooting Airy disks (though, I don't think the phone will provide raw sensor data).

That is, the whole 41MP thing is, mostly, PR bullshit.

Re:Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper by slantyyz on Thursday July 11, 2013 @05:08PM (#6029235)
Well, this camera's spiritual predecessor, the 808 seemed to shoot high megapixel images just fine. The Verge's 100% crops of the 34MP images look fine to me.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/25/3113460/nokia-808-pureview...

edit: DPReview gave the 808's camera and IQ a glowing review also. http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8083837371/review-nokia-808...