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Nokia 701 – Just another EDoF lens?

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 30, 2011
Posted in: Camera, HDR, Mobile, Photography. Tagged: , , , , , , , . 16 Comments

I bought myself a Nokia 701 (Dark Steel) the other day, for no other reason than, well I wanted to. People have been saying it’s EdoF (Fixed focus) lens is better than previous Nokia’s with the same lens, namely the C7, C6-01, X7, E7, E6. This of course could be down to the fact that the Nokia 701 is running the latest iteration of the Symbian OS, Belle. Of course it could be just an improved version, anyway I have been playing with the camera, not only using the in-built application but also using  HDR Photo Camera. Unfortunately the Nokia Panorama application is not yet available for the Belle OS, hopefully that will be rectified soon.

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Nokia E7 – Belle vs Camera Pro

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 29, 2011
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Thanks to @NitishMurthy for giving me the idea for this post. So all it is, is a test to see if you can get better results for the Nokia E7 running Symbian Belle or with an application called Camera Pro. As we all know the Nokia E7 has an EDoF lens, fixed focus if you prefer, so close up shots are not it’s forte. But let’s see how the images turned out.

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Another Day and Another Nokia N8 shoot – Mill Pond Sea

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 26, 2011
Posted in: Camera, Mobile, Nokia N8 and I Series, Photography. Tagged: , , , , , , . 1 Comment

Hi, whilst driving my wife to work this morning I could not help but notice the sea was so calm, almost like a mill pond! As most of you will know I love taking landscape photo’s, especially with my Nokia N8. So I could not resist, I just had to go out around where I live and take some photo’s. I hope you like them.

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The Nokia Play 360s – A few thoughts

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 24, 2011
Posted in: Mobile, Music. Tagged: , , , , , . 3 Comments

Yesterday I got a call from the Helsinki flagship store telling me that my Play 360s had arrived! So here are a few thoughts and few pictures about the Nokia Play 360s.

(Yes I know there is a N8 in the picture too – it is my back-up Nokia N8. I love using the device so much I need to make sure I always have one for pictures. )

I chose the black Play 360s for one reason only -they will match my black Nokia N9 when it arrives. Well, they look really good in black as well.

If you want the full specifications then click here. Personally I prefer to use something rather than read the specifications.

I have used Nokia portable speakers for quite a long time, I have the Nokia MD-3 and two Nokia MD-11s which I use on holiday. Both are fantastic portable speakers, but the Play 360’s are in a different league even though they are obviously not as portable due to size. But, as you will see, they are not exactly huge either.

So what do you get with the speakers? In the box there is a micro usb charger, a 3.5mm double ended jack cable and a cover/carrier for the speaker. See pictures below

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NokiaN8 Flickr Group – My Personal Favourites

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 10, 2011
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Nokia N8 Cam Sample 073The NokiaN8 Flickr group has grown quite large now with some 13455 images and 1441 users as of this moment. It took me a while, but I have gone through the group’s images and selected 77 photos to showcase in galleries on Flickr. If I missed your photo, please do not be offended. It are a lot of photos to go through!

Here are just a few of those images – I will link the galleries I have set up as well so if you wish to view all the photos, you can.

I have not put them in any specific order and you may notice that none of my personal photos are included. This post is purely about my favourites from other photographers.

Sunset over HaukilahtiTaken during development of the Nokia N8's camera

I am constantly amazed by the quality of the images the Nokia N8 produces, after all it is a mobile phone, not a dedicated camera. Well enough of me rambling on. Let’s have a look at the amazing images. Yes, that is my opinion.

Taken during development of the Nokia N8's camera
Zanzibar
Zanzibar sunset
Mt. Keith Storm
Cool water picture
Snow falling from the trees. Awesome
Weymouth Beach. December 2010 - 02
Upton Country Park Snow, December 2010 - 8
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Zanzibar dhows
semeling,sg petani,kedah,malaysia - sunset
Sunrise

Obviously this is not all 77 images. So here are the links to the five galleries.

Gallery 5

Gallery 4

Gallery 3

Gallery 2

Gallery 1

Many thanks to everyone who has a N8 and is contributing to the NokiaN8 Flickr group and a special thanks to James Burland for setting up the group and also starting the Nokia Creative Awards, now sponsored by Nokia. This means the best photos each month submitted to the NokiaN8 Flickr Group win a prize. So it is worth your while submitting your best images to the group, but there is stiff competition as can been seen from some of the images here.

Finally I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Damian Dinning and the team at Nokia for giving us such a stunning camera to work this. It has almost made me into a half decent photographer!!

The Nokia N8 and Photomatix Pro – A match made in Heaven! (Fourth and Final part)

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 8, 2011
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Part Four – Tone-mapping (Black & White)

Black & White preset has the same editing options as we have seen with Smooth, Grunge and Painterly. Obviously settings that deal with colour saturation in are set at 0 – well, it would not be a black & white image if they weren’t! In case you missed them here they are:

Strength

Enhances contrast and detail

Colour Saturation

Controls the saturation of the RGB colour channels, the higher the value the more intense the colours

Luminosity

Controls the compression of the tonal range, a higher value boosts shadow detail and brightens image

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The Nokia N8 and Photomatix Pro – A match made in Heaven! (Part Three)

Posted by jjsheridan01 on September 7, 2011
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Part Three – Tone-mapping (Surreal)

First up, let’s look at the “Painterly” preset image edit. Essentially this edit gives the feel of a painting, hence the name. The editing options for this image are the same as “Smooth” which we looked at in part two. Here are the options again in case you missed them.

Strength

Enhances contrast and detail

Colour Saturation

Controls the saturation of the RGB colour channels, the higher the value the more intense the colours

Luminosity

Controls the compression of the tonal range, a higher value boosts shadow detail and brightens image

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