low light photography on Nokia Lumia 928 compared with Apple iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4

Comparing the low-light capabilities on a trio of high-end phones

 

                     

Ad compares low-light photography on Nokia Lumia 928 with Apple iPhone 5 and Galaxy S4

Thanks to the more complex cameras that have been placed on handsets lately, the ability of a smartphone's camera to take decent shots in less than optimal lighting has become a feature to be used to promote certain models. No OEM has used this more than Nokia, but that really shouldn't be surprising considering the capabilities of the snapper on the Nokia Lumia 920, which has been handed down to newer models like the Nokia Lumia 925 and the Nokia Lumia 928.

As recently as a year ago, you wouldn't have heard that much about using your smartphone's camera to take passable snapshots in dim lighting. But thanks to cameras with lower f-stop readings, cellphone cameras are letting more light in, improving the capabilties of the rear-facing camera to take decent low-light shots. The f2.6 f-stop on the Samsung Galaxy S4 camera compares to the f2.0 on the Noklia lumia 928. This explains why the latter takes better photos under low-light conditions than the former Android flagship model does. The smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture hole in the camera. The larger the aperture hole, the more light that is let through to the picture.

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