I have touch on camera (still shots) in my first review. And will expand more on that.
Overall experience of the camera system in the Lumia 1520 is incredible. It is very easy to use and there are quite a number of variable that can be set manually, for example. White Balance, Shutter Speed, Flash, ISO value and Exposure value.
The image quality as mentioned before, is simply incredible. Now that I have more time with the phone, I am truly impress. Of course I do not expect it to have DSLR or micro4/3 camera IQ. But knowing that it is a camera phone with tiny sensor (1/2.5"), the quality surpass what I have in mind.
The detail and sharpness is also pretty amazing.
Other than the standard variables, we could use customized scene.
Choosing the lenses... option we will go into a new window,
Herein, we will be able to choose different scene and options to allowed us for more creative shooting.
Other than this, Nokia had included the SMART shooting capability to the camera. This is a really fun system, that allowed you to shoot first, then choose one of the four options (Best Shot, Action Shot, Motion focus or Remove Moving Objects) you wanted later on.
It do need a bit of practicing for some of the shots to be effective, but I find the usage pretty simple and effective.
The above shot was done using the Action shot option.
The above shot was done using the Motion Focus option.
There is a few applications that I find quite fun to use for creating funky projects.
Nokia Glam Me,
美图秀秀 (sorry guys, this is a Chinese applications, for those who understand Chinese, it is a great application, something that I would definitely recommend).
The above pictures are all edited using that Chinese applications. To me, it is easy to use and very effective (mainly because I understand, read and write Chinese pretty well).
There is another application that I have downloaded - the Nokia Panorama. Frankly speaking, this is not an application that I will use at all. In my opinion, I don't like it. Not too simple to use and most of my picture came up wrong. I would rather take a couple of shots and stitch them up myself using Photoshop.
Autofocus speed is fast, unlike what many reviewers had claimed otherwise. I have no problem getting my focus lock in less than a second even in bad lighting condition. Accuracy of the focus lock is good too, although I do get a couple of misfocused shots now and then, but the keep rate is very high.
Regarding videography, frankly speaking, I am not too good with videography, but had try taking a clip or two. It was easy to use, but I would not go so far as saying that it was the best videography tool out there. It served its purpose and I have no complain. The voice recording is good, loud and clear and quite accurate to my layman ears.
Conclusion,
I like the camera application of Nokia Lumia 1520. Excellent image quality, incredible details.
I have very little to complained about the Lumia 1520 in term of photography experience, except for two things.
1) There is no option for a add on grip (something like the one for Nokia Lumia 1020).
2) There is no way to control the aperture of the camera (something which I really like to do).
Other than that, everything is as I have expected and some even surpass my expectations (like low light handling, AF speed and overall image quality).
Finally,
1) If you are one who like photography, but find the Nokia Lumia 1020's battery and no memory expansion slot a limiting factor for you, then Lumia 1520 might be your choice camera phone.
2) If you like big screen phone (anything pass 5"), this is the phone for you.
3) If you don't mind or if you like windows os like me, this is a phone to consider.
However, if you are,
1) Looking for a camera phone that had the AF speed of a DSLR, this is definitely not your cup of tea.
2) If you want a phone with a proper grip, this is also not your phone.
3) If you want an android or ios phone, this is not your phone.
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