Representing Nokia were Kristina Bjorknas, Juha Alakarhu and Eero Salmelin, all from the imaging teams.
Here are the main questions and answers of direct interest to AAWP readers:
Q. The 'Tap to capture' thing is very annoying. Can this be made a setting?
A: Thanks for the feedback! [We'll look into it]
Q. I notice daytime pics on the 920 are a bit smooth, not sharp enough, are Nokia going to address this?
A. Naturally we listen to market feedback regarding sharpness and continuously improve the camera performance and deliver updates. Our focus in Lumia 920 was the excellent low light performance that stands out from competitors. About 50% of images with mobiles are captured in dim light conditions and that was the area we wanted to fix.
[I strongly suspect it's over-aggressive noise reduction and other processing, all of which can be tweaked in an update]
Q. The one concern that most people have when they hold the phone is 'weight'.. personally a non issue, but isn't it going to affect Lumia 920's street cred?
A: The weight is subjective, personally the device feels solid in my hand. We have put a lot of focus on the craftmanship and the quality feel of the device
Q: How many stops of shutter speed advantage does Nokia claim for the OIS when capturing stills?
A: Regarding the stops of shutter speed advantage: it is a bit subjective but we can say that we get a 3EV improvement or 8x longer shutter speed. Please check the whitepaper on www.nokia.com/pureview
Q: How much 'faster' is the LED flash in the 920 compared to the 800's? (i.e. half the duration? 90%?)
A: Typically the led flash works in a way that it's turned on, then the image is exposed and after that the flash is turned off. In the Lumia 920, we use a pulse length that is shorter than normal. In the 920, we use typically 40ms or 80ms pulse lengths, depending on the image taking conditions.
Q: Does going back to the Start screen close the Camera as effectively as 'Back'?
A: Clicking the Start screen keeps the camera open in the background, so use the back button to really close it!
Q: How come resolution is fixed at 7 or 8mp? There's no setting to reduce this in the software... By design, or a bug?
A: Resolution is fixed by design
Q: From the sample video recording from the 920, we noticed that the camera frequently adjusts the focus every 5 seconds which is kinda disturbing. Are you guys aware of this and if yes, will there be a fix?
A: We are continuously improving the camera performance, and will of course continue to deliver updates and fine-tune it. And you can turn off the continous focus from the video settings if you don’t have close focus object
Q: What’s the longest exposure time the Lumia 920 can handle? And can it be adjusted?
A: The longest exposure time in auto mode is 1/3s and in night mode 1s. Optical image stabilizatoin lets us use much longer exposure times without a tripod.
Q: From the review by TheVerge, they claimed that we can hear the spring when we shake the phone. Is it meant to be that loud? Should it even make sounds when you shake the 920?
A: That’s not my area actually, but we’ll get back to you with a comment. My 920 does not make a sound that I would be able to hear.
[Confirmed, by the way, if I shake the 920 really hard, I can hear a faint rattling. You have to shake it fairly vigorously though, not a huge problem]
Q: Has the floating module any problem with vibrations? I mean, if you go jogging or mountain biking with the 920 in your pocket, can the continuous shaking break or spoil something?
A: The OIS system is designed according the Nokia quality standards and is actually a very durable system. I have dropped my device many times without problems.
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