Nokia N8 vs a Canon DSLR

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Never mind the current crop of misleading 'N8 vs ???' camera comparisons that have popped up on the web over the weekend - to do camera phone tests properly you need patience, a good eye and some knowledge of the art. While waiting for part 2 of our own review of the Nokia N8, which will indeed look in gory detail at its camera, check out Vaibhav Sharma's excellent look at a specific use case - taking the N8 out and leaving a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera at home for general purpose daylight photography. 

Rather impressively, the N8 actually produces better photos much of the time, absolutely validating Vaibhav's hunch. He's also put all the full resolution photos online here, in case you want to do your own, more detailed, analysis.

Example N8 photo

In my review part 2 here on AAS, I'll be looking not only at daylight shots, but also evening stills and video, plus testing of the Xenon flash - of course! See here for part 1 of the review.