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Monday, December 31, 2018

Nokia Asha 300, Noise, Speed, and All

Nokia Asha 300
Mobile Photography: Image making with a vintage candy-bar Nokia Asha 300, catching the essence of the night traffic.
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My previous post, the Evening Groove, got me excited at the possibility of using the Nokia Asha 300 again as the camera for my Mobile Photography posts. Images from the point-and-shoot 5MP rear-facing camera of the candy-bar feature phone are very much more than what I was getting on my current mobile.

A totally unexpected exposure for me, with challenges and opportunities to look forward to.

Nokia Asha 300
Nokia Asha 300

The Nokia Asha 300, a 2011 vintage feature phone, comes with a 240x360 pixel 2.4-inch non-adjustable resistive touchscreen, just big enough to be used as a framing screen rather than for viewing composition details.

Nokia Asha 300
Nokia Asha 300

Image resolution from the fixed focus F2.4 lens is 2592 x 1944 pixels, the phone has 140MB of internal storage which can store up to a maximum of 112 JPEG images, and the camera does not come with a flash.

Nokia Asha 300
Nokia Asha 300

Admittedly, the night shoot session turned out rather well for me. With the camera's noise, limited ISO, and shutter speed capabilities, I was quite happy to see how the images turned out. And again, with the aid of a few edits in post-processing, I couldn't ask for more.



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