Is Nokia 8's Camera Really as Bad as Shown by the Poor DxOMark Score

DxOMark, the popular camera-review website has just published its review of Nokia 8's camera and gave it a paltry score of 68. In a year when smartphones like Google Pixel 2 and iPhone X have received a score of 98 and 97 respectively, the measly score of Nokia 8 does raise some questions.

When nosotros first saw the review of Nokia 8 at DxOMark, in that location was one of question which instantly formed at the back of our heads, here at Beebom. The question existence,

Is Nokia 8'due south photographic camera actually as bad every bit shown past its poor DxOMark Score?

Since we accept had Nokia 8 for more than 2 months now and we have already published an extensive review of the device, we believe that nosotros had to take on this question and try to answer it to the best of our abilities.

However, before nosotros start, we should offset endeavour to sympathize how DxOMark actually reaches its score, and can a single score truly paint the whole picture?

DxOMark Scores: What It Really Ways

Did you lot ever ask yourself, what DxOMark's score really hateful? Well, if you didn't, let me try to explicate this as simply as possible. DxOMark judges a camera based on various parameters. Those parameters include exposure & dissimilarity, color, autofocus, texture, noise, artifacts, flash, zoom, and bokeh among others. It uses these parameters to judge a camera's still and video photography. All of the above the parameters become their individual scores which are combined to requite a separate score for still and video photography. Then these two scores are combined to requite an overall score which in case of Nokia 8 is 68.

You can run across the private scores and the overall score every bit given past DxOMark in the above movie. However, if you closely notice, you lot will see that the overall score isn't simply the average of individual scores. That'due south because DxO marking as well provides different weightage to different parameters, which in simple words means that not all parameters are equal and some parameters have far more than impact on the overall score than other parameters.

Beebom'southward Have On DxO Mark Score

Let me get-go showtime by saying that, there are some things in this world which cannot be justified merely by a quantitative assessment, and camera quality is 1 of them. Although I have always kept DxOMark's score in high regard, for me it doesn't paint the full picture. But like I don't believe that a score on Geekbench can actually testify how a smartphone will perform in real life. For reference, Google Pixel 2 scores one-half of what iPhone X scores on Geekbench, but I establish that the Pixel two goes caput to head with iPhone X and fifty-fifty feels snappier in day-to-mean solar day usage.

Similarly, smartphone cameras cannot be quantified. Yes, the scores are a adept place to first, but they are not everything. When I used Nokia 8, the telephone obviously didn't blow me away with its cameras, but it wasn't that bad either.

Nosotros institute that the photographic camera was proficient in capturing details in the normal-lighting weather condition and did well even in low-light conditions. You can bank check the samples beneath to run into for yourself.

You know what just for fun I included the pictures shot from OnePlus 5T in with the Nokia 8 photos. Take a moment and try to see which i is improve. If y'all can't encounter the difference just click on links to find out which photos were taken with which phone.

Now consider this, DxOMark reviewed OnePlus v and gave it a score of 87. We all agree that OnePlus 5T'due south camera is better than OnePlus 5'due south camera in every regard other than when it comes to portrait shots. So, now I want yous guys to tell me if the difference is equally stark every bit the score indicates – can you clearly identify which photos were taken with a smartphone photographic camera that got a 68 DxOMark score, which were shot with a phone which should at least score 87 on DxOMark?

Bluntly, I don't recall then.

Nokia 8 has a decent photographic camera which goes caput to head against the camera of OnePlus 5. I don't think that a score of 68 which is 21 points lesser than the score of OnePlus 5 does justice to the Nokia 8'due south camera.

But that's my opinion, I would dearest to hear from yous guys. Do let us know what are your thoughts on this subject area by dropping them down in the comments section below.

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