Thats the adaptor 'holes' for the Qi wireless charging case.

I noticed that for 1020, Nokia Smart Cam is no longer available. Is that applicable to only local apps store ?

I suspected that, but it seems that the Camera itself does not come with various frame by frame effect, eg. best face features, image elimination, multiple action shots etc..

or maybe I am just too new in this ? Where was it hidden in nokia camera ?

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Edited: ignore the message. I found it. Sorry for that.

This post has been edited by peter32: Mar 28 2014, 05:02 PM

Appreciate your help. Smart sequence didn't ring any bell to me. Thanks a million.

Turn on the camera, press the three dots on lower right corner, its the 'Timer'. Is this the stuff you are asking about ?

My 2 cents being a new user of 1020.

Here's my opinion on 1020 after using my wife's pureview 808 and now, 1020.

1. Pureview 808 is, no doubtedly, a better media phone player, ie. it has a louder speaker, clearer earphone audio quality. Not to mention better audio recording capacity on the 808, even though both sport the similar Rich Recording label. I don't know much about earlier Nokia music player handphone, but 808 is a better independent media player. 1020 is quite bad in this regards.

2. Photo taking ? No doubt, with the latest software gadgets and apps, 1020 is much better in terms of taking classic point and shoots, and some special effects offered by the multi-frames specs. I actually enjoy tremendously on those effects. With the timelapse Pro, even manage to come out with decent timelapse which I truly love to do, and very easily so as well. That apps has its flaw though, at times unstable. Hopefully the producer can one day improve the drawbacks.

2. Pureview 808 has the built-in preset specs for photo taking, which I missed in 1020. For those who want to take instant b&w, or higher ISO setting for its grain in certain location, 808's preset settings are much more convenient. I hope the windows 8.1 upgrade today can shed some light to reinstate this features in 1020.

3. Battery life. Need we say more ? But really, 808 has suffered through abuse by my children, with frequent video viewings etc. Its battery life is just nothing short of being legendary. Ok, maybe not that, but really, it is very different when one shot 41MPix photos frequently on location with 1020, its battery life is very much a nuisance for such a high spec camera. I hope 1020 do come with changeable battery like 808 does.

4. However, lots of 808 users, or potential users have complaint about the Symbian dead ecology. With windows phone ecology, I think it has addressed most of the users' concern. At least it certainly does for me. In fact, some of the Nokia Apps are just amazing to say the least. While Windows system is not as responsive, and generally require more clicks to achieve similar effect as compared to IOS system, it is a sacrifice worth making to carry such an impressive camera phone around. There is no way Symbian can compete in this arena no matter what it did.

In conclusion, 1020 is ideal for frequent photo taker who incidentally need to carry a smart phone. 808 is more suitable for photographer who is purist at heart, and enjoy fast preset mode for quick change in the course of the day. 1020 accompanied phone handle is very handy indeed, and in fact, frequent photographer can buy a few of this as a backup charger for its phone too. Tripod holder is just a God sent, literally solve the problem of the pureview 808 which lacks such holder.

I just hope that the battery life can be improved much more.

I enclose the following self made timelapse video made with Timelapse-Pro with a small tripod plastered onto my car's dash throughout the journey up north. The video was set at -0.66 exposure, the rest are auto.




This post has been edited by peter32: Apr 2 2014, 02:05 PM

About one day, with most of the time either having wifi connected or LTE enabled. I have exercise power saving protocol, eg. turn off unnecessary apps, bluetooth disabled, screen brightness optimised (or rather minimised and auto brightness enabled), rarely made phonecall actually, and no gaming.

When I take photos, it only lasts about half a day.

sorry repeat posting.

This post has been edited by peter32: Apr 2 2014, 02:36 PM

Sorry for the large photo size.

F2.2, 1/64, ISO 100.

This post has been edited by peter32: Apr 3 2014, 08:41 PM

I installed 8.1, but no Cortana in sight.

Website suggested to change the phone set to Region and Language to United State (yes, both region and language), and reboot.

Still I don't see the Cortana in my set. Has anyone had any way out to this ?

I do have United state keyboard in place, plus other languages also. Do I need to delete other languages ?

Tried to remove all other languages keyboard except US english, not working too. For all your handset, where to start Cortana actually?

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Edited:

Problem Solved.

1. Change handset language to US English, so is the Region and Keyboard. (setting > Language).
2. Keyboard: other languages are allowed to enable the Cortana, and I still have US English too.

This post has been edited by peter32: Apr 16 2014, 01:14 PM

I have sorted it out. I forgot about the Language setting (my default was Malaysia English, followed by US English). I cancelled Malaysia English, and all sorted out.

Would prefer to have short cut of 3G enable/disable button on the action panel.

Looks like you will need to service the micro usb port. This is due to frequent movement of your handset while you charge the phone. Gotta admit the micro usb is pretty fragile. My house pureview 808 suffered the same fate.

No, its quite a bit of a job. You can view this video on how to tear1020 apart, step-by-step instructions. The video maker also mention about changing USB port too.

Anyone has any idea what is the flash sync speed for this phone ?

Source: Here.

Quote:

“In certain circumstances you’re always going to need a flash, whether for a fast paced football match or trying to capture the action at night. Happily, the Nokia Lumia 1020 has one of the best. So good, in fact, it can illuminate shots for the 1/16,000 of a second it takes to capture a shot with the Nokia Lumia 1020 at the minimum shutter speed.”

"Moreover, xenon flashes can trigger optical slaves (LED flashes can’t). So if you were really keen (anybody?) you could actually use the Lumia 1020 with your studio lights and shoe-mount flashguns."

From this source: Here...

Quote: " Ari explains:

"The flash on the Lumia 1020 has two short pulses. So we used a small external flash as a medium to disable the first pre-flash pulse coming from the Lumia 1020, and then fired the main external flashes only on the second pulse. This made sure the main flashes were synchronized perfectly with the moment we pressed the shutter key on the Lumia 1020."


Thats right, the picture below is of studio flashed photography by using Lumia 1020.



Something new I learned today while I was trying to answer my own question ealier:

What is Slaved Flash Photography


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Edited: Add this youtube video to explain what is a slaved unit:





This post has been edited by peter32: Apr 23 2014, 12:25 PM

From This Article I found just now..


Quote: " Its Xenon flash boasts a sync speed of 1/500sec. "



thats the answer.. Which is amazing !


This post has been edited by peter32: Apr 23 2014, 12:41 PM

Feedback.

I turned on > batter Saver> Turn On 'Conserve Battery Life' All the Time.

With one full charge, after about 36 hours my handphone still have 47% battery life on it.

Its highly recommended for those who are not a game player, no need prompt Whatsapps reply but still have instant SMS and phone answering.

I did turn on LTE half of the day, wifi about 30% of the day, no game, minimal browsing.