

Above the main camera options are settings to apply a timer, add framing grids, capture high and low resolution copies of the image and turn on the Living Images feature. You are going to shoot most of your photos with the main camera mode and you have the option to press the screen or the dedicated camera button to take a shot. Here is where you can shoot in burst mode to shoot 10 frames in quick succession and adjust those images with blur effects, for instance, although you’ll usually see in a drop in image quality in this mode. In the top left hand corner is the camera roll and over on the right are three circular icons letting you switch between camera, video recording and the smart mode, which unlike the 1020 is now built into the main camera app. It’s relatively straightforward to use until you want to delve into the generous manual settings. Unlike the Lumia 1020, there’s just one camera app you need to worry about for taking pictures. Maximum 720p HD, which is more than suitable for Skype video calls. Recording, while up front is a 1.2-megapixel camera capable of shooting a Optical stabilization is also in tow for the 1080p Full HD video There’s no HDR mode, though, which is a serious omission given how useful a feature it can be. Like the LG G3, there’s also optical image stabilization to reduce blur and keep things steady, unlike the S5 which relies on digital image stabilization and is not as effective at ironing out those shaky moments. This should help when taking advantage of PureView’s detail enhancing trickery. While the Lumia 925 had a wider maximum aperture (f/2.0), the 930’s sensor is larger and the 925 only shot at 8.7-megapixels. It has the same 20-megapixel resolution, half that of the 41-megapixel Lumia 1020, an f/2.4 aperture lens, 1/2.5-inch image sensor and a dual LED flash.

On paper the Lumia 930 matches the Lumia 1520’s camera.

It first turned up in the Symbian-running Nokia 808 before making its way into smartphones like the Lumia 1020, and as a flagship phone it’s no surprise that it’s included in the Lumia 930. Nokia has been making a big push with smartphone camera technology since introducing its ‘PureView’ camera technology.
