Perhaps I'll email Nokia directly and see if I can get beyond the usual hype and find out what one of their downloaded files would look like to Photoshop.

Thanks. I'll check that out. AT&T also has the luminas, but not enough information about them, plus a contract is necessary.

Thanks, I'll check T-Mobil out.

I’m hoping there are some of you that, like me, often find themselves with a chance photo opportunity without having the good equipment along (70D, G12), but always having the cell phone handy. And I am hoping some of you have more knowledge about various cell phone cameras than I have.

I currently have an iPhone 4S. I download the jpeg image files I like onto my computer. I then convert and process them in Photoshop as TIFF files. My 4S contract is up. Should I:

1. Do nothing, just keep the 4S without a contract?

2. Get a new contract for an iPhone 5S for the modest improvement in its camera?

3. Get a new contract for a Nokia Lumina 1020 phone, whose specs sound really, really interesting?

4. Get a new contract for any other smart phone camera that might be a big improvement over an iPhone 5S (suggestions entertained)?

I can’t find enough information about the Nokia lumina 1020 to know if the “oversampling” thing would mean anything once it got into Photshop; like what do you actually get in a downloaded jpeg file from it? Do you simply lose all the special processing done in-camera and end with an ordinary 5mp jpeg?

Keep in mind that after about 10 years of age, a softer, less precise lens is preferred, especially for adults - the older the adult, the softer the lens. For 35mm portraits I often used an ancient lens swiped from a Kodak #3 folder and adapted to the Canon. I also used my 50mm lens wide open with a 2x telextender to make a softer 100mm portrait lens, kind of thing ...

Hillarious!