Battle! Nokia N86 8mp vs Canon PowerShot A460

Hello folks, today this blog is a battle between Nokia N86 8mp where this phone won a TIPA awards 2009 for the best mobile imaging quality and a low end digital camera Canon PowerShot a460. so let us see if the TIPA award winner can defeat the low end digi cam, stay tuned!

here is the model in case you didn't know:

Canon Power shot a460( 5 megapixel,auto focus,xenon flash and 4X optical Canon Zoom Lens)

VS

Nokia N86 8MP( 8 megapixel, auto focus,face detection(in version 21),28mm wide angle lens,variable aperature and 3rd generation dual led flash)

Round 1:
indoor in total darkness:



1st picture:Nokia N86 8Mp 2nd picture: canon Powershot a460

As you guys can see here( you have to full screen to see it clearly) Nokia N86 has a great image quality and more object capture thanks to the 28mm wide angle lens. the image are clear and you can read the clock number clearly and the coloring of the whole object is kept real. there is no other add color on the image. There is a but though, the bottom part of the image is a bit dark because the led flash is not as bright as xenon and there some noise( hardly noticable though) on the bookshelf. But overall, the led flash is acceptable and the image in indoor is success!8.5/10

As for the canon power shot a460, the image are a bit limited because the lack of wide angle lens. but the image seems to be sharp and bright thanks to the almighty xenon flash which knock the n86 led down. but there are a little spots on the bottom left part of the image and the numbers on the clock is a bit blur. anyway the advantage of xenon flash makes the image become bright and sharp.8.7/10

round 2:

Macro indoor in total darkness:



1st picture: Nokia N86 8Mp 2nd picture: Canon Power Shot a460

I don't want to be a bias here but in this round, Nokia N86 won instantly! Because in the image of n86(1st picture) the word of the glade scented gel is clearly readable and the coloring of the glade thing and a dark green cup behind it's real!! and if you notice there is no spot or a single add color on the objects. thumbs up! 10/10

As for canon power shot a460 image(second picture) it has a good quality, the word on the glade thing is readable and the macro is excellent. BUT, the whole image has a white coloring add. the glade thing turns a bit white and the image of the cup is become less dark green.( maybe because of the xenon i dunno). or let just say, the macro on this digi cam is good but has a bit inadequate coloring make the image turn white. 8/10

round 3:

Indoor in a low light condition:



1st picture: Nokia N86 8mp 2nd picture: Canon Powershot a460

Firstly, Nokia N86 has a nice quality and the image is good and sharp you can see there is no color add at all but there is a presence of noise and spot because of the inadequate brightness of the flash and the image seems cant focus the object, maybe because of the wide angle lens but not too disturbing. But if you saw on the window near the kitchen, there was a high light exposure on the window. in conclusion, the image is good but not great. 8/10

Canon Power shot won in this round(again) because of the adequate xenon flash and the light exposure on the window on the back is low and you can see outside of it. The image focusing is a bit better than n86, there is some spot and noise on the dark part of the image but not too disturbing. overall, Canon won the match(again) 9/10


round 4:

Macro outdoor





1st picture: Nokia n86 8mp 2nd picture: canon powershot a460

In this round. Nokia n86 knock canon powershot a460 down in terms of coloring and focusing. as you can see image of nokia n86 has an amazing focusing and the color of the flower is light purple and the image is successfully make the image look real. the image and the detail of the leaf around the flower is also great! You can see the light green color of the leaf( the real one is light green color). So Nokia n86 won by macro match(again) 10/10

As for canon powershot, the image quality of the digi cam is kinda low, the focusing is only on the flower and certain leaf nearby but the color is turn white and over purple color image on the flower. The leaf is good but you can see some white color on the leaf which makes the color turns dark green color instead of a light green color. 6/10

round 5:

nearview outdoor


1st picture: Nokia n86 8mp 2nd picture: canon powershot a460

In this photo, you can't see any difference both of the image, since the sky is kinda cloudy. The coloring is great, the focusing is good. there was a low light exposure on the image, the noise and spot are not present at all. Both of the image doesn't have any add color or any unwanted that make the image go bad. But n86 has a better image performance than canon powershot because the presence of wide angle lens makes the image on n86 is more detail and good.

Nokia n86: 10/10
canon power shot a460: 9.9/10

round 6

farview outdoor




1st picture: Nokia n86 8mp 2nd picture: canon powershot a460

Firstly, the image quality of Nokia n86 has an excellent quality. The two car nearby(in malaysia, red car is proton savvy and the light brown is proton gen 2) has a great sharpness and nice detail though the number plate of the gen 2 car is a bit out of focus but readable. The coloring is excellent! is realistic! there is no add color in the image, the noise and spots are very low and thanks for the wide angle lens, you can see more object when you used Nokia n86. 9.8/10

Secondly, the canon power shot a460 has a good image quality, BUT the whole image become less sharp and the coloring turns grey, if you notice on the left part of the image, there is a bit blur on the trees and some rooftop houses. But at least the plate number of the light brown car is focus excellent. In the whole image there was a greyish color every part of the object,it makes the image became low and less sharp. 7.3/10

Final round:

Garden outdoor cloudy view:





1st picture: Nokia n86 8mp 2nd picture: canon power shot a460

Finally, in this match Nokia N86 did a very excellent job in this final round, the image is totally good, no noise and spot, no oversharp in the image, but on the bottom right on the image is a bit out of focus. there is a very little light exposure and its only exist at the tree behind of the object( i dunno hoe to describe it, sorry) but anyway, congrats N86! 9.7./10

Finally, the image quality of canon power shot has some kind of a too whitish color. the image of the pot has over sharp color to white. although there is no noise or any spot, but the light exposure is very high which makes the image focus more on white color. Anyway, it has a good image but too much white color. 7.8/10

so, the winner is( drum roll please)......




NOKIA N86 8MP!!!!!!! with outstanding 66/70 marks!!

the challenger




CANON POWER SHOT A460 has 56.7/70 marks!!


in conclusion. N86 has did defeat canon power a460 for 9.3 points. which Nokia won a low end camera digital. So i highly reccommend the Nokia N86 because it almost has a same image quality as nikon dslr. anyway thanks for reading and please comment. hahaha anyway goodday and assalamualaikum.