The 1020 to The 950
The cameras on the Lumia's are what made me switch from an iPhone, and has been a great pocket companion for the last couple years but as with any phone it started to show it's age. The new 950 seemed like it was a reasonable replacement, but with fewer pixels and a smaller sensor I was curious if it would be too much of a compromise. So it seemed appropriate to go over the specs and see exactly how much of a change to expect. At first it seems that the 1020 still has an advantage. It has a larger sensor, with a higher resolution. But generally the rule is for all things being equal total light gathered is most important. So how much light do both of these cameras gather? The 950 has a larger aperture ratio and a lower base ISO. Allowing about half a stops more light to each pixel, but with less the half the total pixels. So if we assume the same final resulting size the 1020 still has half a stop advantage. But the 950 should allow to shoot with 1 s