The review you have been waiting for: DPReview posts preliminary Nokia Lumia 1020 review

There have been many reviews posted today of the Nokia Lumia 1020, but the only one that really matters is DPReview’s review of the 41 megapixel camera in the beast.

In their detailed 4 page review, which they call only a preview, they examine the camera in all kinds of lighting conditions in both natural and artificial testing environments, and they concluded:

We can only truly give very a preliminary conclusion at this point based on a day of playing with the device, but we are excited about what we’ve seen so far.

One of our favorite initial aspects of using the Lumia 1020 was the grip accessory. Priced at $79, the gadget is bound to be popular amongst mobile photography fanatics.

From an imaging perspective, the Lumia 1020 appears to be just what we’d hoped: a more advanced version of the PureView technology that blew us away when we first saw it on the 808. And this time around, the Lumia 1020 has even more to offer the photographer who wants to use their mobile as a serious camera. From OIS to an even faster lens to that add-on camera grip that nearly had us convinced we were using a “real” camera, the Lumia 1020 seems to offer a lot of potential. Our initial trials with the device’s auto mode don’t explore the Lumia 1020 fully; we need to delve further into the camera’s actual imaging capabilities: it’s here that we’d like to see what this camera can do.

We’ll look forward to sharing a full gallery of Lumia 1020 images soon, and a more thorough review of the camera as soon as we can.

Read the full review here.