Nokia Lumia 820 vs Sony Xperia S: Camera Shootout

We had a go with the Nokia Lumia 820 back when it launched in early January. Now that the handset is available in the market, we decided to pit it against its closest competitor, the Sony Xperia S. Both these handsets are retailing for more or less the same price online and camera is one of the highlights on both the handsets as well. The Lumia 820 boasts of an 8MP Carl Zeiss Tessar lens whereas the Xperia S packs in a whopping 12MP sensor. We all know that it’s not about the megapixels but how the phone handles the image processing. The Xperia S may have an upper hand on paper, but how does it fare against the Lumia 820? We’ve also compared both the handsets to the Panasonic DMC-FZ60, which is an entry-level super-zoom camera, just for reference.