Nokia released the Nokia Imaging SDK for Windows Phone app developers so that they too can take advantage of the advanced camera capabilities found in the PureView devices. The new SDK is a native Windows Phone 8 library and comes with useful functionality like 50+ pre-made effects, filters, image re-sizing, cropping and loss less free rotation, auto-enhance, frame and brightness controls, as well as advanced features such as adjusting RGB levels, hue, and saturation. Companies such as Hipstamatic, Path, Yelp and CNN have already taken advantage of this new SDK in their Windows Phone 8 apps.

The Finnish company unveiled their latest flagship-Nokia Numia 1020, Supporting 41 mega Pixel Camera. In the terms of Camera, the 41 MP camera with six ZEISS lenses, second generation optical image stabilization (OIS), Xenon flash and LED light, as well as the Nokia pro Camera app which supports dual capture- the ability to simultaneously takes a high resolution 38 MP image for after-shot re framing opportuties and a 5MP picture for sharing on social networks. User can adjust zoom level and re frame the photo. The good news is, this app is not limited to the Lumia 1020 only, but will be coming to other existing Lumia PureView devices too including the Nokia Lumia 925 and 928.

"The new Lumia 1020 delivers not only a completely new imaging experience, but it also represents an amazing opportunity for developers to build unique experiences for Windows Phone users,”

                                                       -Emilio Salvador Prieto in a post on the Windows Phone Developer Blog.

In conjunction with the announcement of the new Lumia 1020, Nokia introduced a new Imaging SDK to help developers take full advantage of some of Nokia’s leading imaging technology.