--- description: One of the senior engineers behind Nokia's pixel-packing Pureview cameras bids farewell to Nokia, hello to Apple title: Apple Poaches Nokia's Camera Maestro, Ari Partinen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf04297c0f3ce6051/69868ea9cd6848daf4094937/173280601.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple Is Poaching the Genius Behind Nokia's Amazing Cameras  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 3:56 PM CUT  A employee demonstrates the photo capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 1020, a Windows Phone with a 41-megapixel camera after its unveiling in New York City July 11, 2013. A employee demonstrates the photo capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 1020, a Windows Phone with a 41-megapixel camera after its unveiling in New York City July 11, 2013.TIMOTHY CLARY—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 3:56 PM CUT A senior engineer behind Nokia’s Pureview camera, a 41-megapixel behemoth that took smartphone imagery to new heights of crispness, has confirmed that he will be moving to Apple. In a farewell [tweet](https://twitter.com/Partinen/status/464682028123062272 "undefined") to the Nokia team, Ari Partinen wrote that he would “start a new chapter in Cupertino, California.” The move comes at a time of upheaval for Nokia as it completes a merger with Microsoft’s new mobile unit. Nokia[ called ](http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/09/30/studio-photo-shoot-with-the-nokia-lumia-1020-2/ "undefined")Partinen its resident “camera expert” during a fashion photo shoot with one of his pixel-packing creations. Apple’s iPhone 5 currently packs a respectable 8 megapixel punch, a relative featherweight compared with Nokia’s Lumia 1020 smartphone. \[[TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/09/ari-partinen-joins-apple/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/94026/apple-ari-partinen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/94026/apple-ari-partinen/"},"headline":"Apple Is Poaching the Genius Behind Nokia's Amazing Cameras","datePublished":"2014-05-09T15:56:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:12.350Z","description":"One of the senior engineers behind Nokia's pixel-packing Pureview cameras bids farewell to Nokia, hello to Apple","url":"https://time.com/94026/apple-ari-partinen/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Smartphones","Photos","camera","pictures","resolution","nokia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf04297c0f3ce6051/69868ea9cd6848daf4094937/173280601.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf04297c0f3ce6051/69868ea9cd6848daf4094937/173280601.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-FINLAND-IT-NOKIA 1020","caption":"US-FINLAND-IT-NOKIA 1020","creditText":"TIMOTHY CLARY—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/94026/apple-ari-partinen/","name":"Apple Is Poaching the Genius Behind Nokia's Amazing Cameras"}}]}] ```