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The sensor is one of the most important components of any digital camera. It is the device that is responsible for capturing the light that enters the camera and creates a digital image from it. Different cameras have different size sensors, which impacts the quality of images they produce. Large cameras such as DSLRs and mirrorless cameras commonly have the …
Investing in a tripod for your smartphone is one of the best decisions that you can make. It frees your hands and opens up opportunities for you to be creative with your mobile photography. One of the many types of tripods for smartphones that you can find on the market is the flexible tripod. These tripods are generally small in size and …
A tripod is a very invaluable accessory for smartphones. Not only does it support your phone when you want to free your hands, but it also opens up the opportunity for you to capture good photos with your mobile camera. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of different types of tripods for smartphones out there. So many that it might become difficult to …
A function that is becoming increasingly popular in smartphone cameras is pixel binning.It has created quite a bit of a stir with some people questioning whether it is even necessary. In this article, we will look at what pixel binning is, how it works, and how it affects mobile photographs.Other smartphone-related topics Is It Okay To Charge Your Smartphone Overnight? …
The megapixel war seems to be back on again, and raging even harder this time with some phones boasting megapixel counts as high as 108MP. Whether or not mobile cameras need that many megapixels is another topic on its own. If you’d like to check how many megapixels your mobile camera/s has/have, there are four simple ways in which you …
Back in the early 2000s when I got my first camera phone, it was easy to choose which one I wanted because there weren’t that many options available to choose from. Also, phones were pretty simple back then so you didn’t really have much to consider before buying a phone beside the brand, the design, and other simple features like …
Mobile photography is a contentious issue in the photography community. Some see it as a new medium in photography, while others think very little of it. I, for one, don’t think it matters what camera you use. What matters is the image you capture. Despite what you might think about mobile cameras and smartphone photography, there’s no denying that in …
When you look at today’s smartphone cameras, it’s almost hard to believe how far they’ve come. At some point in time, phones had VGA cameras. Only the expensive models had cameras with as much as 5MP, which was considered out of this world at the time. Now things are different. The average smartphone camera has more or less 12MP. But …
When it comes to taking photos with a mobile camera, I’m a big advocate of shooting in manual mode for very good reasons that I won’t get into in this article. But one of the big reasons is because of the amount of control it gives you. Among the settings you can control in the manual mode such as shutter speed, white …
A camera’s shutter speed is a key player in the exposure of pictures. Not knowing what it is and what to do with it can result in disastrous photos. Trust me, I know. I’ve been there. On the other hand, if you understand shutter speed and use it to your advantage, you can capture some truly amazing photographs with your …