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Thanks to the advancements of computational photography, smartphone cameras have been getting better and better year after year. One area where mobile cameras used to struggle but have now improved upon is capturing detail in scenes with high contrast. Smartphone cameras used to be notorious for producing images with low dynamic range. The dark areas of a photo would be too …
There are several things that could ruin a potentially great photo. A shaky camera is one of them because it causes your photos to appear blurry. Thankfully, more and more good-quality smartphone cameras come with image stabilization of some sorts to help deal with this issue. What we’re going to look at in this article is what image stabilization is, the …
When taking photos with your mobile camera in Manual mode, there’s a setting that very few mobile photographers pay attention to– metering. Although some may deem it unnecessary, metering can help you control exposure and take awesome photos in various lighting situations. First, let’s look at…What is metering?Metering is your camera’s best guess as to what the appropriate exposure for …
When taking photos with your phone, have you ever noticed how, at times, the image might look blue or yellowish under certain lighting? The cause of this may be that the camera’s white balance is off. White balance is an important, yet not so often spoken about, setting on smartphone cameras. If it is set incorrectly, it can ruin a …
There is no doubt that smartphone cameras have evolved tremendously since the 2010s. And in an effort to take the capabilities of smartphone cameras to the next level and improve on their quality, smartphone manufacturers have started adding what is known as a ToF camera onto their smartphones. But, what is it exactly? Also known as a depth sensor, a ToF …
We all take pictures with our phones almost every day if not multiple times in one day. But how many of us actually know how a smartphone camera works? A smartphone camera works pretty much the same as any other camera in the way that it uses light to create an image. The physics of how lenses bend and direct …
Title photo source: techradar.com Comparing smartphone cameras to DSLR cameras is like comparing apples to oranges. True, apples and oranges provide nutrition and sustenance for our bodies but, genetically, they are different. Thus, they have different tastes and textures. It’s the same with mobile phone and DSLR cameras. As much as they perform the same basic function of capturing images, …
If you look up mobile phone camera specs on a website like GSM Arena, you might find more and more smartphones that have what’s called a periscope camera. Simply put, a periscope camera (also referred to as a periscope zoom lens) in a smartphone refers to a mobile phone camera unit which, due to employing a prism mirror system, extends its …
One of the most popular types of photography is baby photography. Often, proud parents and family members wish to cherish the early childhood years of their little ones by having a professional come and take cute photos of their child. As amazing as these photos can be, hiring a photographer can be quite costly and not all parents can afford …
Because light is the backbone of photography, flash lamps have been part of traditional photography for a very long time. Even though earlier mobile cameras did not have flash, it’s difficult to find a modern smartphone camera that doesn’t have a flash. What most people might not be aware of is that the flash used in ordinary flash lamps is …