Wednesday 7 January 2015

Exploring The Very Best Smartphone Camera Models

By David Throop


There are many excellent smart phones on the market today, and most of them have cameras. However, picture taking capabilities among modern mobile phones can vary a great deal. Here are some tips on smart phones, to help you get the best smartphone camera features for the least amount of money.

The best cameras are easy to operate and there is not a great deal of adjustments necessary. Also, it does not take very long for them to be ready for action. This is an important feature to consider if you enjoy taking those cute and adorable images of children or pets, as they play. If you can simply point and click, you can get those special shots.

Megapixels are often heavily advertised with cameras. However, many smart phone users have very little knowledge of megapixels or even know what they are. A pixel is a tiny component of a digital image and it takes a million of them to create one megapixel. The more megapixels within an image the clearer it should be, but this is only up to a point. In fact, megapixels may not be such a major issue these days.

Most of the better smart phones on the market today have cameras with enough megapixel images to do a good job. For example, there may be very little difference between 16 MP images and those from 8 MP cameras. Extra megapixels can make a big difference in full color images that you print from your computer, and because most mobile phone users do not print out their images, megapixels should not be much of an issue. For example, a five megapixel image should be just fine for uploading to online sources.

Many top smartphones have cameras with digital image stabilization. This feature helps to keep image blur to a minimum if you are taking pictures while traveling or moving. For example, you might want to take an image or movie from inside a vehicle as you travel down the road. Digital image stabilization will compensate for shaking or other movements that the car might make, and you will get a clear picture.

You may see an "HDR" function on some of the smart phone units and this refers to high dynamic range. HDR takes three separate images of the same picture and combines them into a single image that is clearer and sharper. It works best for images with still subjects like scenery and when taking photos with a lot of action, it may not be effective.

Whenever it is too dark for normal images, a good LED flash can save the day. Make sure your new phone has LED flash and you may want to pay extra for a phone that has dual LED flash. This will give you better flash photos but it comes with a price. It uses more power and it can be more expensive.

Generally speaking, to get the best camera phone for you money, look for ones that are simple to use and have automatic features. Most quality phones have enough megapixels. You may want to check out ones that have dual flash capability and digital image stabilization.




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