Smartphone Camera Features Explained
The inclusion of camera in smartphones, has produced many easiness in life. In fact, these smartphone cameras are the best possible alternatives to Digital Cameras. Due to the popularity and wide use of cameras, the smartphone manufacturers are introducing many new features in smartphones, besides the Basic Features of the camera. These additional features prove to be very helpful in capturing amazing snapshots and videos. You can take pictures like a pro, with the knowledge of these camera features. Here is the brief description of widely used features of camera
OIS:
OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) is a very essential and effective feature of camera. This feature guarantees less blurry images and videos than the normal camera. As most of the smartphone users are not pro in photography, there is always chance of blurred image due to shaky hands or the camera is not still while taking snapshots. And in any case, a blurred image is bad image and spoiled the taste of precious moments.OIS Technology is very helpful in this case and provides less blurry images. OIS provides more sharp images by adjusting the lens by understanding the movement of camera using its sensors. In this way, OIS succeeded to provide the sharp images and videos. OIS is quite an expensive feature and usually found in high end smartphones. On the flip side, OIS can also fail to provide sharp images if the object or the camera is moving too fast.
HDR
HDR (High Dynamic Range) shooting is another interesting feature of smartphone camera. This feature lets you capture amazing photos and snapshots in low light and places where the contrast between light and dark is high. HDR adds more dynamic range to snapshots, where Dynamic range is the ratio of light to dark in an image. By using HDR, your camera manages to maintain the consistency of colors throughout the snapshot and provides more consistent photos.When to Use HDR?
Actually, there is no hard and fast rule regarding when to use HDR feature of camera to capture snapshots, but there are few situations when HDR will give you better result than the actual camera photo. You can use HDR feature when- The object is in dark than its surroundings (Low Light)
- There is wide range of brightness in the snapshot. (i.e. an image containing sky and ground simultaneously).
Panorama:
This is another amazing feature which enables you to take large group photos or wide landscapes and many more. The introduction of this feature in phone camera have solved the problem of capturing larger and wider photos. This feature enables the phone camera to capture multiple snapshots simultaneously and then combine these snapshots into a one larger image.To take photos in Panorama mode, point your camera to the extreme left or right of the object (large group of people or wide landscape etc.) you want to photograph, then press the shutter button and start capturing. Once you have done capturing the series of images, the camera processes these images into one large image.
Focus:
Focus is another important aspect of smartphone camera. Actually a focus image is best image as the object in the snapshot is focused and produces a sharp image. While going through the specifications of a smartphone, you may come across the words like Manual Focus, Autofocus, Laser Auto Focus, Phase Detection, Face Detection, Fixed Focus etc. in the camera section of the smartphone. The above mentioned words are different focus types and mechanism, having a sole purpose of providing you with the best and sharpest snapshot.
