Thursday, January 8, 2015

What Are The Best Smartphone Camera Features To Consider?

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.

No one wants to spend time waiting for the camera to boot up. Look for phones that are quick and simple to use. Some phones are ready instantly to let you take the perfect shot every time. This is very important for people that like to capture life in action, especially when it comes to pets and children.

Many people are concerned about megapixels, but few smart phone owners actually know what a megapixel is and why it is an important feature. Digital images are made up of tiny particles called pixels and one million pixels are equal to a megapixel. Naturally, one would think that an image with more megapixels would be clearer and sharper than ones with fewer megapixels. However, megapixels do not tell the entire story.

As you shop smart phones, you will notice that some have many more megapixels (MP) than others. If you need a camera for printing out clear color photos, you should try to get a phone that has as many megapixels as possible. However, most phones are not used for this purpose, so you may not need as many megapixels as you think. In fact, five megapixels is usually plenty for taking photos for uploading to social network sites and other websites, so ten or sixteen megapixels may be more than you actually need.

You will find features like digital image stabilization in some of the top smartphones these days. This is a good feature to have because it can eliminate much of the blur from a moving or shaking camera. For instance, if you are making a video while traveling or moving, it is hard to keep your camera still, and digital image stabilization compensates for movements that can affect the quality of your photos.

High dynamic range or HDR is a good feature to have in smart phone cameras. It has special qualities that allow the camera to create 3 images of each picture you take. Those images are all blended together to give you one high quality photo. However, this feature is best used on still type images and may be of little use for action photos.

Any time the light is low your LED flash will come to the rescue. However, some phones have dual LED flash capabilities and this will provide better pictures in darkened areas. Yet, dual flash does use a great deal more battery power and can be an expensive feature.

To get the best buy on smart phone cameras, make sure you get one that is simple to use and operate. Do not be too concerned about megapixels or even HDR, but dual LED flash and digital image stabilization can come in very handy, if you want to spend a little extra.




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