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Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 3:25pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Ever wondered why a 8mp camera could beat a 13mp camera, am sure you have. There was a time when the 8mp of the iPhone4s beat most Android Camera that had 13mp above (iPhone users don’t allow your head swell). Am sure you want to know why, let’s dive in What makes a good smartphone camera -is it more Megapixel like 8mp and above The answer is No, No, No, No,seriously no . Here are what really make a good smartphone camera –Sensor The sensor is the most important part of a camera. No light means no photo. Light enters through the camera lens, then passes to the camera sensor, which receives the information and translates it into an electronic signal. The size of the image sensor is extremely important. On digital camera we have large sensor but on smartphones we have really small sensor because of the size of smartphones. In general, the larger the sensor, the larger your pixels, and the larger the pixels, the more light you can collect. The more light you can catch, the better your image can be. Larger sensors are the reason that 8 megapixels from a digital SLR camera (or 5 or 13) best those 8 megapixels from a smartphone camera. You get roughly the same number of pixels, but the pixels on the dSLR get to be larger, and therefore let in more light. More light (generally) equals less-noisy images and greater dynamic range. You can start to see that cramming more pixels onto a sensor may not be the best way to increase pixel resolution. -aperture size In front of the sensor is all the glass and all the lenses light has to pass through to get to the sensor. Aside from the quality of the glass the spec that matters hear is the aperture size. You must have heard about aperture size. The bigger the aperture size, the more light that enters, smartphone now come with aperture size of f/2.0, f/1.8,f/2.2 which is great for allowing a ton of light in. -Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) At this point you are wondering what concerns phone camera and this one. Only to snap picture. Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) is good at removing Blur in your photo or minor hand shakes while the Optical Image stabilization is much better for longer exposure and with shaky hands it can still produce very sharp images and also better for low light. Not every smartphone sensor is compatible with this features but when you have it, expect your picture to be really amazing. -image processing In addition to the size and quality of the lens and sensor, there’s also the image processor. Most modern high-end smartphone CPUs have dedicated graphics processors built into the chip, which, being hardware-accelerated and not just software-dependent, can quickly render images like photos, videos, and games without overtaxing the main application processor. The image processor is also what helps achieve zero shutter lag, when the camera captures the photo when you press the capture button, not a beat or two after. -it all comes down to usability It’s really hard to tell about a smartphone camera just by the specs of it just like how hard it is to know how well a car will drive by the specs. It all comes to down to the user. We are the one that will determine how good the smartphone Camera will be. Source:http://www.naijakick.com/smartphone-camera-exlplained-why-more-megapixel-isnt-always-better-2/ 3 Likes
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Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by PhonePlanet(m): 3:33pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
Nice! Tell them! But if this topic enter fp b4 mine, then me and the mods go fight. |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 3:39pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
PhonePlanet:only time will tell |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by adeememman(m): 3:48pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
killzone:two of una self |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by Nobody: 4:02pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
When u tell them they won't listen. I've always said it that megapixel is not everything. Most of these Chinese phone makers use megapixel to deceive prospective customers. The most important thing is the lens and software. Same thing with number of cores and number of ram. I have a friend that owns a tecno phantom 5 (good phone no doubt) and he brags that his phone is better than an iPhone 6. I asked him why and he said his phone has 13mp camera vs iphones 8mp. He also said his phone has octa core chip vs dual core of iPhone 6 and 3gb of ram vs 1gb of ram in iPhone 6. I just laughed, there's no way I can argue with such a person. 5 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 4:38pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
greenhulk:reason for creating the post, the iPhone 4s 8mp camera then beat most 13mp camera out then, Another example is the galaxy j5 and j7 they both use 13mp but the 13mp of the j7 beats the j5 own 1 Like |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by lezz(m): 6:11pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
greenhulk:Spot on, bro. Well said. |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by msjanet(f): 10:18pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
okay |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by Marvell23(m): 10:34pm On Jan 17, 2016 |
killzone:bro very true. Phantom 5 13MP is better than camon c8 13mp own. I concur |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by nerdfrost(m): 10:54am On Jan 18, 2016 |
FP material!! Mods!! Come n move this to its permanent place!! |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by kolexepana: 12:43pm On Jan 18, 2016 |
Marvell23:Correct, but the camon c8 camera is not bad tho ![]() |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by Hotdiamond(m): 1:07pm On Jan 18, 2016 |
Nice write up. Some people still think that more megapixels is better. Not in all cases. If you are looking for detail in your picture then more megapixels is better. But sadly most of them do better in only well lit environments . |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 8:05am On Jan 20, 2016 |
Hotdiamond:they won't hear some still thing a 13mp is better than a 8mp camera |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 8:06am On Jan 20, 2016 |
kolexepana:Tecno tried with the phone camera |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by kolexepana: 9:28am On Jan 20, 2016 |
killzone:Yeah, Super clear camera |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by Nobody: 9:41am On Jan 20, 2016 |
iPhone pictures always appear too processed to me. I'll give the king of mobile phone camera to Nokia/Microsoft, their Carl Zeiss lens is just too good! 1 Like |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 10:12am On Jan 20, 2016 |
kolexepana:for the price range |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 10:13am On Jan 20, 2016 |
FredBloggs:for me it's Samsung |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by kolexepana: 10:36am On Jan 20, 2016 |
killzone:I think the price is still okay for its specs Now that dollar have even increased ![]() |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 10:54am On Jan 20, 2016 |
kolexepana:this dollar of a thing just spoil show |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by mosjames: 11:18am On Jan 20, 2016 |
killzone:You sef for don buy the c8 since na ![]() |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by Nobody: 11:46am On Jan 20, 2016 |
Ok |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by killzone(m): 12:41pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
mosjames:loll |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by kolexepana: 6:55pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
killzone:You should have bought it a long time ago |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by Nobody: 7:31pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
killzone:seriously, Samsung? That's new. I dont think any smartphone camera beats lumia 1080. camera is Nokia's strong point you know! |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by osenbarak: 8:25pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
kolexepana:The dollar is actually spoiling every market. Almost all smartphones have changed price |
Re: Smartphone Camera Exlplained : Why More Megapixel Isn’t Always Better by osenbarak: 8:27pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
FredBloggs:Nokia has about one of the best lenses. Two things I give to Nokia, durability and camera. Samsung has nothing on them. 1 Like |
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