Searching For The Best Smartphone Camera Features

By David Throop


As you check out smart phones, you will find some excellent models that come with quality cameras. Yet, there can be some major differences in these phones when it comes to taking good pictures. Here are some important features that may or may not be in your best interest, when you look for the best smartphone camera on the market.

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.

When you compare smart phones you'll see major differences when it comes to megapixels, but not many people understand the importance of megapixels and photo images. One megapixel contains one million tiny units known as pixels and that is what makes up digital images. In fact, megapixels make the difference between normal and high definition images. Yet, megapixel capability in digital cameras can be deceiving.

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.

HDR (high dynamic range) is an important feature you may want to consider. With this option, your smart phone actually takes 3 pictures of the same image and combines them into a clear and better looking image. However, it works best for still life images, and may not be needed if most of your pictures are of family and friends.

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.

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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