Tuesday, April 20, 2010

What to look for in a camera phone

Today i researched 4 essential camera phone features:

1)Auto focus

Auto focus makes the camera focus on your subject correctly and can help avoid blurred shots. Megapixiels don't work matter without auto focus because the photos be end up looking ghastly. Many camera phones don't have auto focus. When you buy your next phone make sure it does

2) Dual LED or Xenon Flash
Since most photos are taken in light condition a high quality flash essential. Standard LED flashes just will not work, as they throw out less light than your camera’s screen! The best type of flash is Xenon which produces a much brighter burst of light that helps your camera phone take good pics even in the dark. The bad thing about it, is it uses up too much battery power and it takes time to reset, so the time between shots is increased.

The Dual LED is in the middle, it is twice as bright with normal LED flash, but 1/1000th of Xenon.It does have the advantage of being able to run continuously, so can be used for video as well as still photos. It’s also cheaper than Xenon, too.

The Xenon Flash is the best type of flash because it produces a much brighter burst of light that helps your camera phone take good pictures even in the dark. The disadvantages of the xenon flash is it needs a lot of battery power, it takes some time to reset so the shots number can increase.

3)White Balance, Exposure and Preset Scene Modes


If you are a person who like to take picture in the sunlight then you need white balance or exposure setting. Over-exposed shots will tend to look completely washed out, with a blue sky looking almost white. Being able to control white balance will reduce the effect. Your phone should have many different present so that it is easy to get good quality results. Your phone
should include the following presets:

  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Incandescent – use indoors with tungsten filament bulbs
  • Fluorescent – use indoors when fluorescent lighting is being used

The more presets there are, the easier it will be to capture good quality pics.Some phones have presets such as portrait, landscape, sport, and even beach and snow!

4) Image stabilization

Image stabilization is another way to keep your photos from getting blurred. Camera phone are good and taking bad picture because the person usually does it with a shaky hand. Stabilization can’t prevent blurred pics completely, but it can do a great job of reducing the blur. Make sure you have some form of image stabilization onyour phone.