Mobile photography has made a big jump In recent years, thanks to the arrival of new objectives, post-processing software based on AI (which “distort” photos) and sensors have reached the thumb in the best cases.
However, everything is not so beautiful, and it is that you may take a phone victim of the career of “how much better”, like that of megapixels. What does that mean? That their rear cameras add more to the view than functionally. Fortunately, it is a trend that turns to improving the user: “unnecessary” cameras will cease to exist.
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The hive camera effect. Similar to megapixels, the three, four cameras and more started to appear in the manufacturers of Android. Attractiveness? A great claim for the masses: a mobile with many cameras that meet various functions seems more advanced and complete. In some cases, they even seem visually more attractive, the problem is when it occurs in less loose budgets.
The victims. This fact is particularly common in the entrance range, but it even reaches this strange premium segment of the intermediate zone. In the first case, it is essential: the price of each component is important. And therefore, it is decided to include very low quality secondary sensors, which do not contribute to the real photographic experience.
Usual suspects. I check the specification sheet and I meet a 2 MP sensor and a fixed approach: or it is a depth sensor to improve bokeh (why won't it use it high?) Or a macro. In any case, it does not contribute. The same thing happens if I see an ultra wide angle of 5 or 8 megapixels. Although resolution is not the only important thing, in this sense, it gives indices of the quality of the camera.
Fill because. The combination of several sensors to announce a “triple” or “quadruple” camera system is more common than it seems. I am sorry for these ultra -wide angles with little sharpness, a notable distortion and poor performance in low light conditions, because a good is really usable. Recently, I found one of sufficient quality in the Vivo V50 5G.
There is hope: manufacturers start to bet on use
Finally a paradigm change. These mobiles, which suppose most of the sales, begin to avoid the good customs of the high range. It seems that there is a new current where some manufacturers integrate secondary value cameras, in addition to versatility for the photographic ensemble. The beautiful thing is that it occurs in more accessible ranges: the values of the user have fewer cameras but that those who are competent.
A mobile with optical zoom for less than 250 dollars? Existing
The telephoto resets all the pockets. Personally, I think that one of the steepest changes in the past five years (arrived earlier) is a lens with optical zoom. After a long time, he begins to act in cheaper mobiles. A key example, which comes to the ring on the finger, is the CMF Phone 2 Pro: Yes, it is not worth comparing with those of Ultra or Xiaomi 15 Ultra S25, but it is a step in the right direction.
The triple camera, to its good measure. The triplet has meaning whenever there is a balance between the three objectives: a wide angle, Uga and Telefototo are the combination to explode in the middle. It will be a Curtito telephoto lens, some increases and lower resolution, but useful for replacing the digital zoom.
The living V50 is not exactly cheap, but it shows that an ultra wide angle of quality is logical
Beyond the desired zoom. It will cost that the rest will find a way to adapt to this objective, but nothing can be a sign of their intention to incorporate useful cameras instead of simple fireworks. And that does not imply passing yes or yes through the telephoto lens: a substantial improvement in secondary sensors is sufficient, which does not lack macro at the height (those which fill the macro function with the ultra wide angle generally work well).
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