Bokeh shots on the Mi A1 are of a better quality than those of the Honor 9i.
Not exact matches
It works fine, the
shots are impressive
on the phone but don't have that real creamy
bokeh you get with a high - end DSLR.
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Bokeh you can have good
bokeh — like chain of daisies and owl
on the sills macro
shots or bad
bokeh where the blur is in the wrong place.
So next time you see a blurred
shot on folksy you can nod your head and say that's bad
bokeh!!!
It's funny how my photo aesthetic has changed through the years, there was a period where I loved back lighting, an all white background time, a period where everything was
shot with low aperture and it was all about the
bokeh, till now where my photos are all
shot on a wide angle lens and has a lot more messyness in the background.
The large - aperture lens,
on the other hand, results in some perfect
bokeh effect and enhances low - light
shots.
Camera features aren't everything, but the monochrome mode
on the View 10 is a great option, as is the Portrait mode, the editing suite, and the ease with which
bokeh shots can be manipulated after taking them.
Used together it captures
bokeh - style blurred background
shots (like the iPhone's Portrait Mode), while the monochrome lens
on its own takes great looking black and white photos without a filter.
In my hands -
on time
shooting a portrait of my colleague Adam, the XZ2's
bokeh effect had uneven results, even in a sunlit room with plenty of contrast.
What makes the Vivo V9 a really cool handset is the screen, dual cameras
on the rear, perfect selfie camera that can
shoot in
bokeh mode and decent battery life.
Or that the single lens
on the new phone can easily achieve amazing portrait
shots with neat faux -
bokeh effects that don't require a second lens.
This is useful for group
shots, close - ups and landscapes, but Asus also uses the secondary camera for its own take
on Portrait mode, which is supposed to provide that blurred background effect, or
bokeh, everyone likes.
The always impressive low - depth - of - field mode allows you to artistically blur the background of
shots for an impressive
bokeh effect — and unlike the equivalent mode
on many rival phones, it actually works.
The Honor 9 Lite's 13 - megapixel and 2 - megapixel camera combination is mainly for
bokeh and great depth of field
shots, whereas one of the two 12.0 - megapixel sensors
on the Mi A1 is a telephoto, providing up to 2x optical zoom, although the Mi A1 also delivers a portrait mode.
And yes you can actually take a
Bokeh shot with the flash and HDR modes
on as well.
The
bokeh effect obviously isn't quite as accurate as optical results
shot with a DSLR camera, but the difference is negligible when sharing photos
on the internet or
on social media.
For its part, the front camera
on the Galaxy A8 + is one of its best features, and Live Focus does a great job in terms of creating a
bokeh effect for
shots.
The device takes its name from the dual - camera setup
on the back (13 MP + 13 MP), allowing for cool features like refocusing a
shot after the fact,
bokeh effects, and better low light photography.
On screen and the camera app is also well stocked, with a Live
Bokeh mode allowing you to adjust the level of background defocus before taking your
shot, and a Pro mode allowing you to tweak a range of settings.
When in wide aperture mode or portrait mode you'll find a quick floating 1x / 2x zoom button that appears
on side of the middle of the viewfinder, which helps to crop the frame to someone's head for better portrait
shots, or just more dramatic «
bokeh style» effect
on objects.
We've got used to the dual cameras
on iPhones allowing for a computed «faux
bokeh» effect
on subjects a metre or two away — and this works quite superbly if you follow the guidelines — but the new mode goes further, working
on the exact same portrait
shots, even after the fact.
It allows you to change the
bokeh effect
on the photo even when zooming in to take the
shot.
On the front side of the camera, you have a 8MP sensor that is a decent performer and InFocus claims that it uses AI to take the best
shots, allowing a range of beauty modes and also the
bokeh effect, we commend the efforts of InFocus with the Vision 3.
In addition to 2x optical zoom, the Note 8 takes portrait mode photos with a
bokeh effect you can adjust
on the fly, and you can
shoot wide - angle and close - up images with a single
shot.
The Rear Camera produces perfect
bokeh shots and uses AI techniques to improvise
on the images.
Together, those support the «
bokeh» portrait mode we saw
on many 2017 flagships and a wide - angle selfie mode, allowing users to get larger groups in
shot or show more of the background.
This is now a dual - lens setup that allows you to capture some attractive - looking «
bokeh»
shots with artfully blurred backgrounds, as well as boasting a «lossless» zoom feature, which essentially means that zooming in
on subjects will only result in a negligible reduction in image quality.
Not my pictures, perhaps, since I still often make the rookie mistake of getting pictures that end at people's necks, but I've seen some fantastic captures occur around me, including clear low - light or waning light
shots and crisp, differentiated
bokeh effects
on close - ups.
The rear camera sensor has an f / 1.8 aperture lens
on top to offer impressive
bokeh effect while taking macro
shots as well as help enhancing light under some low - light
shots.
One of those features is Dual Capture mode, which allows you to take two pictures at the same time — a standard wide angle
shot, and another Live Focus version, which zooms in
on the subject while applying a
bokeh effect to the background, similar to the Portrait Mode in the
You'll be able to see the background blur applied in the viewfinder in real time before you take the
shot, but the Note 8 also allows you to manipulate the
bokeh in the Gallery later
on if you want.
For a smartphone in this price segment, you shouldn't expect amazing
bokeh shots like your iPhone or Pixel toting friends share
on your Facebook timeline.
One of those features is Dual Capture mode, which allows you to take two pictures at the same time — a standard wide angle
shot, and another Live Focus version, which zooms in
on the subject while applying a
bokeh effect to the background, similar to the Portrait Mode in the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.
There's two of them
on the rear: A 16 - megapixel lens sits next to a 2 - megapixel lens, giving the Honor 7X the ability to create «
bokeh» (blur)
shots you see in professional photography, like the iPhone X's Portrait Mode.
It's natural to assume they will produce a
bokeh effect
on portrait
shots, but a teaser image suggests one will be a wide - angle lens for group selfies.
The Pro model is the better of the two, featuring the Snapdragon 636 chipset and a dual - camera setup
on the back with 15 and 5 MP sensors for those fancy
bokeh shots.
Though this handset comes with dual cameras
on the back, there is no option to
shoot images with
bokeh effects.
The iPhone X's front TrueDepth camera lets you achieve the same compelling
bokeh (blur) effect
on backgrounds when
shooting portraits as you get with the dual rear cameras.
Besides giving you a super-slick Android experience, the new camera will give you live focus controls for great
bokeh in portraits, as well as offering optical image stabilisation
on both cameras - a first for a smartphone - meaning that the zoom lens will give you great quality
shots.
This gives the option of choosing between the two
shots, one of which is 2x zoomed in thanks to the lens
on the second camera, and also blurs the background in a
bokeh - style effect in this zoomed in
shot.
The dual - camera lenses also enable the best
bokeh effect (when the background blurs around the subject of the
shot) we've ever seen
on a smartphone.
Doubled up they take cool
bokeh - style
shots, and used
on its own, the monochrome lens will take stunning black and white images.
That way, you have the wide angle
shot to fall back
on if the
bokeh effect doesn't come out well.