When using the wide
aperture mode on the Honor 8 Pro you now get much better, more detailed and more professional shots.
The phone features a 13MP primary sensor coupled with a 2MP wide -
aperture mode on the rear.
Huawei has the closest type of setup, but you still need to select wide
aperture mode on the Huawei phones and this limits your result.
However, it lacks a standout feature (except, perhaps, the wide -
aperture mode on the dual camera) to justify the effort it would take to get your hands on one in the US (it costs $ 640 in the markets where it's available).
Not exact matches
The Pixel 2 XL has an «always
on» display (as does the normal Pixel 2), a 12.2 - megapixel, f / 1.8
aperture rear camera, a portrait -
mode feature
on the front and rear cameras, fast charging, water resistance, and slimmer bezels than the Pixel 2.
There are virtually no physical controls, with
aperture, shutter speed and shooting
mode all adjusted
on the touch LCD screen.
-- get familiar with the manual
mode on your camera - you can adjust the exposure,
aperture and «scene» settings.
Aperture Priority is a semi-manual
mode on your camera.
Aperture priority
mode is usually set by the dial
on your camera; it is commonly signified by the letters AV or A. To help you locate it, the AV
mode is usually next to the Manual
mode (M)
on the dial.
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On the front is a 24 - megapixel selfie camera with features such as f / 2.0
aperture, Face Beauty app, an Ultra-HDR
mode, and Portrait Lighting capabilities.
It comes with built in shooting programs (for portrait, landscape, sports
mode and so
on) and the layout of the buttons
on the camera and the menu system make it easy to adjust exposure,
aperture and shutter speed settings.
The S9's automatic
mode will switch between the settings based
on lighting conditions, but the pro
mode lets you decide which
aperture you want to use.
They use
Aperture Priority
mode (Av or A
on the dial).
If you aren't familiar with
aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, you'll probably want to brush up
on those terms first — we'll be using them a lot to understand how these
modes work.
That said, Samsung is clearly putting its best foot forward with the rear 12 MP shooter, which sports a dual
aperture mode (more
on that in a second).
Wide
aperture photography is also what the ever - popular portrait
mode is based
on, and while both the 5T and View 10 offer a portrait
mode for taking artsy photos of your friends, they go about it in different ways.
The 12MP rear camera
on both the devices will feature variable
aperture mode for choosing either f / 2.4 or f / 1.5
aperture.
Huawei's wide
aperture mode also comes into its own
on the Mate 10 Pro's superior hardware — this is the
mode that lets you refocus shots after the fact through software magic.
The wide
aperture mode is one that I liked the best
on this camera.
There is a Portrait
mode and Wide
Aperture mode for the front as well as back camera, though it takes a little bit of extra time to focus
on objects.
The Pro
mode on the S9 lets you play around with light, shutter speed and
aperture.
The front - facing camera
on the iPhone X is a 7MP unit with f / 2.2
aperture and thanks to the additional array which captures depth information, you're able to take portrait
mode selfies.
First, its wide -
aperture mode gives you a really fun and useful way to change the depth of field
on the fly.
It means you can use the wide -
aperture mode to focus your shots
on objects in the foreground and blur the background of each photo.
The dual - lens setup
on the Honor 8 comes in handy in another way: Using the camera's wide
aperture mode, you can adjust the focus of a shot after you've taken it.
It also reveals that the Galaxy S9's rear camera is a «Super Speed Dual Pixel» 12MP sensor with F1.5 / F2.4 variable
aperture, optical image stabilization (OIS) capabilities, and «Super Slo - mo» shooting
modes, and that it's paired with a 8MP autofocus selfie camera
on the front.
The Pixel 2 XL has an «always
on» display (as does the normal Pixel 2), a 12.2 - megapixel, f / 1.8
aperture rear camera, a portrait -
mode feature
on the front and rear cameras, fast charging, water resistance, and slimmer bezels than the Pixel 2.
The camera will switch
aperture automatically depending
on the time of day, but you can also change it yourself manually in the manual camera
mode.
There are some caveats in this test, of course: With different focal lengths and
apertures (2.87 and ƒ / 2.2 for the front - facing camera, vs. 6 and ƒ / 2.4 for the rear - facing) framing the exact picture was often tricky; in addition, the ISP was much more reticent to create a depth map for non-human subjects
on the front - facing camera — I often had to shoot significantly wider
on the front - facing camera to get it to enable Portrait
mode.
Surprisingly, there is also a professional
mode on the Honor 7X that lets you dig into settings and you can even alter the focal point in photos later one, thanks to the wide
aperture mode.
On the camera app home screen, you see a shutter button, gallery access, video
mode, camera switch button, filters, flashlight and the shallow depth of field button to change the wide
aperture of the capture.
The camera is has f / 2.0
aperture, LED flash as well as multiple beauty
modes to let users accentuate their selfies depending
on how bright you want to look in these photos.
I loved tinkering around with the wide -
aperture mode turned
on, and though the Mate 9's primary camera
aperture doesn't go as low as the competition, it makes up for it with the aid of optical image stabilization.
There's a portrait
mode for creating artificial bokeh behind a person, and there's a wide
aperture mode that produces pretty much the same effect but
on objects.
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.
The two 12 - megapixel lenses
on the back of the 8 Plus — one with an f / 1.8
aperture, the other with an f / 2.8
aperture — support a new and improved Portrait
mode feature that takes those stylized portraits the iPhone 7 Plus can take and adds some very impressive lighting effects.
The cameras
on the rear are dual 12.0 - megapixel shooters, with one being a monochrome and another an RGB lens — yes, the f / 2.2
aperture might not quite measure up to the f / 1.7
on the Galaxy S8 and the OnePlus 5, but
on the flip side, the cameras come with Honor / Huawei's wide
aperture mode which lets you play around with
aperture size to let you bring in the bokeh.
It also comes with Huawei's take
on the popular portrait
mode blur effect, termed Wide
Aperture mode here.
There are also live focus options
on the front camera (digitally created), as well as a pro
mode for more direct control over individual settings, like
aperture, ISO and shutter speed.
On the front it also carries the 5MP wide - angle lens camera with an f / 2.0
aperture for better low - light selfie shots, as well as a night
mode LED flash.
You can do this by popping into the Pro
mode and making the adjustments manually or if you are in automatic, the
aperture will be set for you based
on the conditions.
The bokeh Wide
Aperture mode is a direct port of Huawei's system, and you can alter the focal point in photos taken later
on.
There is a 7 - megapixel FaceTime HD camera
on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus with an f / 2.2
aperture and a Retina Flash, while the iPhone X has a 7 - megapixel TrueDepth camera with the same
aperture but it offers facial recognition, Portrait
mode and animated emojis called Animojis from the front too.
While the South Korean tech giant is proud of the variable -
aperture lens
on the primary camera, the 2X optical zoom
on the front - facing snapper and the super-slow-motion video
mode as the standout features of the reimagined camera technology
on the S9 +, it's actually the performance and image quality that earned the device the highest score ever in DxOMark's mobile camera ranking.
On the front, there is an 8MP front - facing camera with f / 2.0
aperture and supports the pixel master
modes including HDR, Low light, Real Time beautification, GIF animation, Panorama Selfie
mode.
This time, you get a 12MP color and impressive - sounding 20MP monochrome sensor
on the back of a 5.9 - inch Android giant, focused
on enhancing hybrid zoom, depth perception and wide
aperture bokeh
mode.
An 8 - megapixel shooter (f / 2.0
aperture, PixelMaster camera
modes) is placed
on the front side of the ZenFone 5Z, while the device is capable of shooting 4K video at 60 FPS with its main snapper.
If that sounds similar to the P10 Plus and Mate 9, then it should, but there are one or two key differences — Leica isn't involved with the Honor phone, the
aperture is smaller at f / 2.2, and it doesn't have the excellent Portrait
mode introduced
on the P10.