Not exact matches
The cameras can shot in monochrome or in full color, create fun
blurred background effects that mimic a DSLR camera, and offer a manual
mode for getting the perfect shot.
Both phones handled portrait
mode very well, where the
background is artificially
blurred to create that professional - looking «bokeh» effect.
It was also Apple's first phone capable of taking Portrait
mode photos, which produces striking images with a
blurred background and sharp foreground — approximating an effect that professional photographers call «bokeh.»
Despite that, it still features a portrait
mode which
blurs of
background using machine learning (see 2nd image above).
The much - sought - after portrait
mode will let you snap a shot, and the phone will process the image and add the
background blur for you.
On the other hand, the bokeh
mode offers more control over how much
background blur is added.
But I have a lot more trust that one's coming than usual — the engineers at Essential were already showing off a
background -
blurring portrait
mode earlier this week.
The first is with the P20 Pro's aperture
mode for some
background blur.
The other feature made possible with the two camera lenses is Portrait
mode, which adds a bokeh effect to images taken with the iPhone 7 Plus, giving the
background a pleasing and pro-looking
blur.
The AI - powered Portrait
mode delivers sharp portrait edges and more accurate
background blurring.
For instance, there's a «
blur»
mode which (in theory) creates photographs with a subject in focus and a
background that's blurry.
The Huawei Mate 10 Pro's Wide Aperture
mode does a very respectable job of
blurring the
background in both indoor and outdoor conditions.
Thanks to the secondary monochrome sensor used for depth sensing (among other tasks), the Huawei P20 is capable of producing natural - looking results in its
background -
blurring bokeh
mode.
The V30 achieves the default score of 25 points for bokeh, as it doesn't feature a portrait
mode to artificially
blur the
background in portraits.
Portrait
mode gets even better, with sharper detail, more natural
background blurring, improved performance in low light, and access to the flash when you need it.
There's also a Depth of Field
mode which adds generous
background blurring to photos, similar to the Portrait
Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus.
At 70 points, the P20 Pro features the best - performing
background -
blurring bokeh
mode in our rankings (we tested «Aperture»
mode at 55 mm eq.
This triple - camera phone is mightily impressive in low - light, operates fast, can do all those fancy software - based Portrait
mode background blurs just as badly as its competition, along with image stabilisation and that intelligent zoom.
So basically, this feature adds a
background blur just like all the phones with Portrait
mode do.
Portrait
mode uses the phone's dual cameras and Apple's software to mimic the quality you would get from a DSLR camera, which keeps the subject of the photo in focus and slightly
blurs out the
background.
And the Live Focus portrait
mode still runs into processing issues where the f / 1.5 main lens can often provide better, natural
background blur.
The option says «Find a Face» when selected and when it founds one, a
background blur is applied to give an overall portrait
mode style look.
Although Sony's handset doesn't feature a dedicated portrait
mode, the front - facing shooter subtly
blurred the tree in the
background.
On the Galaxy S9 and S9 +, the 8MP front camera can optionally
blur the
background of images while keeping the foreground in focus in Selfie focus
mode, much like the bokeh effect on the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2XL.
The bokeh effect, which
blurs image
backgrounds and sharpens the foreground subject, is one the most popular portrait -
mode effects.
Samsung has also developed a «Live Focus»
mode that lets you take photos with both cameras at once, and use that extra data to artificially
blur the
background... or at least, what the camera thinks is the
background.
Despite that, it still features a portrait
mode which
blurs of
background using machine learning (see 2nd image above).
Portrait
mode on the iPhone does a very serviceable job of
blurring out a distracting
background.
But I did get to play with Google's new Portrait
mode, and I was super-impressed with the
background blur effect that Google is able to muster with just a single camera lens and machine - learning algorithms.
Both the front and rear cameras on the Redmi Note 5 Pro offers the portrait
mode for capturing photos with
blurred background.
The one part of the camera experience I'm not fully behind yet is the «Live Focus»
mode, which is the in - vogue feature that uses both cameras at once to detect a subject and artificially
blur everything in the
background.
For me, the highlight of the Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro was the Portrait
mode that let me take pictures with subject in sharp focus while
blurring the
background.
These combine to allow the iPhone X to offer 2X optical zoom, as well as a portrait
mode which lets you take incredible portrait shots with a
blurred - out
background.
Using this
mode you will be able to get bokeh style effects where the subject is more in focus and the
background more
blurred.
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.
Shooting in this
mode will allow for images to be refocused after the fact, along with the level of
blur to be adjusted, and the camera does a really great job of separating objects in the foreground from the
background.
Another thing the TrueDepth camera facilitates is Portrait
mode, where the
background is
blurred in your selfies, and it's excellent.
The AI features also extend to portrait
mode, giving you the ability to set the intensity of the
background blur and even animate the
background bokeh.
The «Bokeh»
mode allows users to take pictures with the object in sharp focus while the
background is
blurred.
In general, though, if you want better
background blur you should use this
mode, as it does a respectable job of simulating wide - aperture DSLR lenses.
Like most top - end phones these days, the Sony Xperia XZ2 also offers a Bokeh
mode, allowing you to capture images with a pleasantly
blurred background.
The secondary lens enables the same tricks it does in the Note 8, including a Live Focus
mode for bringing objects into focus while
blurring the
background.
Cameras with portrait
mode (no one likes those
backgrounds, dearies — everyone is
blurring them out)
Zoom and bokeh controls are becoming must - have features, especially for smartphone portrait photographers, and they're implemented well on the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S, with excellent results using the 46mm - equivalent telephoto second lens at close range, creating a strong
background blur effect, as well as good depth estimation and subject masking applied to bokeh
mode portraits.
We also like the «wide aperture»
mode, which creates a shallow depth of field,
blurring photo
backgrounds, similar to a DSLR or interchangeable lens camera.
And yes, there's also a portrait
mode which according to the company uses machine learning to
blur the
background behind the subject.
The secondary camera is a telephoto lens which helps for things like depth of field, allowing users to get those beautiful portrait
mode photos that
blur the
background so the subject in the foreground is the only thing in perfect focus.
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.
Third, there's more to a good portrait
mode than accurate
background blur.