Gear: Key factors for a good travel camera are light weight and
a good zoom lens, giving you flexibility from landscapes to wild life without weighing you down.
We recommend it for its very
good zoom lens, smudge - proof printing paper, multiple photo settings, as well as portability.
Not exact matches
And if you're considering the larger Galaxy S9 Plus with a dedicated 2x
zoom lens, you'll get
better zoomed shots than you would with the Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL.
They are
good for regular product photos that don't require you to
zoom in, as prime
lenses have a fixed focal length and can not be adjusted.
It would have been nice if they included the
zoom lens in the package as
well.
The wide - angle
lens also allows for manual focus adjustment as
well as
zoom.
When I first was looking for a prime
lens, which is a
lens that doesn't
zoom since it has a fixed focal length — which is important, I'll explain why later — I realized most bloggers recommended 50 mm
lenses as a
good starter prime
lens.
I like the Nook Tablet
better in the respect on when you are highlighting a word it gives you a little
zooming lens above the word.
These connected cameras all come with high - definition LCD screens,
zoom lenses, face detection, and sensors that consider the ambient conditions and automatically select the
best settings.
Kauai Photo Tours also does PRIVATE, CUSTOMIZED TOURS for enthusiastic shutterbugs, as
well as digital camera rentals with polarized and
zoom lenses for landand seascapes.
Olympus M Zuiko Digital ED 12 - 40 mm f / 2.8
Lens — Paired with the E-M5, this is the
best lens for travelling that covers the wide - angle range for those sweeping landscapes and the
zoom range for portraits and close - up details.
We DO NOT recommend accessories like the Nyko
Zoom or other third - party
lenses that are supposed to make Kinect function
better.
Contemporary abstract photographers are able to experiment with different
lenses and focus settings as
well as use macro technology to
zoom in closely on even the tiniest of subjects.
This helps in low light situations with 2x optical
zoom, as
well as Portrait Mode as it uses the telephoto
lens.
The wide ‑ angle and telephoto
lenses on iPhone 8 Plus enable optical
zoom, as
well as digital
zoom of up to 10x for photos and 6x for videos.
Because of this, Huawei says that at 5x, quality is much
better than with an iPhone X, which only has a 2x
zoom lens.
With a 2x
zoom factor, detail preservation is not quite as
good as on devices using optical
zoom, such as the Apple iPhone 8 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, but it's not far off and is noticeably
better than the single -
lens Google Pixel camera.
Both
lenses support optical image stabilization and have improvements like a new color filter, deeper pixels,
better low light
zoom, and improved video stabilization.
Rather than be used for extra
zoom, the second
lens should provide
better low - light shots.
The 960 fps capture might not be the most exciting thing it offers, but the new dual
lens system performs
well in low light conditions, while the addition of the 3x optical
zoom gives this phone a feature point that sets it ahead of last year's devices.
The
best shot: second generation Leica dual -
lens camera with Hybrid
Zoom, featuring a 12 - megapixel RGB sensor and a 20 - megapixel monochrome sensor.
Apple says that because you're starting with a 2x
lens when you
zoom in with the iPhone 7 Plus, the quality is up to four times
better than digital
zoom in the iPhone 6s.
And if you're considering the larger Galaxy S9 Plus with a dedicated 2x
zoom lens, you'll get
better zoomed shots than you would with the Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL.
The iPhone 7 Plus features all of the camera improvements in the iPhone 7, but in addition to a 28 mm wide - angle
lens, it has a second 56 mm telephoto
lens for dual - camera functionality that enables
better optical
zoom.
The 10 - element
lens design also allows for 12X digital
zoom, as
well.
For example, when
zoomed in during low light conditions, the wide - angle
lens (instead of the
zoom lens) is utilised to produce a
better image.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 definitely has the most impressive camera of all smartphones — coming with 41 MP, 6 different
lenses, digital
zoom, as
well as access to the Pro Camera app.
all feature dual -
lens cameras (which allow for
better zoom and depth of field), the S8's camera is more or less identical to the single -
lens shooter on the
In real terms, the f / 2.4 aperture and optical image stabilization on the
zoom lens should mean
better low - light photos, but when you're
zoomed in sometimes you're not actually using the optical
lens (which is designed for the task) in favor of the more dark - adept «main»
lens.
While the LG G6, iPhone 7 Plus and Huawei P10 all feature dual -
lens cameras (which allow for
better zoom and depth of field), the S8's camera is more or less identical to the single -
lens shooter on the Galaxy S7, save for a few software tweaks that promise to improve image quality.
The Note 8 still has one key advantage over the iPhone 8 Plus in that both of the dual
lenses on Samsung's phone have optical image stabilization, which means
better low - light performance when
zooming and steadier footage when shooting video.
Not only did it let me get everything out of that
zoom lens, its photo is sharper, less noisy, and way more colorful than the
best I could get from the iPhone 7 Plus.
The iPhone uses a telephoto
lens that gives you an effective 2x
zoom, which is
good for capturing far - off subjects.
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.
It's aided by a dual - aperture
lens to get the
best combination of light and detail in different shots, and is paired with a secondary telephoto
lens for
zoom and portrait mode shooting.
It's aided by a dual - aperture
lens to get the
best combination of light and detail in different shots, and in the case of the Galaxy S9 + is paired with a secondary telephoto
lens for
zoom and portrait mode shooting.
The iPhone X's hardware upgrade on the telephoto camera to a brighter - aperture
lens with OIS ensures
better zoom shots and sharper portraits (particularly indoors) than those taken with the iPhone 8 Plus.
The device's bokeh simulation mode offers
good subject isolation for pleasing portraits, but the lack of a second telephoto
lens means there are
better options for
zoom shots in the smartphone market.
While the Galaxy S9 + has dual camera
lens setup on the back just like the Galaxy Note 8, one with a primary
lens with the telephoto shooter for lossless optical
zoom and
better portraits and another wide angle
lens.
The rear dual - camera system has a 12 - megapixel and a 13 - megapixel
lens, and they both allow for 2x optical
zoom, as
well as «bothies,» which is when you take a photo or video with the front and rear camera at the same time.
You can use the volume buttons as
well to
zoom in and out, but note that the
lens doesn't actually protrude when you're tinkering with these.
«In terms of image quality the ZenFone
Zoom can not only rival single -
lens reflex (SLR) camera, judging from all the features it as
well as outshine iPhone 6s Plus,» claims Asus Chairman, Jonney Shih.
The iPhone 8 Plus brings with it all the
best parts of the iPhone 8, but adds a bigger,
better screen, a dual -
lens camera that can do some fancy tricks, like optical
zooming and adding depth effects for beautiful photos, and more.
These let you upgrade your phone, with everything from
better music courtesy of JBL, to a high - end Hasselblad
zoom lens, to beefed up battery life, a game controller, 360 camera and more!
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.
You should expect 64 GB of storage with expandable storage, as
well as dual rear - facing cameras with 12 - megapixel sensors (one is wide - angle, and the other is a telephoto
lens with 2x optical
zoom) and optical image stabilization.
One of the new features that the Mate 9 brings to the table with this upgraded camera
lens is
better zoom.
Beyond the 56 mm optic, Apple will offer up to 5x digital
zoom (sold as 10x from the wider - angle
lens), but the fidelity will be
better than wider - angle equivalents.
All the major smartphones from this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had multiple camera
lenses, including the ZenFone 3
Zoom, which comes equipped with two 12 - megapixel camera lenses to deliver a blurred «bokeh» effect as well as optical z
Zoom, which comes equipped with two 12 - megapixel camera
lenses to deliver a blurred «bokeh» effect as
well as optical
zoomzoom.
Such cameras tend to have shorter
zoom lenses in order to retain
best sharpness and clarity throughout, while offering more advanced optical features such as wider maximum apertures for
better low - light shooting or creating that pro-looking, soft - focus background effect.