Setting the phone to HDR mode helps it gather more light in very dim nighttime scenes, and using the resolution - enhancing
Clear Image mode does add needed sharpness by combining multiple exposures into one large photo, but these are inconsistent workarounds.
Select «Write in
ISO image mode (Recommended)» and agree to wipe the data on the disk when you're asked.
The final version of the app will come with a range of True Zoom - specific
Hasselblad image modes, but those had not been implemented yet on our pre-production test device.
The Machine User Interface tuner has now been fully personalized with many different alternate concepts, ranging from the navigation bar, image
within image mode and the lock mask.
This mode is similar to ones we've seen on other phones, like OnePlus ClearImage /
HD image mode, and takes multiple photos at once, stitching them together to create one giant 92 - megapixel photo.
Other key strengths in still
image mode include very good exposures and HDR images, accurate color rendering, good detail with low noise, as well as a natural - looking bokeh effect in Portrait mode.
Amongst the various image presets is an HDR
Effect image mode, which can be applied in variable strengths; however we're not convinced it contributes anything positive and hence generally opted to leave it off.
Also, according to the situations, you can choose from
different Image Modes to click realistic pictures.
This HQ mode has changed a bit over the years, evolving (or should we say devolving) from Clear
Image mode on the original OnePlus One.
Credit: Cherlynn LowThe OnePlus X has trouble picking a spot to focus on, especially when more than one object is on the same plane in the scene, unless you activate
Clear Image mode.
It offers a fug
of image modes and adjustments, some of which have a profound effect on picture performance.
As with
still image mode, the HTC One A9's video performance is significantly better than the One M9's, but can not quite match the video modes of the very best in class.
Zoom performance is arguably the Moto's most obvious downside in still
image mode, but as part of Motorola's modular Z - range of smartphones, the Z2 Force allows you to attach a range of so - called «Moto Mods.»
The app icon makes it look like a standard Google camera app, but it's slightly reworked by OnePlus, with an HDR mode and a Clear
Image mode.
Unsurprisingly for a device at its price point, it doesn't come with any smart zoom features, but the G5S is capable of capturing images with good exposure and pleasant colors in good light conditions, and offers an accurate autofocus system in still
image mode.
Tapping the latter brings up toggles for Beauty, HDR or Clear
image modes, and only shows Beauty when the front camera is activated.
As with rival Samsung there is no shortage of
image modes, from Pro photo to Panorama to the aptly - named «Good food,» which didn't seem to make my quick lunch of nachos and salsa any more photogenic.
Tapping the three - dot button next to the shutter lets you choose among Beauty, HDR and Clear
Image modes, and you can activate only one of these modes per shot.
HDR and Clear
Image modes are both supposed to help in these tougher lighting situations, but unfortunately that isn't the case here.