If cameras are more your concern, then this is the first Samsung device to come packed with a dual rear camera setup and Samsung has even tweaked that experience to offer owners even greater control over elements
like background blur.
Not exact matches
You can get a nice
background blur with this lens that will make your videos and photos look
like those of a professional.
So, if you want your subject to have
blurred backgrounds (and sometimes foregrounds), use a wider aperture (
like f / 4).
Looks
like they re-sized the sprites in Photoshop (or something) and threw a Gaussian
blur over them or some other filter, leaving
blurred sprites with jagged visual edges over the hi res
backgrounds.
And that's because the secondary lens (the telephoto lens) is capturing depth information, therefore relying less on software to enhance the photo and
blur out the
background,
like the front camera is.
Hair -
like strands of color swirl across a clear
background, sometimes
blurred, sometimes sharply delineated.
His painting «Alp on a White
Background», which looks very much
like a
blurred photograph, portrays a person who seems to be a woman, but the name «Alp» in the title suggests the opposite.
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.
The thing is, the depth of field is rather narrow, so in just about every portrait selfie I've taken, my eyes, nose and mouth are pin sharp, but everything from the middle of my forehead up gets
blurred just
like the
background.
So basically, this feature adds a
background blur just
like all the phones with Portrait mode do.
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.
That transparency seemingly mimics the transitions by other OEMs into an UI with more transparencies and «glass -
like» behavior, something which is also apparent in Google's choice of default wallpaper, as the dynamic «Aurora Time lapse»
background has the kind of
blurred aesthetic we'd expect from other OEMs.
You can tinker with the focus to
blur the
background, while keeping sharp focus on subject of your choice, or let the picture remain
like it was originally captured.
Thanks to their dual lenses, both the iPhone 8 Plus and the Galaxy Note 8 let you artfully
blur out the
background when snapping portraits, using a bokeh -
like effect.
Other times, it confuses some of the subject with the
background, and
blurs the edges that you would ideally
like to keep sharp.
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.
One of the features in the iPhone 8 Plus is a Portrait Mode that helps
blur the
background in photos
like this.
Cameras with portrait mode (no one
likes those
backgrounds, dearies — everyone is
blurring them out)
We've seen plenty of other leaks over the last few months, and most are pointing to squeezable sides as an alternative input option (just
like the HTC U11), an upgraded camera, and some special photo effects for good measure,
like that bokeh effect or
blurred background that seems to be everywhere at the moment.
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.
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.
Just
like the iPhone's eponymous feature, it
blurs the
background of your pictures to put more focus on the subject.
Being a dual camera setup, you can take some
background blurring (bolke) shots
like a pro!
You can see the improved depth effect on the iPhone 8 Plus compared to the older model, showing that the dual - camera system now does a better job of
blurring the foreground
like a true optical
blur, instead of
blurring only the
background.
Finally, the company says that the filters
blur the
background of your video accurately so all the focus is on your face — sort of
like in Portrait Mode — and that they will allow for other 3D elements to be more realistically added in the future.
This depth map is then used to create the most fun part of Portrait mode: artificial depth of field, which
blurs both the
background and foreground with various «bokeh» effects to create a DSLR - camera -
like image.
At the moment, the launcher has a partially transparent black
background, but the company says that it's working on a
blurred background like the one that appears on the login screen.
It has a dual rear camera — a 16 - megapixel primary sensor and a 2 - megapixel secondary sensor — that can capture Portrait Mode -
like bokeh shots with in - focus foregrounds and
blurred backgrounds.
We aren't sure just yet about the specifics for Instagram's portrait mode, but if it's
like what we've seen so far in the industry, it'll likely
blur out the
background around subjects you take photos of to create for more professional - looking shots.
As well as adding telephoto capability, Apple's dual - camera system allowed depth information to be calculated, enabling features
like bokeh — sharp foreground and
blurred background — to be supported that were previously the province of expensive digital SLR cameras with high - end optics.
The main dual camera has 16 - megapixel and 20 - megapixel sensors, and
like the iPhone, features a Portrait Mode to give photos a «bokeh» effect, with a sharp subject and
blurred background.
Like the Mi 6, the Mi 5X also offers a Portrait Mode that
blurs out the
background.
Now when you swipe up, the Control Center takes up the entire screen, and adds a
blur in the
background,
like the Notification Center.
The Oppo F5,
like the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, supports the Portrait Mode for selfies, a feature that
blurs the
background and puts more emphasis on the subject.
This depth - derived information can then be used to
blur the
background of a shot, via software, to get more pro-looking portrait shots and the
like.
It basically seems
like the next logical step once you've masked off the
background and applied a lens
blur — you apply a lighting effect to your subject's face.
It's just a swipe away in the camera app, and it works just
like the others do: use the two cameras to sense the depth of a scene, select a point to be in focus, and aggressively
blur the «
background» behind that point.
The highlight feature on the Galaxy Note 8 camera is Live Focus, which creates sharp foreground images contrasted as lightly or heavily against a
blurred background as users would
like.
Including two cameras has also allowed Motorola to add depth - of - field effects
like blurring the
background behind your subject — similar to Apple's Portrait mode.
When used in tandem, they give you the ability to change the depth of field of a shot, so you can
blur the
background while shooting at portrait or focus to infinity when capturing a landscape, just
like you would on a big mirrorless or DSLR.
Like many other flagship smartphones, the dual - camera system offers features like 2x optical zoom and a Portrait Mode for a blurred background effect, as well as a wide - angle camera on certain devices like the LG
Like many other flagship smartphones, the dual - camera system offers features
like 2x optical zoom and a Portrait Mode for a blurred background effect, as well as a wide - angle camera on certain devices like the LG
like 2x optical zoom and a Portrait Mode for a
blurred background effect, as well as a wide - angle camera on certain devices
like the LG
like the LG V30.
It also has a wide aperture mode for capturing photos with as much or as little
background blur as you'd
like.
Rather than simply using it for a Portrait Mode -
like function, where the
background of a subject is
blurred for a cool DSLR effect, Motorola is also offering a wide - angle mode,
like LG's V30 and G6, and a few other neat tricks.
The camera interface is new and comes with many options
like selective focus (focuses the subject while
blurring out the
background), audio zoom, video stabilization, effects, HDR, panorama etc..
Pro mode features sliders for things
like manual focus, ISO and shutter speed, while other modes
like Live Focus feature sliders for
background blur strength and skin smoothing.
Like most other dual camera devices, the Galaxy Note 8 offers a depth - of - field mode that allows you to add bokeh to images with the
background blurred out and the subject in focus.
Because there's no depth information either, the
background is
blurred evenly as opposed to the more life -
like depth of field effect achieved by the main camera.
The new Apple iPhone 7 Plus comes with two cameras in the rear, which are combined to provide several aspects
like blurring out the
background or optical zoom.
The camera software includes features
like portrait mode shooting and
background blur.