You'll still get
the same bokeh effects, but perhaps not as great, which you'll see in the gallery below.
So when using Video mode in Honor 8 Pro you get the Wide Aperture Mode option, enable that to get
same bokeh effects in videos too — same rule applies i.e. the subject should be within 1 to 6 feet distance.
Not exact matches
This would allow the S9 + to offer the
same Live Focus feature and take portraits with a
bokeh effect.
Eschewing the trend for dual lenses, Google pulls off the
same tricks using software expertise to achieve a
bokeh effect, blurring out the background for great portrait shots.
One is monochrome (slightly higher resolution this year, at 20 - megapixels, as per the Honor 8), the other colour (the
same 12 - megapixels, as per the previous generation), or both can be used in tandem for depth - mapping to create a pseudo wide aperture
effect (that soft, melty background, known as
bokeh - user - defined between software - based f / 0.95 and f / 16).
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.
We've got used to the dual cameras on iPhones allowing for a computed «faux
bokeh»
effect on subjects a metre or two away — and this works quite superbly if you follow the guidelines — but the new mode goes further, working on the exact
same portrait shots, even after the fact.
The Live Focus feature also works the
same way; shoot from a short distance to create the
bokeh effect, and then adjust it after the fact.
DSLR photographers have been shooting
bokeh for years and in the last couple of years we have seen companies like Huawei, Google, Samsung, and Apple add functionality for the
same, commonly labeled wide aperture, portrait, and depth
effects.
One of those features is Dual Capture mode, which allows you to take two pictures at the
same time — a standard wide angle shot, and another Live Focus version, which zooms in on the subject while applying a
bokeh effect to the background, similar to the Portrait Mode in the
Not only does it use all the information from those lenses to create a depth map and give you that
bokeh effect if you want it, but it offers dual capture that will give you both a wide angle and close - up shot at the
same time.
One of those features is Dual Capture mode, which allows you to take two pictures at the
same time — a standard wide angle shot, and another Live Focus version, which zooms in on the subject while applying a
bokeh effect to the background, similar to the Portrait Mode in the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.
The V30 is an excellent choice if you're excited about shooting great video, and want a camera that doesn't just repeat the
same old
bokeh effect, but does something different.
, but they tend to shy away from
bokeh, simply because the nature of the perspective doesn't create the
same shallow depth - of - field
effect that pulls the background in, which is a hallmark of professional portraits.
There are phones with wide - angle secondary lenses, like LG's G6 and V30, but they tend to shy away from
bokeh, simply because the nature of the perspective doesn't create the
same shallow depth - of - field
effect that pulls the background in, which is a hallmark of professional portraits.
While the primary camera remains the
same as the S9, the secondary f / 2.4 12MP telephoto sensor allows the handset to offer 2x optical zoom and capture photos with «
bokeh»
effect thanks to Live Focus.
There's live focus
effects letting you change the
bokeh on your portraits and you can also snap from both cameras at the
same time using Dual Capture.
The iPhone X's front TrueDepth camera lets you achieve the
same compelling
bokeh (blur)
effect on backgrounds when shooting portraits as you get with the dual rear cameras.
It uses the
same 16 - megapixel primary camera and a 20 - megapixel secondary camera, but rather than keeping the telephoto option on the secondary lens like the OP5, OnePlus dropped that option to use it for a
bokeh effect.