Both cameras will be able to
simulate bokeh - style selective focus thanks to the dual - lenses and software, but the iPhone's Portrait Lighting mode is likely to give the Apple phone an edge when shooting single subjects.
And I've already covered the P10's portrait mode, which uses the two lenses to
simulate a bokeh - style blurred background to sometimes - impressive effect.
There are apps that can
simulate bokeh by applying various blurs to the scene after masking the foreground figure, but that's often more work than you might like.
As with previous high - end Huawei smartphones, the monochrome camera serves several purposes: it helps with depth estimation for
the simulated bokeh effect, and the fine detail and low noise levels of the monochrome sensor improve image quality when zooming and in low light.
Unfortunately, the depth sensor isn't great, and
the simulated bokeh effect only works properly on occasion.
Its detail and accuracy is particularly impressive, as is the steadily - improving
simulated bokeh effect.
But these are also issues I've experienced with basically every other
simulated bokeh implementation, including those with fancy dual - camera systems.
Thanks to superb edge detection, the Pixel 2 achieves a big distinction between foreground and background, with a suitable level of pleasant
simulated bokeh.
This portrait mode allows you to create nice close - up photos with a software -
simulated bokeh effect which mimics the effect produced if you've used an expensive DSLR camera.
And yes, the 5 also has a portrait mode that
simulates bokeh around the subject of the picture, re-creating the shallow depth - of - field effect of large - sensor DSLR cameras.
The final feature, bokeh mode, attempts to replicate the M8's Duo Camera by
simulating bokeh through the capture of multiple images at different focus points.
But in 2016, the iPhone 7's image quality improvements were negligible and the big innovation from the iSight team was the addition of the second telephoto camera on the 7 Plus and its associated portrait mode that automatically blurs out the background for
a simulated bokeh effect.
Not exact matches
Should put a real dslr pic in for
bokeh mode comparison to see which camera
simulates depth of field the best.
With the Note8's portrait mode, you can
simulate a DSLR
bokeh effect like on other dual - camera phones, but there's a twist: Samsung lets you tweak the blur intensity in real time before you snap the photo and adjust it after it's been snapped.
We liked the dual sensors on the 6X; the 12 - megapixel lens worked with the 2 - megapixel lens to
simulate DSLR - style «
bokeh» selective blur, and gave us pictures that consistently satisfied our needs.