He captured the beautiful and the grotesque all within wide - angle and
telephoto shots.
The big draw to this mid-range phone is its 12 - megapixel dual camera system, which allows for wide and
telephoto shots with 2x optical zoom, as well as Portrait Mode - style shots that blur out the background from your subject, similar to the effect seen in pictures from the iPhone 7.
I'm pleased that Apple managed to fit a second stabilization module inside the iPhone X's secondary camera, because
telephoto shots benefit from the additional gyro data, but it's clear to me, despite what DxOMark says about the phone's still photo fidelity, that it can't compete with the Pixel 2 for sheer delightful output.
Not exact matches
Curiosity's
telephoto camera snapped
shots of three rocky outcrops not far from the rover's landing site inside Gale Crater.
The Spierigs
shoot the bulk of their picture in scrinched - up
telephoto compositions, piling the actors on top of each other.
Ecologists Josh Adams and Jonathan Felis of the USGS Western Ecological Research Center
shot this and other high - resolution digital
telephotos from a research vessel and used the photographs to identify nesting and feeding behavior.
The interface is basically a set of buttons which need to be clicked on to change the active crosshair: hand (needed to pick up additional equipment or medi packs for healing), 50 mm lens,
telephoto lens (for small and far off animals) and a rifle (
shooting hunters which try to hurt the player).
Anecdotally though, I tend to use the
telephoto on my 7 Plus as the default, unless I'm
shooting a group
shot or landscape.
The
telephoto sensor now has a wider, f / 2.4 aperture and optical image stabilization, both of which are really helpful when trying to
shoot in low light.
Smoothly transition from the f1.7 wide angle lens to 2x
telephoto to frame the perfect
shot.
The
telephoto lens will let you snag those great long - distance
shots, while the wide - angle lens grabs awesome wide angles and closeups.
The P20 Pro has a 40 - megapixel main camera, a 20 - megapixel monochrome lens to add richness and detail, and an 8 - megapixel
telephoto lens, which helps in taking portrait mode
shots and zooming in tight.
It's probably only a matter of time before the optics on the
telephoto camera are upgraded — for a lot of people
telephoto will be the go - to
shooting mode, especially when iOS 10.1's portrait mode update arrives.
OnePlus hasn't removed the portrait mode though, but portrait
shots on OnePlus 5T is a tad wider than that on the OnePlus 5, mainly due to the lack of
telephoto lens.
It's a subtle difference, but I appreciated the wider aperture on the iPhone X's
telephoto lens versus the iPhone 8 Plus (f / 2.4 vs f / 2.8) in my first day of
shooting.
Secondly, a neat new 56 mm
telephoto camera that lets you capture zoomed in
shots without resorting to digital zoom.
The
telephoto lens is the only one that's optically stabilized on the P20 Pro, though I can't say I've seen any hand shake in the hundreds of photos I've
shot with any of the cameras on this phone.
While the
telephoto camera that the iPhone X features has faster F / 2.4 aperture and supports OIS (Optical Image Stabilize) function to bring more excellent
shot under low light conditions.
The larger Galaxy S9 Plus features a dual - camera setup with two 12 - megapixel sensors, one of which is positioned behind a
telephoto lens enabling 2x optical zoom and Live Focus, Samsung's version of the popular portrait
shooting mode.
The replacement of the
telephoto obviously means a loss of optical zoom, but OnePlus says the new lens should improve low - light
shots.
The secondary
telephoto camera can
shoot 2x lossless zoom images and can also do a neat depth - of - field effect.
The Honor 9 Lite's 13 - megapixel and 2 - megapixel camera combination is mainly for bokeh and great depth of field
shots, whereas one of the two 12.0 - megapixel sensors on the Mi A1 is a
telephoto, providing up to 2x optical zoom, although the Mi A1 also delivers a portrait mode.
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.
The S9 + has an obvious advantage here, with that
telephoto lens giving you another tool for closer
shots.
Boasting a 52 mm
telephoto lens on its second sensor, the Mi Note 3 is a capable device for zoom
shots.
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 combination of one wide angle and one
telephoto lens allows for a 2x optical zoom, software bokeh, and post shutter adjustments, enabling users to get more creative with macro
shots and retaining detail at longer distances.
The main camera is equipped with a wide - angle 27 mm f / 1.8 lens, the secondary
telephoto camera comes with a 52 mm f / 2.6 lens for 2x optical zoom
shots.
Plus, you get a unique dual camera setup that can take the same great
shots as the GS8 but with the addition of a
telephoto lens and «Live Focus» portrait
shots.
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.
The
telephoto camera will allow you to capture high definition zoomed in photos, while the wide - angle camera is for standard
shots.
As compared to Apple, which added an additional
telephoto lens for analog zoom, the Mate 10 Lite uses the secondary camera for the in - depth effect that photos get when
shooting photos in portrait mode.
Never miss that perfect
shot with the dual rear camera system that features a 12 MP wide - angle lens and a 13 MP
telephoto lens.
It is also worth noting that both the lens will have large F1.7 aperture and this will further allow the
telephoto lens to take better - looking
shots in low light environments.
The
telephoto lens enables up to 2x optical zoom and for even further
shots, Mi A1 offers up to 10x digital zoom.
A dual 12 - megapixel camera system on the back works along the same lines as Apple's iPhone setup: one camera has an f / 1.8 lens for wide
shots and the other is a
telephoto f / 2.6 shooter.
For example, if
shooting someone else from a distance then a decent
telephoto lens is important if
shooting stills to put the camera in shutter priority mode (marked as Tv on Canon DSLRs) and select a fast shutter speed such as 1/1000 sec to freeze the action.
This is most likely due to the fact that the second lens is no longer a
telephoto lens, and it seems that dual camera phones with a secondary
telephoto lens seem to take better portrait mode
shots, as they generally seem to identify the background better for blurring.
The iPhone's
telephoto lens is the primary capture for Portrait mode photos, and it ships with a f / 2.8 aperture that prefers portraits to macros, and well - lit
shots to evening snaps.
For iPhone 7 Plus users, the camera app will offer a new portrait mode that takes advantage of the 56 mm focal length
telephoto lens to create
shots with depth of field and bokeh effects.
It also adds a new zoom
shooting mode for the iPhone 7 Plus» dual cameras, which include a
telephoto lens for up to 2x optical zoom and up to 10x digital zoom.
The Galaxy Note8 is the first smartphone with two 12MP rear cameras with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) on both the wide - angle and
telephoto lenses with a 2x optical zoom, so you can take great
shots, even when zoomed.
Portrait mode won't fire if the iPhone doesn't think it can get a good
shot at 1/30 shutter speed or better, though you can still take a non-blurred
shot with the
telephoto lens using this mode (unlike regular Photo mode, which will automatically switch to a 2x zoom of the wide - angle lens).
On the camera department, it has a dual camera setup on the back, which is supposed to work similarly to iPhone's dual camera setup (all hail iPhone, ahem), a 12 megapixel f / 1.75 camera for wide
shots and a 12 megapixel f / 2.6
telephoto shooter.
Without a
telephoto lens, I had to take a couple steps in just to frame the
shot properly, and even then the end result looks strange for what is ostensibly supposed to be a portrait.