Once you get the hang of what looks good, you'll be looking for opportunities to
use the wide aperture mode more.
How do you get your entire frame (or most of the frame) in focus when you're
using a wider aperture?
I've just been learning all about «bokeh» it's the word for the effect of a shallow depth of field (from
using wide aperture and especially noticeable in macro photography)-- It comes from a Japanese word.
So, if you want your subject to have blurred backgrounds (and sometimes foregrounds),
use a wider aperture (like f / 4).
Here, our super talented New York photographer Audra has created a great effect by throwing the twinkle lights out of focus, making the backdrop attractive (she's
using a wide aperture for you photography nerds).
He uses a wide aperture and a long focal length to make the images breathe, so that the humble viewer can see sheer scale of the environment.
In those cases, you won't be able to
use wide apertures and long shutter speeds, or at least not together.
If you compare this with the Honor 7X the quality is the same, at times the edges are not sharp and merge with background (when
using wide aperture / portrait mode).
When
using the wide aperture mode on the Honor 8 Pro you now get much better, more detailed and more professional shots.
Not exact matches
One either
uses a much smaller photometric
aperture than normal, excluding the nearby star, or one
uses a much
wider aperture, containing both stars, and makes a correction for the dilution of the companion.
LEAs can also
use funds to implement school -
wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), such as
Aperture Education's Evo Social / Emotional Assessment and Intervention System.
While higher megapixel sensors do equate to higher quality photos, a
wider aperture is arguably more important as it substantially improves shooting in low - light — a common
use case for any mobile camera.
The Galaxy S7
uses a 5MP
wide - angle lens, f / 1.7
aperture and Live HDR for its FCC.
It is
using a Sony 16MP sensor, autofocus, LED Flash, adds a
wider f / 1.9
aperture, ISOCELL technology, Live HDR shooting and OIS.
DOOGEE claim to be
using a Sony IMX135 Sensor plus a f / 2.0
aperture lens on the rear with a
wide angle 88 degree lens on the front.
Similar with Oppo's N3, Huawei Honor 7i features a 180 - degree rotating camera in order to offer you more angles to capture creative photos or
use it as front - facing camera for great selfies, and the rotatable camera comes equipped with 13MP BSI sensor, 28 mm
wide angle sapphire - protected lens with f / 2.0
aperture and dual LED flash so that it delivers high quality imaging no matter forward or backward.
On the front is a HD camera, with the Fire HDX 8.9 adding a rear - facing 8 - megapixel counterpart with electronic image stabilization, a
wide -
aperture 5P f2.2 lens, and an LED flash, and while it has approximately 11 hours of battery life in mixed
use, the Fire HDX automatically powers down the processor and unneeded extras when
used for reading, shifting stored text to a dedicated low - power memory unit and boosting battery life when reading to up to 17 hours.
We map present - day Antarctic -
wide surface velocities
using Landsat 7 and 8 imagery spanning 2013 — 2015 and compare to earlier estimates derived from synthetic
aperture radar, revealing heterogeneous changes in ice flow since ∼ 2008.
In a dark room, you don't have much light to work with, so you'll want to
use the longest shutter speed and
widest aperture you can.
The camera features a 6 - element f / 1.8
aperture lens that lets more light into the sensor, plus there's a high - speed sensor and an Apple - designed image signal processor that sets exposure, focus, and white balance while
using wide color capture for more true - to - life images.
If you've ever
used a DSLR or other professional camera, you're probably familiar with how
aperture works; essentially, the
wider your
aperture, the blurrier the background behind your subject will be.
In bright lighting conditions, the S9's camera will
use the tighter f / 2.4
aperture, while dark lighting conditions will result in the camera
using the
wider f / 1.5
aperture.
But the second camera sensor packs a
wide - angle lens to go along with its 8 MP resolution and f / 2.4
aperture, which gives you the choice of capturing more content in the field of view, or
using the primary camera for more detail.
It means you can
use the
wide -
aperture mode to focus your shots on objects in the foreground and blur the background of each photo.
The Huawei camera app is rather straight forward to
use, with options for flash,
wide aperture and filters found in the viewfinder.
In general, though, if you want better background blur you should
use this mode, as it does a respectable job of simulating
wide -
aperture DSLR lenses.
The dual - lens setup on the Honor 8 comes in handy in another way:
Using the camera's
wide aperture mode, you can adjust the focus of a shot after you've taken it.
The Galaxy S7
uses a 5MP FFC with Live HDR, a large f / 1.7
aperture and 22 mm
wide - angle lens for selfies and video chatting while the Nexus 6P
uses a larger 8MP FFC.
It is
using a Sony 16MP sensor, autofocus, LED Flash, adds a
wider f / 1.9
aperture, ISOCELL technology, Live HDR shooting and OIS.
It still
uses a
wide - angle lens for those group selfies or a conference chat, and
uses the same f / 1.7
aperture, and Live HDR.
HTC
uses a 5MP sensor for the front - facing camera (FFC) with a large f / 1.8
aperture, a
wide - angle lens, and OIS.
The Mi Note Pro
uses a nice sized 4MP UltraPixel FFC for social media selfies and video chatting as compared to the 5MP FFC with
wide - angle, HDR and f / 1.9
aperture on the Note 5.
The Note 5
uses a 5MP front - facing camera (FFC) with the f / 1.9
aperture and
wide - angle and Live HDR for selfies and video chat.
Samsung
uses a
wide f / 1.7
aperture camera lens in the Galaxy S7, whereas iPhone 6s comes with only a f / 2.2
aperture camera lens.
While higher megapixel sensors do equate to higher quality photos, a
wider aperture is arguably more important as it substantially improves shooting in low - light — a common
use case for any mobile camera.
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).
On the back side of the device, you'll find the dual - lens camera, where 12 - megapixel is primary sensor and 2MP is secondary, which is
used for getting
wider aperture.
For its FFC, the ZenFone AR
uses an 8MP
wide - angle lens with the same f / 2.0
aperture, autofocus, and dual - tone LED flash for excellent low - light selfies and video chatting.
The LG
uses a large 8MP FFC camera that also includes the
wider f / 1.8
aperture lens and it should take excellent selfies and provide great video chatting.
The front camera of the premium version will have 16 megapixels, f / 2.0
aperture, and a 76 degree
wide - angle sensor that has its own independent light flash and real - time filters to be
used when making video calls.
You will find a 12MP
wide angle lens
using SONY IMX363 sensor with f / 1.8
aperture and a 12MP telephoto lens with 2x ZOOM.
Then there's the camera, which LG claims is the
widest aperture ever on a smartphone and
uses a glass element for extra clarity and sharpness.
For its FFC, the Galaxy Note 7
uses a 5MP
wide - angle lens with a larger f / 1.7
aperture and Live HDR.
For its main camera, the ZenFone 2
uses their 13MP PixelMaster camera with autofocus and a dual - tone LED flash, as well as a large f / 2.0
wide -
aperture lens with «zero shutter - lag.»
One camera captures
wide - angle photos
using the dual
aperture module.
The Galaxy Note 7
uses a 5MP
wide - angle lens with a large f / 1.7
aperture and Live HDR for its FFC.
The Galaxy S7 Edge
uses a 5MP
wide - angle lens with a larger f / 1.7
aperture and Live HDR for its front - facing camera (FFC.)
In the samples that I took, I
used portrait mode,
wide aperture mode, automatic full color, and monochrome.
The one on the rear
uses a 28 mm lens with an f / 2.0
aperture while the front - facing camera consists of a
wider 20 mm lens for selfies and an f / 2.2
aperture.
Though Google is
using a slightly smaller sensor (1/2.6 ″ instead of 1/2.3 ″), a
wider aperture, optical image stabilization and general tech improvements make for some crazy good performance.