Searching For The Very Best Smartphone Camera For The Money

By David Throop


As you check out smart phones, you will find some excellent models that come with quality cameras. Yet, there can be some major differences in these phones when it comes to taking good pictures. Here are some important features that may or may not be in your best interest, when you look for the best smartphone camera on the market.

When you shop for smart phone cameras, you want something that is fast and simple. After all, you don't want to wait on one of those special moments "frozen in time". By the time you make adjustments or wait for the camera to boot up, you could miss the shot. A good model should be as easy as pointing and shooting, and yet it should still deliver good quality images.

Megapixels are often heavily advertised with cameras. However, many smart phone users have very little knowledge of megapixels or even know what they are. A pixel is a tiny component of a digital image and it takes a million of them to create one megapixel. The more megapixels within an image the clearer it should be, but this is only up to a point. In fact, megapixels may not be such a major issue these days.

Most of the better smart phones on the market today have cameras with enough megapixel images to do a good job. For example, there may be very little difference between 16 MP images and those from 8 MP cameras. Extra megapixels can make a big difference in full color images that you print from your computer, and because most mobile phone users do not print out their images, megapixels should not be much of an issue. For example, a five megapixel image should be just fine for uploading to online sources.

Many top smartphones have cameras with digital image stabilization. This feature helps to keep image blur to a minimum if you are taking pictures while traveling or moving. For example, you might want to take an image or movie from inside a vehicle as you travel down the road. Digital image stabilization will compensate for shaking or other movements that the car might make, and you will get a clear picture.

You may see an "HDR" function on some of the smart phone units and this refers to high dynamic range. HDR takes three separate images of the same picture and combines them into a single image that is clearer and sharper. It works best for images with still subjects like scenery and when taking photos with a lot of action, it may not be effective.

Whenever it is too dark for normal images, a good LED flash can save the day. Make sure your new phone has LED flash and you may want to pay extra for a phone that has dual LED flash. This will give you better flash photos but it comes with a price. It uses more power and it can be more expensive.

Generally speaking, to get the best camera phone for you money, look for ones that are simple to use and have automatic features. Most quality phones have enough megapixels. You may want to check out ones that have dual flash capability and digital image stabilization.




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