15 January 2013

Optimizing The Smartphone Camera

We are already past the age where the camera only serves to take pictures, just pure MP3 player to play music and phone only for calls and SMS. It is time dumbphone. Hehehe! We live in an era of hybrid, where a gadget can serve to do more than one primary function. Currently all smartphones launched was equipped with a camera. Even in the last decade mobile phone technology has increased significantly, including the embed function camera with resolution and better quality, better lenses and a large data storage capacity.

This allows us to be able to immortalize a moment anytime and anywhere, because the phone is always faithful to accompany us. Unfortunately most of the photos taken using the camera phone has low quality. This could be due to the low quality of the camera used, but more often because of a lack of basic photographic techniques are mastered.

Here are tips you can do to help improve the quality of the photos from your camera phone:



1. Provide enough lighting

The more the object image is exposed to light it will be more clear image will be generated. Note that if you turn on the lights in a room, because it will be artificial light will affect the results. Experiment with white balance.

Some phones come with a flash, but note its use. If the object is bright enough, then it will actually give the flash object into the dark background. So adjust the use of a flash object on the environment that you are aiming.


2. Draw near the attractions Pictures

One of the most common mistakes is the small object to be recognized on the photo. So fill your view finder you in a way closer to the object than to use the digital zoom on the phone, as it will reduce the quality of the images.

But keep in mind, too close to the object can cause distortions and problems focus on camera phones. It happened to camera phones that do not have a macro mode or focus at close range.


3. Do not Move

Just like all of digital photography, the longer the silence the cell phone camera to take pictures, the more you produce clear images. This is very important, especially in low light conditions where camera will automatically select a longer shutter speed to compensate for low light levels. One trick is to put your camera phone at a solid object such as a tree, wall, or window sills.

In addition, most smartphones still have shutter lag, where there is still a lag time after you press the button to take the picture to get a picture of the target lens. But Zero Shutter Speed ​​technology that has been implemented on smartphones such as the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II was able to eliminate the shutter lag problem.


4. Only later Edit images were

Fun does photo editing software built directly embedded in smartphones, but editing pictures on a computer course will produce images with much better quality, but it is also more tools and options that can be used to edit on a computer.

Take a picture with the color mode at light levels which is good because you will always be able to make an image to black and white on the computer, but you will not be able to create an image of the Black and White mode to color.


5. Do not Jump Deleted

Remember you know, most of the phone's screen is not as good quality computer. So do not immediately delete pictures that look good on the screen, wait until you want to review it on a computer. You could get an image that looks more alive on the screen of a higher quality. Maybe you'll also get a nice abstract image from the photo-nge blur.


6. Avoid Using Digital Zoom

Surely we are often tempted to use the zoom feature when shooting subject, but if the features of the phone is digital zoom, it is recommended not to use it because it does not move the digital zoom lens to get larger objects, but only took up most objects at the expense of detail in the picture. Remember, you can edit the jepretanmu by using image editing software.

Of course some posel cameras began to hit the market with its optical zoom, this is certainly not good to be used as a way into the subject by enlarging pixels.


7. Experimenting with a lot Picture

The greatness of all types of digital photography is the ability to capture images quickly and at no charge. This means you can experiment with the various modes and composition and delete pictures you do not want. Good camera phone to experiment with new angles and perspectives, such as taking a picture of the bottom, up, close-ups, and so on, then you will get the results varied and interesting.


8. Follow Rules of Composition or Abandon

Learn the basic rules of composition as a third rule sectors, which do not place your subject in the middle of your picture frame, but at a third of the viewfinder. This will make the image feel alive.

But keep in mind that the greatness of a camera phone is its ability to resist all the rules. Some of the best possible image results can be obtained even by breaking the rules.


9. Keep Net Fixed Lens

One of the challenges with mobile phone camera lens is to keep it clean because the phone spends a lot of time in the pocket or purse and is used in all weather conditions. The result is a lens can Koton and easily damaged. Fingerprints are also a common problem on the camera lens, especially if your cell phone does not have a lens cover. So lensamu periodically clean using a soft material.


10. Use High Resolution In your camera

Some phones give you the option to choose the resolution. The greater the resolution, the more clear the image you produce. But keep in mind, the greater the resolution selected, the image size will also increase.

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