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Get
The Most Out of Your Camera Phone
Barring
a few exceptions, photographs taken by camera phones are usually blurry,
noisy, offcentre, too dark or too bright. Hitesh Raj Bhagat & Karan
Bajaj offer some recommendations, tips and apps that will instantly deliver
better results
Tips
Instead of letting your phone choose the focus point, tap and select the
point that you want to be in focus when shooting
If available, use HDR mode in difficult lighting situations to get good
colour across the frame
When taking a photo, hold the phone with both hands to reduce blur caused
by shaky hands
Clean the phone's lens before shooting — it usually has a lot of dust,
smudges or fingerprints on it that affect the final image
Use the size & weight of the phone to your advantage — try different
shooting angles for interesting-looking photographs Do not use zoom on your
phone — it is digital zoom that affects overall image quality & adds
visible noise
Touch up photos with editing apps for additional effects or to enhance
colours
In camera settings, choose an ISO of 200 or lower and image quality at
highest level
Move closer to your subject
— this compensates for the lack of zoom and fills the frame with the
subject
Use the built in timer function to reduce image blur — you can hold the
phone steady during the countdown Apps
Camera 360
Available for Android and iOS, this free app adds a number of
interesting features compared to the stock interface, including effects,
timer, burst mode as well as grid lines.
PowerCam
Another free app for iOS and Android that add tilt shift, panorama,
selective color modes and a large variety of effects that can be previewed
before taking a photo with the phone.
Camera Pro
For just 15, this Symbian app works with both touch and non touch
phones. It adds features like manual ISO setting, continuous autofocus,
HDR, time lapse and various real-time effects.
Pictures Lab
This free app for Windows Phone devices has over 30 effects including
HDR, Lomo and tilt shift. Different effects can also be combined and photos
can be instantly shared to you social networks.
Accessories
Olloclip for iPhone, 3,850
If the basic built in lens in your iPhone 4/4S doesn't cut it anymore, get
the Olloclip — it includes wideangle, fisheye and macro lenses in a neat
design that just clips on to the side of the phone (no case needed). It's
available in red or black.
Lens Filter Case for iPhone,
1,650
You may be able to apply effects to your photos using several apps like
Instagram or pixlr-o-matic, but there's no substitute for the real thing.
Holga's Lens Filter case adds a rotary turret of filters — each one adds a
unique effect to your photos.
GorillaPod ClampStand, 1,650
This handy tripod works with any phone — use it to stabilise your phone
before taking a photograph. The best feature is the fleible legs which can
wrap around anything to position your phone in impossible places.
12x Telephoto lens, 2,000
Camera phones are equipped with wide-angle lenses so that they can capture
as much of the scene as possible. Zoom enthusiasts can get an add-on lens,
available for popular devices like iPhone and Galaxy SIII.
Best Camera Phones
Apple iPhone 4S
The 8MP camera in the 4S takes
great photos, even in low light. It offers touch focus, geo-tagging, face
detection and built-in panorama and HDR modes .
HTC One X
HTC's One X has an 8MP camera
with a large f/2.0 aperture and a phenomenal 'burst' mode. It can also do
simultaneous HD video and image recording.
Nokia PureView 808
Thanks to a 41MP sensor, pixel
oversampling technology & Carl Zeiss lens, nothing beats the PureView.
It also has a xenon flash & 4x lossless digital zoom.
Samsung Galaxy SIII
Apart from spectacular image
quality, the SIII offers simultaneous HD video and image recording, face
and smile detection as well as image stabilisation.
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