Smartphone cameras are one of the most used things in our daily life. They allow us to easily capture and store photos and videos and share them with others over the Internet. The camera in a modern Android phone has a variety of features that help take clear, high-quality photos, and below we cover the most important of these features and how you can use them to take the best photos:
1- Professional mode:
Enabling Pro mode in the Android camera app allows you to manually adjust a number of camera settings that your phone would normally set automatically. If you want to adjust shutter speed, ISO settings, and white balance yourself, follow these steps to enable Pro mode:
- Open the Camera app on your phone and tap the More button.
- Click on the (Pro) option and the new settings will appear at the bottom and top of the screen and you can modify them if necessary.
2- Auto HDR function:
HDR (High Dynamic Range) technology helps enhance your photos by bringing out details in both very bright and very dark areas, providing a more natural picture.
Knowing when to use HDR technology is very important in order to get the most out of your Android phone camera, because unless you are an expert in photography, you do not need to use this technology all the time and you know when is the best time to use it. You can enable the (Auto HDR) function, Which allows you to turn HDR on or off as desired.
To enable Auto HDR, open the Camera app, tap the HDR icon, which is commonly found next to the flash button, and then tap Auto HDR.
3- Slo-Mo mode:
To create beautiful cinematic videos, you can use the slow motion mode where you can highlight some unique shots in a slow motion video to focus on the details. To activate this mode, do the following:
- Open the Camera app and scroll through the Camera modes until you reach the Plus option and tap on it.
- Click on the slow motion option. After that, normal video recording begins, which is shown in slow motion during playback.
4- 10-bit color feature:
To capture more color details, turn on the (10-bit color) feature. Give your photos greater color depth and make them more accurate, as well as more flexibility during the photo editing phase. To enable this feature, open the Camera app, go to Settings and tap on the 10-bit color option.
5- Portrait:
To take beautiful pictures of people and pets with your Android phone's camera and highlight the main elements of the image, choose the (Portrait) mode because in this mode you can focus the camera on the person or the main element in the image and make the background image blurry and slightly out of focus. To activate this mode, open the Camera app, tap the "Portrait" option, and take a picture as usual.
6 RAW mode:
In RAW mode, you can capture high-quality, high-resolution RAW images that can be easily edited with photo-editing software. You have much more control over lighting, color contrast, and many other details than with JPEG images.