Practical Photography - UK (2020-04)

Apple

iP hone

Pro £12

The iPhone

is a stepup

th e 11. It ha

cameras,e

12 MPsens

fo callength

26 mmand

imagestabilisationadded

in forgoodmeasure.apple.com/uk

Huawei

P30 Pro£700

Huaweihasteamedup

wi thLeicato improve

onitscameras.The

P30 Prooffersthree

re arcameras– a 40MP

wi de-angle,20MP

ultra-wideand8MP

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st abilisation.

huawei.com/uk

Google

Pi xel4 £670

The Pixel4 hastwo

re arcameras– a

12 .2MPwide-angle

camerawitha 77º

field-of-view,roughly

30 mm,anda 16MP

st andardlenswith

a 52º field-of-view,

ar ound45mm.

google.co.uk

72 PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY

I havea DSLR

but it’sbigand

cumbersome. Can

I get DSLR-quality photos

from my phone and leave

the big camera at home?

Will Turner, Swindon

Chris says: Phone cameras

are getting better year on

year. The latest camera

phones feature multiple

lenses, cutting-edge noise

processing algorithms and

highmegapixelcounts.Most

al sogiveyousomecontrol

over yourexposurewith

ei therexposurecompensation

ormanualcontrols.So,in

realityyourphoneis likelyto

be able to produce images of

comparable quality to that

of a DSLR.

Find flexibility

The only problem here is that

not everyone means the same

thing when they talk about

quality. Often people see an

image from a DSLR featuring

things like a shallow depth-

of-field, directional lighting

anda longfocallength,which

gi vesthephotoa professional

fe el.Thismightbe referred

toas the‘quality’of thephoto,

but it’sactuallynota property

thathasbeengivenby the

camera. Instead, it is partof

the creative choices a DSLR

affords the photographer.So,

if you’re looking to replicate

professional-looking shots

with your phone then it’s

a tall order. Phones also

automatically apply post-

processing to images that’s

specially designed to lookits

best on the phone screen.

You can get some great

imagesfromphones,butthey

can’tmatchtheversatilityof

a DSLRor mirrorlesscamera

and theirlensesjustyet.

TIP

USEA LENS

PROTECTOR

In thesamewaythatyoufit

a screenprotectorto your

phone,shieldits lensfrom

scratcheswitha lens

pr otector.

Above Photography apps are

a great way to get more out of

your camera phone shots.

Three of the best Dedicated camera phones

JRCPICS

Can I get

DSLR-quality

photos from

my phone?