Phone cameras have come quite a long way in the past decade, going from an easy way to take casual snapshots that can be quickly shared with family and friends to powerful devices that can produce high-quality results in a wide variety of scenarios. This neat video shows just how far they have come.
Coming to you from Brent Hall, this interesting video follows him as he shoots long exposures of waterfalls with a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra phone. Of course, to get the exposure times necessary for silky smooth water, Hall needs ND filters, and he uses a very portable set of Moment filters for the task. Personally, I think it is super neat to see these sorts of capabilities in a phone. Certainly, there is absolutely still a place for dedicated professional cameras, but it is neat to see how much a portable kit can accomplish. I do not always carry a dedicated camera around, but I always have my phone, and knowing that I can get such great results by just adding in a small set of filters I could easily drop in my pocket is pretty neat. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Hall.
Google allowing manual camera control in Android 6 plus years ago was an amazing thing, Samsung immediately launched a Pro mode for their camera and it hasn't changed much since. I learned long exposure photography on my phone in 2015.
Some people use smartphone for there photography. But, is there any flash that will sync with smartphone?
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Thank you Black Z Eddie. Let me check about this.
Hey Dude, I've already checked it but it's too expensive. I think the link that alton herrera sent will be help to me. you can also check that if you want.
I saw this last time. I think it will help to you.
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Thank you Alton. Let me check about this.
I recently posted a phone shot onto Flickr and it got onto the explore page... amazing what can be done with a phone these days, the image quality is nowhere near my camera but it’s still very detailed and sharp considering.
I have the Huawei Honor 10 and it has a built in function called 'smooth water', this function allows you to expose as long as you want at any light, you don't need any filter. The only limit is: you get JPG and no RAW.
I love this function or app.
the first picture was made at 102 sec.
the second with 31 sec.
the third at 40 sec.
all made during normal day light.
Impressive!
IMO real photographers carry real cameras to create images. They do it because the DSLR does not limit them in any way that a phone camera would. Yes, you can capture images with everything from a pinhole camera to GoPro or a phone. However, if you have a great opportunity for a great image and the device you are holding will not let you capture it because of its limitations you really missed the boat. I don't like missing opportunities so I carry a real camera and thus am never disappointed. Your choice and mileage may vary. Now if some of that groovy phone camera tech makes its way into real cameras then I am all ears.