Weekly poll: do you still want depth and macro cameras on your phones?

07 November 2021
Some will argue that such cameras are just a cheap way to pad out the camera count, others may still find a use in them.

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  • Anonymous
  • nn8
  • 07 Nov 2021

The sole reason none of these exist on flagships renders them useless, trying to make cheap devices look like a flagship, but they simply aren't and will never be! The lost space can be put to a good use for something else! There is nothing bad about that!

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    • Sengar
    • 7kk
    • 07 Nov 2021

    Sir, mobile has to be mobile, at no circumstances its to be bigger then 5.5 and 6.0 screen, other than this is stupid, why doesn't mobile maker think convenience of users, engineers kindly think on this, regards.

      3D ToF + UWA with AF. Enough said.

        No need for a native macro camera since it can be integrated inside the ultrawide camera as ASUS did with the Zenfone 8. If I want to take a portrait photo, I'd use the telephoto camera, not the main camera combined with a depth camera. There are more important factors to consider when it comes to portrait photos such as aperture and focal length.

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          • Anonymous
          • YTy
          • 07 Nov 2021

          Groover1971, 07 Nov 2021The macro camera on my older Redmi Note 9S is a 5Mp auto fo... moreI just hate it that it's hard to get the focus right.

            Main Camera with Wide angle and UltraWide with High Quality lense,,, next probably Telescope Lense,,

            all cameras with OIS and EIS

              Macro can stay it can be good with enough MP

              Get rid of depth..

              But replace the depth with dedicated low light sensors like in the TCL plex and Lenovo z6 pro

              Dedicated low cameras are 2MP as well.. BUTTT!!!!

              Much bigger pixel size and good results look on the Lenovo z6 pro review on this site

              It's beyond me why manufacturers don't just do that combo

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                • Guru
                • U{0
                • 07 Nov 2021

                Main Camera + Telephone + Ultrwawide along with Depth Sensor preferably 3D ToF is the way to go on premium phones.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • XFJ
                  • 07 Nov 2021

                  What phone did you use to take these photos?

                    bruhman, 07 Nov 2021Easier said than done, not all phones are compatible with G... moreThen go for brands that active engage themselves with developers' community

                      Don't absolutely care about portraits. Now macro is a different story: love them! Hope they improve it a lot in the future.

                        Anonymous, 07 Nov 20212x Zoom is useless, installed Gcam and forced it to use my ... moreEasier said than done, not all phones are compatible with Gcam. Even I struggle to find one that is actually usable and I just gave up after that

                          The macro camera on my older Redmi Note 9S is a 5Mp auto focus and takes really good close up pics. It works so much better than my newer Galaxy S20 FE that doesn't have a dedicated macro camera. I still use the Redmi when I need to get really close but that's not very often.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • YTy
                            • 07 Nov 2021

                            microscope camera will be nice. Since ultra wide can be use as macro, we can skip that one. Once continuous zoom is introduced, we really only need 3-4 cameras to be able to do everything.

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                              • pdc
                              • 07 Nov 2021

                              I've only really used the main camera and the ultra-wide one, the latter is pretty handy, and I love it. My phone also has telephoto camera, and I've never had any real use for it, its useless IMO.

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                                • yronk
                                • HkH
                                • 07 Nov 2021

                                wide lens for scenery
                                telephoto for potrait
                                macro for photographing close and small example insect

                                  The 2 megapixel camera should be discontinued altogether. It has no place on smartphones whether as a depth sensor, side or main, macro etc whatever the name camera

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                                    • Chibuzor
                                    • XBA
                                    • 07 Nov 2021

                                    People just chose the options with, "the only way to go" hmm

                                      AnonD-1024704, 07 Nov 2021Money is the problem Not lack of sensorsThen that's where the high megapixel count main cameras come in.
                                      Is a cheap way to have more detail digitally zooming in.

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                                        • AnonD-1024704
                                        • gLn
                                        • 07 Nov 2021

                                        GAMIRSFM, 07 Nov 20212x telephotos are way more useful for me than things like..... moreMoney is the problem
                                        Not lack of sensors

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