Weekly poll results: Macro-enabled ultra wide cameras see lots of love
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- iBM
- 04 Jul 2023
Anton., 02 Jul 2023In definition, you buy a professional camera and stop fooli... moreThere's something wrong with you telescope, if you see martians dancing on the moon.
Just so you know :-p
- justasmile
- vjq
- 03 Jul 2023
AlexS, 03 Jul 2023Dedicated macro obviously.Yeah, those 2mp macro sensors which are barely usable.
- justasmile
- vjq
- 03 Jul 2023
AlexS, 03 Jul 2023Dedicated macro obviously.Yeah, those useless 2mp sensors...
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- AlexS
- Ggr
- 03 Jul 2023
Dedicated macro obviously.
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- blue
- 0CN
- 03 Jul 2023
rosesarerosie, 02 Jul 2023Explain whyThe smaller the sensor is, the larger depth of field is in focus. UWA or selfie cameras are tiny, so in fact all the image would be focused and the object does not stand out in it. That's why companies introduced macro modes and portrait modes with artificial blur.
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- Anonymous
- uJA
- 03 Jul 2023
rosesarerosie, 02 Jul 2023There isn't a specified distance when it comes to macr... moreLast time only lens that can produce 1:1 image to sensor size is considered macro, but with digital camera sensors getting so much smaller, it is almost impossible to find real macro camera on a phone.
- rosesarerosie
- 0Eh
- 02 Jul 2023
blue, 02 Jul 2023Except the blur is not natural here... the cameras with tin... moreExplain why
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- Hugo
- XUi
- 02 Jul 2023
I use the macro a lot for work. I need to take photos of product defects. I also have a sony a7R iv with a macro lens and also a 60x microscope. Its just convenient to use the phone macro for simple tasks.
I would love a phone with a higher resolution macro lens.
But still mine is an uncommon use case scenario so i understand that the macro lens is useless for most people.
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- blue
- 0CN
- 02 Jul 2023
UWA "macro" is really the worst solution. If you want to do a proper macro photography, you usually use a lens with longer focal lenght, because with ultra wide you cast shade on the object. The same is when photographing with your phone.
Not to mention that phone cameras simply don't do macro.
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- blue
- 0CN
- 02 Jul 2023
rosesarerosie, 02 Jul 2023Tf you talking about ? Macro photography is about capturing... moreExcept the blur is not natural here... the cameras with tiny sensors can't simply do it.
- GregLu
- p@r
- 02 Jul 2023
rosesarerosie, 02 Jul 2023Telephoto macros >>> UW macrosYeah, it offers a cleaner look. And no 'faux bokeh' indeed 👍
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- Anton.
- 8xX
- 02 Jul 2023
Berserker, 02 Jul 2023Im doing electronics repairs and the macro mode saved me ma... moreI don't know around here they hate the macro lens so much, I really don't use it very much! but it doesn't bother me that the cell phone incorporates it, but these crybabies, they scream for everything...
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- Berserker
- n64
- 02 Jul 2023
Im doing electronics repairs and the macro mode saved me many times when i need to see the replacement part's nimber which is impossible to see it with an naked eye.
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- Anonymous
- tZ4
- 02 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 02 Jul 2023Still not macro photographyShow me one professional macro shot that isnt blurred in the background before you talk big.
- Kangal
- 2Cy
- 02 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 02 Jul 2023Digital zoom will never replace properly another focal leng... moreWell, that's the point.
If we say the Ultra-Wide is a x1 zoom (ie No Zoom), then the regular Wide-angle shot feels like a x2 zoom. Then we have this Wide-angle is able to use pixel binning to get a very high-quality photo with half the pixels. So it would feel like a x4 zoom. This could be useful to many regular people. But for anything substantial, you need to shift away from digital zoom to optical zoom, and that's where the periscope comes in. Now if we baseline the Ultra-Wide as a x1 level zoom (takes a crowd photo), Wide-Angle at x2 level zoom (crops half members off, looks like three people instead of 6), Digital Telephoto at x4 level zoom (brings a single subject into frame), then our Narrow-Angle or Periscope camera would be optically using around a x20 level of zoom (looks past the subject to a small object behind in the distance).
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- Kal-el
- 32B
- 02 Jul 2023
Jimbob, 02 Jul 2023Its a nice feature but its junk on the P7 pro... the qualit... moreWe're all assuming you mean the Pixel 7 Pro? Nobody is calling it the P7, that's not a thing.
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- Jimbob
- 7@u
- 02 Jul 2023
Its a nice feature but its junk on the P7 pro... the quality gets downgraded too much
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 02 Jul 2023
Kangal, 02 Jul 2023I would prefer to only have three cameras on the phone:
A)... moreDigital zoom will never replace properly another focal length.
Distortion, perspective etc ..
24mm lens using 3x digital zoom will never feel like using a 72mm lens.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 02 Jul 2023
rosesarerosie, 02 Jul 2023There isn't a specified distance when it comes to macr... moreDear, the magnification.
You feel like using microscope. Everything looks huge there.
Something very small takes huge % of the frame.
Phones dont do it.