Several camera manufacturers have made some effort to make more user-friendly entry-level mirrorless models (including the results-orientated interfaces on the Olympus E-PL1, Sony NEX 3 and, the Cannon EOS M3), only to be met with either disappointing sales or sales to an entirely different group of users.
One big drawback on Mobile phones is they don’t have an optical zoom. They only have a digital zoom, which re-frames and edits the photo, and often results in pixilation of the image. This shortcoming obliges you to get closer to your model rather than using the zoom. If you like taking extreme close-ups, you need to bring your mobile right up close to the subject. As a result, the subject won’t stand out as well from the background as it would with a compact camera.
The image used in this article was taken in late evening, without using the built in flash. It was cropped in camera by carefully walking forward and backward until all details the photographer wanted in the image were there, and then later cropped in the editor. The Phone was a Samsung Android J5, with 10MegaPixel Resolution. The editor was used to pump up the contrast and saturation to full and the light down to minus 30. Then by using the effect filter “nostalgia”, the resulting image was created. We suggest you try different filters, and levels of light, contrast and saturation, and as always the main thing is to have fun!
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