{"id":2798,"date":"2019-05-24T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2019-05-20T12:44:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T16:44:50","slug":"update-to-smartphone-cameras-have-come-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/update-to-smartphone-cameras-have-come-a-long-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Update to: “Smartphone cameras have come a long way”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In “Smartphone cameras have come a long way<\/a>,” you saw some early, warts-and-all test snapshots I took with a Galaxy S10’s three rear cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, I found a very useful software setting buried in the camera menus: It reduces the barrel distortion<\/a> that was evident in the wide-angle shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when I say the setting was “buried,” I mean it. Grrr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not in any of the image-setting\/modifying menus — not in the “camera modes” menus; nor “shot suggestions;” nor “scene optimizer;” nor “flaw detection;” or in any other menus one might look for an image-processing setting to reduce barrel distortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather, I found it quite by accident buried in the “Save options” menu — next to the options to change the default save-to location, or the default save (jpg\/raw) format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why “Ultra-wide shape correction” is a save<\/strong><\/em> option — why it isn’t with the rest of the image-altering\/modifying options — I have no clue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But despite its odd location, the setting does somewhat reduce the effects of barrel distortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a new set of pix I took last weekend from almost the same location as in the first set. These are also minimally edited — mostly just straightening — and they’re saved as compressed-in-the-camera jpgs. So again, these certainly aren’t best-case photos; at this point I’m just trying to figure out the lenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the same sequence as before: ultra wide; standard (wide); optical telephoto 2x; optical 2x + digital 5x. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ultra wide angle; a bit less barrel distortion than before <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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standard (wide); nearly flat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2x optical zoom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2x optical + 5x digital = 10x total<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t yet begun to seriously explore the Pro options yet; who knows what might be buried in those menus? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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