Everything you need to know about your phone camera (P.1)

Phone camera: Megapixels, Sensor Size, and Aperture

One of the most talked-about features of phone cameras is Megapixel. One megapixel equals to one million pixels. If your phone camera comes with the resolution of 16MP, the images captured by your camera will contain maximum 16 million pixels. In theory, the more megapixels the camera has, the better the images will look. You don’t have to worry much about the blocky things when zooming or cropping.

Although megapixels are important, they are not the only role in deciding photo quality. Next, we have sensor size, a feature that contributes considerably. An average phone camera will have sensor size of about one-third per inch. The bigger the sensor size, the better and clearer your photos will be. So, if you have to choose between two devices that share similar megapixels, just pick the one with a larger sensor size.

Next in the list is Aperture. This factor will decide how much light can go through the cameras. Aperture is expressed in the f-number. The smaller the f-number is, the bigger the aperture is. And a bigger aperture means more light to go into the camera. This f-number affects not only the brightness of the pictures but also the image’s depth of field. So, if you need to take a shot in the low light condition, a phone camera with small f-number is a proper choice. On the other hand, a big f-number (small aperture) will do better in the landscape images and in the heavy light condition.

Phone camera: there will be more

Those are just 3 among things you need to know about your phone camera. With the basic knowledge above, now you can partially know about your phone camera, as well as its quality. And if you are intrigued to know more about your smartphone cameras, just follow up with part 2 here.