5 Best Dual Camera Smartphones

A pure Android smartphone from Xiaomi has become an unspoken hit among budget phones with a dual camera. There are two color modules of 12 megapixels, a double optical zoom and phase detection autofocus. One module with a telephoto lens, the other - wide-angle. Portrait mode is present: in it, the system smears the background and focuses exclusively on the object, simulating the work of a professional camera. Sometimes a smart program has misfires - hair and “protruding” parts of the body are washed out, the contours of the object may not be in focus.

The camera is capable of HDR and demonstrates high-quality results. The program interface provides access to a variety of manual settings: from contrast and exposure to the selection of the active camera module. Xiaomi Mi A1 can rightfully be considered the best cheap camera phone.Yes, there are flaws in the camera, but for such a price they are easy to forgive.

The flagship from the beloved Finnish company surprises with a dual camera and technologies implemented in the field of photography. The legendary optics of Zeiss AG is worthy of attention and respect. The process of creating a frame is as follows: the camera shoots with two modules at the same time, then superimposes the pictures on top of each other and improves them programmatically. In portrait mode, the system beautifully blurs the background. It is a pity that there is no post-focus function on the finished image.

The manufacturer focuses on the "Bozi" function: this is the ability to shoot video simultaneously on the main and front cameras. Another innovation from Nokia is the recording of video with sound on three microphones with the ability to focus on the sound source. In the viewfinder, you need to “tap” on the image of a sounding object, and now, no matter how you turn the phone, the microphones will diligently ignore other sounds and record waves from the designated source.

This under-appreciated smartphone from Apple boasts dual cameras with f/1.8 wide-angle and f/2.8 telephoto lenses. Both cameras are endowed with a resolution of 12 megapixels. Optical stabilization, alas, only in the wide-angle module. Compared to previous Apple creations, this phone has a new, faster image signal processor, an expanded color range and instant autofocus.The flash has also undergone changes: the manufacturer has equipped it with the Slow Sync function, which means that the foreground and background are evenly illuminated. The camera can shoot in 4K format and creates high-quality videos. There is also a slowdown function, which was appreciated by instablogers.

But the main pride of the owners of the eighth iPhone with the plus sign in the name is portrait shooting with the effect of studio lighting. Now professional portraits can be created without special equipment, tripods, lamps and light diffusers.

This model has the fastest camera in the world. The minimum aperture size is f/1.5. But that's not all - the aperture size is adjusted at the request of the user. Choose f/1.5 for low light or portrait shots with background blur, and f/2.4 for sunny weather and landscapes. The resolution of both modules is 12 megapixels. Pleased with the noise reduction system.

The shooting process is conditionally divided into three stages. First, a photosensitive matrix with Dual Pixel is activated - a special autofocus system. Next, a high-speed signal processing system comes into play. The DRAM memory module is shutting down, which reads the image from the matrix and transfers it for processing. Thanks to this division of labor, the smartphone can shoot in super slow motion in 4K quality. Users appreciated the fun feature of modifying the lights in the background. Programmatically, they can be shaped like hearts or stars.Well, and the cherry on the cake: both cameras work with optical stabilization.

This is a sub-brand creation of Huawei, which users have fallen in love with for its magical image quality. The main camera uses two modules - 20 and 12 megapixels. It is they who work the wonders of photography, forcing users to argue about the nature of the picture - whether it was really taken on a smartphone.

One module is monochrome and shoots in black and white. The color module received a resolution of 12 megapixels, and the monochrome one got 20 megapixels. When photographing, both modules are used - first, a monochrome image is obtained with a high-quality white balance, well-developed shadows and expressive light areas, then a color image captured by the other eye of the camera is superimposed on it. The resulting photo is saved at a resolution of 20 MP.

In the camera application interface, you can choose which of the modules you want to use when shooting. Purely color images are obtained at a resolution of 12MP.