Here Are Tips For Using Zoom On Mobile Cameras To Keep Photo Results Sharp

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JAKARTA - Currently, many mobile phones are competing to have cameras with sophisticated specifications. This is offered so that users can have high quality photos.

Unfortunately, users are often wrong in operating zoom on camera. In fact, the use of the wrong camera feature can reduce image quality. To get the best results, you need to understand optical and digital zoom.

Launching from Makeuseof, optical zoom uses physical lens movements to enlarge objects without reducing image resolution. This is like what happens to professional cameras.

Most of the latest smartphones have up to 3 times or 5 times optical zoom capability. Some models can even reach 10 times zoom with special lenses, such as the Huawei P40 Pro Plus and the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom only crops the image and enlarges the selected section. The software will then add pixels to fill the missing area.

The process in this zoom version can usually make the photo opaque and the quality decreases drastically. Many users make mistakes by using the 'cubit to zoom' technique on the screen.

This action will automatically cross the optical zoom limit and switch to digital zoom. As a result, the result, the resulting photo will lose its sharpness. To make sure you only use optical zoom, pay attention to the buttons available at the camera interface.

Usually, there will be several zoom options such as 0.5x, 1x, 2x, or 5x. Each of these buttons represents a different physical lens. So, to get a sharp and quality photo, you just click on one of the available optical zoom values. Avoid scrolling between these values because it will enable digital zoom.