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The best smartphone cameras on the market.

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06/05/2016 - 11:39 - iServices
The best smartphone cameras on the market.

With each smartphone model that comes out, the camera is one of the components that generally receives more improvements and nowadays we can already find cameras capable of rivaling digital cameras. But which models have the best:

Sony Xperia Z5 Sony got ahead of its competitors and was the first to present a high-end smartphone in 2016. The Z5, as with previous models, does not leave camera specifications to chance and features a rear camera with an impressive 23 megapixels. and an auto-focus of 0.03 seconds. But if the Sony Xperia Z5 has a very high number of megapixels why isn't it the best? Now the problem is that, the more megapixels a camera is more likely to ruin the photos it takes, this happens if the other features are not up to par. The Z5's lens has a tendency to overexpose images.

LG G5 LG promised that it would present a different smartphone and that's exactly what it did with the launch of the G5. This top of the range has the particularity of having modules that we can add depending on the use we want to give the mobile phone. The G5 has two rear and front cameras which allows you to take pictures with greater angles without losing quality. The rear cameras have 16 megapixels and the front 8. In addition, it is possible to purchase the Cam Plus. Despite all these innovations, lenses with wider angles sometimes cause some unwanted effects like the fisheye effect when we just want to take a normal picture.

HTC 10  HTC recently presented its top-of-the-range mobile phone and it didn't take long to make an update based on improving the camera access application. The rear camera has 12.1 megapixels with an aperture of f/1.8 that allows images with great details. Despite being a camera with smaller megapixels than the z5 and not having image angles as wide as the G5, all the features of the camera of the HTC 10 together make it one of the best on the market.

Huawei P9 Huawei has been gradually improving the features of its smartphones. And if in the first models the brand was far from being able to face the main brands, with the P9 the brand ends up even differentiating itself by the camera since it has Leica certification. This certification is due to the partnership between the two companies that culminated in 2 rear cameras capable of shooting even in low light situations thanks to RGB and monochrome sensors, as well as an unprecedented ISP depth processor that allows a photo speed of 200 % higher than the main competitors. In addition to this we can also shoot in raw format. Raw is especially important for photo editing, since in raw we can make corrections without losing image quality. The two rear cameras work together to create a solid image unlike what happens with the LG G5.

iPhone 6s/6s Plus/SE We would be far from thinking that in 2016 the camera of a mid-range cell phone would be at the top of smartphone cameras. We are talking about the iPhone SE that came out this year. And if on the one hand it didn't bring any innovation, the truth is that Apple introduced one of the best cameras available in the smartphone market in a 4-inch iPhone. This camera is precisely the same as the one we found on the iPhone 6s. This one has 12 megapixels capable of an aperture of f/2.2 which is a little behind the models we presented earlier. However, the camera uses other features that keep HDR and excellent sharpness even in difficult conditions.

Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge  This list could not miss the latest model of Samsung's Galaxy generation, the S7, launched this year. It also has a 12 megapixel camera like the iPhone 6s but the lens has an impressive f/1.7 aperture that lets in lots of light, ideal for the colorful photos and images we often see portrayed on the brand's OLED screens. The contrasts and textures are among the best we can find on a smartphone even in very low light situations. If we add these features to the rest of the S7, we have the smartphone that many consider to be the best on the market.

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