Big Myths About Phone Cameras You Need To Stop Believing – SlashGear

As excited as we are — and should be — about smartphone cameras, and as elegantly as they are advertised by smartphone manufacturers, they haven’t quite gotten to the level of professional cameras yet. There’s still a long way to go and some tough decisions to make.

Of course, smartphone cameras are already so good. Users can capture and record almost any type of image and video, respectively, on these cameras. Some of them, like the iPhone 14 Pro, have even been promoted as capable of shooting full-length movies. In addition, smartphones are shipping with ever-improving features for photos, video, and zoom quality. The iPhone 14 Pro’s “Cinematic Mode” brings to smartphones what was once thought to be only achievable on professional video cameras. Without question, it only gets better from here.

For now, though, smartphones haven’t quite reached the mark. DSLR cameras are still more true to life than smartphone cameras, as they are better at capturing the patterns of color, light, and shade in photos. Also, professional cameras provide more accurate control over imaging properties such as exposure, focal length, bokeh, ISO, and white balance. Thus, even at equal resolutions, higher quality images are achieved with professional cameras than with smartphone cameras.

If nothing else, smartphone camera developments are still driven by a mission to bring the full capability of professional cameras to the smartphone level. This threshold might be crossed sooner than later, and this is why the future holds great things for smartphone camera technology.