I'm a big fan of what manufacturers do to save Android phones. This particular price segment saw the most innovation last year and continues to do so.
Contents1. Great low-light shots2. One-handed focus3. Straighten your photos4. Manual control of contrast, saturation and sharpness5. Add age marks to your photos6. Capture images while recording videos7. Pocket modeThere is a lot of potential
Xiaomi is the market leader in budget phones and with the new Redmi Note 5 it has proven it again. Everything about this phone is great and the camera is exceptionally good for the price. It has it all:a large 1.25μm pixel size, 5-element lens and f/2.2 aperture.
Features that one would get on flagship devices about a year ago are now available at a fraction of the cost before.
There's so much more than meets the eye and there are a number of hidden features everyone needs to use to unlock this camera's full potential, among other things you need to do with your new phone.
Today we are looking at 7 amazing Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 camera tips and tricks and trust me, you will only love this phone even more when you start using it.
A large aperture and large pixel size for the camera sensor allow for brilliant low-light photography. However, Xiaomi didn't just stop there with the Redmi Note 5.
An interesting feature of this phone's camera is the automatic low-light image enhancement mode. When active, this feature ensures that all images captured in low light have the best possible quality.
It uses a combination of software enhancements to improve the quality of images captured in low light, which are otherwise dull and grainy.
This mode works for both the rear camera and the front camera. Therefore, it makes sense to enable this feature right away.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Photo> Camera settings> Automatically improve low-light photos and turn on the switch.Capturing images with a camera phone is great fun, you can select the area you want the camera to focus on for the perfect shot.
However, the problem arises in situations where you can't spare both hands for the job and the camera's focus is somewhere other than the area you want it to be. In such cases, the one-handed focus mode comes in really handy.
This mode can be found in the camera settings and all you need is to activate the focus function for the function Press and hold the shutter button.
Now the next time you need the camera to focus on something, just hold down the shutter button for a few seconds and the phone will do the work for you.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Photo> Camera settings> Long press the shutter button and select Focus from the next screen.One of the most annoying things that happens after capturing a photo is finding out that the frame wasn't straight.
Now your moment is over and there is nothing you can do but resort to photo editing software and try to salvage what you can from that image. Or, you can just turn on Straighten mode and let the phone tell you when you're holding it wrong.
This feature uses the phone's sensors to ensure a perfectly straight image and works great when taking portraits.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Photo> Options> select Straighten from the options.Another cool feature of the Redmi Note 5 is the manual contrast, saturation and sharpness control for image capture. You can give your images a polished finish by playing around with these settings or you can simply enhance their appearance.
The only downside is that you can't control these settings on the fly or while taking photos. You will need to go to the camera settings and enable it first. Hopefully this will be improved soon in future software updates.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Photo> Camera settings> Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness and toggle the settings as needed.Xiaomi phones are notoriously popular for their age detection algorithm. This feature tries to guess the age of the person(s) in front of the camera and over the years it has improved this considerably.
With the Redmi Note 5, you can even get a person's age stamp right next to their photo. While there's no real use I can think of for this feature, it's pretty fun to have and add to photos you take with your friends.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Photo> Camera settings> Add timestamp on photos and turn on the switch.Many times we feel the need to capture a moment in a picture, but since your phone camera is busy recording a video, you can't do it.
Although you can extract an image from the video, there is a huge difference in quality between the image you take from the camera and the image you extract from a video.
With the Redmi Note 5, you don't have to worry about that. There is a hidden toggle in the video settings that can enable this feature on your phone.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Video> Camera settings> Video capture while recording and turn on the switch.On-screen gestures are a boon to mankind. They allow phone users to control several aspects or features of their phone by tapping or drawing a shape. However, phone screens have become very sensitive in order to understand and react to these gestures.
This can sometimes lead to false gesture recognition and it mostly happens when your phone is in your pocket.
Nevertheless, the Redmi Note 5 also has a solution to this problem with pocket mode. Once activated, it allows the phone to recognize when it's sitting in a pocket so that it doesn't register or react to any gestures. Personally, I like this feature.
To enable this :Open the Camera app and go to Photo> Camera settings> Handheld mode and turn on the switch.As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, the Redmi Note 5's camera has serious potential, provided the app supports it.
Sticking to the default app is one way or you can also look for third-party apps that can help you unlock the true potential of the phone.
Here is a quick comparison between two of the very popular manual camera apps that I personally like and hope it helps you too.
