How Phone Photography has Evolved Over the Past?

Gone are the days when phones were used to capture low-resolution blur photos. Today, the meaning of phone photography has changed. You have all sorts of camera features available on your smartphone which allows you to click photographs like a pro.

In the past two decades, progress in mobile camera technology has surprised almost everyone. Let’s have a look at how phone photography evolved from low-megapixel blur photos to high definition clear photos.

The first camera phone was released at the end of the year 2000. This phone clicks the low pixel, grainy photos with a maximum storage size of 20 photos. Isn’t it difficult to believe? 

Early, camera phones were capable of produce photos of 0.11-0.35 megapixels. From that point to till date, camera technology has grown by leaps and bounds. 

A few years later after the advent of a first camera phone, camera phone technology had witnessed few improvements such as basic flash feature, zoom feature, little better camera, and storage. Still, there was no significant change in the camera technology but improving little by little. 

But smartphone camera has changed everything. In the early days of a smartphone camera, stable picture, video recording, autofocus, flash features and high-resolution photos were the latest features. 

From the early days of the smartphone to today’s time, phone camera technology has progressed a lot. Today you have features like the dual lens, autofocus, wide aperture, auto flash detection, optical image stabilization, portrait mode, filters, panoramic view, HDR modes, HDR video recording, burst mode and a lot more. 

Also, smartphones camera varies from 5-40 megapixels and you can store the thousands of HD photos on the phone with high capacity memory cards. And, front camera has created the whole new world of selfies. The selfie has become the latest trends of recent times. 

Whether you want to click photographs in the day or night, smartphone camera can capture high-resolution photo anytime for you. So, phone photography has become the new trend in today’s world. 

However, quality of HD professional camera still cannot be matched by smartphone cameras. If you want a super-quality professional photo shoot for a wedding, filmmaking, or personal photo shoot, you can hire our professional photographer Eno Enefiok.