After so many years of "engaging in machine people", I have seen so many golden sentences in the circle of machines, and this sentence is estimated to be in the top three:
Well, this sentence sounds a little reasonable, but in fact it is not very reasonable.
It makes sense because some features, although used less frequently, do not rule out that they are sometimes used.
However, these features that you don't use often, you can buy with money.
Pay for configurations you don't need, and no one will really like it.
Among them, the configuration that can be called "the least needed by users" must be it - a number of lenses.
Why do you need to take more shots
Before counting the cameras, it is necessary to first talk about the significance of mobile phone multi-camera.
Mobile phones are not like SLRs and no reflections, and they cannot remove and replace the lens anytime and anywhere, nor can they install a barrel-shaped zoom head.
So the manufacturer came up with a trick:
With lenses with different focal lengths, the effect of shooting in as many focal lengths as possible can be achieved.
Like the latest Xiaomi Mi 12S Ultra, you can achieve 13mm ~ 120mm full-focal length shooting with multi-camera.
In addition, there is also a way to play multi-camera, that is, to make the color lens and the black and white lens "match".
The color lens is responsible for recording the color, and the black and white lens is responsible for increasing the amount of light entered and capturing details.
Snap, a nice night photo comes out.
The earlier Huawei P9 and last year's Glory Magic 3 Pro also used this routine.
What is a counting shot?
The early mobile phones put the law of "more shots are not bad" on it, and it still makes sense.
But in recent years, in order to create the illusion of "my mobile phone image is very strong", many manufacturers have begun to frantically stuff lenses.
Generally speaking, the mobile phone will be equipped with a main camera, ultra-wide angle lens.
Slightly higher-end ones will also be paired with telephoto.
These three are also lenses that users usually use more frequently, and the flagship machine stacker is basically stacked on them.
But the flagship machine has the capital to pile materials, ah, the limited cost of the mid-range machine, entry machine to do?
So...... It seems that there are many shots, but in fact, only the main camera can still see the "number of image wind" out.
On non-flagship models, it is often seen that the main camera is tens of millions, or even 100 million pixels, but a 200W macro lens is built next to it.
It doesn't have to be macro shots, sometimes it's depth of field, sometimes it's black and white.
Only you can't think of it, no manufacturer can't get it.
And not only non-flagships are making up, sometimes even flagship machines have joined the ranks.
It's quite excessive.
So whether on the social platform or in our background, I can often see a small partner spitting together a number of shots.
Not only in China, some foreign media have also done a "worst mobile phone design" survey.
Topped the list was the "Counting Shots".
By the way, the others on the list are "mobile phones do not come with accessories", "small batteries with large fast charge", "no low-cost small screen machine", "no telephoto lens", "plastic back cover".
Without counting the shots, can you achieve the same effect?
First of all, the conclusion, basically can be.
Depth-of-field lenses and black-and-white filter lenses are not exhaustive.
Both of these functions could have been implemented algorithmically.
▲There is no separate depth of field lens can also achieve a good portrait bokeh
Let's focus on macro lenses.
Regardless of the fact that many ultra-wide angles can now achieve macro functions, let's try to see if we can achieve the effect of macro in a cropped way.
One of the two machines in the hand shoots with the high-pixel mode and macro mode of the main camera.
As you can see from the picture, the use of high pixels for cropping is a slight discrepancy in the details of macro mode.
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But in fact, if you don't look at it very carefully, you basically can't see it.
And when shooting with macro lenses, you need to bring the lens very close.
This will block a lot of light, and the resulting photos will appear particularly dull.
Whether the existence of macro lenses makes sense, I believe that everyone has their own answer in mind.
Of course, some can still achieve results that conventional lenses can't shoot.
Like the telephoto macro lens that Xiaomi loved to use in the past two years, it can indeed achieve better macro imaging.
There are also recent microscope heads and so on, at least to give people a bright feeling.
Starting next year, there may be fewer and fewer shots
Obviously, most people have begun to reduce the fever on the concept of "multi-shot".
Today's high-end models, many dare not put together a few shots.
As for the low-end models, they may have to take care of the offline consumer market, and it seems that they will not be able to change for a while and a half.
Recently, some manufacturers have cut the lens, which is a good sign.
Some time ago, the Korean media broke a message that Samsung intends to reduce the number of lenses for next year's Galaxy A new machine.
▲Samsung Galaxy A53
It is expected that the Galaxy A24, A34 and A54, which will be launched next year, will cut the depth of field lens and change from the current four-shot to three-shot.
The money saved will be used to enhance the main camera, such as replacing a better sensor.
The entry-level realme C30, which was released overseas last month, is also a good example.
As a machine priced at only 7499 Indian rupees (about 646 yuan), so many cameras are virtual.
An 800W pixel lens can be used.
Manufacturers who have not yet given up the number of lenses should consider doing subtraction.