(Newswire.net — July 28, 2015) — With every new smartphone model comes an even smarter camera. Still, there are many reasons why your phone camera, no matter how powerful it is, can’t be compared with professional photo equipment. However, that doesn’t mean that you’ll never produce an artistic photo, because the art is in the eye and the mind of an artist, not in his equipment.
So while it’s obvious what your smartphone camera can’t produce, there are some hidden powers you can find very useful, according to Evan Dashevsky’s article in PCmag.com.
Reportedly, most smartphones can see infrared.
That is how IR remote controller check applications work. If you point IR source to your smartphone camera, expect to see purple light on display. This feature, however, isn’t available on iPhones because of ‘IR Cut’ filters incorporated in those models, which theoretically serve to better photo quality.
Your Phone Plays Nicely with Telescopes
It is easy to snapshot objects far away with powerful tele-lenses. However, it is possible to do the same by attaching your smartphone to a telescope. Not exactly the same result, but it is enough quality to post it on your Facebook account. Watch out for invading privacy, though.
Catch vibration and produce an artistic photo
Due the technical imperfection and the limitations of your smartphone camera sensor, you can capture interesting moments, for example, the oscillation of guitar strings. You can make a pretty cool video using this technique.
Scan and Digitize Old Negatives with your smartphone.
Although it isn’t best way to do that, it is comforting to know that you can scan and digitalize old negatives. There are various Android applications that can turn your smartphone to a powerful digital scanner.
Use your phone camera to check your pulse.
The sensor of your phone camera is sensitive enough to register tiny color changes of your fingertip as the blood is pumping through the capillary.
There are various apps on iOS, Android and Windows that can turn your smartphone to a useful fitness tool that is able to check your pulse.
If for any reason you need to check someone elses heart beat quietly, PC article suggests the Cardiio (iOS) app, which claims it can use your phone’s camera to read pulse just by monitoring the small changes of color in the face!
Apparently, your smartphone camera can’t (yet) win you the photographer of the year prize, however, it is more powerful than we expected, and that power grows with every new model and with prodigious app developers.