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Most affordable smartphones tend to skimp on the performance of their camera, but the Honor 8X is not one of those smartphones. It comes with a powerful camera, certainly, but its greatest strength lies in its ability to take low-light photos with a flagship feature called Super Night Shot. That said, the camera is often as good as its photographer. Here are some tips you need to know to take better pictures in low light with your smartphone.
1. Join the Honor 8X Super Night Shot
It's the bread and butter function that you need to activate before taking dimly lit photos on the Honor 8X. Just select it in the mode dial at the bottom of the user interface. With Super Night Shot, the Honor 8X is able to eliminate handshake problems with long-exposure photos and supports multi-image image stabilization based on machine learning.
Basically, it's a super-intelligent super-duper mode. Previous long exposure modes required tripods or inhumanly stable hands, but this is not the case for Super Night Shot. Just press the shutter button in Super Night Shot and you will be able to admire the scene unfolding in front of you and illuminate you in an amazing photo in low light. Super Night Shot usually takes 5 seconds postures for breathtaking low light performance.
2. Stand still while shooting
Even if the Honor 8X is effective in eliminating the blur of handshake in Super Night Shot, the smartphone will work even better if you can stay stable. Before shooting, keep your legs planted and control your breathing as best you can. You can try to hold your breath, but staying away from any gasping or fast breathing will work wonders.
3. Make sure your subject stays stable
Make sure your subject remains stable while the Honor 8X captures a photo in Super Night Shot. You do not need to stay as stable as in a regular long-exposure shot with the awesome machine learning capabilities of the Honor 8X, but it certainly helps. That said, you can also use motion while shooting to add creative effects. Be sure to experiment to get the best results.
4. Use a tripod to unlock the "secret weapon" of the Honor 8X
Although Super Night Shot is designed to work well on a handheld, it also has a "secret" feature. With the Honor 8X's AI camera, the smartphone is able to detect if you have placed it on a tripod.
To unlock this feature, simply attach your smartphone to a tripod, switch to Super Night Shot mode, frame your shot, and press the shutter release button.
Generally, Super Night Shot takes 5-second exposures, but if it detects that it is on a tripod, the camera will intelligently switch to a longer exposure of 20 seconds or more. The longer the exposure time, the more light you can leave and the less intense the noise. The results are actually very dramatic.
BONUS TIP: To reduce any handshake, you can turn on the audio control feature that allows you to activate the Honor 8X trigger with your voice. You can set it to shoot when you say "Cheese" or when your voice reaches a certain decibel.
5. Use Light Painting to create low-light photographs
Here's a feature that not many people know is available on the Honor 8X. If you get into the "More" settings of the Camera app, you can activate something called "Lightweight Paint". With this mode, you access a set of features that traditionally require a set of advanced skills.
You can use this mode to capture traffic tracks, star trails, silky water effects, and light graffiti. With light graffiti, you can actually write words and draw shapes on a photo with something like a flashlight.
You can also use different colored lights to get different shapes and designs. Super easy, super cool.
The Honor 8X probably has one of the most impressive cameras on a midrange smartphone. Not only do you have access to what is usually a solid camera experience, you also have access to creative features and the Super Magic Night Shot. Add to that an excellent price-performance ratio for the smartphone and you get a revolutionary device.
Get your hands on this amazing device right now. The Honor 8X is on sale in Malaysia at the price of RM949 and you can pick one up from any authorized Honor dealer. If you prefer, you can also put this smartphone online on the official website of Honor or on Shopee.
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