How to make the most out of quad-lens cameras on Honor 9 Lite

Honor 9 Lite works on a surprisingly feature packed camera app. Here we have listed all the hidden tips and tricks that will help you click amazing pictures from this budget smartphone

By GizBot Bureau

| Updated: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 18:15 [IST]

Huawei has been manufacturing dual-lens camera smartphones from quite some time. The company has successfully delivered some flagship class camera handsets under its Honor and P series devices in last two years. Importantly, the Chinese tech giant has also made it possible to experience the same set of high-end mobile cameras at pocket friendly price-point.

How to make the most out of quad-lens cameras on Honor 9 Lite

The company's most recent product- Honor 9 Lite is a clear example of rapid technological advancement in mobile industry. The smartphone boasts an edge-to-edge screen and dual-lens camera setups, not just at rear but also at front.

The four-lens camera implementation I backed by powerful and intelligent camera software that makes Honor 9 Lite a force to reckon with in its respective price-point. You will get to experience the same camera app that powers Huawei's flagship camera smartphones. The camera app is loaded with intuitive features that can change the way you use your mobile phone for photography.

To give you an insight about the feature-rich camera on Honor 9 Lite, we have created the following guidebook. This will help you make the most out of Honor 9 Lite and company's previous smartphones. Have a look.

Camera Specifications

Honor 9 Lite is Huawei's second quad-lens camera smartphone. It is the first handset in the market in sub Rs. 15k price segment that offers four-lens camera system with the ability of hardware-level bokeh effects. Honor 9 Lite features a 13MP+2MP camera setup at front and at rear. The 2MP secondary lens is provided to sense depth of field information to create hardware level bokeh effect. The rear camera also supports Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF) and is capable of recording 1080p videos at 30fps.

Easy to use Camera App

A complex camera app can hamper the photography experience big time. Thankfully, Huawei has managed to add a myriad of camera modes and filters without complicating the things with its smartphones.

The quad-lens camera setups on Honor 9 Lite works on an easy to use camera app that offers everything you need under one roof. Fire up the camera and you can access Portrait mode, Wide aperture mode, Moving pictures and Beauty mode right at the main screen itself.

Access main camera settings and modes/filters with simple swipes

You can simply swipe left to access all the important camera settings such as image resolution, GPS, timer, touch to capture and more. For those who love experimenting with pictures can swipe right to access modes section. Here you will find a plethora of features to enhance the photography experience. The section offers a variety of modes including Photo, Pro Photo (manual mode), Video, Pro video, HDR, Night shot, Panorama, Light painting, Time-lapse, Filters, watermark and more. Color filters can also be applied from this section. Moreover, you can also install new modes to experiment with pictures you capture.

Group Selfies, Panorama Selfies and Gesture support

Fire up the selfie camera and you can also capture group selfies with the help of Panorama selfie. Last but not the least, Honor 9 Lite camera is also intelligent enough to sense gestures and smiles to take a shot.

Stunning Portrait shots with front and rear dual-lens cameras

With dedicated shooters to sense the depth information, you can capture hardware level bokeh effect while using front and rear camera setups. Just tap on the ‘Portrait mode' or ‘Wide aperture mode' while using the rear camera and ‘Portrait mode' while you click a selfie and see the magic yourself.

The Portrait mode in front camera is also backed with an upgraded beauty algorithm that can recognize facial contours, diverse features and customize beauty effects based on subject's genders. You can simply enable the ‘Beauty' mode by tapping on the face icon at the bottom right corner of the camera app. Moreover, you can also customize the amount of beauty effect in real-time with the in-built slider.

Full-fledged Pro photo and Pro Video mode

If you have a knack for photography and like to play around with camera settings, you will love the new Honor 9 Lite. The smartphone not only offers a manual mode for pictures but also a dedicated manual mode for videos.

The ‘Pro photo' and ‘Pro video' modes are designed to suit your individual shooting requirements. The modes allows you to adjust metering, shutter speed, EV, manual focusing, white balance and other advanced settings to bring out the photographer inside you.

Night Shot and Light Painting

Honor 9 Lite also makes it possible to capture the world in low-light. The smartphone comes with ‘Night shot' mode that makes it possible to capture better low-light images with reduced noise. You can adjust the ISO and exposure time to shoot images when light conditions are not favorable. Perhaps the most interesting mode on Honor 9 Lite is the ‘Light Painting'.

This mode makes it possible to capture amazing long exposure images in four different modes- tail light trails, light graffiti, silky water and star trail. Just make sure you have a tripod handy with you while using these two modes.

Play around with Interesting Filters

Last but not the least, Honor 9 Lite also comes with an array of carefully crafted filters that can turn any ordinary picture into a piece of art. Check out the above picture captured with ‘Impact' mode. You can also use 8 other modes to give your images an artistic look.

We recommend shutterbugs to try all the above modes and filters of Honor 9 Lite. These additional modes and filters make Honor 9 Lite one of the most feature-packed camera smartphone in sub Rs. 15,000 price segment.