The V40
also introduces new camera modes, like a backlight effect in selfie mode. The
user can also adjust the colours of the background, for example changing it from
blue to green to red.
“Something
really cool is the Makeup Pro mode,” says Prinsloo. The feature, he says, is a
response to the K-beauty trend, the beauty equivalent of the K-Pop phenomenon
in Korea. “K-beauty is booming in Korea at the moment, and this feature helps
meet the demands of the market. It applies 10 different filters, from which you
select one in selfie mode, and then go on to add a blusher filter or more
eyeshadow, for example, to get different cosmetic styles in selfie images.”
Somehow, we
didn’t get round to testing that mode, but the triple-shot was tested on a
human against the Joburg skyline and at a dinner table. In both cases, it
opened new perspectives on the scene, not to mention new complications in
deciding which pics were worth keeping, uploading to the Google Cloud, or
consigning to the digital beyond.
That is the
problem with such amazing camera functionality: if we already produce too many
photos to choose, sort or catalogue, what will triple-shot and Penta-shot do to
our lives? But, let’s face it, this will be beautiful chaos.
- Arthur Goldstuck is founder of World Wide Worx and editor-in-chief
of Gadget.co.za. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram on @art2gee
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