Tecno held its Future Lens event in Shanghai this week and showcased three innovative technologies that we’re likely to see in future Phantom X camera phones.
The first is a unique variable aperture, which Tecno calls a W-shaped adjustable aperture. It is inspired by the eye of a cuttlefish and is designed to eliminate reflections in difficult lighting conditions, such as in strong backlight.
It’s a unique approach and we can’t wait to see what sensor and lens combination Tecno puts the W-shaped shutter next to. Here’s a demonstration of the shutter in action.
Tecno also introduced the industry’s first liquid macro telephoto lens. We’ve seen liquid lens technology before, but we’ve never seen it in a periscope module. Periscopes are large and it is a challenge to achieve macro focus within the traditional two-section housing.
Tecno’s approach uses tension to adjust the curvature of the lens, thus dynamically adapting it from long to narrow, achieving 5cm macro focus. Tecno says the liquid lens design allows for a large sensor.
Most phones use ultrawide cameras for macro capabilities. But their broader perspective brings many distortions to the images. Using a longer focal length, as in this case with a periscope zoom, is the way to true macro photography.
Tecno also once again demonstrated its Universal Tone technology. It uses three AI-powered engines to refine skin tones in photos. The Multi-Skin Tone Restoration engine calibrates and adjusts skin tones using a spectral color matrix, based on skin color color matching.
The local optimization engine identifies people within an environment and plays with tone mapping for a more striking image. Finally, the Computational Portrait Engine rounds it all off with pleasing aesthetics.
Tecno hasn’t said which future products will pioneer the liquid lens and W-shaped aperture, but we’d bet on the Phantom .
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