The LG Viewty Smart didn’t get its name by accident: it’s a seriously clever cameraphone. Inside that slinky shell is an 8 megapixel camera, and S-Class software smart enough to out-shoot a dedicated compact camera.
Read on, and we’ll introduce you to the top ten photographic super-powers of the LG Viewty Smart. It’s enough to have your camera quaking in its case.
1. Intelligent Shot
LG’s smart intelligent Shot technology knows what the world is supposed to look like, so when you point it at a scene it can recognise it and automatically adjust its aperture, shutter speed and white balance to guarantee you get the perfect photo.
2. Multi-touch zoom
Some cameraphones have fiddly zoom controls, but not the LG Viewty Smart. You needn’t take your eyes off the screen while framing a shot. Just pinch or expand two fingers on its display and the super-smart multi-touch zoom technology will crop in, or out, of a photo.
3. Sports mode
Some cameraphones come with just one or two modes: the LG Viewty Smart has six in total, including Sports mode, which automatically increases the camera sensitivity, so it can raise the shutter speed. That means crisper photos of moving objects, with less blurring.
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4. Smile Shot
Fed up of staring at the screen while convincing your subjects to smile? The LG Viewty Smart has the answer: Smile Shot. Switch it on, point it at friends or family, and let the phone do the rest. As soon as your loved ones flash a grin, it’ll grab a crisp photo with the face in perfect focus, all without you pressing a button!
5. Beauty Shot
Are your subjects feeling a bit self conscious? Engage the LG Viewty Smart’s Beauty Shot feature and it’ll smooth out their features and reduce blemishes, making almost anyone look like a cover model.
6. Face Tracking
Forget fiddling with manual focus, or worrying that auto focus is locking onto the right thing: the LG Viewty Smart includes Face Tracking technology. It’ll lock on to one person in its standard photographic modes, and track three fizzogs simultaneously in Intelligent Shot mode, making sure they’re always captured in sharp detail.
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7. Red-eye reduction
Lots of cameraphones simply shine a light at your subjects when the flash is switched on. Not the LG Viewty Smart. It has red-eye reduction technology, giving two blasts of light. The first causes your subjects eyes to contract naturally, limiting the amount of light that can be reflected back to create red-eye. The second burst of light actually illuminates them, so they’re bright and colourful, but without annoying red-eye.
8. Geotagging
The LG Viewty Smart doesn’t just take photos, it can also tag them with GPS information, to record exactly where you took them. When you upload them to the internet, or load them into photo management software on your PC, you’ll be able to plot them onto a map.
9. Self timer
Just like a dedicated camera, the LG Viewty Smart packs a timer to take photos that include you. It might seem a tiny addition, but few cameraphones feature a timer, and if you’re taking holiday snaps it’s a necessity. After all, you want people to know you were there too, don’t you?
10. Image stabilisation
You might think you have a steady hand, but even the tiniest wobble can ruin a photo. That’s why the LG Viewty Smart includes image stabilisation. It’ll monitor your movements and cancel out any twitches to give sharp, clear photos.
