Macro photography is more popular than we expected: More than half of voters in last week’s poll expressed an interest in it, even though only a few of them have phones that are actually good at taking macro photos.
As we noted in that post, it is still very common for ultra wide angle camera modules to have fixed focus lenses. Manufacturers seem happy to put a basic 2MP macro module on most phones rather than paying for a more expensive lens on the ultra-wide angle.
Take a look at the survey results, the number of people who are interested in macro photography but don’t have the right phone because it outnumbers the number of people who are not interested in this style of photography at all. This seems like a missed opportunity for manufacturers.
We had a follow up question: which camera should be responsible for the macro mode? Most phones have a dedicated module or use the ultra wide angle camera. But some use their telephoto lenses instead.
This has the advantage of staying at a distance. As some commenters point out, sometimes it’s just not possible to move the phone a couple of inches away from the subject.
Even so, most people believe that the ultra wide angle is the right camera for the job. There were some proponents of dedicated macro lenses, but the majority think one of the other modules should do double duty.
Macro photography is a genre that has proved surprisingly popular: it adds variety by allowing people to capture images that regular cameras can’t. Now it’s up to manufacturers to make autofocus a standard feature on ultra-wide-angle cameras.
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