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In the fantastic world of Android-powered mobile devices, you find a wide assortment of lens combinations. Each manufacturer of Android-based smartphones offer a single camera (often with a slightly wide-angle view), and the majority offer what is called a multi-lens combo. It’s common these days to see Android smartphones with three cameras plus a front-facing selfie camera.

If you own a single lens Android smartphone, don’t feel that you’re stuck with creating mediocre photos. The Google Pixel 4a, for example, only has one front-facing camera lens but it beats many of its competitors that have multiple lenses! What is more important than how many lenses your smartphone has is your ability to craft an image. What this means is how you compose your photo, how you use light to your advantage, and the emotion or narrative that you add to your images are skills that usually have more weight than just pure technical knowledge. This book helps you develop those skills, regardless of how many lenses your smartphone has.

The following list explains a rough description of the most common Android smartphone lens combinations. Some smartphones have one lens, some two, some three, and a few have four or more lenses. Multi-lens smartphone camera lenses are usually described as

 Ultra-wide: Made for sweeping landscapes or interior architecture.

 Wide-angle: This is usually the default general-use lens for all smartphones.

 Telephoto: More of a zoomed-in look, great for portraits and nature.

 Super-telephoto: Very zoomed-in look, perfect for distant wildlife and even for capturing a full moon!