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For an enthusiast photographer who spends at least an hour a day shooting, I've never felt more self conscious about snapping images than taking out the Venue 10 out for a quick picture. Despite having two more sensors and fancy depth sensing technology, the quality of the photos this tablet takes isn't anything amazing.
Because the onboard Intel RealSense Snapshot Depth camera is actually split between an 8MP sensor and two adjacent 720p shooters, the Venue 10 can take 3D photos. When I say 3D images, I don't mean you need funny glasses to see them. Rather, the cameras work together to create an image that contains depth data for every pixel, which then allows you to refocus after the fact.
Shoot first and recompose later might sound like it takes some of the pressure off getting the shot right the first time. But, in reality, you're just picking an area to stay in focus and overlaying the rest of the image with a bad blurring effect. Images look particularly poor when the tablet blurs out the image in odd patterns, thinking two or more spots in the frame are on the same plane.
Measuring objects is another hat trick that Intel's Realsense camera can pull off and it works surprisingly well. You can shoot and object and get an accurate reading on its dimensions. I wouldn't rely on it for a home improvement project, but it comes in handy whenever you don't have your tape measure with you.
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