![]() That additional lens doesn’t have the variable aperture feature, however, so it’s not going to be able to let in as much light in darker shooting situations. That means you get a dedicated physical 2x optical zoom thanks to the second lens, which has a longer focal length. Plus, watching an aperture actually close down and expand on a smartphone camera when you adjust the settings is just pretty darn cool.įinally, Samsung has also decided to go the way of Apple and other rivals and put more camera into the larger S9+. It’s also going to lead to better results in almost all situations for automatic shooters, and I found that was definitely the case during my limited hands-on time. That’s great for when you’re specifically trying to add depth to your image via real bokeh, for instance, or when you want a flatter depth of field for portraits. This is huge not only for helping to reduce noise in dimmer spots, but also when it comes to the camera’s ‘Pro’ shooting mode, since you can manually set the aperture to whichever of the two you desire. The basic camera in both the S9 and S9+ gets a variable mechanical aperture, for instance, going from F1.5 in low light to F2.4 in brighter conditions. Samsung’s behaving like a camera company when it comes to the actual photographic optics of the S9, too. It still feels like Samsung’s just a breath away from borrowing Snap’s famous phrase to describe itself: ‘We’re a camera company’ – of course, Samsung actually used to make dedicated cameras, so it’s not too much of a stretch. Samsung’s smartphone is still equipped with a traditional home screen, of course (it’s not like it boots right into the camera) but you can almost see that they may have toyed with that very idea, before landing on this hub model. And it’s a home for shopping and information gathering, too, thanks to Bixby intelligence features that use image recognition to serve up direct shopping links, or to translate signage on the fly. ![]() from within the camera app, meaning it’s kind of a hub for your personal broadcasting experience. It’s a smart and easy fix to what was one of the most lamentable aspects of the S8’s camera experience.Įverything can also be easily shared to various social apps and with friends via messaging, etc. On the UX side, you no longer have to dig through a submenu to find all the various shooting modes available – they’re listed at the top in a tappable header, and you can also just swipe left and right to quickly cycle through the various options. A Samsung rep actually described it as a kind of destination unto itself during an advance briefing about the S9, and you can tell based on the features packed into the app, as well as the attention paid to redesign its interface to make it more user-friendly. ![]() Samsung is fully aware that people spend a lot of time in the camera app, and it wants to provide users with even fewer reasons to ever leave. But the most interesting thing about the camera might just be how central it is to the S9 and its launch. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ already had one of the better smartphone cameras in the industry, and the Galaxy S9 and S9+ both seem to be top contenders to secure Samsung a place among the best options out there in 2018, too. Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is an update that mostly sticks to the look and feel of the previous generation device, which is probably a big reason why the company is focusing specifically on the flagship smartphone’s camera for this reveal.
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