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Camera Innovation On Galaxy Devices

JAMES4578 — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:34:39 GMT

An interesting visual guide detailing the advances in Galaxy Camera Technology over the past 15 years, from The Galaxy S to the S25 Ultra and throughout the years there has been sifnificant advancement in the capabilities. Though of course some of the early Devices would have seemed impressive at the time.

See more details here https://news.samsung.com/global/infographic-15-years-of-leading-smartphone-camera-technology-a-history-of-galaxy-camera-innovation

Re: Camera Innovation On Galaxy Devices

Chappell101 — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:37:11 GMT

Nice post. Been some great functional additions over the years to let users be creative in new ways. ExpertRAW is great for a native option (Astro, Hyperlapse, Stacked noise control, focus peaking) Tracking on all resolutions and better long exposure stablisation would be nice though.

I miss my S4 Zoom badly it became a amazing phone for the time with the follow up K Zoom. Samsung was so far ahead back then and the same with the S23U it was a generation ahead at the time.

If some of the tech from now and a capability first not design methodology returned Samsung could release a monster phone. They have already created the sensor tech they just need to use it in their own devices not only sell it on to those working by spec only (I understand as a business it brings in wider revenue as fans will buy the new iterations even if mostly software changes)

Hopefully DCG will be opened to all thats been software locked for RAW since the S23U to match Google using it on the Samsung Sensors. I understand not doing this may make APV seem a more impressive a jump at launch but it's a big hardware quality jump that's been confusingly dormant the last few years that could have made Samsung the Android video lead. I imagine APV with live LUT's will be the next big launch with encoding support on the latest Snapdragon chips (Guess this guarantees it for the Ultra). Release a good on device video editor for it and you could take a chunk of the market back!!!! Without one it's a spec that's not going to draw being 5 years late. If it also brings better 20bit dynamic range I'd take that but I'm sure this would need to come in combo with newer sensors to harness it 😔.

It's just a shame it's arriving as Apple has finally moved on yet again with video to CFR RAW after working with macroblocking free footage for so long. It's a substantial lead to overcome now. I've learnt overtime a advanced feature without good support isn't really a feature. It's essential to present the option as a complete workflow.

Please make Pro mode a pure output option again (As a linear RAW could be being demosaiaced but it may get support one day then in programmes like DXO which is starting to embrace mobile now 😊 and I'm quite the fan for camera/lens combos it supports) If you want a device to be exciting make it support what people are already using.

I'm really looking forward to OneUI8.5's gallery assistant the image compare tool in it will be really helpful to me as the current 3rd party app I use while fine at 50MP images will crash after opening 3/4 200MP ones. It's a royal pain in the behind and the only other 3rd party to work similarly seems stuck in development limbo.

Re: Camera Innovation On Galaxy Devices

smiley — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:14:38 GMT

I have to say that I look through my photo libraries sometimes... such as a trip to Egypt during 2014. These photos taken with a galaxy s4.

And yet I can crop in on many of these images and they are surprisingly really good.

Yes features have been added and super-zooms, raw modes, the ability to manually set exposure and light levels, but I do still find these point and shoot photos from yesteryear are good quality.

Smiley

Re: Re: Camera Innovation On Galaxy Devices

Chappell101 — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:04:15 GMT

Very true there has been some great phones. Just taking the memory matters. The simplicity of some good glass and a lower resolution larger photosite is all you need for a good picture at times. I certainly don't always want modern sharpening algorithms.

Some older Notes less tampered RAW's are pretty good when I borrowed freinds phones. They might be a tad darker but often HDR's artifacts from the merge aren't worth it vs the cleaner natural contrast in the image before.