11 months ago at Samsung unpacked event, Samsung announced that they will open its Camera SDK to enable developers to bring Samsung camera powers to third-party apps. . :  (* evidence here: Link 1  and   here: Link 2).   I raised a separate topic on this. Please add it to the petition. \samsung did did not  fulfill their comittment commitment. Also Pro Mode video recording was removed. You can no longer set manual focus, ISO, shutter - low light videos look horrible.   Samsung actually did exact oposite of what they promissed: Link to developer.samsung.com  Quote:"As of Dec. 1, 2019, the Camera SDK (v1.0.0 - v1.3.2) is deprecated on all devices. We regret any inconvenience." So instead of Opening the Camera  SDK/NDK, the already existing SDK available since 2015 is now no longer supported.  That means even less functionality to 3rd party apps/devs. "   Should we trust Samsung that they will deliver what will be promissed on their next Unpacked event?    #DoWhatYouCan't   #LiesLiesLies ... View more

I have tried many paid & free Camera apps including FIlmicPro & Moment Pro Camera and I ended up using free and adfree OpenCamera. You can record in 24 or 30 fps though but It has advanced Photos and Videos features and apart from everybody else it is the only Camera app that supports 4:3 / 1:1 aspect resolutions like 2880x2160 or 2160x2160. These resolutions offer much higher FOV (Field of View) and in my opinion even better image quality compared to 16:9 which is cropped and has narrow vertical Field Of View.   Does anyone know any other 3rd party app besides FilmicPro which uses a workaround to record 4K @ 60fps on Exynos ? ... View more

Sad news, according to some youtube reviews of the new One UI 2.0 beta for S9+  Pro mode video is still missing. Very disappoionting, it has been 1 year since they removed it and ever since then the video quality is horrible in low light. Great job Samsung.  #DoWhatYouCan't ... View more

@Henmaker wrote:   Changed to Huawei phone. The pro mode support video pro mode, manual adjust everything. Even on Androids 10. Never look back. @Henmaker Can you set manual shutter speed i.e. 1/120 etc or only. Exposure Variation? (EV)  If you can please share which model it is I want to switch to another brand.    Samsung either does not care about PRO users or they had to remove the feature to cover up some gaps in their last flagship devices.  ... View more

As Samsung announced on galaxy10 unpacked event they have partnered with Adobe and there is Discounted Adobe Premiere Rush avalable to download from Galaxy store. This app can be used as Camera app. It has PRO mode features but on Exynos S9+ it does not support 4K@60 fps or Aprture selection. For basic use it can be used without subscription as long as you don't edit or re-encode  the videos.    This is what puts Competitors like iPhone ahead - they have perfect support for 3rd party apps that can offer pro mode features and even lens selection.  I am very upset on Samsung and I discurrage anybody from buying Galaxy phone. I have purchased FilMIC Pro and yes recently it actually let's you record 4K @60fps but its not practical. It takes lots of time to setup it crashes when you switch camera app to take photo (even when not recording) Auto focus doesn't work, sometimess videos are out of focus. The way how iso/ shutter is set via this side wheel is horrible you can't save it in preset you have to reconfigure everything Everytime. It takes ages, Its embarrassing when people areawaiting for you just to start filming. But what FilMIC doesn't support is proper resolution selection.  It only lets you choose 16:9 resolutions which have very narrow vertical field of view something like 36 degrees then you can crop to 4:3 or 1:1 but that is far from 4K.   I will complain via members app about their premier rush. They should stop marketing that they can do 60 FPS if no 3rd party app can use it. Even FilMIC doesn't officially support 4K@60 as it is some weird  workaround / trick.  ... View more

@mashman wrote: i returned my s9+ also.... I got my money. Bye samsung Hey @mashman after how long have you returned your S9+ ? I am not buying Samsung ever again. It's time to move on to something that's more fit for Pro users. What brand are you switching too? ... View more

The developers that have made this deliberate decision to remove Pro mode video with justification to make the interface more simple for the users along with the product management team that approved such decision will in the end be responsible for global decline in sales - including the upcomming S10 series as this functionality is not there either.   This basically means that any high end galaxy phone that received Pie already (S8/S9/Note9/S10) is unable to take control of their videos. How is it possile that nobody noticed this? Here are the top 5 issues I am seeing since Decemeber using the new Camera App Video mode on my S9+.   1) Unable to fix exposure -  camera  keeps adjusting the brightness based on object in the center of the screen. Adjusting + / - slider will adjust the exposure but after 3-4 seconds when slider disappears and a bright or dark object moves to the center of the screen phone will compensate and either highlights or shadows are  blown out. Simple scenario to reproduce the issue - start recording indoors against a wall between 2  windows - click or use the +/- slider to adjust exposure to outside (window) or inside wall - wait 3-4 seconds for + / - slider to disappear and see what happens when you move the camera..   Results : Highlights or shadows will be blown out. Exposuere will keep readjusting based on object in center of the view. This is normal behaviour of low and some mid tier smatphones.   2) Permanent Focus Hunting - camera keeps hunting for focus based on the change detected in center of the view. When clicking for example on and object on side of the screen focus is adjusted temporarily (along with exposure whether you like it or not), then after 3-5 seconds when slider disappears any movement in center will steal your focus. i.e.: car passing on the street in the bacground etc.    3) No support for manual focus - You can't set focus manually at all to create a beautifull cinematic shots with object in foreground or backround being intentionally out of focus Above behaviour is what is considered normal on low and mid range of smartphones.     4) Horrible noise and grain in low light videos because you are unable to fix ISO (i.e.: ISO 50 to 100 reduces the noise in shadows)   5) Horrible flicker because you are unable to manually set shutter speed  - i.e. recording TV or low cost indoorlights that flicker. Not to mention that you can keep dreaming about smooth videos with 180 degrees shutter etc....    To end on a positive Note Samsung was able to deliver the Software update for the first time even ahead of the time.... Maybe bit unfortunate for Samsung to do this just before the S10 release ...... ... View more

If I could return my S9+ I would not hesitate for a minute. Problem is I pre-ordered almost 1 year ago...  They probably don't have a clue how bad it can get when you don't use Pro Mode Video in terms of  noise / grain on the video under some more challenging conditions. It's just the matter of time when Youtube will be flooded with videos made by the angry cinematographers trying to drive their point to Samsung support.   Good job Samsung , and also perfect timing- these videos will be very popular among users that pre-order and and have lots of time to think if they have made the right choice . And don't forget to cripple the Pro mode video also for all S8 users to make them very unhappy as well ....... ... View more