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1. Detailed Technical Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Camera
The manufacturer brings the best equipment for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera, featuring a main camera setup with 4 lenses:
- Main wide-angle camera with 200 MP, f/1.7 aperture, 24mm focal length, 1/1.3″, 0.6µm, multi-directional PDAF, Laser AF, and optical image stabilization (OIS)
- Super telephoto camera with 50 MP, f/3.4 aperture, 111mm focal length, PDAF, optical image stabilization (OIS), and 5x optical zoom.
- Telephoto camera with 10 MP, f/2.4 aperture, 67mm focal length, 1/3.52″, 1.12µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, optical image stabilization (OIS), 3x optical zoom.
- Ultra-wide-angle camera with 12 MP, f/2.2 aperture, 13mm, 120˚ field of view, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Super Steady video
Additionally, the main camera setup of the S24 Ultra is equipped with HDR10+ and is capable of recording videos at 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 1080p@960fps.
Notably, the S24 Ultra generation sees significant improvements in image processing software with a new image processing chip, accompanied by prominent features including:
- ProVisual technology enhances image detail, brightness, and contrast for optimal image quality.
- AI Zoom: Utilizing AI to enhance detail for seamlessly zoomed photos ranging from 1x to 100x with improved detail.
- AI also supports simple post-processing video editing, artistic image editing.
Meanwhile, the front camera of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is 12 MP with f/2.2 aperture, 26mm focal length (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF. The front camera of the S24 Ultra also supports HDR10+ and records videos at 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps.
Compared to the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra camera, the S24 Ultra boasts significant upgrades in the super telephoto camera (utilizing a 50MP sensor instead of 10MP as on the Galaxy S23 Ultra). Alongside are numerous software upgrades, especially AI enhancements.
So, with what's equipped, does the Samsung S24 Ultra camera deliver good photo and video quality? Let's explore further in the section below.
2. Reviewing the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera through real-world photo tests
2.1 Zoom photo quality of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
The biggest upgrade of the S24 Ultra camera compared to the S23 Ultra is undoubtedly the 50MP super telephoto camera, as well as the application of AI in enhancing the detail of each pixel in every zoom level. As a result, the zoom photos captured by the Galaxy S24 Ultra camera achieve excellent outstanding levels compared to the S23 Ultra camera, as evidenced by the two 5x zoom photos below:
It can be observed that not only are the colors more realistic, but the level of detail is also significantly better in the zoom photo taken by the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera compared to the S23 Ultra.
The S24 Ultra camera can also zoom up to 100X, and the quality is quite impressive. You can see some zoomed photos below:
2.2 Daytime photo quality with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera
With a presence of a 200-megapixel camera, the Samsung S24 Ultra phone achieves good photo detail quality, and users can save photos in RAW format in Expert RAW mode.
The overall evaluation of daytime photos taken with the S24 Ultra camera is excellent, achieving extremely good detail, vivid and realistic colors, well-handled contrast. HDR10+ mode will enhance selected photos, and users can also take artistic black and white photos with the main camera of the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
2.3 Portrait mode photo quality
The presence of high-end sensors helps deliver very good portrait mode photos with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera. The subject is well-focused, the transition edges between the subject and background are sharp, smooth, and natural.
Take a look at the photo below, even though it's a portrait shot in low-light conditions with many bright lamps in the background, the man is still well-focused and accompanied by a fairly natural beauty mode.
2.4 Nighttime photos from the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera
Night mode photos with Nightography mode achieve good results, ensuring image detail while colors remain vibrant and virtually no noise exists in this challenging photo.
2.5 Video recording quality of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera
With the presence of optical image stabilization, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera delivers very stable video footage. Additionally, color rendition and image detail are strong points in the footage captured by the S24 Ultra.
However, the weakness of this 2024 Samsung flagship is its video recording capability in low-light conditions, which is not truly outstanding as noise persists, and focusing on details is slower.
3. Rating the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera
Renowned tech website DXOMark (world-famous for phone camera reviews) on January 31, 2023, rated the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera with an overall score of 144 points, ranking 18th in the list of smartphones with the best cameras in the world today (topped by Huawei Mate 60+, iPhone 15 Pro Max ranked 3rd).
Therefore, despite being excellent and better than its predecessor, the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera still falls behind flagship models from other brands such as iPhone 15 Pro Max, Google Pixel 8 Pro, Huawei Mate 60 Pro+…
Currently, the official price of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra in Vietnam starts from 33.9 million dong.
