Saturday, August 27, 2016

We checked the camera in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. iPhone 7 will … – Spider’s Web

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is one of the best smartphones you can currently buy. It is also one of the best mobile devices. We checked the quality of images from the device.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is equipped with essentially the same camera, which we know from the model Galaxy S7. As for the components in the main camera we find a matrix with a resolution of 12 million pixels. The size of a single pixel is 1.4 microns (diagonal matrix is ​​1 / 2.5 inch), which, as the world mobile is a very good value. The light lens is also impressive and has a value of f / 1.7.

For this camera we find the optical stabilization. Autofocus is based on the detection phase, which is much faster than the usual contrast detection.



Details, details, details

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the amount of detail visible in the images of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is huge. When you zoom images to view 100 percent. (clippings below) will not experience any “soaps”, a watercolor painting effect, or other artifacts in the form of clusters pixels.

immediately it should be noted that these are the results of great, but only in the world of mobile photography. the lenses of high grade known SLR is a long way. You can see that in Note 7 focus does not come from the same glass, and is the “burnout” by powerful algorithms sharpening. In the world of smartphones is not a disadvantage, because hardly anyone watching images magnified 100 percent. the ground that the photos look great not only on the smartphone screen, but also on the monitor and TV .

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HDR mode is sometimes too sugary

It’s actually my biggest complaint to the camera Samsung Galaxy Note 7. In HDR mode (as well as Auto HDR) effects are very often too sugary. Colors are pulled tight, and the contrast also ceases to look natural.

Without HDR

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With HDR

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Well, just – all crashes of naturalness. I do not deny HDR-effects and are pleasing to the eye. The problem is that the world does not look like.



Blurring the background is very easy

Light f / 1.7 allows for an interesting play with depth of field. There is nothing to expect results straight from the SLR, but when shooting close-ups can really feel what is bokeh. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 blurs the background nicely and the effect can really be enjoyed. Moreover, there is the effect of artificial The software. All the blur comes from the high brightness of the lens.

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Shooting at night is not a challenge

the biggest test of each of the camera is shooting at night. Galaxy Note 7 seems this test successfully. a look at the parameters reveals where do good results. We a large part of the night shots are made at a fairly low sensitivity to ISO 200, which does not have too much noise. This is due to the clarity and stability of the lens.

at higher ISO speeds will not experience the noise, because the algorithm, the camera almost entirely it cut down. it’s just that this is done at the expense of detail. above ISO 320 the number of details begins to significantly decrease, and above ISO 500 in this respect is really poor. of course we are talking about a situation where we see image on a computer monitor, because the smartphone screen does not way to see the difference.

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the following summary of ISO 50 and ISO 800, showing clippings images magnified 100 percent. As you can see, the difference does not lie in the amount of noise, the only visible detail. Click to enlarge the image.

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the front camera is trying to force us to beautify

the front cam has a resolution of 5 megapixels and has a light f / 1.7. Photos of it have good quality, although not as good as the photos from the main camera. Unfortunately, the application by all means trying to improve nature through color smoothing skin, slimming face, enlarging the eyes, etc. As a result, instead of a sharp portrait pictures we have monster looking like a figure of wax. Fortunately, all of these enhancers can be turned off.

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Applications

We appealed to me a new camera app. We can run it from anywhere (even from the lock screen) by double-pressing the “home”. On the other hand, the same abbreviation used in the camera application to switch the image between the front and rear camera.

the camera starts up in the blink of an eye. equally quickly running autofocus. already in the Samsung Galaxy S6 overall speed of the camera was sensational, and I have the impression that the Note 7 is even faster.

in the basic mode, applications have access to several key features. more control gives mode Professional, available as one of several modes visible when you move the screen to the right. on the other hand the same gesture in the second page gives you access to the filter menu. Both modes and filters can be downloaded from the store of Samsung. Some options are free, but there are paid.



Video 4K and slow-motion

The video capabilities to 4K at 30 fps, Full HD at 60 fps mode slow-motion, or 720p at 240 fps. During the recording we can capture single frames. New to the software is a video in HDR mode. Unfortunately, when it comes to the highest recording modes, or UHD (4K), QHD and Full HD at 60 fps, are not available to them such features as HDR video effects and AF tracking. In addition, the resolution of UHD (4K) do not have video stabilization. Unfortunately, disappointment is the video HDR, which practically can not see the difference between the standard mode.



To sum up, it is very well

Once again I am confirmed in the conviction that when it comes to photography mobile, Samsung it is currently the leader. I really like this combination of image quality, speed and speed the same for your camera.

You can complain that the HDR mode is too sugary, that the photos are too much noise reduction and very sharpened, that the mode of 4K is not stabilized and RAW files that are blown from which much can be a squeeze. Only that in the mobile market, no one does it better. There are others who face a similar (or even the same) level, but in 2016 it’s ceiling, which no one has yet raised. We look forward to the upcoming iPhone 7. The camera will have a very difficult task, if Apple has the ambition to create the best mobile camera.

Is it worth it to buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 for the camera? No, because the same quality you can have a lower price to buy Samsung Galaxy S7. It seems to me that hardly anyone buys a smartphone just for the camera, so the Galaxy Note 7 as the most right being at the smartphone market.

All images used in the text, as well as a lot of other frames, you can download the full resolution of this address. ZIP archive, 218 MB.

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