Samsung has released the Galaxy S23 Ultra with several camera upgrades over the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The South Korean tech giant released the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the regular Galaxy S23, and the Galaxy S23 Plus on Feb. 1 at its Unpacked event in San Francisco. The top-of-the-line Galaxy phone features a 6.8-inch AMOLED display that supports up to 120Hz refresh rate and up to 1,750 nits of peak brightness.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra comes with its latest 1/1.3-inch ISOCELL HP2 sensor, which is larger than the 1/1.33-inch ISOCELL HM3 used on the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The upgrade allows the Galaxy S23 Ultra to capture more light, which is excellent for indoor photographs, and generates more background blur, which makes close-up shots look beautiful. Although, that is not the major highlight of the Galaxy S23 Ultra's camera system.
Galaxy S23 Ultra Captures 200MP Images
The ISOCELL HP2 sensor on the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a resolution of a whopping 200MP (f/1.7, OIS), which is almost twice the resolution of the Galaxy S22 Ultra's ISOCELL HM3 sensor. The higher resolution allows users to click high-quality images with extraordinary details. Samsung's new pixel binning technology combines every four pixels for 50MP images (effective pixel size of 1.2 microns) or every 16 pixels to click 12.2MP images (effective pixel size of 2.4 microns), making for evenly lit images in all scenarios.
Then there's the new Dual Vertical Transfer Gate that helps the sensor reduce overexposure and enhance color reproduction. To tackle conditions with low light, the camera has Super QPD technology to improve sharpness on top of laser autofocusing. Overall, the primary camera on the Galaxy S23 Ultra can capture high-quality images that retain as much quality when zooming in, and can do it in challenging lighting conditions.
Galaxy S23 Ultra Can Focus Better In Low Light
Apart from the primary 200MP camera, users get three more sensors on the Galaxy S23 Ultra, including a 12MP (f/2.2) sensor for capturing ultra-wide images. It also has two telephoto sensors: a 10MP (f/2.4, OIS) shooter for up to 3x optical zoom and another 10MP (f/4.9, OIS) shooter for up to 10x optical zoom. Despite being similar to the sensors on the Galaxy S22 Ultra, the Galaxy S23 Ultra's ultra-wide and telephoto sensors will deliver better results, thanks to the image processing capabilities of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.
Both front and rear cameras on the Galaxy S23 Ultra can now record Super HDR videos in 4K at 60 fps. In addition, the main camera can shoot Portrait videos in 4K at 30 fps, which is another upgrade over the predecessor. Other features, like 8K video recording at 30 frames per second, 4K at 60 fps, 720p at 960 fps (Super Slow-Mo), and Space Zoom, are common between the S23 Ultra and its predecessor. However, the Galaxy S23 Ultra's 12MP (f/2.2) front camera seems to be a downgrade from the 40MP unit of the S22 Ultra.
Source: Samsung