I’m pretty sure many of us have had an astrology phase. As a child, I’ve always had a fascination with the stars and the moon, and until now, I can still point out constellations in the night sky, thanks to my childhood hyperfixation.
Being a moon paparazzi isn’t easy. First of all, you need terribly expensive gear just to see it clearly, much less take photos or record videos of it. And plus, clear skies are a rarity in this season, and who’s going to lug around a telescope everywhere they go?
Superzoom capability isn’t really new in smartphones, but the problem with zooming in so far is that the images turn out so grainy it’s pretty much useless. So imagine my surprise when I heard that the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra can actually take decent photos of the moon with its 100x zoom!
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Behold, The Moon!
Gone are the days when moon photos look like this:
With Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s Space Zoom, you can now look at the moon in all its glory, as it should be.
And this is just at 30x zoom. The Galaxy S22 Ultra can go further than that, up to 100x Zoom, resulting in a picture like this:
Impressive, isn’t it? It looks just like a photo right out of NASA. From the Sea of Tranquility to the Tycho crater, you can see the highs and lows of the terrain, every crater and impact from asteroids. Some of them are much older than human existence itself.
How Does the Galaxy S22 Ultra Do This?
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s quad camera setup is comprised of a 108MP main camera, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, and two 10MP telephoto cameras with up to 10x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom.
Samsung’s 100x digital zoom first emerged in the Galaxy S20 series, but at the time, it was just written off as a gimmick as anything zoomed beyond 10x was too blurry to be really worth anything. Now, though, Samsung has improved its AI post-processing so much that it’s able to sharpen and remove enough noise and grain from the photo for results as the above.
Besides that, the OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) on the Galaxy S22 Ultra is also 58% wider and more effective, meaning it can meet more versatile conditions, including 100x zoom moon photos.
With all these conditions combined, we were able to get these really impressive pictures of the moon that looked like they came right out of an astrology magazine.
With how impressive the cameras on the Galaxy S22 Ultra are already, we’re really excited to see what’s in store for the next Galaxy lineup. So far, there’s been rumours about a 200MP main camera sensor, amongst others, which sounds really promising. There’s certainly a lot to look forward to with Samsung’s smartphone camera innovations!
