topic This feature is a false statement in Galaxy S23

This feature is a false statement

usercksDvNSQuX — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:56:27 GMT

Re: This is a false statement

TheGalaxy — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:10:49 GMT

Why?

Re: Re: This is a false statement

usercksDvNSQuX — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:30:04 GMT

Because a crop can never be as good as a lens because a lens would allow the use of all the pixels in the sensor.

This crop zoom discards pixels to achieve the zoom.

Samsung should have put a period after sensor and dropped the rest.

And someone could argue "Oh, but pixel binning, blah blah" etcetera, but on an all other things being equal basis, the statement isn't true

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TheGalaxy — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:32:02 GMT

Where is this option menu?

Re: This is a false statement

270 — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:35:55 GMT

The proof would be in the pictures, do you have any proof?

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TheGalaxy — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:37:45 GMT

OK. But I think there is something at work here.

I can take better picture by the main camera zoomed in, than the 3x zoom lens.
What I do is that, I'll use the main lens to take a picture with lit zoom (1.5 or 2) then I'll open the photo in gallery, zoom in a bit more and run remaster. This way I get better result than 3x zoom

Re: Re: This is a false statement

usercksDvNSQuX — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:41:14 GMT

What ?

Do I have a comparison between a non-existent 2x lens and the 2x crop ?

Is this a serious question ?

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usercksDvNSQuX — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:43:39 GMT

Update Camera Assistant

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usercksDvNSQuX — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:49:47 GMT

What's at work is different sensors and software.

Samsung is conflating lens/sensor/software to make its claim about the 2x.

Re: Re: Re: This is a false statement

VerbumVeritum — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:01:55 GMT

I understand the concern here, and tend to agree. The "Auto" mode is notorious for using different lenses and digital cropping to achieve its "no hassle" functionality. That's why Pro Mode and Expert RAW are much better, because you can ensure your lenses and settings are exactly what you want them to be. The wording should definitely be removed or, at the very least, edited.

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Ryan891 — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:17:21 GMT

I think it's intentionally vague, which is just as bad. It could be "as good as an optical lens" if it's compared to a terrible optical lens from some inferior device. But your correct, this statement is false unless qualifying stipulations are added to the statement

Re: This feature is a false statement

userZNnTdcqwZP — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:13:45 GMT

I get what you've tried to say but it's not completely a false statement until you have actual 2x optical image compared to this 2x crop zoom. I am also not saying it's a true statement. It's a gray area that should not be categorized as black or white.

Apple also uses similar phrase like "optical-quality zoom" for cropping the 48MP sensor for 2x zoom.