The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is the South Korean technology company’s most premium mobile phone, and the one with the highest features and capabilities of the latest top-of-the-range Galaxy S24 line.
I tested the cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra starting the last week of June 2024 in Buenos Aires, the city where I live and work.
As I reported in this note, the cameras of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra have some key hardware changes and new software features powered by artificial intelligence, which are especially applied in taking photos and videos.
All three phones in the S24 line (S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra) sport both ultrawide and telephoto sensors, with the higher-end Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra doubling down on the telephoto front. That second telephoto lens includes the only real hardware upgrade in the entire series.
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is still a megapixel monster. It carries Samsung’s sharp 200MP Isocell HP2 sensor as its main strength and is grouped into more manageable file sizes by default.
It comes with a 12MP ultra-wide sensor with a 120-degree field of view when you want to zoom out and a 10MP sensor when you want to get closer.
It includes a pair of telephoto sensors, but this time, the long-range option trades focal length for megapixels, switching from 10x to 5x optical zoom and jumping from a 10MP resolution to 50MP.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra camera features
Primary chamber
- 200MP Sensor
- f/1.7
- OIS
- FoV of 85 degrees
Ultra wide camera
- 12MP sensor
- f/2.2
- 120 degree FoV
3x telephoto camera
- 10MP Sensor
- f/2.4
- FoV of 36 degrees
5x telephoto camera
- 50MP Sensor
- f/3.4
- FoV of 22 degrees
selfie camera
- 12MP Sensor
- f/2.2
- 80 degree FoV
- AF
Video capabilities
Later
- 8K at 24/30 fps (main lens only)
- 4K at 30/60 fps (all lenses)
Frontal
A watermark against digital fraud
The most significant changes to the Samsung Galaxy S24 cameras occur after pressing the shutter button.
Samsung made its new Galaxy AI models the star of Galaxy Unpacked, the launch event for the new Samsung Galaxy S24 held in January.
The software applies a watermark to the bottom left of all your Generative Editing photos, powered by artificial intelligence.
The company decided to correctly flag the photos as manipulated. The Internet is full of millions of fake photos. There is no need to add more to that account from the comfort of our cell phones.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra video tests
Below is a list of my own videos recorded with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and published on YouTube. After the first video, the following ones play automatically.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra photo galleries
Below are galleries of photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, where the different modes are tested and compared. You can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
A couple of prior and necessary clarifications: the original resolution of the photos was reduced to facilitate their uploading in this note. No photo has editing or retouching after taking it, except those indicated with artificial intelligence.
Zoom Comparison Tests
WeWork Olivos
The following photos of the WeWork building in the city of Olivos, in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, were taken from my house about 2,500 meters away in a straight line.
Bencich Building on Córdoba and Esmeralda avenues
Obelisk from Diagonal Norte and Florida
Tower Huergo 475
Front camera comparison tests in the Pacific galleries
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Normal self-portrait.
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Portrait mode.
Wide-angle comparative tests on the murals of the Pacific galleries
Benchmark editing tests with artificial intelligence
Cappuccino at Le Caravelle Café
Aperol at Kona Corner
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Photo without editing.
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Photo edited with artificial intelligence. Watermark on the left.
Night mode comparison tests
Florida and Diagonal Norte
Buenos Aires City Council
Night mode.
AFIP
Pink House
Luminaires in front of the Casa Rosada
Liberator Building
Portrait mode test
Monument to the heroes of Malvinas
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Normal mode.
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Portrait mode.
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