I'm quite a bit behind in tech, having only recently gotten the Galaxy S20 FE 3-4 months ago. I upgraded from a Note 4, a 2014 phone which I've used for the last 5 years and is still fully operational. I've been amazed by the battery and camera improvements just a few years of tech have provided.
In fact, I've been liking it so much that I have hardly used my ILC in the meantime. The combination of 13, 26 and 76mm (FF equiv.) cameras has proved super useful and IQ is pretty good for many applications. I've a few samples below from each camera.
UWA - 13mm FF equiv. is wider than anything else I've ever used, I though framing would be super difficult due to the huge FOV. However it didn't take me long to get accustomed to it. This camera lacks OS and AF (sadly), and the longest shutter speed in pro mode is limited to 1/3 seconds. The lens exhibits significant distortion and vignetting, automatic corrections take care of that but at the cost of noise in the corners.
Regular camera - it has rock-solid OS, a fast aperture (f/1.8) and the best IQ of the bunch. Videos are super smooth, night shots are great, here's where the fake shallow DOF features come in, too.
This shot is taken in Pro mode and edited in Photoshop. I used a gorillapod.
Tele camera - it has a usefully short minimum focus distance and it can get you a reasonably OOF backgrounds. It's slightly lower-res that the other cameras (at 8 mp) and has the slowest aperture which means the camera app will sometimes switch to a cropped view of the main camera when light levels drop. The annoying thing is this can happen in daylight, too, and what's more, this camera is unavailable in Pro mode. Duh!
Despite these limitations the S20 FE has proven to be a fun camera for many uses. Hopefully, the next generations will bring the wide and tele cameras' up to the standard cameras' IQ and features (OS for the UWA, higher res for the long camera and more manual control in Pro mode).
I can see why people have stopped buying cameras. This phone won't fully replace mine but it does a very good job for most purposes.
I'm open to comments on the photos, also, don't hesitate to share yours taken on the S20 FE.
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Best,
Yoan
In fact, I've been liking it so much that I have hardly used my ILC in the meantime. The combination of 13, 26 and 76mm (FF equiv.) cameras has proved super useful and IQ is pretty good for many applications. I've a few samples below from each camera.
UWA - 13mm FF equiv. is wider than anything else I've ever used, I though framing would be super difficult due to the huge FOV. However it didn't take me long to get accustomed to it. This camera lacks OS and AF (sadly), and the longest shutter speed in pro mode is limited to 1/3 seconds. The lens exhibits significant distortion and vignetting, automatic corrections take care of that but at the cost of noise in the corners.
Regular camera - it has rock-solid OS, a fast aperture (f/1.8) and the best IQ of the bunch. Videos are super smooth, night shots are great, here's where the fake shallow DOF features come in, too.
This shot is taken in Pro mode and edited in Photoshop. I used a gorillapod.
Tele camera - it has a usefully short minimum focus distance and it can get you a reasonably OOF backgrounds. It's slightly lower-res that the other cameras (at 8 mp) and has the slowest aperture which means the camera app will sometimes switch to a cropped view of the main camera when light levels drop. The annoying thing is this can happen in daylight, too, and what's more, this camera is unavailable in Pro mode. Duh!
Despite these limitations the S20 FE has proven to be a fun camera for many uses. Hopefully, the next generations will bring the wide and tele cameras' up to the standard cameras' IQ and features (OS for the UWA, higher res for the long camera and more manual control in Pro mode).
I can see why people have stopped buying cameras. This phone won't fully replace mine but it does a very good job for most purposes.
I'm open to comments on the photos, also, don't hesitate to share yours taken on the S20 FE.
--
Best,
Yoan
