Galaxy Note 20 Ultra's 50x zoom really is more than enough

Last updated: August 17th, 2020 at 11:09 UTC+01:00

We're non fans of how Samsung has made a number of cuts on the spec sheet for the Milky way Note twenty Ultra compared to the Galaxy S20 Ultra and even last year's Galaxy Note x+. Simply the reduction of the maximum zoom capability from 100x to 50x is arguably 1 that makes the least amount of difference in the real world.

And serving as an example of that is this photo I captured today of a edifice three quarters of a kilometer away as I was driving around looking for things to shoot for our upcoming review. I snapped the building in question (the farthest one in the scene) at both 1x and 50x zoom, and as you can meet in the comparing below, 50x is more than enough to get you up close to far-off subjects while standing in i spot.

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Fifty-fifty at 50x, the quality of the picture isn't great, and having 100x zoom would exist groovy for showing off but is ultimately just a gimmick. All the same, I did notice that the periscope lens on the Notation 20 Ultra is limited by the 12MP resolution compared to the 48MP sensor on the S20 Ultra. The S20 Ultra manages to take slightly sharper and cleaner pictures, though that'southward partly because of less aggressive mail service-processing on photos captured on the Note 20 Ultra.

The S20 Ultra often goes overboard while the Notation twenty Ultra seems to barely utilize any postal service-processing, and I hope Samsung tin strike a balance by optimizing the camera algorithm on its new phone with software updates in the future. To see what I mean, bank check out ii photos taken with the Galaxy S20 Ultra (swipe left) and the Notation 20 Ultra (swipe correct) at 50x below.

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Along with the slightly lower quality compared to the Milky way S20 Ultra at the same magnification, the Galaxy Note xx Ultra's zoom photographic camera also has a few other issues, and I will get into them in more particular in our review, and so stay tuned. For now, rest assured that if you pre-ordered the Annotation xx Ultra, you won't be disappointed with its zoom capabilities unless you're switching to it from the Galaxy S20 Ultra.