Samsung has built a number of great features into the Galaxy S23 Ultra camera. The ability of this camera makes Elon Musk amazed.
In terms of resolution, the S23 Ultra's main camera has increased from 108 MP on the S22 Ultra to 200 MP. This main camera is accompanied by three other cameras, namely ultrawide 12 MP, telephoto 3x and telephoto 10x, each of which has a resolution of 10 MP.
The feature that amazed Elon Musk was the S23 Ultra's ability to photograph the moon. Is Marques Brownlee, a famous Youtuber, who showed off the S23 Ultra's 100x zoom capability to photograph the full moon.
"I don't know who needs 100x (zoom) to photograph the moon, but what is clear is that the Galaxy S23 Ultra is the cellphone for you," wrote MKBHD.
MKBHD's tweet was briefly replied by Elon Musk. "Wow," he said.
Wow
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2023
Although this post was also ridiculed several times by users of the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy S22 Ultra, because according to them their cellphones can also take pictures of the moon just as well as the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
S21 Ultra can do it as well, took this last night with 100x. pic.twitter.com/1QTyd8LAjJ
— Joe Butvin (@butvin) February 7, 2023
this is my shot on the 22 ultra. were you using 30x or something? pic.twitter.com/OsetTvTmG1
— CrookedToe (@CrookedToes_) February 7, 2023
The Galaxy S23 Ultra uses Samsung's latest sensor for its main camera, namely the 200 MP ISOCELL HP2 sensor. This sensor allows for sharp image details with 16 times higher resolution without the camera size being too large. The ISOCELL HP2 packs 200 million pixels of 0.6μm in 1/1.3" optical format which is widely used in 108 MP cameras.
ISOCELL HP2 is also equipped with Super QPD technology to offer sophisticated auto-focus capabilities, especially in low light conditions. So the camera can focus more accurately with minimal shutter lag, even at 1 lux, or the lighting equivalent of a candle in one room.
ISOCELL HP2 is also equipped with Dual Slope Gain (DSG) where the device will get HDR photos that are more vivid, more detailed, and with minimal blur in bright, low light conditions, or a combination of the two.
Noise that is usually annoying when taking pictures in low light can be corrected by the latest AI-based image signal processing (ISP) algorithm to sharpen details and colors.