stupid tech reviews killed Samsung like everything Samsung does is "gimmicky" or "it has tons of bloat ware" etc. but honestly kudos to Samsung for trying. but since they got bullied, thanks to tech reviewers they birthed another tech company that tries to be apple thus leaving us consumers with "what they have to give is enough". sad that companies like LG, Nokia, and HTC got crucified because reviewers always complain yet when apple does something it's "revolutionary" 🙄.
@techwithbenefits Yup most reviewers at the time kept repeating the word "bloatware" and after years of bullying, they shaped Samsung into an Apple wanna-be with still some extra features...
The old cam is a real camera, so natural focus, natural exposure. It simply looks natural not overprocessed. If it had a modern day sensor build in, it would wipe the floor with S24U and any other phone of today.. If you're looking into the sun with your own eyes you don't see "shadow details" etc. as well. All newer phones create unnatural HDR pics the only difference is how worse it can get. In case of Samsung Galaxy S the last phone with a mostly honest cam was S8. When looking at old pics I still regret selling it. Should have kept it as cam only.
I still have the S4 zoom and the Nokia 808.....used them to take thousands of pics of my kids and never missed a single shot.....the Xenon flash will never have a substitute!
12:40, of course, the huge lens on the s4 zoom will give you more depth of field.. thankfully, tho samsung portrait mode works on everything not just people
Samsung has always at least tried to take that extra step, to throw something extra into your purchase..maybe it doesn't always work but they've always tried
Back when Samsung actually innovated. Made Apple users feel like utter and complete idiots for paying more for the objectively inferior phone. Now they've almost become Apple.
Oh great. Thank you for that. Such a great phone. I saw one in action at our car dealership back then. Regarding Best face: it is exactly what Google introduced last year as Best take. You select best faces from different photos and the software combines them. It was one of many computational photography/AI features that Samsung was offering years ahead of its time, with the CPU power of that time. The other one I wish they would bring back is the Eraser. You take 5 photos and if let's say a car crossed your view, it could erase the car with the actual background and not with the fake one like the new ObjectEraser does. I see also the Drama mode, also introduced last year (?) by Google as something groundbreaking (LOL). And of course, you had also styles in photos and video. "Selective focus" is missing here because you had real bokeh effect with that camera😊
Sound & shot was one the features I used for almost 2 years, multiple times a day, before I switched to S7 Edge where it was no longer offered. I never "forgive" Samsung for this. I had to log each of my car trips including the exact mileage and the reason. So, at the end of each trip I took a picture from the speedometer and explained in that 9 seconds what the purpose of the trip was. And yes, please make a video about each mode.
I wish theyd do this again as a luxury product. Maybe the near 2k price tag would be worth it for once. But seriously, a proper camera on a phone would be excellent.
S4 Zoom has some good glass, fantastic video! I think because it's using a fairly old sensor, and it doesn't have all those modern computational photography tricks, it really comes down to how much light you give it. I've got some old gear at home, one of which is a budget DSLR from 2014 and as long as lighting conditions are good it can still take brilliant shots out shining even a modern flagship. But when you are at a dinner event or just really overcast conditions, the post-processing of modern phones is hard to beat. But I think you really hit the nail on the head with why the S24 can sometimes look so fake. Again great video, love to see the old classics talked about.
well that's why you shoot in raw and edit in post witth lightroom etc. - been having fun with my s21ultra lately, can create photos the auto mode on camera just cannot, the 10x telephoto lens is a gem, just it suffers heavily in low light due to the sensor being small and mounted sideways somewhere in there, but out in daytime can create some really nice shots. also camera raw application creates much better night mode photos than standard camera app's night mode ;) - camera assistant should be enabled in "labs" - you can tweak the shooting speed vs processing in there, been watching these brand vs brand phone camera reviews lately and most of the things they compare are related to auto processing and as long as you can shoot and edit your own raw files it shouldn't even matter much
Man this is great content you're putting out man. I forgot about this device. Imagine this with a slimmer form factor, SD 8 Gen 4, 6.8" screen wirh a 6,000mAh battery. Wow I'm salivating.😅
The S4 Zoom was a fantastic piece of kit for its time. It is really a pity that OEM's no longer even try as hard... Apple's "camera button" is just one example. Now I'd like to see you compare the S4 Zoom with Nokia's 1020.
The pro mode on the s4 zoom is no where near confusing. It replicates the dslr's of that time. If you look at something like a nikon d5100 or something like that, you will see the dial having similar symbols. P for Programme, M for Manual etc. You can take real long exposure shots with the s4 zoom if you use a tripod and it’s still better than most modern smartphones. If you manually take multiple shots in the pro mode and manually do hdr, the s4 zoom will still win against all smartphone cameras of today. The s4 zoom can only be compared to the Lumia 1020.
Like #55...Shot this with the Samsung S4Zoom. The mechanical zooming noise is annoying, but there are many features that are missing from modern Samsung flagships. Thanks for the memories! ru-vid.comSInBip2p7iE?feature=share
This phone is ahead of its time! The object arraser is incredible. Embarrassing how phone manufacturers treat it like a new thing This shows that smartphones have been incredible for over a decade.
While it had an eraser option, the way it worked was COMPLETELY different from what we have today That's like, for example, when they invented ovens and electricity, You tell them it's not new because we've always had and used campfires...
hi everybody on 1x did you turn off Auto HDR in Camera Assistant on S24U? maybe in that way Dynamic Range will be much similar? is there HDR mode on S4?
I did not turn off HDR in camera assistant. It's a default setting so kept it on. I tried the rich tone HDR mode on the S4 Zoom in the video, in the first half of the video
@@techwithbenefits thank you for your answer! Is it possible to get some pics from s4 and s24u with turned off hdr in heavy light conditions? And some pics with turned on on s24u + some pics on hdr mode on s4 if this mode exsist on this phone :) Thank you for your video Btw, come to visit Uzbekistan!
Samsung should go back to this design and make a new variant of s series. Just imagine the latest 200 mp one inch sensor with optical zoom from 1x to 10x and then hybrid till 100x ....they need to concentrate only on one lens ...they could do away with the uktra wide and concentrate only on one single lens and get the best possible hardware and software optimisation for that This would give us the perfect shot right from 1x to 10x ..no need for periscope tech . Photo enthusiasts won't mind the thickness increase ...people have accepted the fold series and they can accept this too. Samsung must get this concept back with the latest tech and lenses .
With the S24, did you ensure that all AI and Auto HDR ETC are all off? I have a fold 4, and if i have the AI on or use the assistant the photos are highly over processed, turning them all off resulted in much clearer more natural results. AI SUCKS
Interesting and detailed video. One common complaint about Samsung cameras is the oversaturation of colors, giving artificial look and it was interesting that you observed more of it with more digital zoom on photos. With my S23 I observed that for videos, since the phone shoots in 4K but has a FHD screen, colors that are otherwise natural look weird when video is displayed on the phone. When displayed on a 4K monitor or tv, they are very accurate. Would be interesting if you made a video about intelligent optimization settings and how they affect photos in terms of color.
"capability to do f6.3" 😂 that's just the maximum aperture when the lens is zoomed. It'd be cool if Sony took a crack at an actual camera-phone! They fit a full frame sensor into a tiny body with the a7c... 🤔
Great comparison. Love your videos. I nearly bought one of these back in the day. I ended up going with a Nokia 1520 instead, on clearance. Be interesting to see a similar comparison with S4 zoom vs S22/23 with their optical 10X zoom.
@@PotatoPirate123 because s23 ultra has 10x optical zoom but samsung downgraded it to 5x in s24...although they used a better sensor but I have found that in daylight s23 ultra 10x lens does better
@@moinulhasan7911 this isn’t comparing with the S24 Ultra though, it’s comparing with a device with a proper optical zoom assembly (which is always going to be better than a miniaturised periscope lens. I do agree that the S24 is a downgrade in terms of zooming though!
