LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY With The Samsung GALAXY S23 ULTRA 

Wow, great timing, Brent. Just got my 23 Ultra this morning. Can't wait to try it out. Also very eager to see what you can do with astrophotography with the S 23. Looks like you are at the City of Rocks.

Love your videos man, it's so clear your passion for photography. I watch your 20+ mins videos without even realising they're long

I got my S23 Ultra 1TB phone on Monday, it arrived last week, but picked it up from the post office Monday. It's great, but I still like my Note 9.

Galaxy 23 is the best camera performance of all time. Fantastic!!!

Got mine today☺️ Can't wait for your more videos on this beast!

Great job on doing this wonderful video and thank you for sharing with us yours perspective and opinion of a photographer. I ordered the S23 Ultra lavender and now your video has me more excited than ever. Have a great day. 🪷🌸🪷

I love you man you are amazing ❤❤❤

Really good and interesting video. Can't wait to see the astrophotography one. I think it's crazy how in one pocket you can have all those focal lengths and a decent quality, it's just like you said, it is for fun! I wanted to say you though that when I tried many many times the comparison between 200mp and 12mp binned, there was always a great amount of detail more in the 200 mp, I don't know what happened in that image, actually it suprised me.

Mannnnnn! Many thanks, Brent, for your time and knowledge...it's been super helpful to me and I've learned a ton learning to take better shots with my S22 Ultra. Appreciate you taking the time to help us smart phone users out...and btw...thank you for your service, brother, from a former "puddle pirate"! 👍 From my DSLR /mirrorless days, I understand DOF and how to get "tack sharp photos" from foreground to backgound. With my Z5, it had an "auto" feature in it to do a focus stack series which could be later combined in Lr /Ps. Prior to that, I used to do manual stacks with my D7500. With a smart phone, though, I don't know if I'm just dense or just simply missing the boat when it comes to DOF. Watching this video, when you were taking shots, I never saw you place / adjust the focus square anywhere before taking a photo (like with your wife standing in the crater starting about 18:08). Is that simply because you left the focus on "auto" and let the camera figure it out? By my understanding, if you wanted to highlight a foreground object and blur the background, you'd go off autofocus and place the focus point on something in the immediate foreground (or get real close to your foreground object), correct? And, vice versa if you wanted foreground blur with sharp background? I guess what I'm asking, with no aperture to set a desired DOF, if you want the ENTIRE picture to be in focus, do you simply let the camera do it (autofocus...subject to which lens it's using) or is there a "middle ground" in manual focusing where you can place your focal point on the the mid-ground and then (hopefully), everything from front to back will be in focus? Lastly, you mentioned doing a focus stack series which can later be combined in Lr / Ps. Is that process any different than bringing in a similaly-shot series in from a DSLR / mirrorless? Cheers from Bend, Oregon...some of that New Mexico high desert looks a lot like around here! 😉

Wow, great video, I enjoyed much more than I thought, thank you for sharing this wonderful video...🌻🌼🌻

You guys are so under-appreciated! I could HEAR the cold through your mic. 🥶

Have to say you composition(s) and the results in general look incredible, I got the S23 Ultra over the S24 because of the 10X zoom and the fact that there is more data in the S23 Ultra because of the larger raw file size.

Excellent video. Image analysis part is great.

Can't wait for astro😃

Nice work it will be difficult do this in a cold weather but you did a good work👍🏻 Nice I hope you get a lot of subscribers for this I appreciated you hard work👍🏻❤️❤️

Love your videos. When you have pushed all facets of what the S 23 ultra cameras can do, could you please provide tips for the best settings to get the most out of these cameras Including astrophotography

A Brent? I'm back. I have a question. With the checklist calibration in Lightroom you make a profile for your specific camera right ADN G or a tall into the software. And the checker after that in Lightroom you just color code for each shoot right ?

HI I have a question for you: In your opinion, from what you've seen trying it, samsung galaxy s 23ultra in raw mode takes excellent quality photos yes or no? thanks if you answer me... 

Phones are so amazing these days. Crazy. Great video

So cool. I've never been into photography, but I got the s23U, and i find myself pulling over on the road when I see what I think would make a good landscape photo even though I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm picking up things here and there from your video definitely a hobby I'd like to chase.

This is The s23 ultra test I've been waiting for this is beast mood done right . Fyi Samsung recommend light light light for the 200mp picture you where shooting in what looks like a lower light setting

I have an old pixel 3a which is always with me. I rarely use my cameras these days. I'm looking to upgrade the phone. I was wondering what do you recommend between a new s23 Ultra or a s22 Ultra. Looks like the s22 would be something like 300 - 400 less.

You need to stand still after pressing on shutter for 50 and 200MP, hold still for several seconds until is done

Fantastic shots my man! As a few others have mentioned, I'm also interested in some night and astro shots. Wanted to see how improved the low light photography is, and how that expert raw system works it's magic once setup. Perhaps even seeing if a 200mp shot produces some crisper astro shots. Great video as always though!

Do you have a video on how to shoot lighting with the s23u? Great video.

We are waiting for the astrophotography review mode :)\

Hi. When I click the link for "favorite light panel," a list of items appears, but none of them reads "light panel." Also looking for the round polarizing filter you sometimes manually hold in front of your phone, as for water photos? Many thanks!

Thanks for this test always super interesting! Do you think it's better to stay in 50Mpix in pro mode rather than 200 to have just a little more freedom than 12? Because the 200 brings nothing after all, finally I don't have the finesse you have to see the best And remains the Raw expert mode. See what gives between 50 and 12 since the 200 is not Thanks again for coming back

Super interesting brent. I have the S22 ultra. I have not really played a whole lot with it. These days I'm still trying hard to practice with the r6mk2. Which I love but still have struggles. So while I have ya. On the r6mk2 for example If I have a hawk perched like 150 feet away. With back button focus I hit my main spot focus to aquire initial focus. Then when I hit the star button for eye tracking why does my focus square go about everywhere other than the eye? Using ef to rf canon 100 to 400L2. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Seems to nail focus if bird is in flight. And I'm talking about a hawk perch on clean perch. Nothing in the way. Thanks Brent 😊

Brent, a quick question. Do you use or plan to use some kind of lens protector on your S 23 Ultra?

Thanks so much! I'm about to go to Europe for a month. I have been excites to use my new camera. Its quite an upgrade from my Galaxy S10+! I know I won't have time to play with settings so I like the idea to use pro mode and be able to quickly switch lenses. Thanks for the thoughtful review and explanation!

I'm hoping to have mine next week, says 20-27th for shipping

Hello, Beautiful work! I have a few questions. I'm buying this phone and know nothing about photography. When you were editing the photos on your pc, was that part using camera options or was it all photoshop, or something else? Thanks for your time and for sharing this amazing video!

for information, Expert Raw had an update today but I don't know what other than live sharing with lightroom???

NOW i UNDERSTAND WHY i HAVE BEEN GETTING CRAPPY RESULTS.... When cropping in and then shooting all the benefits go away but at 1x they seem much better. I would LOVE to see a video showing how pixel binning works on this phone...

What are "camera lady's" favorite gloves? Mine would likely ot allow fine work, as they are Kombi's waterproof ski gloves. I have 2 damaged digits that now cannot get cold.

I am s 23 ultra user, No need to spend lakhs of rupees in DSLR,There is no doubt that its camera is very good.❤

Thank you for the video. I recently had a lens protector installed on my s23 Ultra and immediately noticed night photos are now blurry. Do I even need lens protectors? If yes, what is the best?

Would there be a benefit in using expert raw mode instead of pro mode?

I have noticed that if there isn't enough light 200 Mp option when using the pro/expert raw mode will not be an option, only the 12 & 50 Mp. I have tried it yesterday. I didn't have explored the photography of my S23 ultra yet.

Thanks. Great video. I'm finding something strange with the cameras. 1) Close/shut down the camera app. 2) Start camera app and choose Photo mode and select 10x. It's actually using the 3x lens. Why isn't it using the 10x lens? 3) Press Home button and then open the camera app again, it's now using the 10x lens. I'm just confused at which point the camera switches from using the 3x lens to the 10x lens. It doesn't seem to be at exactly 10x zoom. I placed a sticky note over the 10x lens to confirm the above.

You can change the view to full .. am surprised you never did that click on the icon that says 3.4 then change it to full ..

If you don't stand still especially in wind you will get blur on 50/200, doensample to 25MP on both modes and its great

it is worth buying the s23 ultra or the s22ultra. What is the big difference between the two when shooting in raw? I'm undecided and the 22 has dropped in price.

I'm looking forward to more of these. I still have my S9+ but it's starting to drive me crazy but I don't know that I can justify spending the $$$$ on a new cellphone. It would have to be exponentially better than my current one. Plus I think I told you about the wildfire and losing everything and being massively underinsured soooooooo it's hard to justify a phone when we haven't even replaced our cars yet 🙃 Anyhow, we love your content and look forward to more.

عاشت ايدك اتمنا تصورنه اجواء اليل في جهاز 23s

Great comparison and video. A Promode RAW IQ between 50MP and 12MP would be appreciated.

Nice video, why pro mode and no expert raw?

Thank you.

hoping you are starting to feel a little better with that shoulder. Did you go to the VA for that surgery? Ive been thinking about playing around more with smart phone photography myself. At least for street photography to be less obvious lol. Cheers brother.

Hey Brent, as a fellow messed up shoulder sufferer, best of luck with the surgery. unfortunately i don't have any cheat codes for surgery recovery, other than to be realistic about your expectation of function, and go to PT as long as insurance will let you. I'm at over a year, and still going, still seeing improvement. I have a camera question as well: have you ever used the Swarovski TLS adapter for spotting scopes? I've seen some impressive pictures with it, and I'm thinking about getting one of their scopes for observation this year, and certainly, the TLS is cheaper than any lens with decent reach, provided you already own the scope.

Like the phone don't really care for the square look I think why I haven't picked it up yet

What model is the tripod? Please put the link. Thx. Take care man!

Isn't the 200mp raw available using expert raw mode?

I would love to see you try the Google Pixel 8 Pro and hear your thoughts on that compared to the s23 ultra.

Will you explain the difference between expert raw and pro mode?

Are there any smartphone only photographers on youtube? Preferably in street photography. Many are just influencers of established camera brands but smartphones are evolving fast.

Try Astrophotography! I want to see?

Note to self: Learn how to use pro mode on the Pixel 6.

Honestly I thought the would be more detail on using the pro mode and how to use it for the shots taken when screen recorded. But this seemed more of a post processing video for shots taken on the base photo mode. Still, it was very informative for post processing. But would have been nice as a guide to using the pro feature on the phone for those of us not familiar with photography techniques.

I have S21Ultra and find the 10x telephoto lens too soft and overall image quality far from 1x or 3x cameras.

You as pro photographer using pro mode looks good.But what do you think about auto mode?I mean most of the people will use that.What i did see is that pictures are way to bright and colors are too much saturated.So much that pictures looks like crap.How to fix that?Or that only can samsung fix with software?

Bro we want astrophotography

How's the shoulder doing Brent..??

With Samsung gettin' the new S23 Ultra in everyone's hands - get ready for a SLEW of nighttime astrophotography shots to flood the web, lol. If you don't have astro shots on your social media within, say...2 weeks - you're a dinosaur. 😎

Nice, but the sensor is still 1/1.3-inch. Yes, they do voodoo magic with the likes of pixel binning, but until they get bigger sensors in a cell phone form factor... A whole lot of marketing is talking to you.

I would say you probably need to be on a tripod to take the 200mp shots.

Been in Photography for years, I just bought a new s23 ultra, only for the Camera, since I saw reviews, I straight away set it up on 200 and against my old Samsung A21s, exact same Landscape image, I just Blew all that money for nothing, there is no difference on the 200 MP setting whatsoever Resolution sharpness wise between it and my old Samsung, I've seen all those RU-vid Guys doing a great job, but for the life of me, I can't get my 23 Ultra to take on the old a21s , am well out of Pocket now, what a waste of cash for nothing. 2 Images side by side, same landscape subject no more Detail in the 23 Ultra image...

Pro tip: don't get your fingers in the shot.

Is it just me or does he looks a bit like Elon Musk?

200 and 50 megapixels look more like a gimmick. Samsung does make a app "camera assistant" to tweak your photo's. I have played around with camera assistant.

Can you compare s23u to my nokia x50 :( I look forward to the release of the new s series so Brent can review it.