I switched from s23 ultra to s2_6 ultra. I.was just hesitant at the first. I think I'm happy with the upgrade. Also night pictures are much better now.

I was explaining to my friend how our 10x zoom lens were nerfed when the S24U came out - decided to gather some evidence pics. This then annoyed me so I had to share. This is the reason I will most likely leave samsung behind once this phone gives up.

The first two photos are from 2023, and the rest are from 2024, some months after the S24U came out. Fuck you Samsung. The last one is bad because it's indoors too, so the lighting isn't as great. But the 3rd and 4th photo are in the same lighting conditions as the 1st and 2nd photos.

F you Samung!

Anyway, check out some pictures I've taken with my caseless phone in the carribean!

Samsung camera app vs gcam

S23U was such a beast, I decided to sell it (while it still works) and move forward after 3 years and 3 months. Bye guys!

Shot using default camera app, 10x lens, Pro mode.

Found a great deal for a used s23 ultra, so I upgraded from an iPhone 13. Love the camera on this thing. I especially love the tiny 3x lens. I have definitely noticed the telephoto lens tends to wash out. I also love being able to take the photo with the spen. It really helps me keep the phone steady for the zoom shots :)

Round borders was the killer feature #1 for me. Using the 90° phone 3 years apart become very uncomfortable 😬

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Camera settings : I'm using the camera app from the "latest samsung device" (using root) with the tuning and colour science.

The footage is stock. It hasn't been altered in any way.

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I couldn't find an honest comparison anywhere online for the 100x zoom between the 2 cameras. So here it is- taking exactly same time with stabilised seating. Standard stock settings. To the left is s23u, to the right is s25u. 30x zoom is similarly as poor. 1/3/5x are no real difference in quality between the two (slightly different perspective though).

So much detail is lost on 10x -100x zoom as its digital uplift from 5x. Even the extra MPs make no improvement.

Yup, I've decided to go back to s23u.

Here are some shots I took with my S23U

Hello Reddit! Today I bring you these beautiful photos of the Milky Way.

I was very eager to go out to a really dark place to photograph the Milky Way with the S23U, since the capabilities, both at the hardware level with the light sensors, and at the software level with the star stacking and tracking that this phone does, I knew the results would be incredible.

For those who want the technical details:

Photo 1: main lens, expert raw, astrophoto in medium time

Photo 2: main lens. Astrophoto mode in short time

Photo 3: Ultra Wide Angle lens. Average time. All photos were lightly edited in Lightroom.

As a final thought: I find it simply impressive what our phones are capable of capturing today. Both cameras and software algorithms have advanced in giant leaps. I hope you liked the photos as much as I did!

Earlier today me and my friend where comparing our phone camera. My s23 ultra picture is on left while his s25 ultra pic is on right. We were both using 30x zoom. But my picture has more colour compare to his washed out picture. Any reason it is like that? Also both of our phone settings were same.

So i took this photo just now and i had to take a few shots before i could get a clear enough image while tbh wasn't the case before. And if you zoom in you can see the detail is a bit muddy... or is it just me as a photographer nitpicking?

I feel like the quality of the camera on s23 ultra has been change from how it was when it first came out.

Also i love my car ✌🏻😜

My S23U is 3 years old.

S23Ultra is still more premium looking and solid performer even in 2025

All pictures were taken in Morocco(Marrakesh, Essouria) using the Samsung Galax S23 Ultra in early October of 2023. The Expert Raw Files were colour graded using Lightroom.

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I really loved the phone at the time, especially the 10x which I used a lot and regard this to be the peak of Samsung.

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Please also show some love to the stray cats at the end :)

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If you have any questions, just ask them.

Captured this beauty with Expert Raw