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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
There you go. No edit no filter.

Note 20 ultra is here to kill
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ca12bon:
Anyone know if you can change the color temperature when taking pics on the N20U? I like the realistic temperatures/AWB of the Note 10+/Pixel phones/iphones instead of the highly saturated "fake" looking colors of the N20U.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] xfaega:
Have you tried missing with pro mode? There you have control on all aspects.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] YOSEFE:
How do you take shots at 50X zoom, is there a setting I need to enable it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
Simply stretch to zoom normally. Like s20 ultra, its not having the levels of zoom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] YOSEFE:
I do apologise, but I don't understand what you meant by simply stretch. I just got weaned from Note 9. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] amenos:
Use your fingers to zoom in inside the camera app viewfinder
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] YOSEFE:
Have I messed up settings? I only achieve 20x using my fingers or volume up button in video. In camera the max I get is 6x or 10x depending on other selections.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
Try Keeping it on full screen mode which will allow you 50x but the other modes also allow 50x. Are you sure you are on note 20 ultra? Whats your model number?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] YOSEFE:
986B/DS is the number.

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I got now. Cheers again for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cars1dA:
With Exynos variant, i'm not satisfished, side by side compare versus p40 pro much better, than n20u
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] faxteren:
I agree. Quite disappointed.

The P40 Pro image quality is in another level.

But I couldn`t live without GPay :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cars1dA:
I Used with gms, but not 100% working atm.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] faxteren:
I also had gms, but not GPay.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
I remember seeing in an early review that video zoom extended to 20X AND there was a "lever" that allowed for single finger zooming, no pinching to get it visible. The latter is quite useful and something I miss vs. iOS in that zooming with a single finger is possible and smoother looking.

Any idea why this isn't showing up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
I have p40 pro and note 20 ultra snapdragon.

Photos much better on note even the section where in dark the text was readable after zooming on p40 ulta is now improvised on note. Where p40 pro struggles to get the text, note makes it readable after processing the image.

For eg. The attached text. P40 pro unable to get that to read after zooming but note 20 ultra killed it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] unisoul333:
I don't notice a difference in quality when using the 108mp lens. Is there a way to confirm that it's working properly?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
108 mp lense have a work to be done will be improved in future updates. At the moment its inferior to even MI 10 pro.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Roland Deschain:
The Samsung Camera app does not appear to be saving JPEG photos at maximum quality. Does anyone know how to change/fix this? If you install any well-reviewed pro camera app from the Play Store and go into its settings and set JPEG quality to 100%/maximum/etc., you get the same resolution, but JPEG photos that are 5-6MB each instead of 2.2-3MB each, which is how big my 4x3 aspect ratio (which coincidentally have a resolution of 4,000x3,000 pixels) photos are in the Samsung Camera app.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Pag0n:
What do you guys think about the very shallow depth of field of the huge sensor? I personally don't like how all close-up photos focus very poorly in the edges of objects.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Roland Deschain:
Well, I feel dumb. I switched to the "regular" max quality mode on the lens that doesn't do the 108 megapixel resolution. Photos are much larger now, and have visually better quality in a side-by-side comparison which is what I cared about. Though, the file sizes in the low-mid 20MB size range are still pretty low for a resolution that high.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] warriorvibhu:
Look for the file size and that should show the difference.

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I Agree Samsung should provide a way to save JPEG with 100% quality (Variable is better). not everyone wants to go pro mode and get JPEG and RAW.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] PhameNY:
So much clarity

2nd shot is wide angle
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cpufrost:
I'm not a fan TBH.

When trying to take pics of a screen, nameplate, scan a magazine cover, etc. it's always a game of using zoom and moving away to balance focus uniformity and clarity.

I hope in the future they have a variable aperture to allow selection from F 1.2 to F 3.5 or higher. And a 16MP sensor. That would take some nice shots. An integrated neutral density filter for pro video would be nice to allow 1/60 sec shutter speeds outdoors as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jake21:
It is a lot better than my note 9 camera one of the reason i upgraded despite the ughly punch hole and lack of led notification of this phone. Not to mention the ear piece sucks compare to the note 9. So many steps backwards to get a better camera :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] rockky:
Hate my 108

Hey guys

The 'standard' 12mpx camera consistently gets more detailed and dynamic shots than my 108mp. Daylight, focus 1-6 doesn't matter. (Non Pro).

Any quick troubleshoot tips? ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] vodovodo:
my mi mix 3 5g with Gcam takes better pictures!

i cant believe i fall for this Cra*
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] borijess:
Rear camera is excellent. Front camera makes people look to pale and smoothing is always on even though I turned it off. Wish I could turn these features off.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Beehive at 2.0x
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] flak0:
Samsung Pro Mode is horrible

This is at 10x , clearer looking one is with standard photo mode the atrocious one is pro mode. I'm wondering if the same applies for video. I opened a thread in the questions & answers incase any one wants to chime in
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] flak0:
Delete meant to quote
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] flak0:
Have u tried setting this to warm or cool
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] flak0:
Pro is trash compared to standard
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] dj24:
https://www.inputmag.com/reviews/he...he-galaxy-note-20-ultras-108-megapixel-camera

Can any experienced pros comment on the above article? The improvements suggested at the end seem reasonable to me and Iam also wondering if Samsung has truly crippled the camera one way or another.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] VirtualWaver:
A dumb question: when it says 5x optical zoom, does it mean only 5x is optical or anything in between (2x, 3x, 4x) are also optical? I had an impression that anything in between is optical but it seems its only 5x?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] njan_ivide:
Only 5x is the optical zoom other than the .5x ultra wide and 1x wide cam. Everything else in between and beyond is digital..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jtOttawa:
That was an interesting article - thanks for that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] dj24:
No problem. I was hopping some knowledgeable photo enthusiasts here would've given their feedback by now..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] warriorvibhu:
Sorry i just saw that the article made its way here. I read it a few days back, i should say the article is a bit Harsh but definitely Samsung could do so much better with these sensors may be they will update in future but if the updates dont come in next month or 2 they wont come later.

They will move on to S21 or whatever they call them and wont really do firmware level updates to camera. Coming back to the article, we still arent at a point where we can compare SLR pics to Mobile pics so i will compare Note 8 with Note 20 Ultra. Latest one is definitely much much better and as far as i remember Note 9 (Same Cam module as S9 ) was not much of an upgrade so i do find this article little like Samsung bashing. Pics are good, better than any phone i have used before, night mode is awesome too, though i wish we can get google pixel like software algorithm for our Samsung sensors.

I have heard Oppo Find X2 Pro takes equivalent or better pictures would love some feedback on that and if someone in New York City has Oppo Find x2 Pro, hit me up we can chill for a drink and do a side by side comparison.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] roryh86:
Yes this is completely true.. on the Snapdragon model! The problem doesn't exist on the Exynos. I have both.

Snapdragon makes you pale white, or even yellow/green sometimes. And for some reason the images come out soft (like beauty mode). I found this is true even when using the periscope 5x to take a photo of yourself in mirror. Also, the Snapdragon likes to brighten the image more than Exynos, and also crushes the blacks more.

On the Exynos the colour is warm and natural, less over sharpening. I'll try to post some photos later.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] pafc66:
It's weird hdr post processing doesn't work properly of you take a photo whilst moving .. highlights are just clipped. To get the best photos out of this thing you have to keep it still for 1-2 seconds after pressing the shutter button.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] enjoylife1788:
I am coming from iphone. Generally clicking on phone had been much faster. I have realized that note 20 ultra takes pictures very slowly after clicking the shutter button.

Also the post processing is too slow as well. In night shots it takes approx 4-5 seconds. Is that normal for a processor this fast?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] flak0:
https://www.dxomark.com/samsung-gal...ew-excellent-wide-and-ultra-wide-performance/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] MVIR:
Camera overall is just INSANE. I was apple fanboy till day note 20 came out. Just much much better that all latest apple phones...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Zirc92:
Is it normal for 108 mpx to become an oil painting if you zoom in a little? Notice it on some 12mpx shots aswell. On my s20 + I had sharp images with nothing like that. But then again I didn't zoom so much in as you can with the 108 mpx.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] roryh86:
Just thought I'd post these comparisons here, as I owned both the Exynos and Snapdragon N20U models. I had them on another post but was in a random thread so here you go. My opinion is that the Exynos takes nicer photos. Also has a faster shutter. What do you think?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] *Detection*:
No wonder there is so much controversy over photo quality, the Snapdragon looks borderline broken on some of those photos, especially zoomed they look like a blurry mess
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Sukrus:
:):good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Katsusreturns:
Suggestions?

I love the S-Pen, my main reason for coming back to the Note series. At the end of the day, my questions is pretty simple. Should I hold onto this beast in hopes that a reliable Gcam port comes out (US, Snapdragon variant) or as someone mentioned previously, a new Adobe camera? Or send this thing back to Samsung Asap and just preorder a Pixel 5? I WANT the note 20 ultra to be everything it SHOULD be, just nervous about hoping for something that may never happen, ugh, suggestions? Thanks guys.

Oops, first part of my post went MIA. Previously note 10+ user, then to Iphone 11 pro max (Hated that phone, camera was abysmal IMO, especially low light!). While this note 20 ultra out of the box takes superior photos compared to the iphone 11 pro max, it doesnt seem to be any better than the Note 10+, perhaps even worse as of right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] borijess:
Hopefully they improve selfie camera. With smoothing off it still smooths face and makes my face look too pale. Came from OnePlus 7 pro and that selfie camera is way better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] pafc66:
Massive overkill

Some of the snapdragon shots look better.

In 1x lowlight the snapdragon looks sharper and better in lowlight.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Katsusreturns:
Sent her back

After being dissapointed with the last two flagship Iphones, and now this Note 20 Ultra being incredibly dissapointing, I went ahead and sent her back. I met up with a friend who could not stop laughing at me for my frierce crusade to find a worthy phone, she let me rock around with her Pixel 4a for awhile today. I'm blown away that a $350 device outperforms these $1000+ phones in the photography department! Mind you however, I do not watch videos outside of Wifi, I dont game on my phones (at all). So for what its worth, I think it's in my best interest to just avoid flagships altogether, silly me for thinking I need the 'Latest & Greatest" when clearly price and build quality only take a device so far.

Of course with all that being said, I will be eyeballing the next Note iteration, because damn I love that S-Pen! Just need someone to make a case that has a bluetooth style S-Pen & dedicated slot, pair it with your phone, get the shutter functionality, done and done!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] silvergold:
Does anybody know whether it's possible to enable the full power of the camera sensor? Although it has a main camera of 108 MP, the final photo is 12 MP, so it's like buying a Bugatti Veyron to drive it at a top speed of 30km/h. Is there any development so far to get that enabled in a rooted phone or a custom ROM so far?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
I Imported a snapdragon version of this thing, knowing for sure it would do better than Exynos.

I was wrong in the camera department. The pics are a mess...I don't understand how on the viewfinder, it looks amazingly crisp and post processing completely ruins everything!! Regret selling my note 10 plus.

Since it's imported and I cannot return, I did however, manage to find a decent gcam. After altering some setting, I'm pretty much getting close to the quality of pics I can live with until I sell this thing in the near future...especially since I use gcam only for stills.

This version worked for me GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.2-fix.apk , but I had to do tweaking in advanced settings. Also, the ultrawide works which is a big bonus. otherwise pics looks a big unfocused.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Katsusreturns:
That's unfortunate about not being able to return it. It's a shame you have to jump through so many hoops, just to get it at a level you "can live with". After reading about someone who reached out to Samsung and they told them they will maybe fix it with an update 6months down the road, that was the nail in the coffin for me, what a ridiculous response! Blows my mind what we spend on these phones just to be jerked around left and right.

Hope you're able to get some enjoyment out of it while you have it! best of luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] airmaxx23:
Would you mind sharing what tweaks you did in the Advanced settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
1. Enable telephoto lens option - that apparently is ultrawide when selecting on screen... It's in advanced-auxillary camera.... enable only telephoto though.

2. Settings-advanced-lib-

A. Enable lib patcher

B. Increase Noise value/denoise value etc to 2, or as per your preference and play around.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] tazm0n:
Yes there is an icon at the top of the camera app screen that allows you to select aspect ratios and enable full 108mp shots- only for the main/wide lens obviously.... there is a slight delay after capturing a 108mp shot so not good for anything moving
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Yep, exynos wins again the cam battle. Much nicer.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Really pleased with the pic quality.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] butchieboy:
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jmk32:
Thanks for the tip. Wide angle now works. Can you specify more about the Noise value? I see a whole bunch of denoise in the advance settings. Are you saying adjust them all to 2?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
Yes, sharpeness around 2, denoise around 2, rest around 1.5. Changing all didn't make much of a difference for me. But I noticed there's still noise even though pics are detailed.

I switched to 7.4.104 and it's much much better, almost my pixel 4xl level with no noise. You have to change settings otherwise it won't work. I can send you my config file for that if you want.

Only issue is I can't get ultrawide to click good pics and front cam don't work. But my main reason is capturing kids and zero shutter lag along with awesome portraits make this one my default shooter for stills.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jmk32:
That would be great if you could share the link to the 7.4 version and the config file! Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] airmaxx23:
I'e be interested in this as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1csP6bBqyKxGTBucaIC0QImG4LfWA17IW/view

I'm not able to upload my config file :(

can share the settings though, hope it helps

Google drop down menu - Image quality HIGH

- settings

- advanced

- enable tracking focus ,hdr+ instant

- color filter arrangement GRBG

Mods config creator

- Lib pathcer ON

- sharpness 2 (more or less depending on your taste)

- sharpness depth 1/1-5

every option below set to default value

Wide angle cam can be activated under Experimental features, set ID camera, tuen cam 1 and 2 on

Unfortunately i'm not able to get settings to get processing done...please let me know if anyone does

I'll keep searching for Gcams and post updates if I can

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1csP6bBqyKxGTBucaIC0QImG4LfWA17IW/view

I'm not able to upload my config file :(

can share the settings though, hope it helps

Google drop down menu - Image quality HIGH

- settings

- advanced

- enable tracking focus ,hdr+ instant

- color filter arrangement GRBG

Mods config creator

- Lib pathcer ON

- sharpness 2 (more or less depending on your taste)

- sharpness depth 1/1-5

every option below set to default value

Tone curves - ON

Gamme Curve - OFF

Wide angle cam can be activated under Experimental features, set ID camera, tuen cam 1 and 2 on

Unfortunately i'm not able to get settings to get processing done...please let me know if anyone does

I'll keep searching for Gcams and post updates if I can
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jmk32:
Thanks for this. But I can't find the settings for Mods Config Creator and everything below that under Advanced or anywhere else. Where is that? Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
Last setting, go to 'Learn more' then enable mod
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jmk32:
That did it! Thanks again
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] sledgie:
Sadly this has turned into a google photo thread but that's ok - options for other people.

My Note 20 Ultra has me a little disappointed, especially in fast moving situations.

during the day, it seems to be good, 9/10

right before dusk, i'd give it a 5/10

@ Night, i feel there is too much noise. Let me rephrase that. UNneeded noise.

Biggest issue for me is trying to take 3:4 or 16:9 when objects are moving in AUTO. It's like it cannot focus properly. I may go to gcam just to see the difference.

I bought the device for the Camera, Display, Pen in that order. My Mi 10 Pro took much better pics, sadly.

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This has been my experience entirely. It's not fast anymore. The S6 and S7 could easily capture good light with fast moving objects. In some points it looks like our Snapdragon captures too much light at a specific point. Moving objects are entirely too difficult to capture anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ZayaanAhyaan:
Until I used Gcam, only workaround I had to take photos after dark for slightly moving objects was use motion photo. Play the pic, and 10/10 time the shot right before the blur comes out way sharp and unprocessed....unfortunately it's tedious and final quality is less.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
They have worked in details only on N986n model N9860 or N986U or U1 are not that optimized i feel like.

My N986n took better pics then My P40 pro. Even zooming the text at night, N20U processes the text to become readable whereas p40 pro struggles at a certain point.

Only camera have problem is 108mp which will be optimized with UI 3.0
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] sledgie:
Could you elaborate a little? I got somewhat confused.

You are saying they have worked on the details of the N986n and not the U or U1 of the Note 20 Ultra? I feel like that too.

That's amazing that the N986 took better pics that the P40 Pro. I was going to get the Pro + but I didn't due to google/usa/etc.

Real shame especially with iphone 12 pro max coming out. They need to pick this up or else i'll sell mine
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jacktackle:
After everyone from USA or Singapore have reported poor camera quality, im surprised and amazed that my phone take amazing photos. Hence I've reached to the conclusion that, KOR firmware is been designed with special interest then rest of the regions. Sold p40 pro for 350 pounds though I had GMS, I had to settle with old security patches. Samsung came up with a monster so no need of huawei and xiomi now. Still awaiting Vivo nex 4 :) Vivo is innovations.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Manson79:
Hi,

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X2:

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Pascal536:
i have found this : https://www.ubergizmo.com/reviews/samsung-galaxy-note-20-ultra-camera-review/

And this : https://www.ubergizmo.com/articles/best-phone-cameras/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] skysatan:
Soon samsung is going to nail iphone camera
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] sw1000:
I think this is very subjective , I have a Note 20 Ultra and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

For people I think the iPhone takes better shots , people are always whitened or beautified even when the settings are off in the Note 20 Ultra.

If I could combine 11 Pro Max portrait / people shots with Note 20 Ultra this would kill every phone on the market.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] @home:
Snapdragon has a quicker shutter, so I don't get what you are talking about. I have both phones. SD is better in every way.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
So have I. The exynos camera is better, unfortunately. Miles better.