Galaxy Note 9ās cameras are pretty much the same as the Galaxy S9+, both in specs and the image quality. But, for the rear camera, Samsung has built in what it is calling Scene Optimizer. Scene Optimizer studies the scene and subject, matches them with 20 presets such as food, portraits, landscapes, and animals, then optimizes the shooting parameters to make the images look better than they normally would. Scene Optimizer doesnāt really work in practice and is mostly a gimmick, though. Images donāt seem to actually improve, but even if they did, Scene Optimizer takes just a second too long to actually detect the scene, which can result in you missing the moment.
Thankfully, the other new feature Samsung has built in works better and is available for both the front and rear cameras. Any time you take a blurry photo, the Flaw Detection feature will inform you with a pop-up notification. We all know how frustrating it can be when we take a picture and go to the gallery to check it out only to see it came out blurred. But thanks to Flaw Detection, you can immediately take another picture of the same scene instead of going into the gallery to find out, making it quite useful. Flaw Detection can also tell the user if someone in the photo blinked or the backlighting is poor, but this is something I was unable to reproduce.
As far as general performance of the rear camera is concerned, well, itās as excellent as it was on the Galaxy S9. The Dual Aperture lens (which switches between apertures of F1.5 and F2.4) makes sure that photos come out with good exposure in both extra bright and extra dark conditions. Color reproduction is mostly faithful to the real thing, thereās plenty of detail without the excessive oversharpening Samsung was once famous for, noise is well controlled, and the dynamic range is usually great.
Thankfully, the other new feature Samsung has built in works better and is available for both the front and rear cameras. Any time you take a blurry photo, the Flaw Detection feature will inform you with a pop-up notification. We all know how frustrating it can be when we take a picture and go to the gallery to check it out only to see it came out blurred. But thanks to Flaw Detection, you can immediately take another picture of the same scene instead of going into the gallery to find out, making it quite useful. Flaw Detection can also tell the user if someone in the photo blinked or the backlighting is poor, but this is something I was unable to reproduce.
As far as general performance of the rear camera is concerned, well, itās as excellent as it was on the Galaxy S9. The Dual Aperture lens (which switches between apertures of F1.5 and F2.4) makes sure that photos come out with good exposure in both extra bright and extra dark conditions. Color reproduction is mostly faithful to the real thing, thereās plenty of detail without the excessive oversharpening Samsung was once famous for, noise is well controlled, and the dynamic range is usually great.
