Samsung Galaxy Note 9
SAMSUng has a few different options which appeal to photographers, but the galaxy note 9 stands out for a couple of intriguing reasons.
It’s the only device in this round- up to feature a Stylus, which tucks neatly away into the bottom of the phone. You can use it to remotely trigger the camera’s shutter, which makes it ideal for anybody who wants to get creative – such as when using the note 9 on a tripod for long- exposure night shots (and of course for selfies and group portraits). It’s also capable of other functions, such as switching between the front and rear cameras with certain combinations of button-presses.
As we see with many Android smartphones, you can shoot in raw format, plus there’s a very well-featured native camera app which affords manual control over a number of different settings. of the two rear camera lenses, the wider angle (26mm equivalent) optic is equipped with dualaperture capability – something which is also unique among the devices featured here. this function gives you the option to manually choose between f/1.8 and f/2.4 depending on the lighting conditions - the phone will decide for itself which it needs in standard Auto shooting mode.
Image quality is excellent, with realistic colours and a good degree of detail in JPeg images. Shallow depth- of-field mode produces some convincing effects if you don’t inspect them too closely – working particularly well for human portraits. Low-light shooting is also very good, but it lacks the high- quality dedicated night modes of smartphones such as the Huawei and google models in this group.