We continue with our best tips and tricks to take advantage of all the new features of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, the new smartphones from the South Korean company destined to become a true reference in the competitive ecosystem Android 2018. Thus, we offer you a complete guide with the 10 best tricks to get the best photos through its revolutionary camera, for many, the best of any mobile terminal that has appeared so far. But first let's review the camera-level characteristics of the new ones. Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+.
He Galaxy S9 equip a new one 12 megapixel rear camera (dual sensor on the Galaxy S9+) with variable aperture between f/1.5 and f/2.4 with optical image stabilization, which translates into high-quality captures even in the worst lighting conditions and a huge range of possibilities to exploit our most creative side. Therefore, we offer you a selection of the best tricks with the Galaxy S9 camera to get our best catches.
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Capture moments with Super Slow Motion
The chamber of Galaxy S9 It is capable of recording video with the function Super Slow Motion, or what is the same, in super slow motion, at an incredible speed of 960 frames per second. But what is even more surprising is its ability to produce up to three versions of the same slow motion video (Loop, Inverse and Swing) automatically, without us having to edit anything. Additionally, through the Gallery app we can change the music if it does not convince us through the Music icon.
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Set your own AR Emoji
Thanks to the new feature AR Emoji of the Galaxy S9, we can create countless of our own avatars with different styles and characteristics thanks to its numerous customization options. Although the funniest thing is that We can create up to 18 different stickers of our avatar and send them to our friends using different messaging services such as WhatsApp. To do this, we just have to take a selfie, customize our avatar and send it as a message; Apps like WhatsApp itself treat the AR Emoji as a GIF, so there are no major problems sending them.
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Take advantage of the spectacular portrait mode
The users of the Galaxy S9+ can take advantage of the double rear sensor to obtain Even sharper photos with more obvious depth effects thanks to portrait mode or Live Focus. Thus, to adjust the gradual blurring of the backgrounds of a scene that we want to capture, we just have to slide the blur icon until we obtain the desired effect; Of course, we recommend looking for bright backgrounds with bright colors to accentuate the effect. On the other hand, users who do not want to go deeper with the available options can resort to the automatic blur selector; the sensor will do the rest.
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Recreate yourself with food mode
Food portraits are successful in applications such as instagram, with thousands and thousands of users who upload their photos of their favorite dishes. For this reason, Samsung has created a specific photography mode to capture the best food images. Thus, and automatically, Color and contrast are enhanced to enhance the foreground image and can even add a slight blur around to further accentuate the dish or element in the foreground. To do this, we must select the Food mode from the camera's main selector, tap on the food or dish we want to capture and the camera will do the rest. Our dish will seem like it was taken from the best restaurant in our city.
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Image zoom assist
With one of the best mobile cameras on the market, the Galaxy S9 offers assistance in a multitude of elements that have to do with photography; and one of the most useful is the possibility of zoom in the most precise and controlled way possible thanks to the slider dedicated to it. Thus, we only have to slide our finger on the icon to achieve the most precise zoom possible.
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Portrait mode in selfies
Thanks to the excellent 8 megapixel front camera Galaxy S9, we can obtain high quality selfies; even more, since it also offers Portrait mode for selfies using the option called Selfie Focus. As with the rear camera, it is advisable to use bright backgrounds with good lighting to enhance this effect.
Likewise, the selfies in the Galaxy S9 They also offer the option of panoramic mode, with which we can obtain selfies with a completely horizontal aspect ratio in case we want to capture more elements or people around us. To do this, we only have to first capture ourselves in the center of the image and move the mobile left and right, to obtain a 120-degree image.
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Go one step further with Pro features
The chamber of Galaxy S9 It offers endless options and features that we can exploit automatically without having any knowledge of photography. Although more advanced users can “play” with numerous parameters such as ISO, sensor aperture, white balance, IRIS options…Once we access Pro mode, we can modify all these parameters manually through different icons and sliders displayed on the screen.
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Capture the moments before a photograph
If we want to get small clips that are as clever as they are fun before taking a photo, we just have to activate the Motion photo mode through Settings – Camera settings. These types of clips are identified as Play Motion Photo. In addition, we can capture these clips if we are interested in a moment and want to keep it as an independent photograph.
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Use voice commands to take photos
The new ones Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ They allow you to control many of its functions through voice commands, also in the photography section. And we can Capture images by giving voice commands without having to press any virtual button on the screen, an especially useful option for selfies. To do this we just have to go to Settings – Camera settings and activate the Voice Control icon. We can take photos by voice using voice commands such as “Smile”, “Cheese” or “Capture”. In addition, we can also record videos with “Record video”.
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Bixby assistant as a language translator
A curious Bixby function through the cameras of the Galaxy S9 the thing is allows us to translate more than 50 languages into more than 100 in real time if we focus on a poster in a language that we do not know using augmented reality. It is even capable of converting international currencies in real time. A very useful function if, for example, we are sightseeing in a country whose language we do not know and we want to translate signs or signs.
