The tracking I was seeing is a product of Tracking Auto-Focus in which the cameras attempt to adjust the framing to keep the subject in focus and - in my experience - in the frame. When I asked Samsung about the capability, they confirmed that Space Zoom uses both OIS and EIS to reduce shake and blur. To understand how the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra's camera can track moving objects, you have to accept that the phone's 30X and, especially 100X space zoom are highly interpolated images where the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip-level Computer Vision is constantly at work figuring out what you're looking at - is it a planet, a person, a bird - and what it might be doing. I just watched Donnell sing and walk and it wasn't until I noticed the back of the stage was moving to the left behind him that I realized the phone's camera had locked onto Donnell and was tracking him. Even as I held the Galaxy S22 Ultra perfectly still - or as still as my half-century hands are capable - the phone's camera casually followed Donnell as he walked from one side of the stage to the other. First I hit 30X, but it wasn't until I tried 100X that I noticed something startling. Initially, because I didn't know who he was (longtime lead Singer Peter Cetara departed in 1985 and since then Chicago has had a revolving door of frontmen), I didn't bother with 30x or 100x zoom.Įventually, though, I decided to follow the powerful singer with the phone's Super Zoom. Current lead singer Neil Donnell roamed the stage throughout the band's set. Brian Wilson helped my cause by performing his entire 45-minute set while seated behind that white piano.Ĭhicago, though, was a different story. The Galaxy S22 Ultra, though, does an excellent job of optical and electronic image stabilization.

The further you zoom, the more slight movements of your hand can throw your subject out of frame.

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