Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

In July 2013, Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, a phone-camera hybrid[1][2] with a 10x optical zoom (24–240 mm 35 mm equivalent) with f/3.1-6.3 lens with built-in optical image stabilizer and a standard xenon flash.

The phone uses a Samsung Exynos 4212 SoC featuring a 1.5 GHz dualcore CPU.[3] It uses 1/2.33-inch 16 MP BSI-CMOS sensor and has both auto and manual camera control, and takes video in 1080p 30 fps (full HD) or 720p 60 fps.[4] The device can be categorized as a low/mid end point-and-shoot camera or a bridge camera.[5]

In one of the Scene modes, you can also set the exposure time, the ISO Light Sensivity (up to ISO 3200), the aperture and the white balance manually.

It is also capable of recording Slow Motion Videos at the same resolution, as the Note 2 does at 120 fps, 720×480 Pixels at 120 Frames per Second. You can also use the Optical Zoom, while you record, but you can't actually record audio. While recording video, at any available resolution, at any framerate, the optical zoom is slown down, because otherways you could hear the Zoom Lens Engine. This also applies to the K Zoom.

While recording Video, you can also take still images with around 3.2 Megapixels, but only up to 6 pictures during the whole recording, no matter the length or the size of the video, even if this video is paused.
The reason, why Samsung made this limitage, is unknown, because Samsung never mentioned it.

Screen

The screen has got the same specifications like the S4 Mini, with a qHD (not to mix up with QHD) Display with 960×540 Pixels and a pixel Density of 256 ppi.
It uses Super-AMOLED-Technology, like almost every Mid-Range or Flagship-Smartphone of Samsung does. It is protected with the Gorilla Glass 2, which is also known from the Galaxy S3, Note 2 and S4 Active. The Galaxy S4 has got Gorilla Glass 3.

Galaxy K Zoom

In June 2014 the successor to the Galaxy S4 Zoom, the Galaxy K Zoom model (SM-C115) - also known as Galaxy S5 Zoom - was released. It comes with a 10x zoom camera (24-240mm) with 20.7 megapixels, with Android 4.4.2. The Galaxy K Zoom also utilizes the letter 'K' for "Kapture" or "Kamera". (Slogan: Capture the Moment)

The consumer camera-smartphone has 2 GB RAM, 8 GB own flash, microSD, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, 4.8 inch 1280×720 px Super AMOLED (306 ppi), 6-core Exynos 5 Hecta SoC, Mali-T624 GPU, 200 g and 20.2 millimeters at thickest point.[6][7]

It can take 3 Megapixels still image, while recording all available resolutions, with all framerates up to 60 fps, but only 6 images per video clip.

A disadvantage in comparisson to the S4 Zoom, is that you can't use the Optical Zoom, while recording Slow Motion Videos.

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References

  1. ↑ Is It A Phone, Is It A Camera? No, It’s A Phamera! Samsung Unveils Its Jelly Bean-toting Galaxy Camera
  2. ↑ Samsung Galaxy K Zoom review
  3. ↑ "Test by German Notebookcheck of Galaxy S4 Zoom". Notebookcheck. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "S4 zoom specs". Samsung.
  5. ↑ "Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom review: a messy marriage of smartphone and camera". July 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Samsung launches Galaxy K zoom in India". ABP Live. 8 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Nick T. "Samsung Galaxy K Zoom is official: 20.7 MP, OIS, and 10x optical zoom in a stylish body". Retrieved 13 August 2014.