Our Galaxy S20 Ultra evaluation has actually been up for a few days, however we’re constantly finding brand-new aspects of the phone and its electronic camera expertise. The most recent addition to the list of things that are easier to slip under many radars is low-light video recording.
Inspired by our quest to discover locations where the Ultra is much better than the Note10 s in hopes of justifying the brand-new phone’s price, we figured the big-sensor advantage across all webcams must give it an edge during the night. And let’s simply state from the get-go – the Ultra’s low-light video footage is strongly excellent.
As a warm-up before the basic videos, we’ll start with a new function Samsung presented with the S20 Ultra – night hyperlapse. It takes long direct exposures, long enough to develop light trails, which then make up the frames of the video. The long direct exposures and the truth that the rate is a minute of shooting for a second of resulting video, indicate a tripod is a needs to (or at least a beanbag, you do you). In comparison, the Note10 doesn’t have night hyperlapses, just regular ones, and they’re nowhere as excellent as the Ultra’s in low light.
Hyperlapse screengrabs: Galaxy S20 Ultra Galaxy Note10
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Back to excellent ol’ routine speed video.
To be fair, the Note10 almost maintains in these conditions when it concerns 1x video. The Ultra’s low-light videos out of the primary webcam are still somewhat sharper and more detailed, but dynamic range is far better on the brand-new phone.
Low-light video at sunset screengrabs, 1x zoom: