Samsung S7 Edge Back Camera and Photography

With the Samsung Note 7 out, there are 3 Samsung phones with the same camera specifications! The Samsung S7, Samsung S7 Edge and the Samsung Note 7. The back camera of these phones are 12 Megapixel Cameras with f/1.7 aperture and 1.4µm dual-pixels. There are many reviews out there about these cameras. Also, countless tutorials already on how to make full use of the camera's capabilities. Here's a link to one, on trustedreviews.com. I found the review and tutorial on this one to be pretty good and accurate. The lens is really good for macro close-up shots. It's true that it's not so good for portraits, I've tried and have yet to get the effect I want.

I have to admit, I watched many reviews on youtube and read many reviews on blogs and websites before deciding to buy the S7 Edge. I needed to have a good camera on my phone. I like how the camera focuses fast and also the macro shots I've been taking. I mean, bees and butterflies the size of my fingernail have been photographed beautifully using the S7 Edge. I was able to capture the "furry-ness" of the butterfly, the beautiful blue tone on its body and the little black dots on its tiny wings. The white strips on its antenna are clear too. The flower bud the butterfly is on is just about half a centimeter long. That's how macro we can go with the S7 edge.

Butterfly the size of my fingernail (added my fav phrase to this picture using photo director app)

Having the Pro Mode really helps. The focusing is accurate when set manually using the Pro Mode. Most of the time, I have the Shutterspeed, ISO and White Balance on Auto. I play with the Focusing a lot and quite a bit on exposure as well. To capture the butterfly, I had the focus set to the closest possible. The background is clearly blurred out while the butterfly is clear. The S7 edge has really good depth of field effect, especially for macro shots.

I went to the Botanical Gardens, Penang to look for bees or butterflies to photography. I tried out fast shutterspeed settings with higher ISO to try and capture bees mid-flight, not much luck there yet. I've uploaded a number of photos on my nature (mostly flowers) gallery on Instagram (@cherishedshots). You're welcome to browse through them to see what the S7 Edge can do. It probably can do even better if I were a better photographer.

My first try(on any camera) with a slower shutterspeed setting to capture the light streaks as the cars zoomed down the road. Lots of room for improvement on my part but definitely a fun thing to try out. It is definitely possible for slow shutterspeed photography with the S7 Edge Camera.

Cars zooming past

There are other good phone cameras out there. I just find the S7 Edge Camera to suit my style of photography so I'm really happy with it. There are good reviews on the Huawei P9 camera and also the LG Phone Cameras. Interested in buying the Samsung S7 Edge or other phones? PM EricaYinAdventures on Facebook (for Penang-ites only).