![]() Where Bixby came up short during my tests was in identifying the New York City landmarks I pointed the camera at, notably Radio City Music Hall. You can also point Bixby at food you’re eating, and in some instances - it worked with a blueberry muffin and with tiramisu - Bixby can let you know how many calories the item has. On the plus side, you can point the camera at a street sign and have Bixby quickly translate that sign into a foreign language - useful for those of you who travel, but the kind of thing we’ve seen before. Alas, capturing such fleeting moments is exceedingly tricky, and too often I struggled to get the super-slow-mo snippet I wanted. Many super-slow-mo scenes came out blurry or were barely visible if not shot in a well-lit area. I was rather dazzled by some of the special effects I was able to produce via the camera’s new super-slow-mo feature-volcanic flames as a hibachi chef worked his craft, liquid pouring out of a glass, floating snowflakes during a nor’easter. The S9+ has two rear cameras, one for telephoto and one wide angle the S8+ had just one rear camera. I didn’t do any scientific tests, but to my eye, pictures taken with the S9 + generally appeared more natural than on the S8 +. ![]() (You can change the aperture manually as part of the “pro” settings.) I was very pleased with many (but not all) of the pictures I took in low light, including several shots I took of fellow journalists in a dimly-lit watering hole in Barcelona. It improves the prospects that you’ll get a decent picture no matter what the lighting conditions are. Arguably, the most important camera feature is one you won’t immediately notice, a dual aperture (F1.5, F2.4) that automatically widens or retracts according to the lighting conditions around you, much like the human iris does. Samsung foisted most of its attention on what its marketers refer to as a “reimagined” camera. ![]()
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