36 PCWorld APRIL 2019REVIEWS SAMSUNG GALAXY S10+
smartphone cameras you can buy, and
Samsung is basically in refinement mode at
this point.
The biggest upgrade is in field of view.
When switching to the ultra-wide camera
(accessible via a button above the shutter),There’s a small bit of fisheye distortion at the edges of the frame in this image of Barcelona Cathedral
when shooting in ultra-wide mode (right) and some exposure issues with the zoom lens (left), but it’s not
enough to dissuade from using them.the viewing area increases dramatically,
from 45 degrees to 77 degrees to 123
degrees. That means you’ll capture
more of the scene without having to
back up as much, as you can see in the
comparison photos below, all taken
from the same spot.
The S10+ also performs great when
capturing a range of colors, particularly
when ample light is available. Images
were consistently sharper, brighter, and
more detailed when compared to the
S9, and the S10+ even held its own
against Google’s incredible processing engine
on the Pixel 3. In the image of the candy
below, the S10+’s auto white balance results in
clearer definition and less saturated images,
with less muddiness at the low end. When
dealing with different shades of white, theThe Galaxy S10+ has a triple camera array, but the pics it
takes aren’t that much better than the S9’s single camera.