Your Samsung Galaxy S24 and S23 will get a camera mode for truly celestial portraits

Date:
Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:49:23 +0000

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The Astro Portrait mode announced for the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldables is coming to the S24 and S23.

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At its recent Unpacked 2024 event Samsung not only announced new devices like the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldables, but also a handful of exciting updates arriving on said new gadgets. These include new astrophotography tools, which we now know will also be coming to older
Samsung phones like the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S24 .

When using your phones Astrophoto mode to capture dazzling photos of the
night sky the camera needs to use a long exposure so that it can record the twinkling of distant stars and galaxies, and this extended capture time
doesnt work well if you want to include a person in the shot, as any movement they make can turn pictures into a blurry mess.

The new Astro Portrait mode coming to the Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 aims to solve this by taking two snaps: one with your subject in frame, and then another of just the backdrop and night sky. The camera software will then stitch these pictures together to give you the best of both portrait photography and astrophotography.

And it looks like people with older Samsung phones wont be missing out, with
a Community post (translated from Korean) announcing that this tool will also be coming to Galaxy S23 series and Galaxy S24 series phones (which includes the base, Plus, and Ultra models). Astrophotography can produce some stunning results (Image credit: Future | Tim Coleman) How to use Astro Portrait mode

The new Astro Portrait option will arrive as part of an update to the Expert RAW camera mode, though Samsung hasnt said exactly when it will drop.

When the update does go live, to take advantage of Astro Portrait youll need to make sure you have Expert Raw installed. You can find it by opening your Samsung Galaxy phones camera app, then scrolling along the options at the bottom such as Photo, Video, etc until you find More. Here youll find a collection of other camera modes, with Expert Raw in the top-left corner. (Image credit: Future)

Tap on the icon to install Expert RAW if you havent already, and in the
future you can access it from this menu or its dedicated app (which will now be in your library if you want to add it to your home screen).

Within Expert RAW you can find Astrophoto settings by tapping on the Constellation-like icon in the menu along the top of the screen. When the update rolls out, we expect the new Astro Portrait mode will be found in there. You might also like You took amazing smartphone eclipse photos, but reminded me why I didn't use Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra's 100x Space Zoom I
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