Samsung shows off Zoom Anyplace camera likely coming to Galaxy S24 Ultra

Samsung has launched an indication of its ISOCELL Zoom Anyplace tech which makes use of the corporate’s excessive decision 200-megapixel sensors to pull off some nifty tips with video zoom. The characteristic can “simultaneously capture the full field of view and zoomed-in areas on video” and robotically monitor and movie a transferring topic throughout the body. Samsung first teased Zoom Anyplace at a press convention earlier this month.

Although the corporate doesn’t say precisely which units will get the brand new Zoom Anyplace characteristic, all indicators level to the corporate’s next-generation Galaxy S24 Ultra flagship which is likely to be introduced early subsequent yr. 

Samsung isn’t the primary firm to have thought up a zoom characteristic like this, following the Honor 90’s Solo Cut Mode. But whereas Honor’s implementation of the characteristic restricted the decision of each movies to 1080p, Samsung says its model shall be ready to document in 4K even when zooming in up to 4x.

Zoom Anyplace can be able to zooming out and in mid-shot, and Samsung claims it must also work on topics proper on the sting of the body. At the Samsung System LSI Tech Day 2023 earlier this month, Samsung confirmed off the characteristic with its 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP2 sensor, which it introduced in January 2023.

In addition to ISOCELL Zoom Anyplace, Samsung additionally particulars a characteristic it’s calling “End-to-End (E2E) AI Remosaic” which it says ought to assist minimize picture processing instances for 200-megapixel pictures by as a lot as half. It works by adjusting the picture processing course of to perform the remosaicing and picture sign processing steps in parallel, quite than carrying them out in sequence. The firm says this must also scale back knowledge misplaced due to latency, leading to images with “richer details and colors.”

Samsung’s press launch doesn’t include any info on when these options could debut, however the firm is rumored to be getting ready to launch the Galaxy S24 lineup as early as January subsequent yr.