Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Adds 7 Low-Light Camera Upgrades, Led by 200MP f/1.4 Sensor
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Updated · TechRadar · Jun 15
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Adds 7 Low-Light Camera Upgrades, Led by 200MP f/1.4 Sensor
3 articles · Updated · TechRadar · Jun 15
Summary
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra centers its low-light push on seven camera and editing upgrades, with Night mode using AI multi-frame processing to merge 30 images into one shot.
The hardware change is a wider-aperture 200MP main camera at f/1.4 and a 50MP telephoto at f/2.9, letting in 47% more light on the wide lens and 37% more on the 5x telephoto.
Nightography Video also gets an upgrade, pairing per-frame noise reduction with Super Steady Horizontal Lock, which uses gyro and accelerometer data to cut handheld shake in dark scenes.
Selfies and post-processing are part of the pitch too: upgraded AI image processing reduces front-camera noise, while Galaxy AI, Photo Assist and Audio Eraser brighten shots, remove objects and clean up sound.
Samsung says AI scene recognition can auto-tune settings for low-light scenes, while ProZoom and 3x and 5x optical zoom aim to keep distant subjects detailed in concerts, cityscapes and other night shots.