A new leak of Samsung marketing materials shows that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 features a dual-sensor camera, as per earlier rumours, and that this setup also enables a 3x optical zoom capability, also lining up with earlier rumours.
The leaked details come via Dutch website Galaxy Club and are alleged to be snippets from official Samsung promotional documents. We can clearly see the materials are showcasing the difference between standard capture, digital zoom, and optical zoom, and the optical zoom has significantly higher quality. According to the documents the feature is called "Smart Zoom".
What's not clear is whether this will be similar to the recent optical zoom from the OnePlus 5. OnePlus originally announced the handset with "2x optical zoom" but it later emerged that it only had 1.6x optical zoom with the remaining 0.4x zoom magnification being made up digitally via something called "SmartCapture multi frame technology".
The document also reveals a "Refocus" feature which appears to capture image depth and spatial data via the dual-lenses and allows the user to choose a new focal point after capture. Again, it's not clear whether this is a fully fledged feature or if it will be similar to past offerings by rival manufacturers; many have boasted such features but in practice they simply sharpen the selected focal point very slightly and blur everything else in the shot.
As might be expected, the details also suggest that the Galaxy Note 8 camera will be improved when it comes to low-light photography, including a Super Night Shot mode, as well as better HDR, and a new Perspective View feature that allows for image rotation post-capture.
There's not long now until this tech is fully and officially revealed, as Samsung's Unpacked launch event for the Galaxy Note 8 will be taking place on August 23 in New York, US.
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