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Samsung was a little late to the dual-camera party but it's okay to arrive after your competition if you bring the goods a standard view a zoom lens and a portrait mode this story is starting to sound familiar does Samsung deliver here's a quick camera tour for the note eight brought to you by D brand this is currently the most popular setup for dual camera phones a standard field of view and somewhere around a 2 X zoom popularized by Apple Samsung isn't rocking the boat much and responding to the iPhone competition but there are a few refinements worth mentioning first we have to disavow Samsung's marketing claim of this setup including a wide-angle camera and a zoom the main camera sensor delivers a pretty normal field of view for a phone a touch wider than an iPhone maybe but it's certainly not as open as dual camera phones that offer almost panorama wide shots the core photo experience is exceedingly similar to the SI though in our early impressions the additional controls for live focus samsung's portrait mode stickers and vics be vision take up precious real estate on the main viewfinder this app is starting to get cluttered and for those that are looking to maximize their photography investment here there will be some memorization for where other settings live for example the muscle memory for the shutter button is a gripe we carry over from the s8 press and hold on the button to burst but if you slide slightly it'll activate the zoom I've personally missed numerous toddler activity shots because of this gesture hidden under the most important control on your viewfinder or trying to slide a setting in manual mode only to accidentally flip to your selfie camera it's something you need to get a feel for and will likely cause you to miss a shot if you haven't practiced that action while the navigation is becoming a bit cumbersome the feature set is about as complete as we should expect on a flagship product excellent manual controls fun auto modes and filters dual pixel autofocus and now some extra reach thanks to the second sensor the equivalent of a 2x zoom adding optical image stabilization proves too be a significant benefit zoom sensors are compromised by smaller apertures so smoothing out handshake helps the camera use a longer shutter to compensate and UHD video is noticeably smoother than non stabilized zoom cameras on the pocket now team we generally prefer ultra wide-angle cameras but this zoom delivers better results than its competition so hopefully we'll be more inclined to use it live focus mode is Samsung's flavor of software background blur using the telephoto lens is the main image and combining data from both cameras for depth information it's more flexible than Apple's portrait mode working similarly to the Huawei Leica cameras we've reviewed in the past like Leica the effect can be manipulated in post though the zoom sensor pushes you a little farther away from your subject I couldn't quite pull off a rear camera selfie on the show floor an easy feat to perform from an iPhone or honor when we were back in our Airbnb early impressions with the note 8 Samsung reinforces why we still consider this manufacturer one of the better all-rounder camera options it's not without some frustration feature creep and design clutter but it's already shaping up to be a solid performer for the second half of 2017 which is good because the camera competition this year is going to be brutal and if you're one of those people who will roll around in the dirt to get the best shot you probably also appreciate being able to keep a good grip on your phone deep brand skins help protect your phone from scratches and give you a little more texture to hold on to your expensive mobile pocket computer check out D brand comm slash galaxy or visit the link in the description below to customize your phone as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for our full Galaxy Note 8 coverage we're gonna be excited to dig into these dual cameras for a future real camera review and help us out with some sharing on your favorite social networks for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos Pegg now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video