Of the new modes, the ones that look the most interesting are Pro, Food, and Hyperlapse. Pro mode gives quick access to White Balance, ISO, Aperture, and f-stops. I can definitely see using this in the field. White Balance can change the color tone, and you can push the f-stop to compensate for shadows.
Food is supposed to allow a custom depth of field, then blur everything else (like wayward glasses of water or your dining companion). The controls are a bit twitchy tho. But in combination with the fast lens, your dining companion won’t have to be horrified by you taking food pictures with flash at Chez Garbage.
Here is another FOOD mode picture - I sorta took it by accident but I like the effect:
Hyperlapse is like Timelapse, speeds up video which is useful in just about every situation because real life unfolds sooooo slowly anyways... Combined with the autorepeat function of most video players, this is the perfect Vine tool. If you don't know what Vine is, ask your teenager.
The more useless modes:
Motion Photo lets you stitch 4 8-sec videos together in one “picture”. However you have to take the 4 videos in succession, live. Not sure how I would use this real life. It would be more valuable to select 8 sec durations from 4 different videos that I already had.
Selective Focus gives you the ability to chose the focal point after you take the picture, from the set of various focal length pix it took. Only works in the Samsung viewer, so what is the point if you can’t email or post that experience to someone?
In summary: While still not the equal of a point and shoot in terms of detail, the color and sharpness and dynamic range of the sensor in the S7 (and S6 for that matter) is Excellent. I took all my Cambodia pictures with the S6, a once in a lifetime trip, and I was highly satisfied with the results. If you have an S5 or older make, this camera may be the tipping point to get you into a new Samsung phone.
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