The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is a smartphone with a camera hybrid, ^{[1] [2]} with 10x optical zoom (24?240 mm 35 mm equivalent) and a f/3.1-6.3 lens with built-in optical image stabilizer and a standard xenon flash . ^[3] It was introduced in July 2013.

The phone uses the Samsung Exynos 4212 SoC featuring a 1.5 GHz dualcore CPU. ^[4] There is a base model, SM-C101, and a variant featuring LTE 4G, SM-C105. ^[5]

Camera [ edit ]

The S4 Zoom uses a 1/2.33-inch 16 MP BSI-CMOS sensor and has both auto and manual camera control, and takes video in 1080p 30 fps (full HD) or 720p at smoother 60 fps. ^[6] The device can be categorized as a low/mid-end point-and-shoot camera . ^{[7] [3]}

In one of the Scene modes, the user can set the exposure time, the ISO light sensitivity (up to ISO 3200), the aperture and the white balance manually, ^[8] which the main Galaxy S4 variant lacks.

It can record slow motion videos at 768×512 pixels at 120 frames per second, compared to 800×450 on the main Galaxy S4 and 720×480 on the Galaxy Note 2 at that frame rate. Slow motion video is recorded without audio track. One can also use the optical zoom while recording. ^{[9] [ failed verification ] [8]} While recording video, at any available resolution and frame rate, the optical zoom can optionally be slowed down, to avoid recording the sound of the Zoom Lens mechanism. ^[8] This also applies to the succeeding Galaxy K Zoom. ^[10]

While recording video, one can also take still images with around 3.2 megapixels, but only up to 6 pictures during the whole recording, no matter the length or the size of the video, even if this video is paused. Samsung has not given a reason for this limit.

The S4 Zoom has a rotary knob ring around the zoom lens that can be used for optical zooming ^[11] and to launch the camera from a dedicated mode selector. ^[3] The rotary ring knob can mount some compatible ring lights for macro photography.

Screen [ edit ]

The screen has the same specifications as the S4 Mini , with a q HD (not to be confused with Q HD) Display with 960×540 Pixels and a pixel Density of 256 ppi.
It uses Super-AMOLED-Technology, like most of Samsung 's mid-range or flagship smartphones. It is protected with Gorilla Glass 3, ^[12] unlike the Gorilla Glass 2 used on the Galaxy S3 , Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S4 Active . The Galaxy S4 (main model) has Gorilla Glass 3 as well.

Galaxy K Zoom [ edit ]

In June 2014 the successor to the Galaxy S4 Zoom, the Galaxy K Zoom model (SM-C115) - also known as Galaxy S5 Zoom - was released. It comes with a 10x zoom camera (24-240mm) with 20.7 megapixels, with Android 4.4.2. The Galaxy K Zoom also utilizes the letter 'K' for "Kapture" or "Kamera" . Its slogan is " Capture the Moment ".

Its removable polycarbonate rear cover has the same dotted pattern as the Galaxy S5 , and it shares the same version of TouchWiz (Nature UX 3.0) .

Although lacking 4K ( 2160p ) video, it supports video recording with 1080p at 60 frames per second and slow motion 720p at 120 frames per second, the latter without audio. ^[10]

Its camera software features a "Pro Suggest" mode that automatically suggests the appropriate camera modes for the current scene. ^[13]

The K Zoom has 2 GB RAM, 8 GB internal storage, microSD card slot, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, 4.8 inch 1280×720 px Super AMOLED (306 ppi), 6-core Exynos 5 Hexa (Exynos 5260) SoC, Mali-T624 GPU, 200 g and 20.2 millimeters at thickest point. ^{[14] [15]}

It has additional camera controls such as the ability to separate focus and exposure areas. ^[16] A disadvantage in comparison to the S4 Zoom is that one can't use the Optical Zoom, while recording Slow Motion Videos. The new design of the K Zoom also removed the camera tripod screw thread and the rotary ring around the zoom lens. ^[10]

See also [ edit ]

• Comparison of Samsung Galaxy S smartphones
• Telephones portal

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Galaxy S4 Zoom website
• Galaxy K Zoom website
• Retrospective review of the Galaxy S4 Zoom by GSMArena (2020)