Samsung and NatGeo use a Galaxy S21 Ultra to record 8K underwater video of tiger sharks

01 July 2021
The stills and video were captured near the Maldives island of Fuvahmulah, one of the most famous diving destinations.

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Anonymous, 02 Jul 2021Makes Xiaomi jealous of what Samsung has achieved. Mi 11 Ul... moreLet me ask if the s21ultra is not overhyped? :D

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    TheLastOracle, 02 Jul 2021Especially since the S21Ultra has won the best device of la... moreMakes Xiaomi jealous of what Samsung has achieved. Mi 11 Ultra is extremely overhyped. The S21 Ultra is miles better with premium software.

      AnonD-762416, 01 Jul 2021Yeah, the odds for it winning the MWC award this year was n... moreEspecially since the S21Ultra has won the best device of last year. Trolls of other brands must be livid.

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        • 02 Jul 2021

        Interesting, shoot at 8k and show it at full HD resolution.

          This type of promotional video doesn't show any unique capability at all. Just a tool that can satisfy the use-case, nothing special. The same way Vivo and Oppo does their marketing via famous sports star, same way with Xiaomi brought their phone to space and do snaps.

          Anyone amazed by this?

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            • 02 Jul 2021

            AnonD-762416, 01 Jul 2021Yeah, the odds for it winning the MWC award this year was n... moreAre you okay? All Android flagships released this year can record 8K videos. What makes Samsung so special?

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              • 02 Jul 2021

              Anonymous, 01 Jul 2021but isn't the 64mp on those also tetracell/qudbayer?No. GW2 of S20/20+/21/21+ is bayer CFA.

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                • 01 Jul 2021

                Anyway, I'll see that when I buy an 8K TV in 4 or 6 years, if I stay alive until then

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                  • 01 Jul 2021

                  dr.saman, 01 Jul 2021Wow this is very very strong for camera phone S21 ultra sa... moreYeah, the odds for it winning the MWC award this year was negative from all the bookies.
                  Unsurprisingly, I see a lot of haters here. It is after all the only thing those failing Chinese brands can do in response to the S21U. 🤣🤣🤣

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                    vrvly, 01 Jul 2021Should use regular S20/S21 instead, with non-quad Bayer, it... moreTruly agree.
                    The sensor of 64mpx on S21/S21+ (as well on S20 series except ultra) is regular bayer pattern, no quad or nona BS.. That's cropped real 8K resolution with no demosaic algorithms.
                    Also base S21 and + model uses normal main camera sensor (imx555). Best video output.

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                      • 01 Jul 2021

                      yet another marketing gimmick dummies

                        Some will say that the shark stuff was CGI 😉

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                          • 01 Jul 2021

                          vrvly, 01 Jul 2021Should use regular S20/S21 instead, with non-quad Bayer, it... moreV60 uses quadbayer, it has better 8K than samsung.
                          OP9 Pro has better 8K vid as well.

                            Wow this is very very strong for camera phone
                            S21 ultra samsung the best of phone
                            💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

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                              • 01 Jul 2021

                              vrvly, 01 Jul 2021Should use regular S20/S21 instead, with non-quad Bayer, it... morebut isn't the 64mp on those also tetracell/qudbayer?

                                8k footage is useless
                                4k 30 is where it's at for quality
                                This is just a bad add.

                                Plus, you can do 8k with the regular s21. This is just an add for the "ultra".

                                  Should use regular S20/S21 instead, with non-quad Bayer, it's the best 8K device.

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                                    • 01 Jul 2021

                                    The underwater shots look pretty bad tbh even if they aren't full res. I'm talking about the processing and how unnatural it looks. Above the water they are great, especially the beach shot with the tree.
                                    Also the linked video tops out at 1080p, wth!?

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