Khaberni - The Galaxy S26 Ultra phones provide a powerful camera capable of taking excellent photos automatically, but the Pro Mode opens the door to a completely different level of creativity and control.
Instead of relying entirely on artificial intelligence and automatic processing, this mode allows you manual control over basic shooting settings such as shutter speed, ISO sensitivity, focus, and white balance, just as it happens in professional cameras.
What does Pro Mode offer?
Inside the Pro Mode of Galaxy S26 Ultra, you can control:
- Shutter Speed.
- ISO Sensitivity.
- Exposure.
- Manual Focus.
- White Balance.
This gives you greater freedom to take creative photos under different lighting conditions, whether you want to freeze motion, take night shots, or achieve cinematic effects, according to a report published by "phonearena" and reviewed by "Al Arabiya Business".
Photography in RAW Format
One of the most significant features of the professional mode is the ability to shoot in RAW DNG format, which retains much more image data compared to the traditional JPEG format.
RAW photos give you extensive flexibility during post-editing, especially in:
- Challenging lighting.
- Detail recovery.
- Color adjustment.
- Noise control.
Additionally, "Samsung" does not add strong color processing to RAW files, leaving the user complete freedom in editing.
Different zoom behavior
In professional mode, the camera does not automatically switch between lenses during zooming in and out, which is important for photographers who want to keep the same lens throughout the shooting process.
The zoom ranges include:
- Up to 3X for the ultra-wide lens.
- From 1X to 10X for the main lens.
- From 3X to 15X for the zoom lens.
- From 5X to 25X for the Super Telephoto lens.
Professional tools for lighting control
The professional mode provides two tools for direct exposure monitoring:
Zebra Monitor
This identifies areas that are burnt or overly bright with lines resembling a “zebra”, to avoid losing details.
False Color
It displays colors according to lighting levels:
- Green = Correct exposure.
- Red and Yellow = Overexposure.
- Blue and Purple = Underexposure.
These tools are very useful in high-contrast scenes.
Metering modes
You can also choose the light measuring method:
- Center-weighted for normal scenes.
- Spot Metering for background and creative shots.
- Matrix Metering for landscape photography.
Expert RAW Mode
In addition to the traditional Pro Mode, "Samsung" provides the Expert RAW app, which offers more advanced features for professional photographers.
Although it captures RAW photos as well, it adds some processing and noise reduction compared to the normal Pro mode.
Advanced photography features in Expert RAW
Multi-exposure photography
Merging more than one image into a single shot for artistic effects.
Virtual ND filter
Simulates professional camera filters for long exposures even in strong lighting.
Virtual aperture
Control the depth of field and background by digitally changing the F-stop value.
Astrophotography
Provides ready modes for photographing:
- The night sky.
- Stars and galaxies.
- Light trails.
- Astrophoto images.
With support for long exposures up to 30 seconds.
Astroportrait
A mode that combines photographing people and the night sky in one image.
Underwater photography
Ocean Mode provides larger buttons and color enhancement during aquatic photography.
Why is it worth learning?
Although using the professional mode requires some practice, it gives the user the ability to “make the picture” rather than just taking it.
Over time, understanding settings like ISO and shutter speed becomes key to achieving professional shots that automatic shooting modes cannot easily reach.
