TechSmart 121, October 2013 Oct. 2013 | Page 22

GEAR REVIEW Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom It’s no secret that smartphones are making life tough for compact cameras. The S4 Zoom comes to kick them while they are down. S amsung has been one of Android’s biggest fans (or is that the other way around?). With its Galaxy range of smartphones, the Korean company is Android’s best selling manufacturer by miles. This while Samsung was also one of the first to feature Android on a compact camera (the Galaxy Camera) and now a mirrorless camera (the Galaxy NX camera). The S4 Zoom returns the focus (excuse the pun) to Samsung’s smartphone range, offering some cool enhancements to the camera. Just zoom in The S4 Zoom’s biggest improvement, but also its downfall (more about that later) is the 10x optical zoom found at the back ?????????????????)%?e???????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????%?????)????????????????????????????????????()EU% ,?MA L(??()??????????????????????????????????)???????????????L?i????????????????)?????????????????????????????????5=1???????%????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????)?????????????? ??????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????%??????()Q!???`?i==4?%L?Q!)L?i==7?eL? %MP? 9%P+?L? UP?1M