First spotted by TheGoAndroid, a Galaxy S22 Ultra user recently suggested this feature on the Samsung community forums for South Korea. They pointed out that hyperlapse mode currently doesn’t let you manually control shooting parameters such as shutter speed, ISO, and white balance. It’s an automatic shooting mode. As such, it doesn’t let photographers take full advantage of the camera hardware to record desired hyperlapse videos. Shortly after this suggestion was posted, a couple of moderators responsible for moderating camera-related posts responded. While one said they will pass the suggestion to the concerned department to evaluate the possibility, the other gave more good news. They said the camera team is already working on the feature as it has been suggested by other users in the past. If everything goes well, we may Pro controls in hyperlapse mode on the Galaxy S22 series. Perhaps on other supported Galaxy smartphones too. “A similar feature was suggested… a few months ago,” the moderator said (Google translated).”…we reviewed the application, and we are preparing to apply. We’ll let you know with good news later”. This statement suggests the feature is already in development and will roll out soon.
Samsung continues to improve the Galaxy S22 camera
The Galaxy S22 is one of the best smartphone cameras out there, with the vanilla Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22+ not too far behind it in the pecking order. Samsung has improved the cameras with multiple software updates since their release. In addition, the company also offers the Expert RAW app for these phones. This app brings several pro-grade photography features that you don’t get on the default camera app. You get more granular control over shooting parameters so you can capture the shot the way you imagine it. We now seemingly have more on the way. The upcoming feature will further add to the Galaxy S22 camera capabilities. By the looks of it, the Pro controls in hyperlapse mode will be a default camera feature rather than Expert RAW. But Samsung is still developing the feature. Maybe it will be the other way around. We will have to wait and see. Rest assured, we will let you know when this update rolls out.
