The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is easy to recommend to both camera enthusiasts as well as regular users due to its extremely sophisticated camera setup, which even trumps the latest iPhones in multiple cases. However, the S21 Ultra camera app only supports Pro Mode for the primary and ultrawide cameras – a bummer for some enthusiasts who also wished the same treatment for the telephoto lens. This has changed now though, with the new Expert Raw app from Samsung.

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The South Korean company has uploaded Expert Raw on the Galaxy Store in South Korea (via SamMobile). This new camera app basically allows all of the rear cameras on the Galaxy S21 Ultra to get a taste of Pro Mode. These include the primary, ultrawide, 3x telephoto, and 10x telephoto cameras. Using it, you get far greater control over the camera hardware, thanks to controls for exposure value (EV), focus, ISO, shutter speed, and white balance. Contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, and tint can also be adjusted. You even get a histogram to check if areas within a frame are properly exposed.

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For the editing freaks, images can also be saved in their lossless JPEG versions or 16-bit linear DND RAW formats. Expert RAW also supports HDR, so there’s that. You can even directly open DNG RAW files in Adobe Lightroom through a dedicated button on the image viewer screen.

Samsung says that Expert RAW is a Galaxy S21 Ultra-specific thing at the moment, and is also limited to Android 12-based One UI 4.0. However, it will soon also be released for the Galaxy S21+ and the Galaxy Tab S5e. The app is currently in beta but a stable version is set to launch soon.

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