Professional photographer Yaman Ibrahim captures spirit of Ramadhan with Galaxy S7 Edge

Smartphone cameras have come a long way. The earliest examples appeared more as an afterthought in the 90’s on dinky feature phones with performance that was a good deal worse than what a compact camera of the time could deliver. Images were a smudgy mess and heaven forbid if you take anything in less than ideal light conditions as you inevitably ended up with an aesthetic train wreck that would probably give H.R Giger nightmares.

Fast forward to today and you have smartphone cameras that can give even a DSLR a decent run for their money. In this year’s current crop of contenders, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones -both phones mount the same camera – have been lauded by a host of pundits as one of the most powerful cameras ever crammed into a smartphone.

While it has a lower megapixel count that last year’s Galaxy S6 at 12-MP, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge bring a host of cutting edge tech into the mix that let them take better images across a host of conditions and scenarios.

One of them is a vastly brighter F/1.7 lens on both front and rear cameras that allows for superb shots under low light. Add in the beefed up image sensor with larger 1.4µm pixels and you have a highly capable compact snapper.

All the light in the world isn’t going to do jack if you can’t get the money shot in time though the S7 and S7 Edge are ably equipped on that front with tech culled from DSLR cameras. Dubbed Dual Pixel tech, the cameras are able to offer significantly swifter autofocus performance to capture fast moving objects like flames, running people and the like.

While a hefty ensemble of imaging tech like this on the S7 and S7 Edge can elevate the shots of plebeians into something shareworthy, it’s when you put the phone in the hands of a master that you can see its full potential. Samsung invited renowned Malaysian photographer Yaman Ibrahim to take a series of shots that showed the beauty of Ramadhan in Malaysia and they’re a real stunner. All of them were taken with the Galaxy S7 Edge with crisp detail and luscious colours aplenty. Check out his collection below: