The Slow Mo Guys Discuss Capturing Amazing Moments with the Super Slow-Mo Camera on the Galaxy S9+

The latest flagship smartphone from Samsung, the Galaxy S9+, boasts its best-yet smartphone camera with a range of features that redefine what a mobile camera can do. With an improved circular Dual Aperture that outsmarts the human eye, the brightest available F1.5 aperture lens to maximize low light capabilities, Live Focus and Background Blur to capture professional-grade portraits, and intelligent features to bring your emojis to life and help you navigate the world more easily, the camera on the Galaxy S9+ exceeds expectations on every front. But beyond all these features is one that truly sets the Galaxy S9+ apart: Super Slow-mo.

Super Slow-mo captures what your eyes can’t with video that is four times slower than traditional slow-motion videos on smartphones, making every day moments epic with dynamic video that captures 960 frames per second. However, despite its vast potential for helping you capture and create exceptional content and your most memorable moments, slow motion features are often under-utilized by the average smartphone user. So, to help users get the most out of this innovative feature, Samsung teamed up with Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy – otherwise known as The Slow Mo Guys – to provide a better understanding of Super Slow-mo and all it has to offer. 

The Slow Mo Guys are experts at finding excitement in the mundane and capturing it in slow motion. “There’s a lot of beauty in the world, even in normal, everyday subjects when they’re slowed down,” says Gavin. “There are so many aspects of everyday life that you usually ignore that look completely different when slowed down.”

For The Slow Mo Guys, Automatic Motion Detection is among the best functions of the Super Slow-mo feature. “With high-speed cameras, even ours, we can’t record for very long because it’s taking so many pictures every second that the recording time is very short,” says Gavin. “[The Galaxy S9] has an auto triggering box so that you can put a box on the screen and, if something goes through the box, it automatically knows that that’s your slow-motion moment.”

“So say, for example, you’re waiting for something to burst or something to be hit or explode. If you place the box where the action is going to happen, you don’t need to worry about it, which is really, really cool. It removes the human error part [of filming],” adds Dan.

In terms of tips for users to get the most out of the Super Slow-mo feature, Gavin says lighting is everything. “Make sure that you have a lot of light, since you are taking so many pictures every second. There’s not actually a lot of light hitting the sensor for very long, so a bright environment is very good,” he notes. As for Dan, he recommends taking an experimental approach. “Since it’s a phone, there’s no limit to what you can record in slow motion. You can just record whatever you want around the house, wherever you are,” he says. 

For examples and explanations for how you can use the Galaxy S9+ to create fun and inventive slow-motion masterpieces, you can find the complete ‘Samsung Sessions’ video series featuring The Slow Mo Guys on Samsung’s YouTube channel. With the industry-leading camera on the Samsung Galaxy S9+, it’s easier than ever to discover a world of possibilities in slow motion.