Recently watched BBC’s Click ( UK tech programme ) , they compared the 12 Max Pro to the ahem Huawei P40 . The 12 Ma Pro won out on the video side of things but the P40 produced better detailed photos.
No photo expert here, but doesn't the Note 20 looks the most real as in reflects what your eye see?
The iPhone is the worse it has like all algorithm enhancements. I never understood people who like this stuff, I thought pictures meant to capture what we see as identical as possible at least thats what the ol' SLR cameras where what you see is what you get.
Actually the iPhone pics aren’t comparing so well here. Enough that some of us wonder what’s wrong that’s causing the blue tint. I just got my Max yesterday so I’ll have to see what my results are whenever I get to check it out myself. I’ve only got the S20 and Pixel 3 XL to compare so it’s not going to be the same.All these ‘smart phone’ cameras take amazing photos. It really is trivial with the details between them, where most consumers can’t differentiate the most minute details. Camera technology is pretty impressive all these competitors.
Damn. I really hate to admit this... but the Pixel 5 does look a lot better. There is something funky going on with the iPhone colors... the white balance really is all over the place. I hope Apple fixes this. These colors are not neither natural, nor do they look good... look at the boat, for example, the entire image is shifted towards blue...
Lol okay I guess this all really is subjective!
I think some people compare and contrast them when they’re considering reviews. But no I don’t think very many people walk around comparing different brands of smart phone photos unless they’ve got a YouTube channel for that sort of thing or they’re an eccentric twit like me.Right, it is subjective. Do you think consumers legitimately compare and contrast four different smart phone camera photos? Like I said, they’re so close in comparison, I don’t think anybody really takes notice of a slightly different blue tint over another competitor. Not to mention, how many different filters people are applying to their photos or editing is a whole another topic of discussion.
I am so disappointed with my new iphone12 camera. The pixelated images are driving me nuts.the 'genius ' at genius bar says the exposure and environmental settings where u clicked the picture wasnt right.does anyone has same problem?is it me or does the Pixel seem better? Look at that gazebo shot? Look at the detail in the roof. How does it do this for $400 less, and supposedly less sophisticated hardware??
if it’s software, surely Apple have some scope to massively improve the 12PM??
All these stock photos can be edited. Just because the first image that is snapped doesn't represent how the end result will look. You can change the color temperature, brightness, darkness in a snap. These picture comparisons are not very reliable.
@harmoniumfarfisa This is a (flagship) phone model comparison, so it is sensible to use the default camera apps. However, what, I think, could also be helpful is to try and showcase some of the top third party apps, such as ProCamera and Camera+, even if they're used in the same, simple, point and shoot method as the Apple Camera app i.e. no professional adjustments.
Possible followup article?
The reality is that Instagram and Snapchat are driving a huge portion of camera phone demand. You can't blame them for catering to that market by default. I realized I was no longer in the target demographic once Apple started making a big deal about new Emojis.Yes, most consumer people prefer the "pop" colour and view those as better. But reality is that colour were never that pop out. iPhone photo looks more like painting or best suited for Instagram.
Personally I prefer the natural, Pixel 5 photos. And yes as someone mentioned, Apple were used to be the one producing natural colour while Android were all trying to pop up colours. Not exactly happy with the direction they are going.
Ah.Yeah, that was my first question, and it's sounding like the issue is at the OS level. Maybe the Apple RAW update will help but we are seeing samples shot on third party apps with the same processing. Whatever is causing the crude masking, with no depth, pancaked images or the distortions on busy images are still there in third party apps. At least so far. I think the color correction is possible for the blue tine, but it won't be any different than if you used a slider in post processing.