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Galaxy S8 Camera Said to Beat iPhone 7 Plus in Low Light Conditions
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I'm having trouble seeing what's really going on in that bar photo. The iPhone side is underexposed on the left, but oddly it's also overexposed at the light source. Look at the details lost in the white bottles.
To my eyes, the Samsung side looks to have poorer white balance. Lots of tungsten color. Compare the green bottles on both sides and they're both equally saturated.
So to me the winner is...
Who the heck knows? Because I don't trust the photographer to have 1) gotten the exposure right on the iPhone and 2) known how to white balance on the Samsung. This is why online reviews by "professional reviewers" as opposed to "professional X-er" (in this case X-er would be photographer) are so pointless.
Edit: LOL, got the phones mixed up. The Samsung is the one with the odd exposure and the iPhone is the one with bad color balance. Everything else I said stands.
To my eyes, the Samsung side looks to have poorer white balance. Lots of tungsten color. Compare the green bottles on both sides and they're both equally saturated.
So to me the winner is...
Who the heck knows? Because I don't trust the photographer to have 1) gotten the exposure right on the iPhone and 2) known how to white balance on the Samsung. This is why online reviews by "professional reviewers" as opposed to "professional X-er" (in this case X-er would be photographer) are so pointless.
Edit: LOL, got the phones mixed up. The Samsung is the one with the odd exposure and the iPhone is the one with bad color balance. Everything else I said stands.
One thing I noticed was how consistent the iPhone photographs were across all shooting situations.
With the Samsung, some shoots seemed overly warm, others had a slight blue-green cast. Looking at the outdoor shot with the grass, and the low-light outdoor shot, I had a hard time believing that Samsung hadn't applied some HDR processing. You normally don't see that much detail in the shadows AND the highlights without combining multiple exposures.
Overall, I'd say Samsung has done an admirable job, but they're not quite there. The inconsistency and "over-processed" feel to many of the photos is not what I look for in a camera. I prefer more even exposure, consistent colour, and neutral shading that I can tweak in post-processing myself.
With the Samsung, some shoots seemed overly warm, others had a slight blue-green cast. Looking at the outdoor shot with the grass, and the low-light outdoor shot, I had a hard time believing that Samsung hadn't applied some HDR processing. You normally don't see that much detail in the shadows AND the highlights without combining multiple exposures.
Overall, I'd say Samsung has done an admirable job, but they're not quite there. The inconsistency and "over-processed" feel to many of the photos is not what I look for in a camera. I prefer more even exposure, consistent colour, and neutral shading that I can tweak in post-processing myself.
Tiny sensors are never going to be all that great for low light conditions. That's just physics. Either they need light field computational stuff (multiple sensors) or bigger sensors. Most of what people think is better low light, though, ends up being more about better data processing and noise cleanup. In any case the worst thing is saving in jpg which throws away so much data.
True, but Pixel has proved the camera module isn't as important as how the image sensor works in conjunction with the chip. It's a massive change in thinking, and Samsung have improved both of these significantly on the S8 - they didn't really need to upgrade the camera module, just improve the ISP and harness the power of the chip more.
And I'm sure next year the S9 will have a new camera module with a dual lens set up (maybe the Note 8 in 4 months could do it first).
I prefer the look of the 7 Plus in that photo.
How about clicking through to the article where you can move the slider to give true comparison of the pictures and you'll see the true difference between the 2 photographs. Stevie Wonder could see the Samsung is superior in this instance.
In several test the iPhone produced better exposed photographs overall. The S8 is biased towards underexposing in order to handle highlights at night better. Still, the strength of a compelling photograph has little to do with the camera used, speaking as a photographer.
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The bar photo proves that Samsung is good at deception. Notice the dark bottles on iPhone side and the clear bottles with white labels are on the left. This amplifies the light around and above. The other question is the POS/Register be issues too due to the bright LCD screen.
Simple light tricks 101. #samsungdeception
Simple light tricks 101. #samsungdeception
The S7 was already better than the iPhone 7, and I would expect the S8 will be even more so. Apart from image quality, the shutter lag on the iPhone, at times, is very frustrating. I was trying to frame a shot the other day, prefocused and waiting for the moment for the background to clear up. Pressed the shutter, that 1/2 second or so lag was enough to have something else (unwanted) enter the frame. On the Samsung there is no lag. Press the button and the shot is taken, all the time.
I have both an iPhone 7 and a S7 Edge. The S7 is just a backup phone as I very much prefer the iPhone (largely due to the ecosystem), but you have to admit when the competition has surpassed Apple.
I have both an iPhone 7 and a S7 Edge. The S7 is just a backup phone as I very much prefer the iPhone (largely due to the ecosystem), but you have to admit when the competition has surpassed Apple.
It is the same photo, same subject...you are just seeing half of each.....
And Stevie Wonder can see the iPhone is superior in other kinds of shots, which is disconcerting as there were basically no improvements at all in the Samsung camp from the S7.
The iPhone's camera is really not very good at all in low-light. It's fantastic is good lighting though.
Are you kidding ? Having a good always with you camera is a major factor. Yes, a real camera takes better pictures but how often do you take your real camera with you ? I have many real cameras but my most used camera is my iPhone and the camera is a major interest to me and millions of others. You don't have to be a serious photographer to want good photos.
I find it laughable to compare electronics when one is 6+ months older than another.....and when the next iPhone comes out, it will have newer parts/tech and the pendulum swings. Funny.
There is one major drawback with Samsung phones and the camera, or it goes for Android phones in general. I'm currently using a Galaxy S7 Edge and to be honest, the camera is just as good as on my iPhone 7 Plus. It gets a tad bit overexposed and over oversharpened to my liking, but still. Especially in low light it just works a tad bit better.
But I don't tend to take photos using the default camera-app. Like most people in 2017 I use Snapchat 90% of the time. Sure, Snapchat will compress the photo so you loose details regardless and it's not like you take the most serious photos using Snapchat. But it's my primary use of the camera, without a doubt and my parents tends to use it and save photos using Snapchat as that's their new way of communications using photos these days.
And here comes the problem, photos using Snapchat on the Galaxy S7 Edge is simply trash. The quality is noticeably worse compared to my iPhone 7 Plus. The iPhone is almost just as good using Snapchat as using the default camera-app, it just gets somewhat overcompressed. The quality using Snapchat on the Galaxy S7 Edge on the other hand is way worse and its not comparable to the iPhone not at all. And its doing way worse compared to the iPhone especially in low light situations.
Then I have to ask myself. Knowing that I mostly use Snapchat for photos, my parents does only use Snapchat for photos, my girlfriend mostly use Snapchat etc.. Would it be correct of me telling them that the Galaxy S7 Edge and Galaxy S8 / S8+ has the better camera. In practice, considering how they use their phones and camera that wouldn't be the case at all.
Why this isn't being brought up in reviews is beyond me. Snapchat and Instagram are two of the most used apps in the world. Yet no one seems to bring up the fact that Android phones tends to loose a whole lot of image quality when used with said apps compared to the iPhone. Why don't people mention important things like this when comparing the cameras? Why doesn't this get mentioned so these app developers are being brought into the light so they perhaps would start to optimise their apps on Android?
But I don't tend to take photos using the default camera-app. Like most people in 2017 I use Snapchat 90% of the time. Sure, Snapchat will compress the photo so you loose details regardless and it's not like you take the most serious photos using Snapchat. But it's my primary use of the camera, without a doubt and my parents tends to use it and save photos using Snapchat as that's their new way of communications using photos these days.
And here comes the problem, photos using Snapchat on the Galaxy S7 Edge is simply trash. The quality is noticeably worse compared to my iPhone 7 Plus. The iPhone is almost just as good using Snapchat as using the default camera-app, it just gets somewhat overcompressed. The quality using Snapchat on the Galaxy S7 Edge on the other hand is way worse and its not comparable to the iPhone not at all. And its doing way worse compared to the iPhone especially in low light situations.
Then I have to ask myself. Knowing that I mostly use Snapchat for photos, my parents does only use Snapchat for photos, my girlfriend mostly use Snapchat etc.. Would it be correct of me telling them that the Galaxy S7 Edge and Galaxy S8 / S8+ has the better camera. In practice, considering how they use their phones and camera that wouldn't be the case at all.
Why this isn't being brought up in reviews is beyond me. Snapchat and Instagram are two of the most used apps in the world. Yet no one seems to bring up the fact that Android phones tends to loose a whole lot of image quality when used with said apps compared to the iPhone. Why don't people mention important things like this when comparing the cameras? Why doesn't this get mentioned so these app developers are being brought into the light so they perhaps would start to optimise their apps on Android?
Please explain how it's a click bait? Sounds like someone won't admit Samsung beat Apple camera wise.
You're telling me a product released 7 months later than another product can have slightly better technology than the older product?!