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Galaxy S8 Camera Said to Beat iPhone 7 Plus in Low Light Conditions
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If this keeps you happy at night...lol. I applaud Samsung for being the absolute best all around phone in every category. I can do as much on the samsung s8 as my pc almost which is amazing...
Totally agree. It is a disgrace.
Snapchat on Android simply takes a screenshot of the unprocessed 'video feed' (what you see before pressing the shutter in most other camera apps) and presents that as the 'photo' while it is in fact basically a preview at way lower resolution than the camera is capable of.
And yes, it looks like crap compared to the same scene shot with the official camera app on most Android phones. When I take a shot within the app and then take the same shot with the 'real' camera app on my S7E and import it to Snapchat (which adds an unsightly frame with timestamp around the image) the difference is huge.
Why Snapchat uses this hack of a solution baffles me. Sure, it might be more development work to cover different devices, but when apps that have a fraction of the user base and limited resources gets it right on the very same platform one can only wonder what Snapchat and their close to 2000 employees are doing.
Everyone in this thread complaining that Galaxy S8 is newer than iPhone 7 forgot that older Galaxy S7 also was better than iPhone 7 in some areas of photography. It was more closer to tie.
But maybe that and bomb jokes on wrong model tells more about the people here.
But maybe that and bomb jokes on wrong model tells more about the people here.
Sometimes I think these comparisons with cameras on smart phones is over the top. The results are so close in competition, that it's almost difficult to tell them apart depending on the lighting and overall photo. Samsung makes a great Camera, as well as the iPhone, but I truly think that none of these smart phone cameras are that far ahead of each other in technology. The results are fairly close.
Depends if you have an eye for photography or not and if you're viewing on a decent large screen monitor or on iPhone. Some differences are clearly obvious regardless like autofocus speed, metering that isn't jumpy, stereo vs mono audio, skin tone, etc. On a decent large screen monitor other differences are noticeable such as smoother OIS, wider dynamic range, better detail retention, less noise in darker areas, etc. Waiting for DxoMark review of Galaxy S8 which I predict will dethrone current #1 Google Pixel while iPhone 7 is #10.
That's true. I don't have an eye for photography and I certainly can't make any claims that I can tell you overall which iPhone is better then any other competitor. But in terms of recent comparisons of Pictures between Samsung And the iPhone, they're both very good.
So you'd be cool if you hired a photographer for your wedding and they showed up with only an iPhone? Good to know.
Yep. Just like the better benchmark of iPhone is a moot point too. I have a phone which is just half the score of iPhone 7 / s8 but in everyday use there is really no perceptible difference in response time for most typical apps.
But do a search and you see the overplay of benchmark (or the non reality based speed test where apps are opened/closed continuously one by one) by apple fans to claim the iPhone 7 is better than s8.
Tit-for-tat on both sides, I would say.
If you want naturally looking photos choose iPhone, if you want more popping unnatural more processed looking photos choose S8, they both did great job overall. It's just matter of taste which style you prefer. Both have pros and cons.
The tractor image is perfect example showing what S8 does for the photos in bad way. It made the whole photo green, the green and yellow are very bad in that photo, still somehow this guy chose S8 winner even iPhone was clear winner in that photo
Sama happened with city landscape photo, where all that green came?
As a photographer i choose my photos quality by how natural the photos look, i can edit them later how i want
Based on these photos iPhone produced most consistent photos across, S8 especially strugled with the colours in low light.
The tractor image is perfect example showing what S8 does for the photos in bad way. It made the whole photo green, the green and yellow are very bad in that photo, still somehow this guy chose S8 winner even iPhone was clear winner in that photo
Sama happened with city landscape photo, where all that green came?
As a photographer i choose my photos quality by how natural the photos look, i can edit them later how i want
Based on these photos iPhone produced most consistent photos across, S8 especially strugled with the colours in low light.
You've just completely changed what they said.
And back in the real world the reality of Apple is that if a small component goes wrong you are normally up for a new circuit board and heaven help you that you need a schematic from Apple to fix anything. But at least laws might get changed to force Apple to release them.
Fun fact. He is right.
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Like this?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/bgr.com/2017/04/10/galaxy-s8-vs-iphone-7-plus-speed-test-youtube/amp/
I call that destruction, especially round 2. Embarrassing, but at least you got OLED, yay.
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His point was that at some point it's all moot and I agree. We gotten to the point where the processors and storage are faster than any software so we're coming up with tests to differentiate them. Apple reached fast enough in the modern world at the iPhone 5 and Android did at SD800. I know my current phone is faster and has faster storage then my old one but I can't tell in day to day usage.
Most differences between relatively recent phone cams are mice nuts. Strong photographs come from the photographer and his/her vision, imagination, and skill. Not from using a particular camera.
Latching onto a list of specs believing it will somehow "make" one a better photographer is a fools errand.
Latching onto a list of specs believing it will somehow "make" one a better photographer is a fools errand.
The Galaxy s8s have horrible aspect ratios. "Bigger" screens with a bizarre 18.5:9 ratio. IMO the iPhone 7 Plus is the best phone on the market and has the best cameras. The 2x "optical zoom" is a game changer and the portrait mode is awesome although still in beta. It will only get better. It's probably the best Android set but iPhone users aren't going anywhere.
Why horrible? I think you are criticizing for the sake of it only.
In most daily usage (portrait), it is definitely advantages as you can see more of a page (vertically) without sacrificing width. If you are viewing movies (most which have longer ratio than 16:9), it fills up the screen much better than iphone without the horizontal letter box strip.
And if still not satisfy, you can turn on the full widescreen mode in S8 which stretches whatever ratio to the wide ratio.
So what is there to complain about?
Why horrible? I think you are criticizing for the sake of it only.
In most daily usage (portrait), it is definitely advantages as you can see more of a page (vertically) without sacrificing width. If you are viewing movies (most which have longer ratio than 16:9), it fills up the screen much better than iphone without the horizontal letter box strip.
And if still not satisfy, you can turn on the full widescreen mode in S8 which stretches whatever ratio to the wide ratio.
So what is there to complain about?
"And if still not satisfy, you can turn on the full widescreen mode in S8 which stretches whatever ratio to the wide ratio."
yeah... that's the way, crop all the picture out...
Then dont do it. You still end up with the image the same size like on 7+. You want to complain about vertical strip? Well, considering the huge bezels on the iphone, the vertical strips on the S8 looks less irritating.
btw: Note: only happens to 16:9 image/video is cropped. And there are many medias not in 16:9 ratio. Are you one of those that goes and make a big fuss everytime when you see a 4:3 show (or widescreen movie) on your 16:9 TV? Cry all you want about s8 screen ratio but it is just nitpciking.
btw: Note: only happens to 16:9 image/video is cropped. And there are many medias not in 16:9 ratio. Are you one of those that goes and make a big fuss everytime when you see a 4:3 show (or widescreen movie) on your 16:9 TV? Cry all you want about s8 screen ratio but it is just nitpciking.
"And if still not satisfy, you can turn on the full widescreen mode in S8 which stretches whatever ratio to the wide ratio."
yeah... that's the way, crop all the picture out...
I've watched many YouTube videos and the S8/S8+ is a good camera. But in all the reviews/tests, it does not beat the iPhone 7/7Plus in every part of the tests.
Obviously the optical zoom that the iPhone 7 Plus has beat the none optical zoom of the Samsung. And also, some of the video tests the 7 Plus came out better (focusing been one of the things I can remember).
And also some photo situations the 7 Plus came out on top too.
Obviously the optical zoom that the iPhone 7 Plus has beat the none optical zoom of the Samsung. And also, some of the video tests the 7 Plus came out better (focusing been one of the things I can remember).
And also some photo situations the 7 Plus came out on top too.
The S7 edge had a better low light camera than the 7 plus so it's not surprising that the S8+ is better. However the optical zoom and portrait mode are worth it for me on the 7+.
Also the camera on the 7S+/iPhone 8 will be even better.
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I think Samsung are better at macro shots than the iPhone. The iPhone tends to loose detail close up. It's been this way for a few generations.