Galaxy S8 Camera Said to Beat iPhone 7 Plus in Low Light Conditions

[Klyster]

Did you watch the video?

I did.
I feel so embarrassed when I open and close apps without using them knowing that there is maybe someone out there on an iPhone 7 plus doing the same thing and beating me by a couple of seconds so they can start another app without using it and switching to another app.
Sometimes I cut myself... but mostly I just sob into my pillow while pretending nothing is wrong. ..
But I'm using an S7 edge so the difference is marginally worse the the tears are more painful and the cuts mess my fingerprint scanner up and confuse the heart rate monitor...

Oh the humility....
Then I remember I have an omled screen and I'm all like *tapdancing*!

 

[I7guy]

I did.
I feel so embarrassed when I open and close apps without using them knowing that there is maybe someone out there on an iPhone 7 plus doing the same thing and beating me by a couple of seconds so they can start another app without using it and switching to another app.
Sometimes I cut myself... but mostly I just sob into my pillow while pretending nothing is wrong. ..
But I'm using an S7 edge so the difference is marginally worse the the tears are more painful and the cuts mess my fingerprint scanner up and confuse the heart rate monitor...

Oh the humility....
Then I remember I have an omled screen and I'm all like *tapdancing*!

Lol, I feel equivalently about oled and wireless charging. Then I remember I have an iPhone and I see the sun with a rainbow.

 

[BuffaloTF]

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.

If you have an eye for photography or even an amateur understanding of it you'd never catch yourself dead referring to a dxomark, the most utterly useless scoring system ever. You can't reduce such complexities to a singular, scalable number - which is why they're always wrong. It rates the Nikon D3300 at the same score as the Canon 1Dx, instantly disqualifying it from everything. Read a DPReview review... or a phonearena one if you want it boiled down critically.

 

[citysnaps]

Why is it that phone owners who are so wrapped up into camera specs, apparently viewing that having the "best" specs as some kind of competition, usually don't have interesting photos to show? It's as if having the "best" camera specs is more important than making strong photographs.

I think I know the answer, but will let others chime in first if interested.

 

[mi7chy]

Here's further evidence that the Galaxy S8 destroys the iPhone 7 Plus in low light.

Click on links for fuller size photos.

https://cdn1.recombu.com/media/mobile/Devices/Samsung/Galaxy S8/CamSamples/CamVS/LL/S8Edit.jpg

https://cdn2.recombu.com/media/mobile/Devices/Samsung/Galaxy S8/CamSamples/CamVS/LL/7PlusEdit.jpg

 

[I7guy]

Why is it that phone owners who are so wrapped up into camera specs, apparently viewing that having the "best" specs as some kind of competition, usually don't have interesting photos to show? It's as if having the "best" camera specs is more important than making strong photographs.

I think I know the answer, but will let others chime in first if interested.

There is something to be said for specs, however, the s7 was prone to color shifting, over saturation, blown highlights and the total inability to handle certain scenes. So depending on what you as the photographer shoot, there is no "best camera" overall. Whether the s8 is prone to the same things, we will find out.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Did you make the focal point the same on each phone ? White balance is determined by where the focal point is. Just curious. Thanks for the pictures.

Here's further evidence that the Galaxy S8 destroys the iPhone 7 Plus in low light.

Click on links for fuller size photos.

https://cdn1.recombu.com/media/mobile/Devices/Samsung/Galaxy S8/CamSamples/CamVS/LL/S8Edit.jpg

https://cdn2.recombu.com/media/mobile/Devices/Samsung/Galaxy S8/CamSamples/CamVS/LL/7PlusEdit.jpg

 

[GtrDude]

More competition is always good, bring it on!
Don't want Timmy to get complacent.

Sure, hasn't updated the MacPro since 2013 and it took how many years for the MacBook Pro??

Nah......wouldn't want ole Timmy to get complacent.

 

[lowendlinux]

Did you watch the video?

Yes, and the ones from last year and the year before

 

[JGRE]

You meant "smaller and smaller", and no, it really isn't.

Yes, smaller, right. No, it really is, phone camera shots have become really good. Not perfect, for the real photographer, but fine enough for most of us.
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That's because the light source is on the right-- there's literally more light on the right to "capture".

Try looking at the Abolut bottle. It's vodka-colored on the left, but yellowish on the right. The best place to compare the two sides is right on the transition line. The rest of the picture is irrelevant because of significant lighting variations in the environment.

It seems that the Samsung is picking up more 'white' while the iPhone is picking up more 'color'. The left side look a bit 'dead' to me, while the right is 'alive'. It is difficult to really judge, as we do not know how the original actually looked like. I like the right better. On the vodka bottle, I think there should be some back-ground color coming trough, the white on the left seems a bit too white for me. Both pictures aren't bad anyways.
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Here's further evidence that the Galaxy S8 destroys the iPhone 7 Plus in low light.

Click on links for fuller size photos.

https://cdn1.recombu.com/media/mobile/Devices/Samsung/Galaxy S8/CamSamples/CamVS/LL/S8Edit.jpg

https://cdn2.recombu.com/media/mobile/Devices/Samsung/Galaxy S8/CamSamples/CamVS/LL/7PlusEdit.jpg

Spend some more time on your back yard and some less time on your phone
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Why is it that phone owners who are so wrapped up into camera specs, apparently viewing that having the "best" specs as some kind of competition, usually don't have interesting photos to show? It's as if having the "best" camera specs is more important than making strong photographs.

I think I know the answer, but will let others chime in first if interested.

A better camera would one of the first specs that would make me upgrade to a newer device. In the past, camera phones completely sucked, now there a pretty good replacement for compact cameras. A better specked phone camera is better able to capture the kind of picture 'normal' people tend to make, i don't want to bother about white-balance, light and other crap: just point and shoot.
Why do you think that my photo's would be any less interesting then yours?

 

[malexandria]

So you'd be cool if you hired a photographer for your wedding and they showed up with only an iPhone? Good to know.

What are you talking about? I was being sarcastic. I get irritated with so-called "professionals" constantly crapping on people who use phones to take their photos. Camera phones aren't meant to be DSLR's, nor targeting the "professional" crowd.

With that said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting camera phones to continue to improve. I don't understand the unnecessary hate of this idea from arrogant "professional" photographers. Use your $3,000 heavy, bulky pro kit if you want. No one cares.

Wait I get it, "professionals" feel threatened by phone cameras. If they ever get to the point where they are on the same level as a pro DSLR and ridiculous rigs then you will be out of business so hence the few people who always make comments like "camera phones will never be better" and "I want my phone to be a phone and not have a decent camera" arguments.

 

[chr1s60]

Camera phones aren't meant to be DSLR's, nor targeting the "professional" crowd.

That is exactly my point! If camera phones aren't supposed to be DLSR's, why do people insist on continuing to break them down as if they are? It's a phone camera. If it looks good, be happy. If it looks like crap, get a different one or use a normal camera. Every phone release we have to have 100 posts comparing the most minor of details of the cameras and image quality, in my opinion it has gotten ridiculous. That is why my initial post stated if someone is that concerned with image quality, they should be using an actual camera.

 

[S14Drvr]

Congrats Samsung, you were able to edge out apples camera in a specific condition a year later lol. Why is this even an article???

 

[malexandria]

That is exactly my point! If camera phones aren't supposed to be DLSR's, why do people insist on continuing to break them down as if they are? It's a phone camera. If it looks good, be happy. If it looks like crap, get a different one or use a normal camera. Every phone release we have to have 100 posts comparing the most minor of details of the cameras and image quality, in my opinion it has gotten ridiculous. That is why my initial post stated if someone is that concerned with image quality, they should be using an actual camera.

You're missing the point. There's nothing wrong with expecting and wanting better and more improvements with each iteration. At some point phone Cameras WILL get to DSLR levels if people keep pressing these companies to improve. And half the time I can't get a decent shot on my DSLR camera, by the time Im done fiddling with the damn buttons and controls I miss the shot. Again, no one but a very few people care about DSLRs.

 

[Ben Harley]

You had to take that with a grain of salt. There were tons of other better phones, the iPhone was just the best for the average consumer.

Blackberries had support for enterprise e-mail and it took the iPhone to achieve that. So if you were a business customer or worked in goverment or anywhere that encrypted e-mail, the iPhone was a non-starter.

If you wanted to play games, the iPhone wasn't for you as it had no third party support. Games were relegated to webapps.

If you needed the phone for productivity, the HTC Windows phones supported Microsoft Office and on the original iPhone you had to forward yourself anything you wrote via e-mail otherwise good luck with using your phone for work.

If you wanted something with 3G, the iPhone wasn't for you.

The U.S. had ****** phones prior to the iPhone. The best phone I didn't have access to was the Nokia N75. That phone had a 5 megapixel camera compared the iPhones 2 megapixels. The phone had third party support, 3G and games. It was great, but we didn't have access to it in the U.S. unless you paid some random internation site to ship it to you.

The iPhone was forward thinking and worked well. It played music, surfed the web and made calls really well and that was good enough for millions of people and why it took off. Apple made many moves only they could have made, but the iPhone was not the end all be all even when it launched.
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I don't think you know what click bait is.

SAMSUNG BEATING IPHONE! If it ain't the clickbait then what the hell in this world it is then brother?



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Please explain how it's a click bait? Sounds like someone won't admit Samsung beat Apple camera wise.

Post the two pictures taken from S8 and iPhone 7 or 7 Plus and ask the audience to poll. You'll know your answer!

 

[lazard]

Congrats Samsung, you were able to edge out apples camera in a specific condition a year later lol. Why is this even an article???

clickbait. It's the same cycle every year...Samsung camera beats Apple camera...6 months later Apple camera beats iPhone camera...6 months later Samsung camera beats Apple camera.

 

[Ben Harley]

clickbait. It's the same cycle every year...Samsung camera beats Apple camera...6 months later Apple camera beats iPhone camera...6 months later Samsung camera beats Apple camera.

Meanwhile people will write articles about it, using clickbait titles to hook the audience. Couldn't agree with you brother

 

[lec0rsaire]

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?

Sorry for the late reply. I still believe 16:9 is the perfect balance for a phone. When you record videos WYSIWYG with an iPhone. Only action movies are shot in 2.35:1/2.39:1. The majority of films and tv material is 1.85:1 or 1.78:1(16:9). Stretching material to eliminate bars is horrible. You either cut off a significant part of the shot or you make everything ridiculously fat. I'm sure that they chose this ratio out of necessity. They must have some constraints that don't allow them to simply keep the traditional ratio and eliminate the bezels.

I also don't look forward to watching amateur video clips on the news of people shooting in portrait mode with these phones! It's bad enough that so many people don't realize that putting their phone in landscape captures much better video. There should be some kind of prompt advising users to tilt their phones. Obviously one that can be turned off if so desired. There are situations where people might want to capture a taller video of people strictly for viewing on phones or tablets.

 

[mib1800]

Sorry for the late reply. I still believe 16:9 is the perfect balance for a phone. When you record videos WYSIWYG with an iPhone. Only action movies are shot in 2.35:1/2.39:1. The majority of films and tv material is 1.85:1 or 1.78:1(16:9). Stretching material to eliminate bars is horrible. You either cut off a significant part of the shot or you make everything ridiculously fat. I'm sure that they chose this ratio out of necessity. They must have some constraints that don't allow them to simply keep the traditional ratio and eliminate the bezels.

I also don't look forward to watching amateur video clips on the news of people shooting in portrait mode with these phones! It's bad enough that so many people don't realize that putting their phone in landscape captures much better video. There should be some kind of prompt advising users to tilt their phones. Obviously one that can be turned off if so desired. There are situations where people might want to capture a taller video of people strictly for viewing on phones or tablets.

It just cut off a little at the side if you fill up or if you stretch it then slight distortion for 16:9 materials. I haven't seen how s8 do it but if you combine fill + stretch, most probably you won't notice something is amiss unless you put both screen ratios side by side.

Anyway it is just a little taller. It is not like converting a 12:9 (4:3) to 16:9. Considering it is a mobile device with size constraints, this screen ratio is good compromise.

Like I said earlier if it still bothers you that much, you can always leave it at the original aspect ratio. I think most would find it OK. Also we use the phone for apps more (the longer screen is advantageous) than watching video.

 

[Michael Goff]

Congrats Samsung, you were able to edge out apples camera in a specific condition a year later lol. Why is this even an article???

Most sites were saying the S7 beat the 7 camera last year in most ways. Low light was not one of them, if I remember right.

 

[6foot5foot]

clickbait. It's the same cycle every year...Samsung camera beats Apple camera...6 months later Apple camera beats iPhone camera...6 months later Samsung camera beats Apple camera.

** Makes no sense...

 

[Michael Goff]

** Makes no sense...

He meant to say it beats the Samsung camera. Not always true.

 

[crashoverride77]

I did.
I feel so embarrassed when I open and close apps without using them knowing that there is maybe someone out there on an iPhone 7 plus doing the same thing and beating me by a couple of seconds so they can start another app without using it and switching to another app.
Sometimes I cut myself... but mostly I just sob into my pillow while pretending nothing is wrong. ..
But I'm using an S7 edge so the difference is marginally worse the the tears are more painful and the cuts mess my fingerprint scanner up and confuse the heart rate monitor...

Oh the humility....
Then I remember I have an omled screen and I'm all like *tapdancing*!

I am afraid I got some bad news.

40 seconds lol.

Good thing that opening and switching between apps is not something you apparently do a lot on your phone.

Omled screen made me laugh tho, thanks for that.

 

[6foot5foot]

I am afraid I got some bad news.

40 seconds lol.

Good thing that opening and switching between apps is not something you apparently do a lot on your phone.

Omled screen made me laugh tho, thanks for that.

So much for the Android hardcore's oft parroted "iOS doesn't do true multitasking" ...whatever... it can switch apps waaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy faster.

 

[LordVic]

So much for the Android hardcore's oft parroted "iOS doesn't do true multitasking" ...whatever... it can switch apps waaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy faster.

That's not what "true" multitasking is.

True multi-taskin is the capability of actively running multiple active programs in memory at the same time. Switching between applications is not indication of true multi-tasking, but of quick routines to allow for quick switching of Applications, something Apple is great at doing.

don't confuse the two. makes you seem like you don't know what you're talking about