Meh, these days it's the photog not the phone, they're all truly quite amazing... pros still use "big cameras" for obvious reasons.
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Galaxy S9+ Tops iPhone X as Best Smartphone Camera Ever in DxO's Controversial Rankings
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And what happens after a camera scores 100? Lol.
Looking at the pictures in the article, I think the iPhone is better, the S9 looks washed out and too light.
Looking at the pictures in the article, I think the iPhone is better, the S9 looks washed out and too light.
Gotta agree here - if it ranked better then it ranked better. It’s a newer phone and they had the iPhone X and Pixel 2 (which the title should have probably mentioned since it was #1 previously) to look at when they were developing their camera so it makes sense they would do their best to make it better.
I personally don’t care, all flagships have cameras that are far better than my terrible photography skills can take advantage of (and this probably applies to nearly everyone reading this)
I doubt you called it controversial when Apple was on top.
Edit: You didn’t: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/22/dxomark-iphone-8-plus-best-smartphone-camera/
You don’t have to pander to us readers, we can handle the truth and draw our own conclusions.
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I hear the reverse when the numbers are in iPhone's favor.
DXO is a bit shady in some aspects. Here's an example. Back in 2015 they accidentally released the results of the Pentax 645Z which scored 101(highest camera). They deleted it and never officially published the results until 2 years later when there were some other cameras that also scored the same. Pentax is a tiny brand so the theory is they hide the results because the Pentax would have scored #1.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3942644
So a brand new phone is better than another that is 4 months older?
Was this a double-blind rating system? Photo A and Photo B; so the judges had no idea which camera shot which picture? Were there a broad assortment of lighting systems, and finally were there 3+ teams of judges such potential bias would be removed from any group? Is this repeatable?
That's the problem with subjective judging; what looks amazing to me, may only look "meh" to you.
That's the problem with subjective judging; what looks amazing to me, may only look "meh" to you.
IMO, any phone rankled within the top 10 (or maybe to 20 or so) are extremely good.. You won’t go wrong with either of em, After that taking good photos is on the hand of the photographer...
Shady yes, but at least they didn’t alter the score. A lot of photography metrics are subjective, but let’s not forget that there are a lot of objective things that are also measured.
For example the image at the top of this article is objectively better on the S9. The iPhones picture isn’t just a bit darker, but also more overblown. This means that the range on the iPhone is measurably less than the S9.
I thought the same coming into this article. I guess it's the quote—DxO itself said the results are "pretty much a question of personal preference."
Comparison pictures are eye candy. What does the actual scene look like? Like the iPhone X shot?
Android (and iOS) "photographers" are still dumbasses. Shoot 1000 nameless pictures in 1 minute and throw it all in a pile. My BlackBerry 10 device, from day 1, had the option to easily name a picture file right after taking the shot and then quickly find it right away with Universal Search, regardless of when it was shot.
Android (and iOS) "photographers" are still dumbasses. Shoot 1000 nameless pictures in 1 minute and throw it all in a pile. My BlackBerry 10 device, from day 1, had the option to easily name a picture file right after taking the shot and then quickly find it right away with Universal Search, regardless of when it was shot.
Just look at the two photos in the article. The one from the S9 has an insane dynamic range (look at the sky). It reminds me more of film rather than a digital sensor.
I suggest people wait until DPReview get their hands on it....
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews?category=mobilephones
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews?category=mobilephones
