Pro photographer here. Thank you all for sharing your photos! Some look fantastic! Others don’t. Yes a lot of that is differences in lighting, stabilization, focus points, HDR vs no HDR, user ability, etc. But let me tell you what I noticed with my Max compared to my 8+ when doing side by sides. The Max was producing sharper but noiser images. The 8+ was giving a softer more melty focus and considerable less noise. Hmmmm. While I like the idea of the smart HDR I’m thinking all the image consolidation has created some crappy digital grain and it sucks. I was so disappointed. Now, Part 2 to this story. My husband got the Max and I decided to do a side by side with his. BAM. His was beautiful! Not perfect, but waaaaay better. Performed exactly like I’d expect, and similar to some of the photos on here with beautiful contrast, low noise, and sharp details. WTF! I played with both Max’s for about an hour (doing side by sides with identical settings) before I concluded mine was a dud. Seriously! The photo quality was different and even obvious to my husbands untrained eye. Back to the store I went, swapped it out, and my new one is perfect. If you are noticing your camera seems to be taking awfully noisy pics (like real bad) then you might want to test it against a store phone and see if you notice a difference. In my case, my new one is great!! Also, I don’t expect dslr quality here, I just want what the phone specs are supposed to give. And for a casual snapshot scenario, this camera is awesome! (If you get a good one SMH)
Bulldog heaven.
