Hi guys, it's MTG here and today I'm going to compare how the cameras perform on the
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and S8+.
Both cameras are great, but when looking at them closely, is the Note 8's dual camera
system that much better than the S8's single camera?
Well, I'm going to be analyzing how the cameras perform in low-light and in great light.
And I'll also be looking at how the 4k video turns out . Let's get right into it.
Both phones are equipped with very high quality cameras.
In fact, the main cameras on both phones look identical when looking at the specifications
on paper.
Both the main rear camera on the Note 8 and the rear camera on the S8+ have dual-pixel
12 Megapixel sensors.
Both front cameras are 8 Megapixel shooters with autofocus.
The obvious main difference between the two phones' camera setups is the second rear camera
found on the Note 8.
The second camera is also 12 Megapixels, and has a slightly larger sensor that gives the
effect of a 2x optical zoom.
Samsung calls this camera it's telephoto camera, and the main sensor it's wide-angle camera.
When testing, I made sure to set everything to automatic.
Also, I made sure to take both pictures at the same exact time.
On the Note 8, I took an additional picture from the same vantage point that also utilized
the telephoto lens.
When shooting outside, on a nice sunny day, it's almost impossible to distinguish between
the pictures shot on each phone.
The amount of detail each of the phones' cameras picks up is great.
But when looking at the image that the telephoto camera on the Note 8 captured, you can see
how useful the second lens may prove to be.
For all of these shots, you can get more detail because it shoots a closer photo.
This becomes more obvious when looking at little details in pictures taken with the
telephoto lens.
It captures a closer image, so when you zoom into this closer image, it will not lose as
much quality as when you zoom in from the single lens on the S8 Plus.
If for some reason, you couldn't get any closer to the subject of a photo, the telephoto camera
will also help with getting a closer image without having to sacrifice quality by zooming
in.
When looking at pictures from the front camera, they may look identical.
But when zooming into my eyebrow region, you can see how much more detail the Note 8's
camera picks up.
When looking at portraits taken with the rear cameras of both phones, you can start to see
a clear difference in quality between the phones' cameras.
The picture from the Note 8 was taken with the Note 8's live focus mode that utilizes
both cameras and lets you adjust the amount the background is blurred after the fact.
The S8's picture was taken utilizing it's selective focus mode that also blurs the background.
Videos shot on both cameras were set to maximum quality, which is 4k at 30 frames per second.
The S8's camera shows one of Samsung's flaws of oversaturating.
The Note 8 appears to improve upon this issue.
Videos taken on the Note 8 look more natural, while maintaining the same level of detail.
It should also be noted that the telephoto camera also has optical image stabilization,
so you can get closer to the subject, while keeping the shot nice and smooth.
I started to notice a significant difference once it started to get darker.
The Note 8 appeared to handle low-light a lot better than the S8 did.
Looking at this picture of a hallway, it appears that the S8 handles lowlight by going to the
darker areas and attempting to make the colors brighter.
When this happens, the picture has a little more noise, and the colors become inaccurate.
The Note 8's camera seems to be higher quality because of the fact that it can pick up details
in low-light.
The software on the Note 8 doesn't have to do as much to compensate for the lack of information
in low-light shots.
The images on the Note 8 simply look more accurate.
The Note 8 also handles lights a lot better than the S8.
A major drawback that I noticed when testing the S8, was it's inability to handle light
sources.
Streaks of light start to appear when a light source enters the frame of the S8's camera.
The Note 8, on the other hand, handles these without hiccup.
The Note 8's main camera begins to obviously differentiate itself when shooting in low-light.
Although I may have been critical of the S8's camera, it's still one of the best cameras
that you can find on a smartphone to date.
It's just that the way that the Note 8 handles low-light, and it's added functionality with
the dual-camera system just makes it objectively the better smartphone camera, period.
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