Hi guys, it’s MTG here, and as promised I have another OnePlus 6 camera comparison
for you today.
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with the iPhone X.
In this video, I'll be comparing the OnePlus 6's camera system to the Samsung Galaxy S9+'s
camera system.
I'll be comparing them in various lighting conditions, and I'll also take a look at the
video and audio qualities of both phones.
In this video, everything was set to automatic.
Let's get right into it.
The S9 plus has a dual-12 megapixel camera setup.
The main, wide-angle camera can automatically vary between f/1.5 and f/2.4 apertures, whereas
the telephoto camera is a fixed f/2.4.
The second telephoto camera allows for 2x optical zoom, and helps with the depth-effect
pictures.
The S9 plus can shoot 4K and 1080p at 60 fps, and 720p at up to 960 fps.
Both cameras have optical image stabilization.
The front camera is 8 megapixels and has an aperture of f/1.7.
It can take portrait-style pictures using software and can record video at up to 1440p
at 30 fps.
The OnePlus 6 also has a dual camera setup.
The main camera is 16 Megapixels.
The secondary camera has the same focal length, is 20 Megapixels, and is said to help with
portrait mode pictures.
They both have f/1.7 apertures.
The camera can record up to 4K at up to 60 fps and 1080p at up to 240 fps.
The main camera utilizes both gyroscope-based electronic image stabilization and optical
image stabilization.
The OnePlus 6's front camera is an impressive 16 Megapixels with an f/2.0 aperture.
It utilizes gyro-based EIS and has auto-HDR capabilities.
It can record video at up to 1080p at 30 fps.
Before I begin the side-by-sides, I wanted to say that the OnePlus 6 produces images
that are shockingly comparable to the S9+'s.
A lot of the differences will come down to how each of the phone's manufacturer chooses
to process their images.
So keep this in mind as I go through the different shooting scenarios.
I will first take a look at pictures shot in great lighting.
The amount of detail each camera is able to pick up is great.
Here we start to see some of the differences in image processing between the two phones.
Both the sand and the water are slightly different shades on each phone.
This picture shows that OnePlus does try to make the colors pop.
The OnePlus 6's image looks more saturated.
Again, the OnePlus 6 produces the more saturated picture between the two.
And it also appears that it produces the warmer image.
The amount of details each phone is able to pick up is so similar, that in good lighting,
it really comes down to the look that you prefer.
What's weird is that every once in a while, the OnePlus 6 will produce an image like this
that has colors that don't pop nearly as much as the other images it produces.
But the overall trend holds most of the time.
Overall, both cameras produce great pictures when there is great lighting.
You wouldn't be disappointed with either camera.
But smartphone cameras have been performing well in great lighting for years.
So now I want to shift to more challenging lighting conditions.
Both cameras have terrific HDR capabilities, and actually did great jobs even when the
lighting was not ideal.
In this image, I think the S9+ was able to pick up more details like the different shades
of the tree trunk, but the OnePlus 6 did a great job keeping the entire image bright.
This shot is challenging because the foreground is barely lit, and there is lots of light
coming in through windows in the background.
I have to admit that the OnePlus 6 produced the better image in this case.
The rock under the dinosaur is better lit and the light coming in through the window
is better handled in the OnePlus 6's image.
In this image, the S9+ was able to better maintain the colors and lighting of the foreground,
whereas the OnePlus 6's image was darker and seems to have a lens flare.
But it should also be noted that the OnePlus 6 was able to pick up some detail through
the window and was even able to capture the frame of the window.
This shot shows how great the S9+'s HDR capabilities are.
The S9+ produces the better balanced image.
It's able to not let the light overpower the image from the background, and it's also able
to maintain a lot of the details in the objects in the foreground.
In this image in an airport, the same trend holds.
The S9+ doesn't do as good of a job with maintaining the blues of the sky out the window, but it
is able to produce the more well-rounded image.
The foreground is brighter and more colors are preserved in the S9+'s shot.
Now I am going to look at the portrait modes of both phones.
With the S9+, you are able to change the amount of background blur after you take pictures
in its live focus mode.
And whereas the S9+ has a telephoto camera for its portrait style pictures, the OnePlus
6 relies heavily on software and also on some information from its secondary camera, which
has the same focal length as its main camera.
Since the OnePlus 6 doesn't use a telephoto camera, it's able to maintain a wider angle.
I took these two images from the same spot, but the OnePlus 6 is able to pick up so much
more of the scene from the same vantage point.
The S9+ is able to better define edges than the OnePlus 6.
Here, the subject's hat and part of the railing is blurred even if it is in the foreground.
Also, the OnePlus 6's slight oversaturation is more obvious here with pinkish skin tones
and the pinkish Supreme logo.
This image of me, however, shows that the OnePlus 6 is capable of some impressive portrait
mode shots.
I am even slightly over-exposed on the S9+'s image.
But still for most images, the S9+ is able to pick up more details in the subject's face,
and is able to produce the more true-to-life skin tones and colors overall.
And since the background blur can be changed after the fact, I can tune the blur to look
more natural than that of the OnePlus 6.
Both selfie cameras are also really great.
They both do a great job at capturing details in both my face and the scenery behind me.
The OnePlus 6 does the slightly better job of picking up details in the clouds, whereas
the S9+ has the slightly more true-to-life colors.
Note that the S9+ can also take portrait style pictures with its front camera.
Although it never really gets my hair right, it's still does a pretty good job.
Both phones are capable of shooting 4K video at 60 fps, but since this video is uploaded
at 4K 30 fps, that is what I set both phones to.
*video montage* Just like the pictures shot in good lighting,
the video you prefer will come down to the look that you prefer.
Both phones produce very saturated 4K video, but the color temperatures of each is slightly
different.
Both phones also have great image stabilization.
However, the electronic image stabilization of the OnePlus 6 may be a bit too aggressive,
making for jittery, less natural pans.
But electronic image stabilization algorithms could be reconfigured through software updates.
The OnePlus 6's electronic image stabilization carries over to its front camera, making for
very stabilized video.
However, to achieve this, the OnePlus 6 has to crop in quite a bit.
The colors are processed differently, so you should decide for yourself which you prefer.
In terms of audio, OnePlus, in my opinion, has way to aggressive noise cancelling algorithms.
My voice sounds so much less tinny, and much more natural on the audio from the S9+.
As I shift into lowlight, remember that the S9+ has a dual aperture.
It does a pretty good job of consistently switching to its f/1.5 aperture to let in
light.
With that in mind, the OnePlus 6's fixed f/1.7 aperture and software does a pretty good job
of keeping images bright.
In this lowlight shot, both phones did a pretty good job of keeping the image bright despite
the lighting conditions.
The S9+'s larger aperture seems to allow the phone to not have to rely too much on software,
creating the image that has the more accurate colors.
Again, the larger aperture, along with Samsung's improved image processing, is simply producing
the better photo.
More of the colors of the plant are maintained, and there is more detail overall in the S9+'s
image.
One downfall to the phone opening up the aperture is that lights may get blown out.
In this image, the OnePlus 6 does the better job of dealing with all of the different light
sources in the image, maintaining more of the shape and color of the fixtures.
In general, however, the S9+ will produce better low light shots with overall brighter
images, more accurate colors, and higher levels of detail.
At the end of the day, the S9+ probably edges the OnePlus 6 out more times than not.
But that's less of a knock on the quality of the OnePlus 6, and more praise for how
good Samsung has gotten its camera system.
People must remember that the OnePlus 6 is hundreds of dollars cheaper than the flagships
I'm comparing it to.
I don't think the OnePlus 6 has competition in terms of camera quality in anything close
to its price range.
My camera comparisons with the OnePlus 6 aren't intended to simply show which camera is better
than the other, they are to show how close, in actuality, the OnePlus 6 is to the best
of the best that cost three, four, even five hundred dollars more, even if it may not edge
them out.
I'll be comparing the two phones more fully in a future video, but for now I just wanted
to see how the camera systems stacked up.
I have one more comparison in the works with the iPhone X.
I also have my P20 Pro coming in on Tuesday.
Let me know in the comment section what you want to see next and what your thoughts on
this comparison are.
That's all I had to talk about today, thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next
video.