- What's up YouTube Saf on SuperSaf TV and welcome
to another SuperSaf Style camera comparison.
This time between the Samsung Galaxy S9 + and the
Google Pixel 2 XL.
The usual style we'll be looking at both the front and
rear facing cameras and at images as well as video
too do so look out for the audio icon in
the corner of the screen and that will indicate to you which
device the audio is coming from, and I'll be switching
between these two to give you guys a better idea of
the differences in audio as well.
So we're currently using the front-facing cameras on
both devices at 1080P, we're going to take a walk to look
at the stabilization.
And now let's go ahead and run to really test this out.
Moving on to the rear-facing cameras.
4K, 30 frames a second on both devices.
Should give us a good idea of dynamic range here.
Detail, now we're just going to take a bit of a walk
to see what stabilization is like, both smartphones
are mounted to the same rig.
Now let's go ahead and run.
The other thing we do have on the S9 + is optical
zoom, so we can zoom in and get lots more further
detail, we can do digital zoom on
the Pixel 2, but optical zoom definitely has an advantage.
Testing out the auto focus on the S9 +.
Super fast, that Dual Pixel auto focus is insane.
Same test on the Pixel, also super fast.
Look at that.
So that was the video now before we move on to images,
having a quick look what we're working with.
Front facing cameras we've got 8 mega pixels on both.
On the Pixel 2 we've got an F2.4 aperture.
With the S9 + we've got an F1.7 aperture, as
well as auto-focus.
For the rear facing cameras things are quite different
here, the Pixel as a 12.2 mega pixel camera with
an F 1.8 aperture and optical limit stabilization.
The S9 + has two 12 mega pixel cameras both optically
stabilized, the primary camera actually has a
dual aperture so it can switch between F1.5 and F2.4
depending on the situation.
If you want to find out more about this I have done
an explainer video and that will be linked in the cards.
Then the secondary camera is actually telephoto,
it's going to give you two times optical zoom
and this has an F2.4 aperture.
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Final point to mention, everything has been shot on
automatic and this is to keep things as fair as possible.
So kicking off with some selfies.
Both actually doing a really good job here.
The Pixel slightly better in terms of dynamic range,
if you look towards my face some of the details have been
slightly overexposed on the S9 +, however, on the Pixel
things are more evenly exposed.
Another selfie both doing really well, but once again I
think the S9 +has slightly overexposed certain areas
if you look towards my face, and the Pixel has balanced
that dynamic range much better overall.
In terms of the angle of view, both are pretty
wide and quite similar from what I can ese.
Now moving on to some portrait selfies where the
background is going to be blurred.
The first thing you'll notice is that we do lose a
little bit of the wide angle on the Pixel.
It does crop in a little bit, and with the S9 + it
does struggle with sunglasses, this is the reason why
I took my sunglasses off in this picture.
I know this is not going to effect most people, in terms of
the blur both are actually doing a really good job,
however, I would have to give the edge to the Pixel.
If you look towards my hair this has
been blurred a little bit more on the S9 +,
where as on the Pixel the edges have been better maintained.
The Pixel also has better dynamic range overall,
the colors in the background have been maintained
better compared to the S9 +.
The S9 + seems a little bit more vibrant overall,
but it's also a little bit softer and looks like
some smoothening has been applied to the skin.
This is not the case on the Pixel which is sharper
and you've got more details.
Now this will come down to your personal preference.
I know some people prefer a bit more of a softer look
from the front facing camera.
Another portrait selfie and once again the Pixel doing
a great job in terms of those edges.
Although the S9 + isn't doing bad, it is blurred
a lot more on the details and the dynamic range
is not as good as the Pixel.
Trying a shot without my sunglasses, once again very
similar results.
Great edge detection from the front-facing camera on
the Pixel, I do think when it comes to the portrait
selfies, as well as dynamic range from the front-facing
camera, the Pixel is the best out there.
Now moving on to some selfies in low light.
I don't know what magic the Pixel is doing with software,
because it has an F2.4 aperture compared to F1.7 on
the S9 +, but we have a sharper image overall.
We've got more detail in the foreground as well
as the background in the Pixel.
Whereas on the S9 + things are looking very soft.
Colors also seem to be better maintained on the Pixel
compared to the S9 +. And when we use the front-facing
flash, the S9 + I would say is a little bit too bright
for my liking, Pixel once again doing a good job overall.
And we do have detail on the foreground as well
as in the background.
Now moving on to some outdoor shots, starting off
with a macro shot of this flower.
I think both are doing a good job overall.
Lots of detail on the flower when we go in
100%, slight differences in color which will
come down to personal preference.
Now an outdoor wide shot, both doing pretty good.
But the Pixel, once again, that dynamic range
is just crazy.
Details are being pulled out from the highlights as well
as the shadows.
If you look at the clouds, the Pixel has somehow managed
to take out detail from the clouds as well.
And we have an overall sharper image,
although it might look a little bit over processed to some.
And we do have optical zoom on the S9 + so we can get
in closer, I did try to replicate this on the Pixel
by digitally zooming and the zoom advantage definitely
goes to the S9 +, you've got a sharper image overall.
This is definitely more clear when we go in 200%.
Now testing out shot with some very tricky
dynamic range, once again the Pixel doing some software
magic here, we've got more detail in the highlights as well
as the shadows, and the image does seem sharper overall.
I know some people do find this to be slightly
over processed however.
Now moving on the some portrait shots from the
rear-facing camera.
First thing's first the Pixel just has one camera so it
applies this affect with just one camera.
With the S9 + you have a dual camera set up, and to
match the angle of both of these we did have to move
slightly closer with the Pixel.
Now I think it's clear when it comes to dynamic range,
the Pixel once again applying that magic.
If you look at the house in the background, all of the
detail has been maintained here on the Pixel.
Where it's been completely washed out on the S9 +.
But if you look at the background blur the S9 + does
seem to have applied it better here.
If you look at the area between my arm, this has
not been blurred out on the Pixel and just generally
there are certain areas which have not been blurred out
towards the center of the image.
I do think this does come down to the fact that there is
a single camera compared to the dual cameras on the S9 +.
This is something that I've noticed quite a bit in my
testing over time, and to test this theory further,
went to an are with a more complex background.
And once again the win for dynamic range definitely
goes to the Pixel, but if you look at edge detection,
it is better on the S9 +.
If you look at the area in between my arm once again,
and towards the left of the image, this has not been
blurred out on the Pixel and the Pixel has also blurred out
my ear whereas the edges have been better maintained
on the S9 +.
Now let's move on to low light.
Now this is actually really interesting because I did
post this image on Twitter and most people preferred
the Pixel image.
Now at first glace the Pixel does seem brighter,
but once we start zooming in the S9 + is sharper.
If you look at the sign as well as the building overall,
it is sharper on the S9 +.
Now another shot in low light, the Pixel definitely
more contrast, but once we start going in closer you
can notice more noise on the Pixel towards the sky area.
And going in 200% the S9 + is definitely sharper compared
to the Pixel.
One last test in low light, once again both doing a
great job, colors do seem to be better maintained on
the Pixel, but once we start going in closer the S9 +
is sharper.
Now I didn't tap to focus on any of these shots, I just
let the cameras decide and it does look like the
F1.5 aperture is producing a sharper image overall.
So there we have it guys the Samsun Galaxy S9 +
versus the Google Pixel 2 XL SuperSaf style
camera comparison.
This is probably the closest camera comparison I
have ever done, some very, very interesting results.
When it comes to front-facing camera images I would
have to give the overall win to the Pixel 2.
You've got better dynamic range overall, and the portrait
mode is the best in the business.
For the front-facing camera video however, the S9 +
was definitely more stable.
Now I've mentioned this in previous videos, but the
S9 + does crop in to achieve this stabilization so it's
not as wide when you're shooting video.
But this does result in much more stable footage,
which I do prefer.
Now outdoor images both were good, but the Pixel
once again with that dynamic range, the S9 + however
does have the advantage of optical zoom, which
you don't have on the Pixel 2 XL.
Now when it comes to video, this was very interesting
because quality wise both were good.
The S9 + did seem a tad sharper, but it was a little
bit choppy.
The Pixel definitely more stable, and the S9 +
did seem a little bit too aggressive in stabilization
resulting in some jumps when we had certain movements.
Now the S9 + does also film at 4K 60 frames a second,
this is something that I couldn't really demonstrate
in this video because everything else
is at 30 frames a second.
When it comes to focus I would say it's a draw,
both are super super fast.
But when it comes to slow motion the S9 + does
get the win with 1080P at 240 frames a second,
the Pixel 2 can only do 1080P at 120 frames a second.
And the S9 + can also do super slow-mo, 720P
at 960 frames a second, whereas you can only do 720P
at 240 frames a second on the Pixel 2.
Now when it came to the rear-facing camera portrait mode,
the Pixel once again, that dynamic range magic, I
don't know what they're doing but it's absolutely amazing.
But because of the dual cameras on the S9 + you did
have better edge detection overall, and this is something
that I have noticed previously as well if you look at
my camera comparison between the Pixel 2 XL versus
the iPhone X, we had a similar situation.
With the S9 + you also have the options of editing
the blur after the fact, this is something you can
not do on the Pixel.
Now low light this was actually very, very close.
At a glance the Pixel did seem to produce the overall
brighter image, but when we did go in close you could
notice less noise on the S9 +, and a sharper image overall.
And I do think that's thanks to the F 1.5 aperture.
Finally when it comes to audio, I would have to give the win
to the S9 +, you've got stereo audio recording on the
S9 + compared to mono recording on the Pixel.
And this was just louder and more rich in my opinion.
You can go back and have a listen.
That's what I think anyway, what do you guys think.
Drop me a comment below and vote in the poll.
So very interesting results and these are some of the
best smartphone cameras out there right now.
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