Smartphones these days are becoming people's main cameras.
So I really like looking at how the best of the best in terms of smartphone camera systems
stack up head to head.
No editing, no extra filters, I just want to see what each phone is capable of when
you just pick up your phone and shoot a picture.
Hi guys, it's KJ the MiTechGuy here, and today I'm going to be comparing the cameras found
on the OnePlus 7 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S10+.
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In this video, I'll be comparing the cameras in various lighting conditions, both indoors
and outdoors, and I'll also look at the video and audio qualities of both phones.
Make sure to stick around to the end of the video to see how the OnePlus 7 Pro's Nightscape
mode compares to the dual aperture found on the S10+.
Let's get right into it.
The S10+ and OnePlus 7 Pro both have triple camera setups.
The OnePlus 7 Pro's main, 3x telephoto, and ultrawide cameras are 48, 8 and 16 megapixels
respectively, whereas the Galaxy S10's main, 2x telephoto, and ultrawide cameras are 12,
12, and 16 megapixels respectively.
They can both shoot 4K at up to 60 frames per second, and both the S10+ and 7 Pro have
high quality selfie cameras at 10 and 16 megapixels respectively, whereas the S10+ has the second
selfie camera for depth information.
But to be honest, specs don't really mean anything these days, so for the rest of this
video, we're going to take a look at how these two camera systems perform side-by-side starting
with good lighting, then we'll look at pictures shot in progressively more challenging conditions.
This first shot was captured in great lighting during the day, and both pictures came out
fantastic.
Both cameras picked up similar levels of detail, where the OnePlus 7 Pro did seem to have the
slightly warmer, more saturated image.
If we look at the two telephoto cameras, we can see that not only does the 7 Pro zoom
in further, but I think it also took the better picture here.
The S10+'s image just looks ever so slightly overexposed, which takes away from some of
the detail on the walls of the building.
Switching to the third, ultrawide cameras of both phones, I'd say that these two photos
are very comparable in just about every aspect, where we run into the same differences in
color temperature and saturation.
In this next image, we can see how high quality both cameras are.
Seriously, it is hard to pick out anything different in this photo other than the slight
differences in color temperature.
Both images are very detailed and did a great job with the sky.
In this next image, we can see that the S10+ did some work on the image after it realized
there were flowers in the image by bumping up the saturation.
Both pictures are very detailed, and at this point, it'll come down to whether or not you
like that extra saturation boost.
Remember, you can always turn off the AI camera on the S10+ if you don't want it to make these
sort of changes to photos automatically.
Honestly, in regards to portrait style pictures, I’m still not too impressed by either phone.
The iPhone XS’s and Pixel 3’s both take the much better portrait mode pictures in
my opinion.
However, the pictures aren’t bad, and both phones’ abilities to show you that depth
live in the camera is helpful.
Also, the S10+ takes the much wider angled portrait shots, so you really have to see
for yourself which one you’d like.
As for selfies, both phones actually take phenomenal selfies.
The larger megapixel count of the 7 Pro’s selfie camera does seem to pick up slightly
more detail.The 7 Pro also takes the wider angled selfie.
I can see that there will be people that prefer either of the two selfies.
Let me know which one you prefer down below.
Okay, I'm actually going to stop looking at images shot in ideal lighting because cameras
have been able to perform well in great lighting for the past decade.
So now, I'm going to take a look at images shot in more challenging lighting scenarios.
This image was a challenging one to capture because I am standing in the shadow with trees
in the foreground with a very bright background.
Both went into HDR mode when I took this picture, but I actually think the S10+ did the overall
better job here.
It did the better job of exposing the sand in the background of the picture, where the
OnePlus 7 Pro seemed to overexpose some of the details and colors in the same area.
Again, this is a challenging shot because of all of the light seeping in through the
trees and all of the shadows, but I have to say that I am very impressed how both cameras
performed here.
Both cameras were able to maintain details in the trees and on the bench, while also
not allowing the incoming light to overpower the image.
This next image was shot in a hallway that was dimly lit.
I'd say that both phones did a terrific job with handling the direct light sources in
the ceiling and even the reflections on the floor.
For some reason, the light caused the S10 to have this much warmer than usual hue to
it on its photo.
The walls were much closer to the colors on the 7 Pro's image than that of the S10+'s,
just something to keep in mind.
This next image is a challenging one because outside is much brighter than inside, and
there's basically a wall full of windows.
I think in this case, the S10+ did the better job with the colors, and for some reason,
a lot of details in the OnePlus 7 Pro's floor were looking very smeared.
Now before I look at how the two cameras performed at night, I wanted to take a look at how the
two phones compare in terms of their video and audio qualities.
Both smartphones take very detailed 4K video, but if you have watched a previous camera
comparison with the OnePlus 7 Pro, you’d know that I dislike how saturated the video
comes out.
I think the colors start to look fake and that a bad filter was just applied.
On the other hand, I think the S10+ produces video that is both detailed and true to life,
while still maintaining a lot of the colors.
The OnePlus 7 Pro did show the better dynamic range with the sky, however, and both stood
their ground in terms of
image stabilization.
In terms of the front video qualities of both phones, the S10+ was set to 4K, but honestly
I don’t see that much of an improvement over the 1080p selfie camera on the OnePlus
7 Pro.
Both took some pretty impressive video, and I really don’t have any complaints about
either one.
The colors were pretty good on both, and both were decently stable.
In terms of audio, the OnePlus 7 Pro’s isn’t bad by any means, but the S10+’s just sounded
much more natural of the two when I listened back wearing headphones.
The last group of pictures we'll look into were shot at night where the S10+ automatically
switched to its F/1.5 aperture mode.
In auto mode, the S10+ has a clear advantage in its ability to let in a bit more light
and in turn, show more detail.
So if you really need to just shoot a very quick picture, the S10+ will be your best
bet at night.
However, everything changes if you're willing to wait that 3 to 5 seconds for the OnePlus
7 Pro's nightscape mode to work its magic.
The 7 Pro will just be able to pull out a lot more of the information about colors and
lighting in order to produce the better images.
Keep in mind that you have to stay as still as possible during the processing time otherwise
you'll get a picture like this one where everything looks slightly blurry.
The S10+ actually held its ground when this happened.
But all in all, if you're able to wait those 3 to 5 seconds, while staying decently still,
the OnePlus 7 Pro will produce the better night photo just about every time.
It is simply able to pull in more information, making for better exposed lighting fixtures,
more accurate colors, and overall more details throughout the image.
As you can see, there are pros and cons to each camera system.
There were scenarios where the S10+ did better, and likewise there were scenarios where the
7 Pro did better.
Make sure to let me know in the comment section which smartphone you’d prefer out of the
two in terms of camera quality.
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