- Aron with Four The Love of Tech here bringing
you a camera comparison on the Samsung Galaxy S9.
With all these new features, tricks,
and apertures that they're jam packing into this camera,
into this device, into this smartphone.
How does it really compare
to a regular still image when
you're hanging out in the park?
That's the question I wanted answered.
All these low light situations,
and this, that, slow-mo, all this other stuff,
those are great features, but we're talking real life.
Consumer, using his phone, to take pictures,
so I can go ahead and share with my loved ones,
so I can save it, so I can look at it at another time,
that's the reason I need an awesome camera.
Stay tuned, we're gonna take a good look at the iPhone 10,
Pixel 2 XL, even the Oneplus 5T, that's right,
the budget phone is gonna get compared
to a phone that probably costs twice as much,
and last but not least,
we're pulling the Note 8 out
and we're gonna see how it compares
to the Samsung Galaxy S9.
Stick around, we're gonna dive right in.
These are some shots that I took at the park.
Now I'm gonna show it to you, this is on the iPhone 10,
this was taken on the Note 8,
this was taken on the Oneplus 5T, the Pixel XL 2,
and last but not least, the Samsung Galaxy S9.
Now we're gonna compare the iPhone 10 to the Galaxy S9.
The iPhone 10 on the left, as you can see,
the shadows are darker,
but the colors are a little bit more contrast,
and the Galaxy S9 is on the right.
Next, we're gonna take a look at the Oneplus 5T.
In my opinion, this picture looks phenomenal,
it even looks better than the Galaxy S9,
and this is on the smartphone budget one.
I think this a really great comparison here.
Now we're looking at the Note 8.
This is my gripe,
I think the Note 8 picture captures a more realistic
and organic representation of my day in the park.
That's what I think, the Note 8 looks better than the S9,
and now we're gonna move on to the Pixel 2 XL.
This one, I can tell you, beyond a shadow of a doubt,
is the best representation
of what that park actually looked like
while keeping the color contrasted and the exposure dead on.
That's one thing that really drove
me crazy when going through this camera test
about the Galaxy S9.
Is it over exposed everything.
Now let's go ahead and take a look
at another camera comparison.
Here, on the right, we're gonna keep with the Galaxy S9,
and on the left, the Pixel 2 XL.
If you just take a moment and you observe,
and what you observe, is you can actually see
the Galaxy S9 gives almost a whitish tint
in the top right hand corner of the photo.
Which is like, why do they do that?
I'm not really too sure.
But if you look at the pixel 2 XL
on that top right hand corner,
this is the picture on the left side,
you see a little bit more details in the clouds.
These details are really important.
Next, we're looking at the Oneplus 5T.
Again, this picture, great representation,
but I think the oneplus 5T even whited out the corner
of the clouds a little bit more than the Galaxy S9 did.
Great color contrast in both photos,
definitely for the budget phone.
Now we're moving on to the, to the Note 8.
Look at the pictures in the Note 8,
for whatever reason the angle on
the Note 8 was a little bit wider,
I wasn't able to get the clouds in there for ya,
but if we take a moment and we just observe the rest
of what's going on here,
it looks phenomenal on both pictures.
This is Samsung stacked against Samsung.
Last year's high end beast productivity phone
against this year's current flagship winner.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 against the S9.
Now let's go ahead and move on and take a quick peak
at the iPhone 10, and if you look,
the iPhone even maintained more
of the blue than the S9 did in the sky.
This is huge, I think this is something
that people that love cameras, that love photos,
that love accuracy, you guys are gonna value that.
This is a camera test I did with the bo--
We're taking a look at the Pixel 2 XL
and the Samsung Galaxy S9 are a main subject camera today.
This is the Bokeh effect
also known as portrait mode in a lot of phones.
As you can see, the pixel did a far better job.
This is in extreme light right above me.
A couple of the other devices
wouldn't even activate the effect.
The iPhone 10 wouldn't even come on for us,
so the fact that we were able
to get the Pixel to activate along
with the Samsung Galaxy S9 was really awesome.
The Note 8 and...
They don't have the front facing portrait mode,
and it also didn't have that on the Oneplus 5T.
Alright, now we're gonna go ahead
and just move right along to a straight selfie.
Here on the left we have the iPhone 10,
and on the right of course the Samsung Galaxy S9.
I'm sure you guys have caught on that picture's not going
to change, it's always going to be on the right.
Next we're looking at the Note 8, which,
Samsung against Samsung,
they both whited out those clouds, right?
Which is a little annoying, but you know,
that's what their software does, doesn't always pick it up.
Next, we're gonna go ahead and move on to the Oneplus 5T.
Now this did a really good job as well,
but I feel the Samsung Galaxy S9 was much sharper
of an image, and even though it also whited,
it didn't white it out as much, the blue sky,
I still would say the Galaxy S9 is a better image here,
because the detail was so much sharper.
Now we're gonna look at the Pixel 2 XL,
and this is just a really simple selfie.
As you can see, the Pixel, the selfie, way better,
definitely better representation of what I looked like.
Here's another photo comparison, this is,
of course we're always gonna have the S9 on the right
so I'm gonna stop repeating myself there,
but on the left, we have the Pixel 2 XL, and I like how
the Pixel maintained those colors really good.
On the slide it is a little bit darker,
the slide was darker,
so that is a better representation of how it looked.
This is the Oneplus 5T.
What I found interesting is the over-saturation
of the colors, of the green in the background.
It was...
They really darkened up those colors,
a lot in comparison with the Pixel.
Now we're gonna go ahead and take a look at the Note 8,
this is another shot where you can kind
of see all of the trees, where you can see the foliage,
and the slide, again we're Samsung against Samsung.
The slide's pretty bright,
and I'm a little confused by it because
the slide wasn't really that bright in person,
but the camera picks it up and brightens it up.
Now we're looking at the iPhone 10, which in my opinion,
is a much better actual representation
of what this photo looks like.
You can actually see, here's the iPhone 10, right,
and it's a much better representation
of what we're looking at.
Now, let me come over here, and let
me do a comparison with the iPhone 10 and the Pixel 2 XL.
So let's see what this, let's see what this looks like.
The right, we have the Pixel 2 XL,
and on the left, we have the iPhone 10.
My opinion, these are the two best pictures
of this slide out of all the other pictures that I've taken.
Now, I don't mean to be a jerk,
and I'm not trying to crab on Samsung's latest
and greatest device because I know it's cool,
and I know there's great features in it,
but based on what we just saw,
I don't see what the big deal about this camera is.
I've been playing with it, I've been moving,
I've been taking pictures,
I've been going in all sorts of lighting conditions,
and I don't know what's so great about this camera.
It's a one trick pony.
This low light thing it's doing is pretty cool.
Now mind you, I haven't done my review on slow-mo mode yet.
I will, we might have a two trick pony up our sleeves,
but based on a regular day, going through my life,
going through your life,
what are you gonna be taking pictures of the most?
People, friends, events, celebrations,
I just don't see a ton of use that
I'm gonna get out in my life, of this slow-mo mode,
but I'm gonna find out, I'm gonna do some comparisons,
and we're gonna show ya what everything looks like.
In my opinion, the Pixel 2 XL camera
is still the winner amongst these smartphones.
After that, the Note 8 I feel is a better contender
than the Galaxy S9, and I know,
I don't care about low light pictures.
Call me weird, don't care Samsung,
if you never put that in that phone,
it would've never had bothered me.
What I want to hear from you guys today,
is are you using the low light mode?
What condition would you be in where you'd be like,
"Wow, I'm so glad this camera takes pictures in low light."
I'm thinking hanging out outside,
a campfire, in the backyard at night,
maybe if there's a parade going on,
but those are a once in a while type of things.
Not something I do every day.
So I wonder, was it necessary,
or was just the things Samsung needed
to do in order to make a splash.
Trying to stay relevant,
trying to stay ahead of the competition.
What do you guys think,
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