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Does anyone actually feel like the the MT4g Slide can replace your point & shoot camera?

Mine has. I take lots of photos and since picking up my MT4GS I don't take the point and shoot out with me anymore.
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Bump.... anyone else? For example, I'm going on vaca to California and want to know if it is worth it to buy/bring a small camera.

My digitial camera is a bit older now, it's a kodak model I picked up from circuit city (yea, that should tell ya something if you live in the u.s.)
Even so, my digital camera is a 10 megapixel camera, and I think the ccd in it is better then the one in the phone. The HDR option on the phone makes it compare pretty closely though.
I'm not entirely sure about direct comparison of picture quality between the two yet, but comparing the stock camera app on this phone to my pocket camera - the answer is yes, it can replace my digital camera, for me.
The kodak was still an entry level camera at the time I bought it (around $150 several years ago) but it gives me more adjustment options in manual (program) mode.
Specifically: I can set my iso to 1600 and 3200 whereas the phone only goes up to 800 - and I use this at night to get better pictures in darkness.
A couple other small adjustments my digital camera offers me that the stock camera app doesn't for the phone. But really, this is the kind of nit-picking that says the next step up from the phone is a DSLR, at least for what I have.
The sweep shot option on the phone is many times better the the panoramic option offered on my digital camera, and the phone takes pictures much more quickly then the digital camera does.
The effect settings on the phone are pretty sweet, I can take the picture that way instead of adding it after the fact. Too, the phone will let me make some edits to my pictures using apps I can get (even some free ones that aren't bad.)
I am not sure of the quality being offered by current model digital cameras, but aren't they up to something like 14 megapixels now?
If you're trying to be a professional photographer, then just carrying around a phone as your camera is a joke. From the casual picture taker perspective, the phone is pretty awesome.
I suggest running around with it and snapping a whole mess of pictures where you live now. Take a day, and pretend you are a tourist in your own town. Find your local landmarks, or anything that looks cool in your town and snap pictures of it all.
(make sure to find one cool looking building, one cool looking tree, and snap some pictures of crowds and traffic)
Mess with the different modes and settings, and try to take the same picture multiple times with the different settings.
Come home and put all the pics on your computer, print a few out, and see how they look.
If you are only going to end up with 4x6 and 5x7 pictures that you print out when you're done, the camera is sufficient. If you are trying to make poster sized professional prints - get a DSLR.
From what it sounds like, though, the camera on the phone should be fine for you.
(sorry if this is a bit rambly, i'm still waiting for my coffee to finish brewing after just waking up)

That was very helpful. I don't have the phone and was considering getting it. Anyone else
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here are some pics I've taken with the MT4GS... has completely replaced my P&S cam since I bought it. quality isn't quite as good as most decent P&S cams I've used, but it's close enough that it makes sense not to haul another piece of tech around. overall, I'm impressed.. especially coming from the G2 which had a pretty lackluster camera.
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(apologies for posting massive pictures, tried to size them down a bit)

Pics look good. How would indoor/party photos look?

BUMP......

Actually indoor photos are what surprise me the most. The low lighting performance is truly quite good for a phone. The only thing is that white balance tends to be a bit slow to kick in for some reason. When indoors or in a dark setting, the image will often start out very red. Point the camera at a white wall or something and the balance will fix itself right away.
Here are some photos taken indoors and/or with low lighting, no post editing done. Photos are lower quality because I'm taking them off of facebook:
Dim Lighting
During Sunset:
This one is pretty well lit but the dynamic range worked out nicely:
I applied one of the phone's stock filters to this one, but it was done in low lighting(just one tabletop lamp on the other side of the room):
This one is in daylight obviously, but its an HDR shot that came out nicely:
BTW, the phone has an "autoenhance" feature which is enabled by default. I prefer to disable it. Basically it sharpens edges and removes noise, but imo it makes the image lose some of it's fidelity at higher zooms. I therefore prefer to turn off the feature. I enjoy doing post-work on my photos so I'd rather reduce noise in Photoshop if I need to (rarely).

Oh, and sorry for the double-post, but I will again re-emphasize turning off autoenhance unless you're taking photos in a really dark area and/or are tremendously averse to noise artifacts(which are still pretty minimal in most cases). While certainly it's no DSLR, nowhere near, it actually can replace most point and shoots and is the best phone camera you're going to find outside of the Nokia N8. Some say the Galaxy SII is just as good but I strongly disagree. Color fidelity is what matters the most to me in a portable camera(alongside decent sharpness) and this phone excels in that area imo. Besides, at the end of the day, it's the photographer that matters. Not to say you need to be a photographer, but use whatever light you have available smartly and you might be surprised with your results.
Gonna post a few more shots for fun. These are all completely unedited:
Panorama:
Hydrant:
And me:
Sorry I don't take that many pictures of people lol, but they look good and the flash does a good job of illuminating without being harsh.
Also, as a general tip, if you actually want your pictures to look better than average, you can have a little fun in photoshop or GIMP. I am unfortunately nowhere near being able to afford a DSLR at the moment, so I tend to try to compensate with some post work with image editors. I'd much rather do these images the "real" way(and keen eyes can see the artificial details), but this camera is good enough to get some nice post-editing work for artistic effect.
The following have been edited with a lens blur filters, grain addition, and/or color correction:
Me again:
Old-Camera Style Close-Up:
My Sister:
Nice Walk:
So yea, I'm by no means a "real" photographer, but I enjoy putting a bit more effort into my photos than the average person, giving them a bit of my touch that goes further than, like, instagram. Put some thought into your shots, and you'll see the MT4GS will be a powerful tool

Seriously, I love this camera.

This has all been very helpful. Has anyone tried it in a party environment or really relied on it during vacation? Have you had any truly BAD results?

iPhone 5 vs GS3 camera comparison

Just put this together on the Macrumors board. Even they seem to agree
iPhone 5 pictures will always be first in the series:
In these pictures you can see the iPhone 5s purple flare at the top. No matter how I tried to take the picture, it was always there. In a room with a lot of lights, its just going to happen sadly. The GS3 performed better here and more accurately.
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Next up - Tennis ball. The tennis ball is not new, however, judging by the iPhone 5 picture, Apple wants to make old objects new again. Also, the counter top I am taking these on has a purpleish tint to it, so keep that in mind:
Anyone up for some coffee? The letters on dunkin should be a darker shade or orange to your eyes.. lets see how they did:
Next up - same ball, with flash:
Last but not least - a set of 2 outdoor pictures
So what do you think?? Which one is better to you?

Also a side note on the outdoors pictures - Both sets were taken at the same distance. The GS3 appears to get more in the picture than the iPhone... maybe its my eyes playing tricks on me - neither phone's zoom settings were touched.

psufan5 said:
Also a side note on the outdoors pictures - Both sets were taken at the same distance. The GS3 appears to get more in the picture than the iPhone... maybe its my eyes playing tricks on me - neither phone's zoom settings were touched.
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Maybe the iphone is set to like 28mm while the S3 at 24mm (when compared on 35mm?)

I don't get how you guys are getting decent shots with the GS3. My pictures are just awful and almost always blurry in identical situations that my Rezound and iPhone are able to take excellent photos. I really hate the camera on this phone.

Maybe you dont have a steady hand? Turn anti-shake on?

tekhna said:
I don't get how you guys are getting decent shots with the GS3. My pictures are just awful and almost always blurry in identical situations that my Rezound and iPhone are able to take excellent photos. I really hate the camera on this phone.
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Make sure the camera lens cover isn't smudged. If mine is, pictures look terrible, but if I wipe it off with my shirt and then take picture, it looks so much better.

Maybe. But it doesn't happen with any other camera, if that's the problem my hands would be shaky no matter what.
Quick and dirty comparison I did just now.
GS3:
Rezound:
iPhone 4

I love the pics on mine..Here is a sample of my lake house view from the back deck:
As you see it takes great pics..

My S3 takes both good and bad pictures. If I am holding it in just my hands, it usually takes not so good pictures. But when I us4 something solid to prop it against, it takes great pictures. But, that is the least of my gripes with this thing.
I just flashed the latest ROM five minuets ago and am finally getting thirty hours of battery time! This is sick!!

I take some okay pics
Gs3

Tyggy said:
I love the pics on mine..Here is a sample of my lake house view from the back deck:
As you see it takes great pics..
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Nice picture and interesting landscaping - curious about the choice of what appears to be a birdbath in the center: that green expanse to the lake might appear even more like a welcoming path or inviting runway there without the visual breakup, I figure.
- ooofest

Honestly I think the iPhone 5 takes better pictures.
I have 2 lines on my plan...mine with my GS3 and the other person on my plan has an iPhone 5. I did my own comparison tests and found the iPhone 5 camera to be better every time. I love my GS3 and the camera is alright but... nothing beats my DSLR.

The S3 also seems to be really sensitive with shaky hands compared to my old Apple. This can easily cause blurrier pictures. Also, another thing is phone covers can really alter the flash...... I had to learn this this the hard way.

Good stuff here... Honestly to me both seem to be amazing cameras but it's nice to see there are significant differences. Maybe I'm bias
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One thing I noticed with the iPhone is it gets surrounding detail a bit better, but its not as focused. On the iPhone I can focus on someone 15 feet away, but still read a paper that is in the photo just under the camera. On the GS3 it appears to overexpose it, and makes it illegible. Ill do a bit more testing, but it might only be an issue with white paper

I'm impressed with the macro on the S3
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josh995 said:
Honestly I think the iPhone 5 takes better pictures.
I have 2 lines on my plan...mine with my GS3 and the other person on my plan has an iPhone 5. I did my own comparison tests and found the iPhone 5 camera to be better every time. I love my GS3 and the camera is alright but... nothing beats my DSLR.
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I think the iphone is always easier to take good pics with (for a phone anyway) for some reason.
You can hand an iphone to anybody, leave everything in the auto mode & most of their pics will be fine.
As far as the DSLR comment, I agree 100%, I am a pro photographer & I use a *Canon EOS 1D Mark 2/with all L lens* all day at work.

yeah my GS3 doesn't take pics nearly as well as my rezound......but thank god it's better than that terrible, awful nexus camera. *shudders*

Mine does good panos
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tekhna said:
Maybe. But it doesn't happen with any other camera, if that's the problem my hands would be shaky no matter what.
Quick and dirty comparison I did just now.
GS3:
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Your focus is on your keys that's why only your keys look clear and everything else is blurry. Try focusing it something else, like the middle of the screen. Auto focus does that to me sometimes. Nothing a good finger poke on the screen doesn't fix.

Shocked at photo quality

OK so im coming from a long line of iPhones and after getting bored of iOS this is my first venture into Samsung. I took this photo at the club I work at last night and seriously, what is going on here? The flash pics were pretty crap too, finding it very hard to focus after pressing the shutter.
p.s yes i know how to take good photos normally and no there isnt any plastic over the lens.
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Even that image is better than any iPhone I've seen, personally I've not had any problems with the camera although there are a few different types of modes that you can use while on the camera have you tried playing with them?
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H0rn said:
Even that image is better than any iPhone I've seen, personally I've not had any problems with the camera although there are a few different types of modes that you can use while on the camera have you tried playing with them?
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Sure, tried every mode available! Let me upload a similar iPhone 5 pic, hold on.

I also noticed the pictures weren't what I expected.
They tend to blur quite easily.
I'm hoping a software update will sort it.

It's a 13MP camera, you're either doing something wrong or your camera is bad.

vinokirk said:
I also noticed the pictures weren't what I expected.
They tend to blur quite easily.
I'm hoping a software update will sort it.
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I haven't used the camera too much but if there is any focus problems I'm guessing they can fix it that way.
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redpill2016 said:
It's a 13MP camera, you're either doing something wrong or your camera s ad.
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Definitely not doing something wrong lol, you can clearly see its actually a good picture in terms of light pickup its the smearing like an oil painting and thats nothing to do with the megapixels either

I agree with the poster, ive had many phones and by far the note 3 has the worst photo quality ever, im really dissapointed for a ~750 euro device to have such a bad camera. 13MP looks nice in the specs but numbers is not everything.
To me it looks like there is some kind compression on the image, maybe the firmware has some kind of compression method to keep the camera up to speed for zero shutter lag.
Hope samsung will look into this and give us an update in the camera firmware.

Thats weird.
In this post the camera pics are amazing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462052

spridell said:
Thats weird.
In this post the camera pics are amazing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462052
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Yes you are right, the bright and especialy daylight pictures are pretty nice, but when things get dark or far away they smudge out. You can see it happen in the bottom 2 pictures in that post, the last 2 are obviously lower quality than the flowers for example.

spridell said:
Thats weird.
In this post the camera pics are amazing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462052
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Haha! That is taken by me.
Note 3 is the best phone camera I ever use, the photo quality is outstanding!

Andrewtst said:
Haha! That is taken by me.
Note 3 is the best phone camera I ever use, the photo quality is outstanding!
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Can u upload some more low level light pics?

spridell said:
Can u upload some more low level light pics?
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Here is some I post before - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45941670#post45941670 and also the differences between Smart Stabilisation ON/OFF.

Andrewtst said:
Here is some I post before - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45941670#post45941670 and also the differences between Smart Stabilisation ON/OFF.
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thanks for the link

What do you expect? The camera has a 1/3" sensor, a FX SLR has ~28 times the sensor area. This means that you would need 28 times the light (or time) to shoot a photo with same quality.
This is not possible because in the conditions where your photo was shot you would need a tripod and long exposure (which is not useable on moving objects) to make a photo which has comparable quality like an outdoor picture!
Anyhow, I have the N3 for one day now and I am happy with it so far, especially with the better camera!

djrm said:
Definitely not doing something wrong lol, you can clearly see its actually a good picture in terms of light pickup its the smearing like an oil painting and thats nothing to do with the megapixels either
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Well it does have to do with the megapixels because the more you have the less the typical blur will be visibly apparent as a result of movement, which seems to be the case here, whether that be movement by you or the subject.

redpill2016 said:
Well it does have to do with the megapixels because the more you have the less the typical blur will be visibly apparent as a result of movement, which seems to be the case here, whether that be movement by you or the subject.
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It isnt blur, it's the denoise that samsung is using. This is a software issue, among other things obviously. Whether or not they fix it I have no idea.

djrm said:
OK so im coming from a long line of iPhones and after getting bored of iOS this is my first venture into Samsung. I took this photo at the club I work at last night and seriously, what is going on here? The flash pics were pretty crap too, finding it very hard to focus after pressing the shutter.
p.s yes i know how to take good photos normally and no there isnt any plastic over the lens.
Here is the link to the full size image, zoom in yourself and look!! CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR FULL SIZE PIC
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What's wrong is there's too many fat ugly chicks at the club.
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Until manufacturers either quit trying to outdo each other with more megapixels on the same size sensor, lower the megapixels on the same size sensor (like HTC did with the One), or increase the sensor size (such as Apple just did with the 5s), low light photos are going to have more and more noise. The smaller the pixel, the less light it captures, which results in worse low light performance.

Here is the metadata for anyone interested .. It seems like the camera shot the picture in night mode
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here is a similar shot on a iphone 4s
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iphone 5
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on...nthemix.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bild1.jpg
htc one
http://regex.info/exif.cgi?dummy=on...bemm.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/imag1352.jpg
night club shots are hard on any phone there are too many lights comings from odd directions.

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Google Pixel XL come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

I'm personally really liking the camera. Camera is always my top priority and I've gone through five phones in the past year trying to find the complete package. I'm coming directly from a S7. While I wish the main camera has a few more tricks up its sleeve it is quick and I love how it animates and names collages etc from the app instead of having to upload the photos to google photos and do the processing there.
I'll be putting up random shots over the next few days in my Google Photos folder: https://goo.gl/photos/vYAoiyxMw5VGSGPHA I tried attaching many of the shots but XDA yells at me for going over the size limit!

robamacaf said:
I'm personally really liking the camera. Camera is always my top priority and I've gone through five phones in the past year trying to find the complete package. I'm coming directly from a S7. While I wish the main camera has a few more trucks up its sleeve it is quick and I love how it animates and names collages etc from the app instead of having to upload the photos to google photos and do the processing there.
I'll be putting up random shots over the next few days in my Google Photos folder: https://goo.gl/photos/vYAoiyxMw5VGSGPHA I tried attaching many of the shots but XDA yells at me for going over the size limit!
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Cute kid!

Those low light shots are a bit worrisome...

I agree...the low light shots aren't too great ....the dog pix have good detail in them. Does the camera shoot 1080p video at 60fps?

Slash8915 said:
Those low light shots are a bit worrisome...
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I agree...the low light shots aren't too great....
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I'm going to be crying on the inside until my phone gets here in a month.
Well, I may continue to cry cuz the low-light capabilities won't miraculously get better.

I've been using this for a couple days and my thought are the LOW light shots aren't bad. It's the NO lights shots that it gets really grainy. And I'm ok with that. There aren't many times I'm taking pictures in almost absolutely no light. For LOW light like at a restaurant, bar, concert, on a street at night, etc. They are great

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low light
An f/2.0 aperture is not really a low light sensor. And considering how tiny is the sensor, the Pixel XL does a great job.
A low light aperture is under 2, and each stop, or portion of stop like f/1.8, makes a huge difference.
My intention is not be be a pedant. I think many hope f/2.0 means far, far better low light capability than it actually imparts.
It needs some light.
patrick

I personally am sold on the camera!! Took it on a Sunday afternoon hike this wknd and tried it out... https://goo.gl/photos/XF32nTcwKbDXW37H9 Really happy with it! Note that it was VERY VERY bright and sunny.

I just notice the stupid Halo effect somebody was complaining about on one of my pictures.

Does anyone else have a problem withe front camera focusing properly? It seems to be unable to focus on things in the foreground for some reason and only focuses on the background, which makes everything in the front (like people's faces) seem soft and out of focus. Tested out some self portraits and at first, I thought maybe I was too close but no matter how far I stretched out my hand to take a pic, the background always seems to stay in focus.
Something might definitely be wrong with my front camera. I see pics of other people's front camera pics and they are very crispy, even in low light. Not only that, but the front camera pics I take seem to be shaky and blurry about half the time, like there is absolutely no image stabilization being used. I'm forced to do burst shots to compensate for this. Maybe my hands are too shaky? I never had a problem with this coming from an S6 though.

very good comparison videos vs popular phones

gsmarena test
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone1=8345&idPhone3=7260&idCamera2=300308
it's very interesting that how hdr+ improves photo quality
look at the colors and details of 10 pounds money
pixel only lacks a good ois
ois + hdr+ = incredible

I like the image quality under certain conditions, but I'm getting super crazy haloing when there is even the least bit of light behind or off to the side of my photo target. It makes for some really crappy looking pictures when there is a huge opaque ring in my picture. Kinda disappointing.
I hear that this is supposed to be remedied with a software update. I hope this is true and I sure am looking forward to it.

Could someone test if it´s possible to shoot a clear picture of the moon with this device? Since there are no manual controls I would be interested in that. Shutterspeed in FV5 isn´t working, it doesn´t take a shot. And in my area there´s currently no moon to test it... Thanks!

I have made 9 galleries of photos taken with the Pixel XL in varying conditions (dawn to dusk) and the Honor 8.
https://jmcomms.com/2016/10/28/pixe...-grab-a-cup-of-coffee-its-gonna-take-a-while/
In video form if you prefer (21 minutes!);
I should probably create a curated list of Pixel XL photos for a Google Photos gallery soon, as I realise not everyone will want to look through that many photos!

I took a few quick point and shoot pictures with the White Pixel XL 32gb at the Best Buy Verizon display. Albeit very nice pictures, I was left a bit unimpressed, comparing to my LG v10 (didn't think of taking the same shots at the time to compare)

https://goo.gl/photos/iVS9hz5cM2gmQ5GF9
https://goo.gl/photos/dFWgUWNg6YEXXkWy8

what i found interesting is the rear camera takes pics @ 4:3 12 megapixels yet 16:9 are only at 8 megapixels ,where as my S7 Edge takes 16:9 12megapixels.....is there a setting im not using???

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S9+ come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

So far so good. Pictures do look pretty near-term however they're not perfect by a long shot.
Admittedly I've been spoilt as I was using a pixel 2 before this, and low light images were a lot sharper, but not as well lot as the s9.
I think there can be a lot of improvement between the 1.5/2.4 aperture settings in regards to software tweaks.
Another thing I'd like to see is a much better portrait mode. Images look so soft and lack finer details. Compared to my pixel 2... well there really isn't a comparison at this point.
One thing I've noticed samsung cameras always do, is brighten up the face of the person in the photo. If you've got brown skin colour it tends to make them look too pale. I've seen reviewers say it can make the person almost look a bit ill! This happened on my note 8 also, and knowing what I know about South East Asian culture, it wouldn't surprise me if this was as intended as South East Asians do like to look paler, using cosmetics, filters or skin bleaching. So is the pale face as intended?
Anyhow, I'd say the camera has huge potential. Samsung just needs to do a lot of tweaking as irrefutable all the right hardware is there.

A few shots from walkabout today, all on auto
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A few shots from walkabout today, all on auto
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Yes, photo quality is good.

If I should be honnest, I expected a little bit better camera quality when I saw DX score and more....But now when I compare photos from S9+ to my note8, the colors looks a lot more faded, the most noticeable is in interior...Hmm I hope that update will fix it (Exynos version). What do you think?
I made compare video too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BADd5DvVoKM
S9+ https://ibb.co/bwd3cn
Note8 https://ibb.co/jtxwxn

best
There is no doubt on it overcomes iPhone. Great quality. Anyone should get it right now

I have shaky hands, and on Auto it's almost like there's no OIS. I get a lot of motion blur on things or blur in general. Sports mode fixes it, but it's really disappointing.

scottricketts said:
I have shaky hands, and on Auto it's almost like there's no OIS. I get a lot of motion blur on things or blur in general. Sports mode fixes it, but it's really disappointing.
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What kind of lighting were you shooting in?

Not impressed with the auto 2.4 to 1.5 aperture here in the UK at least, it doesn’t seem to understand what low light is
This photo is on 'auto'
And below where I had it manually set to 1.5

Motokorth said:
What kind of lighting were you shooting in?
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Normal daylight. Should have been a cinch.

Shipoftheline said:
Not impressed with the auto 2.4 to 1.5 aperture here in the UK at least, it doesn’t seem to understand what low light is
This photo is on 'auto'
And below where I had it manually set to 1.5
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The auto picture has a better dynamic range. Look at the window and you can see pictures outside but their airplane is a little dark

The whole picture looks dark

I did a S8+ (which I own) vs S9+ Camera quick comparison at my local shop... took some pictures in pro mode, same settings, same scene, both F1.5 and F2.4 for S9 (and of course fixed F1.7 for S8)...
S8 pictures are sharper (both RAW and JPEG) or better overall, with about the same noise... I am very disappointed.
You can download all the JPEG and RAW files: (RAW+JPEG files included): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dgyBwiPbO8tHVqsqZpiJ6aoZn5a-p4m-/view?usp=sharing
Any thoughts?

This is Mocha. Mocha is 14 this year and not the fasting moving dog anymore.
Here's three shots in auto mode with tracking AF on:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tb2Jxf4qBkWySTEj1
Here's three shots in sports mode:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XEspRhNi3WwriSsh1
This is awful. I mean, just ****ing awful. Coming from the V30 using the hacked GCam, this is major step down. Out of six shots I got one usable one.
If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong here with Auto Mode, I'm all ears because I'm tempted to take this thing back.

scottricketts said:
This is Mocha. Mocha is 14 this year and not the fasting moving dog anymore.
Here's three shots in auto mode with tracking AF on:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tb2Jxf4qBkWySTEj1
Here's three shots in sports mode:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XEspRhNi3WwriSsh1
This is awful. I mean, just ****ing awful. Coming from the V30 using the hacked GCam, this is major step down. Out of six shots I got one usable one.
If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong here with Auto Mode, I'm all ears because I'm tempted to take this thing back.
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Change phone

I think the camera quality is great overall..
But A small upgrade compares to note 8 not really camera reimagined
Olny issues i had are that some times photos are taken with low colors contrast then i fix them with auto color effect
But this are without fixing
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Also video is great i got 1 good super slo mo
Check it out..
https://youtu.be/8U-mLpJq1Wc

Love the photos, the quality is awesome.
Your photos are super, thanks for sharing
sstanton86 said:
So far so good. Pictures do look pretty near-term however they're not perfect by a long shot.
Admittedly I've been spoilt as I was using a pixel 2 before this, and low light images were a lot sharper, but not as well lot as the s9.
I think there can be a lot of improvement between the 1.5/2.4 aperture settings in regards to software tweaks.
Another thing I'd like to see is a much better portrait mode. Images look so soft and lack finer details. Compared to my pixel 2... well there really isn't a comparison at this point.
One thing I've noticed samsung cameras always do, is brighten up the face of the person in the photo. If you've got brown skin colour it tends to make them look too pale. I've seen reviewers say it can make the person almost look a bit ill! This happened on my note 8 also, and knowing what I know about South East Asian culture, it wouldn't surprise me if this was as intended as South East Asians do like to look paler, using cosmetics, filters or skin bleaching. So is the pale face as intended?
Anyhow, I'd say the camera has huge potential. Samsung just needs to do a lot of tweaking as irrefutable all the right hardware is there.
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The whole picture looks dark
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So what? It's supposed to be. Your second picture is blowing out highlights and destroying tons of detail. The first picture might seem dimmer (especially compared to the second one), but it's preserving the details in all the areas of the photo. The 1.5 aperture is meant to cut down on noise and detail loss in very dark scenes, not create super bright images from moderately dim environments. It looks like the camera did exactly what it's supposed to do.

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So what? It's supposed to be. Your second picture is blowing out highlights and destroying tons of detail. The first picture might seem dimmer (especially compared to the second one), but it's preserving the details in all the areas of the photo. The 1.5 aperture is meant to cut down on noise and detail loss in very dark scenes, not create super bright images from moderately dim environments. It looks like the camera did exactly what it's supposed to do.
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You might like your pictures looking darker than what the place was but not me

Wow, photo quality is awesome ?.