I have just changed my s9 plus to s22 ultra and the first thing I realized was that the color saturation on s22 ultra was a little bit washed out in compare to my older phone even in vivid mode. I really loved the color tone in my s9 plus and other galaxy models. my phone has snapdragon cpu and I will be very thankful if someone helps me regarding this issue.
Atabaksh said:
I have just changed my s9 plus to s22 ultra and the first thing I realized was that the color saturation on s22 ultra was a little bit washed out in compare to my older phone even in vivid mode. I really loved the color tone in my s9 plus and other galaxy models. my phone has snapdragon cpu and I will be very thankful if someone helps me regarding this issue.
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cheaper panels . Year on year they keep lowering the quality yet "improving " the numbers to appear better than previous models.
Is this color washed out in s22 ultra a known issue? are others experiencing this too?
Atabaksh said:
Is this color washed out in s22 ultra a known issue? are others experiencing this too?
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I don't notice it that much to be honest. The Pixel 6 Pro i had was very washed out but Google go for a natural looking display, Iphone is the same and the Zfold3 I have has identical colours to the s22u I have. Perhaps Samsung are following Apple in that way now?
Atabaksh said:
I have just changed my s9 plus to s22 ultra and the first thing I realized was that the color saturation on s22 ultra was a little bit washed out in compare to my older phone even in vivid mode.
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Do you use the S9+ also in vivid mode or is the S22u vivid washed out compared to S9+ natural?
ZXR said:
Do you use the S9+ also in vivid mode or is the S22u vivid washed out compared to S9+ natural?
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Yes it is also in vivid mode
Batfink33 said:
I don't notice it that much to be honest. The Pixel 6 Pro i had was very washed out but Google go for a natural looking display, Iphone is the same and the Zfold3 I have has identical colours to the s22u I have. Perhaps Samsung are following Apple in that way now?
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Maybe it is decreasing the saturation in in the new models in order to get more natural colors and when you compare it with older samsung phones it is more recognizable
Atabaksh said:
Maybe it is decreasing the saturation in in the new models in order to get more natural colors and when you compare it with older samsung phones it is more recognizable
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Yeah, I think that's what it might be.
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Anyone else notice that there is a very slight yellowish overtone to blacks in some apps like YouTube with dark mode turned on and chrome with dark? If you compare it to the note 10+ or s10+, you'll see that the blacks are a bit deeper on those. I ordered two phones and it's the same thing. Erica the technology nerd even pointed it out. Is it because of the new amoled screen? It's not really a big deal since it's slight, but pointing it out.
Erica's video:- https://youtu.be/OTTv-NkBSgc
You'll notice it if you compare with other phones. So don't compare and you won't notice.
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Mrplennium said:
Anyone else notice that there is a very slight yellowish overtone to blacks in some apps like YouTube with dark mode turned on and chrome with dark? If you compare it to the note 10+ or s10+, you'll see that the blacks are a bit deeper on those. I ordered two phones and it's the same thing. Erica the technology nerd even pointed it out. Is it because of the new amoled screen? It's not really a big deal since it's slight, but pointing it out.
Erica's video:- https://youtu.be/OTTv-NkBSgc
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Yep it's got a green tint to the whites especially in 120hz. It's weird. More noticeable on snapdragon units.
Brava27 said:
You'll notice it if you compare with other phones. So don't compare and you won't notice.
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Good advice for so many things in life... :laugh::laugh:
pafc66 said:
Yep it's got a green tint to the whites especially in 120hz. It's weird. More noticeable on snapdragon units.
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Yeah, I understand that there was a similar issue with the S20 ultra. Hopefully Samsung issue a software update for it. It's not a big deal since it's extremely slight on both units, but there is definitely consistency across all note 20 ultra I believe after coming across 3 units.
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Yeah, I understand that there was a similar issue with the S20 ultra. Hopefully Samsung issue a software update for it. It's not a big deal since it's extremely slight on both units, but there is definitely consistency across all note 20 ultra I believe after coming across 3 units.
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Are they snapdragon units you've come across?
I think it's a hardware issue. Don't think a ota will fix it
pafc66 said:
Yep it's got a green tint to the whites especially in 120hz. It's weird. More noticeable on snapdragon units.
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Are they snapdragon units you've come across?
I think it's a hardware issue. Don't think a ota will fix it
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Yup, they are all snapdragon. All 3 pretty much look the same. It's very even on all 3 models I must say. No uneven coloring on whites or blacks. I can see why you and others would say it looks greenish. It looks like some mixture of green and yellow. It's not horrible to be honest, just looks a tad noticeable when comparing it to other devices like the punchier s10 plus or note 10 plus. It's like op said, if you don't compare them you don't really see it. Just wish Samsung had done better with the calibration of the screens. If it's hardware, then it's due to the new screens used. I am pretty sure most if not all snapdragon Note 20 ultra suffers from this.
On my Note 20 ultra, colors, specifically dark colors look much different than my note 9 as well as Pixel 3 xl. Do you think mine is a defective unit or is it just how Note 20 display works?
Comparison pictures: https://imgur.com/a/IIMtk9x
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On my Note 20 ultra, colors, specifically dark colors look much different than my note 9 as well as Pixel 3 xl. Do you think mine is a defective unit or is it just how Note 20 display works?
Comparison pictures: https://imgur.com/a/IIMtk9x
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There are some existing threads with some advice and discussion in.
People who are using dark Mode are suggested nkt to apply dark Mode to their wallpaper and choose vivid mode.
I have reported this here as well. Blacks aren't as deep on YouTube and chrome with dark mode on if you compare it to other past devices. At least he's even throughout the screen, so not horrible, but definitely not as "contrasty". It's like the blue light filter is on at a very low rate. Don't know if it's software Samsung can adjust or if it's due to the new screens being used. Some say the s20 ultra had it and one plus. Apparently those were addressed with a software update.
Yeah my YouTube seems kinda Grey
Very odd.
I just noticed that this morning.
Hope this can be fixed through software
Hey Folks,
Not sure if you guys have noticed.
I don't have my old S21 Ultra with me anymore. But I have seen a similar thread on Samsung Member too. The OP had a S21 Ultra with S22U side by side.
So based on my memory, I found the HDR effect under YouTube and Netflix is considerably weaker as compared with S21U. Colour is less popping and vivid.
Could you guys please also post your findings here?
I am using the SG Gen 1 version.
Cheers
akira888 said:
Hey Folks,
Not sure if you guys have noticed.
I don't have my old S21 Ultra with me anymore. But I have seen a similar thread on Samsung Member too. The OP had a S21 Ultra with S22U side by side.
So based on my memory, I found the HDR effect under YouTube and Netflix is considerably weaker as compared with S21U. Colour is less popping and vivid.
Could you guys please also post your findings here?
I am using the SG Gen 1 version.
Cheers
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You got your screen on normal or Vivid? I just watched this video at 2k HDR and it looked pretty good to me? How's it look for you?
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Hey Folks,
Not sure if you guys have noticed.
I don't have my old S21 Ultra with me anymore. But I have seen a similar thread on Samsung Member too. The OP had a S21 Ultra with S22U side by side.
So based on my memory, I found the HDR effect under YouTube and Netflix is considerably weaker as compared with S21U. Colour is less popping and vivid.
Could you guys please also post your findings here?
I am using the SG Gen 1 version.
Cheers
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Yes. Just watched one. It looks the same as is did on my previous phone (Pixel 6 Pro).
It seems that Samsung is no longer jacking the screen brightness to 100% for HDR content, so it doesn't look nearly as vivid as before. Maybe it's a YouTube issue though, as my Pixel was the same way
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You got your screen on normal or Vivid? I just watched this video at 2k HDR and it looked pretty good to me? How's it look for you?
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I got it on Vivid.
I think HDR is enabled. But not as strong as S21U. The effect looks to be tuned down by Samsung not sure if on purpose. On S21U, screen can become so bright and colour is more popping. If I were to rate S21U' HDR effect on 10, S22U is on 6 at most.
Yes.. i noticed hdr10 playback issue on my s22 ultra. Movies and videos look dull and less brightness.
I even compared it with my s20 plus side by side.
My 2 year old s20 plus looks stunning and easily beats my s22 ultra.
Hope samsung will fix this bug.
I am highly disappointed with my s22 ultra now.
Hey folks,
I think HDR is definitely enabled but I tend to believe that Samsung has tuned down the contrast and vibrancy, or maybe brightness.
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Hey folks,
I think HDR is definitely enabled but I tend to believe that Samsung has tuned down the contrast and vibrancy, or maybe brightness.
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A couple of questions:
1. Did you have your screen mode set to vivid?
2. Did you have adaptive brightness off and extra brightness turned on?
3. Did you have max resolution set?
4. Video brightness set to bright?
Not sure if there is any setting related to HDR?
Video looks fantastic on my s22 ultra.
Rubby1025 said:
A couple of questions:
1. Did you have your screen mode set to vivid?
2. Did you have adaptive brightness off and extra brightness turned on?
3. Did you have max resolution set?
4. Video brightness set to bright?
Not sure if there is any setting related to HDR?
Video looks fantastic on my s22 ultra.
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1. Vivid
2. Adaptive brightness on
3. Qwhd
4. Yes
Thanks for the thoughts. I used the above same settings on my s21U and and S22U.
Will try to disable the adaptive brightness to see the change in effect.
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1. Vivid
2. Adaptive brightness on
3. Qwhd
4. Yes
Thanks for the thoughts. I used the above same settings on my s21U and and S22U.
Will try to disable the adaptive brightness to see the change in effect.
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If you had adaptive brightness on then you did not have max brightness turned on. You are not shown the option to max out brightness until you turn off adaptive brightness thx.
I am having the same issue with hdr10 video playback. It looks dull and very low brightness.
This can be seen when you compare s22 ultra side by side with other phones like s20 and s21 series phones.
This is major flaw , you cant see this until you see it side by side comparison.
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Hey Folks,
Not sure if you guys have noticed.
I don't have my old S21 Ultra with me anymore. But I have seen a similar thread on Samsung Member too. The OP had a S21 Ultra with S22U side by side.
So based on my memory, I found the HDR effect under YouTube and Netflix is considerably weaker as compared with S21U. Colour is less popping and vivid.
Could you guys please also post your findings here?
I am using the SG Gen 1 version.
Cheers
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I am getting the same issue bro.. have you find any solution for this. Hdr playback looks dull on my s22 ultra. Hope samsung will fix this..
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If you had adaptive brightness on then you did not have max brightness turned on. You are not shown the option to max out brightness until you turn off adaptive brightness thx.
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HDR does not work on S22 Ultra, that's it, or maybe very bad. My S20+ did way better, I tried every options.
Try this?
Still doesn't work
You can see a lot of tech youtubers complain about this. Everything super bright but not HDR videos...
akira888 said:
Hey Folks,
Not sure if you guys have noticed.
I don't have my old S21 Ultra with me anymore. But I have seen a similar thread on Samsung Member too. The OP had a S21 Ultra with S22U side by side.
So based on my memory, I found the HDR effect under YouTube and Netflix is considerably weaker as compared with S21U. Colour is less popping and vivid.
Could you guys please also post your findings here?
I am using the SG Gen 1 version.
Cheers
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Their is a setting to increase video brightness, I stumbled across it tonight but not tested yet, maybe this will help.
Edit, ignore me didn't read the replies before I posted.
rosso22 said:
Their is a setting to increase video brightness, I stumbled across it tonight but not tested yet, maybe this will help.
Edit, ignore me didn't read the replies before I posted.
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There are actually several brightness settings in different menus and can be easily missed.
Hi,
Did you notice that S22 Ultra photos are a bit yellow in a low light situations (late evening or indoors). My wife's iPhone 12 Pro produces more natural colder images.
Couldn't find any setting. Editing white balance each time - not a solution.
I will post some examples later (iphone vs samsung). But I think you got the idea.
Here's an article I read this morning.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs iPhone 13 Pro Max camera test: why one is my favorite
Only one goes the distance
www.techradar.com
Granted it is being compared to the iPhone 13 Max Pro.
Are you looking at them on the same display? Or are you comparing the look from her phone display to the look on your phone display? You would get a better comparison if you looked at them on a common display, such as a computer monitor.
To be fair though. Samsung phones' cameras have always generally produced warmer and more saturated photos than iPhones.
Open the camera then swipe the screen to the right to access the modes "Plus ". This menu will give you the possibility to choose all the modes available on your camera. Select the mode "BESS" to access and modify the settings.
There you can make adjustments for contrast and color saturation. Modify each of these settings directly using the slider to find the ideal setting for your shot. You can also edit the photos you have already taken via the "Gallery App" and change these settings directly from a recorded photo.
varcor said:
Open the camera then swipe the screen to the right to access the modes "Plus ". This menu will give you the possibility to choose all the modes available on your camera. Select the mode "BESS" to access and modify the settings.
There you can make adjustments for contrast and color saturation. Modify each of these settings directly using the slider to find the ideal setting for your shot. You can also edit the photos you have already taken via the "Gallery App" and change these settings directly from a recorded photo.
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I don't know what phone app you are talking about. There is no "BESS" mode on the S22 Ultra camera app. Nor is that mode available in Expert RAW.
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I don't know what phone app you are talking about. There is no "BESS" mode on the S22 Ultra camera app. Nor is that mode available in Expert RAW.
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You can review the information here.
How to make photo settings on a Samsung Galaxy S22 ULTRA?
Find out in this guide how to make the photo settings on your Samsung Galaxy S22 ULTRA.
smartandroid.fr
varcor said:
You can review the information here.
How to make photo settings on a Samsung Galaxy S22 ULTRA?
Find out in this guide how to make the photo settings on your Samsung Galaxy S22 ULTRA.
smartandroid.fr
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I have the S22 Ultra, there is no BESS camera mode. How about you show us on your S22 Ultra?
You might want read this, since you don't own an S22 Ultra.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Camera Walkthrough: Different camera modes, Expert RAW, and more
Let's take a quick look at the Samsung Galaxy S22's stock camera app and the Expert RAW camera app to see all the options you get.
www.xda-developers.com
Here's another issue with S22 Ultra camera. Looks like it's a hardware issue with initial builds:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545636753213534208
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Here's another issue with S22 Ultra camera. Looks like it's a hardware issue with initial builds:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545636753213534208
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Not the same problem. How about you actually post relevant information.
Images from Samsung S series and Note series phones tend to be a little too warm for some people.
gernerttl said:
Not the same problem. How about you actually post relevant information.
Images from Samsung S series and Note series phones tend to be a little too warm for some people.
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How about you re-read the post? Yes it's not the same problem, hence mentioned as "another issue".
gernerttl said:
Here's an article I read this morning.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs iPhone 13 Pro Max camera test: why one is my favorite
Only one goes the distance
www.techradar.com
Granted it is being compared to the iPhone 13 Max Pro.
Are you looking at them on the same display? Or are you comparing the look from her phone display to the look on your phone display? You would get a better comparison if you looked at them on a common display, such as a computer monitor.
To be fair though. Samsung phones' cameras have always generally produced warmer and more saturated photos than iPhones.
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This, first of all.
How are you (OP) comparing things? Screen by screen on two different devices? Obviously that's not good practice.
As @generttl says, view photos taken by both of the same subject on a "neutral" device (a third phone, or a computer, tv, whatever) and compare there first of all.
Just to rule out differences in screens and their respective settings I mean.
Dunno about the iPhones, but my S22U had "vivid" screen color mode set as default at delivery, and it really overheats and -saturates things IMO. The "natural" mode tones things down quite a bit toward the cooler side.
bat0nas said:
Hi,
Did you notice that S22 Ultra photos are a bit yellow in a low light situations (late evening or indoors). My wife's iPhone 12 Pro produces more natural colder images.
Couldn't find any setting. Editing white balance each time - not a solution.
I will post some examples later (iphone vs samsung). But I think you got the idea.
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The photo reflects the Saturation Slider in Pro Mode. This won't totally eliminate unwanted tinting but will reduce the intensity.
Well, or get an IPhone instead?
Hi,
You're right. I was comparing photos on S22 Ultra screen vs. iPhone 12 Pro screen. And the deference was huge! Once I downloaded to PC - the difference is not that big.
This is a low light evening shot.
https://imgur.com/HVNdNDQ
You can still see that Samsung photo is a bit warmer and iPhone - a bit greener.
Samsung photo looks like it is seen with the naked eye.
Iphone photo - as it would look like in a daylight.
This is daylight shot.
https://imgur.com/A3PG6tP
I have Pixel 6 pro and have S22 Ultra, when I do photos side by side, S22 Ultra can't make so good photos. Colours are washed out, details are missing. Even same zoom level photos with pixel have more detail and for example, you can read letters of object you take photo (carbord box with black letters) and on S22 ultra you just get blurry black line.
Expert Raw gives better output, but still can't match Pixel 6 Pro.
So what I see hardware is there and sometimes S22 Ultra comes close, but just point and shoot not satisfied with such camera for price of phone.
Only hope is that Android 13 and software update might get things right. Please share if you know.
droidDHD said:
I have Pixel 6 pro and have S22 Ultra, when I do photos side by side, S22 Ultra can't make so good photos. Colours are washed out, details are missing. Even same zoom level photos with pixel have more detail and for example, you can read letters of object you take photo (carbord box with black letters) and on S22 ultra you just get blurry black line.
Expert Raw gives better output, but still can't match Pixel 6 Pro.
So what I see hardware is there and sometimes S22 Ultra comes close, but just point and shoot not satisfied with such camera for price of phone.
Only hope is that Android 13 and software update might get things right. Please share if you know.
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Your s22 Ultra is faulty then. My phone taste fantastic photos...Full of crisp detail. Colour is a bit lacking....admittedly.
pjaysnowden said:
Your s22 Ultra is faulty then. My phone taste fantastic photos...Full of crisp detail. Colour is a bit lacking....admittedly.
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I am not saying that there are crappy photos, but mi 11 ultra and Pixel 6 Pro are making better ones. And in all reviews there are this a bit of better detail with Snapdragon version.
So I just looking for ways to get S22 pictures to be natural colour and looking at least like Pixel 6 Pro.
But on paper S22 Ultra should be making better pictures because of all camera modules etc.
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I am not saying that there are crappy photos, but mi 11 ultra and Pixel 6 Pro are making better ones. And in all reviews there are this a bit of better detail with Snapdragon version.
So I just looking for ways to get S22 pictures to be natural colour and looking at least like Pixel 6 Pro.
But on paper S22 Ultra should be making better pictures because of all camera modules etc.
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I still reckon you have a dodgy phone. I replaced my mi11 with a S22 Ultra. The photos are waaaaay better.
Just small crop from S22 and Pixel 6 pro, this is what I am talking about.... 1st Pixel, 2ns S22 Ultra
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Just small crop from S22 and Pixel 6 pro, this is what I am talking about....
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The top one is the better....
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The top one is the better....
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2.9 MB or 2.4 MB file?
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The top one is the better....
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2.9mb
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yes that's from cheaper pixel 6 pro and it's better
Pixel series from years had and still have very good algorytmics, software and all this make very good work.
Maybe in paper PIxels cameras don't look like other devices but in real this devieces from Google can make very good photos (not always movies) even after updates, and presentation next models (read aging device like samsung can do it)
Samsung do not focuses to do possibility maximum good software like Google in PIxel for cameras because easier and more profits is show new device for samsung.
Pixels have always been the best camera phones simply just for their pre- and post-processing, especially now with Tensor.
I saw reports about the camera quality being worse for the Exynos variant compared to Snapdragon on the S22 Ultra though, so for sure this is a factor as well. Europe just always gets screwed over.
There's not much you can do; did you try using the optimizing feature from the S22 Ultra's gallery/photo editing app? Heard it's pretty good. Otherwise you're probably stuck with either "blurry" photos (still good ones though!) or you need to tweak 'em manually.
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Pixels have always been the best camera phones simply just for their pre- and post-processing, especially now with Tensor.
I saw reports about the camera quality being worse for the Exynos variant compared to Snapdragon on the S22 Ultra though, so for sure this is a factor as well. Europe just always gets screwed over.
There's not much you can do; did you try using the optimizing feature from the S22 Ultra's gallery/photo editing app? Heard it's pretty good. Otherwise you're probably stuck with either "blurry" photos (still good ones though!) or you need to tweak 'em manually.
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Expert Raw+ good light can do something close but still, it's 400 EUR more expensive and I need to make photos look better .
Yes they aren't garbage but even far from Mi 11 Ultra.