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Hey guys Its Sagar from Tecworkz, and in this video, I am putting the cameras of the Galaxy
S9 Plus, against the other 2 best camera smartphones out right now, the Pixel 2 and the iPhone X
I know a lot of you have been eagerly waiting for this comparison, and this is actually
the first time I am comparing the cameras of 3 flagship smartphones in one video.
So to do this, I spent a lot of time carrying these 3 phones with me, wherever I went for
the past 3 weeks.
And tried to take 100's of photos with all of them in the exact same position and exact
same conditions.
These are the top 3 flagship devices from Samsung, Google and Apple right now, and the
cameras on all three of them are phenomenal.
Pixel 2 as we know is the camera king for smartphones as of now.
Then we have the iPhone 10, which on its own is the best camera on any iPhone yet.
And Samsung is marketing the S9 and S9 Plus as Camera Reimagined, but does it have what
it takes to rise above the Pixel 2 and the iPhone 10?
That is exactly what we will try and find out in this video.
I usually start, by taking a look at the specifications of the cameras that we are comparing, and
then take a brief look at and compare the interface of the camera app.
But since we have lot if image and video samples to go through, I will just leave a slide with
the specifications on the screen, and you can pause the video if you want to go through
all of them.
S9 Plus does offer full manual controls within the native camera app, but on the other two,
you will have to download 3rd party apps, if you want to adjust some of the settings
before clicking pictures.
We will now directly go to the image and video samples from these 3 phones.
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Now just a quick note.
All of these images are shot in auto mode, since we want to see how these cameras perform,
if you just pull it out of your pocket and start clicking pictures with it.
This is how majority of people use their smartphone cameras.
I will leave a poll on the top right corner of the screen.
There you can vote for the phone that you think captured best overall images in all
lighting conditions.
Make sure you vote after watching all the image and video samples.
None of these images are edited or colour corrected in post, so the images you see are
exactly how they come out of the camera.
All 3 capture amazing images with a lot of details in every shot.
Camera hardware is not that different on these phones, but the way in which they process
the images after the sensor captures it, makes all the difference.
We were used to seeing balanced natural colours from the iPhones until now, but this time
Apple adds bit of saturation to the images to make them pop and look more attractive.
Colours are still balanced and natural, but the images don't look dull anymore, when
we compare them to images from other manufacturers.
S9 Plus tends to capture slightly warmer colours in some of these images, while the iPhone
10 is a bit on the cooler side.
Pixel 2 seems to be capturing the most accurate colours of the scene so far, in these bright
lighting conditions.
All 3 have different ways of capturing and showing colours of the sky, and which one
you like, depends on your colour preference.
S9 Plus has not captured the most details, but as far as the colour of the sky goes,
its image looks most natural to me.
It was a bit windy when I took this shot, but the Pixel 2 has captured the flowers without
any motion blur, and it also shows the most amount of details.
S9 Plus ended up capturing the softest image with the least amount of contrast.
Pixel 2 again captured most details, but for some reason it messed up the white balance
in this shot.
Image from the iPhone 10 looks balanced, and it also captured the actual white balance
of the scene.
Pixel 2 captures better contrast, which makes its images look a bit darker in comparison,
but this image from it, looks a bit too processed and also shows lot of noise in the darker
areas.
iPhone and the S9 Plus captured better colours, but the iPhone 10 also showed better overall
dynamic range and more details than the S9 Plus in this one.
I shared this images on twitter along with a poll, and here are the results, showing
which image you guys liked the most.
Pixel 2 clearly showed a better dynamic range in this shot.
All 3 capture good dynamic range, but there is no clear winner since their performance
varies with every picture.
Here are short clips, showing the focusing speeds of all 3 cameras.
They can switch focus from near to far objects quickly.
Quick and accurate focusing is important when you need to take close up images.
In this one, iPhone has captured the sharpest image with very good colours and contrast.
S9 Plus is second and Pixel 2, for some reason, did not want to focus at the centre of the
flower, even after multiple attempts.
Here is another close up shot, and Pixel 2 seemed to have done better in this one.
iPhone and S9 Plus have also clicked good images, but they just over exposed the highlights
of the background.
I like the colours from the iPhone and contrast and overall details from the Pixel 2.
S9 Plus captures brighter images in most conditions, but it doesn't capture the best contrast,
so its images lack the depth that the other 2 cameras showing.
Coming to the Portrait shots.
S9 Plus and iPhone 10 use their secondary cameras to sense the depth, and separate the
subject from the background, but the Pixel 2 does all the magic with its single camera
and an amazing image processing algorithm.
All 3 do a good job, at differentiating the subject and accurately detecting the edges,
in most of the situations, But the Pixel 2 is the best at doing this.
Its images are also sharpest, and look at the amount of detail it saved in the background
of this image.
Pixel 2 is good but it is not perfect at detecting edges, if you have a busy background, as you
see in this shot.
Both the iPhone 10 and S9 Plus also struggled a bit in certain parts, but they did an overall
better job.
Pixel again captured better, sharper looking portrait shot with accurate skin tones.
iPhone 10 captured sharp and detailed image, but blew the highlights on the skin, and the
S9 Plus again captured brighter, but lot softer image of all the 3.
Again look at the amount of detail that S9 Plus failed to capture in this portrait shot,
compared to the other two.
This trend continues when we try taking portrait images in lower lighting conditions as well.
S9 Plus just captures much softer images with no details, as you can see.
iPhone does a bit better than the S9 Plus, but Pixel 2 just crushes the competition in
low light portraits.
Just look at its images.
All of these, are captured in exact same lighting conditions.
Pixel 2's portrait performance is just phenomenal in these situations.
While capturing Portrait shots of objects, we again see similar results.
Pixel 2 does the best at isolating the subject.
iPhone 10 is not the best at detecting edges and preserving highlights, but its images
are overall pleasing to look at, and I like the colours that it captures.
And the S9 Plus continues capturing softer images around the edges of the actual subject..
iPhone 10 did the best at detecting the edges, evenly blurring the background, and showing
the best overall colours.
Pixel 2 again struggled a bit with the busy background and did not blur things properly.
and the image from the S9 Plus looks a bit flat.
I also shared these 3 images on twitter, and here are the results.
Funny enough, most people voted for A, and expected it to be the Pixel 2, and they voted
B as the worst, and commented that it must be from iPhone X.
Portrait mode is basically for capturing people and not objects, so I will keep that in consideration
while choosing the best phone for the final result.
I think Samsung's hardware is capable of take good images, but they need to refine
the software to take advantage of it.
Maybe they can fix the issue of softer images in one of the future software updates.
Now coming to indoor, artificial and low light images.
All 3 capture different colours in these situations.
Images from the S9 Plus are brighter, while the ones from the Pixel 2 are slightly under
exposed.
iPhone 10 is the one capturing most accurate white balance and colours here.
S9 Plus really starts showing how good its camera is, in these lighting situations.
It captures much less noise compared to the iPhone 10 and the Pixel 2 in such low light.
iPhone again likes to blow out the highlights, on the brightest parts of these images, you
can see Pixel 2 saving so much details in the brightest part.
And S9 Plus again has the brightest image, and showing less to no noise even in the darker
parts of these images, thanks to the multi frame processing.
It combines 12 images per shot, to keep the noise level to minimum.
On the twitter poll, you guys choose the Pixel 2's image, since it shows a much better
overall exposure.
F/1.5 aperture kicks in on the S9 Plus in lighting conditions like these, so it captures
more light, but it also makes focusing on a particular object a bit difficult.
Pixel 2 captured more information in the overall image but its image looks dull in comparison
to the other two.
iPhone kept the flowers in focus and captured much better colours, according to me.
Here are the results from the twitter poll for these 3 images.
Noise reduction on the S9 Plus, is quite possibly one of the best that I have seen on any smartphone
yet, and a big thumbs up to Samsung for that.
But, When we try to capture images of people in lower light, S9 Plus again ended up capturing
soft images.
Pixel 2 captures some noise, but its images turned out to be the sharpest, when you try
to photograph people in low light.
On the S9 Plus, you have the option to use the Pro mode in the native camera app.
In this mode you can manually switch between the F/1.5 and F/2.4 aperture, and you can
end up with images like these.
I have kept all other things constant and just changes the aperture values between these
shots.
Look at how much more light the F/1.5 aperture lets in.
You can do this while shooting videos as well.
Coming to the front facing cameras.
Pixel 2 again does much better than the others, in terms of sharpness, clarity and dynamic
range.
S9 Plus captures brighter but slightly softer images, but I prefer its slightly wide front
camera, over that of the iPhone 10.
Front facing camera of the Pixel 2 does better even in low light, while the iPhone 10's
from facing camera captures most noise in these situations.
All 3 can shoot portrait images with front camera as well, but just like the rear camera,
Pixel 2 performs far better.
It does an amazing job of detecting the edges and blurring the background, and the resulting
images are sharp and detailed.
It does a stellar job, even if you have multiple people in one shot.
This is something, where the iPhone falls far behind in comparison, it just cannot keep
multiple people in focus.
All these cameras have OIS, so the videos should stable from all 3.
Pixel 2 captures the most stable video, as I walk around with all cameras in my hand.
Pixel 2 can shoot 240fps video in 720p resolution, while the other 2 can do that frame rate in
1080p resolution.
S9 Plus can also shoot 960fps videos in 720p resolution, and they look really amazing.
You just need lot of light to make these videos look good, or else they turn out all noisy
and blurry.
So after looking at all these images and videos, there is no doubt that Pixel 2 is still the
best.
It takes detailed images with good dynamic range, and when it comes to portrait and indoor
portrait shots, it just blows the competition away.
it might not be the best at shooting video in terms of bitrate, but the images it takes,
more than make up for that.
We now have to decide, which is the second best in this comparison.
S9 Plus can take amazing images with very less noise in lower lighting situations, but
it does poorly when we tried to capture people in these situations.
Even in daylight shots, some of its images, were softer than the ones from the Pixel 2
and the iPhone 10.
I really hope that its a software issue, and Samsung should fix it with a software update.
it can capture 960 fps videos, but that is a feature most people will try once or twice
and maybe with a bit of time even forget that it exists on their phone, this is what I think.
Most of the images from the iPhone 10 in day light, have been good and there hasn't been
a lot to complain about.
Its portrait mode was not the best, when it first came out, but I have seen it get better
with each software update.
These Portrait images are no where close to that of the Pixel 2 in lower light, but they
are much better than the softer images, that the S9 Plus is capturing as of now.
iPhone lags behind, while taking any kind of images with the front facing camera.
For capturing any kind of videos, I prefer the iPhone 10 for its true to life colours,
and overall smooth and fluid videos over the Pixel 2 or the S9 Plus any day.
It is a very close competition for the second place, but I will have to give it to the S9
Plus, because of its ability to capture images with very little noise in low light, and the
fact that it has a variable aperture, and you can switch to it in the pro mode, to add
in more light to your images.
Its also got much better from facing camera.
Overall camera of the S9 Plus, is much more versatile and gives you a lot of options while
shooting images or videos.
Whereas the camera experience on the iPhone 10 is very limited.
You don't have a pro mode with manual controls, or even small settings like turning on the
grid or changing the video resolutions, are buried deep within the settings menu.
So despite of taking some very good images, due to above reasons, the iPhone 10 is takes
the 3rd place in this comparison.
But the difference between the iPhone 10 and the S9 Plus is very little.
Well there you have it, Pixel 2 is still the best camera on a smartphone in the market,
followed by the dual cameras on the S9 Plus, which is very closely followed by the iPhone
10.
It is tough for me to see the iPhone coming at 3rd place in this competition, coz it is
actually my daily driver.
Anyways, All of these results are according to me, my colours preferences and how I like
my photos to look.
But If you think, thats not how you like it, you can just mute the audio, go watch the
video again in the highest possible resolution that your device can support, and depending
on that let me know which you think took the best images.
I will also leave a poll on the top right corner of the screen, where you can vote for
the phone that you think captured best overall images in all lighting conditions.
You might prefer the details, saturation, white balance, portrait mode or the overall
image from a certain camera, so which phone you like for its camera, completely depends
on your taste and preference.
But at the end of the day, no matter which of these you choose, you are going to end
up with one of the best cameras on any smartphone in the market.
So that is it for this video guys.
This video took lot of time and effort, so don't forget to let me know how it turned
out.
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This has been Sagar and I will catch you guys in the next video.
Take Care.
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