Photos taken with the S8 / S8 +

[amyf27]

I am not good with a camera, only person in the world that could have a picture lined up and all I need to do is click a button and the picture would come out blurry. I will say these shots, although not good, were all done by the phone despite my interference.

My puppy niece, weenie dog pitbull mix, according to their vet. She's just as crazy as she looks.
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And one of the best foods from one of the best fast food type restaurants, 5 Guys.View attachment 258872

A weenie pitbull mix huh? Quite the combination!

 

[Choccy]

How are people using camera.

Are you finding differences between Auto HDR / No HDR etc?

 

[uncreativeartist]

A weenie pitbull mix huh? Quite the combination!

Yeah I like to imagine one really feisty weenie dog getting it on with a pitbull.

 

[AndroidFanatic247]

I like it so far

 

[cjbrigol]

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Daylight, diffused with curtains, no editing of any sort. Straight out of the camera/phone.

Whippet!! Here's my pups I downloaded this from photos.google.com so I'm not sure if that changes the quality at all... https://www.instagram.com/adventures_with_ari/ all photos here either taken with S8+ or S7

 

[cjbrigol]

Here are some more pictures taken with S8+ and unedited but downloaded from photos.google.com


https://www.instagram.com/adventures_with_ari/

 

[EMGSM]

I like the dogs...and beer.

 

[MM13]

Woke up to this

 

[jamezr]

Woke up to this

whoa! That looks awesome! Where is that?

 

[jamezr]

Fly on a tree he was moving around from sunlight to the shadows....
Point and shoot no editing.
Love this camera...

 

[Stuarttt]

I'm definitely not disappointed with this phone's camera. Granted it has it's highs and lows, but it's managed to produce some great quality shots for me so far.

(Below- Auto mode- Unedited sunrise on my way to work this morning)

 

[gendo667]

Just cut the grass. I kinda found the shadows interesting.

 

[Frozen Corpse]

Near Area 51...

 

[jamezr]

Just cut the grass. I kinda found the shadows interesting. //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170502/6d564b6602f5474da51268b272203591.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170502/d856d1d59ccfcbddae92a32e556594c8.jpg

Nice lawn!

 

[blemoon42]

Awesome pictures so far here is a quick picture I took of the clouds.

 

[amyf27]

Perry on her perch

 

[EMGSM]

Fly on a tree he was moving around from sunlight to the shadows....
Point and shoot no editing.
Love this camera...//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170502/db175b7afd52f2bccd268094110ed3cb.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170502/0930feaa8fec74b02aa97e325b5a88c6.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170502/86c6a78f2557c24cb600fa8a694fed10.jpg

Amazing how you were able to get in close.

 

[EMGSM]

Near Area 51... //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170502/20baddeacc6d16e7ab8742ce06f8134e.jpg

LOL! This made my day.

 

[Stuarttt]

There's a setting to "Save Raw and JPEG files" under picture size (settings) which ive heard will enhance highlights and shadows in pictures. Anyone heard anything about this setting?

Thanks in advance

Saving RAW and JPEG is is two very different things. Shooting RAW means you're shooting an image that records ALL of the data it sees when you hit the button. The JPEG format is just like RAW, but your camera attaches its own settings to make a photo you can essentially share straight to social media without any editing.

If you look at the two pictures it saves (RAW and JPEG) you'll notice that the RAW looks pretty horrible quality wise compared to the JPEG. That's totally normal! That photo will allow you to edit it however you want without having to fight against the camera's 'Auto' setting.

In a sense, the RAW photo will look much much better quality wise, only after you do the correct editing to make it look good. You have total control over the highlights and shadows like you pointed out.

Just know though, unless you're really really caring about how your photos look, it's much easier and common to just shoot in Auto mode and create a JPEG image and edit it in some app afterwards than it is to shoot in RAW and work to make a salvageable image out of it.

tl;dr
It's easier to fix mistakes in your images in RAW, but much more cumbersome to do so usually. If you're just a regular point-and-shoot kind of person, I wouldn't even worry about it unless you're taking pictures for a special occasion and you know you'll be able to edit the images correctly afterwards.

See this link if you want to learn the basics of what shooting RAW can do for you- https://photographyconcentrate.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-be-shooting-raw/

 

[amyf27]

Sunny waiting for his mama