bassplayrguy
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The camera is good, but not mind blowing. It uses the same sensors as the S7, which had a very good camera. Sammy focuses on ultra fast and clear pictures. If you want better color, you should use the manual mode settings.
Okay, here are two pictures taken yesterday at Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, CA.
S8, no edits
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Pixel, no edits
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Looks kinda washed out, return the phone and buy a good Sony camera with WiFi for about the same costOkay, here are two pictures taken yesterday at Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, CA.
S8, no edits
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Pixel, no edits
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Tapatalk compresses the pictures. I have SLR pictures as well and they looked more washed out in the sunlight than the 2 smartphones.Looks kinda washed out, return the phone and buy a good Sony camera with WiFi for about the same cost
Okay, here are two pictures taken yesterday at Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, CA.
S8, no edits
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Pixel, no edits
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Actually the S8 one. Also it was really windy so I'm surprised that I was actually able to capture the Poppy flowers.I kind of see the Pixel over-saturating the pic. I see more variations of color in the top pic. The bottom one does look more vivbrant/vivid but most likely due to over saturation.
Which picture was closest to the real thing is what I want to know?
Actually the S8 one. Also it was really windy so I'm surprised that I was actually able to capture the Poppy flowers.
This matches my opinion exactly.
I still grab my wife's iPhone 7 plus to get nice Portrait Mode shots of the kids etc. I think the 7 plus cameras can turn normally average shots into really nice ones
I don't agree, at all. Take a look at the camera sample forum. This phone takes stunning shots, out of the box.
... It is very close mind you, but the biggest strength of it's competitors is that you can snap a picture and it will turn out great 99% of the time without fiddling or tweaking settings (which, ironically, the S7s did as well). I feel like Samsung has almost reverted here to the S5 or S6 where you might get great photos 75% of the time, bit that other 25% requires fiddling with settings to get the best pictures.
I've not had a chance to play with the camera a lot, by my initial impression is the S8 might be more sensitive to subject motion or camera shake than the S7 in indoor shots. I noticed that in taking some pictures of my daughter in pictures where she was standing still generally came out better than pictures from my S7. Pictures where she was moving seemed a bit less consistent.
I think that the camera is good but I agree that it's not mind blowing.