Galaxy SIII & One X Camera Shots Comparison

[hell911]

There's something fishy about the SGS3 shots. They look hazy. Look at the one with the chandelier, the lights flare when they shouldn't. It looks to me like someone smudged their finger on the lens and that is causing the SGS3 shots to look worse than they should.

Not saying it was done un purpose, but its something that happens easily and a lot of people don't notice.

I think this is inconclusive.

indeed, look at the apple-screenshots, how does camera of sgs3 win? but in others not..

not buying this amateur screenshots.

 

[dingens]

Based on the shots, the HOX is better even my S2 is better... Therefore I cant belive samsung gonna sell the S3 like the one used for the photos...

But the HOX has an horrible video recording quality.

 

[s14tat]

Yeah as much as I love samsung, the pictures on the One X blows it away. I know because this is all in the low light conditions, but every camera takes good pictures in well lit areas.

 

[20blks]

I'm a SGIII fanboy but that wasn't even close. WOW!

 

[icebike]

Based on the shots, the HOX is better even my S2 is better... Therefore I cant belive samsung gonna sell the S3 like the one used for the photos...

But the HOX has an horrible video recording quality.

Actually the video quality is quite stunning. I've never seen better in any smart phone.

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[anon367353]

Here's another shot:

http://static.androidnext.de/samsung-galaxy-s3-testfoto-03.jpg

 

[mtdewed]

Here's another shot:

http://static.androidnext.de/samsung-galaxy-s3-testfoto-03.jpg

Which one took that pic? Do you have two S3's? or how could it take a pic of itself?

 

[katamari201]

My faith in humanity drops more and more every time I read a post.

 

[anon367353]

Which one took that pic? Do you have two S3's? or how could it take a pic of itself?

This is not my phone - I ain't that lucky. It's from the launch event by bloggers from a German site. Obviously they had multiple phones during the launch event.

My point of sharing this pic was to show the difference in quality against the photos mentioned in this thread.

Also check some other shots from GS3 here:

Koniec wojny na megapiksele? Test aparatu Samsunga Galaxy S III

 

[kenfly]

being a die hard sammy fanboy, the htc clearly does win, all of the sammy shots had way too much noise where all of the htc shots had very accurate colors. seen especially with photos 5 with the lights coming off of the object seen , and photo 6 with the color reproduction of the blue door.

I love the screen on all sammy devices but I've heard the slcd2 on the oneX is really good, I have yet to see for myself though.

Now, I'm not so sure which device I want. I guess it'll boil down to which will be available on sprint first.

 

[lllilja]

clearly HTC, SGSIII you disappoint me

 

[oXunknownXo]

Check this out:

8 MP snapper is improved

The Samsung Galaxy S III offers the same camera in terms of pixels but actually improves on the performance. It can capture stills with resolution up to 3264 x 2448 pixels and 1.9 MP ones with the front-facing cam.

The sharpshooter on the latest Galaxy offers geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and digital image stabilization. Due to the fast quad-core processor it is also able to simultaneously record HD (1080p and 720p) video and take near full-resolution pictures (those are cropped to an aspect ratio of 16:9 to match that of the videos).

The camera app interface is quite similar to the one on the Galaxy S II. You get two shortcut bars on each side of the viewfinder - on the right you get the still camera / camcorder switch, virtual shutter key and the gallery shortcut (which is a thumbnail of the last photo taken).

On the left you get several controls and the good news is that you can pick any five shortcuts to put there - you can easily put all commonly used features just a tap away.

Samsung Galaxy S Iii Preview Samsung Galaxy S Iii Preview
Samsung Galaxy S III camera UI

The Galaxy S III's sensor offers an F/2.6 aperture as opposed to the F/2.65 of its predecessor and a focal length of 3.7 mm contrasting with the 3.97 mm of the Galaxy S II. This results in a slightly wider viewing angle on the Galaxy S III compared to its predecessor, so you'll be able to fit more in your photos.

We've prepared a quick comparison between the two below. The Galaxy S III indeed offers slightly higher resolution, but it also tends to go a bit too far with the color saturation. The images are certainly looking punchier now, but also a little less realistic.


Samsung Galaxy S III • Samsung Galaxy S II


Samsung Galaxy S III • Samsung Galaxy S II

The dynamic range of the images produced by the Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III is pretty pleasing too and, despite the high saturation, noise is kept well under control. We'll need to do some more pixel-peeping before we can tell if the Galaxy S III is the best 8 megapixel camera out there, but it's certainly in the running.


Samsung Galaxy S III camera samples

Samsung was bragging left and right about the zero shutter lag of the Galaxy S III and we are happy to report that the smartphone is able to deliver. Pictures are captured extremely fast and there's even a burst mode available where you hold the virtual on-screen shutter and the phone will make 20 consecutive shots in just 6 seconds or so.

The good thing is that the images, produced by burst mode are in full 8 MP resolution. Samsung told us that the S III is actually capable of capturing full res shots at 3.3fps for much longer than that, but it has artificially imposed the 20 shots limit to prevent users from filling their storage with hundreds of identical shots.
Video recording is top notch

The Samsung Galaxy S III is able to record FullHD 1080p and HD 720p video hassle free. During recording you can also snap full-res 16:9 stills if need arises.

The camcorder interface is almost the same as the camera one - you get the same customizable panel on the left for up to five shortcuts.
Samsung Galaxy S Iii Preview Samsung Galaxy S Iii Preview
Samsung Galaxy S III camcorder UI

The videos themselves are incredibly smooth and offer a great amount of detail. The Galaxy S II was a great performer in terms of video capture but the S III seems to do even better, resolving even more detail and offering better color rendition. The video container used is mp4 and it creates clips with a bitrate of of about 17Mbps with stereo sound recording.

The same goes for 720p videos. We can't help but think that Samsung could've put some of that extra processing might to good use and implement slow motion recording at 60 fps or something of the sort. The average bitrate of the 720p videos is 12Mpbs and they too come with stereo sound. In case you were wondering, you can also record 720p video using the front-facing camera.

We've prepared an untouched 1080p@30fps video clip and 720p@30fps video clip from the Galaxy s III for you to download.

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III preview: Second encounter - GSMArena.com

 

[icebike]

How is that even remotely relevant to HTC One x?

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[20blks]

Check this out:

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III preview: Second encounter - GSMArena.com

Wow, that's a very good review. Software still doesn't seem to be final though.

 

[Guru]

I agree that Samsung may still tweak the software and improve pics a bit from these early shots. For now I'm so happy with my One X camera though. Substantially better than the Inspire I used to have.

 

[mohican22]

hello

 

[anon367353]

Here you go, new set of comparison photos:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9nyunN2dDgVcERuM0tOWkstams

 

[macguy59]

Not much debate on this one. At least with the sample shots taken. The HTC camera provides a sharper image with more detail. I also have a 4S so I can compare directly. In well lit scenes the HTC can take almost identical photo's IF Saturation is reduced in settings. I'm happy with the cams in both phones for outdoor/well lit scenes. Where the 4S has the edge is in low light/indoor shots. The 4S shoots superior video though.

 

[secretmethod70]

Here you go, new set of comparison photos:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9nyunN2dDgVcERuM0tOWkstams

Were these taken around the same time for each phone? It looks like the GS3 pics were taken on a mostly clear day while the HOX pics were taken on a day that was somewhat overcast. That difference in natural lighting can make a huge difference in how the photos turn out.

 

[Droid800]

Were these taken around the same time for each phone? It looks like the GS3 pics were taken on a mostly clear day while the HOX pics were taken on a day that was somewhat overcast. That difference in natural lighting can make a huge difference in how the photos turn out.

...or the Gs3's pictures are just that much worse than the OneX's.

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