iPhone vs Samsung Camera Article

[I7guy]

Example of blown highlights vs reduced brightness.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

But yeah this tit for tat back and forth of two of the best smartphone cameras is so tiresome. Basically if you own either an S6 or iPhone 6, rest assured you'll get good photos if you point and click. End of.

That sums it up for me. Both phones take very good pictures and the comparison demonstrates that with its fairly mediocre sample shots. These are two of the best phones on the market right now so we shouldn't be surprised they are good in this department. The S6 is better overall but in my opinion I would be pleased with photos from either. I am certainly very pleased with the results from my iPhone and find it very easy to navigate the app and get instantly acceptable pictures.

If I aim on taking photos rather than using a convenient point and shoot, I use my DSLR in any case.

 

[jamezr]

I have an Note 4 and a iPhone 6+. When I go on vacation, day trips, hiking I always take my N4.
I know I will get consistently great pictures. I know I can zoom and crop pictures and save them If i didn't get the pic right the first time.

I don't know why people are disputing the blind study findings. There is enough evidence if you just look to substantiate what was reported.
Here is a link from Toms Hardware and their findings. They think it is IOS8. Maybe IOS 9 will fix some of this.
In TH's article even the Galaxy S5 took better pictures than the IP6.
Again more independent comparisons.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-6-ios8-camera-problems,news-19585.html

 

[mi7chy]

Can't go wrong with top 5 or even top 10 on this list. View on desktop browser since ranking on right side may not show up on mobile browser.

http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles

 

[I7guy]

Each phone camera has its strengths and weaknesses as the screen shot above shows. I don't think there is anything to dispute that one camera doesn't do it all best.

 

[jamezr]

These sites pick the Galaxy S6
Here is Cnet
http://www.cnet.com/topics/phones/best-phones/camera/

Tom's Hardware
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-phone-cameras,review-2272.html

 

[mi7chy]

Skin tone on the left looks unnatural and more of an unexposed skin tone. The tomatoes look a little bluish/purplish which is what I noticed in the skies.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Something wrong with your eyes, maybe you are wearing this.

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That was classic. LOL

 

[grkm3]

My brother has a iPhone 6pl

Each phone camera has its strengths and weaknesses as the screen shot above shows. I don't think there is anything to dispute that one camera doesn't do it all best.

So in your opinion what phone has the better camera?

 

[pratikindia]

And now with RAW capability, S6 definitely miles ahead of any iPhone. Rumour is that the RAW files are around 28 MBs.

 

[I7guy]

My brother has a iPhone 6pl


So in your opinion what phone has the better camera?

Ignoring the blown highlights and oversaturation I think the S6 would win by a hair.

 

[grkm3]

Took this tonight while in a moving car

 

[I7guy]

All these phones can take decent pictures.

 

[Klyster]

Meh.... I can take better photos than those in the article with a m7

Also there was a blind test not too long ago with the iPhone 6, S6 and Lumia 930 and it was the 930 that came out as the winner on that one.

But yeah this tit for tat back and forth of two of the best smartphone cameras is so tiresome. Basically if you own either an S6 or iPhone 6, rest assured you'll get good photos if you point and click. End of.

Wasn't that a S5 and Note 4 which won some of the catagories?

This current blind test was a total spanking.

Link?

 

[MRU]

Wasn't that a S5 and Note 4 which won some of the catagories?

This current blind test was a total spanking.

Link?

I don't have the link - I think it was Lloyd or Jamezr that posted it but a few weeks ago feels like decades here

I don't really get bothered by these kind of things - I actually just take photos and concern myself with getting the best out of each camera and I normally can do so and as I say with better results than in that article.

Besides, I buy that many phones - comparing just two cameras makes no real difference to me

 

[Klyster]

I don't have the link - I think it was Lloyd or Jamezr that posted it but a few weeks ago feels like decades here

I don't really get bothered by these kind of things - I actually just take photos and concern myself with getting the best out of each camera and I normally can do so and as I say with better results than in that article.

Besides, I buy that many phones - comparing just two cameras makes no real difference to me

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Yeah I think it was S5 and Note 4, phonearena.

Really, they all take good photos these days.

 

[grkm3]

All these phones can take decent pictures. View attachment 563624

To be honest that picture is over saturated to me.but looks great! I like pop and vibrant colors and love amoled displays because of that.

My picture looks exactly the way my eyes saw the sunset.its crazy how accurate the picture came out.

 

[jamezr]

I don't have the link - I think it was Lloyd or Jamezr that posted it but a few weeks ago feels like decades here

I don't really get bothered by these kind of things - I actually just take photos and concern myself with getting the best out of each camera and I normally can do so and as I say with better results than in that article.

Besides, I buy that many phones - comparing just two cameras makes no real difference to me

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Great pic MRU! I swear all this camera phone talk is moot for you. You can take the worst camera phone and make it look great! A great skill to be sure.

 

[LordVic]

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...ones-6-in-our-blind-camera-comparison_id70614

Having actually owned Android phones for many years (MyTouch, Droid 1, HTC Thunderbolt, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, Moto X, Note 3, iPhone 6+) (Note 3 my last Android phone) - I'm surprised by articles like this. Sure more MP is nice but .... I take thousands of photos every few months - a hobbyist photographer. I have a Canon 40D that I've taken 30k+ photos with but I find I'm using my cellphone mostly for ease of use.

Articles like this frustrate me because I find that I am consistently taking better photos with my 6+ than I ever did with my Note 3. Color is far more accurate, focus is 100% spot on, and lighting is almost always perfect. Sure, my Note 3 had more megapixels allowing me to crop more if I needed but compared to my 6+ there is a night and day difference. I found with my Note 3 - the increase in MP often resulted in blurry pictures and focus problems. Don't get me started on the fact that the camera app on the iPhone is tons faster/smoother than the Samsung camera app. Anyone with any photography experience knows there are some old Canon 10D experts taking 5x better photos than people with the latest. Megapixels help but aren't the tell all.

The only way I see this article having any truth is that they showed the 100% crop and people chose the one with more MP. Still, the iPhone photos look bad and seem to me that if I was in that same situation, I'd do a lot better.

the 6+ is a much better camera than the regular 6, which is what was used in the comparison. the 6+ is arguably the best camera phone in the market. Followed by the S6 and iphone 6 who are basically neck and neck.

 

[LordVic]

And now with RAW capability, S6 definitely miles ahead of any iPhone. Rumour is that the RAW files are around 28 MBs.

Havent got the RAW update to my S6 yet, Eagerly waiting for it. I shoot exclusive RAW on my DSLR as it gives you the best options for lightroom.

 

[jamezr]

the 6+ is a much better camera than the regular 6, which is what was used in the comparison. the 6+ is arguably the best camera phone in the market. Followed by the S6 and iphone 6 who are basically neck and neck.

Well....the blind test and most review and independent tech sites disagree with you.
But I do think the IP6s will have a much improved camera.

 

[LordVic]

Well....the blind test and most review and independent tech sites disagree with you.
But I do think the IP6s will have a much improved camera.

seen that the 6+'s OIS makes a world of diff

either way, I'm not an apple fan boy here , I just picked up an S6 and I am absolutely loving the camera.

 

[spacemnspiff]

Its good to see Samsung in the last 2 generations has finally been giving camera some attention. OPs article was a comparison of MP. Not really a apples to apples comparison. The metering/white balance issues are easily correctable but exposure is not. I would pay more attention to that. Even FF DSLR's have metering issues that need to be corrected.

I am not a fan of cramming MP in a sensor, I would rather have larger pixels and lower MP. I would like to point out the Nikon D3S FF DSLR camera came with 12MP, thats right, a sensor that has 50 times the area of a smartphone sensor is 12MP. I would rather smartphones put bigger sensors than higher MP in their cameras. I appreciate Apple sticking with 8MP sensor to get better low light, DR and low S/N ratio images.

 

[MRU]

seen that the 6+'s OIS makes a world of diff

either way, I'm not an apple fan boy here , I just picked up an S6 and I am absolutely loving the camera.

What a great pooch

 

[LordVic]

Its good to see Samsung in the last 2 generations has finally been giving camera some attention. OPs article was a comparison of MP. Not really a apples to apples comparison. The metering/white balance issues are easily correctable but exposure is not. I would pay more attention to that. Even FF DSLR's have metering issues that need to be corrected.

I am not a fan of cramming MP in a sensor, I would rather have larger pixels and lower MP. I would like to point out the Nikon D3S FF DSLR camera came with 12MP, thats right, a sensor that has 50 times the area of a smartphone sensor is 12MP. I would rather smartphones put bigger sensors than higher MP in their cameras. I appreciate Apple sticking with 8MP sensor to get better low light, DR and low S/N ratio images.

its really a physics problem preventing a good larger sensor. I agree though, Larger sensor 'buckets', better photo. more light = better photo. simple as that

problem is as they increase the size of the sensor, your lense array also needs to get bigger, and more importantly, the focal length gets deeper.

this is pretty much against the "thinner is better" mantra of smartphones today. But it's why Lumia's tend to do very well still in camera showdowns. those thicker bodies tend to have bigger, thicker lense setups for bigger sensors.

I do think however, 8mpx isn't enough anymore. For photos, sure, fine. But when you move into 10mpx+ you give the ability of recording in 4k Video. While it might seem "gimmicky", anybody who takes video for long term storage will tell you, record in the highest possible available quality at all times so that in the future, your stuff doesn't look like crap.