Honestly these cameras are beginning to be so good it's hard to say one is bad. If someone took only the s8 pics and put them in a wallpaper app most people would be in awe. Same goes for note 8, iPhone 8, pixel, etc. So basically if you have a newer phone you're good no matter what you get
Yup the comparison was surprisingly closer than i thought, s8 really gave a good fight to pixel 2 which is often considered to be the best smartphone camera right now. i make tech videos in my channel, please check it out if you have some time to spare. :)
Have to agree with it, the idea of new model of smartphone every year have helped to create a competition and actually made better technology on the phones possible but at the end of the day the faster you move the faster you will reach the limit, i think smartphone market is getting kinda saturated the only major difference in different iterations of smartphone is the price tag. i make tech based content in my channel, if you can spare some time kindly give it a try. I would be really grateful if you could.
Almost. A lot is up to the user itself. I reckon you can give me any 5 year old phone and I could take a better photo than most people with a brand new flagship model. Skill is more important than the tool. That said I wish I had a Pixel 2!!
You guys just can't understand how crazy Asian women is to make their selfies more attractive, and they don't care about whether the selfie is real or not all they care about is how bright and smooth their skin is and how small their face looks. Samsung did this for a reason.
I prefer a more natural color calibration myself. otherwise, the pixels display is fine, quad hd, oled panel, long aspect ratio. Burn in got fixed in 8.1 oreo (Which i have now) and blue shift happens to tons of phones, i never watch videos outside of head-on anyway
@@derekfurst6233 The Pixel 2 XL has the most blue shift of any phone. It's a cheap quality POLED screen from LG. If you play that much money, you deserve better.
Agreed, when it comes to battery saving features and app management. Then there's the headphone jack, memory card slot, ip68 rating, wireless charging, facial unlock.
yeah but in the smartphone world, the number 1 and number 2 usually differ by like 1-2% in quality. Its close. But that selfie cam... its better than any other selfie cam by a factor of 10. and more than half of the pics i take are selfies
Yup it's expensive but nothing compared to the iphones lol it;s $649 which in ok infront of the '$1000 ones that apple is releasing lol. i make tech videos in my channel, please check them out if you have some time to spare.
All I know is the camera is amazing and simple to use on my Pixel 2 XL. Google constantly improves the software with the latest and greatest throughout the years. Keeping things fresh and exciting. The phone that keeps on giving.
My Pixel 2 is an amazing device.What I really like is that Google continuously sends software upgrades that keep the experience fresh and new. It's like getting a new phone many times a year. All the other flagships sell with last years OS. Its hard for me to process buying a flagship with last years OS and who knows when you getting the updates.
Aperture is about depth of field, not about light. Light Trasmission ("T" ex. T2.0) tells you how much light is being transmitted to sensor. For example my f3.5 14-42mm Lumix kit lens has T4.9, Lumix G 25mm f1.7 has T2.0 and Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 has T1.8. By the way aperture is just ratio between lens diameter and focal length, you cant compare it in smartphones like that because every sensor in this market have other size. Its not like in DSLRs where you have standarized sizes like APS-C. Xperia Z line have 1/2.3" sensors, iPhone have 1/3" sensors and if you have F2.0 on Xperia Z3 then to get the same depth field on iPhone you should have F1.6 lens. Why I compared it? Because Pixel XL has 1/2.3" while Galaxy S8 has 1/2.5". Now you should understand why "1.7 vs 1.8 takes in 12% more light" is wrong.
If you want to compare 2 smartphones then aperture tells you nothing. If you have camera with sensor which is in standarized size like APS-C, Micro Four Thirds or something other then more aperture means that front portion of whole lens is opened more widely - it will have more bokeh, it will bring more light, but also propably you will get less sharp image - thats why every portrait is shot with lens like f/1.4 (you dont see that many tiny skin defects). If you have two other f1.7 lenses they will give you other transmission of light, other colors, other contrast etc. Only thing which remains the same across all f1.7 lenses for some system like APS-C is depth of field - bokeh. One rule - no matter which lens you choose, if you will set higher aperture (for ex. f2.8 on f1.7 lens) you will always get opposite of that I told earlier so you will have less bokeh, less light but propably better sharpness. Next thing. F1.7 on your smartphone and F1.7 on your DSLR will be completly other thing. Why? Because as I said its just ratio. If sensor is bigger then lens need to be also bigger to have the same ratio - thats why DSLR have so big lenses. To get the same depth of field on different systems you should set them to: f/11 - FullFrame ex. Sony A7s II f/5.6 - Micro FourThirds ex. Panasonic Lumix G7 f/2.0 - Xperia XZ, Google Pixel or smth other If you have same sensor, same lens, same software etc. But you can set f1.7 or f2.8 then f1.7 will give you more light as I wrote before. You wont see overbright images, because software will lower ISO and shutter speed. Higher ISO = higher sensitivity to light, but you also get interferences which you see as noise. The best results of color etc. you get on basic ISO, but its VERY difficult thing, so I make something a lot easier to understand. Lower ISO means that sensor doesnt need to push limits too far so you get a lot more accurate colors, more steps between colors (try to photograph flowers or smth vibrant with high iso - you will get just one color like you would draw these flowers in Paint lol) and more positive things. I wont write more things because thats propably already too much for you so I'll make quick tldr tl;dr Bigger aperture SHOULD mean better night shots, but dont get fooled by it. Its like cores in processor - you can have 10 cores but they are shitty and same with lens. A LOT MORE IMPORTANT thing for night photography is OIS, because it stabilizes whole lens during image capture so even your smartphone can make photos can capture light for 1/10 seconds instead of like 1/100 seconds - thats 10x more light!!!!!! yes, im not wrong, difference is really that huge. If you have two recent smartphones with F1.7 and F2.0, but only this with F2.0 have OIS then this F2.0 smartphone will have A LOOOOT better night pictures - better colors, a lot less noise.
AXYZE absolutely wrong. Totally wrong off the fucking charts. Bigger aperture is more light, but in smartphones field of depth doesn't due to the small sensor size
Thanks for the video, very informative and helpful - was a pretty fair test and I did notice all the problems / annoyances I have with my S8 (red/yellow saturation, light leading to over exposure, distance / range). Would argue that the alias / jagged parts are subjective - I've always assumed that meant the picture was sharper and clearer in details (than the Pixel 2). I have to concur that the selfie mode is unbelievable on the Pixel 2; there are so many differences that I would choose the Pixel 2 for selfies instead. S8 does take much nicer selfies in daylight, but the night time shot was accurate of how they tend to turn out.
It's hard to justify the $200 difference for the Pixel 2. The biggest thing is the Pixel 2 has a weaker screen. It's washed out and colors aren't very good. On the camera side, I see the differences but they are not world's apart that's ok. But not having the micro-SD card and no head phone jack is a big NO from me. Google needs to get off their high horse and support features that people want. Pixel doesn't have one standout feature, the camera will probably lose out next year as the Note 8 camera is already just a few hair below it.
Next year Google will probably put a flawless screen on Pixel 3 and their camera quality keeps improving exponentially...so I think Pixel 3 is gonna be the real winner next year
The pixel 1 and 2's issues all stemmed from production issues and changing plans mid stream. Now that they formally aquired htc's phone production team, i expect the pixel 3 to be much better. that said, pixel 2 is dope
Donovan Goodwin nah supersaf is biased towards android and he didnt even show many picture samples. Pixel is still indeed better compared to iphone 8+ but not by much.
Reino Yu its true that saf is showing a few samples specially hdr ones and i think its good hit for iphone this time the reduce the gap of camera with the pixel and being neck on neck with the others
Excellent comparison work, good choice of pictures. Although the Pixel was mostly better (except at night) they are really close and the s8 has far too many other advantages.
Fortunately, I'm more of an audiophile than a videographer. But I really enjoyed your analysis of the GS8 and the P2's photography and video capabilities. Well done.
I've found out that HDR+ forced enabled makes great picture in good light, while HDR+ Auto works best for indoor and low light situations. (Tested on Nexus 5X)
These cameras are really tough to determine a clear winner. even the one is better shot you have to look at it like 20 times for you realized what’s missing on the other one . I don’t think there is a phone out there that we can say wow that’s the best camera , Tough Great work
I thought the Pixel 2 at night wasn’t that great but the S8 was very good at night. The video in the day time was natural and realistic on the Pixel 2 whereas the S8 was just good not great. So I think overall I think it is neck and neck but if I was pushed it would be the Pixel 2 ...but I wouldn’t use it at night. Great comparison test.....just love your channel and the honesty of your testing. Keep up the great work
I was looking for a comparison between the pixel 2 & galaxy s6 edge, but since the pixel was standing strong competing with the s*8,* I think I’m set on which one. I wasn’t too worried about the noise from filming at night since I’m unlikely to be filming when it’s dark out but rather when it’s bright out at like 2 in the afternoon. For context, the reason I’d be getting one is strictly for the purpose of filming so I can keep the phone I currently use (iPhone 11 Pro Max) for other stuff.
Virtually every test I've watched including doing a blind test with the new iPhone the Pixel 2 has been the winner. I got one on order - the video stabalisation is the feature Ive liked the most - just to get those fake dolly shots to cut into my videos - and not carrying a Gimbal around.
Great comparison. Would you please compare the camera of Pixel 2 with Pixel (first generation) ? Just want to see if its worth to upgrade from pixel to pixel 2
I'd say the s8 because you can improve things with the blown out highlights even in auto mode by tapping to focus and then dropping the exposure slider while on the pixel you're stuck with the noisy murky night shots. The pixel has much better hdr processing so performs better in full auto but all in all of go with the s8. You can easily do something about the blown out highlights but not much you can do about the pixels lowlight performance.
night time shooting: No.1 S8; No.2 iPhone; No.3 LG G6 day time shooting is too difficult to judge, samsung loses bit detail-telling but saturation can simply please quite a lot of people
I will probably be getting the Pixel 2 XL. Everyone tells me that I should use my DSLR camera for pictures that are far better than any smartphone. However, the smartphone's pictures will always be better for me, since I cannot figure out how to use the DSLR cameras. By the time I get them set up, the opportunity for the picture I wanted is gone. What I have is maybe two or three usable photos and a bunch of useless, send-to-trash photos. Since the Pixel 2XL seems to have the best camera so far, I will choose that one, and perhaps I'll be able to use some of the other smartphone features, as well, such as make a phone call.
Most of the time the differences in quality are due to where the autofocus is concentrated......manually shift the focus and the difference balances out....!!!!
The Tech Chap Thanks for your reply much appreciated. I was thinking about some software improvements that make note 8 better camera than his young brother.
Were those pictures taken on both phones on Auto mode? They could be easily mistaken for dslr shots, if you look at them at a glance! I'm impressed how the smartphone cameras have changed this year, especially for night shots. Wow. Now I'm torn..
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Love the Pixel 2 photography and the video stabilization, but video quality still leaves a lot to be desired. Hopefully Pixel 3 will enable HDR+ for videos! That would be a huge leap forward
HDR = more noise. Some footage also looked more juddery in the Pixel 2. It's good for daytime photos and some lower light stuff, but sacrifices a bit at night shots and video.
S8: Better for low-light photo, and more saturated color (not Natural, looks like already edited with color correction software). Pixel 2: Better picture quality (day time), more natural color (some people prefer More saturated color like the S8), better video (day time), better for selfie Overall: S8: Night time overall. PIXEL 2: Day time overall. *i prefer S8 because i like taking Low-Light photo, and i don't like taking selfie. Which one you guys prefer?
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Pixel seems to be winning this one but woah, it was much closer than i expected s8 did put on some serious fight there assuming that s8 is from early this year. I do feel like not 8 would've been a better comparison as that's the latest offering from samsung. But yeah, pixel is the camera king and you can clearly see that in the pics here. i make tech videos in my channel, i would appreciate it if you could check the channel out. i put lots of effort on the videos i make.
I know you're comparing the auto function of these cameras, but bottom line is if you switch to the pro mode on the Galaxy S8, which is awesome, you can correct some of these issues.
I can honestly say having an s8. It does not matter. Both cameras are top of the line and no matter what you go with you have an excellent phone. But if I had to pick one I would say pixel 2 only cos the video was so much more stable.
Frankly, if I was huge on selfies, I would absolutely buy the Pixel 2 XL. It looks phenomenal. But man, in most of these shots I either prefer the S8, or if I prefer the pixel 2, I remember that it costs quite a bit more than the S8 and no longer does it feel that justified.
The Pixel automatically takes pictures in HDR....although it's definitely a good thing for it but I wonder how much of a difference would there be between the two if you take pictures from S8 in HDR mode.....considering that most of the times the Pixel photos are little ahead purely because of dynamic range
The Pixel does better on auto. The best camera is still the s8, you have more adjustments with Pro mode. Plus it is probably less money, looks better, has wireless charging, etc, etc...
I really don't understand why Samsung won't scrap that poorly implemented front facing camera beauty mode, they clearly make one of the best back cameras and the worst front facing camera.
The Pixel has better photos in most situations, especially on the selfie camera. But some people prefer their pictures one way, compared to someone else. The camera is just one thing to consider here. Both are great smartphones. It's just preference.
Guys, I make videos for TH-cam, simple tutorials, and I'm very happy with my S8 for this, but Im thinking of picking the S9 or pixel 2 next, to record 60 frames 1080, which one should I go with?
Honestly, the Pixel 2 is going to get better. Pixel Visual Core on the Pixel 2 is a coprocessor that hasn't been activated yet. Imagine what Google could do once that will be released. The SD835 and the coprocessor working in junction could be a huge game changer.
I would say that the Pixel 2 is better but I think the S8 can capture some very similar photos if you use the manual modes a little more. For a quick shot the Pixel 2 is better but if you take time then the S8 is also about on par. As an owner of the S8, I'm very surprised about the Pixel 2's new camera
I thought it would bother me cause didn't even notice till after I bought it but honestly it doesn't bother me at all but I also have Bluetooth headphones and a Bluetooth gaming headset so idk lol
Google has made huge strides on their camera S/ware over the last 12 months..Now they are the ones to beat! What's their bigger picture ?(excuse the pun). Google photos which is most underrated app imo can already recognise location,faces etc.
imo the pics in pxl are a little better but not that much different that you would choose one over the other based on camera alone. NGL cameras on phones now a days if they are flagship phones and from the same year they are not leagues above each other just alittle better or alitle more intuitive. BUt cameras on phones now are just all good at this point.
I like pixel now but i hope it will be much better in the future cause i have Huawei Mate 10 at the moment. I hope that they listen to their fans what they want.
Looking at this comparison it's definitely clear that the difference is not much....both have their strengths..... however there is no massive difference between them like other TH-camrs hype it....
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Honestly these cameras are beginning to be so good it's hard to say one is bad. If someone took only the s8 pics and put them in a wallpaper app most people would be in awe. Same goes for note 8, iPhone 8, pixel, etc. So basically if you have a newer phone you're good no matter what you get
Yup the comparison was surprisingly closer than i thought, s8 really gave a good fight to pixel 2 which is often considered to be the best smartphone camera right now.
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Have to agree with it, the idea of new model of smartphone every year have helped to create a competition and actually made better technology on the phones possible but at the end of the day the faster you move the faster you will reach the limit, i think smartphone market is getting kinda saturated the only major difference in different iterations of smartphone is the price tag.
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Almost. A lot is up to the user itself. I reckon you can give me any 5 year old phone and I could take a better photo than most people with a brand new flagship model. Skill is more important than the tool. That said I wish I had a Pixel 2!!
For me it's the video that I love so much with my pixel , it's so smooth and isn't Shakey at all
"If we look at his hair.... which is a bit of a mess" - Let's hope that guy doesn't watch this video xD
I found it kinda disrespectful that he had to roast him for having a different hairstyle than his own failure of a hairstyle xD
Yeah, it's a girl haha
yeah specialy cause is actualy a girl
What if it was a girl?
hahahhaha
TL;DW - Pixel 2 has a better camera.
I am a S8 owner and very satisfied with the overall image quality but wow the Pixel 2 is even better! very impressed
Is your front can also blur?
The pixel really does manage to beat S8 but with a very slight margin... and I preferred the night time photos of the S8
You guys just can't understand how crazy Asian women is to make their selfies more attractive, and they don't care about whether the selfie is real or not all they care about is how bright and smooth their skin is and how small their face looks. Samsung did this for a reason.
Hahaha it’s not just asian women. -.-;;
Pixel 2 has a better camera but the S8 is a better phone in general, especially when it comes to the display.
I prefer a more natural color calibration myself. otherwise, the pixels display is fine, quad hd, oled panel, long aspect ratio. Burn in got fixed in 8.1 oreo (Which i have now) and blue shift happens to tons of phones, i never watch videos outside of head-on anyway
@@derekfurst6233 The Pixel 2 XL has the most blue shift of any phone. It's a cheap quality POLED screen from LG. If you play that much money, you deserve better.
Agreed, when it comes to battery saving features and app management. Then there's the headphone jack, memory card slot, ip68 rating, wireless charging, facial unlock.
3 words; Samsung bloat ware.
Luckily some of those issues on the s8 can be corrected using pro mode.
yeah but in the smartphone world, the number 1 and number 2 usually differ by like 1-2% in quality. Its close. But that selfie cam... its better than any other selfie cam by a factor of 10. and more than half of the pics i take are selfies
You have to turn down the exposure on the pixel to get much better results at night in photos and videos.
Pixel all the Way.
The pixel 2 is very good indeed. Wish I could afford it 🤣
Yup it's expensive but nothing compared to the iphones lol it;s $649 which in ok infront of the '$1000 ones that apple is releasing lol.
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I think I’m gonna cop one over the iPhone in my next upgrade but still not 100% sure
Got the pixel 2XL and have no complaints. Except my hands aren't huge so it's hard to use it one handed. Lol
Theyre less than £200 now
now you can! £100
All I know is the camera is amazing and simple to use on my Pixel 2 XL. Google constantly improves the software with the latest and greatest throughout the years. Keeping things fresh and exciting. The phone that keeps on giving.
My Pixel 2 is an amazing device.What I really like is that Google continuously sends software upgrades that keep the experience fresh and new. It's like getting a new phone many times a year. All the other flagships sell with last years OS. Its hard for me to process buying a flagship with last years OS and who knows when you getting the updates.
1.7 vs 1.8 takes in 12% more light. That's not insignificant, and would account for the better night shots.
Aperture is about depth of field, not about light. Light Trasmission ("T" ex. T2.0) tells you how much light is being transmitted to sensor. For example my f3.5 14-42mm Lumix kit lens has T4.9, Lumix G 25mm f1.7 has T2.0 and Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 has T1.8. By the way aperture is just ratio between lens diameter and focal length, you cant compare it in smartphones like that because every sensor in this market have other size. Its not like in DSLRs where you have standarized sizes like APS-C. Xperia Z line have 1/2.3" sensors, iPhone have 1/3" sensors and if you have F2.0 on Xperia Z3 then to get the same depth field on iPhone you should have F1.6 lens. Why I compared it?
Because Pixel XL has 1/2.3" while Galaxy S8 has 1/2.5". Now you should understand why "1.7 vs 1.8 takes in 12% more light" is wrong.
Does lower aperture "have more colour" or take better night shots? Because I hear that a lot.
If you want to compare 2 smartphones then aperture tells you nothing. If you have camera with sensor which is in standarized size like APS-C, Micro Four Thirds or something other then more aperture means that front portion of whole lens is opened more widely - it will have more bokeh, it will bring more light, but also propably you will get less sharp image - thats why every portrait is shot with lens like f/1.4 (you dont see that many tiny skin defects). If you have two other f1.7 lenses they will give you other transmission of light, other colors, other contrast etc. Only thing which remains the same across all f1.7 lenses for some system like APS-C is depth of field - bokeh. One rule - no matter which lens you choose, if you will set higher aperture (for ex. f2.8 on f1.7 lens) you will always get opposite of that I told earlier so you will have less bokeh, less light but propably better sharpness.
Next thing. F1.7 on your smartphone and F1.7 on your DSLR will be completly other thing. Why? Because as I said its just ratio. If sensor is bigger then lens need to be also bigger to have the same ratio - thats why DSLR have so big lenses.
To get the same depth of field on different systems you should set them to:
f/11 - FullFrame ex. Sony A7s II
f/5.6 - Micro FourThirds ex. Panasonic Lumix G7
f/2.0 - Xperia XZ, Google Pixel or smth other
If you have same sensor, same lens, same software etc. But you can set f1.7 or f2.8 then f1.7 will give you more light as I wrote before. You wont see overbright images, because software will lower ISO and shutter speed. Higher ISO = higher sensitivity to light, but you also get interferences which you see as noise. The best results of color etc. you get on basic ISO, but its VERY difficult thing, so I make something a lot easier to understand. Lower ISO means that sensor doesnt need to push limits too far so you get a lot more accurate colors, more steps between colors (try to photograph flowers or smth vibrant with high iso - you will get just one color like you would draw these flowers in Paint lol) and more positive things. I wont write more things because thats propably already too much for you so I'll make quick tldr
tl;dr
Bigger aperture SHOULD mean better night shots, but dont get fooled by it. Its like cores in processor - you can have 10 cores but they are shitty and same with lens. A LOT MORE IMPORTANT thing for night photography is OIS, because it stabilizes whole lens during image capture so even your smartphone can make photos can capture light for 1/10 seconds instead of like 1/100 seconds - thats 10x more light!!!!!! yes, im not wrong, difference is really that huge. If you have two recent smartphones with F1.7 and F2.0, but only this with F2.0 have OIS then this F2.0 smartphone will have A LOOOOT better night pictures - better colors, a lot less noise.
OIS = Optical Image Stabilization. EIS(Electronic Image Stabilization) give you nothing in photography.
AXYZE absolutely wrong. Totally wrong off the fucking charts. Bigger aperture is more light, but in smartphones field of depth doesn't due to the small sensor size
Your videos are always on point. Good comparison! :)
Thanks for the video, very informative and helpful - was a pretty fair test and I did notice all the problems / annoyances I have with my S8 (red/yellow saturation, light leading to over exposure, distance / range). Would argue that the alias / jagged parts are subjective - I've always assumed that meant the picture was sharper and clearer in details (than the Pixel 2). I have to concur that the selfie mode is unbelievable on the Pixel 2; there are so many differences that I would choose the Pixel 2 for selfies instead. S8 does take much nicer selfies in daylight, but the night time shot was accurate of how they tend to turn out.
Excellent effort and elaborated very well.... Keep it up....
It's hard to justify the $200 difference for the Pixel 2. The biggest thing is the Pixel 2 has a weaker screen. It's washed out and colors aren't very good. On the camera side, I see the differences but they are not world's apart that's ok. But not having the micro-SD card and no head phone jack is a big NO from me. Google needs to get off their high horse and support features that people want.
Pixel doesn't have one standout feature, the camera will probably lose out next year as the Note 8 camera is already just a few hair below it.
Next year Google will probably put a flawless screen on Pixel 3 and their camera quality keeps improving exponentially...so I think Pixel 3 is gonna be the real winner next year
The pixel 1 and 2's issues all stemmed from production issues and changing plans mid stream. Now that they formally aquired htc's phone production team, i expect the pixel 3 to be much better. that said, pixel 2 is dope
Lag free make those $200 worth it
S8 $ 725
S8+ $ 825
P2. $ 650
P2 XL $ 850
Where'd u get that 200
As usually great comparison .. now im waiting for iphone vs pixel :)
Watch supersaf TV's video comparing them. The Pixel wins by far spoiler alert.
Donovan Goodwin nah supersaf is biased towards android and he didnt even show many picture samples. Pixel is still indeed better compared to iphone 8+ but not by much.
Reino Yu its true that saf is showing a few samples specially hdr ones and i think its good hit for iphone this time the reduce the gap of camera with the pixel and being neck on neck with the others
I was gonna sell my s8+ for a pixle but I dont think so, i actually like the saturated colors of the s8. It does take good night shots.
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Damn that last one of the two guys drinking beers was incredibly different... so much smoother on the video too
I am an S8 fan, but got to admit, photos from the Pixel 2 are just mindblowing.... Hopefully we will see something simmilar with the S9!
Excellent comparison work, good choice of pictures. Although the Pixel was mostly better (except at night) they are really close and the s8 has far too many other advantages.
Fortunately, I'm more of an audiophile than a videographer. But I really enjoyed your analysis of the GS8 and the P2's photography and video capabilities. Well done.
I've found out that HDR+ forced enabled makes great picture in good light, while HDR+ Auto works best for indoor and low light situations. (Tested on Nexus 5X)
These cameras are really tough to determine a clear winner. even the one is better shot you have to look at it like 20 times for you realized what’s missing on the other one . I don’t think there is a phone out there that we can say wow that’s the best camera , Tough
Great work
I thought the Pixel 2 at night wasn’t that great but the S8 was very good at night. The video in the day time was natural and realistic on the Pixel 2 whereas the S8 was just good not great. So I think overall I think it is neck and neck but if I was pushed it would be the Pixel 2 ...but I wouldn’t use it at night. Great comparison test.....just love your channel and the honesty of your testing. Keep up the great work
I was looking for a comparison between the pixel 2 & galaxy s6 edge, but since the pixel was standing strong competing with the s*8,* I think I’m set on which one. I wasn’t too worried about the noise from filming at night since I’m unlikely to be filming when it’s dark out but rather when it’s bright out at like 2 in the afternoon. For context, the reason I’d be getting one is strictly for the purpose of filming so I can keep the phone I currently use (iPhone 11 Pro Max) for other stuff.
Google pixel great Fotos awesome thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍
10minutes ago! liked before watching.
Great video! Thanks.
really good comparison video.. Thanks!
Which model of google pixel have been use in this video.. is it the Google pixel 2 or the XL 2
Virtually every test I've watched including doing a blind test with the new iPhone the Pixel 2 has been the winner. I got one on order - the video stabalisation is the feature Ive liked the most - just to get those fake dolly shots to cut into my videos - and not carrying a Gimbal around.
I think the iPhone would still win in some areas light night video, audio and possibly exposure in video. Not in still photos though
it hasnt really done that - in video the stabalisation on the pixel is better as well
Great comparison. Would you please compare the camera of Pixel 2 with Pixel (first generation) ? Just want to see if its worth to upgrade from pixel to pixel 2
Very nice review. Love it! Sound professional
I'd say the s8 because you can improve things with the blown out highlights even in auto mode by tapping to focus and then dropping the exposure slider while on the pixel you're stuck with the noisy murky night shots. The pixel has much better hdr processing so performs better in full auto but all in all of go with the s8. You can easily do something about the blown out highlights but not much you can do about the pixels lowlight performance.
Pixel 2 very good camera... 😀😀😀
night time shooting: No.1 S8; No.2 iPhone; No.3 LG G6
day time shooting is too difficult to judge, samsung loses bit detail-telling but saturation can simply please quite a lot of people
Very good comparison!
I will probably be getting the Pixel 2 XL. Everyone tells me that I should use my DSLR camera for pictures that are far better than any smartphone. However, the smartphone's pictures will always be better for me, since I cannot figure out how to use the DSLR cameras. By the time I get them set up, the opportunity for the picture I wanted is gone. What I have is maybe two or three usable photos and a bunch of useless, send-to-trash photos. Since the Pixel 2XL seems to have the best camera so far, I will choose that one, and perhaps I'll be able to use some of the other smartphone features, as well, such as make a phone call.
That's a really good comparison!
Most of the time the differences in quality are due to where the autofocus is concentrated......manually shift the focus and the difference balances out....!!!!
Please do a video on the different HDR modes in different scenarios! Thanks!
sahaven7 the s8 will still loose trust me I have the note 8.
I would like to see a video comparison with the note 8 , IPhone X and the pixel XL 2. I want a camera review and a battery review between those 3 .
Nice vid. Thank you
Would love to see you compare the Galaxy S9 to the Pixel 2 to see if Samsung's dynamic range now matches it.
Android stock, better camera, and sw update from google. Pixel its The best choice.
Is this still worthy this 2020? Cant find a pixel 4a in our country.
Great as usual. I hope you do the same but with note 8. Keep it up
French Fries thanks! Note 8 camera is the same (except it has a zoom 2nd lens and Portrait mode)
The Tech Chap Thanks for your reply much appreciated. I was thinking about some software improvements that make note 8 better camera than his young brother.
Were those pictures taken on both phones on Auto mode? They could be easily mistaken for dslr shots, if you look at them at a glance! I'm impressed how the smartphone cameras have changed this year, especially for night shots. Wow. Now I'm torn..
More Nightlife Selfies and photos! So rare to see and the most telling! Pixel 2 Won for me due to these but the S8 had better colour in Daytime Photos
Are supppose to be comparing pixel 2 to s8 or note 8?
Choosimg between pixel 2 and s8 on battery test which would we a winner ? Camera performance is definately pixel has 9 out of 10...
Both cameras are awesome.. I just vastly prefer vanilla android over the Samsung version. Also extra points for the pixel selfie camera !
Great video!!
I put my phone on airplane mode and threw it out the window
It didn't fly EXPLAIN
LOL!
Explanation:
This joke is overused and the phones are tired of it already.
Lol wow I never heard this joke before.
Because you didn't jump out with the phone?
It's airplane mode, not drone mode, needs a pilot, DUH.
I don't know maybe coz aeroplanes are used now thrown out of the window for achieving flight lol.
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Did you used HDR mode in Pixel 2?
Love the Pixel 2 photography and the video stabilization, but video quality still leaves a lot to be desired. Hopefully Pixel 3 will enable HDR+ for videos! That would be a huge leap forward
HDR = more noise. Some footage also looked more juddery in the Pixel 2. It's good for daytime photos and some lower light stuff, but sacrifices a bit at night shots and video.
S8: Better for low-light photo, and more saturated color (not Natural, looks like already edited with color correction software).
Pixel 2: Better picture quality (day time), more natural color (some people prefer More saturated color like the S8), better video (day time), better for selfie
Overall:
S8: Night time overall.
PIXEL 2: Day time overall.
*i prefer S8 because i like taking Low-Light photo, and i don't like taking selfie.
Which one you guys prefer?
That's why people says pixel 2 xl is best camera phone that ever made.
Pixel 2 has the better camera by far
Zodiac Age I agree. I have the note 8 and it takes trash jpeg pictures just like the s8. But it takes way better pictures in RAW mode though.
Zodiac Age I don’t own neither one of them and I don’t really see a run away winner .
Nah, not by far. Just barely. And video on the pixel is trash unless you have good lighting. I know because I own both.
i have to agree i think the camera on pixel is worthy to be called as the best smartphone camera out there but s8 did great for a phone who's next iteration will be out in 3-4 months.
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which one should i get? note 8 or pixel 2? which one do you like more?
Just to assist, when displaying each photo for comparison it would help if you put down what speed each photo was taken at.
I've seen a lot of comparison videos, and this phone was VERY fair to both phones
How about the S8 with Google cam software? Did wonders for the s9
Pixel seems to be winning this one but woah, it was much closer than i expected s8 did put on some serious fight there assuming that s8 is from early this year. I do feel like not 8 would've been a better comparison as that's the latest offering from samsung. But yeah, pixel is the camera king and you can clearly see that in the pics here.
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Pixel 3a or s8?
I know you're comparing the auto function of these cameras, but bottom line is if you switch to the pro mode on the Galaxy S8, which is awesome, you can correct some of these issues.
You should've used pro mode so you could test the quality better. Some of this is just a tweak of the white balance, shutter speed, or exposure.
I can honestly say having an s8. It does not matter. Both cameras are top of the line and no matter what you go with you have an excellent phone. But if I had to pick one I would say pixel 2 only cos the video was so much more stable.
why is your pixel 2 have different camera and flash positioning
the camera has to be rightside of the flash
In general more details on pixel 2 cam.....however look at background of ‘pink bridge’ 1:27 min’s .......definitely better on s8......
Frankly, if I was huge on selfies, I would absolutely buy the Pixel 2 XL. It looks phenomenal. But man, in most of these shots I either prefer the S8, or if I prefer the pixel 2, I remember that it costs quite a bit more than the S8 and no longer does it feel that justified.
The Pixel automatically takes pictures in HDR....although it's definitely a good thing for it but I wonder how much of a difference would there be between the two if you take pictures from S8 in HDR mode.....considering that most of the times the Pixel photos are little ahead purely because of dynamic range
HDR images from S8 are just overexposed to gain details from shadows and photos are a lot softer...Its not even a match for Pixel's HDR+
exactly what Indranil said
It's the same trick as the Nokia Lumia 1020, Google did hire the Nokia Lumia camera engineer to help their camera tech.
Suhail Khan I have the s8 and the hdr makes the photos a lot better. Some of the photos here would be much better if hdr on
The Pixel does better on auto. The best camera is still the s8, you have more adjustments with Pro mode. Plus it is probably less money, looks better, has wireless charging, etc, etc...
You should compare these cameras to that of the LG V30.
love the video
I really don't understand why Samsung won't scrap that poorly implemented front facing camera beauty mode, they clearly make one of the best back cameras and the worst front facing camera.
Why am i getting this recommended in 2024??
The Pixel has better photos in most situations, especially on the selfie camera. But some people prefer their pictures one way, compared to someone else. The camera is just one thing to consider here. Both are great smartphones. It's just preference.
Guys, I make videos for TH-cam, simple tutorials, and I'm very happy with my S8 for this, but Im thinking of picking the S9 or pixel 2 next, to record 60 frames 1080, which one should I go with?
*Google Pixel 2 Camera is the Best Camera in Android Smartphones Ever.*
Honestly, the Pixel 2 is going to get better. Pixel Visual Core on the Pixel 2 is a coprocessor that hasn't been activated yet. Imagine what Google could do once that will be released. The SD835 and the coprocessor working in junction could be a huge game changer.
Then, they still need to add proper audio recording and you'll have an Android Nokia 808 ;-)
I would say that the Pixel 2 is better but I think the S8 can capture some very similar photos if you use the manual modes a little more. For a quick shot the Pixel 2 is better but if you take time then the S8 is also about on par. As an owner of the S8, I'm very surprised about the Pixel 2's new camera
Damehuri AD Very true and that's why for quick shots the Pixel is better
his hair wasn't a mess in my opinion , kinda rude to call him out on that , other than that , both are great cameras in my opinion.
The best phone is still s8 because it has headphone jack ! 😂
Saksham Sachdeva No headphone jack equals no sale.
Ha ha ha 😂 true
I thought it would bother me cause didn't even notice till after I bought it but honestly it doesn't bother me at all but I also have Bluetooth headphones and a Bluetooth gaming headset so idk lol
Also never running out of space is really nice especially because I have pictures in the thousands and plenty of other shit on it
Cody Horn except you can get cloud storage on every phone so that's hardly a selling point.
brother which phone have best zoom and clear camera like dslr . under 20000(200 to 300 dollar)reply please
Google has made huge strides on their camera S/ware over the last 12 months..Now they are the ones to beat! What's their bigger picture ?(excuse the pun). Google photos which is most underrated app imo can already recognise location,faces etc.
imo the pics in pxl are a little better but not that much different that you would choose one over the other based on camera alone. NGL cameras on phones now a days if they are flagship phones and from the same year they are not leagues above each other just alittle better or alitle more intuitive. BUt cameras on phones now are just all good at this point.
I like pixel now but i hope it will be much better in the future cause i have Huawei Mate 10 at the moment. I hope that they listen to their fans what they want.
S8 also have EIS... You can turn it on/off in camera settings... In this video it's clearly off
nice comparison bro
So he used pixels portrait mode but didn't use the s8 selective focus on the front camera
I tried S8's selfie camera and it isn't not as soft as the one in the vid... now I'm confused
Looking at this comparison it's definitely clear that the difference is not much....both have their strengths..... however there is no massive difference between them like other TH-camrs hype it....
Just for photo no la any day s8
pixel 2 day and night
the s8 and Samsung phones in general tend to over sharpen and reduce noise heavily which lower the quality of the pictures
You look like Sheldon Cooper in Big Bang Theory!
The guys hairs a bit of a mess!!!! Love it. Lol.