Pixel 4a vs Pixel 5 vs S20 FE Camera Comparison By Grant Likes Tech

How's everyone grant here and welcome to my camera comparison, video between the Google Pixel 4a, pixel, 5 and Samsung Galaxy s20 fan edition, and so the Pixel 4a retails at 350 us, while the pixel 5 and s20 Fe, both retail for 700 dollars, and so I'll show you a bunch of photos and videos in both good and low light conditions to help you decide which of these three phones is going to be best for your camera needs by the end of the video. I also hope to answer questions about. Is the pixel 5 that much of an upgrade over previous generations of pixels if you're looking to make that jump just based on camera performance? I also hope to show you how much the 350 Pixel 4a brings to the table as far as camera performance at 350 dollars, and should you spend twice the money on a pixel 5 or a s20 Fe, and so with that being said, this is a sample of the rear facing cameras and doors at max resolution here, I've got a LED light to assist. To give you a better idea of if you've got some extra lighting, and you want to film some content, what that might look like with some assisted lighting. I can actually turn that off here, and this will give you a better idea for what it would look like with just basic home lighting. I've only got a ceiling light above me going, so this is kind of what you would expect from these cameras indoors with just basic lighting.

So with all that being said, let's go ahead and take a look at the photos and videos, and let me know in the comment section which one you think is doing best. So so so do hey everyone. So here we are in the park testing out the cameras on the Pixel 4a, pixel 5 and the galaxy s20 fan edition. So this is being shot at 1080p 30 frames per second, so let's go ahead and pan over. You can see the blue skies a lot of the greenery here, so they should give a good color for the color profiles on each of these cameras, as I pan over here to the cell tower.

We'll do some zoom test, so let's go two times on the Pixel 4a two times on the pixel 5, and this is three times on the zoom lens on the s20 Fe, and so we can try max zoom on each. So that's five times digital on the Pixel 4a five times here on the pixel five, and we'll go and see we can get up to oh five times there on the s20 Fe, and this can go all the way into increments. Of let's see, we've got uh 10 times if I zoom in that way, so that's 10 times digital and all the way up until 12 times, zoom here on the Fe versus five times on the 4a and pixel 5. , so zooming it back out on all of them. We go ahead and test focus here on the post, so autofocus with the 4a refocus, so focus here on the 4a seems to be nice and snappy and pixel 5 pixels 5 also looks to be pretty snappy on the focus and to refocus one more time and the s20 Fe there.

You go refocus one more time. So it looks pretty quick and maybe a little more shallow depth of field on the s20 here then the pixels there we go, and we'll walk down the stairs and do stabilization test here, which they all should do pretty well here in 1080p. They all have full stabilization going on. Let me know which one you think looks the best and one more pad around here on the park, see how it handles some of that direct afternoon, sunlight there, okay! So here we are back in the same scene in the park, this time being shot at 4k, 30 frames per second and all three phones. Now the pixel 5 and the s20 fee can shoot in 4k 60, but the 4a can only go to 4k 30.

So to keep this fair, I'm going to keep this at 4k 30 frames per second across the board. Of course, the pixel 5 and the s20 Fe also have ultra wedding cameras, and it's good that you actually switch between them, while filming your video, so there's ultra-wide on the pixel 5 and there's the wide on the s20 Fe. Now the s20 has a much wider field of view, as you can see here than the pixel 5's ultra-wide camera and of course there is no ultra-wide on the 4a. It just has that single lens, but of course I can also move back into two times zoom here on the pixel 5, that's pure digital zoom, there's no telephoto zoom lens there on the pixel 5, and there is three times telephoto zoom lens there on the s20 Fe. So let's just switch back to the main lens here and again, just really nice.

You can switch between the lenses on the pixel, 5 and s20, while you're actually shooting the video. So let's resume our normal test pan over here to check out the zoom at 4k. So that's two times on the Pixel 4a two times on the pixel five three times zoom lens there on the s20 Fe and of course this can go all the way up to 12 times. Digital on the s20 looks a little shakier there at 4k than the 1080p, but it could be stabilizing once I get this off in post, but we'll see- and I can go five times zoom here on the pixel five and five times zoom there on the 4a, which looks very steady and clear there in the viewfinders. So if I back this all the way out on all three phones, we can go ahead and test autofocus, and you're in 4k.

First, with the Pixel 4a, still looking nice and pretty snappy here, and also with to refocus, looks good pixel, 5. Again same thing: nice and quick focus and refocus, and with the s20 Fe again nice and snappy again a little more that background blur or shallower depth of field on the s20 to me, and we'll walk down the stairs to test out our stabilization here in 4k, which I think will still be good as they all stabilize in 4k issues, which is might be doing it better. You let me know, and one last pattern on the park here, see how it handles that light and the afternoon sky, hey everyone, so here's another stabilization test on all three of these phones. This time I've got super steady mode on the s20 Fe. I think that takes the resolution down to 1080p.

The pixel 5 has multiple stabilization modes, so I've got that on active, which is the most stable mode. I believe that also takes it down to 1080p resolution and the Pixel 4a is still in its 1080p, with its natural video stabilization turned on. So let me know if you see any difference here in the stabilization between each of these phones. I want to see if the pixel 5 and the s20 Fe actually are mostly more stable with these extra stabilization features, and so I know it's kind of silly to run because I'm not sure how to actually run and shoot video, but I think it's appropriate to really see if there's a difference when using these max stabilization modes on the pixel, 5 and s20fp. So there you go.

Let me know if he knows any of the difference and what you think about the stabilization here: hey everyone! So here's some front-facing footage from the Pixel 4a pixel 5 and the galaxy s20 Fe. So this is all being shot at 1080p, 30 frames per second, because that is the limit on the resolution and frame rate on the pixel, 4a and pixel 5. Now the galaxy s20 Fe can shoot all the way up to 4k 60 from this front-facing camera and the pixel 5 has the benefit of actually going cropping in a little and zooming back out. So if you want a little more in frame, you've got that flexibility with the pixel 5, and that seems to put it kind of on par with all three phones here now I'll go ahead and kind of pan around here. So you can see how it handles into some changing lighting conditions.

You can see the sun is back out that way, so you can see what that does to the video and image quality there. You can see the sun shining through up there, and we'll pan all the way back around this way, and we'll go ahead and do a little walking here. So you can see the stabilization from the front facing cameras, so I just want to give you a quick clip here from all three of these selfie cams, and hopefully this gives you a pretty good idea of how each of these phones perform here from the front-facing cameras for shooting some video, hey everyone. So here's another quick clip from the front-facing camera. This time I've got the galaxy s20 Fe at 4k, 60 frames per second, which is its highest resolution frame rate.

The 4a and 5 are still at 1080p because that's its mask resolution there and the galaxy s20 Fe does not have any visual stabilization at 4k, so 4k 30, 4k 60. There is no stabilization on the front-facing camera on the s20 Fe stabilization is on at 1080p on the 4a and the 5. So again I can pan around real quick. So you can see some motion. I don't know how well this will come across on the s20 Fe.

The 60 frames, because I'm going to down sample this to 4k 30 for the YouTube video, but just to give you an idea see if you can see any of the difference there and here's some movement. So you can see the stabilization or lack of stabilization on the 4k on the Fe. So here's a quick comparison on 4k on the Fe to 1080p on the 4a and pixel 5. , get it yep yep yep! Yes, yep! Yes, get it, get it yep, hey everyone! So here's the usual low light test. I've been doing in my camera comparisons recently, so I've got the Pixel 4a pixel 5 and the s20 Fe.

So the panel over here you can kind of see how it does into that bright light, and I'll switch between the lenses on the pixel 5 and the s20 Fe, so ultra-wide on the pixel and on the s20. And then I can switch into the telephoto on each see how that looks and performs there. We go we'll pan this way and go up into the bright light and get back to the main lenses Fe pixel 5. So you can see how it's doing that light, how it's handling it any kind of lens flaring there um. It looks to be the worst on the lens flaring here on the Fe and pixel 4.

A and pixel 5 seem to be about the same, but that's a really bright light, so I would expect some level of lens flaring there, and we'll turn around this way and start walking into a bit darker condition here. So obviously those are pretty well lit situation there, so you could kind of see how each of the phones performed- and hopefully you can also see how the stabilization is working here in a bit of low light, see if you see any of those low light jitters or not, and as we move into a darker area, you'll see how it handles that changing lighting condition. So here we go. It's pretty dark out this way you can see the only lights here are the ones that are illuminating the sidewalk here, and I can pan up into the night sky. You can see how dark that is, and I'll pan around this way, where there's a little more light, but it's still a fairly dark alleyway here.

So you can see how it's handling that amount of light on each a little of autofocus there on the Fe, so I'll tap the focus see if that brings it back there. We go so just a quick test in 1080p on each of these phones and some low light. Okay, and here we go again with the same test at this time at 4k, 30 frames per second on each phone again I'll pan around this way. You can see how it does into that bright light in 4k, and I'll switch. The different lenses on the pixel 5 ultra-wide and the ultra-wide here on the s20 Fe, and I'll switch over into the telephoto lens on the pixel 5 and the telephoto zoom on the s20 Fe.

So you can see how that compares to the pixel, 4a's main camera and how they're both doing on these lenses here, so I'll zoom back out to the main lens on all three, and again I'll pan around this way, and we'll walk over into some darker conditions here in 4k. You can also check out the stabilization here in low light in 4k. All three should still be stabilized and of course again you can see how it handles the changing light into these darker lighting conditions here at 4k. Sometimes it's darker at 4k, so I like to do a low light test in 1080p and comparing that to 4k, and again we get to the dark area. Here you can see how it handles the sidewalk lights looks okay in the viewfinders on all three up into that night sky.

We actually have some stars out. I don't know if you can see that we usually don't get those, and I'll pan over to alleyway. Again, you can see how it handles that a little of a lost focus again on the Fe. Let's try to tap the focus again and that seemed to clean it up so again. Here you go with the 4k test and some light on all phones, so hey everyone.

So here's some front facing footage in some low light from the Pixel 4a pixel 5 and the s20 Fe. So you can see the bright lights behind me. You can see how it handles some of those lights back there and obviously there's a pretty well lit area, but I also start walking. I'm going to test the stabilization on all three of these phones, and I'll start walking over to a little darker area here. So you can see how it handles the changing light on the front facing cameras and also there's gonna- be a fountain over here.

So you can see here's some running water, so it's a good test for the audio as well to see how it's able to keep focus on my voice versus that background noise. So again, a little darker here you can hear the fountain running, so hopefully there's a pretty good test about changing lighting conditions for the video quality, as well as the audio here with that competing fountain noise, and let me know what you think about that stabilization there, especially in low light from these front-facing cameras, and I'll pan around this way as well, a lot of bright lights behind that way. So a lot of lens flaring, which is expected into a lot of really bright lights. So there's a quick test of the front-facing cameras here, all at 1080p 30 frames per second okay. So we have the same test.

This time. I've got the s20 Fe at 4k, 30 frames per second, it can shoot up to 4k 60, but in the dark that 60 frames looks pretty dark, so even in 4k might look darker, so I wouldn't suggest you go into 4k60 4k 30. If you want 4k, but 1080p will generally be look a little better or a little brighter. I think in some low light, but just to test 4k out, because that's the max resolution on the s20fp we can compare it to the 1080p max resolution here on the pixel, 4a and pixel 5. So again I can start walking and the front camera on the s20.

Fe is not stabilized at 4k at all, so you should see a little more shake on the s20 FM than you are seeing on the pixel, 4a and pixel 5. , and so again we'll walk by the fountain. You can see how it handles, as the light gets a little darker in this area. So again I just want to do a quick comparison, so you can see the s20 FB has max resolution of 4k up against the max resolution on the Pixel 4a and the pixel 5. So hopefully this gives you a good idea of the comparison between these three phones and a bit of low light here, hey everyone.

So I just want to end this video with some footage from the front facing camera here indoors, because pretty much everything I showed you was outdoors. I've got a LED light here to the side of me to help with the lighting here on my face. So if you got some extra lighting uh, this is what you might expect and if you don't, you just have basic indoor lighting like I've got a seating light up here. I turn off that led, and this is pretty much what you might get here so less than ideal, but I think most people will be filming indoors with pretty much just their basic home lighting, and so all I've got again is that ceiling light? Of course, if you have a warmer bulb, you might get a warmer tone and that's a white light. So it's going to be a little cooler here, uh, otherwise, but again the pixels are at 1080p, so the 4a and the 5 limited at 1080p on the front-facing camera.

I've got the s20 Fe running at 4k, 60 frames per second, which is its max resolution and frame rate and indoors. It might be a little darker now because at 60 frames per second, it's not gonna, be the best and a little more low light. So if I turn on the LED light again, this is the quality that you might be getting there so now, you've seen all the footage for yourself all the photos and videos. Let me know comments which phone you liked best. What do you think about the pixels? Do they perform any different personally to me if you're just looking at camera performance- and you don't need an ultra-wide angle, camera, and you like the pixel uh, there's no need to upgrade to the five? If you ask me, I think the photos are pretty much comparable, although, if you're looking up to step up the video uh, I think the video on the 4a is still pretty good, but I think with the 5, Google has actually improved the color a little more.

So I think, on the 4 series and below the colors have been pretty washed out. I think on the 5, the colors are looking a little more vibrant, not overly saturated, but definitely a little more pop to the color on the five. So I think that's an improvement there. Also, the 4k 60 on the 5 is a big improvement. I think it looks perfect and comparable to some really advanced phones out there.

So, if you're looking to upgrade your game on video and you, and you're coming from a previous version of the pixel, I think the five is a good fit. Otherwise, if you're just taking mostly photos, I would just stick with a previous pixel because, like I showed in my other video between the 3a, the 4a and the 4, and now that you've seen the five still photos, even portrait mode, pretty much look the same on all previous versions of the pixel, with maybe slight variations, including low light shots with night mode so again for photography I'll just stick with previous generations of pixels no need to upgrade. If you want advancements in video, and you take a lot of video, I think the 5 is going to suit you well for pixel. If you like how Samsung does its cameras, its photos and video, I think the s20 fps pretty much looks like pretty much a lot of the other Samsung phones out there. So if you want a little more pop to your colors, I think you're going to like this 20 FP.

I think it's fairly much on par with other Samsung phones and kind of their approach to how they take photos and video. So it just depends on what you like, if you want things more natural pixel, if you only primarily take photos with your pixel I'll stick with the previous versions, if you want again more video on the pixel, take the five and if you like what Samsung does the s20 FM is definitely comparable at a much lower price point. So again, it's just going to come down to what you prefer. But again I want to hear what you have to think. So let me know in the comments which one you liked best, which one you thought performed the best and why, and we'll continue our conversation down there, as always, thanks for watching.

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