Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Pixel 2 XL Camera Shootout By Android Authority

Hey, it's Joshua Fedora, what's going on everybody- and this is a portrait of me that will come back to a little later. Welcome to this camera comparison between the Samsung Galaxy s, 9 and the Google Pixel to excel now we're looking at the s 9 plus, and that doesn't change things up too much, but the s 9 plus does have a zoom lens. So you get that telephoto, but on top of that are all the different enhancements that Samsung put into its main lens, mainly the dual aperture F 1.5 and F 2.4 are available because of actual blades in the lens. We've documented that quite a bit already here at Andrew authorities, so make sure you check out our full review and in these camera comparisons you can head over to Andrew authority comm for the full galleries between these two devices, but also take a look at the huge comparison we did, including the galaxy s 8 and the iPhone 10. Now they're going to be a lot of different shots where we can chime in and give a little of perspective. But what we wanted to do in this video is pass it off to all of you.

Let us know which of these photos in all the examples that you like more whether they come from the pixel to excel or the galaxy s 9 plus. Now, of course, the galaxy s 9 plus has a much different philosophy from the pixel to Excel, Google uses, machine learning and all the different photos that they've amassed over the years in order to do good data processing, and that's why they only have one camera on the back, so that no matter what photo you're trying to get it's going to use all of that algorithmic processing to create the best final result. Now, as you've, probably seen in the last few photos, there's a lot to like about the color in either of these phones. But the galaxy s 9 plus seems to expose a little more. The pixel to excel tends to go a little more contrast and also a bit lower on its exposure, which usually makes colors kind of pop out more, and it makes sure that detail is at the forefront.

However, in mid-light situations like going indoors, the galaxy s, 9 plus exposes subjects a bit better, which is going to be more preferable as the light starts to go dimmer. If there isn't an amazing amount of light on the subject or on the scene. The Samsung contestant just better exposes the image, capturing brighter and more vibrant colors, as well as good detail. Even when there's not a lot of light. Everything up in terms of detail, it's going to be a toss-up between these two because they're doing very different things to capture the best possible scene.

Google's device captures usually the overall better picture in terms of contrast and color, usually in low-light shots that pixel to excel seems a little more detailed, but the galaxy s 9 plus, is a bit softer because it's more focused on making a better exposed to shot, rather than the most detailed shot possible case in point going back indoors in a low-light shots, especially with this food that we're looking at the galaxy s.9 over exposes a little which does get rid of some detail. So the galaxy s 9 plus, is trying to make sure that in dark situations you still get a usable photo, but it's not going to necessarily be the best detailed. The fact that the pixel to excel renders a bit more contrast. Ii usually leads to more stylized photos and in broad daylight shots, especially in landscape shots. It might mean that the shadows are a bit darker than they should be in order to depict the proper scene, the galaxy s 9, plus, because it is always trying to expose pretty much everything in the shot.

Then in landscapes, the galaxy s, 9 is a little better at showing the diverse colors and the textures within the scene, and we talked a lot about algorithmic processing, but it is sort of the super-powered version of HDR plus, which was pioneered by the Google Pixel. Originally, what it's basically doing is getting as many photos and as many shots of the same scene so that it can put all of them together to create the best possible final shot. Now the galaxy s 9 plus now has this as well with multi frame processing thanks to the RAM built into the camera module, but the pixel to Excel just has way more data to pull from. That means that low-light shots that are using HDR to expose and to render the scene properly are a little better. That just means that in low-light situations when using HDR, the pixel 2xo just is able to get a little more detail out of certain spots that are uneven with the rest of the scene.

This is one prime example. While the galaxy s 9 Plus, does expose the photo a little better, so you are able to use it in good low-light situations. The pixel to Excel just tries to marry all of those good aspects into one good photo. And finally, we can talk about selfies or more specifically, portraits. Both of these cameras have a proper portrait mode on the rear cameras, while the Samsung Galaxy S 9 uses a dual lens setup to achieve its effects, but where the pixel 2 really shines is on the front-facing camera, because it has that portrait mode built into it.

Even if it's not the most powerful front-facing camera that pixel to is processing really does a good job of bringing probably some of the best selfies we've seen the Galaxy S nine plus on the front-facing camera also has selfie Focus, which softens things even more because it's trying to make a bouquet effect behind the front. Subject. The rear portrait mode on the s9 plus does do a slightly better job of figuring out where the subject is, but it also can get messed up from time to time, and so there you have it a comparison between the Samsung, Galaxy, S, nine plus and the Pixar 2 XL cameras. We really want to know what you guys think about these, and we just wanted to provide some perspective on some of the photos that we took while out in LA. So really the gap between these two phones is not all that big.

The galaxy s 9 plus, has more features in terms of what you can do with the camera, while the pixel 2xl kind of keeps things more simplistic and is more of an auto shooter, we will say that, on a more consistent basis, the s 9 plus is able to expose scenes better in low-light shots, but the pixel to Excel is really trying to make sure that detail is what it focuses on the most and I mean that the photo is a little less exposed compared to the s 9, but it really matters what you want out of your photo and that's what we want to hear from you in the comments down below comparing cameras is always a subjective matter, but we try to just provide you with this video and with the gallery at and rathole decor, so you can enjoy photos from these two great cameras. So let us know what you think in the comments down below which one you would pick and let us know why, after that, you can head on over to Andrew authority comm, for reviews of both of these devices and for more comparisons and more of the best from Android Authority, because we are, of course, your source for all things. Android.

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