Sony A7III versus Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra By Phandroid

Hey, what's going on guys, I'm nick gray from android and if you've been keeping up with my channel the last couple of weeks, you've probably seen my full review of the Galaxy Note 20 ultra and a couple smartphone camera comparisons, where I pitted this device against some other smartphones that launched earlier this year. Now in this video, I wanted to do something just a little different and compare the note 20 ultra against a real camera, the Sony a7iii, which I'm using to record right now. Now this is a full frame, mirrorless camera, and it's the device. I use on a regular basis to record all the videos that you see here, but it also takes some pretty good pictures. So I was wondering: can the 108 megapixel sensor on the note 20 ultra, and it's two additional 12 megapixel sensors, with an ultra-wide and also a 5x periscope telephoto lens really match up to a real camera. Now for the Sony a7iii, I'm going to be using a pretty stock lens, the one that really came in the box with this device and that's a 28 to 70 millimeter, starting at an f 3.5 and goes all the way up to f 5.6 when you zoom in all the way. So with that out of the way, let's jump into some side by side photo and video comparisons between these two devices and make sure you stick around to the end.

I'm going to give my insights into how these two devices actually stack up, because I think the results are going to be very interesting. So now the one advantage that the Galaxy Note 20 ultra has over the a7 iii and pretty much any smartphone has. Is that front facing camera? Allowing you to record pictures, take pictures and record video while looking at the screen in order to frame yourself now the Sony a7iii does not have a flip-up screen in order to allow you to view yourself while capturing photos or videos. But there are a handful of mirrorless cameras out there that do anyone who owns a mirrorless camera without that flip up screen, though, will tell you it takes a little of practice to get it right, but once you do, it turns out pretty good and for recording video at night. This is a look at what you can get on both of these devices and rather than just having this split down the middle, as I usually do, I'm going to zoom in on each one individually right now to give you a better look at what the image stabilization is like, which is pretty good on both devices when you're holding them pretty steady, but as you can see on the Sony, the overall image quality is so much better, so much clearer in low light situations like this than when compared to the Samsung Galaxy note 20 ultra I mean the note still does a perfect job at capturing video in these types of scenarios, but there is just so much less grain and such a much more clear picture on a real full-frame camera um, as promised.

The results here are pretty interesting. Now, there's no denying that the hardware on the Sony, mirrorless camera is far superior to that of the note 20 ultra, but as we've seen time and time again in other smartphone camera comparisons, the hardware itself doesn't always define who comes out on top. As I was expecting. The Sony takes the clear win if you're looking for a device that can take exceptionally sharp images. Besides a few low light mishaps, the Sony was the clear winner in this respect, but since the note 20 ultra like so many other smartphones, these days captures images using an enhanced HDR mode.

The dynamic range in the shots is far superior to what you get out of the mirrorless camera. The difference is honestly astounding, and on top of that, the software enhancements on the smartphone also make the images more vibrant, delivering something that can be shared immediately with friends and family, while the images captured by the Sony would need a little of tweaking before they're deemed ready for the real world that advantage carries over to low light shots as well, resulting in much brighter images. From the Galaxy Note, 20 ultra though they're, clearly not as crisp as what you get out of the Sony when it comes to taking portraits or close-up shots. The Sony is the clear winner, even with its cheap lens, that only delivers an aperture of f 3.5. The background is consistently blurrier, and you don't have to contend with that sloppy outline of what you get with the digital focus blur effect from the Samsung device.

In some situations, where I zoomed in on the Sony to get closer to an object, the Samsung switched over to digital zoom, rather than the 5x periscope, since that lens can't focus on objects that are closer than three feet. At the end of the day, these two devices were created for two very different use cases, but the note 20 ultra shows that you really don't need to spend two thousand dollars on a mirrorless camera. In order to take good pictures now, there's no professional out there that's going to be ditching their mirrorless camera in order to pick up a smartphone for capturing photos for their professional photo shoots. But if you are an average consumer and all you want to do is take better pictures. The note 20 ultra is a very compelling option, especially when you consider the huge price difference between these two phones and that's going to do it for our camera.

Comparison between the Samsung Galaxy note, 20 ultra and the Sony a7iii. Let me know what you think of the results in the comments below and which device you would rather use on a daily basis for capturing photos and videos. If you want to see more comparisons between the current smartphones and the Sony, a7 iii, let me know in the comments, and I'll do my best to make those comparisons for you guys. Thank you guys so much for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one. You.

Source : Phandroid