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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy S9+ come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
 
sstanton86

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So far so good. Pictures do look pretty near-term however they're not perfect by a long shot.

Admittedly I've been spoilt as I was using a pixel 2 before this, and low light images were a lot sharper, but not as well lot as the s9.

I think there can be a lot of improvement between the 1.5/2.4 aperture settings in regards to software tweaks.

Another thing I'd like to see is a much better portrait mode. Images look so soft and lack finer details. Compared to my pixel 2... well there really isn't a comparison at this point.

One thing I've noticed samsung cameras always do, is brighten up the face of the person in the photo. If you've got brown skin colour it tends to make them look too pale. I've seen reviewers say it can make the person almost look a bit ill! This happened on my note 8 also, and knowing what I know about South East Asian culture, it wouldn't surprise me if this was as intended as South East Asians do like to look paler, using cosmetics, filters or skin bleaching. So is the pale face as intended?

Anyhow, I'd say the camera has huge potential. Samsung just needs to do a lot of tweaking as irrefutable all the right hardware is there.
 
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A few shots from walkabout today, all on auto

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Indoors
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scottricketts

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I have shaky hands, and on Auto it's almost like there's no OIS. I get a lot of motion blur on things or blur in general. Sports mode fixes it, but it's really disappointing.
 
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I did a S8+ (which I own) vs S9+ Camera quick comparison at my local shop... took some pictures in pro mode, same settings, same scene, both F1.5 and F2.4 for S9 (and of course fixed F1.7 for S8)...

S8 pictures are sharper (both RAW and JPEG) or better overall, with about the same noise... I am very disappointed.

You can download all the JPEG and RAW files: (RAW+JPEG files included): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dgyBwiPbO8tHVqsqZpiJ6aoZn5a-p4m-/view?usp=sharing

Any thoughts? :rolleyes:
 
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scottricketts

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This is Mocha. Mocha is 14 this year and not the fasting moving dog anymore.

Here's three shots in auto mode with tracking AF on:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tb2Jxf4qBkWySTEj1


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Here's three shots in sports mode:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XEspRhNi3WwriSsh1


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yuAhRoP


This is awful. I mean, just ****ing awful. Coming from the V30 using the hacked GCam, this is major step down. Out of six shots I got one usable one.

If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong here with Auto Mode, I'm all ears because I'm tempted to take this thing back.
 
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scottricketts said:
This is Mocha. Mocha is 14 this year and not the fasting moving dog anymore.

Here's three shots in auto mode with tracking AF on:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tb2Jxf4qBkWySTEj1


NR4nzWV

KmMMk3g

t5jVws6


Here's three shots in sports mode:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XEspRhNi3WwriSsh1


r7uo0hP

GRnMa8R

yuAhRoP


This is awful. I mean, just ****ing awful. Coming from the V30 using the hacked GCam, this is major step down. Out of six shots I got one usable one.

If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong here with Auto Mode, I'm all ears because I'm tempted to take this thing back.
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bloodomen2

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I think the camera quality is great overall..

But A small upgrade compares to note 8 not really camera reimagined
Olny issues i had are that some times photos are taken with low colors contrast then i fix them with auto color effect
But this are without fixing
https://ibb.co/m2o5Cx
https://ibb.co/jcjOzc
https://ibb.co/b1ZCsx
https://ibb.co/mHcyXx
https://ibb.co/iO0JXx
https://ibb.co/h0kwKc
https://ibb.co/ikaDzc
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https://ibb.co/jPC45H
https://ibb.co/ewG8Xx
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https://ibb.co/nOk2sx
https://ibb.co/ddsRKc

Also video is great i got 1 good super slo mo
Check it out..
https://youtu.be/8U-mLpJq1Wc
 
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BuckRambo

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Love the photos, the quality is awesome.

Your photos are super, thanks for sharing


sstanton86 said:
So far so good. Pictures do look pretty near-term however they're not perfect by a long shot.

Admittedly I've been spoilt as I was using a pixel 2 before this, and low light images were a lot sharper, but not as well lot as the s9.

I think there can be a lot of improvement between the 1.5/2.4 aperture settings in regards to software tweaks.

Another thing I'd like to see is a much better portrait mode. Images look so soft and lack finer details. Compared to my pixel 2... well there really isn't a comparison at this point.

One thing I've noticed samsung cameras always do, is brighten up the face of the person in the photo. If you've got brown skin colour it tends to make them look too pale. I've seen reviewers say it can make the person almost look a bit ill! This happened on my note 8 also, and knowing what I know about South East Asian culture, it wouldn't surprise me if this was as intended as South East Asians do like to look paler, using cosmetics, filters or skin bleaching. So is the pale face as intended?

Anyhow, I'd say the camera has huge potential. Samsung just needs to do a lot of tweaking as irrefutable all the right hardware is there.
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lpforte

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Shipoftheline said:
The whole picture looks dark
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So what? It's supposed to be. Your second picture is blowing out highlights and destroying tons of detail. The first picture might seem dimmer (especially compared to the second one), but it's preserving the details in all the areas of the photo. The 1.5 aperture is meant to cut down on noise and detail loss in very dark scenes, not create super bright images from moderately dim environments. It looks like the camera did exactly what it's supposed to do.
 
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lpforte said:
So what? It's supposed to be. Your second picture is blowing out highlights and destroying tons of detail. The first picture might seem dimmer (especially compared to the second one), but it's preserving the details in all the areas of the photo. The 1.5 aperture is meant to cut down on noise and detail loss in very dark scenes, not create super bright images from moderately dim environments. It looks like the camera did exactly what it's supposed to do.
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You might like your pictures looking darker than what the place was but not me
 
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    Al3xxxinho said:
    It seems that in dark scenes it loses lots of details. Also the absence of a dedicated NIGHT mode is a negative thing for me. Indeed, you can use the Manual mode, but it takes some time tweaking it.

    To answer your question:
    - i am using an iPhone XR, that has better camera than the S9+
    - i used a p20 pro, it had a way better camera than the s9+
    - i used a pocophone f1, and the night mode with modded gcam was way better than the stock s9+

    For the price, I am not satisfied. But this is only my personal opinion.
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    It's true that it tends to soften images in low light situations, but with the advantage of less noise, which I prefer. Other cameras give you more detail, but with more noise, like Pixel phones. It's a matter of preference in this case.

    About the night mode, it seems it will come in a future update and they are still working on it, which clearly be a winner with the Samsung hardware.

    I had the S9+ for a year now, and also other devices like the P20 Pro and Pixel 3 XL, and still the S9+ is the more rounded camera and the one I can trust for both photo and video.

    I did really deep analysis and comparisons of these devices, and all of them have good and bad things, but is a matter of preference in the end. I have took more than 1000 photos for comparing the devices over a month, so I know how they compare and behave in different situations. For example, I don't like at all the Pixel 3 XL results, which gives oversharpened and oversaturated images with a lot of contrast, thus you lose a lot of detail in the shadows; the P20 Pro is fantastic at nighttime, but it fails in daytime with the dynamic range and a little bit with white balance.

    I also did a comparison of the Pixel 3 XL and the S9+ with gCam, and results were better in the S9+ as long as you know how to tweak the settings in it, but I stopped using it because it has a big problem of definition compared to stock.

    I have had other devices as well, but there's no point in comparing them because they are not worthy rivals, so no need to do a big comparison.

    Overall I'm happy with this S9+, being my first Samsung device, and most probably I will get the S10+ in the incoming days because Samsung is currently making the best phones, because even when they are not the best in each category, they offer a well rounded package that is really hard to match.

    ;)
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