Photo quality

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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!

 

[jimmylips75]

Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

 

[King Cole]

Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

Good lord I hope that's with the telephoto lens

 

[wnp_79]

Quite impressed with low light performance. Took this at the weekend at the back on a dark cinema whilst waiting for the trailers to start. Auto mode, no flash, no editing.

 

[phillthedrill]

Quite impressed with low light performance. Took this at the weekend at the back on a dark cinema whilst waiting for the trailers to start. Auto mode, no flash, no editing.

Wow, that looks amazing. I just got the Note 8 too but I haven't had a chance to do low-light yet.

 

[Torquemada288]

By far, the best camera I've ever owned.
Just need to find a big-ass spider so I can post some examples.

 

[roaduardo]

Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

Please tell me you set fire to that nope...

 

[burrzoo]

Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

Just a little TOO CLOSE for me!

 

[lennie]

Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

that's an awesome background/screensaver.

 

[Limeybastard]

I'm aware that during low light the images will appear grainy or noisy, but I can see the grain even in medium light condition. Image is set at 4.3 ratio highest bit rate for pics.

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[Sunlit777]

How about wide color

So, what is the use of a wide color gamut capable display if the camera still shoots sRGB jpg?! I have not found any info on the color space profile of Note 8 jpegs and videos, can anyone chime in?

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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!

 

[ksekhar]

It was very dark at that hour and taken with telephoto camera not wide angle one.

 

[meryguadelupe]

It was very dark at that hour and taken with telephoto camera not wide angle one.

have you edited this photo in some app or this is original unedited pic? looks not natural tho

 

[ksekhar]

have you edited this photo in some app or this is original unedited pic? looks not natural tho

Google photos auto

 

[jooniloh]

Now, this is by far not the best *quality* photos, but it does show off the functionality quite well. I took this photo of a room in my apartment with absolutely no lights on other than some light leaking into the hallway behind me from a neighboring room, and a pure red heat lamp for a tank (pictured). I went full manual, mounted the camera with some objects on a table, and set it to a 10 second shutter, thinking that I wouldn't be able to pull off holding it by hand. Then I held it by hand. These are the two photos I got (one braced on a table, one by hand) with a 10 second shutter in a DARK room (the braced one is zoomed in).

 

[jooniloh]

Here's a shot of that same room from out in the hallway where there's a little light (so you can see about how dark it is).

 

[Limeybastard]

What happened to the scalable function between 0-100% when using photo filters like Vignette and Stardust etfc? Gone?

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[loQon]

I love the camera, works great for me

 

[Novad91]

same

I'm aware that during low light the images will appear grainy or noisy, but I can see the grain even in medium light condition. Image is set at 4.3 ratio highest bit rate for pics.

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Mine to even in really good lighting, using highest resolution.

 

[aakanayev]

Few observations after a month of use:
Picture quality overall is great, however the stock app tends to overblow the highlights in high contrast scenes. This is the effect of the small sensor size and it's prominent on all cellphones, however both Pixel 2 and iPhone X I've tested don't have that issue. However, installing and using the Google camera port helps the issue dramatically, so it's the HDR algorithm employed in the stock app, not the actual sensor.
Stock camera app is, however, both faster and more reliable in terms of snapping every day photos. Furthermore stock app has marginally less noise than Google Camera, but it also captures marginally less details. Stock camera also has less saturation and sharper gradients than Google Camera, likely a product of the algorithm as well.
The telephoto camera is decidedly worse than the wide angle one, even in bright light. You're trading off the dynamic range for zoom, and it's not just the difference in the lenses.
Lightroom HDR raw files (40mb 3.2MP image that contains 10 bit of colour) are mind-blowing. As an owner of full-frame Canon 6D I was blown away by the colour retention in Lightroom Camera app. On a DSLR you'd absolutely have to use bracketing to get those colours (although you'd get a 20 MP image), it's very impressive that a cellphone can do that. If only it shot out a 12 MP raw file.
Overall Note 8 has a very versatile camera with awesome picture quality, but certain scenes require he use of Google Camera for HDR+ algorithm to get the best results.