Photo quality

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 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!

 

[EclipseGST20]

Did Samsung improve the shutter speed on Note10+?? When I had the S10+ the still photos looked great, however it was hard to get a picture of my daughter(18mo old) that didn't look blurry

 

[chrisliphart]

I spent a couple of days doing camera comparisons with my Pixel 3 XL, which I sent back on Friday (got my Note 10 on Wednesday). I found that I personally like the photos in daylight better from the Note 10, as they look just a bit more "punchy" and clear to me, but that's Samsung applying a deeper saturation and more sharpening. YMMV on that. Early reviews I read online said that it was on par with the Pixel 3 in daylight, but quickly fell apart in low light. I'm happy to report that wasn't my experience at all. Night mode works great, and while it would be nice to have an indicator of how long to hold it, it seems to be just as fast at the Pixel 3. The Pixel 3 did beat it out just a bit with clarity, but not by a very wide margin. I did some blind comparison test between shots from the Note 10 and the Pixel 3 XL with my girlfriend (who has a Pixel 3 XL of her own), and 9 of the 11 shots she picked were the Note 10 shots over the Pixel 3. She prefered the Pixel 3's selfie shot and it's Night Sight shot, but she said she really couldn't tell much of a difference in them.

Aside from quality, I like different Live Focus backgrounds, and being able to swipe up from a corner on the lockscreen to get to the camera is a huge plus for me. It's much faster for me to go from pocket to shot now. I'm going to a convention this weekend, so I expect to get some good use out of the triple cameras too. All in all, I'm beyond happy with the Note 10 camera, and coming from the Pixel 3 XL, I was very concerned, as that was hands down the best camera on a phone I'd ever used. The Note 10 isn't leaps and bounds better, but it is better, in my opinion.

 

[kolyan]

As much as I like Note 10, camera is crap compared to Pixel 3. I've been shooting all day and most images are near useless if subject is moving, automatic in anything less then ideal conditions is also terrible, and can only be improved with Pro mode. Faces are too white and details are all washed out. I had exactly the same results with S10 that I returned
I am not sure what Samsung is thinking. Big company and great hardware, $1000 phone, yet software is not good and photos are behind even Pixel 1

Ps. I am leaning towards keeping the phone anyway and will give Gcam a try

 

[Octainebg]

Note 10+ Night Camera is really crap compared to the Pixel phone.... Ugh... Samsung again with their bs

 

[ZayaanAhyaan]

Did Samsung improve the shutter speed on Note10+?? When I had the S10+ the still photos looked great, however it was hard to get a picture of my daughter(18mo old) that didn't look blurry

No they haven't. I had a good hands on with the device at their stores and took my kids to just specially test this out.

I sold my S10 plus for this very reason and unfortunately in the Note note 10, they still haven't sorted it out. I had a Galaxy Note 8 and that was the last Samsung without this issue. I think it's something to do with the dual aperture.

Installing Gcam seems to help a lot but I have Exynos chip and doesn't get ported very well.

 

[kolyan]

You have to use Pro mode in order to get anything useful with moving subject. Or Gcam maybe, I haven't tried yet

 

[kolyan]

Daylight shots are very good though, I would say even better then Pixel

 

[fjesuino]

No they haven't. I had a good hands on with the device at their stores and took my kids to just specially test this out.

I sold my S10 plus for this very reason and unfortunately in the Note note 10, they still haven't sorted it out. I had a Galaxy Note 8 and that was the last Samsung without this issue. I think it's something to do with the dual aperture.

Installing Gcam seems to help a lot but I have Exynos chip and doesn't get ported very well.

Same thing here with my wife's S10e. Since my S7 I hate this. Nowadays I have an iPhone Xr and this is not a problem, fortunately... But I'd like to go back to Android again... Maybe with Pixel 4...
Using pro mode on S10e I've got a nice result setting the shutter speed at least at 1/250. But you lose performance on HDR... So it's like a short sheet... You cover something and uncover other...

 

[ZayaanAhyaan]

That's another mess, the pro mode.
On my note 8, i chose to keep a fast shutter speed and my preferred white balance with iso as a shortcut on home screen. This way it allowed me to directly jump into 3 of my preferred pro mode setting directly without fiddling and adjusting, but as always, Samsung had to take a damn step back and removed this shortcut starting from note 9.

 

[MatroxD]

Hmmmnnn. I had a note 8, and all the others besides the 9. Any of them, like any other cameras I have used(cameras and camcorders), with the faster shutter speeds, I always use manual(or as Samsung likes to call pro). I guess most of my subjects when I learned were really fast(rc helicopters doing aerobatics and saltwater reef tanks), so the old rule of 'learn manual shooting first and don't rely on auto' saved me.

Neither of those environments are ideal, and i learned to just 'make' the cameras work for me. It's not a fault of the devices, it's just the honest inherent nature of auto mode.. I also love macro photography, so that is another realm in which manual knowledge is key..

Sent from my Note 10+ using Tapatalk

 

[watsinaname]

The portrait mood has bee the single most disappointing feature for me, perhaps we are spoiled by the gcam quality, but samsung could have done better.

Having an Exynos device makes it even more challenging to find a stable fully functional gcam.

I am almost inclining towards finding a pixel (2/3a or 3) just for camera capabilities.

Even the poco with it's xiaomi camera did a better job at portraits

 

[mafy31]

The portrait mood has bee the single most disappointing feature for me, perhaps we are spoiled by the gcam quality, but samsung could have done better.

Having an Exynos device makes it even more challenging to find a stable fully functional gcam.

I am almost inclining towards finding a pixel (2/3a or 3) just for camera capabilities.

Even the poco with it's xiaomi camera did a better job at portraits

Portrait is very good as far as i'm concerned. Maybe malfunctionning device ? I have exynos as well and no pb with photos (EDIT : i have Note 10 Plus though so maybe TOF does the job).
My portait photos are probably the most striking and accurate i ever took with a smartphone, i have very nice pics of my kids taken with it.
Single hairs on sides are not blurred either, it only blurs the background and does it right.

 

[villadecai]

I am very disappointed with cameras .
Low definition and quality when you do not have 100% of light .

Night mode it **** also.

I came from op6 and did better photos stock and with gcam.

Samsung camera processing it is the worst one

 

[mafy31]

I am very disappointed with cameras .
Low definition and quality when you do not have 100% of light .

Night mode it **** also.

I came from op6 and did better photos stock and with gcam.

Samsung camera processing it is the worst one

Plain wrong... Post exemple or it never happened.

 

[Mahendra Dhaker]

Camera is not good but much better than OP7

I am very disappointed with cameras .
Low definition and quality when you do not have 100% of light .

Night mode it **** also.

I came from op6 and did better photos stock and with gcam.

Samsung camera processing it is the worst one

I compared with OP7 and found that Note 10 (Exynos) is far better when compared to OnePlus 7.
Though Pixel 2 XL have much better camera

 

[WarVic]

Just wondering whether the staggering difference in photo quality between Exynos and Snapdragon versions of Note 10 is here as well. I was shocked how far better was Galaxy S9 (Snapdragon) in this term.

 

[pafc66]

Definitely isn't this year...the Exynos model has improved a lot so much so there's a huge difference between the photo quality of the note 10 and the S10 5g I had.

 

[umx]

new update to camera today

 

[Garoto1973]

The portrait mood has bee the single most disappointing feature for me, perhaps we are spoiled by the gcam quality, but samsung could have done better.

Having an Exynos device makes it even more challenging to find a stable fully functional gcam.

I am almost inclining towards finding a pixel (2/3a or 3) just for camera capabilities.

Even the poco with it's xiaomi camera did a better job at portraits

That is weird, I find portrait quality to be much better than my Note 8 and iphone XS Max, edge definition is outstanding compared to iphones and I have taken portrait shots that are as good (resolution aside) as my Canon 70D with 85mm lens.