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Robert Scoble's Galaxy S II vs iPhone 4S camera test
- codenerdz 15y agoThe really bad quality of iPhone 4S shot may be due to his hands shaking, we really wouldnt know untill somebody uses a tripod to do comparative shots. Nice thing about Galaxy S2 software though is that you can specify ISO, focusing type as well as use a timer to deal with "shakiness" of the shot. In less than ideal light situations, Galaxy suffers from shutter lag, i havent tested the iphone picture taking that much though.
- arkitaip 15y agoiPhone 4S produces more accurate colors. Overall, I'm delighted how great the image quality if for all cell phones; astonishing how far we've come in just a few years.
- jsnk 15y agoHow do you tell that iPhone 4S has more accurate colors without actually seeing the real objects?
- evanwalsh 15y agoHe probably owns an iPhone 4S.
- sjs 15y agoMaybe he has the same keyboard and has seen a can of Diet Pepsi before. It's not hard to imagine that being true. I think that the 4S shot is too red/yellow compared to the Galaxy II. This sort of comparison is pretty subjective though. (aside for evanwalsh: for the record I hate my Nexus One and have a 4S on the way)
- stewbrew 15y agoDoes he also have the same light/lamp/bulb? Without making sure parameters & the software used were the same, such a casual comparison doesn't seems too useful to me.
- drzaiusapelord 15y agoThere's no absolute color. Color is what we humans see when photos bounce off objects. The spectrum of light bouncing off isn't absolute. You have no idea what those objects really look like. The lighting in the room matters. I have both CFL and old fashioned bulbs in my house. If I took a photo of something you knew in both rooms you'd be unable to tell me which is more accurate, because only I know the lighting in my rooms and you don't. You may be able to say "this photo looks right" but that's pretty darn subjective. Turns out we humans are kinda useless for tests like these. Past a few megapixels this stuff really doesn't matter because things like focus, lenses, and lighting are so much more important than resolution. The photos are "sharp" enough and none of these phones support mounting lenses or lights on anything. So its kind of arbitrary. Unless one of these phones has an especially shitty lens or focus or bad software, they'll probably just look mostly the same. I consider these long solved issues and don't expect much difference.
- arkitaip 15y agoI have enough image editing experience that I can see this fairly quickly. Also, I've seen a couple of desks, keyboards and books in my days...
- drivebyacct2 15y agoI've found the built in white balance compensation to be quite poor in Android.
- ajross 15y agoDefinitely not an Android issue here, as I know for a fact Samsung uses its own camera app and capture framework. Not sure about the underlying hardware. If it's a v4l2 driver you might have a case against the kernel infrastructure.
- iam 15y agoThat's usually up to the phone or camera manufacturer to tune, almost nobody uses the built-in compensation except for prototypes.
- tofu 15y agoWhy does the iPhone 4 photo look the sharpest? Probably just shaky hands?
- listrophy 15y agoProbably shaky hands indeed. While not indicative of real-world use, comparison shots like this, IMHO, should be done with a stand... unless the only variable being tested is "likelihood of shakiness due to camera(phone) form factor."
- latch 15y agoeven then I'd argue that something more controlled would be better than just hoping you shake each phone the same.
- rauljara 15y agoI generally agree with you, except in this case one of the specs they touted in the iPhone announcement event was capture speed. It captures much faster than the iPhone 4, and would be a good explanation as to why the 4s appears less shaky.
- StavrosK 15y agoExcept it doesn't. It's the shakiest of the three.
- tofu 15y agoI don't think capture speed has any effect on the sharpness of the image, sharpness is more down to the lens/shutter speed, I'm assuming the "speed" touted by Apple refers to the startup time of the camera app as well as the responsiveness of the UI and the ability to take consecutive shots faster. Looking at the shots again, it does seem that the sharpest image, that of the original iPhone 4, is also the noisiest, iPhone4 autoexposure set it to high-iso/fast shutter I suppose?
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- tvon 15y agoFull size photos on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer His stream, which has some other test photos with commentary: https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts
- barrkel 15y agoThe full-size photos are available through the "download photo" link under the actions menu in Google+.
- veyron 15y agoWho exactly is robert scoble, and what is his claim to fame? His name seems to come up somewhat frequently
- tomh- 15y agoHave you tried looking for him on Google?
- revorad 15y agoHe does excellent interviews with startup founders, which he posts on G+ and also on http://www.building43.com http://www.building43.com and http://scobleizer.com/ http://scobleizer.com/.
- blauwbilgorgel 15y agoI believe this is called the "Robert Scoble"-effect. One could liken it to social media spam: I don't want to know Robert Scoble, don't find him notable, yet his name appears everywhere. Such people know how to insert themselves in the daily conversations and can count on the support of their followers to carry their views far and beyond. Most of the time those views are not much more than a catchy social hook. You Googling his name and reading this reply will likely cement Robert Scoble in your brain for a while longer. I find it an interesting, albeit at times annoying, phenomenon. Like the Quora drama (in which Scoble was able to permeate into a lot of topics): http://scobleizer.com/2011/01/30/why-i-was-wrong-about-quora-as-a-blogging-service/ http://scobleizer.com/2011/01/30/why-i-was-wrong-about-quora... http://www.quora.com/Dan-Kaplan/Sorry-Scoble-Quora-is-not-your-playground http://www.quora.com/Dan-Kaplan/Sorry-Scoble-Quora-is-not-yo...
- drzaiusapelord 15y ago>I believe this is called the "Robert Scoble"-effect. Heh, I love that. I'm going to use it.
- phatbyte 15y agoThe iphone4S seems more yellowish but it's more detailed when you look the book words. You can't barely read any on the Galaxy unlike on iphone4S.
- barrkel 15y agoThey are focused on different points. The Galaxy is focused closer than the 4S; the details on the Belkin card reader (in particular, the edge contacts in the slots) are clearer on the Galaxy, and the difference is even more marked on the keyboard letters. The Galaxy also has a higher exposure. On the book paper, the lack of focus combined with overexposure has causing some bleed into the type; but it shows better detail in shadow areas. Much of a muchness, IMO. The two are very close, and aside from things like color temperature (which I personally would discount and tweak later if desired - though I wonder if the white balance is configurable on either phone), they are all but equal.
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- obeattie 15y agoThis a dreadful comparison. There is nothing to show depth of field; there's no comparison between performance in low-light and harsh-light conditions; no comparison between flashes. All-in-all, pretty useless.
- product50 15y agoUnfortunately, that is typical of Robert Scoble. You should have been warned before you clicked on that link.
- watmough 15y agomostlylisa on Twitter, of the taptaptap people I think, put out the following link: http://campl.us/f349 http://campl.us/f349 Not a comparison, but it really does show that the iPhone4S camera is pretty damn good.
- CognitiveLens 15y agoAlso, camera shake - just look at the screws. I'm amazed that Scoble didn't take the time to use a tripod - the main comparison on display is how steadily he held each phone!