Shooting evaluation of the strongest 10 megapixel Samsung Galaxy S4
Shooting evaluation of the strongest 10 megapixel Samsung Galaxy S4

It has been a while since Samsung's annual flagship, the Galaxy S4, which is equipped with Sony's latest 13 million pixel stack camera, will behave differently? Let's have a look!

 

Note: According to the disassembly of Samsung Galaxy S4 by foreign media, 9500 is a 13 million pixel camera of Sony stack, and 9505 is a 13 million pixel camera of Sony's second generation back reflection. The model evaluated in this article is Samsung 9500.

 

day

In fact, in the daytime, there is basically no problem. It mainly depends on sharpness and light measurement.

 

There is still a problem with Samsung's metering. The metering at the start point still has no effect on the metering. It is the effect of matrix metering. Compared with midpoint metering, Xiaobian finally chose matrix metering. And Samsung's matrix metering effect is also good.

Note: Click the small picture to view the large picture for each of the following comparison pictures.

But if there is a better spot metering effect, the picture will be better. This is a comparison of the shooting samples of the Samsung 9500 and iPhone 5. The left is 9500, and the right is iPhone 5.

 

Similarly, the 9500 on the left, the iPhone 5 on the right, and the iPhone 5 point metering effect are very good, very sensitive, and easy to control the picture. However, you can also see from these two pictures that the Samsung 9500 wide-angle effect is much better than the iPhone 5. The shooting range is very large.

 

In addition, the detail capture ability of 13 million pixels will be better than that of 8 million pixels, plus the sharpness of this camera is good. This is a 100% screenshot of the above two samples.

 

 

 

Sharpness

In terms of sharpness, we may be concerned about it. Here, we use the recently released Xplay to make a simple comparison with the Samsung 9500.

This time, I used these two images for comparison, and also used 13 million pixels.

 

This is their 100% screenshot. Click the small picture to see the big picture. The Samsung 9500 is better than Xplay in sharpness.

 

 

100% screenshot, you can click the big picture to see the details.

 

HDR

Note again: In the past, Samsung's machine will automatically take two pictures after HDR is turned on, one is the sample before synthesis, and the other is the composite. However, the 9500 does not have this function now, so if you want to take a comparison sample with HDR turned on and off, you should manually take a sample without HDR effect turned on.

HDR off.

 

HDR is enabled. After HDR is enabled, Samsung will automatically erase the rest of the photo information. Samsung's HDR effect has always been very good.

 

This is the same scene. The samsung 9500 (left) and iPhone 5 (right) are shooting samples when HDR is not turned on.

 

This is the previous scene. The two mobile phones have enabled the comparison of HDR effect samples. The Samsung 9500 sample can show more details hidden in the shadow. Remember that you can click the smaller picture to see the larger picture. It is easier to see various comparisons when you look at the larger picture.

 

For another comparison, if HDR is not enabled, it is 9500 on the left and iPhone 5 on the right.

 

Open HDR, and remember to click the small image to see the large image.

 

More HDR samples: HDR off.

 

HDR ON. Shadow details get more performance.

 

HDR off.

 

HDR ON.

 

HDR off.

 

HDR ON. Pay attention to the details of the trees below.

 

Macro

Samsung 9500 uses a camera with aperture of F2.2, which is not F2.6 for thousands of years. The depth of field is shallower, and it is easier to highlight the main body. Recently, the focusing distance is also relatively close, and the effect is very good.

 

This is a sample shot with iPhone 5 from the same scene and the same angle. The color of iPhone 5 is still attractive. Of course, the color of the Samsung 9500 is closer to reality simply from the perspective of color. But in fact, many people still like the eye-catching color of iPhone, which depends on their preferences.

 

Samsung 9500 macro proof.

 

IPhone 5 macro proof, I wonder which color do you like?

 

Nightscape

It was not dark when this sample was taken.

 

When the surrounding environment starts to darken, the ISO will be improved when shooting night scenes.

 

This is taken using Samsung's own "Night Shooting" mode. The EXIF will also be erased, but the overall brightness of the night scene samples is significantly improved by night shooting.

 

Automatic mode shooting.

 

Night mode shooting.

What about the comparison with iPhone 5?

The left side is 9500, and the right side is iPhone 5. Click the small picture to see the details of the large picture. It can be seen that the image brightness of iPhone 5 is more sufficient. The main reason is that the ISO of iPhone 5 has been raised to 1600. Although raising the ISO can improve the overall brightness, it will also increase the noise of the image. Click the large image to clearly see that the noise of iPhone 5 is much more than that of 9500.

 

Hmm. Because iPhone 5 doesn't have a night mode, it's unfair to use Samsung's night mode demo to compare the HDR demo of iPhone 5! However, the iPhone 5 night scene demo with HDR is better in noise and light control than that shot in normal mode. If you like comparison, please compare it.

 

Comparison of night scenes taken by Samsung 9500 and iPhone 5 in normal mode.

 

Comparison of Samsung 9500 night mode and iPhone 5 HDR shooting samples.

 

This is a comparison of samples taken in iPhone 5 normal mode and HDR mode. Although Apple doesn't have the night view mode, HDR still improves the details of the image. Click the big picture and compare it with the place circled by the small red circle.

 

More samsung 9500 night photos:

Normal mode.

 

Night mode.

 

Normal mode.

 

Night mode.

 

Normal mode.

 

Night mode.

 

In the following two scenarios, Xiao Bian uses a tripod. Why do you use a tripod? That's because the scene is limited. Xiao Bian is prone to the wall and can't hold the camera, so he used a tripod.

Normal mode.

 

Night mode.

 

Normal mode.

 

Night mode.

 

summary

Samsung, the latest flagship, is not only powerful in performance, but also very powerful in photographing. The performance in the daytime is excellent, with good sharpness, metering effect and color performance, but the spot metering effect is still relatively good. With F2.2 large aperture, the macro background is more blurred, and the color performance is also excellent. As for the HDR effect, it is still excellent and can show more details. The night scene is also excellent. Although the ISO of Samsung 9500 is not high, it has a very excellent "night shooting" mode, which makes the night scene proof more expressive. However, I think that in the night scene with enough light, there is a good performance effect without opening the night shooting mode. But in the case of insufficient light, turning on the night mode is absolutely good. Among the numerous sample comparisons with the iPhone 5 in the article, the Samsung 9500 can also take the fight calmly. It is really rare to see it in the Android formation.

In fact, there is still a lot to say about the shooting of the Samsung 9500, such as its own various shooting modes and the shooting comparison with the previous generation 9300. However, the length of the article should not be too long, so I will leave it for the next time. If you are interested in children's shoes, remember to keep an eye on the update of the article.

 

Related article link:

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Galaxy S4 Gemini I9500 VS I9505

Galaxy S4 hands-on demonstration video

 

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