Best Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and Google smartphones of 2021 compared for camera quality

Luchkov's YouTube Channel found out which phone - Pixel 6 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, Galaxy S21 Ultra, Mi 11 Ultra - makesMost

high-quality photos and videos.

Presenter Ivan Luchkov compared the quality of photos and videos of four popular "camera phones": Pixel 6 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, Galaxy S21 Ultra and Mi 11 Ultra.Their photos and videos were compared in several ways.

  1. Color renderingThe most important thing here was good detail, brightness and naturalness of colors in the photo.According to the viewers' ratings, the iPhone wins by this criterion.I completely agreed with this: indeed, on the Apple smartphone, the photo of the flower turned out to be the most beautiful of all.
  1. Detail and shadesThe evaluation was the same as in the first case.Indoors, in natural light, a photo from a Samsung appeared best to people.At the same time, Ivan liked the iPhone more again.
  1. Portrait photography. Here, the audience put the iPhone in the first place.
  1. Dynamic range... The photo was taken in difficult conditions:when a person stood with his back to the bright light and was, as it were, in the shadow. In the opinion of viewers, the Pixel did the best in this case. And here the presenter also agreed with the opinion of the people.
  1. Back lightIn this case, the operation of the camera was checked against photographs of the architecture.People here gave the first place to Samsung, and the expert – to the Pixel.

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  1. CropWhen cropping, the details are best preserved in a photo taken with the Pixel.Indeed, the algorithms here do a great job of this task.
  1. Zoom ObjectivesThe first place went to the iPhone.It has a 3x zoom, which, according to the specialist, is quite difficult to use.
  1. Ultra wide angle camera... But according to this criterion, it is impossible to name a leader unambiguously, as Ivan noted. According to viewers, however, Samsung wins by a small margin.
  1. Photo in the darkViewers here chose the iPhone as the winner, but in general, the Pixel works best with low-light photos.
  1. Night shootingTwo types of photographs were compared here, but the viewers singled out different devices as leaders in each case.In the first, it was Xiaomi, and in the second, Pixel.But, according to the presenter, the second photo turned out better on the iPhone.

The iPhone 13 Pro is the leader in terms of photo quality, the Pixel 6 Pro is in second place, and the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is in third place.

As for video shooting, three videos were compared here. They evaluated color rendition, microphone operation, stabilization, shooting at night.

  1. Color rendition and microphone performance... All four models made the video different. The Pixel surprised Ivan Luchkov: the quality of the shooting turned out to be worse than the others. Other smartphones showed results at about the same level.
  1. Stabilization... Xiaomi coped with the shooting while running perfectly,just like Pixel. Samsung turned out to be a little worse. But the iPhone's stabilization did not work at all, although the video was better in detail than the others.
  1. Night shooting... According to this criterion, there were no winners at all: all the devices coped with the task poorly.

Source: Luchkov Channel