S21 Ultra & 12 Pro Max vs OnePlus 9 Pro Camera Test

 

S21 Ultra & 12 Pro Max vs OnePlus 9 Pro Camera Test

Welcome to a new camera

comparison test

between the iPhone 12 pro max the

Samsung galaxy s21 ultra

and the one plus 9 pros you might ask

yourself now

wait a minute well sam no worries he's

just on vacation

he will be back soon and until then I'm

going to be your host

in this video, we are going to show you

the video

and photo performance in daytime and

also

in nighttime conditions the different

modes like portrait

macro zoom and slow-motion features as

well as the autofocus

and the sound performance but before we

start I have a little surprise for you

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iPhone 12 pro max

samsung's galaxy s21 ultra and the

one plus

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hope you are ready for this comparison

now let the fact speak

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so first we are going to show you the

video performance

we shot on all three phones and 4k with

30 frames per second

let's start with the ultrawide lens

since they do not differ that much

in terms of sharpness and detail let's

talk about what seems to be

the biggest disparity between our three

contestants

the color rendering while the one plus

seems to have chosen the magenta road

I mean just look how pink my face is the

galaxy and the iPhone are presenting

some very decent results the iPhone

overall is a little bit too bright and

especially

the green seems a bit unnatural the

galaxy on the other hand

appears very natural and pleasing for

the eye but still overall a little bit

too dark

this is especially noticeable when you

focus on the background

I guess a mix of both would result in

the perfect outcome

okay let's check out the different

cameras now first you see the ultra-wide

lens camera

with a lot of contrast on the one plus

side zoomed in the iPhone definitely has

the best quality

although again too bright and with

unnatural colors

the galaxy is the most natural again but

feels a little bit blurry and one plus

color rendering

is a bit off again now let us max out

the zoom of all devices

needless to say that the galaxy leaves

its competition

far behind in this one, its results are

just impressive

considering that we are seeing 20 time

zoom here

next, we tested the stabilization feature

first a short one with the feature

turned off or in apple's case leave it

as it is

because the iPhone doesn't have anything

to adjust

as you can see the iPhone is pretty

shaky while the other two are actually

surprisingly steady

and now to test them with a feature

turned on well

it seems like the iPhone fell even more

behind and is extremely unsteady

although this might just be the direct

comparison let's see how the cameras are

handling getting close to an object

it seems like Samsung and z1 plus are on

the same page again

as you can go equally close with both

and they do not differ a lot then it

comes to sharpness

the iPhone on the other hand reaches its

limits pretty quickly

but more on the macro feature later on

as we are already talking about focusing

here is how the camera setups are auto

focusing on something that suddenly

appears

in the frame as you can see the one plus

is very very slow compared to its

competitors

and not very accurate the galaxy does a

a lot better but against the iPhone

it stands no chance its

autofocus

feels almost perfect so props to apple

now let us move to the slow motion

feature the iPhone is able to record 240

frames per second in 1080p while the

one plus

is capable of doubling that frame's

weight to 480 and 720p and the galaxy

moves even one more step

ahead recording 960 frames per second in

720p

the next feature that we are testing out

is the portrait mode

something that a lot of you were asking

us to include

in future videos before we go into

detail

about the performance of each phone we

have to remark

that apple doesn't have a video portrait

a feature so we had to use

a third-party software from the app

store to get a comparable result

and as you can see it doesn't exactly do

a great job

the one plus on the other hand shows its

competitors

how a video portrait feature needs to be

dealt with it is sharp

shows great details no edge blurring and

all of that

even while the camera is still moving

the only

the tiny flaw is again the overstated

saturation but besides that

an amazing job and for the last test we

are going to take a look at the selfie

video feature

and also testing the microphones this is

how the microphone of the one plus 9 pro

sounds like

and this is how the microphone of the

S21 Ultra & 12 Pro Max vs OnePlus 9 Pro Camera Test

iPhone 12 pro max

sounds like and this is how the

the microphone of the galaxy s21 ultra

sounds like that's it for the video

comparison

for now, I think the even more

the interesting part is how the cameras are

taking pictures

so let's have a look so first, we will

take a look

at the portrait mode which is always a

tricky part because

it came down to how good the algorithm is

recognizing what's going on

in the pictures speaking of which the

the algorithm on the one plus

doesn't work so well here because the

leaves around the head

are almost completely sharp the galaxy

does a bit better

but the shift from blurred to sharp is a

bit too heavy

the iPhone has the most natural

transition

and looks the best besides

that the three cameras mostly

differ in terms of color rendering the

galaxy has the strongest contrast while

the one plus

has the highest saturation although we

got to say

that the bulky effect or depth of field

on the one plus

side is a bit too extreme for our liking

but like the different color schemes

this is mostly just a matter of taste

moving on to the front camera

in portrait mode here we see the first

re-software failure

in this comparison video where the

one plus recognizes

something from the background as part of

my face the iPhone's picture is probably

the best quality-wise but way too

shallow for a selfie this is what the

galaxy

does a lot better its color scheme

saturation and contrast are just

very pleasing for the face now let's

move through the different cameras of

each phone

S21 Ultra & 12 Pro Max vs OnePlus 9 Pro Camera Test

the only notable difference with the

authorize lens is the saturation

the galaxy has the highest

and the iPhone

most likely looks the most natural you

can see the difference at best then you

focus

on the sky the roof and the grass

the same

can be said for the white camera so this

is mostly just down to personal

preference

the image quality of all three is great

until we zoom in

two times if you look closely you will

notice that the small gray building on

the far left is a little discolored on

the one plus

this is what we call the Maury effect

which is an optical failure

that tends to happen when cameras have

problems with periodic patterns

like this then zoomed in 10 times you

will notice that the overall quality is

starting to suffer a bit

besides the different color rendering

the iPhone shows stronger contours where

the one plus and the Samsung

appears a lot softer zooming in further

to 30 times which is the maximum zoom on

the one plus we notice an extreme

the difference in terms of

image quality for the first time the

galaxy just does an amazing job

showing great detail the font is very

sharp and the texture

of the stones is recognizable

the one plus and the iPhone on the other

hand are doing far worse and are very

blurry and if we go even one step

further which the galaxy is capable of

we see pure mesh on apples and one plus

side why Samsung's pictures are not great

but still usable

now let's check out the macro cameras as

you can see the pictures of the iPhone

is a lot further away

then the other two but this is actually

S21 Ultra & 12 Pro Max vs OnePlus 9 Pro Camera Test

the closest we could go before the image

would start to blur

the image quality of all threes is quite

good but since the picture of the iPhone

isn't comparable here you have

one plus and Samsung results from side by side

both do a very good job but the galaxy

is a little bit sharper

which is even more impressive than you

considered the fact that we are also

able to move even closer to the coin

before we make the transition from

daytime to nighttime photography

here are some pictures for you to get a

a better idea of the performance of the

different main camera lenses

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we start with the portrait feature

again and I guess it's obvious that all

three

have their problems with this mode in

low light conditions the galaxy is the

one with the least drain effect but also

being too dark overall it also has

problems with the saturation of its

background the iPhone probably has the

best result

being the brightest and having the

prettiest coloring and bulky effect

but sadly it's also very grainy and the

the software seems to confuse

the road sign for light sources and the

picture of the one plus

just looked bad overall next up more

examples shot in portrait mode

where the galaxy and the iPhone

generally have the same results as

before but the one plus shows a lot of

improvements to the picture before

this might be due to the software not

having too much to manage in terms of

the background but we can't be

sure

the front camera of all three phones

does a good job at least when it comes

to the background

and the bokeh affect the galaxy

beats them both

showing good detail sharpness and grid

coloring

before we switch over to the nighttime

video comparison here are some samples

to compare the overall photo quality

as you can see all three don't actually

do a good job when shooting with the

ultra red camera but we have to say that

there wasn't that much support

light on that square the results get a

a bit better when using the white lens but

none of these three cameras

is an expert but see for yourself

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alright as you could see how good a

camera is

mostly comes down to what you want to do

with it

all of these three camera systems have

their strength

and flaws so it's on you to decide which

camera system

is the most useful for you and your

needs I hope

this post could help you with your

decision and you enjoyed your time

I guess you won't see me that often in

front of the camera again

sam will hopefully be back soon let us

know in the comments below which camera

you like more

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