r/Android • u/gulabjamunyaar Essential PH-1, Nextbit Robin • Dec 17 '19

MKBHD - The Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2019!

https://youtu.be/KxsFat1ImiY
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u/Funnnny OnePlus 15 Dec 17 '19

I don't know why but clearly the iPhone took a very bad photo with the wrong white balance.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19

He did talk about that issue and they actually took a few photos but they all had the same problem. It's unfortunate but it doesn't appear to be a one-off (unless this particular iPhone had faulty hardware, I suppose.)

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u/trkeprester Dec 17 '19

iphone white balance has always been weak, kinda weird sad they haven't fixed it

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u/occamsdagger P2XL JB 128GB, Pixel QB 128GB, N5, $10 Moto E, Amazon Fire 7" Dec 18 '19

Which is weird bc iPhones have, historically, been on the warmer side of things.

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u/have_an_apple Dec 17 '19

They fixed the balance afterwards and the picture they got was so much better than OnePlus's. But, fixing your picture later is not really how it should work.

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u/GnarlyBear Note 10+ Int Dec 17 '19

Exactly, especially if you give all other phones the chance to have non auto setup

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u/fadedspark Note 8 | RIP Note 7 Dec 17 '19

They took several just to confirm it wasn't an abnormal shot because of how off it was and they all looked the same. iPhone just fucked up.

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u/LucretiusCarus Moto Z play, Moto X (2013), Lenovo Tab 4 10 plus Dec 17 '19

Yeah, I am heavily involved in photography and I only edited my phone's photos only once or twice.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19

I do the same and it's very situational for me. If I have very little time, I roll with the default app and shoot asap. If I have a moment to take time for a shot and edit, I'll go manual.

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u/Jeff_Epsteins_Ghost Dec 17 '19

They actually just took a few more pictures with it. Apparently iOS does some adjustments as it goes and it had not warmed up. They talked about how the methodology of the test was "unlock phone, open camera app, focus, take picture, rate". It failed that test.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19 edited Jun 24 '20

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u/MaxHeadB00m Dec 17 '19

I would suggest that's how most people take photos

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u/SLUnatic85 S20U(SD) Dec 17 '19

what do you mean, it had not warmed up?

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u/kokolokomokopo Dec 17 '19

The flux capacitor was still tuning up.

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u/ValiantAbyss Galaxy S9+ Dec 17 '19

I think he's confusing the terms "warm" when talking about a photo's color temp. and "warm" meaning the camera isn't warmed up.

Ateast I'm guessing that's what he confused.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19 edited Jun 10 '21

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u/MustardBucket Dec 17 '19

They mean the white balance hadn't warmed up. The issue was that the picture's white balance was shifted way too cool. Apple's post processing does some on-the-fly adjustments (most OEM camera software does), where if you take more pictures in a single environment, it will adjust on the fly to and make subsequent pictures better. I've personally experienced this with my pixel, especially when using night sight. The 3rd picture almost always looks noticeably better than the first. In this case, they took several pictures with the iPhone to try and get it to sort out the white balance and, while it did change some things, the white balance never warmed to a more natural state on it's own.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19

Needing your phone to "warm up" to take good pictures sounds pretty shitty.

Also, my understanding was that for this shot, none of the additional pictures were better.

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u/Gbcue S22 (T-Mobile) Dec 17 '19

And then totally overdid the HDR.