Galaxy S21 Ultra vs Galaxy S21 Camera Test Comparison After Update!

[@dannywinget]

I know this comparison is late but this is AFTER both got a software update. Does the cheaper Galaxy S21 take better pics than the more expensive Galaxy S21 Ultra?

[@Photo0021]

The Ultra looks more natural to me so far.

[@dannywinget]

On Export the night mode shots didn’t get labeled! 😭 The second shot is obviously the night mode shot (The brighter and sharper shot) sorry about this.

[@tonytiger9106]

Good camera shoot

[@direkbaker149]

Pic S21 look better than s21 ultra . Try take photo on portrait mode on s21 ultra and compare again please

[@dannywinget]

Huh? There is a entire section on portrait mode 🤔

[@johnreypines6538]

At last, someone did something which is far from usual reviews and comparisons. Love your content as always! ❤️

[@ZacharyTheAgent]

This is exactly what I was looking for. The most important thing for me is being able to take photos of houses for my real estate business. I also take casual photos with the family. Given that the 10x zoom isn’t a priority to me (even though it looks fabulous on the ultra), I’m going to go with the regular S21. Thanks so much for guiding my decision!

[@gaszerwael2067]

Did you commit on the regular S21 tho? If so, How is it doing?

[@lbeetech]

The performance of the Samsung s21 line cameras this year has made a lot of iPhone users upset...

[@TheChazas]

I dont think it should make anyone upset, but rather the opposite. Competition and pushing each other for further improvements is always great.

[@lbeetech]

@@TheChazas You would think...

[@massimocrimi5796]

@@TheChazas yes agreed with you 💯 !!! I love my S21 Ultra black phantom ... this phone it's a monster !!!

[@c4me540]

@Brian Meers in what areas really

[@AdisopitoiTimwroi]

pretty the opposite i had s21 ultra for a week and the battery and heating issues was really frustrating and i traded for a 12 pro max my problems solved! i do really miss the zoom camera because its something your eye cant see and the 120hz screen refresh rate. but in the what do we all want a solid device that it well optimised for our daily usage. a lot of people still have issues with s21 ultra if you read european forums

[@Quoutub]

I have taken a screenshot of the 30x moon comparison and looked at the results. Surprisingly, the results are very similar. The S21 Ultra photo just has more craters (the S21 doesn't really show the Tycho crater), but many other craters/structures look basically identical with both phones! For example the rays of the Copernicus crater look nearly identical. The S21 moon photo also doesn't look more pixelated! This suggests that the S21 uses a lot of machine learning for the moon. Samsung already confirmed that they use machine learning for the zoom. Due to diffraction, it's physically definitely not possible that the S21 captures the same amount of detail from certain(!) moon craters.

[@RayCabrera1]

Great review, I actually own a S21+ in black and love the phone. I was actually wondering if I should sell it to upgrade to the Ultra, but seeing your comparison helped me see they are very similar unless you really need to use the Zoom feature.

[@Ploplox]

The zooms are something I didn't know I needed but now I have will never be able to go back to a camera without such good zooms

[@nino_kO1]

Same here

[@danbarnett9570]

Completely agree

[@ygordantas355]

congratulations Danny, you are one of the few content creators, who are showing the evolution of the cameras after the updates ... that makes me always connected to your channel.

[@shannonrolle8749]

Why isn't this guy at 1 million subs yet 🤔 let's get this man 1mil

[@dannywinget]

Yes please 🤣

[@moh_zahk8719]

@@dannywinget try to review budget phones specially those launching in India. And u can notice exponential growth of ur channel..

[@fiercepandaz]

Your example shots are amazing, so refreshing to see someone that's a real photographer doing these videos

[@TreyNAA99]

Why didnt they switch portrait mode with the 3x ? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mit6089]

Probably s21u’s 3x tele is 10mp upscaled to 12mp which makes images usually flat and noisy

[@TreyNAA99]

So cropping in is better ?

[@ebeaudry929]

Digital zoom in any shape is NEVER better than using native lens res. I would agree - huge mistake not using the 3x.

[@propersod2390]

I seriously hope it comes with an update because there isn't even much difference zoom wise between 2x and 3x but the quality will be a lot better thanks to the 3x being optical zoom

[@FineW_TurboM111]

@@Hyperion028 Typical samsung... Sigh.

[@content_by_john]

Great camera comparison I just got the S21 Ultra and I'm loving the camera.

[@ashia9945]

Thanks for the video! As someone that has small hands and prefers smaller phones, I was leaning towards the S21 but was interested in the Ultra because of the camera/battery. After seeing this review, I'll go ahead and stay in my comfort zone and get the S21.

[@johannesmariomeissner7262]

It's very appreciated that you took the time to re-do this comparison after the software update, many reviewers forget about the phones right after release.

[@cinderinafit]

Thank you! This is the video I've been searching for to answer my questions!

[@dannywinget]

Glad I could help!

[@BraulioPatriota]

Best camera samples and comparison! Great job! You are one of the few who get good landscapes and subjects for the sample photos.

[@chrisbairdfilms]

Huge fan of your camera comparisons, Danny! I always come to you for this stuff before anyone else. Appreciate all the time and effort you put into these. I would love to do this for a living!

[@hienho15]

I am surprised you haven't done a s21 ultra vs note 20 ultra camera comparion yet.

[@Anna.8057]

Thank you, thank you! I really waited for this video!

[@MrAlimtc1005]

Amazing video presentation, thank you! I really just wish that you have shown a comparison of the Slow Motion and Super Slow Motion that these two phones offer. Samsung have made a big change in that frontier to the S21 Ultra!

[@LunaDanu1]

When you gonna show us the s22 vs s22 ultra camera? You're the only one person getting straight to the point and showing me exactly what i wanted to see

[@fxmeful]

Thanks Danny for this great comparison!

[@mattmatt7998]

Can you please do a comparison of the S10 vs S21 ? Just curious. THANKS AND GREAT STUFF

[@jamessheppard918]

This is an amazing review. Thanks for sharing all the photos. Appreciate the hard work.

[@kayleynetting5356]

ive literally been watching so many s21 comparison videos to see how the camera would compare to my huawei p30 pro at taking moon pics and finally at the end of the video you answered my question! thankyou for a great review! i still cant decide which to get though!

[@cloudxenogear]

danny's camera comparison among the best! keep it up!

[@YgorCortes]

Absolutely fantastic video! Thanks a lot for the great content, as always! I was sold to the Ultra by the dynamic range alone already, and then came the night mode portraits. Finally an Ultra that's really worth it! Now I'm hoping Samsung gives us the option to use the 3x zoom camera for the portrait mode on the Note 21 Ultra!

[@ChillFantasticFive]

3x zoom for portraits and reduce motion blurr of moving subjects and I'll be happy (until s22 ultra comes out lol)

[@YgorCortes]

@@ChillFantasticFive exactly! 😄

[@phoqueme]

Wow... With the exception of the 30xzoom, which let's be honest, is an unnecessary luxury, I'm definitely going for the s21, great phone. Is there a major difference between the regular and the plus?

[@PVDofc]

I work as a private investigador, 30x zoom is actually useful! It's great not having to carry around a big ass camera.

[@sadpouofficialshop]

the difference is that the s21+ is a bigger phone with a bigger display and bigger battery. If you want better battery life and a larger display I would go for the plus model

[@alienware2149]

@@PVDofclol u mean u a spy

[@FactsRUs]

Is the regular s21 mirrorless or dslr??

[@lobstershrimp]

Thank you Danny. I got the update and thought "hope Danny does a test to see what camera improvements were made".

[@paulineglace9772]

This is such a great review & comparison! Really enlightened me on which one to get. Thank you!❤

[@sandrawillis8686]

The comparisons I was looking for AND Disney? Yes please 😜 Thank you!

[@dannywinget]

Ha yes always an excuse to go to Disney 🤣

[@badajoz711]

Great video, as always! Thanks for the effort👍 really gets me thinking about switching from my Pixel...

[@salomons5564]

What would be nice is to compare a Note 10+ vs a S21 Ultra so we could see if image/video quality has improved, of course zoom tests aside, curious..hmm Thanks for the video, these S21 series are amazing

[@zakitransitguytv]

😂Q😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@djawek]

Hey, which is better for ultra wide photos ? Thanks

[@narendrairengbam112]

How is the image from s21 sharper and more detailed than that of s21 ultra at exactly 1.47 in the video. The texture on the rock is far more detailed on s21 image and s21 ultra has some sort of motion blur or softness on the texture. Why is this? Was s21 ultra moving a little when the pic was taken? Even at 3.41 the texture on the concrete crocodile looks much more detailed on s21 image. This is confusing and disappointing at the same time. A more expensive phone taking less sharp images is unacceptable.

[@anangbrandon8254]

Love ur camera comparism always Danny keep the good work

[@ashamedashley389]

This might be a niche market comparison but could you compare the s20 ultra with s21?

[@thehavenly9888]

Please do a exynos Vs Snapdragon Samsung galaxy s21 ultra camera comparison.

[@mharro88]

The exynos is rubbish. I've owned both. Look at dxo

[@abhiroy8252]

@@mharro88 dxo is not reliable any more

[@ScrambleYolk]

@@mharro88 still believing in DXO? Its 2021..

[@stx7389]

@@mharro88 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@jordandinardo3083]

Great video Danny! I would love to know your opinion on DXOMarks s21 ultra camera review scoring a low 121 points. Wondering if you could do a video on this and take similar photos to the review and compare them with the competitors? I'm sure viewers would find this very interesting to watch.

[@lbeetech]

How is 121 low?

[@dannywinget]

What I think is this. Don’t worry about DXO. They are incredibly hard to trust these days and I think real world photo examples are only way to go. All of these cameras are so good now I don’t think it’s really an issue which one you buy.

[@yao8]

DXO didnt use the latest update they test their phones straight out of the box.

[@sicr626]

@@dannywinget dxo mark is really unreliable. Imagine 12 mini without zoom having a better score or last year S20 ultra? Hahahaha jokes.

[@shaf3006]

The real world test is the best reliable result, human brain process better on images

[@GHOST-cy7rc]

I think I really love the BLIND CAMERA type of comparisons the most tho. For fairness and unbiased judgement.

[@dannywinget]

I can see that but that really isn’t my style. It would make my job so much easier really if doing it that way but there is zero bias here. I couldn’t care less which camera takes the better shot. I think I am the only one that gives these many samples to back up my claims.

[@GHOST-cy7rc]

@@dannywinget Of course Danny... And you're really doing a very fine job... Indeed, no one gives an indepth review nor provide as much samples as you do. Thank you so much. My comment was solely based on the need for variety. That's all.

[@dannywinget]

True well I can introduce a blind test segment and see what happens. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@GHOST-cy7rc]

@@dannywinget and the implied *unbiased judgement* is really for the viewers and a honest assessment on their path, untainted by fanboyism and brand allegency.

[@jazzyfresh96diane]

I got the galaxy s21 in phantom Grey camera is awesome I wanted the ultra only because of the bigger zoom bit I'm happy with the s21 I switched from the iPhone 8plus

[@shaf3006]

The megapixel mean a lot when you want to print, from my experience I have a favorite landscape photo taken some years ago on my 12MP Galaxy S7 , I want to print it as a poster unfortunate not flexible to process and edit although I have a RAW file

[@ljli]

Danny, at 9:10 you said that it wasnt worth upgrading from the S20 to the S21 but in another one of your videos comparing the s20 and s21, you said it was worth the upgrade. Which one is it? :-P I'm in the market for one of them. Thanks!

[@osvaldograca3100]

Great comparison! Thank you. Took a lot of doubts!

[@moonearths2858]

Bro im telling you with the feb patch my s21+ has gotten way way better...it has the best overall camera in this price range...the picture quality you get is almost unbelievable and the videos look gorgeous.If anyone want to go with the base s21 they can very well go for it.. Its worth it. I'm extremely happy with this devices camera performance.

[@marianaoliveira4967]

O melhor vídeo comparativo que achei!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 parabéns, deu para tirar todas as minhas dúvidas.🇧🇷

[@mikef858]

Just upgraded from the S9 to the S21 did they ever update the portrait night mode on the S21 great video tyvm

[@sleepless51]

Grea2t review! Did you use Tripod on the night shots?

[@rinjaminbutton]

I'm over here really liking the ultra but I'm upgrading from a samsung galaxy s7 so anything will be a huge upgrade for me!

[@huntingcambo]

Again love your clear and honest comparison 💓

[@bachtiarhogi]

Nice video! Noone has ever done camera comparison from the same phone lineup.👍

[@Soto-Tech2020]

Nice comparison¡¡ I always use the flash if I want to take night portrait.

[@AkramulMazid]

Danny is the MVP when it comes to camera comparison.

[@fiddleronthenet3360]

This is a really useful comparison, thank you.

[@ducknmom]

What are your thoughts on indoor action videos with these two? My daughter does horse sports that I need to video, sometimes on zoom, and often inside an arena.

[@deleqtronica8733]

Get an iPhone if you want to take great videos.

[@wenwilloughby8197]

This is SO helpful, thank you!

[@حسينالعراقي-س6ر8ن]

نعم.. S21 يكون افضل من ناحية الدقة و الالوان في بعض الصور و هو يقارب الالترا بشكل كبير جدا لكن الاترا يتفوق بالزوم

[@SharleneFerguson]

Super helpful! Thank you so much!

[@Iago.Franco]

With Snapdragon 888 or Exynos 2100 ?

[@SweetZuni]

Both have great cameras, but I went with the Ultra. Great video, thank you!!

[@SivaKumar-rn2kf]

Nice comparison.. portrait night mode is a separate mode??

[@nakshipolly5666]

Which of these is the best quality for video? Samsung s10 plus Samsung s10 5g Samsung s20fe 5g? Samsung note 10 5g Samsung s21

[@anthonymacias5334]

You should make a vid of s20 vs s21 camera comparison Great vid btw

[@shoaibahmed8321]

which will be ta best phone for camera ? 1.oneplus 8 pro 2oneplus 9rt 3.oneplus 9r

[@oreoeats4624]

Thank you for an excellent comparison video!

[@wittykitty143]

Thanks for the video, this was really helpful!

[@jimking81]

S21 Ultra. Damm! 👍 I live in Europe so it could be more useful for me watch the Exynos camera performance.. Because from what I saw until now, the Exynos has better camera performance for photos but worst for videos..

[@infanrennish8342]

Looking for camera comparison between regular s21 & Mi 11 also Regular s21 & OnePlus 9 once it comes up..!! U give the most underrated, audience specific videos 👍👍

[@omaleadams2851]

Really love this comparison 💯 It helped a lot

[@hdwblade]

I love this. It just shows that Samsung's wasting space with their 108mp sensors. Pixel binning does a decent job saving it from being bad in low light, but a 12mp sensor if the same size would have been WAY better across the board. It's just so frustrating. A 1/1.3" sensor wasted by tiny pixels. They could have even made it 16mp and had a much better camera. Tired of the spec war, they think having big numbers gets them sales, when really they just end up in a downgraded experience vs what could have been. Even a 50mp or 32mp sensor at that size would have been better. I just don't get it. And then when shooting 1080p, they have to bin down 32 pixels to 1, but low light video isn't great because at some point the binning can't overcome the lack of light. I can't wait for a company to release a sensor of this size (or larger) at 12, 13 or 16mp.

[@LeMieux4092]

I have a samsung galaxy s8 and want to buy a new one. Are the differences also big with a jump to a s21 or it needs to be the s21 ultra...? Im a bit confused, im not all the time on my handy and i think for that price the normal s21 is the right one for me. I also prefere the size... what you guy think? Greetings from Switzerland

[@nipunsharma5351]

Hey Danny! Since this is an after update review I’m curious to know how much the S21 Ultra has improved since launch .. I had it but sold it coz of some horrible image processing issues I had observed early on. There was a lot of over sharpening and weird green digital noise. Has the overprocessing been rectified? I’m asking this particularly with regards to zooming in and pixel peeping. Samsung photos look good zoomed out. The compression artifacts and overprocessing is evident only upon close inspection. Would love to have your inputs here.

[@nipunsharma5351]

Well, this guy never replies.

[@borepopnikolov2477]

7:00 Is it possible to get the portrait night mode on the regular s21? I really want to buy the s21 regular but that is a key feature.

[@airbus3009]

Danny a have 1 question: when you use selfie night mode into a darknest place, it’s normal that S21 Ultra shows a square gray while taking the photo?

[@mh.2031]

I LOVED THIS VIDEO! Thank you so much, it was really helpful. I was thinking about buying a Canon 5d mark IV camera, because I'm planning to travel a lot, but since it's really huge, I would need a phone, too, with a great camera, so I don't always have to bring that huge camera with me. I have heard a lot about Galaxy S21 ultra, but it's so expensive for a phone to me, so I wanted to know more about the much cheaper S21. Do you think it would be great for pictures to insta stories? I want to create a traveler acc there.

[@killuazenitsu]

Very nice review, Danny. Thanks!

[@lordtardar4639]

I had never seen a review zoom in on human subjects this candidly to test zoom capabilities. 😂

[@goeasychristopheerson150]

Love the video! Great comparison 👌👌

[@Chris.p.moyles]

Thanks for this helpful video!

[@spike378]

3:24 is your answer in choosing your phone. Ultra has better sensor and optical zoom. The night shots is where it shines

[@Taskeenish]

Plz do a camera comperison between Huawei p40 + & s21 ultra. Because Huawei Ist introduce this 3x and 10x zoom.

[@raisingbarssince1978]

As a professional photographer some advice, unless you are in nature, you don't need the zoom and nothing justifies the much higher price of the ultra. Learn to be close to your subjects ;-)

[@joshuajay2886]

would you say the s21 ultra is worth an extra 200?

[@ansha2221]

your comparisons are great as always.

[@jonnyd13768]

So, let's be honest, for the average Jo, there's virtually no difference, and if you're not comparing side by side, you'd never know!!

[@MrStevenAttila]

Hi! I have a question. I have made a 4k video with a Galaxy S8 2 years ago, and I uploaded it to KZbin. What happened is, that it never shows 2160p quality, it shows only 1080p(on my PC), and this is frustrating! Any idea why is this happening? Thanks!

[@sgieoovo]

Thank you for this nice explanation.🤩🤩

[@baritonejwk]

Great Work! It helps my decision! Thanks!

[@PaulRankinYT]

I didn’t realise how close it could be but I always opt for Ultra or Pro version of phones, great video love these camera comparisons But little man stole the video with them Yeezy’s 🔥

[@Theskulloftech]

I've done a comparison between Exynos 2100 variants of both these and in my comparison the S21 has higher saturation than the S21 Ultra, rest is all the same. S21 delivers the best possible camera for that price for sure.

[@bhavinmistry5783]

Have you noticed any heating issues in exynos version?

[@blazinggadgets1774]

Snapdragon Note 20 ultra ( Honkong version ) is available in few stores in dubai . is it safe to purchase it ? Please reply

[@risidervishi5553]

Hey Danny! What u think about the DxOMark results?

[@maxvorobyev9596]

Dxomark 👎👎👎👎👎

[@ukphotography8569]

Thank you great review 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@sterling68]

Just curious if you've seen much difference with the S21 Ultra after the last few updates that have all listed camera improvements??

[@dannywinget]

To be honest I don’t see a huge improvement. The camera this year was good right from launch.

[@sterling68]

@@dannywinget yeah I couldn't see a massive change myself but I agree it's been great from the start unlike last year. Only had a few issues so far with shutter speed and sometimes my zoom lenses just won't focus at all but I'm sure it will be ironed out.

[@captainluigi9894]

@@dannywinget Good right from launch? Really? Did you really not notice any oversharpening and fusion errors? C’mon man! Seriously 😒

[@samuelfredrickdavid1349]

Thanks for the video mate!

[@grappler185]

Thanks. Nothing beats side by side visual examples.

[@hazil431]

Did portrait night mode come to s21?

[@21lanevo]

Can you do a s21 ultra vs iphone 12 pro max comparison again? There were some updates and wondering if there are major differences. I personally still think the Iphone 12 has better video (by a long shot), but maybe I am just biased.

[@omarhss7688]

Iphone is trash bro

[@Dinocis]

do the test on Instagram, I saw a lot of people saying that optimization works for photos, but not for videos

[@steve9348]

Someone chekc on and reply to this ^

[@Angel_Peg]

That's correct

[@Angel_Peg]

Best way to keep quality record from main camera and upload to ig

[@josepinillo7663]

Download instander and you will be able to upload high quality stories and videos from any android

[@Dinocis]

@@josepinillo7663 I already use, and recommend

[@lukebiernbaum]

Great video, thanks!