Google Pixel 8 VS Samsung Galaxy S23 Camera Comparison!

[@patrick.771]

The S23 would be the perfect camera phone (good size, good lenses including zoom) but the oversaturation completely destroys it for me. As a landscape photographer, I prefer the more natural colors of the Pixel.

[@bluespy377]

you can turn off scene optimizer on the samsung to get more accurate colors or use manual mode

[@tytystgvsh89w625]

They are still oversaturated😅​@@bluespy377

[@jordanjackson8873]

The front facing camera and video quality are better tho. The pixel just has better still photos for the standard camera lens.

[@mpr1241]

​@@bluespy377 Does it stop the oversaturation? Thanks

[@Travisbrando]

​@michelrodrigues1241 There's is no difference

[@hsimpson1152]

Pixel 8 did much better than i thought it would. Thanks for comparing what you see with your eyes regarding colors and lighting vs what the phones show. It gives us a point of reference that a lot of reviewers never mention. Great job.

[@RedskullPro]

If we wouldn’t have both pictures side by side it would be hard to know

[@robp3431]

P8 pictures are to my liking. I went from S22 to P8P, and am very pleased with the more-natural colors and increased dynamic range.

[@adrianh4n]

Turn scene optimizer off on S23 if you want natural colors.

[@mr-jakob-1943]

Really ??

[@Peter-vo8fx]

Would be nice If Samsung gave us a toggle for 'natural colors' for the camera like they have one for the display.

[@RivieraByBuick]

there actually is one.

[@Peter-vo8fx]

@@RivieraByBuick You mean Scene Optimizer on/off? I would like to go deeper into the color and exposure settings, as it is possible with the iPhones...

[@RivieraByBuick]

@@Peter-vo8fx yes optimizer. well u can always use different camera app on android.

[@BrandNewUsername]

Pixel wins for photos but isn't the best for video. Though I would like Google to revisit the image rendering for the front camera because it seems to darken eyes quite severely in every review I've seen to date.

[@Cristi3453]

Samsung pictures are the best for social media,i like the over sharpened photos,hopefully in the next updates they will keep the same.Both phones perform good it's about personale preferrence...

[@RedskullPro]

Funny how about 3 updates ago the pictures from the S23 were less saturated...

[@ozzzy3z946]

Photo quality is so close in most of today's phones you probably wouldn't notice a difference if they weren't side-by-side.

[@Altoseb]

Correct sir.

[@EduXploR]

For stills no one can beat pixels but difference isn't that great. But having snapdragon gen 2 makes a huge difference.

[@infanrennish8342]

Great video responding to user comments 😊 I am gonna lean towards S23

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@nilskiemle9556]

Pixel really is a camera phone but the performance and battery is a deal breaker for me. That tensor G3 is just not efficient and powerful

[@86Vonster]

Have you tried macro photography these cameras? Any difference between them? Thanks

[@johngoogleuser3764]

Pixel 8 video stability struggles with a lot of skipped frames compared with galaxy

[@aniclip6198]

Pixel does better in most of the cases in my opinion. Samsung kindda over process things like tree leaves look over sharpened and even in the day time videos, pixel's dynamic range is better as well. Great video. 👌

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with everyone!

[@akagetobimaru1994]

But for me i like the samsung better.... I'm not bias too... The night time shot looks nocer on the samsung..yhe pixel was uite grainy... But anyway it depends on personal preference

[@gueck77]

You can use pro mode on s23 to avoid overprocessing

[@RedskullPro]

You can

[@olgaiordatieva330]

But the thing is, one would like to take a fast photo and get a nice result... you won't play with pro mode if you want to take a pic of a child for example

[@pbasswil]

For consumer products like these we don't really distinguish between the capabilities of the cameras' hardware (lenses & sensors, etc) and their digital processing (software algorithms), which makes up so much of the phone photography experience. You may not like the specific rendering that each phone gives in a particular scenario; but if you learn to tweak the results in Edit mode, you can often closely match the results of these phones. Both are fantastic instruments - in many aspects they're far beyond any camera we may've owned in the pre-smart phone era.

[@a1105536]

Concur. When I look at these shots taken by reviewers, their ability particularly in low light is astonishing with what they produce (hardware + software). Its far beyond what I was able to capture on a long cycle touring trip (aus to sweden via africa) in 2010-11 using an early Olympus PEN M43 set-up, despite having nice glass (like the 20mm pany lens, and a shoe horned 50mm Nikon f1.8 for manual portrait/tele shots). When I look at some of the great shots I took of night and landscapes with that camera at the time... they are crap compared to what I could have easily achieved with either of these smartphones, particularly when it comes to dynamic range. Speed of these smartphones just blows the old equipment away, as well. When I look back, I am still really happy with what I captured, there's some beautiful memories. I just don't need to blow serious money on camera equipment any more, to be happy with my photography, enjoy it, and capture experiences to share :-)

[@roskapostit2609]

I agree. But majority of the phone camera users doesn't like (or can) to edit anything they just point and shoot. So it's very important how the camera works in it's default and automatic settings.

[@pbasswil]

@@roskapostit2609 True, but also: the majority of consumers that never adjust their pics at all are much less critical of tonality & colour & exposure, than folks like you and me. It's disatisfaction (or evolved aesthetic tastes) that drives a person to figure out how to make adjustments. For most people, their visual discrimination lags behind even an average modern phone cam's capabilities.

[@tubazyoutuba]

Is autofocus available in wide angle in pixel 8?

[@paulc4878]

Thanks for the great video Alex! Was wondering how much of a difference you found between both phones for 3x photos, as it was hard for me to see much difference in the sample shots. I've found 3x to be the sweet spot for my use case.

[@RedskullPro]

I couldn't actually see a difference for 3x zoom...it almost looks like the pixel had sharper pictures somehow... but if you would do 5x or more you would notice a difference with the s23 doing better

[@paulc4878]

@@RedskullPro Thanks so much Alex that's really helpful to know!

[@plmn93]

That's what I noticed as well, the Pixel actually had way more detail in the picture of that white van, particularly in the curb in the foreground and the house in the background.

[@steffmkd]

Great video like always, even though galaxy is 10 months older than the pixel, in my eyes its still better. Thank you

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video! Yeah the S23 is the better phone out of the two, not only for cameras but for everything else

[@Filip_111]

Didn't you pretty much prefer the Pixel 8 in almost every scenario though?@@RedskullPro

[@RedskullPro]

I did in this video but, the S23 changes those pictures with every update...somehow the last update made those pictures over saturated ...

[@Elazarko]

But I'd still consider the pixel 8 is still a new phone so it should get it's own major updates to better the camera, no?

[@Nemenai01]

The labels are swapped at the beginning for the video comparison. Pixel 8 is on the right and S23 on the left. The rest of the video its the other way around. Is that correct?

[@RedskullPro]

It is correct as it is marked. I had to swap them the other way around the way I had the phones turned for the front camera video sample

[@yamahass66]

4:59 could you please tell us the exif info, the shutter speed and iso on both? Pixel 8 higher the iso or having a longer shutterspeed to make the picture brighter then the s23.

[@RedskullPro]

Pixel: f2.2 1/2 ISO 1602 Galaxy s23: f2.2 1/4 ISO2500

[@yamahass66]

@RedskullPro Thank you! Interesting pixel has much more noise. Seem about equal in details. Hard to see on a TV and not zooming in. Tree looks much worse on pixel 8.

[@fedurrrass4226]

More noise becouse more detail. Samsung more processing ​@@yamahass66

[@DudeGamer8]

The S23 has something called "Super Steady" (not sure about Pixel), can I ask did you enable it on this comparison?

[@kingsaab2213]

Pixel 8 like very nyc camera and video graphics very smoothly so like this and very well phone so ❤

[@JBEAN]

Really like the s23 video stabilisation, but the photos are way too saturated which is so annoying. I want the photos from the pixel 8, but the stabilisation of the s23 😂

[@Britec09]

Thanks for doing this Alex.

[@RedskullPro]

My pleasure!

[@jesicaguevara8673]

Thank you so much for the video. Amazing video, pictures, explanation and very helpful. But now I'm more confused on which one to choose😂. Amazing job you did. Thank you.

[@usmanabdulkadir3334]

Great camera comprision as always Alex brother

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks again!

[@ray101892]

I thought I would get used to it after 6 months but nope. The s23 in automatic mode always overexposes and oversaturates pictures. Lowering the brightness a notch instantly results in pictures similar to the pixel 8.

[@RedskullPro]

I think a few updates ago the S23 was doing way better for pictures

[@Moyaiville_Productions]

​@RedskullPro The June update was the real peak, honestly But One UI 6 is about to release so I'm hoping it does improve the camera too

[@ffn886]

Galaxy s23 the better phone for me especially in video stabilization. Far better than pixel 8. Even night shots still for galaxy s23.👏

[@leonardodavinci7425]

No

[@Nick-me9tl]

Thanks my friend! Witch battery do you prefer? S23 or Pixel 8?

[@RedskullPro]

Pixel 8 does better for battery life but the S23 is twice more powerful

[@tristantent]

​@@RedskullProTry 4G/5G on Pixel vs S23

[@Paulus8765]

Very useful review. Thanks a lot. I'm curious about the 3× telephoto, because the magnification is not the same. Which phone has better detail of a distant object?

[@RedskullPro]

The S23 will have better detail when zooming in

[@shashankk6248]

Good work ❤ sir Which phn do you prefer?? B/w two I have confusion

[@RedskullPro]

Overall i think i prefer the S23… but not only for the cameras… the overall experience

[@ashanherath93]

did you get the images with scene optimizer on in the s23?

[@RedskullPro]

yes

[@SraboniTalukdar-im4sh]

For vlogging which one you suggest?

[@RedskullPro]

I would personally go for the s23

[@jasonthaler7328]

Ok, there are wins on both sides but one thing i do find a big defference in: video at night on the pixel look soooo bad :/

[@austynstephens9263]

I don't know what happened with the edge detection on the Pixel phones. I had a Pixel 2, and I feel like they used to be better with portraits. I hope Google fixes that with a software update or something.

[@RedskullPro]

a few years back the pixels used to have the best edge detaction...not so much these days

[@ÆßV]

Bro, do Pixel 8 vs iphone 15 if possible. Great comparison btw 🥂

[@RedskullPro]

Unfortunately I only have an iphone 15 pro

[@RedskullPro]

I only have the iPhone 15 Pro 😅

[@ÆßV]

@@RedskullPro No prob bro.

[@roskapostit2609]

Which ever you choose you can't go wrong. Both are a very good consumer (and partly pro) products.

[@Pra_savec]

Realy interesting comparassion. Thank you.

[@ChristianBungert]

Well i had s23 for a week and sent it back!: Galaxy S23 does a lot of things (very) good. It has good size and weight, design and all. But especially cameras are disappointing. High noise in pictures, blurry/unsharp spots aswell. You can find many others with those technical issues since launch of the phone, nothing happened ( updates?!) Three days after setting it up, the OneUI wouldn't let me search for apps in home screen..next day it worked again.. So, no thanks! Gonna try Pixel 8 soon.

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for sharing your experience with everyone! Maybe for the best since the S24 is getting released today

[@himanshugautam3506]

Pixel 8 create mirror videos in front camera? Plz reply

[@johnathanblade1]

The Pixel 8's main sensor is noticeably superior in most circumstances but the S23's Ultrawide sensor is going much better at night. The image quality of the S23's daytime video from the main sensor is surprisingly disappointing as compared to the Pixel 8.

[@RealEnglishClasses]

Watching on s23 ❤❤❤

[@RedskullPro]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@marksouthwell4490]

Both superb, but i generally prefer the pixel stills . Can't go wrong with either. Plus the pixel 8 is a lot cheaper

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@olufunkelois7052]

simply, do you want it natural (P8) or colored (S23)

[@RedskullPro]

100% how it goes

[@thiaguraja4839]

bro i am looking for a ph for videography for wedding shoots. As my wife is a make up artist, i am looking for a mobile to upload vids in instagram. i am confused with iphone 13, s23 and pixel 8. If videography is my primary prefence, which one do u prefer. waiting fr ur reply, brother!!!!!!

[@aman0942]

Iphone

[@tom1399]

It's weird, to me for photos, the Samsung oversaturates the colours, but for videos, the Pixel oversaturates colours. I wonder why this is?

[@ID302]

Thanks for the video comparison! Actually I am chosing one of the pnones to buy right now. And in my opinion, the Samsung s23 did slightly better photos on selfie camera and better overeall nature's photos ( and yes, I prefer more vivid colors ). Pixel 8 handles night time photos better right from the box. P.S. you can easely get Google Camera port mode on S23 and get more natural photos for particular scenarios :)

[@mpr1241]

Google camera port mode? Could you explain how? Thank you.

[@ID302]

@@mpr1241 Just try to google "google camera port apk galaxy s23" and the first link (at least in my country) leads to it 😉 It's just an apk install file. I didn't try the s23 version, but the "google camera port mi 9 version" works perfectly fine on my Xiaomi MI 9.

[@ID302]

@@mpr1241 p.s. also, please share your results with me if you already own Galaxy s23. How the port works on it. Thx

[@ID302]

​@@mpr1241 p.s.s. don't see my first reply... seems it could be hiden. So will write it in another manner. Try to find: "google camera port apk galaxy s23"

[@mpr1241]

@@ID302 I am asking you the question...

[@8G24S23]

I've been a pixel guy since the release of 2XL that became my phone then later upgraded to pixel 5, before upgrading this year ofc I waited for Pixel 8 after knowing G3 wasn't even equal to 8+ Gen1, I chose S23 the camera is still an upgrade over the pixel 5 anyway also never thought I'd use the zoom lens often than ultrawide, kinda wish I got the s23 when release. The S23 takes the front cam, zoom and video. Overall Pixel 8 takes w no surprise there.

[@funnyy5010]

Please compare camera between pixe7 pro vs pixel8 pro

[@RedskullPro]

I don't have the pixel 8 pro...

[@NTC]

thanks, you helped me made my decision: Samsung is still the first choice!

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@czargoroth]

thank you for this incredibly thorough video! i was on the fence for which of these 2 phones to get and this was the most helpful🙏

[@RedskullPro]

Glad I could help! Which one did you go for?

[@omegared9509]

When pixel 8 pro vs iphone 15 pro max? :)

[@RedskullPro]

Probably never since I don’t have either phone 😀

[@Misko1212]

Don't know but that 3x zoom pictures looks better on Pixel. It's closer and much more details you can see

[@janfin8834]

Great job, thank you Alex!

[@RedskullPro]

My pleasure!

[@dstawicki]

Thanks Niko Bellic, this is what I was looking for!

[@RedskullPro]

😀

[@WhitefirePL]

Well I heard this galaxy s23 often comes with a main lens distortion - the issue even has a name, 'banana blur'. On the other hand it works longer with 1 charging. Eh it's a hard decision.

[@Alina-hy4yg]

How long is the battery life for samsung s23?

[@RedskullPro]

4h

[@snrnsjd]

4 hours??!! 😂

[@dustcake2576]

literally have the same hobby as you, motorcycle and tech

[@RedskullPro]

This is the way!

[@Z-Warrior3470]

Wow! Fantastic detailed review. Was looking for something like this. Thanks for making this video.

[@ahmadzulqanain2000]

Can you change lenses during 4k 30fps video on the s23?

[@RedskullPro]

Yes

[@ahmadzulqanain2000]

@@RedskullPro thank you

[@jejunamja]

NIce job and thanks for all the work it took to put this together.

[@RedskullPro]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Whahah]

What bike is that?looks cool

[@RedskullPro]

This is the Honda NT1100

[@stuartzimmermann4180]

Take it these were using auto mode . I usually go for one with better detail as with editing you can change the colour saturation and sharpness to your own liking

[@RedskullPro]

All auto

[@sorational]

I'm stuck with a choice even more. They have the same price now and they have pretty similar photos as well. Damn it.

[@RedskullPro]

I would get the S23 between these two

[@yqf051]

Can I say for the differences or the drawbacks S23/S24 has compared to iphones or pixels, they can be fixed by the camera settings?​@@RedskullPro

[@AyalaRamos]

Great Video! It seems like unless you do a lot of video, pixel 8 is the best hands down

[@RedskullPro]

Yeah. Even for video it still does okay if you aren’t doing crazy movements.

[@gco2075]

First time I saw Alex making comparison of go pro and akaso, I was impressed by the amount of dedication and effort Alex puts into analysis and comparison. Since then if I need expert review and comparison I come to see Alex's take on it. Thank you Alex for you work and awesome content. Keep up the good work! 👍

[@RedskullPro]

Wow, thanks!

[@naturesideofficial]

I will say that samsung always overprocessed and blurry video all scence. But the pixel and iphone video quality too close, natural rendering and consistent exposer. Also u can check the dxomark ranking

[@shaunigothictv1003]

Excellent comparison.

[@RedskullPro]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@shaunigothictv1003]

@@RedskullPro ✌️✌️

[@QuicknStraight]

The Pixel 8 exposes better in pretty much every photo. And has more accurate colour and WB.

[@sagarjadhav1736]

Edge detection problem on P8 is from ages

[@udipta21]

I can't imagine using the Samsung camera for anything with that oversaturation

[@serious6647]

The main thing verdict s23 saturated color camera but with a high end snapdragon gen 3 Or pixel 8 natural color camera with high mid range tensor 3 chip I perfer natural color but i did like every single selfie from the galaxy compare to the pixel. Pixel makes you look too pale

[@F4yaa]

4k 30 looks solid on the selfi camera

[@daveshield6637]

Deveriss hcer videos con ya actualizacion de cambio d eidiomas

[@andyr72]

This video crashed 3 times on my Roku TV and won't play. Never seen anything like it. Watching on my phone now. 🤔

[@rhn759]

7:11 a rocket 🚀 in the sky?

[@RedskullPro]

maybe :)

[@Alex49928]

The pixel 8 is very great for his price

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@artistcoder4945]

s23 for video and portrait photo

[@marksouthwell2699]

I like both , although I like the pixel 8 slightly more

[@tasteofnostalgia4790]

Pixel pictures look better, have more light and colors it seems. Saying that, I'll still probably end up with the s23.

[@Ogura_Tech]

Pixel is the best for me

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video and sharing your thoughts!

[@epbiebic]

Pixel bad at night, because the chipset are bad

[@rishikeshm7555]

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[@rishikeshm7555]

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[@tristantent]

Pixel front cam doesn't have AF but it still better

[@NizarNoor]

Definitely Pixel by far! 👍👍 Thanks for the detailed comparison!

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for watching!

[@ReminMattyJohn]

Are you from 🇪🇬 Egypt??????

[@RedskullPro]

No

[@nakshipolly5666]

Sumsung s23 best❤

[@Phedro-yaz]

As cores do google são bem melhores achei a do 23 muito saturadas principalmente na fiomadora

[@Mdsakilkhan-ci6mj]

Your video nice.I am from Bangladesh.

[@RedskullPro]

Many many thanks

[@Ghost-lt4sf]

Pixel 8 really seems to be much more stable

[@YoungDolph_79]

S23 Ultra

[@RedskullPro]

No Ultra in this video 😀

[@hafidSidiyahla]

Galaxy s23 ❤

[@Gary0557]

Alex you should remove those glasses, you look like a gangster. 😂

[@RedskullPro]

I actually didn’t have my regular ones with me 🤣 those ones I keep in the motorcycle’s “trunk” all the time

[@nipunshrestha6334]

Vs iphone 15 please

[@patripatripatri]

Pixel 👍

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@VumiVumi-w8k]

Pixel photo n front camera photo or video are best

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video

[@yourname322]

pixel 8 selife camera look's great.

[@cristikki]

Pixel is better for me.

[@RedskullPro]

Thanks for checking out the video!

[@bogdanroginsky488]

Ору от этого акцента английского )))

[@Johnkasonde725]

My guy sounds like gru🤧

[@1AlexS]

🤩

[@super_co6621]

s23 plus vs 15pm