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hey it's Joshua Fedora what's going on everybody and this is a portrait of me that will come back to a little bit later welcome to this camera comparison between the samsung galaxy s 9 and the Google pixel to excel now we're looking at the s 9 plus and that doesn't change things up too much but the s 9 plus does have a zoom lens so you get that telephoto but on top of that are all of the different enhancements that Samsung put into its main lens mainly the dual aperture F 1.5 and F 2.4 are available because of actual blades in the lens we've documented that quite a bit already here at Andrew authorities so make sure you check out our full review and in these camera comparisons you can head over to Andrew authority comm for the full galleries between these two devices but also take a look at the huge comparison we did including the galaxy s 8 and the iPhone 10 now they're gonna be a lot of different shots where we can chime in and give a little bit of perspective but what we wanted to do in this video is pass it off to all of you let us know which of these photos in all of the examples that you like more whether they come from the pixel to excel or the galaxy s 9 plus now of course the galaxy s 9 plus has a much different philosophy from the pixel to Excel Google uses machine learning and all of the different photos that they've amassed over the years in order to do good data processing and that's why they only have one camera on the back so that no matter what photo you're trying to get it's going to use all of that algorithmic processing to create the best final result now as you've probably seen in the last few photos there's a lot to like about the color in either of these phones but the galaxy s 9 plus seems to expose a little bit more the pixel to excel tends to go a little bit more contrasty and also a bit lower on its exposure which usually makes colors kind of pop out more and it makes sure that detail is at the forefront however in mid light situations like going indoors the galaxy s 9 plus exposes subjects a bit better which is going to be more preferable as the light starts to go dimmer if there isn't an amazing amount of light on the subject or on the scene the Samsung contestant just better exposes the image capturing brighter and more vibrant colors as well as good detail even when there's not a whole lot of light lighting everything up in terms of detail it's going to be a toss-up between these two because they're doing very different things to capture the best possible scene Google's device captures usually the overall better picture in terms of contrast and color usually in low-light shots that pixel to excel seems a little bit more detailed but the galaxy s 9 plus is a bit softer because it's more focused on making a better exposed to shot rather than the most detailed shot possible case in point going back indoors in a low-light shots especially with this food that we're looking at the galaxy s 9 over exposes a little bit which does get rid of some of the detail so the galaxy s 9 plus is trying to make sure that in dark situations you still get a usable photo but it's not going to necessarily be the best detailed the fact that the pixel to excel renders a bit more contrast II usually leads to more stylized photos and in broad daylight shots especially in landscape shots it might mean that the shadows are a bit darker than they should be in order to depict the proper scene the galaxy s 9 plus because it is always trying to expose pretty much everything in the shot then in landscapes the galaxy s 9 is a little bit better at showing the diverse colors and the textures within the scene and we talked a lot about algorithmic processing but it is sort of the super-powered version of HDR plus which was pioneered by the Google pixel originally what it's basically doing is getting as many photos and as many shots of the same scene so that it can put all of them together to create the best possible final shot now the galaxy s 9 plus now has this as well with multi frame processing thanks to the RAM built into the camera module but the pixel to excel just has way more data to pull from that means that low-light shots that are using HDR to expose and to render the scene properly are a little bit better that just means that in low-light situations when using HDR the pixel 2xo just is able to get a little bit more detail out of certain spots that are uneven with the rest of the scene this is one prime example while the galaxy s 9 Plus does expose the photo a little bit better so you are able to use it in good low-light situations the pixel to excel just tries to marry all of those good aspects into one good photo and finally we can talk about selfies or more specifically portraits both of these cameras have a proper portrait mode on the rear cameras while the Samsung Galaxy S 9 uses a dual lens setup to achieve its effects but where the pixel 2 really shines is on the front-facing camera because it has that portrait mode built into it even if it's not the most powerful front-facing camera that pixel to is processing really does a good job of bringing probably some of the best selfies we've seen the Galaxy S nine plus on the front-facing camera also has selfie Focus which softens things even more because it's trying to make a bouquet effect behind the front subject the rear portrait mode on the s9 plus does do a slightly better job of figuring out where the subject is but it also can get messed up from time to time and so there you have it a comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S nine plus and the Pixar 2 XL cameras we really want to know what you guys think about these and we just wanted to provide some perspective on some of the photos that we took while out in LA so really the gap between these two phones is not all that big the galaxy s 9 plus has more features in terms of what you can do with the camera while the pixel 2xl kind of keeps things more simplistic and is more of an auto shooter we will say that on a more consistent basis the s 9 plus is able to expose scenes better in low-light shots but the pixel to excel is really trying to make sure that detail is what it focuses on the most and I mean that the photo is a little bit less exposed compared to the s 9 but it really matters what you want out of your photo and that's what we want to hear from you in the comments down below comparing cameras is always a subjective matter but we try to just provide you with this video and with the gallery at and rathore decom so you can enjoy photos from these two great cameras so let us know what you think in the comments down below which one you would pick and let us know why after that you can head on over to Andrew authority comm for reviews of both of these devices and for more comparisons and more of the best from Android Authority because we are of course your source for all things Android