S23 Ultra vs S21 Ultra - Camera Comparison!

this is the Galaxy s23 Ultra and it came out a few months ago this is the S21 Ultra and it came out a couple of years ago obviously the newer phone is better in several different aspects but the only thing I really care about is how much better the

camera

s are so let's compare them Hey guys, I hope you're doing well so we have a few different categories that we'll go over in our

comparison

s and we'll start with the selfie

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that took the selfie camera on the s23

ultra

. a big drop in resolution from the S21 from 40 megapixels to just 12, but don't let the specs fool you, the new selfie camera is consistently Superior photos capture more detail, sharper, and often with a better color profile nicer, not always, although there are a few examples where the skin tones are a bit over the top but overall it's a worthwhile update.

Compared to the S21, the s23

ultra

features a new dual-pixel phase-detection autofocus which, in English, basically means you should expect much more reliable and faster autofocus to make sure you never get a blurry image, although I rarely encountered problems with the S21 Ultra as the video is also much nicer to watch on the Galaxy s23 Ultra, but don't take my word for it sitting here in the office, let's give it a try. When it comes to the selfie camera, I think it's a very clear and obvious win for the s23 ultra, not only because the colors look much more natural and pleasing to the eye, which is always the case when taking pictures and videos, but also because it's pretty clear that the sharpness and details you see in the image are much better defined with the s23 ultra, so here you can really tell that this phone is a couple of generations ahead of image stabilization. videos T1 Ultra. a dramatic improvement from the Galaxy S21 to the s23 ultra and that's not just due to the electronic image stabilization, which certainly plays a part, but the optical image stabilization has actually been improved and can now move twice as much on the s23 ultra and you . you can certainly tell the difference in some cases, it now does such a good job that you can't even notice you are walking, running, it also handles in a much smoother manner, although you still feel some minor shaking and nervousness, but much less noticeable.

As on the S21 Ultra, the same can be said for the stabilization of the selfie camera, this time it's all software-based, but it's still very impressive and certainly a generational step forward. On the S21 you can still make out every step, while on the s23 everything smoothes out and moves very well. As for zoom capabilities, the differences here aren't all that dramatic, and in fact, I've seen some mixed results overall. I would say that the s23 ultra has made slight improvements to the zoom cameras, but you can definitely say that Samsung was already quite happy with the performance of the zoom cameras on the S21 Ultra and they didn't want to invest a lot in improving that experience.

You may see slightly improved sharpness on the new cameras, but in most cases I don't think I could distinguish between all the new ones. I was very curious. to see how the s23 ultra would handle Moon images, this was already a big party trick on the S21 Ultra and Samsung really leaned into the marketing material on this for the s23, so my expectations were high, unfortunately I was disappointed and in fact the S21 Ultra seems To take better pictures of the Moon at first I thought it was a fluke, but I probably took about 20 different sample images of each phone in the last few months and every time the Moon of the S21 ultra looks better, we recently learned that these images are AI. improved, so I guess the processing on the s23 hasn't been refined enough yet, but it's still strange to see a feature on a new product, especially one that was marketed so much, with worse performance than on its predecessor, video in the main chamber of the s23. ultra definitely feels like a worthy upgrade over the S21, as we already discussed the video is more stable but it's also more vivid and sharp and the video features have been updated and slow motion video is still an afterthought but much better than before. 8K video now shot at up to 30 frames per second compared to the maximum of 24 you could have on the S21 Ultra and the end result is much nicer to watch.

The S21 Ultra seems to struggle to maintain 24 frames per second, while you only get the s23 Ultra. A nice smooth 30 frames per second, although Ice still thinks 8K video is a gimmick for now and is a few years away from becoming mainstream and actually useful to most people. Photos are very nice on the s23 ultra and the experience is Overall consistent with everything we've discussed so far, occasionally I'll be surprised at how good the camera system is on the S21 Ultra and I run into some scenarios where The images look better from the older phone, but you have to remember that the S23 ultra is still a fairly new device, while the S21 Ultra has had two years or, in fact, more than two years of software updates and those updates, some of them really made a difference when it comes to the quality of the images and videos that come out. of this device, so over time the s23 ultra will continue to improve overall, images retain more detail and better color science.

Sometimes the s23 ultra goes overboard with intensity and saturation, other times the S21 Ultra leaves images looking too dull and lifeless, even if it's technically To get a more realistic shot on the s23 ultra, you now have a sensor main 200 megapixel sensor which is almost double the 108 megapixel sensor of the S21 Ultra. The extra resolution is notable, although in most cases you won't be using this format as a file. The sizes are huge and these high resolution images often look worse than standard 12 megapixel images unless you have perfect lighting conditions. I would say that the extra resolution is useful when cropping an image and Samsung also seems to think so because they have done some marketing material about this, but I think that in most cases the optical zoom will provide a better end result.

Portrait images are again a step up from the s23 ultra. The background separation seems to be a little more precise, although it's not always perfect and you get all the details. benefits from the main camera which we have already interestingly covered on the S21 Ultra, it has a 2X zoom factor option when taking portrait images, this was not available at launch, Samsung added it in a software update after that consumers repeatedly requested it on the s23 ultra this is not available, did Samsung change their mind or did they just forget they added it to the S21 Ultra?

Who knows, in any case you can only use 1X and 3X for now, low light performance is where I've been. I'm most excited about the Galaxy s23 Ultra and it's actually the reason I upgraded from the S21 Ultra, so the verdict here is that the s23 ultra is a significant step forward, it captures more detail and has better color reproduction, but the biggest improvement for me is that night photos look like they were taken at night the S21 Ultra tries to illuminate the image and often the images end up looking too bright and are not pleasant to look at the s23 ultra lets the darkness be dark while still highlighting the important parts of the scene I have noticed that the s23 ultra usually wants to use night mode more frequently than the S21 Ultra, which isn't necessarily a good or bad thing, it's something to keep in mind and you may have to manually disable it if you try. to take pictures of fast-moving objects in terms of functions.

I think you already know that the new flagship will of course offer something more than the product from two years ago. In this case, the big new feature is the new raw expert mode that lets you tweak all the settings you want manually, from exposure to ISO to focus and more. I can see why this could be really interesting for some people who love to tweak their settings and have full creative control. Personally, I'm not really interested in this new feature. For me, the most important reason why this is the most important camera system in my life and I'm not saying this or the one I'm filming this video with now is because this device is always in my pocket and is always ready to take a video or a photo and most of the time the phone will figure out exactly what that photo or video should look like to make it enjoyable; however, it's great to have the option.

Another advantage of raw expert mode is that you have more control over editing your images. With photo editing software like Adobe Lightroom, you can decide whether to extract more information from shadows or highlights, change the white balance or color temperature and you can do all this after you have taken the image. The main cost of this is of course the file size, so a typical image taken with the phone is about two megabytes. Now a typical image taken using the expert raw option is about 30 megabytes or 15 times larger now, obviously if you use this feature frequently that will definitely add up.

Hidden Time Within the expert raw mode there are two more interesting features, one is astrophotography which optimizes the scene to take long exposure photos of the night sky, the other is called multiple exposure and this does not do what I thought it would do in my head , it just sounded like that. the phone would take multiple photos with different exposure levels to get a wider dynamic range, which seems to be more of an artistic feature where you can take a picture of something, then take a picture of something else and overlay or combine the two, which can create some cool effects, so in conclusion, Samsung has made some significant improvements to the s23 ultra's camera system, at least since the S21 Ultra.

I haven't had a chance to test the s22 ultra, so your mileage may vary if you're thinking about updating that photo, I'm not expecting to win any awards for finding out that the new phone is better than the old one, but I do find it interesting how much The software affects the power output and that's really evident in some of the images where the S21 Ultra actually outperforms the newer device. I'm not overly concerned and I'm confident that performance will continue to improve over the next few months, but it gives you an idea of ​​the reality of launching new products on the market and that is that often these products are rushed to get them out and start generating revenue, Even if the product itself could perhaps still use a little more development for me, the s23 ultra is a worthy upgrade over the S21 Ultra, even if on paper and in appearance there isn't much between the two.

I'll have a full review of the s23 ultra coming up soon so make sure you stick around and thank you as always for watching if you enjoyed this video please don't. Don't forget to leave a like and a comment, as it helps the channel continue to grow, take care and until next time, thank you.