S24 Camera Looks Bad

[CV88]

Hi all,

I had Samsung S10 and recently got S24. My background is photography so image quality is quite important, I don't expect much but compared to S10, S24's images just look horrible.

I've tried to take some photos of my baby, all same condition and not only the image is not as sharp, it also looks gritty, grey and over processed, skintone looks really bad as well. It's not a matter of exposure as well cause it still looks grey and gritty when it's brighter.

I have tried diffrent settings, download Camera Assistant, shot with 12mp at 1x, tried to change Intelligent optimisation... They still look off.

I've also updated software to One UI 6.1 if it makes any difference?

Is this a known issue and I have to learn to live this or is there anything can help?

Thank you,

[johnz237]

Hi! Welcome to the Samsung Members community.

It's very strange that your S24 has a worse camera.

However, Samsung Members compresses images, so these photos will look identical. Noticing that the colours seem nicer on the S24? Unless this is a lighting change.

Have a look here for camera help:
https://youtu.be/_26YLtt-Ym0?feature=shared

[CV88]

Thank you for your reply!

I guess it's objective to compare photos to photos, just frustrated considering this is a new phone with better specs, yet can't take good photos for my liking.

I've literally just watched that video and tried them all. Unfortunately, the only thing seems to help is to shoot with Expert Raw or shooting in Raw and adjust them later, which is far too much work for phone images, lol

[johnz237]

That's totally fair. Unfortunately, sometimes personal preferences aren't met.

The S10 has a 10MP camera, while the S24 has a 50MP one. So, theoretically, it's a lot better. Be sure to go to settings and have a look through. Sometimes people prefer turning off automatic optimization. Additionally, download GoodLock (a Samsung-made app) and download Camera Assistant.

[CV88]

The other thing is noticed when shooting in 50mp that it will automatically adjust the image after taking it so the image looks different (usually worse) than how it appears on screen. How annoying!

[Glenntech]

Got to admit that I side with @johnz237
As he has said the Members site compresses the images.
Do you have a screen protector on the phone. Some of the low quality ones will make the screen more grainy.
Seeing the photos on here, the S10 has definitely more exposed the highlights than the S24
I like the colours of the S24
Not seeing the graining.

Personally I'd use the Expert RAW. You can edit the images just as you want it

[johnz237]

Be sure to go to camera settings, optimizations, and set to minimal if you don't like the adjustments.

[CV88]

S24's image just looks too HDR, highlight is pulled back too much which makes the image looks 'dirty' and not natural if it makes sense, not the grain or noise I mean.

I like Expert Raw bit can't stand the 1s wait everytime you take photo and then the processing time. I take lots of kids photos so need something quick and easy.

[CV88]

Not sure if you can see this.

That's the first thing I did but the colour just looks completely grey and grainy (top image), Maximum is the bottom.

 

[johnz237]

Are you using 3x zoom? Ive noticed this with that