Seriously, what is up with this camera? S24+

[LisaLD]

UPDATE: I'm not sure if the camera was included in the last update, however it's drastically imporved. The contrast has reduced and so has the saturation, and it finally catches sharp photos which is evident when taking photos of my cats. Outdoor photos are also way better and capture amazing detail in clouds, landscapes and colour. Finally better than my Pixel 4XL. I have to point out that I'm only using the 12mp camera as the 50mp just washes out the photos and still don't look great. 

Hi all,

Just upgraded from a Pixel 4XL to the Galaxy S24+. Overall it feels like an upgrade, but the camera feels like a massive downgrade. 

From reading reviews it seemed everyone agreed that the Galaxy has one of the best cameras on the market. The 50MP camera was a draw, and overall the stats promised it would be better than my Pixel, which is now a 4 year old phone. 

However the S24 camera is producing photos that are very high in contrast, quite blurry, very lacking in sharpness, and either is too dark or too high in exposure. It's creating an odd blur especially on my black and white cat, as if the camera doesn't know what to do. 

So please, is this going to improve with an update or am I stuck with a subpar camera that can't be used in low light, but only in very good lighting? And one that can't take good photos of my cats, which are the things I take a photo of most. 

Here are some photos, named based on which camera took them:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11CrlHVJdLobmT7EaQtVC8u1i88u4MHGC 

[Whattt]

The cameras is pure garbage. I've literally not had a worse camera in the last 7 years which is 5 other phones. A 7 year old phone had a better camera than this. Really wish i would've returned mine. Will be trading it the first opportunity i get. 

[Yb5]

I use 50MP, it was okay and bright when I took this picture. But, it automatically adjusts the picture to a dark and high exposure when stores it. It was a bright outdoor. Anyone can help how to return the quality (brightness) of my picture, try to use Photo editor but doesn't help. ?

[S24 cameras are krap]

Don't use Samsung Gallery app anymore for viewing pictures. Remove any permision for the Samsung Gallery app. Install a new gallery app of your choice from Google play, and use it for viewing pictures. I'm using Aves, if you're wondering which one to use.

Set Intelligent optimisation to minimum from the Samsung camera app.

Now, the dumb A.i.  will still do some processing after taking the picture (you can tell by checking the several seconds it takes for the new picture to appear in the Aves Gallery app), but it's not ruining the photos anymore, like it did before.

Hope this helps.

[Omkar Sonawane]

Hello Lisa, thank you for your update, as it has been over an year now for s24+ and your update, how is the camera performing now?? i am planning to get the same s24 + to my dad and he needs an good camera and s24+ is fit in all aspects display, size, and everything just concerned about the camera, also in India we get exynos so , your camera review after an year will help me a lot, also community will i get all the updates which you guys did as i am getting the phone after an year?? also if someone with s24+ exynos how is it performing after an year, it will help me for a solid decision. Looking for your responses.