IPhone 13 Pro loses to Pixel 5a in 'blind test of photos taken with smartphone'
The Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2021!-YouTube
iPhone 13 Pro beaten out by Pixel 5a in blind test --9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/17/iphone-13-pro-beaten-out-by-pixel-5a-in-mkbhds-annual-blind-camera-test/
If you ask something like 'A is a photo taken with an iPhone 13 Pro and B is a photo taken with a Zenfone 8. Which photo is better?', The result is not the photo itself, but the result. It will be influenced by the preconceptions about the manufacturer and model.
However, Brownlee argues that if you remove the label about the model so that you don't know which is the iPhone 13 Pro or which is the Zenfone 8, the person asked can judge the superiority or inferiority purely by using the photo as a clue.
Brownlee decided to do this 'test comparing two unlabeled photos' on a total of 16 smartphones released in 2021.
Since it is a test that compares two cards, it is conducted in a tournament format with a maximum of four races.
Voting took place on Instagram.
The photos to be compared are taken of the same subject under almost the same conditions.
The smartphones that entered are Samsung's '
In the first round, Mr. Brownlee sitting in a chair was photographed with each smartphone, and he was asked to vote which of the photographs taken by the two competing cars felt better.
In addition to Mr. Brownley in the center, which is the subject, various things such as the scenery outside the window, the blue mat, the golden helmet, and the red pillow are reflected in the photo, and these are used as indicators to determine the
Here is a list of the photos I took. It was taken at almost the same angle and at the same time, but you can see that there are subtle differences.
First round of photos being voted on now. Winners move on every 24 hours
pic.twitter.com/LPZon1Qa02 — Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) December 7, 2021
Although some of the results of the first round were reasonable for Mr Brownlee, he said that the battle between gaming phones such as 'ROG Phone 5' vs. 'Legion Duel 2' was a rather delicate game. I am. The photo below shows 'ROG Phone 5' on the left and 'Legion Duel 2' on the right, but the photo on the left shows the outside of the window firmly, while the halo around Mr. Brownlee's face shows a vague light. The effect is happening.
In addition, the following image is a picture of 'Pixel 5a' on the left and 'Pixel 6 Pro' on the right. There is almost no difference, but because the background of 'Pixel 5a' is slightly blurred due to the difference in sensors, Mr. Brownlee expected that 'Pixel 6 Pro' will win by a small margin. However, it was the 'Pixel 5' who won the vote as a result. Regarding this result, Brownlee said that the overall photo was well-balanced.
In the second round, we compared luncheon mats, candles, knives, cookies, ribbons, etc. on the desk with photographs taken from directly above.
Have at it
pic.twitter.com/RUiSwAoSfM — Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) December 8, 2021
In the second round, the subject was flat, there was no depth, and there were few problems with dynamic range, so it was a close battle compared to the first round.
The focus was on the exposure and color of the photo, and Brownlee said the 'brighter photo' won in every match. The winners were 'ROG Phone 5', 'OnePlus 9 Pro', 'Pixel 5a' and 'Realme GT', and 'Pixel 5a' beat 'iPhone 13 Pro'.
In the semi-finals, a picture of a Rubik's cube, a
SEMI FINALS
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) December 9, 2021
For voting in stories: https://t.co/nbELlAWn6T pic.twitter.com/VlVfLyltbd
In the 'ROG Phone 5' vs. 'OnePlus 9 Pro' battle, the 'OnePlus 9 Pro' won.
Also, in 'Pixel 5a' vs. 'Realme GT', 'Pixel 5a' won and advanced to the final.
Red is a color that is particularly difficult to take in photographs, and the focus was on how to express red.
The winning image has a solid red color, while the losing one loses the actual red color because the photo is too bright, resulting in a so-called 'overexposure' condition.
The final match was a match between 'OnePlus 9 Pro' and 'Pixel 5a'. The picture taken is a line of three men against the backdrop of the sky and a distant building.
THE FINALS
https://t.co/nbELlAWn6T pic.twitter.com/2jUEA60xo5 — Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) December 10, 2021
Vote here:
As a result of the vote, the winner was the 'Pixel 5a' with an actual selling price of 51,700 yen.
Comparing the two photos, the one on the left taken by 'Pixel 5a' seems to have more sky colors and a clearer facial expression. Seventy-five percent of the voters voted for the 'Pixel 5a' photo.
Brownlee points out some of the findings from the blind test results.
The first is that 'when comparing two photos, the brighter one is easier to win.'
It doesn't necessarily mean that 'a bright photo is a better photo', but at least a bright photo seems to be more noticeable.
The second is that 'photo
It seems that every year there is a comment that 'I think you should upload it to Google Drive and download the uncompressed photo', but most of the photos that modern people see are posted on SNS. Since it is a photo and the likes and dislikes of the photo are judged based on these photos, Mr. Brownley says that he has adopted a method of getting votes based on the photos posted on SNS.
The third is that 'people want a'finished photo'in the unedited state immediately after shooting.' If you are a person who is enthusiastic about photography, you can edit and process it with various software, but many people post or share the photograph as it is on SNS by
The fourth is that 'the price of the smartphone was not related to the result.' The image below shows the green '$$$' when the expensive one wins and the red 'x' when the cheap one wins. Expensive smartphones may win, but cheap smartphones often win, and the final winner, the Pixel 5a, is also a relatively inexpensive model among the smartphones that participated this time.
According to Mr. Brownlee, there were more than 3 million votes in total in this project.
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