Samsung Galaxy S7 & Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Camera Comparison Video
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Samsung Galaxy S7 & Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Camera Hardware
The camera hardware on both the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Lumia 950 XL is different in terms of the sensors and the megapixel, both. The Samsung Galaxy S7 comes with a 12-megapixel primary camera and a 5-megapixel secondary camera. The Lumia 950 XL comes with a 20-megapixel primary camera and a 5-megapixel secondary camera. They both take good pictures with their respective cameras on the phones.
Camera Hardware Table
[table id=459 /] Coming over to the detailed hardware of the camera, we see that the Samsung Galaxy S7 features f/1.7 aperture on both the primary and the secondary cameras of the device. The Microsoft Lumia 950 XL comes with an aperture of f/1.9 on the primary camera and an aperture of f/2.4 on the secondary camera. The sensor sizes of both the smartphone cameras are not completely known yet.
Samsung Galaxy S7 & Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Camera Software
The software on both these devices is completely different as they both belong to different ecosystems. The Lumia 950 XL runs on the Windows 10 Platform, whereas the Samsung Galaxy S7 runs on the Android platform. The number of capturing modes available in the Galaxy S7 are more than the ones available in the Lumia 950 XL. If you dive into the Pro mode on both these smartphones, you will be able to control a lot of aspects of your camera and the pictures you take. Here’s a look at both these smartphone camera user interfaces.
Samsung Galaxy S7 & Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Camera Performance
The performance of the camera on both these smartphones is really good. You can hardly tell the difference between the images taken with either of these smartphones unless you look really closely. Only in low lighting condition you can tell the difference as the pictures from the Samsung Galaxy S7 look better than the ones from the Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. This is mainly because of the F/1.7 aperture and some software enhancements that the Samsung’s Camera Software does in the background.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Camera Samples
Front Camera Samples
Rear Camera Samples
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Camera Samples
Front Camera Samples
Rear Camera Samples
Verdict
Overall, comparing the images that we took with both these smartphones turned out to be great. There’s no doubt that any of these two cameras is a bad one, but the only place where the Galaxy S7 camera shines is in the wide angle images that it takes and the low light performance that it has. The Microsoft Lumia 950 XL camera also does a good job, but the Samsung Galaxy S7 does a better job.
