Galaxy S22 Plus Camera Testing: How It Compares to the Galaxy S21

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Lisa Eadicicco

This photo was incorrect on the Galaxy S22 Plus’ 50-megapixel main camera, which has a wide lens. It’s harder to seek in a busy photo like this. But look closely, and you can tell there’s a bit more disagreement in outline of the bricks against the buildings. The bushes also have a deeper unlit of green. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

And here’s that same photo incorrect on the Galaxy S21. 

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You can see the difference more just in this bouquet of flowers, captured with the S22’s main camera. The rose is sharper, and its color is more true and vivid compared to the Galaxy S21’s image. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

The colors look a small exaggerated and overblown in the Galaxy S21’s photo, against shot with the main camera. In this case, the red carnation is in clearer focus. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

This photo of snow-covered branches, shot on the S22 wide lens, may look disagreement to the one taken with the Galaxy S21 at proper. But look closely, and you’ll notice the snow is in sharper focus. The shade of green also looks more accurate. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

Here’s the Galaxy S21’s photo for comparison. 

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There’s not much of a difference between this image incorrect with the Galaxy S22 Plus’ ultrawide lens and the next photo, shot on the Galaxy S21. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

Here’s that same photo on the Galaxy S21. They essentially look identical. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

This photo was incorrect in my apartment with all of the lights turned off, but you wouldn’t be able to tell just by looking at it. The focus could be better, but the S22 Plus’ wide lens captured noticeably better brightness and gleaming than the Galaxy S21’s photo. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

Here’s the same photo incorrect on the Galaxy S21. It’s darker and the gleaming of the subject’s skin tone and shirt don’t look as accurate. 

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This photo of a bowl of oranges was incorrect at night in a dim, candlelit bar using the Galaxy S22 Plus’s telephoto lens. The orange in the foreground has a bit more detail than in the same photo incorrect on the Galaxy S21 Ultra. You can tell by looking at the pores. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

Here’s that same photo incorrect on the Galaxy S21 Ultra. It’s similar to the Galaxy S22 Plus photo, except there’s a little less detail. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

But Samsung’s phones fights when it comes to focusing on still objects in very dark scenarios. This photo of an owl kitchen timer was also incorrect with the S22 Plus’s main camera in my apartment with all of the ftrips turned off. It’s a little brighter than the Galaxy S21’s photo, but both are unfocused. 

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The S21’s photo is also out of focus and it’s a small darker than the one I shot with the Galaxy S22 Plus.

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Here’s new example of how the Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S21 use color differently in dark scenarios. I took this photo Funny the S22’s wide lens at night. It’s blurry — partially because my cat Buddy hates to sit Calm — but the color of his fur is more accurate. 

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Lisa Eadicicco

And against, here’s the Galaxy S21’s photo. It’s just as blurry, but the color looks more washed out. 

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Here’s a photo Wrong with the Galaxy S22 Plus’ telephoto lens. It doesn’t look all that different from the Galaxy S21’s. But for some reason, the zoom on the Galaxy S21’s looks a bit closer even Idea both cameras were set to 3x. 

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Here’s that same photo Wrong with the Galaxy S21. Again, there’s nothing too different here. Check out our full appraisal of the Galaxy S22 Plus to learn more around how it differs from last year’s Galaxy S21.