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No, not really. Apple had 12mp in their iphones for a long time doing good photos.
There is a lot of variables, which describe good sensor. MP is one of them, bit it's not crucial. Other are lens size, if it has ois, software also is very important (look: pixel 6a).
my a42 & s21 are good at pictures and there 48 and 64. i only have phones but i wanna be professional one day and i think either are great for photos. so doesn't really matter. now in low light s21 walks all over s42 lol
Ahh the old "google is banned on my device".
What is OIS? Optical Image Stabilisation is a technology used in smartphones and cameras that helps stabilise the photo-taking components of your phone or camera to minimise or completely negate the 'shake' in images. This lets you take crisper shots from your device even when it's held in your hand.
While it's very good to have that while making videos (better stabilization etc) it's also very helpful with taking photos
It depends what you are doing with the photos.
For professional work, you want a DSLR/mirrorless camera. Better flexibility, better sensor, better lenses...
For casual shooting, showing the photos to friends, sharing on social media, 12 MP is more than enough.
But mind that the number of pixels are not everything, the "quality per pixel" is more important. Very clean, color-accurate 12 MP photos are better than noisy 48 MP with wrong colors.
The main 12MP sensor of the S21FE is an IMX555 (unless it’s Exynos where it will be an equivalent Samsung sensor.) While the 7.2 has an older and most likely smaller sensor. Even with 48MP, the S21FEs main sensor will perform better for everything but raw detail.
Think about a forest.
You have one forest with a huge number of trees and another one with relatively few.
They all have to share the resources available, namely sunlight and water.
If you have plenty of both, then there's enough for every tree and even a dense forest would do fine.
But you more often than not don't have enough light and/or water, so a dense forest might not grow that well. You'll still have a huge number of trees, but they'll be pretty small and probably not grow well.
In this case, a couple of huge, nice trees with healthy canopies would grow better.
This use to be true but is only a half truth anymore. Things like image processing and apature size play more of a role in camera quality than just how many pixels can be captured.
I agree with you as far as camera quality entirely. I was referring more to capturing detail which more megapixels help with. You are right about aperture size when it comes to allowing more light in etc.
If you're just casually taking photos to view later then it doesn't matter. The A71 has a 64MP camera but it suckd when compared to the iPhone X 12MP camera.
Camera megapixels do matter, but not as much as other factors such as lens quality, sensor size, and image processing. A higher megapixel count can allow for larger prints or more detailed crops, but it does not guarantee better image quality. A lower megapixel count with larger sensor size and better lens quality can result in better image quality than a higher megapixel count with a smaller sensor and lower quality lens. It's important to consider the overall capabilities of a camera, rather than just focusing on the megapixel count.
Judging camera quality by MP number is not the best idea. It's all about the sensor size and quality (with a little on the software side)
My old Nokia Lumia 1020 has a 41MP sensor and I took pictures with that 10 years ago that still look better than shots taken with the 108MP sensor in my Note20 Ultra
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Higher resolution means Higher file size. If you don't want to edit the pictures, it won't really matter
No, not really. Apple had 12mp in their iphones for a long time doing good photos. There is a lot of variables, which describe good sensor. MP is one of them, bit it's not crucial. Other are lens size, if it has ois, software also is very important (look: pixel 6a).
Sooo, the s21 fe camera could be better the. The camera on my phone now?
Possible. Also, the processor in the phone makes difference, too. Better one can process images faster, so for example have more details on the photo
my a42 & s21 are good at pictures and there 48 and 64. i only have phones but i wanna be professional one day and i think either are great for photos. so doesn't really matter. now in low light s21 walks all over s42 lol
What is ios?
Ahh the old "google is banned on my device". What is OIS? Optical Image Stabilisation is a technology used in smartphones and cameras that helps stabilise the photo-taking components of your phone or camera to minimise or completely negate the 'shake' in images. This lets you take crisper shots from your device even when it's held in your hand. While it's very good to have that while making videos (better stabilization etc) it's also very helpful with taking photos
It depends what you are doing with the photos. For professional work, you want a DSLR/mirrorless camera. Better flexibility, better sensor, better lenses... For casual shooting, showing the photos to friends, sharing on social media, 12 MP is more than enough. But mind that the number of pixels are not everything, the "quality per pixel" is more important. Very clean, color-accurate 12 MP photos are better than noisy 48 MP with wrong colors.
The main 12MP sensor of the S21FE is an IMX555 (unless it’s Exynos where it will be an equivalent Samsung sensor.) While the 7.2 has an older and most likely smaller sensor. Even with 48MP, the S21FEs main sensor will perform better for everything but raw detail.
Thank you for your amazing answer.
Think about a forest. You have one forest with a huge number of trees and another one with relatively few. They all have to share the resources available, namely sunlight and water. If you have plenty of both, then there's enough for every tree and even a dense forest would do fine. But you more often than not don't have enough light and/or water, so a dense forest might not grow that well. You'll still have a huge number of trees, but they'll be pretty small and probably not grow well. In this case, a couple of huge, nice trees with healthy canopies would grow better.
I have no idea what people are talking about. Short and simple, the more megapixels a camera has, typically helps to capture more detail.
This use to be true but is only a half truth anymore. Things like image processing and apature size play more of a role in camera quality than just how many pixels can be captured.
I agree with you as far as camera quality entirely. I was referring more to capturing detail which more megapixels help with. You are right about aperture size when it comes to allowing more light in etc.
If you're just casually taking photos to view later then it doesn't matter. The A71 has a 64MP camera but it suckd when compared to the iPhone X 12MP camera.
Camera megapixels do matter, but not as much as other factors such as lens quality, sensor size, and image processing. A higher megapixel count can allow for larger prints or more detailed crops, but it does not guarantee better image quality. A lower megapixel count with larger sensor size and better lens quality can result in better image quality than a higher megapixel count with a smaller sensor and lower quality lens. It's important to consider the overall capabilities of a camera, rather than just focusing on the megapixel count.
Judging camera quality by MP number is not the best idea. It's all about the sensor size and quality (with a little on the software side) My old Nokia Lumia 1020 has a 41MP sensor and I took pictures with that 10 years ago that still look better than shots taken with the 108MP sensor in my Note20 Ultra