We took some of the best flagship phones for an astrophotography face-off — here are the results

[admin]

Today's smartphones are equipped to handle astrophotography, so we tested some of the best flagship camera phones to see which one does the best job at capturing the stars.

We took some of the best flagship phones for an astrophotography face-off — here are the results : Read more

 

[CAD Man]

You mentioned only the Pixel has time-lapse, but the Galaxy has a 300x time-lapse for stars, with and without star trails.

 

[Nolatechy]

This article is somewhat misleading. Most people would think this is about non-professional point and shoot camera use. The average user is not going to understand all the intricacies of using the professional mode on the Samsung phone. Therefore, I question placing the Samsung phone in first place when the Pixel can take the better astrography mode photo without messing with professional settings.

 

[jeremy8000]

Your logic for selection of flagship devices is inconsistent. You should have chosen the Galaxy Fold 5 to represent Samsung for the same reason you selected to choose the Pixel Fold to represent Google.

If you choose to go that path because Samsung's foldable's cameras are inferior to that of it's more conventional flagship, you should have done the same for Google, as the same holds true there.

 

[cgloverhawaii]

Milky Way - Pixel 4aYou very much messed up your shots. I took this with my Google Pixel 4a in astrophotography mode with it balanced on my car.

 

[cgloverhawaii]

This article is somewhat misleading. Most people would think this is about non-professional point and shoot camera use. The average user is not going to understand all the intricacies of using the professional mode on the Samsung phone. Therefore, I question placing the Samsung phone in first place when the Pixel can take the better astrography mode photo without messing with professional settings.

My old Pixel 4a took better pictures than they got. TBH

 

[jeffc73oc]

So you didn't use the astrophotography mode in the Expert Raw app? I belive you can go all the way to 10 minutes. I did a 5 minute time lapse and got a great sky pic in joshua tree where it was pitch black and even had some light pollution

 

[jeffc73oc]

https://quickshare.samsungcloud.com/b9w9MmJEB8Qv

 

[nanomonster]

So you didn't use the astrophotography mode in the Expert Raw app? I belive you can go all the way to 10 minutes. I did a 5 minute time lapse and got a great sky pic in joshua tree where it was pitch black and even had some light pollution

I haven't tried the ultra, but the base model takes really good pics in expert raw app. Despite some light pollution
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PdTWz3pvyf3nvNmM8