OnePlus 12 Camera Samples
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OnePlus 12, portrait mode (3X optical zoom). My friend's cat is super sharp in this photo, though the colors are pumped up a little bit (not a bad thing here\!). Compare it with the following photo.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, portrait mode (3X optical zoom). An equally great photo, the colors are a tiny bit more muted and natural, with a nice color temperature that matched the ambiance of the room.

OnePlus 12, ultrawide camera. There's varied lighting in this shot and the OnePlus fares well here, though some of the tones of the sky and sunset are washed out a bit.

OnePlus 12, portrait mode (main camera). My pup is sharp here in this photo, with nice colors, and an excellent blur effect around him.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu01OnePlus 12, portrait mode (3X optical zoom). My friend's cat is super sharp in this photo, though the colors are pumped up a little bit (not a bad thing here\!). Compare it with the following photo.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu02Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, portrait mode (3X optical zoom). An equally great photo, the colors are a tiny bit more muted and natural, with a nice color temperature that matched the ambiance of the room.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu03OnePlus 12, ultrawide camera. There's varied lighting in this shot and the OnePlus fares well here, though some of the tones of the sky and sunset are washed out a bit.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu04OnePlus 12, portrait mode (main camera). My pup is sharp here in this photo, with nice colors, and an excellent blur effect around him.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu05OnePlus 12, main camera. Here's another HDR scene with a bright sky and a dark lower area. The OnePlus holds up decently here, with decent detail in the shadows, though the whole scene could stand to be brighter.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu06OnePlus 12, 3X optical zoom. In this shot, the details are super sharp, but the phone struggles to keep the buildings in the foreground bright as it tries to compensate for the sunset.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu07OnePlus 12, 6X cropped zoom. This zoom level delivers optical-like quality. I like this photo even more than the previous one because the foreground isn't too dark.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu08OnePlus 12, 3X optical zoom, Night mode. It might not be the sharpest image, but this is well-exposed with pleasant colors.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu09OnePlus 12, main camera, Night mode. Details aren't super crisp here but this is still a pretty nice shot during last week's snowstorm in New York City. It still pulls in the colors of the buildings pretty well.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu10OnePlus 12, main camera, Night mode. Even with the bright light, the phone does a fair job of keeping the tree lit up with decent detail. The lighting is also spot-on.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu11OnePlus 12, 6X cropped zoom. The colors tend to get washed out here in the background due to the HDR effect. Still, I like the detail in the tracks here, and the shadows.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu12OnePlus 12, portrait mode. Compare this with the following Samsung photo. Both images are excellent. They're sharp, well-exposed, and have great bokeh. If I have to nitpick, I prefer the skin tone and color of the sky on the S24 Ultra image.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu13Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, portrait mode. It's close, but I like the sky here and my wife's skin tone.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu14OnePlus 12, 6X cropped zoom. The color temperature in this photo is too warm, the subway is typically much cooler in tone. Details are also just a bit fuzzy. Compare this with the following image.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu15Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, 5X optical zoom. This image is much grainier but it's slightly sharper and has a much more accurate color temperature and white balance.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu16OnePlus 12, 3X optical zoom. The colors are decent here, especially the sky, with nice detail even if you zoom in on the shadowy areas.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu17OnePlus 12, main camera. The white balance is off here, and the photo is too warm. If you look closely, everything is also not entirely sharp. There's a slight blur.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu18Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, main camera. This image is sharper than the OnePlus photo, with better white balance.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu19OnePlus 12, ultrawide. The sky is too washed out here though OnePlus does a decent job with the details in the trees.
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu20Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, ultrawide. Samsung keeps the sun better exposed here and doesn't sacrifice the color of the sky in the process.
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