 Welcome guys to the black test now this video is all about how skin tone representation actually matches what you really have as your skin tone and in this video we'll be comparing the Galaxy S24 Ultra versus the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Now one thing that really amazes me is whenever I share a photo comparison on say Instagram and I ask people which looks best I get so many different types of responses some of them say hey the iPhone may look more natural or looks like you or somebody say the Galaxy has a better representation or has maybe slightly more colors or is punchier but I think no one actually focuses on the right point is that my actual skin tone is that how I really look on this on this device is that how I really look when I take a photo and I think that's really important because especially for a lot of people of color we don't get a lot of good representation how we look in a lot of smartphone cameras and I want to see if these two devices actually get close to that mark when we actually taking photos so you're gonna join me on a very different camera comparison where I'll be looking at how close my skin tone is represented on each of these two devices and also with a few other people but if you want to see more in-depth camera comparisons when it has to do things like HDR and you know different scene selections definitely go check out my boys Danny Wingett and SuperSaf they make some really great videos and on camera comparisons I am not that guy but I care about photos myself and I'm sure you guys too so this hopefully will give you a good idea so let's start off with the first set of photos and see what we have this is what my skin tone looks like this is a screen recording of the S24 Ultra and the iPhone 15 Pro Max giving you an idea of where our baseline should be you can see there's a lot of separation between different levels of what my skin tone should be now this very first image is a selfie and it's a really good representation of my skin tone for both images yes there are two separate images one is from the Galaxy and the other is from the iPhone 15 Pro Max and I like the fact that you can see the separation also with the shadow being cast on the left side of my face you can also see that quite clearly now as we move to the next image here you now see some of some of those changes the Galaxy keeps the same representation from the previous image while the iPhone has darkened spots up either on the left hand side or even right below my lip closer to my beard now my hand has a much better representation than what's the Galaxy is doing there but you know what let's move to the next image now this one is interesting I'm outside it's 1x portrait photo and you can see that on the iPhone I have a much darker skin tone even though yes the color of my shirt is correct I was closer to what it should be than the Galaxy but the Galaxy just has a much better look as we zoom in closer you can see my face is much darker than what we've previously set up as our baseline compared to what the Galaxy S24 Ultra does which is much closer to what my skin tone should be now as we move to the next image here this is a 5x portrait photo and I do like what the iPhone is doing here it's still darker overall while the Galaxy is a little bit lighter but has a hazy feel around the 5x photo here maybe that's just what it is but again I think it's solid job from both of them now this is Taylor Lloyd she makes some really great content on Instagram and YouTube so go follow her and check her out her skin tone complexion is actually closer to a middle here but I wanted to just bring somebody else as a different representation what I do like what the Galaxy is doing is the light coming in is reflected on her and it shows while the iPhone has darkened her hair at the back which makes it look darker but again but images are solid but I do like the fact that the Galaxy is taking advantage of that sunlight hitting the back of her head and on top of her hair so that is something to take note as we look at skin tones throughout this video now the next image here is one that I just want to check out this is of course Sun hitting Taylor really hard it's a golden hour and you can see how harsh it is I think the Galaxy does a better job here but then again I'm not faulting me the device because this is just not an ideal setting for these kind of photos now we have tech me out here and I wanted to introduce a third person another person of color to showcase what the phone does you can see what the Galaxy is doing compared to the iPhone the iPhone has completely darkened me to kind of bounce out both tech me out and Taylor while the Galaxy has kept my skin tone closer to what it should be and kept Taylor and tech me out balanced as well now when we move to this other photo here this is just a photo on the Galaxy S24 Ultra that is Frank he's a great TikTok creator and I wanted to add somebody else who is much lighter you know a white person just to give a different balance here and you can see my skin tone is still really solid it has made Frank a little bit much more paler than he is but I think the overall balance of the picture with everyone is still really good now we move over to the iPhone image here you can see how everything just darkened up really fast I am much darker it does do a good job in balancing Taylor tech me out and Frank Frank I think it's closer to your skin tone color but I of course I'm taking out of the fray here and I lose out in this image when it comes to skin tone representation so you get an idea of what I'm talking about how it's really important how your skin tone matches especially for people of color when taking photos with you know smartphones alright some indoor shots with some TikTok legends of course we got Miles and Parker here and you can see that of course this low light image I think everyone's reputation is pretty solid I think the iPhone does a better job here than the Galaxy Galaxy I do look a little bit darker but I think it's it they've both done a really good job in trying to balance out in the lighting condition now here's another shot low light outside taken by tech me out and Taylor I think here the Galaxy has done a better job in balancing them out I know the other second image it felt a little shaky but you can see just the just on the skin tones they look a little bit darker there than they usually do moving to an indoor night shot with of course a lot of lighting at first glance the iPhone image looks really nice and the Galaxy looks a little bit too bright but in terms of the brightness that was the brightness of the room now we look at skin tone representation getting closer you can see the Galaxy has a much better skin tone iPhone continues to do this browning of my skin and also less detail there same thing with this a second image here again the room is well lit and in terms of just general image composition they both look pretty good but as we go ahead and we move closer and zoom in you can see again I have just one shade of color more on the iPhone which is all brown while the Galaxy is more detail and more separation of colors now this shot here was interesting I wanted to do something indoors where some a little darker clothing and you can see right there the iPhone has made me just darker I look just one shade of brown as opposed to having a lighter and darker you know skin patches if you will same thing with this other shot here that first it was in 1x this here was a 2x shot and you can see what the iPhone has done is darken me again especially facially on this photo and this last shot here 5x you can clearly see the iPhone is really taking that darkness to a larger or higher level where I have truly just one color shade while the while the Galaxy S20 24 Ultra has just more complexity with the shades and also you can see you know my color differences if you will now this also applies to an outdoor shot here it was snowing I figured I should just take one shot quickly and you can see the iPhone's photo is just darker I it looked like I'm blending more with the jacket inside of my jacket as opposed to what the Galaxy is doing which is just more separated and balanced now this is a 5x shot here you're looking at and this shot here I think it's solid it's cool this is on the Galaxy S20 24 Ultra as we look at this shot we can see that yes my skin turns gonna be darker because of the distance it's not as bright same thing here with the iPhone I think both images look very similar and again my skin turns a bit darker I actually prefer this over the 1x image from the iPhone itself so overall I think the Galaxy does a better job at represent my skin tone now the iPhone 15 Pro Max tends to darken my skin tone quite a bit but it's an easy fix and something that you know when you go into the photos app and you hit just auto adjust it actually goes ahead and it does a much better job so I think it just needs a software tweak but that is what I have right now and hopefully you guys enjoyed this video if you think that I'm wrong leave your thoughts down below if you want to see more videos like this more of the black 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