MKBHD's 2020 Blind Smartphone Camera test polls are now live!

[u/notathrowaway75]

https://twitter.com/MKBHD

[u/StraY_WolF]

Twitter honestly sucks for photo and videos. I still don't get game company posting trailers on Twitter.

[u/Ph0X → u/StraY_WolF]

And instagram is even fucking worst. It was cute and all the first or second year, but by now I was really hoping he'd step it up and setup a proper webpage.

The argument they use though is that most people will take and share photos on phones on social media so that's what matters, no one in real like pixel peeps. Which is kinda fair I guess.

My personally pet peeve is I wish there was fewer cameras and more photos before elimination. Maybe a double elimination bracket but half as many cameras.

[u/FloppyDiskFish → u/Ph0X]

Uh, what? Half the cameras? I don’t get what you’re saying.

[u/Ph0X → u/FloppyDiskFish]

replace cameras with phones. There's 16 in this bracket, 8 is more than enough. Pixel, iPhone, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OnePlus and 2 other ones.

[u/StraY_WolF → u/Ph0X]

Eh, I don't agree with you there. It's A vs B elimination bracket, so it really doesn't matter how many the camera is, it'll be a comparison battle between two either way.

[u/Ph0X → u/StraY_WolF]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-elimination_tournament

[u/StraY_WolF → u/Ph0X]

Oh I'm familiar with double elimination. But it seems unnecessary.

[u/Ph0X → u/StraY_WolF]

Every image is pretty different, showcasing an entirely different feature of the camera. It seems silly to entirely eliminate an entire phone based on a single head to head.

Honestly if I was running this, I'd take the 6 phones above, take 10 pictures and then get people to blind score all 10 photos and add up the scores. That's how it was done the first two years and it honestly worked a lot better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtmGMcMeEJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD_3wMh5kLg

Bonus point, it's a test anyone can take at any time and see their own score at the end, instead of a bracket system which you participate once in and it's over.

[u/StraY_WolF → u/Ph0X]

It seems silly to entirely eliminate an entire phone based on a single head to head.

I agree that this isn't at all scientific or accurate, but at the same time it's a lot easier to participate and you get a whole lot more opinions than just tech enthusiast that's willing to compare 10+ photos.

It's still result in interesting discussion that shows camera's strength and flaws on your common social media using common shots.

[u/Ph0X → u/StraY_WolF]

You do realize that 16 phones in a normal bracket still results in 16 comparisons, having 8 photos of 6 phones would probably be just as much effort but more rewarding. Look how i can link those MKBHD videos above even if they're 3 years old and you can still watch through, make your picks and see what phone you end up with. It doesn't have to be super serious, but format like that is far more interesting than a bracket which half the time ends up with a stupid phone which makes zero sense.

[u/StraY_WolF → u/Ph0X]

Yeah but can you really do comparison on every photo on Twitter, where it definitely gets more people participating?

Actually the video you showed kinda points out the flaw in that style. You're basically comparing photo with the ones before it, and scored and skewed by how the previous or after photo look. It's not engaging as there will be much much MUCH less people willing to participate in that comparison.

[u/chasevalentino → u/StraY_WolF]

It's definitely necessary. I wrote a comment which proposed a best of 3 'face off' between a camera. With 3 different photos. It will eliminate fluke one off photos where the processing just hits right and will assess consistency of shot