Take the Smartphone Camera Blind Test

Grab a piece of paper and something to write with and take a look at this video. Don't cheat. Set You Tube to full screen and to the highest resolution your monitor can manage. I "rewound" the video several times and paused the video several times to take a good look at the images. Write down your picks for best image (A, B, C, D, or E) for each picture. For example, I wrote down Backpack, (A,B,C,D,E); Tesla, (A,B,C,D,E) etc. For a couple shots I was unsure, so I put down choice #1 and choice #2 .

When I was done I had a clear winner. Five of the eight images I picked were the same phone. I also correctly guessed which phone was the Samsung based on its processing tendencies. Otherwise, I had no idea which phone was from which manufacturer. I figured there had to be an LG, an Apple, a Pixel, and a Samsung, but didn't know what they would pick as the fifth manufacturer.

I ended up picking the Pixel as the overall winner, five out of eight. I picked the Apple in two images and the Samsung in one image. I never picked the LG or the "other one".