I’ve been testing the Galaxy Note 10’s camera for almost a week, and it’s clear that Samsung is trying way too hard to make photos look good

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• I’ve taken some photos with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus to show you what its camera can do. 
• The Note 10 Plus has an overly active HDR that makes lighting in photos look too flat. It also has serious issues with the color green.
• The Galaxy Note 10’s camera does better indoors than it does outdoors, and Night Mode might as well not exist. 
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I’ve been using the Galaxy Note 10 for a few days now, which has given me a good chance to take some photos. 

The Galaxy Note 10 has three cameras that actually take photos, and a fourth for depth-sensing for apps like the 3D Scanner and the tape measure app.

Suffice it to say, then, that all you really need are the three lenses that actually take photos: 

• The primary lens is 12 megapixels for regular photos.
• The ultra-wide-angle lens is 16 megapixels and takes, well, ultra-wide photos.
• The zoomed lens is 12 megapixel for better shots of objects further away. 

The results are mixed, in my opinion. The Note 10, as well as previous Samsung smartphones, don’t always take photos that I like, mostly due to an over-excited HDR mode in Samsung phones. And HDR is as present and glaring as ever in the Note 10. 

Samsung fans must like the intense Samsung HDR enhancement, because the company keeps it very active with every release, and the artificial enhancements are only getting more and more intense with every new model.

Either way, have a look at what the Galaxy Note 10’s camera can do:

Here’s New York City from outside Business Insider’s office. The Galaxy Note 10’s camera is looking pretty good so far …

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… upon closer inspection, details are crisp and clear, but colors seem a little washed out.

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Bringing things back to nature, the Galaxy Note 10’s camera makes greens look overly bright — almost neon. The lighting is also pretty flat, a result of Samsung’s obsession with HDR (high dynamic range).

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