Photo quality - Google Pixel 4a 5G Real Life Review

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Google Pixel 4a 5G come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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So, I reverted the photo app to ver.7.x.x and even in poor lighting conditions(cloudy, 1/2 an hour to sunset) the pics look better than w/ the latest version.(better details on rocks surface, tree trunks etc...)

mzsquared said:
So, I reverted the photo app to ver.7.x.x and even in poor lighting conditions(cloudy, 1/2 an hour to sunset) the pics look better than w/ the latest version.(better details on rocks surface, tree trunks etc...)
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what you did not like in v.8? I saw the HDR is always on (on my previous Pixel 3a XL it was a choice)..

I thought the pictures were lacking sharpness and contrast, well it's an arbitrary, subjective opinion, but i think the pics look better after switching the app to older version.
TodNex said:
what you did not like in v.8? I saw the HDR is always on (on my previous Pixel 3a XL it was a choice)..
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@mzsquared - interesting .. if you have direct comparable pictures will be good to see

Here's a couple photos of the jupiter/saturn conjunction the other night. I turned on night mode, the camera turned on astrophotography mode automatically. I had the phone resting against the car spoiler during the one minute exposure to keep it as stable as possible.
mmarcz

Missed the conjunction due to cloudy nights, got Orion/Betelgeuse tonight:

ultrawide photo from my P4a5g, coming from P2XL , photoquality is very good and ultrawide is nice bonus.

astralx said:
ultrawide photo from my P4a5g, coming from P2XL , photoquality is very good and ultrawide is nice bonus.
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with and without nightmode, all handheld...

Hello folks!
is there the lens blur option in Google Camera stock?
i had it in my glorious Nexus5x with a mod version
Sorry i am a Pixel 4a 5g newbie
Thanks a lot

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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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Good lord I hope that's with the telephoto lens
Quite impressed with low light performance. Took this at the weekend at the back on a dark cinema whilst waiting for the trailers to start. Auto mode, no flash, no editing.
wnp_79 said:
Quite impressed with low light performance. Took this at the weekend at the back on a dark cinema whilst waiting for the trailers to start. Auto mode, no flash, no editing.
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Wow, that looks amazing. I just got the Note 8 too but I haven't had a chance to do low-light yet.
By far, the best camera I've ever owned.
Just need to find a big-ass spider so I can post some examples.
jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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Please tell me you set fire to that nope...
jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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Just a little TOO CLOSE for me!
jimmylips75 said:
Close up photo and also a close up screenshot taken with my Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
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that's an awesome background/screensaver.
I'm aware that during low light the images will appear grainy or noisy, but I can see the grain even in medium light condition. Image is set at 4.3 ratio highest bit rate for pics.
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How about wide color
So, what is the use of a wide color gamut capable display if the camera still shoots sRGB jpg?! I have not found any info on the color space profile of Note 8 jpegs and videos, can anyone chime in?
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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It was very dark at that hour and taken with telephoto camera not wide angle one.
ksekhar said:
It was very dark at that hour and taken with telephoto camera not wide angle one.
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have you edited this photo in some app or this is original unedited pic? looks not natural tho
meryguadelupe said:
have you edited this photo in some app or this is original unedited pic? looks not natural tho
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Google photos auto
Now, this is by far not the best *quality* photos, but it does show off the functionality quite well. I took this photo of a room in my apartment with absolutely no lights on other than some light leaking into the hallway behind me from a neighboring room, and a pure red heat lamp for a tank (pictured). I went full manual, mounted the camera with some objects on a table, and set it to a 10 second shutter, thinking that I wouldn't be able to pull off holding it by hand. Then I held it by hand. These are the two photos I got (one braced on a table, one by hand) with a 10 second shutter in a DARK room (the braced one is zoomed in).
Here's a shot of that same room from out in the hallway where there's a little light (so you can see about how dark it is).
What happened to the scalable function between 0-100% when using photo filters like Vignette and Stardust etfc? Gone?
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I love the camera, works great for me
same
Limeybastard said:
I'm aware that during low light the images will appear grainy or noisy, but I can see the grain even in medium light condition. Image is set at 4.3 ratio highest bit rate for pics.
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Mine to even in really good lighting, using highest resolution.
Few observations after a month of use:
Picture quality overall is great, however the stock app tends to overblow the highlights in high contrast scenes. This is the effect of the small sensor size and it's prominent on all cellphones, however both Pixel 2 and iPhone X I've tested don't have that issue. However, installing and using the Google camera port helps the issue dramatically, so it's the HDR algorithm employed in the stock app, not the actual sensor.
Stock camera app is, however, both faster and more reliable in terms of snapping every day photos. Furthermore stock app has marginally less noise than Google Camera, but it also captures marginally less details. Stock camera also has less saturation and sharper gradients than Google Camera, likely a product of the algorithm as well.
The telephoto camera is decidedly worse than the wide angle one, even in bright light. You're trading off the dynamic range for zoom, and it's not just the difference in the lenses.
Lightroom HDR raw files (40mb 3.2MP image that contains 10 bit of colour) are mind-blowing. As an owner of full-frame Canon 6D I was blown away by the colour retention in Lightroom Camera app. On a DSLR you'd absolutely have to use bracketing to get those colours (although you'd get a 20 MP image), it's very impressive that a cellphone can do that. If only it shot out a 12 MP raw file.
Overall Note 8 has a very versatile camera with awesome picture quality, but certain scenes require he use of Google Camera for HDR+ algorithm to get the best results.

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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Nokia 7 Plus come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Taken on Gcam Mod HDR+Enhance and edited with Snapseed
robolee said:
Taken on Gcam Mod HDR+Enhance and edited with Snapseed
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nice picture. you prefer gcam? the stock one is not ok?
avatar_ro said:
nice picture. you prefer gcam? the stock one is not ok?
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Stock App are for Video due to Ozo Audio Feature
While i use gcam for still photography, it's so much better than stock app. The quality you get from stock app is nowhere near what u get from gcam
More Cat Photo Taken by Gcam
I have been using Nokia 7 plus for 9 days. Camera quality is decent but its live bokeh effect picture (portrait mode picture) is awesome.
Just small refesh on the topic :
Stock cam i so good so practicly I dont need to use gcam except at night amd even that 7 plus can make a good picture.
Just look at details with I took with our phone, picture is on full resolution link on Flickr :
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Overall the photo quality seems to be clear and detailed

Photo quality

Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the HTC U12+ come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Hey guys, none willing to share his impressions about the camera?
The details, contrast and sharpness are great in most situations (look at the train).
The color accuracy is very satisfying (look at the sunset).
But the camera struggles in situations with harsh light incidence. Look at the photo with the dog. Where the light through the trees hits the ground, it looks extremely unnatural and oversharped.
All the pictures are point-and-shoot without editing.
Tierlord said:
Look at the photo with the dog.
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I forgot to upload the photo with the dog
Interesting! I just got mine, I will try it and report back
The camera is the saving grace of this phone for me, you can point and click and generally get a pretty decent shot.
The only thing I've noticed it does seem to struggle with is hard sunshine where it can be hard to get the camera to recognise the darker points instead of dimming everything down. But I'm sure that's the same with most phones.
I've attached a quick bokeh snap I took yesterday.
Shot in Paris with moderate light.
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Full resolution here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zz2116xqsl0zq04/AADyUJaQTy_iUYAsxMso1Gjya?dl=0&m=
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With main camera https://ibb.co/Nm37R7q

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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Google Pixel 3 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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So I don't have the phone yet (obviously), but I noticed in-store that the new camera app seems to use (or at least has the option to use) a "sweep" panorama now. In my rudimentary time at Verizon, it seemed to work well! I think they still have the traditional panorama shot options through a photosphere menu, but quite like before.
Had anyone exciting this yet, or see any reviews that cover it?!
If anyone cam post some jpeg & rae files taken together that would be awesome.
Even more awesomer would be the same shot taken with both p2 & p3
(Delete, wrong thread)
Heres a a few photos of my Father-in-law's koi pond at night. With a small spotlight on. Pretty good if you ask me
Hmm Tapatalk is working better for pictures I think. Here are a few others
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2 pics: 1 low light (cropped from 4:3), 1 portrait
Is it just me or does it feel like the camera on the Pixel 3 lags a bit when you take a photo compared to the Pixel 2? Same scene, taking with the 3 has a slight pause before the circle shows up and shows the picture taking animation. The Pixel 2 is able to take 3 shots in the same duration...
I'm not as impressed as I am when I went from 5x to pixel first gen . I just went from pixel one to pixel 3 and I'm not getting what all the hype is about. The photos are slightly better, the performance is not noticeable, the sot is a half an hour more with the same usage. I should have gone to Huawei mate 20 or something else.
This is the best quality camera I've ever seen on a phone. Its too bad I'm going to have to return it, because the phone quality is garbage. The camera is what is making the decision really painful (I don't think any other phone will compare), but I need a working phone.
Hello, I just bought the p3xl but I'm not really happy whith photos in low light , especially on Moving subjects (my daughter)... Indeed it's not possible to adjust manually aperture or Time... Do you have solutions, or maybe do you think I would be more satisfied by p30 pro or p20 pro... ? Thanks
matiew48 said:
Hello, I just bought the p3xl but I'm not really happy whith photos in low light , especially on Moving subjects (my daughter)... Indeed it's not possible to adjust manually aperture or Time... Do you have solutions, or maybe do you think I would be more satisfied by p30 pro or p20 pro... ? Thanks
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I am not sure you can take low light photos of moving subjects with any phone at the moment.
The pixel 3 is amazing in taking low light photos, but you do need some light, too
This is a nice upgrade over the pixel 1
Super rez zoomed in all the way
I have the p30 pro
BBobby said:
I am not sure you can take low light photos of moving subjects with any phone at the moment.
The pixel 3 is amazing in taking low light photos, but you do need some light, too
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It's no comparison for taking shots of kids in low light

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Say "cheese", then rate this thread to express how photos taken with the Xiaomi Poco X2 come out. A higher rating indicates that photos offer rich color (without over-saturating), sharp detail (with all subjects in-focus), and appropriate exposure (with even lighting).
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Day time outdoor photography.
High res photos from the 64MP camera results in photos sized over 50MB (not uploaded here).
Low light outdoor photography.
Captured during an evening stroll around 6.30-7 PM.
Stock cam + LR
Stability
Does poco x2 have ois and eis?
AravOptimist said:
Does poco x2 have ois and eis?
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No OIS. EIS yes
Night Mode on stock camera is unacceptable. Noisy, rough, lacking detail, and artifacts everywhere. I use Google Camera for almost everything except Video recording(because gcam port is not fully working yet). The sideways photo is from the stock camera.
8 out of 10
Camera hardware is there but software is lacking.
Image processing is good but it struggles in low-light.
Google camera shows what the hardware is capable of and it's very good. Front camera is also good, but still struggles in low-light. Also, beauty mode is on by default which is just ridiculous.
Yeah i have forgotten that stock application even exists. Lat time I was using miui, tha cam also had contrast and sharpness. It doesn't now. Gcam is quite good at pushing the limits
Which gcam are you all using?
Huge noise in night time shots unless you have a tripod and your object is stable.
I had a bad experience while clicking photos at my friend's birthday. I tried every settings to capture low light photos but every photo has noise and faces are blur like hell. Very disappointed.
SPWR1989 said:
GCAM SAMPLES can't remember what version
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These pictures are great! Are you using the original stock rom or any custom rom?
The day I bought the phone, we took some pictures are we were very very happy with the picture quality. Then after one month I installed custom rom (EvolutionX / crDroid) and I noticed that the picture quality is not that great, not satisfactory . It doesn't matter which camera app I use, the result is not satisfactory.

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