Google Pixel dominates MKBHD's blind camera test: premium hardware matters?
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In the fiercely competitive world of smartphone photography, Google's Pixel devices have once again emerged triumphant in MKBHD's blind smartphone camera
  • Scott@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    10 months ago

    Google just tops everyone when it comes to cameras, I would know currently have a p7a lol

    • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Do you use the stock OS? I run grapheneOS on a 6a, and the camera seems only okay on the gOS camera app.

      It doesn’t bother me enough to install the Google app, but I’ve always wondered how much of the camera performance is down to the hardware vs OS vs app.

        • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Yeah, fair enough. I already do that for gboard, so that’s probably a good idea.

      • Bloved Madman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        I had the Pixel 5 with GOS, and the camera on that was awful, the google camera app did all the heavy lifting to make it good. I now have the Pixel 8 with GOS and the camera quality of the grapheme camera app vs the google camera is much closer, but the google camera app is better. I use it with all permissions removed apart from storage.

      • falkerie71@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Have you tried GCam? Shouldn’t be too hard to get similar photos since you already own Pixel hardware.

        I’d recommend the mod by MWP as it’s built specifically for Pixels.

  • Peepolo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I don’t understand how the 7a beats the more modern 8/8 Pro. Surely the newer models have the same or improved hardware and software? I guess maybe the newer sensors haven’t been tweaked as well yet?

    • 474D@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      The pixel 8 pro needs some software tweaking for sure. It’s shoots way too cold (the hue). My pixel 7a has been great, following my pixel 4a that also took surprisingly great pictures.

  • nonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    I love these tests! I hope they can expand this in the future, to a few more popular phones, and even a short video test or two.

  • vamp07@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    There was a time when there really were significant differences between these cameras. Those days are over.

  • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    from a purely engineering perspective, i’d be really interested to see a comparison like this for what a professional photographer can do with whatever “highest quality” output a phone has (eg raw if available, least compressed, etc)

    imo it’d be interesting to remove all the post processing from the equation and just see how the actual sensors compare

    of course, most people just shoot a photo and they’re done, but it’d still be interesting!