Optical Image Stabilization (wide-angle only) PIXEL 3XL SLEEPING DOGS IMAGE 720PĪlso, often the bootloader menu comes up all glitchy, but you can still select the options.4K (30fps) 1080p (30/60fps) 720p (30/60fps)ĤK (24/30/60fps) 1080p (30/60fps) 720p (30fps)įused Stabilization (optical and electronic) Let the battery run out and recharged it several times as well. To find out which 2017 phone's camera is better, we put them to the test at Pier 39 in San Francisco. The phones were mounted on a rig that lined up the lenses at almost the same angle. Most shots were taken on the default camera settings with auto HDR unless we say otherwise. This is all about still shots, but you should also check out our video quality comparison to see which phone is best at moving pictures. ![]() And go see just how much better the iPhone 8 Plus's camera is than the 7 Plus.Īs impressed as we were last year with the overall results on the Pixel, portraits were terrible. Like portrait mode on the iPhone, the Pixel's Lens Blur mode attempted to create a background-blur bokeh effect around the subject similar to what you would get on a DSLR. The actual result was a mess of blurred limbs and hair, at least on most shots. The original Pixel had a hard time with the blurred background effect on portraits. ![]() This year Google overhauled its background blur effect on the Pixel 2 and renamed it portrait mode. It combines 3D-sensing data from the sensor, image processing and face-detection AI technology to isolate a photo subject then blur what's behind. The iPhone 8 Plus still uses information from the wide and telephoto lenses and software to achieve the same effect. ![]() The Pixel 2 uses image processing and machine learning to detect faces and create the same bokeh effect as the iPhone 8 Plus. To activate portrait mode on the iPhone you just swipe left on the main camera interface. Because the iPhone uses the telephoto lens for portraits, subjects appear closer than on regular shots so you have to step back to activate the effect. You know portrait mode is on when you see a yellow box around the subject that says "depth effect". Activating portrait mode on the Pixel 2 takes two taps: first tap the menu icon on the bottom left and then tap and select the mode. The Pixel doesn't require the telephoto lens like the iPhone 8 Plus does, so you can get closer to your subject. You should see an X in place of the menu icon on the button left of the viewfinder, but it's so subtle that I had a hard time figuring out when I was taking a shot in portrait mode and kept leaving it on by mistake on some of my landscape shots. The iPhone applies the portrait mode as you're composing shots, so you're unlikely to forget it's active. When the Pixel 2 gets it right, it can produce even better portraits than the iPhone 8 Plus. ![]() The colors in this shot of Frisco Fred are more accurate, there's more detail in his face, and I liked having a wider angle to chose from. The Pixel 2 has been programed to detect faces of people in Portrait Mode which means that for now it doesn't recognize much else as the subject.īut getting it right on the Pixel was a challenge. Apparently dogs fall in the "face" category because it seemed to do well with the two pooches we photographed, but objects where either out of focus entirely as you can see with the playing cards in the shot bellow, or not in the portrait mode at all. The Pixel 2 didn't get the Portrait Mode right on every shot especially when it was dealing with anything other than faces. The iPhone nailed the effect almost every time even when dealing with inanimate objects like food or plants.
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