No kidding. There's a lot of artificial sharpening in the iPhone images, - the edge enhancement is not great.Seems like Pixel is better most of the time.
No kidding. There's a lot of artificial sharpening in the iPhone images, - the edge enhancement is not great.Seems like Pixel is better most of the time.
Lack of desire? They’ve only had the feature for less than a month now. Haha, they haven’t even had an iPhone release since then to “address” the zoom gap.How about 3x and 4x shots? I’ve always been wondering how Google’s computational photography with Super Res Zoom stacks up to Apple’s lack of desire to address the zoom gap between the 1x wide-angle camera and the 5x telephoto of the 15 Pro Max.
True, I’ve never been inspired by anything taken on a smartphone /sThey’re both just smartphone snapshots. Either one is fine.
Agreed, a future pixel won’t even have a camera, you’ll just say, I’m taking a picture of my kids playing in the pool, and it’ll generate the best version of that for you.I'm clearly in the minority of people who really are struggling to fully like or get excited about the magic editor features these phones keep pushing. Like, when your picture is so edited to remove things and move subjects around and all that, it’s not even a real photo anymore? Nothing about it is real so you're saving a memory of something that didn't even exist/happen. Idk. Maybe in time I will grow to like it or welcome it but right now it doesn't elicit the excitement everyone else has.
Google addressed the zoom gap right away with Fusion Zoom when they introduced a 5x telephoto on the Pixel 7 Pro last year. Now with the 15 Pro Max we go from 2x lossless zoom all the way to 5x with nothing in between besides further digital cropping from the 1x camera. Apple could have addressed it knowing Google already did last year.Lack of desire? They’ve only had the feature for less than a month now. Haha, they haven’t even had an iPhone release since then to “address” the zoom gap.
It has surpassed it on videoAlways the bridesmaid never the bride, I wonder if iPhone can ever catch up to Pixel's camera
Yeah, the Pixel seems to have the edge. Maybe Apple will bring this camera race to a tie with the 16 Pro/Pro Max given the stacked camera/48mp ultra-wide setup is coming?As much as I love my new iPhone 15 Pro Max I have to say the Google Pixel beats it hands down.
Is having these mega-zooms really that necessary in day-to-day use?The fact that it’s basically a draw is not encouraging for Apple. Combined with the fact that Samsung zoom is just way better, I don’t know what Apple is doing with its cameras. It keeps wanting to make them a headline feature, but they just are not anything special.
you probably watched it on a bad monitor..the Pixel looks better overall
This right here. It would be amazing to see the results because at least 50% of MR users are going to say that the iPhone photos are better no matter what, because they have the photos marked as being shot by an iPhone.I wish MacRumors would stamp images with A & B or 1 & 2 and poll the crowd on which images look better... then "update" or post a followup article after 48-72 hours revealing which was Apple's vs. which is <others>. By putting the favorite company's name on images in articles like this, fans/anti-fans find things to favor/fault in those shots.
A poll as described would have people judging solely on quality of photos head-to-head and the delayed big reveal or followup article would give us an overall objective group opinion.
It looks like the iPhone has better contrast. Some Pixel shots look washed out and overexposed. They're really close overall though.
There are several reputable photographers who have provided those contrasts on YouTube. Have a hunt.I can't honestly say which are more real (or even better), because AS ALWAYS no photos taken with some beefy camera were provided as a point of reference.