This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. If Apple introduced this you would think it was amazing. And rightly so.
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Google's Upcoming 'Night Sight' Mode for Pixel Phones Captures Remarkable Low-Light Photos
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This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. If Apple introduced this you would think it was amazing. And rightly so.
Yeah, but do they have "courage" like Phil the Shill?Now there’s a company that actually knows how to innovate
They could. But remember these are dark scenes that the system is using algorithms to guess what it looks like when it’s not dark. So not really low light photography. So perhaps while Apple could do this, maybe what they should do is actually find a way to get true low light photography into their systems with the proper light sensors etc.
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Uh no s/he wouldn’t and neither would I. For exactly the comment made, shooting at night should produce a night shot not a fake day shot
As others have noted, this is just software, and there are already iOS apps that do this same sort of thing (Lightroom's camera in "long exposure" mode, Hydra in "low light" mode, NightCap, etc.) - the only change here is that Google put it into their base Camera app and to some extent automated it, rather than looking to third parties to implement it.
I DO wish Apple would improve their built-in Camera app to include more manual controls, better computational options, etc.
I DO wish Apple would improve their built-in Camera app to include more manual controls, better computational options, etc.
Is it? I mean we have lots of what are probably no flash photos taken with the iPhone and then possibly with flash photos from the Pixel but where are the photos from a low light DSLR or SLR for comparison. Just because the photos are brighter doesn’t mean that the system is accurate
This is the single most impressive and useful computational photography trick I have ever seen.
Sigh…
Maybe next year, Apple?
Sigh…
Maybe next year, Apple?
Seriously? It is a demo of the capabilities with an object that most people know the colour of!
When I use a point and shoot and it makes the pictures clearer and easier to see that’s a win in my book. I don’t care if it’s the best quality picture in the world. I care if it looks good and you can easily see what I wanted you to see when I took the picture. Way too often my iPhone struggles in low light to capture a good picture. Software like this would be a great addition to the iPhone for users like me.
As soon as these two companies crack low-light we can all stop buying £1000 phones each year and they can stop making them every year. And the world can go back to some small semblance of sanity.
I think this is an amazing new feature for Google. Where I see this being used and having the most value would be in a dimly lit restaurant where you are trying to take photos of family members and friends. Even with my iPhone Xs the pictures are very grainy and look pretty bad in a dimly lit room.
Convo wouldn’t go like that. They would pay peanuts to buy all those apps that have already figured out long exposure etc controls and then put that into their camera apps. Or set up a way to add plug ins to the app and invite the developers to do that then they don’t have to pay anything. And I actually love that idea. I buy plug ins for final cut etc all the time, so buying them to add features to the camera app, to iMovie etc wouldn’t really bug me as long as the prices aren’t too stupid. And I would much rather have everything in one place than have to switch between 5 different apps
Not a trick. Just a long exposure - whether a single long one or many short ones. Sigh...
I'd really love to see some full size hi-res files. I just can't imagine that there could be much image detail. to get that kind of light at a fast enough shutter speed, the ISO would have to be astronomically high, and then you'd have to crank up the noise reduction to smooth it out. The result would be something like the "beautify effect" that people are complaining about with the XS's front camera. If Google actually created some kind of noiseless low-light images like that--through new camera tech or through software-- that would pretty much be the greatest leap forward in digital photography this decade.
It’s not the camera doing that, it’s the software. Let’s be real. It’s a gimmick that will rarely be used in real life after the initial “let me test this out on my cat in the dark” moment.
I pretty much agree with that analysis. It could just be a gimmick that few people could duplicate with enough steadiness or without a stand, but if those are handheld shots, then Apple really missed something here.
I found Smart HDR much more usefull and interesting. This is pretty interesting and since it is software we will see similar things in iOS or apps. Taking photos at night and turn it into day photos is pretty stupid anyway, but taking photos in low light and be able see details is indeed a great thing.
Please show us examples from iOS apps that match these pictures both in quality and setting.
Apple is the world most innovative company in history, they have a very long record of "world first..." or "best ...."
But they are not gods, it is nice that someone else can push good things.
Like I said, I don't have one nor did I watch Google's presentation, so I don't know that they do that. It'd make sense if they did.
Mmmmnah, no I wouldn't for the reasons I've outlined previously.
Apple push features to older devices every time they can if it has sense and doesn't run so bad.
Is that not what “Night Sight” trying to do? Current cameras generally see at least half of what our eyes see in low light and pixelate the results. If you mean total darkness, then what would be the point of the photo. From the examples, I would give Google a thumbs up at trying to accomplish what you want.