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While not exactly a nite mode shot, I am growing more disappointed with the wide angle camera on the 11 Pro Max. as others have stated.

Compared to the tiny 1 year old front facing wide angle camera on the Pixel 3, the Pro Max leaves much to be desired in low lit (not dark) scenes. The shots tend to be far darker than I would like, and the noise reduction makes for a muddy mess (look at the Apple keyboard to the far left, mesh on the Mac Pro, and other details). The color temperature is also far warmer for some reason on the iPhone, not true to life.

I like taking wide shots inside of restaurants, and my office (currently) is no darker than some of my frequent haunts, some of which I have posted wide (front camera) shots from my Pixel with decent success. I'll give both a shot tonight in another test.

Hoping a software update fixes some of this.

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Don't you mean ultrawide? That camera is indeed weak in low light
 
This is a pic from my 11 Pro, there’s a small light behind me on the side of the house but the scene is dark looking with my eyes, amazing what Night Mode can do.

Adam.
 

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Here are some I just snapped in Toronto wow can’t believe this camera can pick up the stars like this 8F768A8F-AC45-46A0-8D44-B6708EB79651.jpeg8F768A8F-AC45-46A0-8D44-B6708EB79651.jpeg6E969D83-99AB-4BCA-9798-453E5FD33837.jpeg8F768A8F-AC45-46A0-8D44-B6708EB79651.jpeg5A84CADA-CC20-46EA-BB24-13B225C9B5F8.jpegCEA902EF-6739-4BB7-9A6B-D038EFBD2EAB.jpeg
 

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If you hold the phone straight no movement the crazy shots you can get on this phone it amazes me .... more to come tonight !
 
Amazing shots! Quick question. Some posters include which phone they used and many are the Pro/Pro Max. I don’t see many stating they used the regular 11. I know the difference should be limited to the telephoto lens only, but in reality are photos taken with the 11 in night mode at the same quality level as the pro models (non-telephoto)? Just curious.
 
Not the best picture but I couldn’t see the stars with my naked eye however the Pro max can capture them amazing !! 4F1D7F25-EF59-4AA6-8706-0DC2D88BDAFD.jpeg
 
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Amazing shots! Quick question. Some posters include which phone they used and many are the Pro/Pro Max. I don’t see many stating they used the regular 11. I know the difference should be limited to the telephoto lens only, but in reality are photos taken with the 11 in night mode at the same quality level as the pro models (non-telephoto)? Just curious.

Same quality, no difference.
 
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I’m really impressed with the camera. I took a “selfie” yesterday of a group of friends using my arm. Didn’t want to use the selfie camera cuz it was dark out so I flipped the phone around to use the back cameras. I was certain it was going to be blurry cuz I was holding the phone away from me with the back facing us, but it was perfect the first try. Amazing.
 
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