Did a nature photo walk the other day and had some good fun with nature related pictures. Despite the ever present clouds and fog (Did someone move me to Seattle?), I figured it would be a good test of the phones abilities.
Before going too into the new camera (and Pixel 2 comparison), I thought it would be worth sharing a shot from my recently reclaimed iPhone 6. This became my Mom's phone when the 6S came out, and she had been using it until I replaced it with an iPhone 7. While the new cameras on phones are truly great, iPhone cameras have really been quite good for a long time now.
Moving things a bit more modern, Below are test shots between the Pixel 2 and iPhone Xs Max.
Overall I am happy with the Xs Max as a camera, and find it tends to offer more keepers in general than the Pixel 2, especially when Zoom becomes needed. That said, the Pixel 2 was far more reliable at taking great pictures than Any iPhone I have had before it. While the Xs Max has more keepers in my testing (focus and speed to take a shot), the Pixel has far better exposure control in low light. Sometimes the Xs Max brings up shadows WAY too much, which makes the photos feel overly post processed.
The 7 would focus hunt too much, the 6 would do that + have motion blur due to the lack of OIS and possibly weaker sensor.
I honestly feel the competition from the Pixel 2 pushed Apple really hard to put out a much better camera system.
