There's no 4K 60 mode here, but we aren't surprised by that; the more powerful Pixel 3 XL doesn't have it either and the Snapdragon 670 on the Pixel 3a XL isn't even capable of 4K 60 videos.Image quality in the 4K mode is good and the combination of optical and electronic stabilization works great.
Both the lens and the sensor used here seem to be significantly worse quality than what we see even on mid-range phones these days and aren't worthy of the Pixel brand.Now, moving over to the video, the Pixel 3a XL can do 4K video in 30fps, 1080p video in 30, 60 and 120fps and 720p video in 30, 60 and 240fps. The default background blur is just a tad bit strong but it can be adjusted after the picture is taken and the overall edge detection is very good.The phone also uses Google's impressive Super Res Zoom feature. The app is generally well laid out and easy to operate while shooting. The image quality is also very similar to the 4K mode, so if you aren't looking for the highest resolution, the 1080p 30 mode should suffice.We also tested the 1080p 60 mode, which, interestingly, now has its own dedicated mode. However, the camera has a tendency to go cooler, which gives the images a slightly bluer look that may appeal to some people but isn't true to the original scene. While it does the basic face detection, you can also tap on a subject and the camera will track it even if it moves around, and the focus and exposure will adjust accordingly. To help with this, the app lets you select whether the subject is 'near' or 'far' but these are very vague terms and it can be hard to nail the focus sometimes.
The field of view is wider than the standard camera on the Pixel 3 XL but the image is softer, has worse dynamic range and noisier. If you remember back with the Pixel 3 devices, the camera app would offer you two choices for 1080p and 720p modes: 30fps and Auto. The fast and accurate dual-pixel autofocus also helps tremendously to keep the focus locked.The app also supports some gestures, so you can double tap from anywhere on the power button and it will start the Camera app.
There is a RAW capture option for those who need it but even these images are composite and not a single data dump from the sensor, as is usually the case for RAW files.One excellent feature of the camera app is focus tracking. The Night Sight mode pulls out light out of situations where it is hard to see with your naked eye. Der groß geschr… They are generally a bit underexposed with darker shadows but have excellent highlight retention.They also generally have good color reproduction. Lastly, you can also twist the phone in your hand while the Camera app is open and it will switch between the back and the front camera.Now, coming to the image quality, it is what we expected from the phone, that is to say, identical to the Pixel 3 XL. For example, when the resolution is 640 x 480, divide 640 and 480 by 160 (the greatest common factor), and you will get 4x3. The Pixel camera doesn't bring up shadow detail as much as the iPhone and it captures darker images. The video clearly looks like it was shot at a lower resolution and then upscaled to 1080p.
For one, there's only one of them now; the ultra-wide-angle camera has been done away with.
Die Abkürzung 4K wurde schon in der Frühzeit der Computertechnik als Binärpräfix verwendet, um eine Speicherkapazität von 4096 beziehungsweise im Dualsystem 212 Speicherworten zu kennzeichnen. The image stacking helps to naturally weed out the noise from the images and it is clever enough to not cause too much image blur.However, it's when things get really dark does the Pixel camera really shine. It's definitely the best digital zoom solution out there and the results, at least on the phone's screen or for casual sharing, are very nearly as good as telephoto zoom lens at 2x.
There are various modes at the bottom which you can tap or swipe through. This allows the camera to capture a longer exposure and produce a cleaner image.The final output is remarkably clean with a fair bit of detail. With the level of computational photography Google does on every photo, a full manual mode will likely result in worse images than leaving it up for the software to decide, so we aren't really complaining much. A menu on the right hides more modes, including the popular Night Sight.
Unfortunately, that's the extent of manual control on offer here, as the app has no Pro mode feature. It's really the post-processing on the image here that's impressive, as aligning the images, denoising them and adjusting the color and contrast of the image to generate the final output is extremely complicated engineering but Google developers have pulled it off and the results look amazing.The only issue that frequently comes up when shooting in the dark is of focusing. And then there are situations where even your eyes can't see the subject so it's even hard to see before hitting the shutter button if anything is in focus at all.The focusing makes the Night Sight feature a bit hit or miss at times. There's no 4K 60 mode here, but we aren't surprised by that; the more powerful Pixel 3 XL doesn't have it either and the Snapdragon 670 on the Pixel 3a XL isn't even capable of 4K 60 videos. Auto would shoot in 60fps if there was sufficient light or switch to 30fps in low lighting conditions.