Pixel 3 night mode vs. iPhone Pro night mode

Post by sricola » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 1:01 PM UTC

Post by nalfien » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 2:43 PM UTC

Post by llampx » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:25 PM UTC

Post by panpanna » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 4:34 PM UTC

rdtwo wrote: post #4

nalfien wrote: post #3

A useful comparison but I feel like the real test is to compare to whatever the new Pixel 4 night mode is going to have. Apple had a year to play catchup with the Pixel 3

For sure although the iPhone 11 sets a pretty high bar.

Post by panpanna » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 7:42 AM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #8

panpanna wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, pixel 3 destroyed iPhone X in night mode when first released (they did a comparison during the keynote, which is very unusual for Google [1]). Everyone said this could not be topped... 11 months later and Pixel 3 is probably not even in top 5. [1] https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/11/night-sight-seeing-in-dark...

> Everyone said this could not be topped... Long exposure photography has been around for decades. The tricky part isn't even hardware so of course it was going to be equalled and surpassed. The pixel hardware wasn't amazing when it was first released and now it's quite outdated. It's a matter of stitching pictures and blending them seamlessly, google was the first to apply that on phones because they had the edge in…