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A contrary view of the Pixel 2

Started Feb 20, 2018 | Discussions thread
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Re: A contrary view of the Pixel 2

hiker_jon wrote:

Hi,

The difference in megapixels (16 in the G5 vs 12 in the Pixel 2) will make a small difference, but not a huge difference. In my post I am comparing the out of camera jpeg with the raw data. Google greatly smooths the colors in the jpeg image. Here is the original Pixel 2 image with exif. My computer program is a plugin to ImageJ which does not preserve exif (ImageJ is a tool for biomedical researchers and so is not oriented towards consumer cameras).

Original Pixel 2 image before enhancement.

I just looked at the exif. You have turned HDR+ off! You may not do this. When you turn off HDR+, you also turn off Google's general software image processing and instead a conventional image processor does the work. There is a huge difference in image quality when you turn HDR+ off. You should never do this.

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