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Who owns a Pixel 6 pro, how's the camera?

Started Dec 6, 2021 | Discussions thread
Wayne Larmon Forum Pro • Posts: 10,694
Re: Who owns a Pixel 6 pro, how's the camera?

mfinley wrote:

Hi Wayne,

I would be going from a Pixel 3 to the Pixel Pro 6. Specifically I need a better cell phone camera for work related projects, do you think the is a big difference between the Pixel 3 camra and the pixel 6 pro camera?

My comparison is a Pixel 2. I don't think the 1x camera performs noticeably better than the one in my Pixel 2. The main gain is the 4x. And the .7x when you need a bit more wide.

I've been mostly using mine to document home repair projects since I got the 6 Pro. The 4x lens is surprisingly useful for documenting. For forensic purposes, you can go to 10x and higher and still get usable images (albeit not pixel sharp.) This also works hand-held in low light. This is really useful!

The camera hardware is definitely better in the 6s than in any earlier Pixels. The sensor for the 1x camera is about three times larger than the one in any of the older Pixels. But, thus far, that isn't showing up much with the 1x camera images. Thus far. It isn't appreciably better than what I am used to in the P2. Others (on the Mobile forum) feel that Google will release software that makes better use of the new sensor in the 6s. We hope.

Wayne

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