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Surprised by Negative Tone of Comments. I have been using PixelXL since launch and every one of my friends who looked at photos are amazed by the camera (Many

by kumarm 10y ago

Surprised by Negative Tone of Comments. I have been using PixelXL since launch and every one of my friends who looked at photos are amazed by the camera (Many of iPhone Users). PixelXL made me default photographer at parties (And fact that I can share Photos using Google Photos with everyone at Party). Pixel Camera is amazing compared to any existing SmartPhone camera. Side Note: The only issue I have with Pixel is that its easy to break glass.

JohnJamesRambo 10y ago
They aren't negative about the Pixel but rather the idea that it was only software wizardry that was the cause of the camera quality improvement.
HalfwayToDice 10y ago
Not difficult to beat the iPhone camera. Why does my iPhone 4S take better photos than my iPhone 7? Modern iPhones photos are smeary smudgy mess. Can always tell on Reddit or Facebook when an image has been taken with an iPhone. Luckily using RAW mode helps, which means it's some lunatic software noise-reduction in newer versions of iOS that is the problem.
- chairmanwow 10y ago
  I honestly think that you might have a lemon. It has been my experience that iPhone 7 images are among the best in class (I can't comment on the quality of the Pixel's camera, but I've heard good things). I understand your grievance, but honestly it's impossible to posit that an iPhone 4 takes better pictures than an iPhone 7.
- icantdrive55 10y ago
  My iPhone 4 takes unbelievable macro pictures. I hate to say this, but better than my Canon 20D, with an L lens. I was thinking about buying a macro lens for Canon, but can't justify the it anymore. Just macro in my world though. The dslr still takes better portraits, and nature shots.
MikusR 10y ago
Maybe when compared with iPhone or Nexus cameras.
notliketherest 10y ago
> Surprised by Negative Tone of Comments Welcome to Hackernews :)
- sametmax 10y ago
  Hackernews, where everything sucks and do you have numbers to back that up ?
snovv_crash 10y ago
I've had the same reaction, but with an HTC 10. I'm curious now what a side-by-side between the two would look. The 10 uses a really novel lens with OIS and HDR, whereas the Pixel has no OIS but uses fancy EIS. I'm actually surprised how little love the 10 gets, considering the noise made around the hardware quality of the Pixel, and the fact that HTC made both. I guess people just like the Google brand or something.
- pimeys 10y ago
  I have the HTC 10 and it's easily the best phone I've ever used. The only thing I didn't like about it was the amount of software you need to disable before it's usable. Like all those HTC speciality apps you can't uninstall and who want to send your tracking data. It's not as bad as some other manufacturers, but definitely annoying after using OnePlus products.
- Grazester 10y ago
  Seems like the HTC 10 really isn't all that great. "The real surprise from these tests isn’t the winners, though — it’s how bad the losers are. In some situations, the LG, HTC and Sony phones put out pictures that loom downright unusable, something I’d expect more from a 2013 Moto G than " http://bgr.com/2016/12/14/iphone-7-camera-vs-google-pixel-galaxy-s7-htc-10-dslr/amp/ http://bgr.com/2016/12/14/iphone-7-camera-vs-google-pixel-ga...
  - snovv_crash 10y ago
    Well that's just a reference to http://www.techradar.com/news/how-2016s-best-camera-phones-compare-to-a-dslr http://www.techradar.com/news/how-2016s-best-camera-phones-c... It looks like they had smudges on the camera lens. I've taken much more challenging shots than that without the horrible blur they have. But smudge any smartphone lens with fingerprints and it will look like that. Hell, smudge a DSLR lens and it will look like that too.
falsedan 10y ago
The technology is fine (although nothing novel is shared in this article), the negativity is directed at the extreme big-noting tone of this marketing message for X.
ge96 10y ago
What about photos taken by the Windows Lumia phones by Nokia? I had a 920, when it was brand new I thought it took great pictures. It wasn't the 41MP camera and even that something about 'not real pixels' or multiplied pixels, can't remember.
1_2__3 10y ago
Your anecdotal experience is not especially relevant to the conversation. It's great your friends think your phone is cool. Literally every person you ever meet in your entire life could tell you the pixel is awesome and that's still too small a sample size to be indicative of anything at all.

by kumarm 10y ago

JohnJamesRambo 10y ago

They aren't negative about the Pixel but rather the idea that it was only software wizardry that was the cause of the camera quality improvement.

HalfwayToDice 10y ago

Not difficult to beat the iPhone camera. Why does my iPhone 4S take better photos than my iPhone 7? Modern iPhones photos are smeary smudgy mess. Can always tell on Reddit or Facebook when an image has been taken with an iPhone. Luckily using RAW mode helps, which means it's some lunatic software noise-reduction in newer versions of iOS that is the problem.

chairmanwow 10y ago
I honestly think that you might have a lemon. It has been my experience that iPhone 7 images are among the best in class (I can't comment on the quality of the Pixel's camera, but I've heard good things). I understand your grievance, but honestly it's impossible to posit that an iPhone 4 takes better pictures than an iPhone 7.
icantdrive55 10y ago
My iPhone 4 takes unbelievable macro pictures. I hate to say this, but better than my Canon 20D, with an L lens. I was thinking about buying a macro lens for Canon, but can't justify the it anymore. Just macro in my world though. The dslr still takes better portraits, and nature shots.

MikusR 10y ago

Maybe when compared with iPhone or Nexus cameras.

notliketherest 10y ago

> Surprised by Negative Tone of Comments Welcome to Hackernews :)

sametmax 10y ago
Hackernews, where everything sucks and do you have numbers to back that up ?

snovv_crash 10y ago

I've had the same reaction, but with an HTC 10. I'm curious now what a side-by-side between the two would look. The 10 uses a really novel lens with OIS and HDR, whereas the Pixel has no OIS but uses fancy EIS. I'm actually surprised how little love the 10 gets, considering the noise made around the hardware quality of the Pixel, and the fact that HTC made both. I guess people just like the Google brand or something.

pimeys 10y ago
I have the HTC 10 and it's easily the best phone I've ever used. The only thing I didn't like about it was the amount of software you need to disable before it's usable. Like all those HTC speciality apps you can't uninstall and who want to send your tracking data. It's not as bad as some other manufacturers, but definitely annoying after using OnePlus products.
Grazester 10y ago
Seems like the HTC 10 really isn't all that great. "The real surprise from these tests isn’t the winners, though — it’s how bad the losers are. In some situations, the LG, HTC and Sony phones put out pictures that loom downright unusable, something I’d expect more from a 2013 Moto G than " http://bgr.com/2016/12/14/iphone-7-camera-vs-google-pixel-galaxy-s7-htc-10-dslr/amp/ http://bgr.com/2016/12/14/iphone-7-camera-vs-google-pixel-ga...
- snovv_crash 10y ago
  Well that's just a reference to http://www.techradar.com/news/how-2016s-best-camera-phones-compare-to-a-dslr http://www.techradar.com/news/how-2016s-best-camera-phones-c... It looks like they had smudges on the camera lens. I've taken much more challenging shots than that without the horrible blur they have. But smudge any smartphone lens with fingerprints and it will look like that. Hell, smudge a DSLR lens and it will look like that too.

falsedan 10y ago

The technology is fine (although nothing novel is shared in this article), the negativity is directed at the extreme big-noting tone of this marketing message for X.

ge96 10y ago

What about photos taken by the Windows Lumia phones by Nokia? I had a 920, when it was brand new I thought it took great pictures. It wasn't the 41MP camera and even that something about 'not real pixels' or multiplied pixels, can't remember.

1_2__3 10y ago

Your anecdotal experience is not especially relevant to the conversation. It's great your friends think your phone is cool. Literally every person you ever meet in your entire life could tell you the pixel is awesome and that's still too small a sample size to be indicative of anything at all.