The Pixel 3 camera mode you were expecting finally extends to all pixels – BGR

When it unveiled the Pixel 3 phones about a month ago, Google has devoted a whole part of the presentation to the camera experience. This was fully anticipated, as previous Pixel cameras have received a lot of praise. Google even took a few snapshots during the competition by introducing a new low-light camera mode called Night Sight, showing examples of images showing how Pixel 3 is better than the iPhone. The problem with this feature was that Google needed more time to be ready for buyers. The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL were delivered without the support of Night Sight. However, all this is changing now because Google has released an update for Pixel phones that activates this feature.

Night Sight is a low-light smart photo shooting mode that takes into account various settings before taking a picture. The edge The phone checks if the camera is moving, if the objects in the scene are moving and measuring the amount of light. These variables are all taken into account in taking pictures, because the phone determines exactly the duration of a shooting and the number of exposures required. As a result, each Night Sight photo requires up to six seconds and up to 15 frames.

The best part of this is that Night Sight takes these pictures in handheld mode, which means you do not need a tripod to stabilize your camera before taking your pictures.

Google also uses a new "more sophisticated" learning-based algorithm to measure white balance and learn to ignore hues caused by artificial light.

One of the drawbacks of the new mode is that some of the images obtained are much brighter than if they were not taken at night.

The Night Sight mode does everything for the user from the moment you select it in the Camera application. The phone will suggest Night Sight if it determines that a scene is qualified, and that standard cameras and selfies support it.

The update of the camera app is already complete and will work not only on the Pixel 3 phones that Google has just launched, but also on older Pixel handsets, including the first and second generations. However, Night Sight will work better on Pixel 3 than older models because Google has developed and trained the algorithm for this particular hardware. The original pixel lacks support for optical image stabilization. It is therefore preferable to use a tripod to obtain similar results: samples and comparisons of cameras are available at this link.

Source of image: Zach Epstein, BGR