The Pixel 2 Photography Thread

[Telperion]

I don't get impressed by technology much, but the Pixel 2's camera is truly impressive. I think it's better even than what reviews are saying. Every other phone I've owned I've been able to get good photos if I held it right, in the right light, with no movement, and the perfect combination of factors. With the Pixel 2, I find it nearly impossible to take a bad photo. Everything comes out good.

Let's share some of our favorite Pixel 2 shots.

(These obviously are down-scaled so the clarity isn't going to be the same as full-res)

 

[giant22000]

Night time picture of full moon. No edits. Flash off everything else auto.

 

[sstanton86]

I don't get impressed by technology much, but the Pixel 2's camera is truly impressive. I think it's better even than what reviews are saying. Every other phone I've owned I've been able to get good photos if I held it right, in the right light, with no movement, and the perfect combination of factors. With the Pixel 2, I find it nearly impossible to take a bad photo. Everything comes out good.

Let's share some of our favorite Pixel 2 shots.

(These obviously are down-scaled so the clarity isn't going to be the same as full-res)

Some lovely photos dude! My sentiments too, really love this phone and the camera capabilities. It's only going to get better with the visual core and machine learning for portrait shots.

 

[dtechy69]

Agreed

 

[Telperion]

Some lovely photos dude! My sentiments too, really love this phone and the camera capabilities. It's only going to get better with the visual core and machine learning for portrait shots.

Same with yours, and probably similarly I didn't set out to take photos, I was just out and around and snapped what I saw.

This was a very low light environment but the detail it retains in the pine needles is incredible.

 

[Krunk_Kracker]

Direct linking is not working I guess.

The last two I played around with the editing options in the GPhoto app.

 

[Krunk_Kracker]

The rum and coke makes a good wallpaper.

 

[joyshvabra]

Some lovely photos dude! My sentiments too, really love this phone and the camera capabilities. It's only going to get better with the visual core and machine learning for portrait shots.

great shots :good:
hrd+ mode was on or off?
have you tuned those pics using snapseed etc ?

 

[sstanton86]

great shots :good:
hrd+ mode was on or off?
have you tuned those pics using snapseed etc ?

Thanks! HDR+ was on on all of them by default. Got some truly amazing ones as well as those that day, was such an amazing backdrop. All are non-edited and I didn't use Snapseed.

Also I've only just discovered HDR Enhanced and HDR+ are two separate modes, still a little confused as to the difference, as I know HDR Enhanced does take longer to process. I've tried googling it but read a lot of conflicting information. So would be ace if someone who knew what they were talking about could explain the difference between them.

 

[nickporwal]

Thanks! HDR+ was on on all of them by default. Got some truly amazing ones as well as those that day, was such an amazing backdrop. All are non-edited and I didn't use Snapseed.

Also I've only just discovered HDR Enhanced and HDR+ are two separate modes, still a little confused as to the difference, as I know HDR Enhanced does take longer to process. I've tried googling it but read a lot of conflicting information. So would be ace if someone who knew what they were talking about could explain the difference between them.

HDR+ = auto HDR. App will decide whether HDR is needed or not based on the situation.
HDR enhanced= HDR always on.

Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

 

[anzenketh]

My only complaint is the Noise and artifacts that it has. But I have yet to have a good phone that does well on that front. I think it is amazing what they are able to do with mostly software.

 

[duckstardeluxe]

Just starting to realize how the camera in general has consistancy as well as always being snappy.

Also found that the selfie camera is actually usable. High Dynamic Range is awesome!

Portrait Mode is okay but looking closely shows mishaps around the edges of things, ears etc. But. Considering that [emoji624] mode works on both cameras as well as working with software as the main supplier of quality I'm really impressed. The Pixel 2 is starting to grow on me. And I've had both G6, S8, S7, S6, HTC 10, 6P, MI 5s pixel port, MI Mix 2.

 

[thesebastian]

I've uploaded some Pixel 2 photos from Berlin and Prague. Camera still amazing. Most of the photos were taken with HDR+ Enhanced (I've stopped using HDR+ after the first 1 or 2 days). (I took 1400 photos/videos in 2 weeks with the Pixel 2 and Nexus 6P).
Honestly, anyone who had a Nexus 5X, 6P, Pixel 1 shouldn't be really impressed with photo quality, as this HDR+ quality was already great since the Nexus 5 2013 was released and the easy-detail, and the resolution quality is more or less the same since the Nexus 5X/6P (I haven't used the N6).
Now the focus speed, HDR+ processing speed, camera launch speed, capture speed, video quality and stabilization, etc etc. Those are other things that really improved in each device upgrade IMO.

Pixel 2 samples:
https://imgur.com/a/5NNDB

Nexus 6P/5X samples:
https://imgur.com/a/TwJwd

Nexus 5 (2013) samples:
[The old 5 also had great quality, but the MP difference is quite noticeable compared to 5X/6P/Pixel/Pixel 2. That HDR+ camera was IMO still superb for 2013/2014/2015 years before the 5X/6P and other smartphones were released, I honestly had to sell a Z5 Compact because I was missing the Nexus 5 camera]
https://imgur.com/a/TEPCc

 

[kolyan]

I didn't want to start a new thread.......can anyone comment on these (P1 vs P2). Notice that ISO on P1 is much higher and yet images look the same and in some when you zoom in Pixel 1 is less blurry and just a better quality overall

https://photos.app.goo.gl/FTyfRvJHxWAx38e93

 

[NOSTALGIA]

nice shots @duckstardeluxe

 

[TCPDump]

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My beautiful wife. Love the photo quality, too!

 

[Rajaasim1980]

I didn't want to start a new thread.......can anyone comment on these (P1 vs P2). Notice that ISO on P1 is much higher and yet images look the same and in some when you zoom in Pixel 1 is less blurry and just a better quality overall

https://photos.app.goo.gl/FTyfRvJHxWAx38e93

I dont see much difference. I even prefer pixel 1 photos in there so it make me wonder why so much praise and hype for camera of pixel 2 when its not much different to last generation pixel.

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My beautiful wife. Love the photo quality, too!

You have a lovely wife

 

[giant22000]

Our Chihuahua. HDR+ Enhanced. No flash. No edits.

I did zoom in and take screenshot.

 

[kolyan]

I dont see much difference. I even prefer pixel 1 photos in there so it make me wonder why so much praise and hype for camera of pixel 2 when its not much different to last generation pixel.

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You have a lovely wife

I ordered a replacement to see if my Pixel 2 is defective. Most indoor pictures I take with back camera come out better on Pixel 1

 

[duckstardeluxe]

Made an album with the first two weeks of using the camera capabilities of the Pixel 2 https://photos.app.goo.gl/JCobMNrB58ZqlAQg2

Sendt fra min Pixel 2 med Tapatalk