{"id":11692,"date":"2020-03-08T23:54:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T06:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=11692"},"modified":"2020-03-11T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:44:52","slug":"quick-comparison-pixel-4-vs-iphone-11-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/08\/quick-comparison-pixel-4-vs-iphone-11-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Comparison: Pixel 4 vs. iPhone 11 at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Please note: I don\u2019t work on the Pixel team, and these opinions are just those of a guy with a couple of phones in hand, literally shooting in the dark.]<\/em><\/p>\n

In Yosemite Valley on Friday night, I did some quick & unscientific but illuminating (oh jeez) tests shooting with a Pixel 4 & iPhone 11 Pro Max. I\u2019d had fleeting notions of trying some proper astrophotography (side note: see these great tips<\/a> from Pixel engineer & ILM vet Florian Kainz), but between the moon & the clouds, I couldn\u2019t see a ton of stars. Therefore I mostly held up both phones, pressed the shutter button, and held my breath.<\/p>\n

Check out the results in this album<\/a>. You can see which camera produced which images by tapping each image, then tapping the little comment icon. I haven\u2019t applied any adjustments.<\/p>\n

Overall I\u2019m amazed at what both devices can produce, but overall I preferred the Pixel\u2019s interpretations. They were darker, but truer to what my eyes perceived, and very unlike the otherworldly, day-for-night iPhone renderings (which persisted despite a few attempts I made to set focus, then drag down the exposure before shooting).<\/p>\n

Check out the results, judge for yourself, and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

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Oh, and for a much more eye-popping Pixel 4 result, check out this post from Adobe’s Russell Brown:<\/p>\n

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A Pixel 4 Night Site Moment – OK, I am officially amazed at the wonders of mobile photography. The Pixel 4 has won me over as the best Astrophotography phone camera. How they made this magic happen is totally unbelievable. This is a 4 minute exposure consisting of a composite of 15 exposures at 16 seconds each. They are magically merged together into this amazing image. I processed the image in Lightroom Mobile on my iPad Pro. #pixel4 #lightroom #wanaka #newzealand #nightsite #milkyway #pixel4photography #lightroommobile #nightphotography #astrophotography #mobilephotography #reallyrightstufftripod #myrrs<\/a><\/p>\n

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