How does the image quality of a top-of-the-line smartphone camera stack up against a top-of-the-line professional camera these days? Photographer Tyler Stalman decided to find out by pitting a Google Pixel 2 smartphone against a $20,000 Hasselblad medium format camera in the 8-minute video above.
The Google Pixel 2 XL costs around $1,000 and currently […]. petapixel.com
Efforts to reduce bezels and notches at the top of smartphones are impeded by one major must-have feature: the front-facing camera. While many Android devices have adopted the “hole punch” over the iconic Apple notch, Google may be headed towards a unique under-display camera. petapixel.com »
2021-05-21 23:31
Thanks to its outstanding computational photography features, the Google Pixel 3 is regarded as having one of the best smartphone cameras. However, there's one area where the Pixel lags behind competing flagships from Apple, Huawei and Samsung: Zoom. dpreview.com »
2019-07-08 21:41
In October 2017, Google announced Clips, a small hands-free AI-powered camera that’s designed to capture your life’s memories without much human intervention. The camera isn’t on store shelves yet, but Google is revealing some new interesting details about it. petapixel.com »
2018-01-27 22:29
Portrait Mode on the Google Pixel 2 Google's Pixel 2 comes with one of the best-rated smartphone cameras in the world, and is one of very few single-lens devices to offer a background-blurring, fake bokeh portrait mode. dpreview.com »
2018-01-02 18:59
There is no doubt that what Google has done with the camera system in their new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones is nothing short of amazing, and believe it or not, it's about to get even better. Despite the rocky launch of Google’s latest flagship phones, many issues have been fixed and others are soon to be, but the one common theme of every review out there has been the quality of the camera. thephoblographer.com »
2017-12-04 17:00
There is no doubt that what Google has done with the camera system in their new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones is nothing short of amazing, and believe it or not, it's about to get even better. Despite the rocky launch of Google’s latest flagship phones, many issues have been fixed and others are soon to be, but the one common theme of every review out there has been the quality of the camera. thephoblographer.com »
2017-12-04 17:00
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2017-10-09 23:06
Google’s new Pixel 2 phones boast the best smartphone camera ever tested by DxOMark. In this 9-minute video by Nat and Friends, learn how Google created this bar-raising camera. The video includes a number of interesting interviews with the Pixel 2 team. petapixel.com »
2017-10-07 21:58
Google Clips is a lightweight, AI-enabled hands-free camera that captures spontaneous moments of your daily life automatically. "You can set the camera down on the coffee table when the kids are goofing around or clip it to a chair to get a shot of your cat playing with its favourite toy," Google says. photographyblog.com »
2017-10-05 12:00
Ever since the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X were announced, we've been waiting for Google's response. When the original Google Pixel came out, it quickly became one of the most raved about smartphone cameras in the world. dpreview.com »
2017-10-04 21:32
Google has just announced Google Clips, a new hands-free camera that takes photos for you. Instead of having to pull yourself out of special moments to shoot photos and videos, Clips will capture moments so you can be in them. petapixel.com »
2017-10-04 21:28
Google today unveiled its Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL smartphones. The Google Pixel 2 has a 5" Full HD OLED touchscreen with a resolution of 441 pixels per inch and a contrast ratio of 100,000:1, whilst the Google Pixel 2 XL comes with a 6" wide-gamut display with a resolution of 538ppi and an integrated polariser. photographyblog.com »
2017-10-04 20:30
Google has just certified the Insta360 Pro 360-degree 8K camera as the first “Street View Auto Ready” camera, capable of contributing to Street View after being mounted to a car. Insta360 says it has been collaborating closely with Google to ensure a seamless capture and sharing experience between its spherical camera and Google’s popular Street […] petapixel.com »
2017-10-03 22:20
6 things we want to see in the Google Pixel 2 It was true a year ago and it's still true now: the Google Pixel and Pixel XL offer one of the best smartphone cameras on the market. But the competition hasn't been standing still for the last year – Apple has gained ground with its dual focal length dual-camera devices, and the 8/8 Plus have overtaken the Pixel in DxoMark's mobile rankings. dpreview.com »
2017-10-03 16:00
A developer going by the handle B-S-G has created an unofficial port of Google's Camera app, allowing a larger number of Android users to utilize the software with much-loved features like HDR+. dpreview.com »
2017-08-14 20:26
Yi Technology today announced the development of a new 3D stereoscopic camera.
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Image: Florian Kainz/Google On a full moon night last year, Google software engineer Florian Kainz took a photo of the Golden Gate bridge and the City of San Francisco in the background with professional camera equipment: a Canon EOS-1D X and a Zeiss Otus 28mm F1. dpreview.com »
2017-04-26 21:19
Google's now independent X research division, which calls itself 'the moonshot factory,' has been publishing a collection of stories about the group's graduated projects and where they stand today. dpreview.com »
2017-03-27 20:52
Well this is… interesting. It doesn’t seem like the very public failure of Google Glass—due, in large part, to the built-in camera—has deterred Google from pursuing wearable camera tech. petapixel.com »
2017-03-01 22:11
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2016-12-21 15:00
Google's Pixel smartphones come with a range of innovative imaging technology and currently occupy the number one spot in the DxOMark smartphone ranking. However, shortly after the device launch some users reported a strong tendency of the Pixel camera to produce lens flare, and now it appears some devices are having trouble with the camera app, as well. dpreview.com »
2016-12-01 22:19
Since the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones have become available for purchase, there have been several reports about the camera of the devices, despite stellar scores in the DxOMark ranking, being very prone to lens flare with the sun at a certain angle to the camera lens. dpreview.com »
2016-10-26 20:55
When the Google Pixel was unveiled a couple of weeks back, many of us were taken aback at the impressive rating its camera received from DxOMark, the best score ever assigned to a smartphone camera by the site. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-19 03:00
With Google set to release the Pixel smartphone next week, curious individuals have taken to the Google community forums to have pressing concerns answered. From all the conversation, we have gathered a few interesting nuggets not included in the press announcement. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-12 03:00
Update: The 4K sample video in this article has been removed on suspicion of it being a fake. The announcement last week of Google’s Pixel phone only served to increase the hype around the highly-anticipated device. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-11 03:00
The announcement last week of Google’s Pixel phone only served to increase the hype around the highly-anticipated device. More than anything else it was Google’s claim that the phone possessed the greatest smartphone camera currently available on the market that generated such high levels of excitement. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-11 03:00
Google announced its new in-house Pixel smartphone this week, boasting that it has “the best smartphone camera ever. ” DxOMark agreed, giving the phone’s camera a record-breaking score of 89. petapixel.com »
2016-10-08 20:30
Google’s newest phone, the Pixel, has just been announced. Although the event is still ongoing, we’ve got our first confirmation of the specs, and they’re extremely impressive. One highlight of Google’s presentation was the reveal of the Pixel’s rating by DxO Mark. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-05 03:00
Watch out iPhone: Google wants to be the smartphone camera champ. The company just announced the Pixel and Pixel XL, a pair of new smartphones that puts a huge amount of emphasis on photography. Developed in-house, the phones pack what Google boasts is the “best smartphone camera ever.” The sensor and camera reviewing lab DxOMark […] petapixel.com »
2016-10-04 21:34
The iOS version of Google's Snapseed mobile photo editing app just got an update with a major new benefit: full Raw support for 144 cameras and all DNG files. With the update, the app can now be used to edit Raw files from a lengthy list of advanced compacts and interchangeable lens cameras. dpreview.com »
2016-09-01 22:54
This week, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider are joined by commercial filmmaker, fellow YouTuber, and podcaster Tyler Stalman to talk about the most impactful tech we've seen this year. [Read More]
The Hasselblad H6D-100c is a 100-megapixel medium format DSLR that costs $33,000 without a lens. Throw in a Hasselblad H lens and the resulting camera kit can easily cost over $40,000, or more than the average car.
Professional photographer Tyler Stalman recently tested out the iPhone X extensively to see its camera capabilities. In this 9-minute video review, Stalman shares his findings on how the iPhone X performs in the real world.