Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “iPhone XR vs Pixel 3 XL – Ultimate Camera Comparison”.
What’S up folks how’s it going. I hope you guys are all the way well and what you’re looking at is a camera comparison difference between the iPhone 10 R and the pixel 3. So here the front-facing side, I’m going to basically take a look at the rear-facing camera. Now the pixel 3 is very famous for having an awesome rear facing camera. But let’s see how the iPhone 10 are stacks, because it’s very similar to the iPhone 10s models.
In terms of most things that just doesn’t have the telephoto lens, so we’re gon na be taking a look, a couple of different scenarios in terms of outdoor indoor conditions, good light bad light. So that way, you have a good idea in terms of how these to compare in terms of all the different situations, so without any further ado, let’s get right into it: [ Applause, ], okay, so I’m now back from a full day of shooting and typically with Our camera comparisons, we just roll the footage and a couple of stills side by side with some music and I’ll. Let you guys decide what looks better to you, I’m going to do something a little bit different over here, because I think this is way too interesting. Just to put some video and some music onto, I want to show you guys side by side with my interpretation and my experience of what I think it looks actually better. And that way you guys have a better idea in terms of where I’m coming from and which camera is ultimately at the best one, because this is probably one of the most important things about a smartphone, and I think it’s important to cover all the basis. So we’re gon na be taking a look at the overall sharpness factor on which delivers the most clarity, we’re gon na be taking a color rendition. Dynamic range, also aspects of the video stabilization and then we’ll come back for another reflection. So let’s get right into it! Now first thing: we’re gon na evaluate the overall color rendition of both cameras.
What I found, what the iPhone tends to do is add a little bit of contrast and saturation. You can see that in this image with the miniature sailing-ship notice that the blue color in the hall appears to be a little bit more saturated and vibrant compared to the pixel 3 on the right hand, side. In reality, the blue isn’t as saturated and as vibrant as the iPhone portrays it.
In fact, it looks a lot more closer to what the pixel 3 represents. Another tendency of the iPhone is to slightly over expose the image just to make it look a little bit more brighter and again to make it pop more, which is fine for Instagram and everything. But if you want to portray reality in the most realistic way possible, sometimes you have to cut down on all that post-processing. Now, I’m pretty impressed with the metering system on the pixels. Not only does it render color a little bit more realistically than the iPhone, but it also has active tracking capabilities where it tracks a single point in a scene and maintains constant exposure and focus on that point. Even if you’re moving the phone around all over the place now in terms of the dynamic range of both cameras, if you take a look at this example with the watchtower on the upper part of the image, you’re gon na see that the clouds on the iPhone 10 are are actually retaining. A lot of info does a lot of texture information versus the pixel three kind of blows that information into white and we’re losing all that texture in the clouds in the skies now on the ground by the bushes. You can see that the pixels also crushing the blacks and losing significant amount of shadow details where the iPhone managed to preserve a lot of the details and the branches leaves, and even the pattern on the fence could be clearly seen on the iPhone versus all that Information is lost on the pixel 3 now the same result goes for shooting video and HDR mode you’re, going to see a lot more details in the shadows and highlights on the iPhone same thing with the amount of depth and the color information. Now, this might not be the most realistic interpretation of the scene, but that’s really not what HDR is about it’s about capturing the most information as possible in the colors, the highlights the shadows and everything, and this is where the iPhone is really shining at now.
I understand you can shoot raw on the pixel 3 and that way you can take it into Lightroom and Photoshop and really get more out of your pixel three images compared to the compressed JPEG formats, but straight out of the box in terms of dynamic range. I think the iPhone is the winner over here now, let’s talk about sharpness and clarity in terms of video, I think both present the same level of sharpness and clarity. I don’t think that there’s a major difference between the two, but it’s a different story when it comes to stills, take a look at this shot of the Blade Runner spinner model. You can clearly see some fine details in the paint blemishes and even notice the edges of the decal labeled police, 9. 9. 5.
You can see that it’s clearly defined on the pixel vs.. It’S not as defined on the iPhone iPhone is still very sharp. But if you take a look at this canvas painting picture over here and if we zoom in a little bit more you’re gon na see that again we’re seeing more fine details in the canvas material itself on the pixel 3 compared to the iPhone 10 are. It is a subtle difference, but a difference nonetheless. Lastly, here’s my favorite example notice that there’s a lot more detail on the leaf on the pixel, with more information, not only in terms of the individual kind of ridges of the leaf, but even in the color spectrum. The colors are more deeper, richer, green and keep in mind exactly how the leaf actually looked like the pixel doesn’t really exaggerate the colors or boost of the saturation or contrast too much, and although the iPhone again looks pretty sharp, it just looks a little bit more Blue me, and slightly again, overexposed to what the actual image look like in real life.
Moreover, in terms of video stabilization here, you can see that both are relatively smooth again, I’m just walking with the cameras, but on the pixel 3. The motion looks a little bit more natural and less jerky than the iPhone 10 are now at times. The iPhone stabilization system has this kind of rolling shutter, / jellivision effect, especially with kind of jerky motions and there’s actually many potential reasons of why that happens. One could be the hold and sampling effect where you’re taking a large 12 megapixel image and down sampling it to 8 megapixel for your 4k video and during that down sampling process.
If there’s any fast motion or any complex image, processing laws such as with electronic image stabilization, there could be some artifacts as a result of that now, with the pixel 3, it’s actually using the same size, sensor 12 megapixel, but when shooting video you’re gon na notice That the image is a little bit more zoomed or cropped in compared to what you see on the iPhone and there’s actually two reasons for that one. It does have a longer lens 28 millimeter versus 26 millimeters, but, more importantly, when shooting video, the pixel 3 actually uses a tighter crop of that 12 megapixel sensor, and that means it’s more efficient in the hold-down sampling process to shoot. Video and more resources and allocations could be put in to stabilizing that image and that’s why you have that smoother overall image, there’s probably a number of other factors, but that’s definitely one that contributes to the better image, stabilization and indeed optical stabilization system that we have On the pixel 3 now the last thing that we’re going to take a look at is an extreme low-light test. We’Re gon na start with kind of a moderate low-light test.
Here we have a picture of the Millennium Falcon, basically in relatively normal conditions as an indoor ambient environment. There’S a window with the blinds half shut about two to three feet away from the Falcon itself, and you can see that we have a relatively clear image on both smartphones. The pixel 3 obviously, is the sharper camera, so we’re seeing a little bit more detail there. But not a major difference, it’s a different situation.
If we move the Falcon into a very poorly lit condition, we now have the blinds fully closed, there’s very little ambient light, and in this extreme situation you can find that the iPhone is actually shining over here now. Granted, there’s a hell of a lot of post-processing going on over here with noise reduction. Boosting the contrasts are preserving the details that were in the image to begin with, but compared to the pixel 3, which is an absolute mess with noise all over the place. There’S details being lost in the shadows, the highlights everything there is some color distortion coil, it’s a weird red, tinting effect and sure you can argue that the iPhone looks kind of fake and super process, but we’re still getting a lot of detail.
That’S preserved at the pixel 3 completely lost and the iPhone is certainly generating the more usable image now. Lastly, when it comes to slow motion, I think both are very, very similar you’re, looking at 240 frames per second at 1080p on both platforms. I shot some slow motion earlier and, as you can see, they both look fairly good. Auto, focusing is always a little bit tricky, but for most of your action sequences I think you’re gon na find pretty decent results on both platforms, so no real major differences or complaints there. Now to sum up everything we’ve talked about in this article. If we were to take a look at the strengths of the iPhone, I think in terms of dynamic range, it’s definitely the superior device and in terms of extreme lighting situations where we have a very, very minimal light. I think the post-processing system is a little bit more secure and gives you a little bit more useable imagery when it comes to shooting in extreme low-light situations. In most cases, you’re going to be using the flash when it comes to that circumstance.
But it’s kind of interesting to note that this is actually the better extreme, a low-light camera straight out of the box. Now, obviously, this is the more capable cameras, the more realistic camera. The pixel three offers exceptional video and photo quality.
That, I think, is definitely a best-in-class when it comes to most situations that you’re going to be shooting into, and I can see why there’s so many people praising it, but it’s definitely not a perfect camera and there are situations where the iPhone is better. No one. Just last thing I want to mention is that we’re gon na have an ultimate battery life.
Comparison between the 10 is 10 s max. The 10 are the pixel, a 3 X L, as well as the Samsung Note 9, and s 9 smartphones. So, if you’re interested in seeing which one has the ultimate battery performance last, the longest you’re, definitely going to want to tune into that video so check out the description or make sure you’re subscribed for that latest update other than that. Thanks again for watching and we’ll see you real soon take care.
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