I don't think the macro mode is gimmicky, I work with small animals and i love taking close up macro photos of them. I have a collection of baby lizard macro photos.
@@Farquad76.547 a gimmick is something that doesn't really serve a function other than to gather attention. My use case might be niche, but the use case of "taking detailed photos close up" is certainly pretty broad for a wide segment of users.
I agree. Obviously Becca, with her vast video experience, will find a consumer grade slider for noise reduction "fine". The level of control in software like Adobe Audition, etc is extremely powerful in comparison. But the Pixel's audio magic eraser, with its ability to easily dial background or other unwanted noise up and down, is more than fine. For the masses, it's amazing. I think a lot of people will find this really useful or certainly fun to play with.
Yeah, Becca was a little more critical in her tone for this review than usual. She didn't even mention the improved low light performance across all 3 sensors nor the improved selfie performance for the Pro. Both of these make the 8 Pro a significant upgrade over the 6 or 7 series.
i feel the audio eraser requires more appreciation than just. "fine" :) i'm sure there would be a same video calling it ground breaking when apple does this in 7 years :-)
Standard iPhone photos have yellow and green hue over them. It's a well known fact. Front facing cameras cannot get the skin color right. I'm just confused how someone so experienced says that Pixel is struggling with color accuracy while iPhone isn't.
I'm surprised Becca didn't mention the fact that it now has Ultra HDR as well as P3 color! But you have to be viewing the photos on the Pixel 8 Pro itself, a lot of other devices and apps won't show either
As a photographer these are the tools you want. In my opinion you are wrong when you say iPhone 15 has better colour management? There are lots of professional reviews out there thats say otherwise. Take for example dxo mark.
I tested the iPhone 15 pro Max for 2 weeks before returning because the colors were terrible compared to my pixel 7 pro. Skin tones were especially (and consistently) bad. Excited for my new 8 pro to show up today.
This was a fantastic (!!!) review of the camera system. I'm literally sitting on my couch waiting for UPS to drop off my P8Pro any moment now. This was a great, comprehensive review, keep it up!!
These are always fun. I find the Pixel really consistent at color, most specifically, white balance, it seems very predictable in fact sometimes too accurate, when you have an rgb light as a primary it balances it so much that it basically cancels the color cast, I kinda hated that but now with manual controls that won't be a problem 😉
Watching this video from Pixel 8 Pro that I picked up today. I upgraded from Pixel 4a 5G and was worried about the size of the 8 Pro. But so far so good. Yes it is a big phone, however it sits pretty well in my hand. There is, of course, so much to test in this phone, it will take me few days to just have a proper impressions.
For low light video performance, google has been toning down the amount of temporal noise reduction because it leads to motion artifacts in low light where a higher ISO is used.
First review I've seen from Becca and you absolutely crushed it. Top-notch all the way through. I will definitely be checking out more of your content.
Honestly can’t wait to test the 8 Pro. It’s such a bummer that Google doesn’t officially sell it here (Dubai) and I need to wait a few days longer to import it. 😢
I think the big thing about 8 pro personally is all about that locally processed AI with tensor g3. A lot of downloaded AI tool apps are all processed on the cloud.
The purpose of these companies to introduce macro mode is the main lens is not able to focus all parts of the subject to focus. As lens getting bigger and larger sensor gives more shallow depth and defocusses the subject away from the centre. Hence companies have to crop the ultra wide lens to bring the macro focus. The picture appear stretched and doesn’t give the correct aspect ratio. Pixel phones focus is much better indeed. If you try to use iPhone 13 onwards and S20 onwards , you will notice a blurry image when you take a pic of a text book page with letters. So smartly they introduced the crop of the ultra wide sensor and call it a macro photography. It’s not a dedicated macro lens. If you could add a macro lens to the regular wide lens the image looks stunning. I use it all the time. The problem is we have to carry the lens kit all the time! Hope a dedicated macro lens comes soon!
Was this review done during the embargo with pre-production software? Surely this was done afterwards for the solid end user results. 1000 pix in 2 days is insane 🤯📸
People often say macro lenses are gimmicks but I use them all the time for reading small text or taking pictures behind computers and tvs to see whats going on in a mess of cables and ports etc.
Funny I think the Pixel video looks better than the iPhone in your examples? I think it's the first time that the pixel is better all around than most phones. Not perfect in every area but overall I think it's the best at most.
Yeah agreed. The displays on the 8 &8 Pro also got the best display award from Dxo. The brightest screens on the market, with the best cameras and best AI. These phones are damn good.
I looked at the side by side videos in person on a 4k screen, the pixel has improved a lot but it's still behind the iPhone with video quality, how it handles exposure, zoom transitions, higher resolution cinematic mode, and the iPhones ability to shoot in Pro Res Log. I'm not taking away from the Pixel, but technically it's not true.
Incredibly thoughtful review as always! I’m shocked more phone companies didn’t try to replicate the “Magic Eraser”. It’s simple, but incredibly effective. Google has AI on their side like no other brand. As an 15 Pro Max user, it should be coveted as iMessage is.
Samsung has "Object Eraser" which does the same thing. Also erases shadows and reflections. I believe the feature came with OneUI 5.1, though I'm not 100% sure. Idk how it compares to google's magic eraser, but it's pretty good.
Thank you for your honest take on this phone. I have the same gripe about the color shifting when I'm taking photos. Depending on the light and how it's reflecting off my floor or walls the colors will shift towards a really warm tone which drives me nuts!!! I have to change my angle or change the white balance. But with kids they don't always sit still long enough for me to change those settings.
1:45 the building looks so tilted and weird on the iphone 15 pro max. the face looks very orange on iphone 15 pro max video, 3:14 i would choose the pixel photo over iphone even if the colors aren't realistic because the colors look better than real colors.
hi friend, very nice video... one questions, whats your personal opinion... Does Best take, will be in Google photo?, will it work on old pixel phones¡ due to AI feature is not related to hardware, right? Thanks
Yay Becca video. Definitely glad you spoke to the sticky pixel camera framing in video, it’s weird because it really really ruins the experience regardless of the image quality in ideal circumstances. Watching it and filming it you almost get motion sickness from it freezing and bobbing around as you make moves
Astro mode is a fav of mine on the Pixel and I *really* wanted to test this, but the last week has been nothing but cloudy on the east coast. stay tuned for more on that! -becca
I understand your complaints with the telephoto lens in video mode, but I also think that for the average user this is actually a benefit. The pixel goes out of its way to enforce stabilization and lock on certain subjects. You were trying to pan, like a videographer would. But for the average user, just trying to take a video of something that's far away, this stabilization and subject locking is super useful.
Color and tone wise, it's still pixel. But I don't know why this year there's an unusual softening going on. Almost as if they're using the same processing algorithm for the new sensor as they did with their older sensor. And while video boost seems impressive, just how many people would want to upload their night time videos and wait 24hrs before uploading, when the iPhone can clean up the video in real time and have it ready when you press the stop button?
I have an iPhone it can't clean it up in real time. It looks good but iPhone also suffers in night time video. You don't know what video boost can do, I don't know what video boost can do. So instead of speaking with no knowledge let's just wait.
Great review, and I watched on my 8 pro. Sure, it's an older review and they have night video now, and faults are fixable with software updates, which is good. Nothing wrong with your analysis. I also enjoy some of the same photography as you and I'm also interested in Gemini and gaming a bit. Plus the call screening and I want to try Duplex sometime. 🍻
Alright.. 1000 photos with what next?
-b
Did you say locked in 4k or u can change the res
The Sony A6700 ;) ...also, I mainly wanted to let you know that there isn't actually a link to the dbrand skins in the video description right now
Xperia 1 V or 5 V?
Pentax Q
Without bias, I know y'all love iphones
I don't think the macro mode is gimmicky, I work with small animals and i love taking close up macro photos of them. I have a collection of baby lizard macro photos.
It wasn't even a pixel thing until Apple did it
It wasn't an apple thing until Samsung did it
Yeah bro that sounds pretty damn niche I’m not out here taking hundreds of images of lizards lmao
“It’s not gimmicky!! I use that feature!!”
@@Farquad76.547 a gimmick is something that doesn't really serve a function other than to gather attention. My use case might be niche, but the use case of "taking detailed photos close up" is certainly pretty broad for a wide segment of users.
Generally speaking, the Pixel 8 Pro's still photos are so good, the overall color and tone look pretty natural, I really like it.
Audio eraser is just "Fine"?!?!?! Becca be real that is genuinely impressive and extremely useful especially if you're not a video editor.
I've wished for something can can erase wind noise easily for a long time, and now it's here.
I agree. Obviously Becca, with her vast video experience, will find a consumer grade slider for noise reduction "fine". The level of control in software like Adobe Audition, etc is extremely powerful in comparison. But the Pixel's audio magic eraser, with its ability to easily dial background or other unwanted noise up and down, is more than fine. For the masses, it's amazing. I think a lot of people will find this really useful or certainly fun to play with.
Yeah, Becca was a little more critical in her tone for this review than usual. She didn't even mention the improved low light performance across all 3 sensors nor the improved selfie performance for the Pro. Both of these make the 8 Pro a significant upgrade over the 6 or 7 series.
3:14 damn this difference is huge
i feel the audio eraser requires more appreciation than just. "fine" :) i'm sure there would be a same video calling it ground breaking when apple does this in 7 years :-)
Macro Photography is unique in its own way. Don't see it as gimmicky. A great tool to have when you want to explore a unique form of Photography.
Standard iPhone photos have yellow and green hue over them. It's a well known fact. Front facing cameras cannot get the skin color right.
I'm just confused how someone so experienced says that Pixel is struggling with color accuracy while iPhone isn't.
I'm surprised Becca didn't mention the fact that it now has Ultra HDR as well as P3 color! But you have to be viewing the photos on the Pixel 8 Pro itself, a lot of other devices and apps won't show either
It felt very biased :p
This review feels gimmicky to me, it comes from a bitter ex😂 who can't accept reality that i am doing good.
this alone invalidate this whole video HDR and P3 will imporve the pciture so much
@@ZetpheriousTheres nothing biased about not mentioning a feature that works only on this phone.
@@michaliskossyfas1253 The review is about this phone?????
0:08 "I LOVE TREES" instantly deletes the tree in the photo
As a photographer these are the tools you want. In my opinion you are wrong when you say iPhone 15 has better colour management? There are lots of professional reviews out there thats say otherwise. Take for example dxo mark.
Agreed. One of the few things she missed here.
I tested the iPhone 15 pro Max for 2 weeks before returning because the colors were terrible compared to my pixel 7 pro. Skin tones were especially (and consistently) bad. Excited for my new 8 pro to show up today.
DXO mark iPhone 15 pro max review, Pros- "Pleasant and natural color rendering and skin tones"
@@am3ient I didn't say the iPhone is bad. Just think the Pixels have better colour balance.
This was a fantastic (!!!) review of the camera system. I'm literally sitting on my couch waiting for UPS to drop off my P8Pro any moment now. This was a great, comprehensive review, keep it up!!
Glad as always to watch your videos! You made it! Thankd DBrand!
Since Dieter left the Verge it has turned to "the iPhone"
These are always fun. I find the Pixel really consistent at color, most specifically, white balance, it seems very predictable in fact sometimes too accurate, when you have an rgb light as a primary it balances it so much that it basically cancels the color cast, I kinda hated that but now with manual controls that won't be a problem 😉
It's a review from The Verge, I expected nothing less. If it was an Apple device, revolutionary.
The most impressive thjng has got to be the video. Ive never seen a Pixel with video that seemingly rivals iPhone footage and now I have.
The softness with which it is presented is amazing. Its lovely and refreshing.
Watching this video from Pixel 8 Pro that I picked up today. I upgraded from Pixel 4a 5G and was worried about the size of the 8 Pro. But so far so good. Yes it is a big phone, however it sits pretty well in my hand. There is, of course, so much to test in this phone, it will take me few days to just have a proper impressions.
Becca, you're a gem. Keep on doing what you do! Your videos are always a breath of fresh air.
THAT PART! truly.
Becca - this new style of review is bringing out the best in you. Please keep doing the things you do. We love you!
For low light video performance, google has been toning down the amount of temporal noise reduction because it leads to motion artifacts in low light where a higher ISO is used.
First review I've seen from Becca and you absolutely crushed it. Top-notch all the way through. I will definitely be checking out more of your content.
Hi you can lock the colour balance by holding the colour slider - you can also lock your exposure and af.
3:45 this 5 seconds of running looked better than the entire Flash movie😐
Honestly can’t wait to test the 8 Pro. It’s such a bummer that Google doesn’t officially sell it here (Dubai) and I need to wait a few days longer to import it. 😢
Waiting too for mine, next week
Seriously google should do something about expanding their market ... It's their 8th version still they are not selling these in middle east.. 😭
Same in indonesian
is Pixel 8 pro not available in big mobiles stores there ?? I am literally visiting Dubai day after.. kindly help if you have info
I think the big thing about 8 pro personally is all about that locally processed AI with tensor g3. A lot of downloaded AI tool apps are all processed on the cloud.
Love the video, love Becca as always, and as an architect I LOVE the focus on Brooklyn Tower for some reason haha. Keep up the amazing work!!
OMGG! you made those skins? the purple one has to be my favorite skin ever
Great review Becka! I really like this format and testing of the phone!
The magic editor is cool and scary at the same time!
This is by far my favorite camera review format on TH-cam. Thank you, Becca!
That title alone is a gem.
Old MacDonald had a Pixel 8 Pro, AI, UI...Oh?
I really REALLY love this series, keep it up Becca!
It's already in its 8th iteration but Google still hasn't figured out to smoothly transition from one lens to another. SIGH.
"can all be adjusted by he right thumb"
My left thumb.
"Am I joke to you"
Fr why is all software anti- lefty? 😢
What an editing masterpiece this is. And 99% of viewers won't notice. Thanks for also making videos for us who appreciate these things!
Honestly, the cuts were so quick I couldn't stand it
The purpose of these companies to introduce macro mode is the main lens is not able to focus all parts of the subject to focus. As lens getting bigger and larger sensor gives more shallow depth and defocusses the subject away from the centre. Hence companies have to crop the ultra wide lens to bring the macro focus. The picture appear stretched and doesn’t give the correct aspect ratio. Pixel phones focus is much better indeed. If you try to use iPhone 13 onwards and S20 onwards , you will notice a blurry image when you take a pic of a text book page with letters.
So smartly they introduced the crop of the ultra wide sensor and call it a macro photography.
It’s not a dedicated macro lens. If you could add a macro lens to the regular wide lens the image looks stunning. I use it all the time. The problem is we have to carry the lens kit all the time!
Hope a dedicated macro lens comes soon!
An extremely detailed review from a highly knowledgeable person. Thanks for the in-depth look at the Pixel 8 pro.
Thanks Becca, you point of view is always really interesting and you describe things in a clean, simple and enjoyable way. Keep going!
Ngl I'm impressed with pixel 8 pro's video quality. Gonna buy it next year when i get it on sale
4:23 Big foot, when I catch you, big foot
I love the dbrand skin you made! I love your videos and I get excited when I see your content on my feed. You are such an incredible human ❤
1:29 "What is that?" LOL nice
Amazing video as always Becca, you are just such a cool and positive person with a great vibe that watching your reviews feels like 2 in 1! :) :D
Was this review done during the embargo with pre-production software? Surely this was done afterwards for the solid end user results. 1000 pix in 2 days is insane 🤯📸
People often say macro lenses are gimmicks but I use them all the time for reading small text or taking pictures behind computers and tvs to see whats going on in a mess of cables and ports etc.
zero gimmicks in regards to Macro, brilliant thing to use
Funny I think the Pixel video looks better than the iPhone in your examples? I think it's the first time that the pixel is better all around than most phones. Not perfect in every area but overall I think it's the best at most.
Yeah agreed. The displays on the 8 &8 Pro also got the best display award from Dxo. The brightest screens on the market, with the best cameras and best AI. These phones are damn good.
Agreed but long-term iPhone users will never say this or even comprehend that the pixel is catching up
I looked at the side by side videos in person on a 4k screen, the pixel has improved a lot but it's still behind the iPhone with video quality, how it handles exposure, zoom transitions, higher resolution cinematic mode, and the iPhones ability to shoot in Pro Res Log. I'm not taking away from the Pixel, but technically it's not true.
Honestly those Dbrand skins are sick!! Now I don't know if I want jerryrigeverything's teardown or one of those two.
Incredibly thoughtful review as always! I’m shocked more phone companies didn’t try to replicate the “Magic Eraser”. It’s simple, but incredibly effective. Google has AI on their side like no other brand. As an 15 Pro Max user, it should be coveted as iMessage is.
Samsung has "Object Eraser" which does the same thing. Also erases shadows and reflections. I believe the feature came with OneUI 5.1, though I'm not 100% sure. Idk how it compares to google's magic eraser, but it's pretty good.
We don't covet iMessage, we laugh at it.
@@TillTheWheelsComeOffI kinda covet it
You know XIaomi has been having it for over four years now, right?
iOS has an app called TouchRetouch. Doesn't work that smart though but helps to get rid of some wires or lamp posts on my photos
Becca got me reinterested in photography, even if it is only on my iPhone 15 PM. Love these videos.
Pixel for photos but iPhone, still, for videos.
Great video!! Thanks for sharing the information!
"What is a photo?" quote.
Tks Becca! I really enjoy your videos!
Good review, Becca and crew - thanks!
The pixel can definitely output 4k prores log, it can even do cinelog and straight uncompressed cinemadng/raw video using the motioncam app
Do a comparison video of the manual camera control system between the Pixel 8 pro vs Sony Xperia 1 V
I wasn't expecting the Macro mode and it's ended up being my single favorite thing about the 8 Pro since I got the phone.
4:40 what location is this?
Can social media apps developers access pixel's cameras?
The sound cancellation seems amazing from the reviews I’m watching!
Best review I've seen so far with the most nuance Great job
Awesome Video Becca!! Loved it as a 15 Pro Max User 🤩
Thank you for your honest take on this phone. I have the same gripe about the color shifting when I'm taking photos. Depending on the light and how it's reflecting off my floor or walls the colors will shift towards a really warm tone which drives me nuts!!! I have to change my angle or change the white balance. But with kids they don't always sit still long enough for me to change those settings.
Did you just call macro mode a gimmick?! D:
“Video Night Mode” but is has to be processed off-device? There’s just something about that that I’m not a fan of…
Why did you add dirt on your white background, i thought my phone screen had dirt on it too lol
1:45 the building looks so tilted and weird on the iphone 15 pro max. the face looks very orange on iphone 15 pro max video, 3:14 i would choose the pixel photo over iphone even if the colors aren't realistic because the colors look better than real colors.
Awesome work Becca!!
Do the 48 mp cameras for each lense really make that big of a difference?
8:08 that's a stunning result; the pinnacle of your time with Pixel 8 Pro! Best photo ever ;-))
not a single demo of the other FPS modes for video :(
1000 photos after can be a good name for a new series
Audio eraser is not fine. It's fire, the bias is clear, no matter what google does it apple had this feature you would be salivating
100%
I see Becca reviewing phones, I click. Always has the best reviews. 😀
I actually preferred pixel's video in your comparison over iPhone's video.
Yep. It's interesting that every decent tech reviews have preferred the Pixel for photography, or is Becks an Apple fangirl?
@@brianmccaigshe’s nottt if u watched her iPhone review….
What a wonderful smartphone, and your videos are perfect, with high quality images
hi friend, very nice video... one questions, whats your personal opinion... Does Best take, will be in Google photo?, will it work on old pixel phones¡ due to AI feature is not related to hardware, right? Thanks
Yay Becca video. Definitely glad you spoke to the sticky pixel camera framing in video, it’s weird because it really really ruins the experience regardless of the image quality in ideal circumstances. Watching it and filming it you almost get motion sickness from it freezing and bobbing around as you make moves
Love that wallpaper can’t find it on the website ?
Subscribed back to The Verge because of your reviews.
Not one word about the astrophotography update to the wide angle lens? That results look wild.
Astro mode is a fav of mine on the Pixel and I *really* wanted to test this, but the last week has been nothing but cloudy on the east coast. stay tuned for more on that!
-becca
What uncertainty it's just a picture. What could you possibly need
I understand your complaints with the telephoto lens in video mode, but I also think that for the average user this is actually a benefit. The pixel goes out of its way to enforce stabilization and lock on certain subjects. You were trying to pan, like a videographer would. But for the average user, just trying to take a video of something that's far away, this stabilization and subject locking is super useful.
Anyone know where the phone's wallpaper is from?
Verge will find everything which is not APPLE concerning
What was the building she loved?
Good review as always.
Where to find that wallpaper, Becca?!
Becca's definitely one of the main reasons why I love Verge content...
Thanks for the honest review... Writing this on my pixel 8 pro
Color and tone wise, it's still pixel. But I don't know why this year there's an unusual softening going on. Almost as if they're using the same processing algorithm for the new sensor as they did with their older sensor. And while video boost seems impressive, just how many people would want to upload their night time videos and wait 24hrs before uploading, when the iPhone can clean up the video in real time and have it ready when you press the stop button?
I have an iPhone it can't clean it up in real time. It looks good but iPhone also suffers in night time video. You don't know what video boost can do, I don't know what video boost can do. So instead of speaking with no knowledge let's just wait.
You are the only tech youtuber aside from dave2d i regularly watch
can you upload the samples to gdrive or something?
Links to the wallpaper ?
“is that a pixel 8” guy is a paid actor
I would never wanna miss your amazing videos 😅
Becca back at it with my favorite show on youtube!
the bleu wallpaper link please 🙏
Great review, and I watched on my 8 pro. Sure, it's an older review and they have night video now, and faults are fixable with software updates, which is good. Nothing wrong with your analysis. I also enjoy some of the same photography as you and I'm also interested in Gemini and gaming a bit. Plus the call screening and I want to try Duplex sometime. 🍻