The iPhone does have wide angle portraits and wide angle night portraits. You might want to go back over that part of the video. Absolutely huge slip up. It can be accessed on the portrait mode live view through tapping the little circle with the “3x” in the bottom left corner switching between the 1x and 3x lenses while retaining the portrait mode.
True & sorry I overlooked that! It’s weird they move the zoom function in Portrait mode from directly above the shutter button. Pinning this so others see; I wish there were a better way to annotate videos.
@@TonyAndChelsea this video is very misleading. And very had to understand.the points where randomly added to the pixel and not to the iPhone when it wins
You may have not realized it, but on the Astro photography demo, that little disk you were pointing out is the galaxy Andromeda. Cell phones taking pics of galaxies. Amazing times!
I have Huawei Mate 20 Pro and it's been taking galaxy and constellation pictures for a while now. Hope iPhone 23 will catch up with it 10 years later 😂
@@clifevieira07 I still use my P30 Pro to this day and am curious if I should get the Pixel 6 Pro or not. Maybe prices will drop a bit since the Pixel 7 is out in a bit. Let's see 😅
I am in no way a great photographer. I'm an IT security engineer (by trade) but I love photography. From an IT perspective, it would be a one-sided conversation, but photography skews the argument. I have an iPhone 13 Pro (work device) and a Pixel 6 Pro (personal device). The iPhone is a better video camera. Is it significantly better? No.........but the difference is noticeable. The Pixel is the better still photo shooter. Also, if you have 4 mins to spare, put the Pixel 6 Pro on a tripod and take a an astrophotography photo....and you will be amazed. Like all phone conversations though, you need to pick the one that works for you. This comes down to an Android vs iOS conversation. My employer will always give me an iPhone..........and I'll always buy a personal Android device. It really comes down to what works for you. Avoid looking at Geekbench scores, and get the phone that works for you. For the average user, almost any modern smartphone will take pictures and video that are 'good enough'.
@@YuuToobz that’s not the case. Neither phone has an ultra wide angle portrait mode because it would look ridiculous. They are referring to the wide angle cameras on both phones and they failed on more than one occasion to switch to the regular 1x camera while in portrait mode on the iPhone and then repeatedly stated that it doesn’t exist.
@@319.e Oh you're right, I just assumed they were using the ultrawide on the pixel. Well that's even more embarrassing for them I guess. But it's a ("totally not")sponsored review so I guess these things should be expected.
8:10 What? iPhone doesn't have a night portrait mode on wide angle lens? Are you serious? It was introduced with iPhone 12 pro models. It seems that you didn't even turn on a portrait mode on the iPhone 🤦🏻♂️ Learn something about the phones before making a video please...
@@adoboreaper3876 a lot of points are biased / wrong and seem to focus on speciffic disadvantages the iphone has in order to make the pixel look better.
@@truthseeker6804 only if u are biased and/or making an add. I can somewhat understand if intel does this in their ads with apple, but this was supposed to be a comparison, and one cannot focus on ones negatives only and the other positives only, it’s biased sorry
I would recommend using the 4x Lens on the Pixel to take portrait shots (not portrait mode). Produces some stellar portraits with real bokeh. Many reviewers miss this, but for me its a huge advantage :)
@@sidersproductions941 it most likely will. The pixel 3a has gotten so many updates and thus the camera has defines improved and I guess google will do so with the 6 as well
@@sidersproductions941 Oh well my point was that portrait shots with the 6 pros 4x lens (no portrait mode) is better than any portrait Mode on any phone. :) longer focal length and natural bokeh wins any day of the week because the face looks better the further away you are when you take the photo. Wide angle lenses make faces look unnatural and worse :D
I could see how it might seem that way because of the way they favored the pixel's wins. But when you look at all the tests they did and the results I can't say I disagree with their results.
Love your camera reviews! I get so board seeing huge reviewers slightly comparing colors and selfies. You guys went way further and actually talk about telephoto shots, macro shots, long exposures, and you made the differences super easy to see! I know you guys are photography pros, but I would love to see video comparison between the 2 as well!
This has to be fake, right? The long exposure waterfall shot from the iPhone looks like you added a radial blur, then for the shooting into the sun shots both shots are from the iPhone just one is exposed to the sky and the other exposed to your face. Add to both of those the fact that you were just flat out wrong about the portrait mode on the iPhone and when it can be used. You also gave a point to the Pixel in the coffee shop cause the iPhone had too much dynamic range? Only thing I can agree on is the iPhone overprocessing portraits. It's honestly just sad how biased this is.
This being Google's first major sensor change, I can only imagine it'll only get better with updates. It shoots phenomenal raw which is a great starting point
No, I have returned the Pixel 6 Pro because the noise reduction is more aggressive than previous Google phones and due to many other camera issues. And no, it's not the first major sensor change. Google's multi frame noise reduction HDR+ exists since 2013. Already in 2013 Google combined up to 10 raw files in its HDR+ On mode. Google has used many different sensors since 2013, even sensors from different manufacturers. For example, the selfie camera of the Google Nexus 5x has an Omnivision sensor and also used Google's HDR+. People try to find excuses for Google's mistakes. Google doesn't improve the camera with updates apart from special modes like Night Sight. For example, the Nexus 5x HDR+ On mode takes much better daylight photos than the Pixel 3a. In perfect light conditions it's even better than the Pixel 6 because the Pixel 6 suffers from aggressive noise reduction in perfect light conditions. Actually, Google makes the camera worse with updates. They removed the white balance presets of the Pixel 3a, they removed the ultra wide angle astrophotography mode of the Pixel 5, they decreased the low light image quality of the Nexus 5x, etc. And the Pixel 6 doesn't have the HDR+ enhanced mode of the Pixel 3. HDR+ enhanced is nothing else than a faster/sharper and more reliable Night Sight mode.
I swapped from android to apple as i feel apples whole eco system is much smoother. So much so that i can live with any small differences in the cameras. Since using my iphone for photography and even ditching my sony mirrorless plus full frame canon as well as windows power pc. I am entirely focused on composition and story rather then stressing over technical details and whether photo are being uploaded or not or if my pc is gonna do another failed update during photo editing. These things apple has advantage over most other operating systems now. Not having to marry android to windows etc.everything is virtually seemless. So for me thats what makes the camera more desirable.
I've been using the 5x telephoto lens on my note 20 ultra to capture portraits since day one. Its such a long and compressed lenght that it produces natural bokeh on its own. You don't need a portrait mode for that lens. I bet the pixel can do the same. I don't understand why pro photographers don't do this when reviewing camera phones. 105, 135, 200 are great protrait lengths.
Thanks for an excellent real world testing from a Photographer's point of view. I would love to see a comparison of the Pixel 6 Pro with the new Sony Xperia Pro-I.
Usually enjoy your video content, but some very inaccurate information here. Portrait mode is available for the wide and tele just not the ultra wide. The long exposure on the waterfall, really? Were you freezing to death? I regularly take pictures of waterfalls handheld and have never had anything close to that. I love the features of the pixel but it doesn’t need to have an inaccurate comparison.
Apple fan boys are not use to hearing from real photographers. Just tech TH-camrs that don't know jack about cameras. I don't have any of these phones but I think it's fair. He even gave a point to iPhone for magsafe lol. I will choose the pixel portrait for the colors since I am not zooming to look at edges. New subscriber
Not sure why you guys weren’t able to take wide angle portraits on the iPhone. The option is certainly there and it’s been a capability for a while now.
I have both and have been a long time Pixel/Nexus user. After using the Pixel 5 for the past year and having multiple videos of my son ruined by the phone, I decided to begrudgingly switch to the iPhone 13 Pro. OS preference aside, I can't bring myself to risk losing more of those precious moments because the phone struggles to process. Granted, the processor in the Pixel 6 is way better than the mid-level one found in the Pixel 5, so maybe I'd have better luck.
There are lots of Pixel 6 reviews and iPhone 13 reviews out there but it's great to get a review from people who really know what they are talking about when it comes to photography, so thank you very much.
Curious where the video comparison video is for these phones. At the end you said one was next but I don't see it anywhere. Just subscribed because of this video btw. Love what you guys did here.
dear sir , i highly recommend using the pixel 6 pro 4x optical lens for potrait shots..not the dedicated potrait mode..my frnd overseas sent me some potrait samples of P6P using the 4x..and the results were , with all due respect , nothing sort of off the charts!!!
Love this video! One thing to add: moment cases have magsafe installed for pixel with the ability to use any magsafe accessory and moment lens. And it's not quite macro but pixel's telephoto mode can sort of capture close up enough photos to fool some into thinking macro without needing to get 2cm close.
Not true. I have returned the Pixel 6 Pro. The 6 Pro chooses 4x digital zoom for macro images with an effective resolution of 0.8 megapixels. Also, the main camera offers a higher full frame equivalent magnification than the periscope camera.
I’m really starting to think all these videos are paid reviews. How did you manage to take such poor photos with an iPhone. Especially the waterfall long exposure hand held. Live photo and long exposure fixes that fake wobbly blur you managed to create. People are more informed now, trying to pull this type of rubbish makes you look foolish! If you try saying the video is even close in the next video…..well I don’t know what to tell you! Get a grip guy, you have a name value….don’t DXO Markout!
@@Ryan-093 There are lots of them here on TH-cam. The fact that Tony is clearly biasing his reviews based on the product is laughably obvious. At one point he clearly says the iPhone doesn’t have a wide angle portrait mode, when it has and the waterfall bit for long exposure…..man he has no shame!
Thank you for a decent review by professional photographers, and not by phone reviewers who do not know how to take photos or judge them correctly. I am a Professional photographer and have just bought the Pixel 6 Pro and can only compare it to my old Huawei which was brilliant. The images from this camera/phone are amazing. Not perfect by any means, but considering the sensor size and tiny lenses, very good results can be obtained. You did not mention the Pixel can take RAW files at the same time as JPG. After trying my best in Photoshop to process the RAW files and comparing them to Pixels own processing to JPG, I cannot better their work. This says a lot about their brilliant software. Normally I can always get better results from RAW files. I don't touch the 2X zoom because as you correctly state, it is not a true zoom. The 4X zoom is however brilliant and interestingly is also much better used as a portrait lens. You might want to check out the lock focus that is always on the screen in stills mode. We photographers always lock focus on the subject and re-frame the scene, but the Pixel has a small circle on the screen which you tap on the subject and it will lock on to that point and track it no matter how you frame the scene...brilliant! Have fun with your video testing. I have already tested mine and am very pleased with the results, in fact they are so good I will be using them in my Travel videos alongside my Professional gear.
Isn't one of the iphones new feature the ability to adjust how the image processing is done I'd love to see how well you guys think that works and weather you can get rid of some of the colour problems that you have with the images
@@chidorirasenganz I can understand not using third party apps as I'm not sure how many people would use them but a feature that apple had at there event I'd assume lots of people would use it. maybe a video showing what's possible with a third party app vs the stock one would be cool though
@@cooldante11 yeah I think if it’s a photography channel (plus they used a tripod) they can use 3rd party apps when that’s one of the big features of iOS vs android. Better creative apps
I have experience with an iPhone 13 Mini and with a Pixel 6 Pro. Apple's photographic styles are far less useful than Google's sliders. Apple's photographic styles consist of two sliders: an auto white balance slider and a "tone" slider. Google offers an auto white balance slider, too and it's much easier to use. Google also offers a shadows slider, which is far more useful than Apple's tone slider. Google's shadows slider lets you adjust whether you want an HDR look or not. In combination with the brightness slider, you can basically always avoid blown out highlights and still get a bright photo. Though there is an issue that the camera app often rather reduces the exposure time instead of the analog gain. The iPhone has the advantage that it can save a setting like -0.7 EV, whereas the Pixel resets this whenever you open the camera app or open a photo.
Very helpful, this video. By far the best comparison, in terms of cameras, for the 2 smartphones (but it's no surprise here, because all the other comparisons I found were not made by real photographers). I'm looking fw to the video comparison. Thanks!
Adding a line to my plan my cellphone provider is offering me the pixel 6 pro for $400. $149 down the rest 24 month financing . Thank you for your video . Pedro from Florida USA
Just upgraded from Pixel 2xl to Pixel 6 and am still loving the great photos. Took a fall hike today without my dslr and had no fear of missing a great shot when inspiration struck
Great review very detailed but seeing tho the Google has only been out 5 minutes do you think software updates will make it even better in them areas were it's weak? The iPhone is matured has had a lot of update s etc . 📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸
Google Pixel 6 Pro users, do you also have this experience of too much contrast, shadow and texture/oversharpening, without being able to adjust the camerasettings? It's like the 6 Pro ads a filter after taking the picture, which makes it look way different. Backgrounds and faces are oversharpened and red tones are gone. In portretmode there is a hard line between person and background and you can't adjust the blur to make this less visible. Many people and sites recommend it as the smartphone with 'the best camera', so do I oversee any settings? If not, do you recommend another (android) phone for (portret)photo and video?
So at the end of the day, which phone is going in your pocket? Because i doubt you’re getting phone just because it takes “better” pictures. The one Sony put out is really good. But let’s be honest, it’s the overall package that you’re going to buy. Software and other non camera features are why you buy a phone. For people that are into photography, they are going to have dedicated cameras and a phone that is good enough when they don’t have that camera.
Apple fan boys are not use to hearing from real photographers. Just tech TH-camrs that don't know jack about cameras. I don't have any of these phones but I think it's fair. He even gave a point to iPhone for magsafe lol. I will choose the pixel portrait for the colors since I am not zooming to look at edges
Enough to make a low quality promo video apparently. Sad to see them sell out. Hard to know if they will be unbiased in future videos or if they will continue to take the money and run.
@@ThomasGillot Except in this situation where the iPhone was just better in a lot of ways or Tony gave a point to the Pixel on something that was user error or he was entirely wrong about, like low light portrait mode on the iPhone.
A big Hello folk's from myself at the Giants Causeway here in Northern Ireland. I've been a great admirer of you two and the multiple reviews you have done over the past few year's and this review on the Pixel 6pro and iPhone 13 Pro max was brilliant as usual. Could I ask for your opinion on the Huawei p40 pro as a stills/night sight camera. I'm not concerned about the p40 pro not having googles operating system just what you think about its photo quality. I've just bought one for £200 and I'm very impressed but I'd like a professional opinion. Best wishes to you both and thank you for your time🍀❤️🍀👍😁
Tony or Chelsea, I'm curious if the Google pixel 6/6pro supports the DJI go 4 app? There's been reports that the video feed is not being displayed on the phone when connected to a DJI drone. This is the only thing holding me back from getting this phone.
How does the telephoto do on the pixel for shooting portraits? I know it doesn't have portrait mode on that lens, but I'd be curious to know how it looks anyways.
So if you want macro on the fly iPhone everything else pixel or if you decide to like iPhone better then your choice but pixel 6 better In a way but won't replace your big camera. O wow pixel 6 ad 🤣
For Canon EOS R - Landscape photography on a tripod at 24mm. Does it make sense to buy RF 24-70 or RF 24-105 L F4? I know that RF 24-70 is sharper at the corners. Does it have better contrast and color rendition? Does it make sense to spend so much more money on RF 24-70 over RF 24-105 L F4 for landscape at 24mm at F8? Basically, my question is - how big is the difference at 24mm at F8? Will I be able to tell the difference on a processed landscape RAW file on 55 inch LG CX OLED? Thank you.
Already discounted in the UK on the non pro, down to £441 (£118 off) at Vodaphone and Curry’s retail are price matching. They’ll be plenty around soon enough.
Even the cheapest phones now take great pictures. I ditched the DSLR for the phone for a vacation I did. It's pretty much useless carrying all that bulky weight. I had great pictures and videos. I have now one DSLR left which I still use for pro work.
I like your video. But Tony, these comparisons just aren't relative for me, and I bet lots of other people too. I sooner switch all my lenes and cameras from my Nikon stable, to some other brand, than switch from iPhone to Android. There is so much else involved in a phone. Still it's fun to see the comparison, hoping of course, that my chosen device prevails! And seriously, who buys a >$1,000 phone and doesn't use a case?
Great video guys! 🙂 I absolutely love my Pixel 6 Pro, fantastic camera, way above all others I've seen, even the new S22 Ultra overall going from videos I've seen, I'm well happy! 👍🏻🙂🇬🇧
Great comparison. I know it's asking a lot but I'd also like to see some pictures on the newer phones with one of the third party apps that lets you take more control of the camera. I know I use Camera + 2 on my older iPhone 8 and I am sure something like it exists for Android as well.
The pixel’s telephoto sensor is large and doesn’t need fake blur, just pose and shoot and you’ll get that nice creammy bokeh like Dslr….I don’t know why reviewers bug us about this💔
You are correct, Samsung has more camera phones than Apple. Tony loves to play with reality to suit his stories. Everyone knows Samsung outsells Apple phones (except Tony)
I learned photography from you guys your review is great nothing compares wen it comes to photography it gives a tone of details that others just have no idea... And as for bias well it doesn't interfere with the facts in the video you shared the results in the same conditions.... I would like to see the test against the Samsung ultra I know they are different price brackets but I would like to see how they compare.. Ps just ordered pixel 6 Pro :) I love night photography and sadly I do not have a DSLR any more
What a divisive video. The people who have iPhones are clearly upset and the ones who don't clearly feel like hell yeah. The only thing I can say is when professional photographers review the pixel, the pixel seems to come out better. When TH-camrs do the pixel gets criticized for showing too much at night?
You gave like four points to the pixel for the same thing, a Long Exposure. Shouldn’t that just be one point? The whole comparison was done well but was very random. Instead of just going from feature to feature you would do multiple pictures using the same feature and award points. Like the long exposure point should’ve just been one point but instead you took multiple pictures and gave multiple points to pixel for the same feature. You didn’t even do any video recording either.
Most reviewers give the edge to the smartphone that can get more details in the background while you don't really care of it's burned or whatever cause the most important think is the subject. I think just like you, but when you talk about shadows information and say that pixel is natural.... Not really. I couldn't take the blue color of my daughter eyes because of the overdark shadows of pixel photos in most scenarios. Overall, I prefer pixel, but hope they fix that because, for me, the eyes of my daughter are the best of the world and to miss that is to miss everything! Btw, what do you think about new iphone 14vs pixel 7? If pixel maintains same price... Will have definitely the edge! Thank you for this review! Professionals are professionals!
The main advantage of the iPhone camera is that the night mode is much faster. The night mode of the 6 Pro takes up to approximately 7.5 seconds and often leads to blurry photos. Night Sight shouldn't take longer than 2 seconds (like the HDR+ On mode of the Google Nexus 5x, which was one of the first smartphone "night modes") and shouldn't use a longer exposure time per frame than 1/5s (like the HDR+ enhanced mode of the Pixel 3a).
I had the much maligned Nexus 6P which was actually google's test-bed for the first generation pixel phones/camera/processing. That thing took better photos than 4 generations of Samsung phones that I've had since, including my Galaxy S21+. I should've waited for the Pixel 6.
It wasn't Google's test-bed, it was Google's flagship! HDR+ even exists since 2013. I have a Nexus 5x, which has the same camera and the camera with Google camera version 3.x was simply fantastic in its HDR+ On mode, which can be used all the time. I bought the Pixel 3a, but the camera is a huge disappointment in comparison with the Nexus. Only the low light image quality is better thanks to the HDR+ enhanced mode, which is better than Night Sight. Otherwise, the camera is worse, mostly due to the worse white balance. So, I have bought a Pixel 6 Pro and the auto white balance is much better than the Pixel 3a (but still worse than the Nexus sometimes), but it suffers from aggressive noise reduction (even in perfect light conditions), there are occasionally artifacts in the raw files, it often chooses 4x digital zoom, it doesn't have HDR+ enhanced and there are further camera issues, so I have returned the Pixel 6 Pro. It's the most interesting camera since the Nexus, but the Nexus doesn't suffer from aggressive noise reduction in perfect light conditions, so I still prefer the Nexus camera.
The iPhone does have wide angle portraits and wide angle night portraits. You might want to go back over that part of the video. Absolutely huge slip up. It can be accessed on the portrait mode live view through tapping the little circle with the “3x” in the bottom left corner switching between the 1x and 3x lenses while retaining the portrait mode.
True & sorry I overlooked that! It’s weird they move the zoom function in Portrait mode from directly above the shutter button. Pinning this so others see; I wish there were a better way to annotate videos.
@@TonyAndChelsea this video is very misleading. And very had to understand.the points where randomly added to the pixel and not to the iPhone when it wins
I think these is a paid video.
Fan girls are upset because they don't have a life and iphone is everything to them like a 12 year old.
@@gv1400 comparing should be without bias. And it's it depends on the user. These content is bias.
You may have not realized it, but on the Astro photography demo, that little disk you were pointing out is the galaxy Andromeda. Cell phones taking pics of galaxies. Amazing times!
Whoa! Nice catch
I have Huawei Mate 20 Pro and it's been taking galaxy and constellation pictures for a while now.
Hope iPhone 23 will catch up with it 10 years later 😂
The 6 Pro also lets you use the periscope camera for astrophotography according to some users. This leads to even better results from Andromeda.
P30 Pro also a great night-time camera and even handheld is it is astonishing it looks like Google it might be I can't wait to try out
@@clifevieira07 I still use my P30 Pro to this day and am curious if I should get the Pixel 6 Pro or not. Maybe prices will drop a bit since the Pixel 7 is out in a bit. Let's see 😅
I am in no way a great photographer. I'm an IT security engineer (by trade) but I love photography. From an IT perspective, it would be a one-sided conversation, but photography skews the argument. I have an iPhone 13 Pro (work device) and a Pixel 6 Pro (personal device). The iPhone is a better video camera. Is it significantly better? No.........but the difference is noticeable. The Pixel is the better still photo shooter. Also, if you have 4 mins to spare, put the Pixel 6 Pro on a tripod and take a an astrophotography photo....and you will be amazed. Like all phone conversations though, you need to pick the one that works for you. This comes down to an Android vs iOS conversation. My employer will always give me an iPhone..........and I'll always buy a personal Android device. It really comes down to what works for you. Avoid looking at Geekbench scores, and get the phone that works for you. For the average user, almost any modern smartphone will take pictures and video that are 'good enough'.
Every other channel: Praises the iPhones wide angle portrait mode.
The Northrups: It doesn’t exist.
Whut?
😂 exactly
Yeah they really wanted to give some biased wins to the pixel lol
They mean't to say ultra wide angle, it's a shame they made the same error multiple times in 1 video :\
@@YuuToobz that’s not the case. Neither phone has an ultra wide angle portrait mode because it would look ridiculous. They are referring to the wide angle cameras on both phones and they failed on more than one occasion to switch to the regular 1x camera while in portrait mode on the iPhone and then repeatedly stated that it doesn’t exist.
@@319.e Oh you're right, I just assumed they were using the ultrawide on the pixel. Well that's even more embarrassing for them I guess. But it's a ("totally not")sponsored review so I guess these things should be expected.
8:10 What? iPhone doesn't have a night portrait mode on wide angle lens? Are you serious? It was introduced with iPhone 12 pro models. It seems that you didn't even turn on a portrait mode on the iPhone 🤦🏻♂️
Learn something about the phones before making a video please...
for few years it will come 🤣🤣
Of all the points they address y'all dwell on that? 😂😂😂
@@adoboreaper3876 a lot of points are biased / wrong and seem to focus on speciffic disadvantages the iphone has in order to make the pixel look better.
@@dorucreo because the pixel has those advantages. so they have to focus on it.
@@truthseeker6804 only if u are biased and/or making an add. I can somewhat understand if intel does this in their ads with apple, but this was supposed to be a comparison, and one cannot focus on ones negatives only and the other positives only, it’s biased sorry
I would recommend using the 4x Lens on the Pixel to take portrait shots (not portrait mode). Produces some stellar portraits with real bokeh. Many reviewers miss this, but for me its a huge advantage :)
I agreed
Agree completely until Google fixes this. My Pixel 3a currently takes better portrait mode shots than the 6 Pro.
@@sidersproductions941 it most likely will.
The pixel 3a has gotten so many updates and thus the camera has defines improved and I guess google will do so with the 6 as well
@@sulabhghimire250 was about to say this
@@sidersproductions941 Oh well my point was that portrait shots with the 6 pros 4x lens (no portrait mode) is better than any portrait Mode on any phone. :) longer focal length and natural bokeh wins any day of the week because the face looks better the further away you are when you take the photo. Wide angle lenses make faces look unnatural and worse :D
This feels like an ad for the Pixel rather than an unbiased comparison.
For them, that's how good it is compared to iPhone I guess.
I could see how it might seem that way because of the way they favored the pixel's wins. But when you look at all the tests they did and the results I can't say I disagree with their results.
What do you feel they did wrong? Are the tests illegitimate? Did they not mention something?
It's fine when it's iPhone. Anytime iPhone doesn't win, it's anything else, the people, orange, pear but Apple.
Love your camera reviews!
I get so board seeing huge reviewers slightly comparing colors and selfies. You guys went way further and actually talk about telephoto shots, macro shots, long exposures, and you made the differences super easy to see!
I know you guys are photography pros, but I would love to see video comparison between the 2 as well!
This has to be fake, right? The long exposure waterfall shot from the iPhone looks like you added a radial blur, then for the shooting into the sun shots both shots are from the iPhone just one is exposed to the sky and the other exposed to your face. Add to both of those the fact that you were just flat out wrong about the portrait mode on the iPhone and when it can be used. You also gave a point to the Pixel in the coffee shop cause the iPhone had too much dynamic range? Only thing I can agree on is the iPhone overprocessing portraits. It's honestly just sad how biased this is.
It’s ridiculous isn’t it lol they made the 13 pro max look like it’s camera came from 1997…
@12:13 amazing that you can see the Andromeda galaxy on a phone picture
Definitely Pixel Phones have to fix this fake blur, it's same issue since Pixel 2 as I know
apple added fake blur to iphone 13
They improved it massively with the pixel 4 and then never used the same tech again and reverted to the same tech in pixel 2 for future phones. Shame.
@@maverick85 I have now a pixel 5, don't feel much improved on the edge of the blur and the focus subject
Really ?
This being Google's first major sensor change, I can only imagine it'll only get better with updates. It shoots phenomenal raw which is a great starting point
No, I have returned the Pixel 6 Pro because the noise reduction is more aggressive than previous Google phones and due to many other camera issues. And no, it's not the first major sensor change. Google's multi frame noise reduction HDR+ exists since 2013. Already in 2013 Google combined up to 10 raw files in its HDR+ On mode. Google has used many different sensors since 2013, even sensors from different manufacturers. For example, the selfie camera of the Google Nexus 5x has an Omnivision sensor and also used Google's HDR+. People try to find excuses for Google's mistakes. Google doesn't improve the camera with updates apart from special modes like Night Sight. For example, the Nexus 5x HDR+ On mode takes much better daylight photos than the Pixel 3a. In perfect light conditions it's even better than the Pixel 6 because the Pixel 6 suffers from aggressive noise reduction in perfect light conditions. Actually, Google makes the camera worse with updates. They removed the white balance presets of the Pixel 3a, they removed the ultra wide angle astrophotography mode of the Pixel 5, they decreased the low light image quality of the Nexus 5x, etc. And the Pixel 6 doesn't have the HDR+ enhanced mode of the Pixel 3. HDR+ enhanced is nothing else than a faster/sharper and more reliable Night Sight mode.
I swapped from android to apple as i feel apples whole eco system is much smoother. So much so that i can live with any small differences in the cameras. Since using my iphone for photography and even ditching my sony mirrorless plus full frame canon as well as windows power pc. I am entirely focused on composition and story rather then stressing over technical details and whether photo are being uploaded or not or if my pc is gonna do another failed update during photo editing. These things apple has advantage over most other operating systems now. Not having to marry android to windows etc.everything is virtually seemless.
So for me thats what makes the camera more desirable.
You can turn down the portrait bokeh on the Pixel. Some reviewers prefer the natural bokeh of the telephoto lens (portrait mode off).
I have an iPhone 12 pro max and I indeed have wide angle (primary camera) portrait mode o.O
No you don’t, Tony said it doesn’t exist. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Ugh, I really got to pluck some of those black hairs" Too Funny 🤣🤣
I'm shocked with pixel astrophotography shot, looks like it came from an actual camera...
hey, you forgot to mention that "this clips is sponsored by Google Pixel".
Pixal 🤮
Iphon 💩
The moment case for the pixel has MagSafe magnets on the case. The moment puck should work with the pixel also
I've been using the 5x telephoto lens on my note 20 ultra to capture portraits since day one. Its such a long and compressed lenght that it produces natural bokeh on its own. You don't need a portrait mode for that lens. I bet the pixel can do the same. I don't understand why pro photographers don't do this when reviewing camera phones. 105, 135, 200 are great protrait lengths.
I feel you have set a new benchmark for all TH-camrs and yourselves as to how to do a camera comparison !! Brilliant work guys, keep it up !!!
Thanks for an excellent real world testing from a Photographer's point of view. I would love to see a comparison of the Pixel 6 Pro with the new Sony Xperia Pro-I.
Pixel wins hands down
Usually enjoy your video content, but some very inaccurate information here.
Portrait mode is available for the wide and tele just not the ultra wide.
The long exposure on the waterfall, really? Were you freezing to death? I regularly take pictures of waterfalls handheld and have never had anything close to that.
I love the features of the pixel but it doesn’t need to have an inaccurate comparison.
I wonder how much money did they get from google to bash so hard on apple
Apple fan boys are not use to hearing from real photographers. Just tech TH-camrs that don't know jack about cameras. I don't have any of these phones but I think it's fair. He even gave a point to iPhone for magsafe lol. I will choose the pixel portrait for the colors since I am not zooming to look at edges. New subscriber
OMG thanks very much.
I really wished you did this and now you have. It's better to watch a photographer review the camera on a smartphone.
"Pluck out a few black hairs" haha
Not sure why you guys weren’t able to take wide angle portraits on the iPhone. The option is certainly there and it’s been a capability for a while now.
I have both and have been a long time Pixel/Nexus user. After using the Pixel 5 for the past year and having multiple videos of my son ruined by the phone, I decided to begrudgingly switch to the iPhone 13 Pro. OS preference aside, I can't bring myself to risk losing more of those precious moments because the phone struggles to process. Granted, the processor in the Pixel 6 is way better than the mid-level one found in the Pixel 5, so maybe I'd have better luck.
There are lots of Pixel 6 reviews and iPhone 13 reviews out there but it's great to get a review from people who really know what they are talking about when it comes to photography, so thank you very much.
You can do wide angle portraits on iPhone… just hit the 3x and it switches to 1x. Much better in low light than your example when using the 1x lens.
Curious where the video comparison video is for these phones. At the end you said one was next but I don't see it anywhere. Just subscribed because of this video btw. Love what you guys did here.
dear sir , i highly recommend using the pixel 6 pro 4x optical lens for potrait shots..not the dedicated potrait mode..my frnd overseas sent me some potrait samples of P6P using the 4x..and the results were , with all due respect , nothing sort of off the charts!!!
Love this video!
One thing to add: moment cases have magsafe installed for pixel with the ability to use any magsafe accessory and moment lens. And it's not quite macro but pixel's telephoto mode can sort of capture close up enough photos to fool some into thinking macro without needing to get 2cm close.
Not true. I have returned the Pixel 6 Pro. The 6 Pro chooses 4x digital zoom for macro images with an effective resolution of 0.8 megapixels. Also, the main camera offers a higher full frame equivalent magnification than the periscope camera.
I’m really starting to think all these videos are paid reviews. How did you manage to take such poor photos with an iPhone. Especially the waterfall long exposure hand held. Live photo and long exposure fixes that fake wobbly blur you managed to create. People are more informed now, trying to pull this type of rubbish makes you look foolish! If you try saying the video is even close in the next video…..well I don’t know what to tell you! Get a grip guy, you have a name value….don’t DXO Markout!
@@Rivanni wait! What?
Yeah this video seems very biased tbh. I've seen many other comparison videos. This one seems like an ad for the Pixel more than anything else
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Okay, go ahead and post a video with a repeatable test demonstrating your position.
@@Ryan-093 There are lots of them here on TH-cam. The fact that Tony is clearly biasing his reviews based on the product is laughably obvious. At one point he clearly says the iPhone doesn’t have a wide angle portrait mode, when it has and the waterfall bit for long exposure…..man he has no shame!
Google definitely dunked on apple with the pixel 6 pro
In other words, I'll keep full framed camera with interchangeable lenses!
Thank you for a decent review by professional photographers, and not by phone reviewers who do not know how to take photos or judge them correctly.
I am a Professional photographer and have just bought the Pixel 6 Pro and can only compare it to my old Huawei which was brilliant.
The images from this camera/phone are amazing. Not perfect by any means, but considering the sensor size and tiny lenses, very good results can be obtained.
You did not mention the Pixel can take RAW files at the same time as JPG. After trying my best in Photoshop to process the RAW files and comparing them to Pixels own processing to JPG, I cannot better their work. This says a lot about their brilliant software. Normally I can always get better results from RAW files.
I don't touch the 2X zoom because as you correctly state, it is not a true zoom. The 4X zoom is however brilliant and interestingly is also much better used as a portrait lens.
You might want to check out the lock focus that is always on the screen in stills mode. We photographers always lock focus on the subject and re-frame the scene, but the Pixel has a small circle on the screen which you tap on the subject and it will lock on to that point and track it no matter how you frame the scene...brilliant!
Have fun with your video testing. I have already tested mine and am very pleased with the results, in fact they are so good I will be using them in my Travel videos alongside my Professional gear.
Very interesting comparison. Was good to see the pros and cons of each phone.
Isn't one of the iphones new feature the ability to adjust how the image processing is done I'd love to see how well you guys think that works and weather you can get rid of some of the colour problems that you have with the images
Yeah they didn’t cover that which would allow you to change the contrast, saturation and color temperature. They also didn’t cover any 3rd party apps
@@chidorirasenganz I can understand not using third party apps as I'm not sure how many people would use them but a feature that apple had at there event I'd assume lots of people would use it. maybe a video showing what's possible with a third party app vs the stock one would be cool though
@@cooldante11 yeah I think if it’s a photography channel (plus they used a tripod) they can use 3rd party apps when that’s one of the big features of iOS vs android. Better creative apps
@@chidorirasenganz definitely never seen anyone use a tripod with there phone in the wild
I have experience with an iPhone 13 Mini and with a Pixel 6 Pro. Apple's photographic styles are far less useful than Google's sliders. Apple's photographic styles consist of two sliders: an auto white balance slider and a "tone" slider. Google offers an auto white balance slider, too and it's much easier to use. Google also offers a shadows slider, which is far more useful than Apple's tone slider. Google's shadows slider lets you adjust whether you want an HDR look or not. In combination with the brightness slider, you can basically always avoid blown out highlights and still get a bright photo. Though there is an issue that the camera app often rather reduces the exposure time instead of the analog gain.
The iPhone has the advantage that it can save a setting like -0.7 EV, whereas the Pixel resets this whenever you open the camera app or open a photo.
Great comparison. Well done. I was leaning towards the iPhone…never thought the Google would be so much better.
Should have played the jaw's music at 11:49. LOL
S21 Ultra vs Pixel 6 pro
the google team has shown a remarkable way to make their pictures better over time with software changes...the pixel can only get better.
What about Cinematic Mode? (iPhone)
Very helpful, this video. By far the best comparison, in terms of cameras, for the 2 smartphones (but it's no surprise here, because all the other comparisons I found were not made by real photographers). I'm looking fw to the video comparison. Thanks!
Adding a line to my plan my cellphone provider is offering me the pixel 6 pro for $400. $149 down the rest 24 month financing . Thank you for your video . Pedro from Florida USA
Just upgraded from Pixel 2xl to Pixel 6 and am still loving the great photos. Took a fall hike today without my dslr and had no fear of missing a great shot when inspiration struck
C'mon the quality of this channel's videos is getting so low
Great review very detailed but seeing tho the Google has only been out 5 minutes do you think software updates will make it even better in them areas were it's weak? The iPhone is matured has had a lot of update s etc . 📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸
Google Pixel 6 Pro users, do you also have this experience of too much contrast, shadow and texture/oversharpening, without being able to adjust the camerasettings? It's like the 6 Pro ads a filter after taking the picture, which makes it look way different. Backgrounds and faces are oversharpened and red tones are gone. In portretmode there is a hard line between person and background and you can't adjust the blur to make this less visible. Many people and sites recommend it as the smartphone with 'the best camera', so do I oversee any settings? If not, do you recommend another (android) phone for (portret)photo and video?
I'd like to see the Sony Xperia 1 III compared against the Pixel 6 Pro.
So at the end of the day, which phone is going in your pocket? Because i doubt you’re getting phone just because it takes “better” pictures. The one Sony put out is really good. But let’s be honest, it’s the overall package that you’re going to buy. Software and other non camera features are why you buy a phone. For people that are into photography, they are going to have dedicated cameras and a phone that is good enough when they don’t have that camera.
This is a phootography channel, and so most of his followers a amature and professional photographers. Check his video library.
How much google paying you?
Same as apple
They provided a fair comparison IMO. The Pixel has been known for its good photos.
Apple fan boys are not use to hearing from real photographers. Just tech TH-camrs that don't know jack about cameras. I don't have any of these phones but I think it's fair. He even gave a point to iPhone for magsafe lol. I will choose the pixel portrait for the colors since I am not zooming to look at edges
Enough to make a low quality promo video apparently. Sad to see them sell out. Hard to know if they will be unbiased in future videos or if they will continue to take the money and run.
@@ThomasGillot Except in this situation where the iPhone was just better in a lot of ways or Tony gave a point to the Pixel on something that was user error or he was entirely wrong about, like low light portrait mode on the iPhone.
You can now buy magsafe cases for the pixel> As well for the pixel I have seen some use the telephoto lens to do macro
A big Hello folk's from myself at the Giants Causeway here in Northern Ireland. I've been a great admirer of you two and the multiple reviews you have done over the past few year's and this review on the Pixel 6pro and iPhone 13 Pro max was brilliant as usual. Could I ask for your opinion on the Huawei p40 pro as a stills/night sight camera. I'm not concerned about the p40 pro not having googles operating system just what you think about its photo quality. I've just bought one for £200 and I'm very impressed but I'd like a professional opinion. Best wishes to you both and thank you for your time🍀❤️🍀👍😁
Tony or Chelsea,
I'm curious if the Google pixel 6/6pro supports the DJI go 4 app? There's been reports that the video feed is not being displayed on the phone when connected to a DJI drone. This is the only thing holding me back from getting this phone.
This is our life now ...
Your test is the best camera comparison I've seen so far. Keep up the good work!
Boom professional photographers saying the iPhone 13 pro Max just got its arse handed to it by the Pixel 6 pro
How do they compare for video? Would love to see a video on that.
Just don't mention the optical fingerprint sensor faults 👀
I had a soapbox that looked like that google pixel
How does the telephoto do on the pixel for shooting portraits? I know it doesn't have portrait mode on that lens, but I'd be curious to know how it looks anyways.
Why didn’t use the 4x telephoto and dress back? You will see some really awesome photos
So if you want macro on the fly iPhone everything else pixel or if you decide to like iPhone better then your choice but pixel 6 better In a way but won't replace your big camera. O wow pixel 6 ad 🤣
For Canon EOS R - Landscape photography on a tripod at 24mm. Does it make sense to buy RF 24-70 or RF 24-105 L F4? I know that RF 24-70 is sharper at the corners. Does it have better contrast and color rendition? Does it make sense to spend so much more money on RF 24-70 over RF 24-105 L F4 for landscape at 24mm at F8? Basically, my question is - how big is the difference at 24mm at F8? Will I be able to tell the difference on a processed landscape RAW file on 55 inch LG CX OLED? Thank you.
Alright we just need to wait a year to get the pixel 6 pro as it is sold out everywhere. 😕
Already discounted in the UK on the non pro, down to £441 (£118 off) at Vodaphone and Curry’s retail are price matching. They’ll be plenty around soon enough.
Great video.Hope you guys try out the Vivo X70 pro plus.
After watching this video, I guess I wasted my money on iPhone 13pro max
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@@kingeplanm.4742 🤣🤣
I am waiting for the Tesla Pi phone review.
"Tesla PI is here and people are MAD"
But other youtubers gave the win iphone. So i am still confused
Just watched on 27 Feb 2022 and it's a revelation for me and put me off the S22U as well
Even the cheapest phones now take great pictures. I ditched the DSLR for the phone for a vacation I did. It's pretty much useless carrying all that bulky weight. I had great pictures and videos. I have now one DSLR left which I still use for pro work.
I like your video. But Tony, these comparisons just aren't relative for me, and I bet lots of other people too. I sooner switch all my lenes and cameras from my Nikon stable, to some other brand, than switch from iPhone to Android. There is so much else involved in a phone. Still it's fun to see the comparison, hoping of course, that my chosen device prevails!
And seriously, who buys a >$1,000 phone and doesn't use a case?
Great video guys! 🙂
I absolutely love my Pixel 6 Pro, fantastic camera, way above all others I've seen, even the new S22 Ultra overall going from videos I've seen, I'm well happy! 👍🏻🙂🇬🇧
Great comparison. I know it's asking a lot but I'd also like to see some pictures on the newer phones with one of the third party apps that lets you take more control of the camera. I know I use Camera + 2 on my older iPhone 8 and I am sure something like it exists for Android as well.
The pixel’s telephoto sensor is large and doesn’t need fake blur, just pose and shoot and you’ll get that nice creammy bokeh like Dslr….I don’t know why reviewers bug us about this💔
Great review. I like to see Sony Xperia 1 iii compared with Pixel.
Great video thanks guys. So, if I want to get into mobile photography, should I get the Google 6 pro or the Sony Xperia Pro-I?
Great job Tony and Chelsea, fantastic comparison 👌🏻
is the ipone really the most popular phone? I though apple was behind Samsung and the china one with the odd name.
You are correct, Samsung has more camera phones than Apple. Tony loves to play with reality to suit his stories. Everyone knows Samsung outsells Apple phones (except Tony)
I didn’t say it was the most popular phone, I said camera. Source: www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/iphone-top-camera-flickr-2017-report/
I learned photography from you guys your review is great nothing compares wen it comes to photography it gives a tone of details that others just have no idea...
And as for bias well it doesn't interfere with the facts in the video you shared the results in the same conditions....
I would like to see the test against the Samsung ultra I know they are different price brackets but I would like to see how they compare..
Ps just ordered pixel 6 Pro :) I love night photography and sadly I do not have a DSLR any more
What a divisive video. The people who have iPhones are clearly upset and the ones who don't clearly feel like hell yeah. The only thing I can say is when professional photographers review the pixel, the pixel seems to come out better. When TH-camrs do the pixel gets criticized for showing too much at night?
This is the best Review unbiased and realtime camera review.,,Great video definitely deserve a sub and like continue to make more great stuff guys.🔥
I believe you can take portraits with the telephoto lens , just by using it at close range .
Fantastic video! Curious to see your analysis on Pixel 6 Pro vs the latest Sony Xperia with a 1 inch sensor :) Thank you in advance.
What about the Sony Xperia pro I?
Thanks! Waiting for My Pixel 6 Pro. Should come any day now. Loved the camera pics!
I have the huawei p 30 pro and i think to replace it with the google pixel 6 pro. Does the pixel have a abetter camera or is it not worth?
Even my OnePlus 8 pro takes better photos
You gave like four points to the pixel for the same thing, a Long Exposure. Shouldn’t that just be one point? The whole comparison was done well but was very random. Instead of just going from feature to feature you would do multiple pictures using the same feature and award points. Like the long exposure point should’ve just been one point but instead you took multiple pictures and gave multiple points to pixel for the same feature. You didn’t even do any video recording either.
Are we going to get the full review of Sony Xperia pro I ?
iPhone 23 will beat my 3 year old Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
It does look like the Iphone is way better regarding the selfie mode.
Most reviewers give the edge to the smartphone that can get more details in the background while you don't really care of it's burned or whatever cause the most important think is the subject.
I think just like you, but when you talk about shadows information and say that pixel is natural.... Not really. I couldn't take the blue color of my daughter eyes because of the overdark shadows of pixel photos in most scenarios.
Overall, I prefer pixel, but hope they fix that because, for me, the eyes of my daughter are the best of the world and to miss that is to miss everything!
Btw, what do you think about new iphone 14vs pixel 7?
If pixel maintains same price... Will have definitely the edge!
Thank you for this review! Professionals are professionals!
The main advantage of the iPhone camera is that the night mode is much faster. The night mode of the 6 Pro takes up to approximately 7.5 seconds and often leads to blurry photos. Night Sight shouldn't take longer than 2 seconds (like the HDR+ On mode of the Google Nexus 5x, which was one of the first smartphone "night modes") and shouldn't use a longer exposure time per frame than 1/5s (like the HDR+ enhanced mode of the Pixel 3a).
I haven't been here in a while, but I'm reminded: You guys are so good at what you do!
How many of the photos you used in your comparisons will you be willing to post in your instagram feed?
I had the much maligned Nexus 6P which was actually google's test-bed for the first generation pixel phones/camera/processing. That thing took better photos than 4 generations of Samsung phones that I've had since, including my Galaxy S21+. I should've waited for the Pixel 6.
Loved the Nexus 6P
It wasn't Google's test-bed, it was Google's flagship! HDR+ even exists since 2013. I have a Nexus 5x, which has the same camera and the camera with Google camera version 3.x was simply fantastic in its HDR+ On mode, which can be used all the time. I bought the Pixel 3a, but the camera is a huge disappointment in comparison with the Nexus. Only the low light image quality is better thanks to the HDR+ enhanced mode, which is better than Night Sight. Otherwise, the camera is worse, mostly due to the worse white balance.
So, I have bought a Pixel 6 Pro and the auto white balance is much better than the Pixel 3a (but still worse than the Nexus sometimes), but it suffers from aggressive noise reduction (even in perfect light conditions), there are occasionally artifacts in the raw files, it often chooses 4x digital zoom, it doesn't have HDR+ enhanced and there are further camera issues, so I have returned the Pixel 6 Pro. It's the most interesting camera since the Nexus, but the Nexus doesn't suffer from aggressive noise reduction in perfect light conditions, so I still prefer the Nexus camera.
Pixel astrophotography > iphone