Google Pixel 6 Pro brings completely revamped camera hardware that was long overdue and highly appreciated. All four cameras (three main + one selfie) bring newer, larger sensors, while the Google Tensor chip leverages the new camera hardware and shooting modes.The main camera is a 50MP Samsung ISOCELL GN1 1/1.31" sensor with dual-pixel autofocus and optical image stabilization behind an f/1.85 lens, and 1.2µm sized pixels - with pixel binning math that comes out to 2.4µm pixels compared to the Pixel 5's 1.4µm. This sensor can pick up 2.5X more light than the previous 12.2MP sensor. There's also a laser-assisted autofocusing module in the camera cluster, and the Spectral/Flicker sensor is back. Despite the 50MP main sensor, images are output in 12.5MP.
The Pixel 6 Pro has an updated 11.1 MP Selfie camera with a wide 20mm compared to the Pixel 5's 24mm lens. Pixels here are slightly larger at 1.22µm compared to 1.12µm on the Pixel 5. On the Pro, 4K video recording is possible with the front camera, though only in 30fpsother headlining camera is the 48MP periscope zoom camera with 4X optical zoom. This 1/2" sensor has 0.8µm pixels and sits behind an f/3.5 aperture lens assembly. This camera also features PDAF and OIS. Using a combination of Super Res zoom and this optical 4X zoom, the Pixel 6 Pro can achieve up to 20X zoom. Finally, the updated ultrawide camera is a 12MP sensor with 1.25µm pixels and an f/2.2 aperture lens. The front camera is now 11.MP with an ultra-wide lens and is capable of recording 4K video.
Google talked about its Real Tone feature that's baked into Pixel 6 cameras. It's a result of collecting thousands of photographs from visual artists whose works highlight communities of color. These samples, along with feedback from dozens of photographers and cinematographers, let Google improve every aspect of capturing a person of color with the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro's cameras.addition to improved face detection, it improved exposure and color reproduction of darker skin tones, so they more accurately represent these communities without skin tones looking too bright, dark, saturated, or washed out. Real Tone will work with third-party camera apps as well. The Google Photos app will include Real Tone in its Auto-enhance feature so you can apply the Real Tone to older photos.camera app is new for Android 12. In the main viewfinder, you'll see a Settings cog in the upper left corner and a location option in the upper right corner where you can decide whether to save photos or videos taken to the Photo Gallery or the Locked Folder.The camera app will always default to the "Camera" photo mode. From left to right, the shooting modes are: Night Sight, Motion, Portrait, Camera, Video, and Modes which lets you access the Panorama, Photo Sphere, and Google Lens modes. Lens has modes for Translate, Text, Search, Homework, Shopping, Places, and Dining.There's a new meter to adjust the white balance right in the viewfinder, along with the Shadow and Light sliders. There's an option to shoot RAW images as well, but you need to enable this in the settings first. Despite there being a 50MP camera sensor, the phone is only capable of outputting 12.5MP images, and there's no setting to take full-res images. It also looks like "Motion Photo" has been renamed to "Top Shot" as to not confuse the user with the Motion camera mode that's new to the Pixel 6 Pro.
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