SeilerBird
Well-known member
For those of you who do not know me (you are lucky) I am a retired wildlife photographer and three years ago I bought an iPhone 6 and sold my DSLR stuff. At that point I started using my iPhone for about 99% of my shots. I kept my 50x zoom bridge camera for the really long telephoto shots since cell phone cameras can't do telephoto yet but I rarely use it anymore. I only lasted a year with the iPhone and got out because I just did not fit in the Apple ecosystem. I then returned to Android with a Samsung S6 but only kept it a few months because I did not like the Samsung universe. I replaced it with an LG G4 that I have been using for the last year and a half. It was getting long in the tooth and when Google announced the new Pixel cameras it got my attention. I immediately ordered the Pixel 2 XL.
DxOMark is a French site that tests every new camera and gives it a score making it easy to compare cameras. The iPhone 6 scored a 73, the Samsung S6 scored an 86, the LG G4 scored an 83 and the new Pixels are scored at 98. This got my attention. I read the initial reviews and they were nothing but praise for the incredible camera, just about everyone calling it the best camera phone ever. I knew I had to have one so I ordered it immediately and it has not disappointed me in the least. The new iPhone X got a 97 so it is in second place currently.
This phone is a beast. It has so many new great features. My favorite is the idea of building Google into the camera. You take a photo and push the information button and it looks up the photo on Google and then identifies the content. If you shoot a movie poster it gives you a review of the movie, and where it is playing. Shoot a bird and it attempts to identify the species. It is brand new and will only get more acccurate as time goes on. My second favorite feature is HDR+. They have taken high dynamic range to a new level. The camera works great in low light and contrasting lighting situations.
But the best feature is being able to join the Google Project Fi network. I am going to do a whole different thread on that to keep this thread reasonable. There is a link to an album of shots from my first week with the camera located in my signature below.
Project Fi link:
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php/topic,110136.0.html
DxOMark is a French site that tests every new camera and gives it a score making it easy to compare cameras. The iPhone 6 scored a 73, the Samsung S6 scored an 86, the LG G4 scored an 83 and the new Pixels are scored at 98. This got my attention. I read the initial reviews and they were nothing but praise for the incredible camera, just about everyone calling it the best camera phone ever. I knew I had to have one so I ordered it immediately and it has not disappointed me in the least. The new iPhone X got a 97 so it is in second place currently.
This phone is a beast. It has so many new great features. My favorite is the idea of building Google into the camera. You take a photo and push the information button and it looks up the photo on Google and then identifies the content. If you shoot a movie poster it gives you a review of the movie, and where it is playing. Shoot a bird and it attempts to identify the species. It is brand new and will only get more acccurate as time goes on. My second favorite feature is HDR+. They have taken high dynamic range to a new level. The camera works great in low light and contrasting lighting situations.
But the best feature is being able to join the Google Project Fi network. I am going to do a whole different thread on that to keep this thread reasonable. There is a link to an album of shots from my first week with the camera located in my signature below.
Project Fi link:
http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_forum/index.php/topic,110136.0.html