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The Pixel 7 Pro's 1x camera can take photos zoomed to 2x with its central pixels, and its 5x camera can take 10x photos. (The 2x mode works on Google's Pixel 7, too.)Īpple took the exact same approach with its iPhone 14 Pro phones, but only with the main 1x camera.
The smaller pixels mean image quality isn't as high, but it's still useful, and Google applies its Super Res Zoom technology to improve color and sharpness, too. That makes 12-megapixel shots with better color and a wider dynamic range of dark and light tones.īut by skipping pixel binning and using only the central 12 megapixels, the 1x main camera can take a 2x shot, and the 5x telephoto can take a 10x shot. Ordinarily, those cameras use a technique called pixel binning to turn a 2x2 grid of pixels into a single larger pixel. The Pixel 7 Pro's 50-megapixel main camera and 48-megapixel telephoto cameras offer something of a fix. Telephoto cameras are better for portraits and more distant subjects.īut having a big gap between zoom levels can be a problem. Ultrawide angle cameras are good for photographing people crammed into a room and interesting buildings. High-end smartphones now come with at least three rear-facing cameras so you can capture a wider range of shots. Virtual 2x and 10x cameras on the Pixel 7 Pro
Here's a deeper look into what Google is up to. "That's like the Holy Grail travel lens," an all-purpose setup that photo enthusiasts have long enjoyed for portability and flexibility. "What we really tried to do is give you a 12mm-240mm camera," said Pixel camera hardware leader Alexander Schiffhauer, translating the Pixel 7 Pro's 0.5x to 10x magnification range into traditional 35mm camera terms. That's more like how a traditional camera behaves. New computational photography technology enabled by new AI algorithms and Google's new Tensor G2 processor speeds up Night Sight, unblurs faces, stabilizes video better and merges data from multiple cameras to improve image quality for intermediate zoom levels like 3x. But the Pixel 7 Pro's improved hardware foundation is only part of the story.
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