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I got an Google Pixel pro 8 a few weeks back and holy shit it's good.

I stoped using my Canon DSLR 80D this holiday and we took a handful benchmark picture I will analyse later.

The night mode in dark areas wow. Tele? Wow. Macro? Awesome.

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Have they fixed their skin algos yet? I quit using Pixels I think around 5 or 6 because of how unnatural they make people. I'm a typical older white male, I have white skin, odd freckles and other 'spots', some redness here and there like a typical person.

When a picture of me is taken with a Pixel, I have unnaturally uniform tan skin and blemish free. And this is without any 'beauty filter' or whatnot.

Same. For me it was white skin turning gray and blue eyes turning black. Not always but frequent enough for me to buy a different phone (which doesn't have this problem).

I have not seen anything unnatural and I hate this type of adjustment but I'm very very impressed so far

There is one issue. The image you see from your phone display is not "original" anymore in traditional sense. It is enhanced in so many ways that it looks pleasant, but it can also alter things. Even unnoticed, by guessing what could look good and what you want to see.

I have a pixel 8 pro and a canon r5 and honestly, unless I'm shooting at f2.0 or less, I generally prefer the pixel images. Not to mention they're instantly sharable.

Try birding at 500mm or more. Pixel soup (pun intended) vs crisp details from the R5 with 100-500, even at f7.1 or higher. No comparison.

Even at 105mm f4 the difference is night and day. Portrait mode is good enough for casual use, but the real thing still looks better.

Sure, it's weaker in telephoto. (I rarely shoot beyond 85mm.) Fwiw I never use portrait mode -- too artificial. The main lens still gets pretty nice shallow DOF tho

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