The Pixel 4 XL's telephoto lens gets me a little closer than the Pixel 3 XL, which is relying entirely on a digital zoom aided by Google's Super Res Zoom feature. On the campus of the University of California, I zoomed in on Sather Tower, using a 2x zoom on both phones. We begin to see more of an edge for the Pixel 4 XL when we put its telephoto lens to use. That makes me wonder if dual exposure will be of much use to anyone other than mobile photographers with the keenest of eyes I'd certainly worry that my tinkering might do more harm than good. I overdid the brightness adjustment, though, causing the house to become too over-exposed, something I didn't notice until I got home and downloaded the photos to my computer. The shadows are certainly no longer as prominent as they once were in my dual exposure-adjusted shot, and I think the "Rest in Pieces" tombstone is easier to read. I tried to use dual exposure to play down the shadows on the lawn even further and call out the decorative tombstones. You can see the changes applied in the viewfinder before you capture the shot. Tap the Pixel 4 screen, and two sliders appear - one to adjust for shadows and the other to make the photo brighter. I took this photo of a neighbor's Halloween-themed yard, not because it illustrates much difference between the two phones - everything looks pretty similar, though the shadows seem a little less pronounced on the Pixel 4 XL's effort - but because it gave me the chance to play around with the Pixel 4 XL's dual exposure feature. Winner: Draw Shadows, Halloween Decorations I don't dislike either effort, and if we removed the labels, I couldn't really tell you which camera shot which picture. The Pixel 3 XL produces a more vibrant shade of yellow, while the Pixel 4 XL's color is probably more accurate. There's nothing really separating the shots of me getting up-close and personal with one of my neighbor's roses. The differences between the two cameras are less pronounced when we move outdoors on a bright, sunny morning. But the reflecting glare from the light isn't as harsh as it is in the Pixel 3 XL's shot. To compensate for some unforgiving lighting from an overhead fixture, the Pixel 4 XL loses some of the shifting tone of my kitchen table and overly smooths out the grain in the background.
The blueberries seem bluer and the bowl in the Pixel 4 XL's shot is the same shade of white it is in real life and doesn't sport the blueish hue the Pixel 3 XL added.
But I think the colors in the Pixel 4 XL's shot are a little more true to life. That said, my colleague Adam Ismail argues that the Pixel 3 XL handles the white balance better, while the Pixel 4 XL's shot is too cool for his tastes.Īt first glance, the shots of my morning cereal look pretty identical between what the Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 4 XL captured. The Pixel 4 XL shows off more detail to my eye, and the lighting feels properly subdued. Some of the details of the decorated pumpkins - particularly the tall one in the middle - remain lost in shadow and the light bulbs look a little blown out to me. I'm not sure the Pixel 3 XL ever overcomes that backlighting with its photo. It's a challenging shot to begin, since it's lit entirely by a string of purple and orange lights, with the orange lights located in the back of the photo adding some severe backlighting. We have some disagreement in the Tom's Guide office on this Night Sight-aided photo of some white plastic pumpkins my wife and daughter bedazzled the heck out of it. Here's what those changes mean to the photos produced by the Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 3 XL. Dual exposure controls - the sliders on top of the viewfinder - let you adjust for shadows and brightness on the Pixel 4.
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