Thanks for watching! Leave a thumbs up on the video if you want to see me use this for street photography and test more features like zoom, and low light.
To transfer files from an Android phone you literally can plug your usb-c to c cable onto your computer and phone, change the charging option on your phone to file transfer then your computer will see your phone as an external drive. No need to delete the extra jpegs no need to transfer to Google drive.
Google was one of the first, if not the very first company to bring computational photography (namely their HDR+ algorithm) to Smartphones. Apple and other Android OEMs were way behind in terms of processing once the Google Nexus 5x and 6p hit. Same goes for their computational raw files.
I'm not a photographer or even someone who looks at many images, but it was pretty obvious that image A had much more detail than image B. Image B had a nice, balanced and 'realistic' tone, but there was no fine detail of material grain, etc on that image. Image A was obviously the more expensive camera.
$10k more? The 8a pictures rival the Leica images as far as everyday image posting. This is a comparison of one of the best cameras/lens you can buy with a now $400 smartphone. In a blind test, many people would pick either image. In fact in a 21 million blind study test, the Pixel A series won over ALL smartphones including those $1500+. Google Computational Photography Voodoo at work.
@@lazyrider6918lol. Buy a dedicated camera and compare it with your pixel. You will see that smartphone photography is still a gap away from a real camera.
@@lazyrider6918you can buy a $500 Panasonic g85 micro 4/3 that will shit on the google phone, especially at night. The difference is huge I have a pixel 9 and a g85
I really like that you're unbiased and always trying out different brands, this content would be of great help to those who aspire to create but don't use a certain brand for any reason, however I would love to know your opinion on the Pixel AI editing, I think it's called "Magic Editor if I'm not mistaken, Great video as always.
@@crpro5420 See if you look at the bottom (back side), you will be able to see where it was made. My Pixel 6a says made in vietnam. Please check and tell..
Using this phone around 2 weeks, I noticed that the white balance is more towards the cooler side.. The images clicked are a bit less saturated even with Ultra HDR on. You guys can compare when taking a screenshot of the camera viewfinder vs the actual processed image.
those new smartphones are incredible now for the quality that they produce, like now even if you are a pro photographer and could find it a bit hard to know if the pic from a phone or a pro camera, next phone I would like to suggest to try is Sony Xperia 1 Mark Vi, give it a try, the portrait mode in that phone is way beyond the other phones.
I was in Best Buy having a ballwith the 9 Pro. Testing video, zoom amd manual controlss and it was so good. Can't wait until i finally get it in my hands.
A folder with the Raw images is supposed to be automatically created and to transfer them use Quick Share. I don't know if there is a Quick Share app for Apple, but there is one for Windows.
I find the colors out the box from this phone are lovely, not overly digital, no crazy in camera processing, just clean shots, and they're a dream to edit compared to other phones iv had, o have a similar issue with the noise in desaturated shadows and in low light
I'm thinking about getting this phone but the specs say it does NOT have autofocus. (have to upgrade to the pixel 8 for that) Did you have any trouble with this? It looks like you were focusing by touching the screen.
It's all about the sensor..I have a 8a and love it, the 4K video at 60fps is great, I use the black magic camera app it's made for Samsung and Google phones.
fornmy phone its a motorola and the pictures lookclear from my phone but on iphone and when i post on my story. the pictures look so grainy. Does the picture look clear across the board on iphones and android
Definitely not as well when compared to my Leica in some of the tests but I think it did a good job. Especially when you see the other examples from the second product shoot
How do you connect a mic to this this phone without a mic jack? Bluetooth? I know it's not Leica standards but would this be a good handset for videos and how is the audio playback for having a clear and voice that be heard well from the internal mic of the 8a?
thanks for this great review! I have a Pixel 4A, overall good value, but the zoom images are just awful. maybe i'm expecting too much. considering switching to iphone, but the pixel 8A seems like a much better value, would value your perspective on the zoom camera performance
Nothing I noticed in this test but I’m not using it as my primary phone with apps running in the background/daily tasks so that may not be an accurate assessment
@@jayv7122 doesn' matter if you get slug speed on charging and need of buying extra things for the phone. Also the G processors needs to compete with Snapdragon and mediatek so they need to step up the game. Also, Android phone with only 128 gb och storage? Naaah man, that's just not Okay. So need to step up the game to conquer the Android scene. Xiaomi and OnePlus are miles ahead
@@Krickut um not talking bout this mid range device only, g4 in p9 is so much better than g3, and they'll eventually catch up to snapdragon. also flagship pixels got better storage options so? in which feature ur saying those 2 brands are ahead in the game?
@@jayv7122 it doesn't matter because they are not able to compete today with other flagships, once the processor and charging speed will be up there with the other brands they will get more people buying the phones. Also the Xiaomi and OnePlus devices are much cheaper for more storage.
recently i've went to take space and road photos on my samsung phone, i installed the raw app, and got AMAZING resaults, i'm going to look if you have a video messing with the raw app after this vid lamo
Thanks for watching! Leave a thumbs up on the video if you want to see me use this for street photography and test more features like zoom, and low light.
Google's approach to the bokeh element is in the edit...Google Photos: Edit>Tools>Blur
Yes please
To transfer files from an Android phone you literally can plug your usb-c to c cable onto your computer and phone, change the charging option on your phone to file transfer then your computer will see your phone as an external drive. No need to delete the extra jpegs no need to transfer to Google drive.
Yeah that didn’t work with this phone. Not sure why. You are right tho it’s been that way with every other android device I’ve used
If you use a Mac, yes, but on windows, you can install quickshare and use it basically like airdrop.
@@vintage_15Guess I know what to use now.
Google was one of the first, if not the very first company to bring computational photography (namely their HDR+ algorithm) to Smartphones. Apple and other Android OEMs were way behind in terms of processing once the Google Nexus 5x and 6p hit. Same goes for their computational raw files.
Definitely do those tests, definitely curious to see what it can do, especially low light.
Most likely will just because doing street photography with smartphones is always fun for me haha
I'm not a photographer or even someone who looks at many images, but it was pretty obvious that image A had much more detail than image B. Image B had a nice, balanced and 'realistic' tone, but there was no fine detail of material grain, etc on that image. Image A was obviously the more expensive camera.
$10k more? The 8a pictures rival the Leica images as far as everyday image posting. This is a comparison of one of the best cameras/lens you can buy with a now $400 smartphone. In a blind test, many people would pick either image. In fact in a 21 million blind study test, the Pixel A series won over ALL smartphones including those $1500+. Google Computational Photography Voodoo at work.
@@lazyrider6918lol. Buy a dedicated camera and compare it with your pixel. You will see that smartphone photography is still a gap away from a real camera.
@@godofredo0409 I'm sure, but for every day point and shoot, a $4-10k camera are very diminishing returns.
@@lazyrider6918you can buy a $500 Panasonic g85 micro 4/3 that will shit on the google phone, especially at night. The difference is huge I have a pixel 9 and a g85
it might be a different angle, but look how better 'new balance made in usa' is seen on a pixel photo
I really like that you're unbiased and always trying out different brands, this content would be of great help to those who aspire to create but don't use a certain brand for any reason, however I would love to know your opinion on the Pixel AI editing, I think it's called "Magic Editor if I'm not mistaken, Great video as always.
Watching on Pixel 8a
What does the back say? Where was your piece manufactured?
@@ItachiUchiha-ci2vo idk. Bought last month in Canada
@@crpro5420 See if you look at the bottom (back side), you will be able to see where it was made. My Pixel 6a says made in vietnam. Please check and tell..
Mine says made in Vietnam @@ItachiUchiha-ci2vo
@@abhinavchauhan5992 thank u for this information brother
just got a 8A and nowhere is there an option for RAW! Even the reviews state JPG is the only option....... Is yours a pre release model??
Using this phone around 2 weeks, I noticed that the white balance is more towards the cooler side.. The images clicked are a bit less saturated even with Ultra HDR on.
You guys can compare when taking a screenshot of the camera viewfinder vs the actual processed image.
you should try the pixel 8 pro and the pixel 9 pro when it releases
those new smartphones are incredible now for the quality that they produce, like now even if you are a pro photographer and could find it a bit hard to know if the pic from a phone or a pro camera, next phone I would like to suggest to try is Sony Xperia 1 Mark Vi, give it a try, the portrait mode in that phone is way beyond the other phones.
Like honor 200 portrait?
I was in Best Buy having a ballwith the 9 Pro. Testing video, zoom amd manual controlss and it was so good. Can't wait until i finally get it in my hands.
Very good review about photographic capabilities of Pixel 8a. Thanks
Please do the Pixel 8 Pro. I think youd ve blown away
Curious how the pro would fare. Nice vid and these ironically help my photography too, bc you always have good compositions with these phones
Glad it helped you out 🙏 thanks for watching!
it looks like you could use it for stock imagery as long as its close ups?
A folder with the Raw images is supposed to be automatically created and to transfer them use Quick Share. I don't know if there is a Quick Share app for Apple, but there is one for Windows.
I find the colors out the box from this phone are lovely, not overly digital, no crazy in camera processing, just clean shots, and they're a dream to edit compared to other phones iv had, o have a similar issue with the noise in desaturated shadows and in low light
I'm thinking about getting this phone but the specs say it does NOT have autofocus. (have to upgrade to the pixel 8 for that) Did you have any trouble with this? It looks like you were focusing by touching the screen.
It's all about the sensor..I have a 8a and love it, the 4K video at 60fps is great, I use the black magic camera app it's made for Samsung and Google phones.
fornmy phone its a motorola and the pictures lookclear from my phone but on iphone and when i post on my story. the pictures look so grainy. Does the picture look clear across the board on iphones and android
Yea so the pixel doesn’t pick up shadows?
Definitely not as well when compared to my Leica in some of the tests but I think it did a good job. Especially when you see the other examples from the second product shoot
on the blue one, it was a lot better, but yeah that is a major disadvantage
and the outdoor was decent
How do you connect a mic to this this phone without a mic jack? Bluetooth? I know it's not Leica standards but would this be a good handset for videos and how is the audio playback for having a clear and voice that be heard well from the internal mic of the 8a?
USB mic like Yeti can work, or a usb-c to 3.5mm dongle is another option. Bluetooth should work with something like the wireless DJI Mics
Hi - what did you edit the RAW files in.
Great video!
Crazy how good the Pixel 8a looks compared to that "real" camera that costs 20x more lol
#TeamPixel
thanks for this great review! I have a Pixel 4A, overall good value, but the zoom images are just awful. maybe i'm expecting too much. considering switching to iphone, but the pixel 8A seems like a much better value, would value your perspective on the zoom camera performance
I want to do Product photography for my ecommerce business ,pixel 8 camera is good or ,... iPhone 15 ?
You could get by with the pixel 8a but higher level smartphones have better results
Take a normal raw photo than google photos background blur, you can control the blur and also habe the raw file
I've had some problems with pixel 8a, it has too much noise and blur :/
Choppy scrolling
Try a cable next time...?
Can someone tell me what does it say behind tbe phone? Made in which country?
What does it matter? Most likely made in china like 99.9% of all other smartphones.
@@daytonaukpc9387 It does matter. I have a pixel 6A made in Vietnam. And if given a choice, I would prefer my next phone from Vietnam over China.
Made in India 😂 does it matter …
@@KoalaBeer. Do you own this phone? It says made in India?
In Ucraina
You should try Sony Xperia VI
It has actually moving optical zoom
My first ‘smartphone’ with a camera was the O2 X2. It had a 0.2mp sensor!
Did you face any heating issues with the pixel 8a?
Nothing I noticed in this test but I’m not using it as my primary phone with apps running in the background/daily tasks so that may not be an accurate assessment
@@RanftEvan ohh cool, thanks for the reply bro
Why didn't do the video aswell
If only Google would have had the charger in the box and at least 90w charging. I think they would have conquered the Android scene....
These OEMs that remove the charger always do that obligating to purchase one with a slug speed
what is still there to conquer? pixels are the best in android
@@jayv7122 doesn' matter if you get slug speed on charging and need of buying extra things for the phone. Also the G processors needs to compete with Snapdragon and mediatek so they need to step up the game. Also, Android phone with only 128 gb och storage? Naaah man, that's just not Okay. So need to step up the game to conquer the Android scene. Xiaomi and OnePlus are miles ahead
@@Krickut um not talking bout this mid range device only, g4 in p9 is so much better than g3, and they'll eventually catch up to snapdragon. also flagship pixels got better storage options so? in which feature ur saying those 2 brands are ahead in the game?
@@jayv7122 it doesn't matter because they are not able to compete today with other flagships, once the processor and charging speed will be up there with the other brands they will get more people buying the phones. Also the Xiaomi and OnePlus devices are much cheaper for more storage.
recently i've went to take space and road photos on my samsung phone, i installed the raw app, and got AMAZING resaults, i'm going to look if you have a video messing with the raw app after this vid lamo
Raw is great but what Google's image processing does with the jpeg's is kinda insane.
Would love it if u compare it to the pixel 8
Awesome
3-2-1- shenanigans made me click off immediately. Try something other than deception 😮
that ur house ? looks fine
Not edited after this video for compare with the real one.
Haven’t watched. But the phone color is cool
Yeah it’s rad in person
The main key is good lighting.
Pixel photos are just good enough to use on social media.
For large print or crop or unique look we need pro camera.
A professional comparing a phone camera to any dedicated camera no matter the type is clickbait and misleading.
Its a phone. Nothing more.
Lea Parks
Bro wants to get raw portrait mode photos from a phone💀
This really highlights how f’ng good Leica is 😂😂😂