I recently got a Google Pixel 7 pro because my previous phone was glitching out and it was a headache. I didn't buy the phone for the camera, I have a mirrorless that I use when I want to take a picture, I got it for the battery life and to not have Samsung bloatware.
But still every once in a while I want to take a quick pic and send it on signal or Snapchat or something, and every time it comes out way too saturated and way too sharpened. All the ads I saw for this phone was for camera features like the magic eraser thing and the night vision, but they're all just covering for what is the worst camera sensor that they could possibly find. You can't control the exposure, you can't get the raw image, It is a horrible experience to take a picture with this phone every single time.
If you want a smartphone to be able to take good pictures. First of all, don't. Get a camera. Second of all, steer clear of the pixel phones.
Yeah for most people that are posting pics on social media it's fine for that, since most that do don't care that much for color accuracy and postprocessing.
But if you want to have control and possibly even use it in a professional setting then no. It's not all that great, you are at the mercy of Google's color science and algorithmic photo/video postprocessing. Really Google was shooting for the iPhone "
set itand forget it" philosophy.And I could live with that if it didn't look like ass. I'm not needing professional pictures here, just the bare minimum.
For OpSec I won't post an image, but the sharpening makes my dog look like he hasn't gotten a bath in years. It's so bad.