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I hope they will improve the photo post-processing. Currently, I have the pixel 7 pro, and the camera app really alters people more than I like. Fortunately, you can also save RAW files. The rumors on Reddit said that the processing algorithm may have been developed for cameras with lower resolutions - if that's true, the results on pixel 8 will be even worse

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The camera (actually cameras) on my Pixel 7 Pro is the most over-hyped mediocrity ever. I can't believe that it reviewed so well. The jpeg processing is so over-done that everything looks like cartoons and plastic. The video drops dozens of frames when zooming in and out. The raws are not real raws, but are instead just less processed pseudo-raws, and yet still have terrible dynamic range anyway.

I do like the colors of the jpegs.

Totally agree with you. I think Google targets to housewifes (mediocre photography taste): - Bright photos - Smiling faces - Vivid unnatural colors

I hate that they removed ability to disable thair **ing HDR.

p.s: Pixel 6 owner

That housewife remark is uncalled for.

The skin waxing (probably aggressive noise reduction) on the Pixel 7 Pro is so bad it's changed how I take photos. I no longer try to get faces in my photos unless the light is very bright and they're close and near the center of the frame (the very bad barrel distortion is another problem with faces, they cannot be too close to the edges or they'll be comically elongated)

The Pixel 2 XL camera was better, I swear

Agreed. I was quite happy with my Pixel 6 until the 7 was released, which I got for my wife. Immediately noticed that both phones cameras were worse.

In particular, shots of light-eyed people show as fine initially and then when the software processing finishes they have almost black eyes from all the contrast they add. If you choose raw you need a whole other processing pipeline, not to mention you get to see how shitty these sensors and lenses are without software doing a herculean lift.

I was able to work around it on my 6 with a GCam APK but couldn't find one for the 7.

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