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results: smooth, detailed footage with very little noise.
Autofocus performance is exemplary and changes in
exposure aren’t jarring. Stereo audio is pretty good as
well and has decent dynamic range.
Xiaomi’s camera app is intuitive to use. There are
a couple of extra modes, but the Night mode isn’t up
to much when it’s really dark. In very low light it will
take a long exposure, but the results are unimpressive:
it can’t compete with the P30 Pro or Pixel 3.
However, in moderately low light, there’s a noticeable
improvement as you can see in the shot of our scene-
in-a-cupboard where there’s a lot more detail in
Batman’s costume and a lot more shadow detail.
Round the front is a 20Mp selfie camera. It
captures plenty of detail and even does a good job
of portrait photos, again with very good isolation of
subject and background.
Overall, the Mi 9’s cameras are highly impressive.
The zoom isn’t as capable as the P30 Pro’s and it isn’t
as good in very low light but if the Mi 9 takes your
fancy (especially its low price), then you won’t be
disappointed with its photos or video.- Google Pixel 3
Price: £739 from fave.co/2WahEHq
Test images: fave.co/2I9upYI
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have the same cameras.
Although the hardware isn’t that fancy, with just one
rear camera, don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s
no good. Far from it. With Google’s ‘Computational
Photography’ and the Visual Core chip there’s a lot