ISSUE 63 • ANDROID ADVISOR 77ROUND-UPof clever processing which makes for some great-
looking photos and videos.
Starting with the hardware, the main camera still
has a 12.2Mp sensor, a Sony IMX363. There’s no
laser focus (as the Pixel 2 had), but phase detection
is used to good effect: auto focus is still very fast
even in dim light.
Software features are the highlights here: Super
Res Zoom, Night Sight and Top Shot. Super Res
Zoom takes several photos and uses the slight
differences along with Google’s computing power to
intelligently create pixels for a better-quality photo
than mere interpolation would create.
Night Sight works in a similar way to create a
correctly exposed image rather than one which is too
dark. The exact technique hasn’t been revealed but the
results speak for themselves. It’s possible to get someThe Pixel 3’s main
camera takes
outstanding photos