ISSUE 63 • ANDROID ADVISOR 79ROUND-UPfantastic results in dark conditions so long as there’s
no movement in the scene beyond your shaky hands.
Top Shot shoots a series of photos and
automatically selects the best one and eliminates any
where a person’s eyes were shut or not smiling. And
it works really well. It doesn’t always trigger, though,
even if you think it should have.
In good light, the Pixel 3’s photos are just as
amazing as you’d expect. Detail is crisp, white balance
excellent and – thanks to HDR+ – dynamic range
is impressive. Despite the single camera, portrait
shots are very good and the blurry backgrounds look
authentic, with subject isolation generally accurate. It
is easy to spot errors, though, and a trained eye will
immediately know it’s ‘faked’.10x zoom