72 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 50
REVIEW
and the XZ2 doesn’t offer an alternative – there’s not
even a software portrait effect built into the main
camera app, despite Google proving it can be done
to great effect in the Pixel 2.
Features such as predictive capture – which
automatically detects motion or smiles – and
autofocus burst are handy. We also like that Sony
still offers a dedicated two-stage button on the side
for photography. The combined phase detection
and laser autofocus is speedy, too.
Overall, the camera is decent enough but can’t
stand up to rivals at similar or even lower prices. You
can see samples below and opposite that show the
XZ2 is good in low light despite the f/2.0 aperture
being a way off rivals, but often the images look better
on the phone than on a PC monitor. For example, in
the macro shot we thought we’d got the buds on theStandard shot