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вЂњWhen in Night Sight, the Pixel 3 can take up to 15 photos,вЂќ said Alexander Schiffhauer, a product manager of computational photography at Google. But it captures frames that can each feature longer exposures than the individual photos that you capture with HDR+.

Instead, Night Sight relies on вЂњpositive shutter lag (PSL)вЂќ, which starts capturing frames when you hit the shutter button. With Night Sight, the camera doesnвЂ™t utilize ZSL, which limits the exposure time of each frame, and thus it doesnвЂ™t immediately start capturing frames when you open the camera app. GoogleвЂ™s own version of this, called HDR+, is unique because itвЂ™s also able to cancel out unwanted noise, such as handshake or motion, thanks to what Google calls вЂњzero shutter lag (ZSL).вЂќ HereвЂ™s how it works: right when you open the camera app, it starts capturing frames and then when you hit the shutter button, it takes the most recent frames, combines them and then processes them through the Pixel 3вЂ™s normal HDR+ algorithm. It enables the camera to capture a burst of frames, all at different exposures, and then align and merge them together into one high-contrast photo. How Does It Work? All the latest smartphones use some form of high dynamic range (HDR), which is a special image processing technique.

You still need to stand still for up to six seconds when taking a Night Sight photo, but the camera will automatically detect small movements like your shaking hand and, thanks to GoogleвЂ™s superior artificial intelligence, eliminates flaws to produce a clear, well-lit photo. The magic of Night Sight is that it eliminates the need for most of that.

Normally in such situations, the camera would call for a long exposure, which in turn would require a flash or for you to keep your hand really still (or have a tripod). What Is Night Sight? Night Sight is a setting built into the Pixel 3вЂ™s camera app that captures really detailed photos even when youвЂ™re in poorly lit locations.

#PIXEL 3 METRO LAST LIGHT BACKGROUND UPDATE#

Now that Night Sight has rolled out via a software update to all Pixel 3s вЂ“ as of mid-November вЂ“ theyвЂ™re able to take photos that the Pixel 3, like all other smartphones, simply could not.Д«uy Now: $799+ (Pixel) Learn More: Night Sight Even without Night Sight, we found the Pixel 3 to take the best low-light photos of any smartphone already. Designed to revolutionize low-light and nighttime photography, at the smartphoneвЂ™s launch event Google showed off photos of the Pixel 3 using Night Sight вЂ“ the results were almost too good to be believed. That said, the Pixel 3вЂ™s potentially coolest feature, Night Sight (another gimmicky name), wasnвЂ™t available at launch.

The Pixel 3 is by far the best smartphone camera of 2018 вЂ“ check out our latest camera comparison, here вЂ“ and most of its new features (Top Shot, Super Res Zoom, Photobooth, Motion Auto Focus), which sound like gimmicks, turned out to be anything but. Well, months later, itвЂ™s clear that Google wasnвЂ™t lying. The Pixel 3 promised a significantly better camera system. Its predecessor, the Pixel 2, featured what had been considered the best smartphone camera you could buy, even beating out the newer iPhone XS and Galaxy S9. When Google launched the Pixel 3 earlier this fall it came with heaps of expectation, most of which was centered around its camera.

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