Pixel 6 Pro Review. Good camera, easy to cut corners

 

 I bought a Google smartphone, the public market version Pixel 6 Pro on the release date and have been using it for a long time.
The deciding factor for purchase is the cute Cloudy White color. The housing is usually the edge that is common at the high end. The back is glossy glass. It takes time to get used to the positions of the power button and volume button being arranged in the opposite direction to the general model.


After all my favorite is the camera. Compared to other models, it is stable and gives good results.
The most notable is the telephoto lens. It has high potential and is fun to shoot purely.
 

F1.85 1/1.31 50 million pixels wide angle, F2.2 12 million pixels super wide angle, F3.5 1/2 type 48 million pixels periscope type optical 4x telephoto


Take a telephoto lens

RAW development
The Xperia 1 III's telescope has a neck of camera shake, which is especially noticeable when the amount of light is insufficient, but the Pixel 6 Pro is wonderful because it is handheld and can be taken very stably even when the amount of light is insufficient . You don't need a tripod.
You can get a firm compression effect even in a telephoto and night view.


When it comes to HDR and night view mode, it's basically common sense to shoot multiple shots and combine them, so it's exclusive to RAW. But the latest high-ends from leading leading manufacturers are overturning these preconceived notions.
 

Whether it's HDR or night view mode, you can keep "RAW" according to the composition and develop it later.


　Development tolerance is "still" at the moment, but the breakthrough in the evolution of smartphone cameras is computational photography. Major companies have begun to evolve RAW as well, and more surprising developments await in this direction in the future.

　Speaking of calculated photos, Pixel. Google claims that Tensor, which has high AI processing performance, enables various photo processing.
 

For example, an eraser magic that removes disturbing humans in the picture.You can also get a long exposure, which is usually required for a tripod.I also like the ease of use of everyday cameras. It is convenient to keep focusing on the tapped part, and I feel that the white balance is not so out of order and the batting average is excellent.

　In addition to exposure, you can also change the color temperature and adjust shadows / highlights. You can adjust it on the spot.
 

Speaking of Pixel, I think that the image of "easy to shoot" is strong. Of course, the beauty is that you can shoot stably as long as it isn't as bad as it used to be. Furthermore, I think it is worth noting that it also has the depth of "taking pictures that can be taken with a tripod without a tripod" and "sticking to adjustment and RAW development". It is so stable that it cannot fail in daily use. 

It's also a point that doesn't get much attention, but I felt that people's voices were particularly well picked up as the sound quality when recording videos.
As an Android smartphone, you can enjoy the latest OS, long-term updates are possible, and it is one that can be used for a long time. In particular, the function of transcribing voice at the same time as recording is convenient, which is useful when interviewing.


However, the coarseness is noticeable in the small parts. Even though the camera is excellent, the shutter sound cannot be turned off. Even if it can't be helped because it is a self-regulation, it makes a loud noise even in silent mode. There is no rationality in the specification to force the screenshot sound. Many competitors are doing the process of sounding a screenshot if you hit the camera API and muting otherwise. If this is a reference model, there is still room for defense in the attitude of neglecting even that degree, but since Pixel is not a reference but a Google smartphone that has its own software such as a camera and transcription, it is not at all. There is no room for defense. This is a clear omission that is unacceptable for high-end models.
 

Also, as a high-end model, I am dissatisfied with the in-screen fingerprint authentication. The range that can be unlocked is narrow and the success rate is not high, and the impression that it takes some time to unlock. Especially noticeable outdoors during the day. This may be due in part to the adoption of an optical fingerprint authentication sensor that reads fingerprints by shining light before tuning.
 

The high-end models of major leading companies have achieved high unlocking accuracy through efforts such as tuning and installing the latest ultrasonic fingerprint authentication sensor.
 

If you give priority to security and make an excuse that it takes time to unlock, you should install better hardware, and the fingerprint authentication sensor of this machine is not good for a high-end model. not.
 

Also, this may be due to my environment, but although I have operated it with eSIM of povo and Rakuten Mobile, I felt that the battery life in standby was very bad. I felt that it was a very Pixel-like model with a mixture of excellent cameras, distinctive functions, and roughness.