Google Pixel 5 vs iPhone 12 - 4k Camera Comparison By MW Technology

Hey, what's up folks how's it going. This watch hope you guys are all doing well, and today we're going to be doing a head-to-head camera comparison between the Google Pixel 5, as well as the iPhone 12. Now uh. Both of these two have a standard wide camera, and an ultra-wide camera, we're looking at the 12 megapixel stills uh capacity camera with the 4k at 60 frames per second video capabilities. Now uh, the actual sensor is actually very similar in terms of overall pixel size, you're. Looking at about 1.4 microns in terms of the actual pixel size uh, both sensors have a phase detection, autofocusing with dual uh pixel uh phase detection technology, so the autofocusing is going to be fairly good optical stabilization. Obviously, now we'll switch over to the uh wide cameras to see how those look now here is the ultra-wide cameras.

Now you can see that on the iPhone we're a little wider in terms of field of view, it has 120 degrees, field of view versus 107 on the pixel, but the pixel can actually shoot higher resolution stills at 16 megapixels versus 12 megapixels on the iPhone. You guys be the judge in terms of which looks best to you uh, but there is a difference in terms of actual uh frame rate capacity. At the 4k resolution, the iPhone could shoot 60 frames per second in the ultra-wide camera versus you're, looking at 30 frames per second in 404k resolution on the Google Pixel. Now, let's take a look at the front-facing side to see how those look okay, so here you're, looking at the front-facing cameras, there's a pretty big difference between the two. You are looking at eight megapixel stills on the Google Pixel versus 12 megapixels on the iPhone.

In addition to that, you have a limited capability on the Google Pixel uh video capturing capabilities. It pretty much tops out at 1080p, 30 fps versus the iPhone could shoot all the way up to 4k resolution at 60 frames per second. So, there's a definitely big difference over here in terms of the front-facing video quality, and I think the iPhone is definitely the clear winner over here. We're going to move on to the actual uh comparison between the two taking a look at a bunch of different examples: indoor outdoor low light photography, good lighting, photography, also the portrait mode to see which camera is best and which is ultimately the best smartphone camera. Okay.

So, let's go through a couple of different side-by-side examples to see how these two cameras are, comparing against each other, shooting the exact same scene and let's talk about sharpness now the pixel in most occasions, especially when you're looking in well-lit conditions is sharper. You have more details on the highlights and the shadows. A good example is of this scene in the lake, where the tree line is better defined on the pixels, you can see more individual branches as well as a better defined characteristics in the water and on the iPhone things, look a little washed out, especially when you zoom in into that tree line specifically- and that's certainly not the case. When we look at the pixel, we do see a little more noise as we zoom in to the pixel, and that's generally the characteristics where you do see a little more detail, but it always results in a little more of a noisier image compared to the iPhone which is generally cleaner across the board. Now another trend that I see uh when you're shooting with the pixels, specifically in low light conditions such as this sunset scene, you can see that in the shadows, things become pretty gray and fairly muddy compared to the iPhone.

Take a look at the buildings on the shoreline over here. You can see that the windows and all the details are a little better defined black levels, a little more accurate and things look less muddy and gray compared to the shadow details we find on the pixel 5. Furthermore, regarding the color rendition of the pixel 5, one trend that I also see is that certain times the photo looks a little underexposed. There's still a ton of details still in the photo, both in terms of the mid-range highlights and shadows, in fact more than the iPhone, but the pixel chooses to kind of slightly under expose the image uh compared to the iPhone. And generally I find the white balance and metering system is a little more accurate on the iPhone 12.

, the pixel favors, a cooler color temperature, most of the time relative to the warmer looking shots found on the iPhone 12, and you can also see this difference in portrait mode. With this example, you can clearly see that the iPhone 12 is certainly warmer and favors. That kind of color temperature look compared to the pixel, which is actually a little more accurate to the true white balance setting based on the naturally light conditions that the shot was captured in. Another thing is on the skin textures you're, going to notice on the iPhone they're a lot smoother a little more flattering and forgiving compared to the sharper higher contrast, details found on the pixel 5 and in terms of the fake both effect or the out of focus elements seem to be a little more realistically rendered and smoother on the pixel 5, and look a little more pleasing to my eyes now in terms of taking selfies on the front facing camera. Both of these cameras have the ability to do night or night sight mode, essentially the ability to take long exposure shots and, based on my experience, I think the pixel 5 renders out a better looking image for selfies.

The diffusion of light on the face itself is better distributed. You don't have these jarring shadows and highlight contrast. Look that you find on the iPhone and I think for taking selfies on the still side. I think the pixel 5, even with its slightly lower resolution, is probably a slightly better camera, but I think for video, the iPhone definitely wins number one. Let's talk about the low light, stills performance, specifically in night or night sight mode.

Both of these have the ability to do long exposure, photography with advanced stabilization, a feature we originally saw on a previous generation pixel and now a lot of smartphones have them. It's, basically, the ability for the camera to take a long exposure shot and using machine learning, predictive algorithms. The optical stabilization system, in conjunction with the electronic stabilization system, negates any kind of hand motion. So the resulting image is quite bright, clear and with minimal noise. Now the results of the pixel 5 is quite good.

We generally find a lot of details on the shadows highlights, but compared to the iPhone. If you take a look at this shot specifically when we start zooming into the fine details. Yes, we see more details in the window. Frames of this building with the lights are turned off, and we see a decent amount of highlight information being retained as well, but alongside that, the pixel does introduce a decent amount of noise compared to the relatively clean image that the iPhone 12 renders out. Yes, we do lose some shadow details on the iPhone 12, but take a look at the license plate on at this van zoomed in we can see pretty much the same level of details on the plate itself than we could see on the pixel, but the pixel is definitely a lot more noisy and certainly has a lot more artifacts, as well, due to the fact that it's probably raising its ISO level up to bring you a little more details on the shadows.

Now, if we zoom back out of this shot and take a look at as a whole, I think both cameras do a remarkable java run around a pretty amazing looking image, especially in these extreme low-light conditions. Now, if we take a look at some other low-light examples of this scene over here, you can see that the general color rendition, based on my experience of the actual scene itself, is actually more accurate on the pixel 5. The iPhone 10s again with its warmer color bias to kind of distort the colors a little, but we also see finer details in the wood grain. We can also see that this little sticker says alarm a little more clear on the pixel 5 and on the iPhone it's not as clear, so I would say that the night side capability in kind of medium low light conditions. This is probably going to be better on the pixel 5, especially when you're viewing the photo as a whole.

Now, in terms of the 4k video capturing capabilities, when you are looking at this example over here, this is pretty much like a perfectly lit studio, like condition. There's not a huge difference between the two. Yes, you can see more contrast, kind of whiter, whites, darker dark son the pixel 5, which will kind of look a little sharper, but you're not seeing any more details that you're not seeing on the iPhone 12 4k video. But when you go out in the real world and start shooting, there is a massive, a difference between the two. I think the pixel 5 in suboptimal lighting conditions introduces a hell of a lot of noise and uh there's a lot of aliasing artifacts and overall, the sharpness and the overall clarity is just not as well-defined as on the iPhone 12.

Another big thing over here is uh. The optical stabilization system in a video mode is quite jarring. At times on the pixel, you can see a lot of motion artifacts a lot of kind of weird things happening in different areas, and it's definitely not as smooth and as stable. Looking as the stabilized video on the iPhone 12. Now I do have to say that I was fairly disappointed with the video performance of the pixel 5.

It was certainly not to the same level of quality expected from Google and certainly not as good as the steals' capability of the phone and definitely a big disappointment in my opinion, but generally speaking, if you're not shooting in sub-optimal conditions, it's all right, but in most cases a lot of smartphones are definitely better in terms of video capturing capabilities and certainly the iPhone is probably one of the best out there right now. Besides that guys, that's really it. I definitely love to thank you guys for watching love to hear your thoughts in terms of which smartphone you think has the best camera out there. We are going to be doing an ultimate smartphone camera comparison, video in a short while once we get everything all together and all of our tests done so definitely make sure you subscribed and have post notifications turned on. So you get that video once it becomes available check out the description down below for more details about everything we've talked about, and if you go through any of our Amazon affiliate links doesn't cost you anything extra, but helps us tremendously in supporting this channel.

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Source : MW Technology