Pixel 4a vs iPhone SE vs OnePlus Nord CAMERA Comparison! | The Tech Chap By The Tech Chap

That'll, do hey guys I'm a tech chat, but I want to find out which has the best camera between the new Google Pixel 4a, the iPhone SE and, of course, the OnePlus word. All three phones are under 400, so I think they are three of the very best budget phones. You can buy right now. I will just say off the bat. I have no preference, no bias. This video is not sponsored by anyone and the fact that the iPhone's in the middle is just because one of the phones had to be in the middle, but hopefully, as you guys watch this, and I give you my thoughts along the way you'll give you some idea of how they compare and which phone offers the best camera setup.

Alright. So let's kick off with a video focus test and as I come up and down, hopefully not making you feel too dizzy on the way while smooth the iPhone is actually the slowest in this test. I think the word is fastest, although only just but looking at the back of the chair, close up, you can see it's the least detailed. Switching to the lights and firstly, I'm actually stood the exact same distance away with all three, so you can see that node actually gives you a wider field of view in the video, whereas the pixel is a lot narrower. So what about overall video quality? Well, this is my lovely wife, Sarah very kindly holding my coffee.

While I like a complete idiot with a three phone, trident contraption thing to get this footage, but for these tests all three phones are shooting at 4k 30, with their rear cameras side by side. The word has a slightly cooler hue to the colors and also looks a little more saturated, but dynamic range is good on all three. The differences really are quite subtle, but I think the iPhone is just edging out in front of the most true-to-life colors. The word is a little over saturated and the pixel can sometimes have a slightly unnatural purple tint to the video, even at 4k30, though they're all impressively stable, especially given the price of these phones. As I'm walking, though, when the lighting changes, I think the iPhone does maintain color accuracy a little better throughout and looking in the pathway and the grass.

It's a touch sharper too. It's nitpicking for sure, but I'd say the Borden OnePlus tie for second place. But what about low light video? Well, as I pan across my living room, you can see the pixel starts off much brighter, but at the expense of lots of noise. The iPhone does a good job handling the bright highlights of the monitor. But it's also a bit of a noisy mess walking over to my desk and the word is the shakiest.

You can really feel the judder of every footstep, but overall, it's doing a decent job of balancing brightness and noise. Once we get to the PC, though the pixel, to his credit, does give us the most detail. You can see the dust in the window of the case and more detail in the wooden desk going outside, though, and they're all pretty bad, but I have to say, while it struggles with the stabilization when moving the word is consistently the least noisy. We get decent dynamic range, and it's reasonably bright. But what about selfie video? Well, this isn't the ideal setup, because I appreciate the angles are a little different on each phone, but I'm shooting these with the front-facing cameras and well.

You can see a bit of a difference in how it handles the brightness of my face at dynamite range. Also, I'm switching between the microphones. So hopefully you can get an idea of the audio quality from the microphones, but one extra trick. The word has compared to the others, is an ultra-wide selfie lens that is getting bright. But, as you can see, we now have a much wider field of view on the OnePlus.

So if you're doing a selfie with a bunch of your mates, then obviously you'll get their beautiful faces in the shot as well, whereas the two feel a little cramped in comparisons. So hopefully this is giving you a bit of idea of how the selfie cameras compare in terms of video alright. So let's get into some photos, I'm sure you'll be sick of my face by the end of this, but first impressions and I actually really like the pixel shot. It's a good balance between the pleasing, but slightly flat. Look you get of the overly aggressive dynamic range on the iPhone and the too contrast and shadowy look of the word.

Now I should say that this is not my house. Unfortunately, I wish it was, but you can see a similar pattern here of the iPhone looking bright, and you know great for Instagram, but a little flat and missing some contrast. The word also looks pretty vibrant, but it was quite a gray daze. So while it is the least eye-catching, I would say, the pixel is actually the most true to life here. One big advantage of the word, though, is we get an ultra-wide lens with a 105 degree field of view.

It is noticeably darker and softer than the main lens, but it does add a lot of flexibility to the shots that you can take. It's fascinating. If you just want to take a photo and post it straight on Instagram. I think the iPhone is your best bet, as it's always the first one. I look at its bright, sharp and colorful.

Again, though, the word's overly contrast look does mean it loses some detail in darker areas. Next up we have this clock now. None of the three phones have a telephoto lens, but if we pinch into a seven time zoom the pixel really stands out here versus the others. The norm is a close second I'd say it's sharp, but darker and noisier with the iPhone coming in third, so yeah hats off to the pixel, despite not having a telephoto I'd, say, offers the highest quality digital zoom. Now this very cute ROG really does show how the better dynamic range of the pixel on the iPhone gives us more detail on the darker areas versus the word, which again is just too dark and contrast.

If that's even a word Sarah's back again- and surprisingly, I think the iPhone comes last here, it's just too bright and the clouds at the top are completely blown out. It's not just a one-off, either. Here's another example from the iPhone, and it's the same issue, whereas the pixel and the nor dare more evenly exposed. As for portrait shots well, which one do you prefer, so the word actually gets its own dedicated dev lens, and you can see the both does get stronger. The further you go from the subject.

The pixel is definitely the sharpest and to my eye, the most professional looking, but again it comes down to do you want the most accurate or the most appealing photo. The iPhone is brighter and gives a more flattering look, but let's switch gears and look at some low light and nighttime shots. So, first up this is my backyard, and it's just taken in regular photo mode, but then on the pixel and the OnePlus, we have night sight and night skate modes respectively with the longer exposures giving us brighter and sharper photos. Sadly, the iPhone SC doesn't have any kind of night mode. Don't forget, though, we still have that ultrawide on the word, but even with nights cape, it's much darker looking inside again regular photo first and then night mode, except for the iPhone, of course, which still does a decent job, though, but the word's colors are way off here it looks like my house has just been painted, yellow at my desk this time, just a regular photo and again the word's colors are way off.

I think the SC actually wins here. The pixel is actually quite noisy when in low light and not using night sight, here's another regular photo and again the pixel is very noisy, which is a bit disappointing. The word's actually quite impressive here, but then those magical night modes come in, and it changes everything 9 sights on the pixel is basically magic. The word still looks pretty good. Actually, and is a close second, the iPhone well, all you can really do is turn on the flash, but that's never ideal a quick photo of me not using night modes.

The pixel is by far the sharpest, and I think, the most natural. The iPhone is the brightest and most vibrant, but the colors are a little unrealistic and the nor dwell, the word is so soft. It looks almost out of focus just to be clear, though none of the phones have any beauty modes on heading outside again, and these photos are with their respective night modes, and I really don't know: what's happened to the OnePlus here, it really does seem to struggle with white balance in low light and then no camera comparison would be complete. That features a pixel without an macrophotography shot. So this is the unedited result of a four-minute photo on the pixel using multiple 15.

Second exposures, and it looks fantastic, but it does require a tripod or to be completely stable. You can't do this handheld. All three photos here were taken on a tripod with the OnePlus in its dedicated tripod mode as well. In the settings and actually does a pretty good job and finally, let's look at a couple of quick selfies and they actually all look perfect, but I'm particularly impressed with the word here. Not only is it sharp and color accurate, but we also get the option of an ultra-wide selfie lens, which still looks good, and if I had you know friends around me, they could all squeeze in the frame.

However, in bright sunshine, you can see the pixel and iPhone handle the dynamic range better. The sun isn't as blown out my forehead as it is on the OnePlus and last but not least, with this tricky backlit scene, the iPhone's background is completely blown out, but importantly, the subject you know me is well lit, even if the colors are a bit unnaturally vibrant. My face on the word shot is just far too soft, even though I do like the wider view and the good dynamic range. So overall, then, which phone do you think came out on top? In my opinion, the Pixel 4a wins in terms of pure image. Quality photos are accurate and its night sight and Castro shots just can't be beaten.

However, I do think the iPhone is the most Instagram ready. If you know what I mean it's bright, consistent and a good all-rounder for both photos, videos and selfies, but its lack of night mode does cost it, and then we have the word, which gives us by far the most versatility with the extra lenses, even if the less said about the macro lens, the better. But importantly, I don't think it's dark heavily contrast photos quite keep up, although it's nights cape mode and video quality does hold up well against the pixel and iPhone. So to be honest for under 400 pounds, you really can't go wrong with any of them. If I had to choose, I think I'd go with the Pixel 4a personally, but let me know which one you go for in the comments below and if you did enjoy the video don't forget to hit that subscribe button and help me get to that one million mark.

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