hey you guys it's max with Max Tech today we're gonna do a camera comparison
between the new pixel 4 and the pixel 3 axl which is less than half the price
I'm starting off using the front-facing camera both these can shoot 1080p at 30
frames per second you guys could tell we'll audio that I'm using from each one
of these microphones as a little speaker icon switches so let's go ahead and
start out by doing some walking here and both of our mountain to the same
handheld rig so you guys can tell which one I use has some better stabilization
and also a dynamic range up there in the sky now I'm gonna go ahead and start
doing a limiter running in the comments let's flip around here see how it does
with the shadows and highlights in this bright Sun and now we're gonna switch to
their rear lenses here's a comparison of flaring and dynamic range in the shadows
of that tree and then we could take a look at details we're shooting 4k at 30
frames per second on both that is the maximum that both of these can do and
then here we have some transitions with more details and the pixel 4 can
actually zoom in 8 times as you guys can see whereas the pixel 3 axl can only
zoom in 5 times so I'm gonna zoom back out to match both of these and you guys
let me know which one looks better as far as detail now let's zoom back out
and test out stabilization when we're shooting 4k 30 frames per second so have
a light jog right now let's turn around and now this is a
really fast running and now we're testing out stabilization
when I am running starting off with the sunrise that pixel four pushes up the
shadows a bit more and has less saturation with a little bit more
flaring we see a similar result here where the pixel for software is choosing
to have less saturation in contrast and make the image a little bit brighter
here's a super-tough portrait shot the pixel 4 does have a better algorithm for
cutting between the little sticks in this bush and it doesn't an incredible
job for how difficult the scene is here's a first shot comparing the new
added telephoto lens of the pixel 4 compared to the pixel 3 a's super or a
zoom digital crop and looking at it like this you can't see that much of a
difference but if we punch in now it could tell that the pixel 4 has a little
bit more detail and less artifacts because it doesn't need to digitally
crop but it does have a little bit more flaring here I switch to portrait mode
and as you could tell that the pixel 3a wasn't able to capture a portrait shot
because it has a 2 time zoom and I had to walk backwards and able to fit the
whole car into frame whereas the pics before has a 1.5 times crop and I was
able to actually get it to work now if we punch in another thing you'll clearly
notice is there's a lot more artifacting and noise in the pixel 3/8 photo even
though the ISO as you could see is basically the same that's because of the
extra crop we're only actually capturing about 6 megapixels worth of data
compared to 9 the pixel 4 does still use the super resume algorithm alongside its
telephoto lens and here we can see you way more detail when I punch into 5x on
both of these which is the limit on the 3a and where the pixel 4 can actually
zoom in more if you would like well we clearly see a big difference in detail I
was really surprised by this macro shot they look pretty much identical with
both a lot of detail but the pixel 3a actually did a better job with edge
detection for blur in this high dynamic range scene both of them do an excellent
job but we could see that the pixel 3a has a
little bit more contrast and saturation just like the previous pixel phones
whereas the pixel 4 takes a different approach pushing up the shot is a bit
more and having more natural colors with a
little bit less saturation more similar to an iPhone if we punch in we could see
that the actual detail and quality of the image is basically identical this is
an extremely difficult portrait shot where we deman standing in the shade and
they're super bright sunlight so very high dynamic range scene I am very
impressed by how well they did and both of them look super similar the pixel
four has slightly brighter shadows and it's also slightly warmer in terms of
white balance changing the trend of the previous pixel phones being slightly
cool we have the same exact results for this closer portrait shot but the pixel
3a is actually slightly more detailed if we punch in one thing that I noticed as
I was taking these portrait shots is that the pixel 3a actually is faster as
processing these portrait shots then the pixel 4 which doesn't make sense because
as a slower CPU now onto a wide sunset shot the pixel 4 has a little bit better
dynamic range with more sky detail but there's also a lot more noise in the
truck if we look at the photos metadata the difference in ISOs is very minimal
that means the extra noise and artifacts are coming out because Google is pushing
this old sensor to its limits to achieve the greater dynamic range and if you
didn't know the sensor in the pixel 4 is the same exact one that is in the pixel
3a and the pixel 3 shooting the sunset selfie once again we see warmer tones on
the pixel for an exposed brighter for a more pleasing looking image but the sky
is blown out and now switching to nighttime the photos look very similar
you may notice that they're actually flipped the pixel 4 is actually flipping
the images just like the iPhone now instead of the previous pixels getting
into night mode shots I decided to put the new 2 x telephoto against a 2 x
digital crap thinking that this should show us a pretty good improvement but in
fact the difference is very minimal and I was really shocked to see that we have
a little bit of difference in white balance but both images look really good
I was also surprised to not see that much of a difference here using the
standard lens in night mode but we see the pixel 4 is actually slightly cooler
now and it seems like at night it actually is often to go for a cooler
tone than before but the detail is very similar that cooler wipeouts really
shows up in this as well as the shadows being raised up
more and if we punch in we could see that the pixel four has more detail
mainly because the ISO is lower or because the pixel four is using a slower
shutter speed we also see a little bit difference in dynamic range and also the
pixel four has more flaring with its new camera square here's a night mode shot
of me they both look really good the 3a has a little more saturation warmer
colors and slightly less details and we pretty much get the same result in this
shots except for the pixel 3a looks like it has slightly more details I took a
night mode shot in the sky thinking the pixel four will bring out more stars but
it didn't but then when we're set up on a tripod using the astrophotography mode
that automatically turns on we see a massive difference the pixel four has
way more detail has way more stars in the sky and it looks like a professional
full-frame camera using long exposure compared to if we look at the sky the
pixel 3a has almost no stars and is super mushy looking at the eye so we're
at 2198 compared to only 71 which is like a daytime photo because the pixel
four took about two and a half minutes to take this photo compared to just a
few seconds seeing this massive difference in detail would make you
think that the file size would be much larger but in fact no it is not looks
way better and the file is actually smaller
here's another Astro shot even though we're not shooting the sky this one is
about 90 seconds and the result in detail is incredible now it's not as big
of a difference as before because we had way more light but we're going from
something that looks like a great night mode shot to something that looks like a
DSLR here's another Astro shot compared to a standard night mode shot this one
doesn't have as huge of a difference because it was the brightest but we
still see that we have a lot more stars with a pixel four and more detail now
keep in mind you do need a decent tripod in order for this night mode to show up
and this last one was a four and a half minute exposure of course the actual
image is just sixteen seconds and they combined a bunch of frames but look at
the stars in this shot it is incredible and the detail is crazy as well very
clean pretty much no noise a DSLR could not take this type of shot
unless you're doing long exposure as well and it was pretty much pitch black
pixel 3a has a surprisingly usable image for something that only took a few
seconds and in this kind of a situation but it does not compare to the pixel of
fours now let's go inside and take a couple more photos here I have a
portrait mode shot of a demon here we can clearly tell the difference in white
balance where the pixel four is choosing to go for a cooler tone make them look
kind of unnatural compared to the pixel three A's warmer tone and we could see
the same thing right over here and now it's time to finish up with some 4k
low-light footage in our office here with the lights shut off and there we
have it you guys let me know does the new pixel 4 have much better photo and
video quality than the budget pixel 3a XL or does the budget device that comes
in at less than half the price keep up surprisingly well I want to hear your
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