My result was that it seems that a pixel camera is working hard to make a white balance that is not at any cost. Looking for a balanced image, it forgets that I am in an environment that is not balanced and tries to force the other truth. This results in lack of flattery images, depth, color and cartoon. The worse thing is, they do the opposite, which has made the pixel camera proud of for years: to reveal the truth. The last image is not what I see with my own eyes. It’s just fake.
I added a survey in the article, asked you, Pixel 9 Pro owners, whether you’re happy with your phone photos. And to say the least, interesting, there are about 4500 votes.
The most thing that jumps on me here is that only 42.5 % of the 4500 respondents said they like the photos made by Pixel 9 Pro. Unfortunately, we do not have similar surveys since previous years, but I make you bet that if we have asked this question in the golden age of Pixel 2, Pixel 4, or even Pixel 6 and 7, we may have seen a large number of satisfied users.
At the other end of the spectrum, 22 % of the five users of the Pixel or more than one users say they are not happy and are expecting more from their camera. In the middle of the dynamic, there is another large part of 35.5 %, which, like me, is reduced and says that the camera sometimes cures things but fails the second time. Overall, 57.5 % of Pixel 9 Pro owners are not always happy with their camera. Google should go back to the drawing board, okay?
Telling more than votes is the comments of similar frustrated users. I was not expected to receive more than 100 comments on this article, much less that the Grand majority would echo my emotions, agree with my experience, and verify my results. Generally, when I dare to criticize the pixels, the Internet is very angry …
I am very sick and tired of these processed pictures after my pixel 3. So that I can take my big dinosaurs around the DSLR because I can’t find pictures that look natural with my Pixel 9.
Even those who did not see it to examine it and just saw the problem.
Today I tried to take photos and the result is not always the same as I saw in the preview. I don’t know when it changed and I often don’t take pictures that often. I just have this problem on the occasional P6A and when I took the photo a while ago, I can confirm that the pictures have more color and warmth and today only some are lifeless and others are fine. You say right and Google’s software is to blam and I’m very interested when it is fixed.
Many commentators said the issue forced them to return the phone and instead to switch to Samsung, Apple, or Xiaomi devices.
It’s very true Rita! I had a pixel for many years (since the Nexus 6P / Pixel 2 XL). When I decided to upgrade to the Pixel 9 Pro, it was a little bit worse on my Pixel 7 Pro, it was even worse, scary! I returned the phone and finished the sticking thing with my iPhone 15 Pro Max until I found the S25 Ultra, the best smartphone camera system. (…)
I really want to go back to a pixel, with P10 Pro. I will give them another chance, but the colorful thing makes me crazy… Yes, more than Samsung’s motion.
Some also included that the pixel camera was not giving sunset and golden times because of them, which is another good example I forgot to mention.
100 % My Pixel 9 Pro – Settled Sneaky, and especially the Golden Hour’s shot loses the most full orange and yellow.
Wooden heads were another example that came out. Even the commentator made a report for this in the issue tracker.
The same story with my Pixel 6. Anything from the wood, the camera snatches it with its charming warm undertones.
I reported this in the Google issue tracker, but then they considered it obsolete with any explanation. However, he said he would be shared with the relevant teams.
If you are interested, take a look at the report here:
Even I compared A/B with the first generation of Google Pixel. Spilller Alert: Google Pixel 1 won night photos with Pixel 6, showing very colorful colors and dynamics.
And clearly, it was not limited to Pixel 9 Pro. Pixel 8, 7, and 6 consumers were also complaining about it, some people provided similar evidence of the processing problem and swore not to go back to a pixel until it was fixed.
BTW, Pixel cameras have always been incredible (extremely wrong) in terms of white balance, starting from Pixel 1 and continuing to Pixel 5. However, it was limited to night -time shots. From Pixel 6, he changed the camera hardware, and this problem not only started at night in all the light conditions.
So far, 4 pixels are owned. Not coming back until Google will fix it.
Many, like me, also saw that the problem was on the previous pixels, but he had taken a ridiculous turn to Pixel 9 Pro. As the previous commentator said, it was mostly a night mode problem, where the phone would try to remove the warmth to light the light and to get the brightest possible snap in the super -dark environment. But now it is happening in decent bright conditions, even without mobilizing the mood at night.
Yes This is a huge problem for me too!
I came from Pixel 7 to 9 Pro.
It was a problem in my P7, but 9 Pro has taken it to new levels. I hate how low light pictures are washing.
Other people even mentioned that well -bright shots look a little white and not as dynamic as they were watching in the preview.
Yes true ..
Even in sunlight, images look white. I have Pixel 7 and I must say, the photos in the preview are not similar to the output. Also the quality of the front camera video is also terrible.
Some, like me, tried to bring the shining slider down to force the phone to capture the moder photo, just to deny it and to see a bright snap instead. This, to be fair, is now one of my biggest professions: I shouldn’t need to use the slider, but still, if I am going to ignore what I have decided, why is the camera shine slider?
On 9 Pro, too, coming from 2xl is a pity to slide the slider of glow and still see that the icon is shining after post processing
The article was also shared in Reddate and this thread, U/Diplomaticamine For the comparison, they shared many examples of their pixel 4A and other cameras. They highlighted purple and green as two big memories for a pixel camera, and the fact that just bending the phone and changing frames results in various white balance and color processing.
I’ve been complaining about it for a long time, so I agree with the author. It seems that Pixel Photos Bleach. It seems that they add a lot of contrast and just make the photo very white, not just bright, but also white. The shadows are taken too much. Some have suggested that pixels take photos on how a person sees articles, but it still seems to be personally strange.
Here are some examples (I advise you to open them on their computer and see them at 100 % size):
Boot – Pixel 4A, Lumia 950 – It certainly didn’t look like what Pixel caught. Where is the color?
Some people tried to explain the issue by accusing the purpose of presenting a real tone for the faces and the more accurate color skin of the pixel, though it does not show why the pictures of wood, sunset and other non -public are suffering from the same symptoms.
