Google Pixel 8 Pro Camera Test W/ an NBA Player

So you guys know I've been a fan of the pixel devices for a while and one of the main reasons

that I've been such a fan is the way that the camera performs and the way that Google treats

computational photography and increasingly video as well. I got an opportunity to do a very unusual

kind of camera test using the pixel 8 pro and you're going to find out what that is as this

video progresses. But first, let's talk a little bit about what makes the Pixel 8 Pro camera special

cameras special. So in front of me, I've got the three color options. Obviously, we've got black

which they call obsidian, this bay blue, which is kind of a nice bone of blue. And then lastly

the porcelain, which has a kind of beige tone to it. I'm going to go for the blue in this case

Now, actually, in my hands-on video, I didn't show you the unboxing experience. So real quick

This is how everything's packaged together. I like the fact that we have this matte finish and then the glossy frame

So most of it is fairly fingerprint resistant. The device feels obviously very high quality

The distinctive characteristic on all these Pixel devices now is this camera bar

which is different from the rest of the market, which seems to slam the camera up into a corner or have some other protrusion

One of the side benefits of that is that you're typing if it's laying flat on a table

so it doesn't wobble. It's got a no wobble situation and I presume it also has some benefits

for camera layout in general, certainly when it comes to jamming in this five times optical zoom

camera, which as you'll find out later in this video is quite useful beyond the 5x because of

the computational work that Google is capable of doing in order to produce usable images even beyond

the optical zoom, but 5x optical is already great. The other thing we've got here is a 48 megapixel

Ultrawide. Originally were kind of this thing that manufacturers overlooked or they put them in there, but it wasn't a huge emphasis

This time around we got an improvement in this area and ultrawide cameras tend to be my favorites They great for shooting architecture big groups of people things like this and just capturing more in the frame And then we also got the 50 megapixel main camera which that your best performer better low light performance

F 1.65 aperture. And then there's one more camera on the device as well. That's on the front

Obviously this is a 10.5 megapixel, also wider than you might find on other models. And this

just makes it easier to take those group shots as well. So lots of considerations and changes in the

camera department. And then of course the software aspects that allow you to use magic eraser and

specialty things within the camera app that are exclusive to Pixel. So the only other items in

the package type C cable and then this little dongle USB C to A just for transferring your data

over. All right so what does this mean for you? Obviously we're gonna get our camera versatility

But of course, you guys have seen the famous plant far too many times at this point

So we had the opportunity to spice up this camera test and head somewhere unusual

We are at Scotiabank Arena right now. And they gave us a court

We're on the court. Like, we have the court right now. And Mo's shooting on the Pixel 8 Pro

And Will's shooting on the Pixel 8. And I've yet to make a three-point shot, but I'm going to before I leave

Or until they kick me out, like one or the other. Until I make it or until they kick me out

Oh, that was... Oh, never mind. I'll just make it right now

everybody Scottie Barnes right here we're hoping you can show us around this place a little bit

show us around so today we're shooting on these Google Pixel phones what we're really trying to do

is do a camera test and see what they capable of basically these have gotten a lot better at shooting video and photos almost like a lot more like a real big camera So there a couple

of different tests we want to do. So obviously you have your 1x right there. Yeah. Get your 5x which

is optical but you can keep going on the digital zoom and you'll see the processing take place

because yeah it's still usable. Now in the past you would need some huge long lens in order to

achieve this and look at the quality. Yeah that's what I think. How they're actually achieving that

Let me zoom in far away from now. Look at him. He's staring at me

That's what I'm saying. Usually with phones, you know, you zoom in and it's just like automatically blurry

You can't really see it. Yeah. But I think it's pretty solid. You've also got, obviously, really wide

This has a portrait mode on it. This one, it like isolates you from the background

See how you get this blur over here? Yeah. Now, typically, on a smartphone shot, that stuff's going to still be in focus

Yes. and normally that's really good the other thing that is doing in the background is trying to

figure out the edge on your clothes over here see it's tough right but it actually does a pretty

good job of isolating you from the background when you're dealing with the slow-mo you can

kind of grab a section like we're doing over here and you can pick whichever segment you want to be

slowed down there's two different settings for like really slow or sort of slow then they've got

Another cool mode, which is the cinematic mode, which like the portrait photo that tries to blur the background, does the same but in video

First shot. Woo! Big tune

That was the one That the one And then my deep voice and slow as well at the end of it

Celebrating. That was your voice? I was like, wait, what does that noise

We're just explaining how different the court is when you're on it versus on TV

Well, the whole stadium, really. it's like you get a it's intimate it's like a lot more intimate than you expect

and the lighting is much better than you expect as well especially when you're on the cord

so like when we were talking about doing a camera test on these pixel phones and shooting video and

photos we were like oh we're going to be struggling with lighting like it's like a relatively low

light environment and it is in certain sections obviously as you like move up to higher seats and

different positions to spectate but on the court not only is it the lighting itself but it's also

like the bounce off of and the shimmer off of the floor it gives you twice as much light as you might

expect like the light colored floor so obviously i've never played on this court or like barely

played basketball in a while but this is such a satisfying bounce man and predictable bounce

yep nope man that rim is so unforgiving there we go so there you have it that is the new pixel 8 pro and a very special camera test that

we were able to run i got to give a shout out to google mlse and obviously scotty barnes for

letting us come into his territory, letting us have access to the court and kind of like a life

experience to be out there shooting threes at the Scotiabank arena. Like that was pretty cool

Who knows? Maybe in the future, we'll have some of these upgraded camera tests again. Hopefully

you guys enjoyed it. The Pixel devices have come such a far way. It started with the camera. It's

still about the camera. So there you have it. That's the new Pixel 8 Pro