Google Pixel Camera Complete Review And Specs: Here’s How To Fix The Lens Flare Problem

Google Pixel camera is the highest-rated smartphone camera ever with an amazing DxOMark score of 89. Known for the highly detailed images taken from its 12.3MP rear camera, the image quality scores of the Google Pixel camera are pretty impressive all across the board. Google's latest smartphone's camera not only provides accurate exposures but also has a fast autofocus feature as well. However, the camera has been reported by many users to have a lens flare problem.

It's surprising for such a small-sensor device like the Google Pixel camera to have results so perfect provided the conditions are good and with uniform lighting. Even the images taken indoors using the handset's camera provide a great level of detail, which are usually not expected from any smartphone camera.

Google Pixel Camera: Review

Although Google Pixel camera has no huge weakness in terms of image quality, it does show some inconsistency in low-light shots. The Google Pixel features a 12.3MP main camera that is paired with quite a fast f/2.0 lens. The camera's autofocus is provided by a combination of latest LDAF and PDAF advancements. The Google Pixel can record 4K video at up to 30fps, while for 1080p recording the frame rate goes up to 120fps. Google Pixel camera ranked quite up in DxOMark's Video testing, leading many other top-scoring smartphones.

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 Outdoor Photo Results:

The Google Pixel camera takes some of the best outdoor images ever clicked from a smartphone. With a life-like white balance feature, richer colors and excellent rendering of minor details, both the images of urban scenes as well as landscapes have a similar amazing preservation of details.

Indoor (Low-Light) Photo Results:

The Google Pixel camera is probably the best smartphone camera ever tested to render scenes in low lights, even in 10 Lux and even below, with absolutely low noise while also retaining the good details. The latest hybrid autofocus that uses both laser detect and phase detect pixels, provide accurate details even in low-light conditions.

 HDR+ Feature:

The biggest innovation for the Google Pixel camera is its enhanced version of Google's HDR+ capability, which combines the RAW images to create an enhanced JPEG image as the final result in real time. The Google Pixel camera uses Google's Auto HDR+ feature as the default camera mode. The HDR+ feature also detects the rapid motion of objects and avoids the bad distortions found in images taken from other HDR systems.

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The Lens Flare Issue:

While the new Google Pixel Camera does have quite a number of features to beat down its rivals, there's one problem with the highly rated camera, the excessive lens flare. Google's own Pixel user community members as well as Reddit users have been reporting that the Google Pixel camera has an extreme lens flaring issue. The lens flare can be a very cool artistic effect but it could be a real problem when it's unintended and still appears in the form of the halo/arc flare in the corners of the image frame.

How To Fix The Lens Flare Problem?

There is no manual solution for the problem yet; however, Google has been reported to be developing a software fix to address this excessive lens flare issue on photographs taken with its Pixel Camera. Some users have reported that the Google Pixel Camera gives out a lens flare even when there's not that bright source of light present.

Google has now said that the developers are now working on software to spot the issue and get rid of it. If you're having a same problem then your Google Pixel Camera is not defective at all. In fact, this problem is arising in almost Pixel Smartphones in several lighting conditions. There's nothing much to do else then to wait for the update, which should be out in few weeks. Stay Tuned to SWR for more news and updates on Google Pixel camera lens flare problem.