Google Nexus 6P camera lands top 3 spot with DxOMark

Since Google officially announced the Nexus 6P yesterday, potential buyers have been trying to decide whether the device makes sense to them. One piece of hardware that gets a lot of attention in any smartphone buying decision is the camera considering how popular mobile device photography has become thanks to social media. The Nexus 6P includes a 12.3MP rear camera, which may sound low, but Google and Huawei packed in some features to help grab good photos. This includes larger sensors inside the lens along with laser autofocus, LED flash, and HDR+. According to DxOMark, the results of their testing place the Nexus 6P near the top of the charts, just trailing the Sony Xperia Z5 and the Samsung S6 Edge.

The Nexus 6P racked up a combined image and video score of 84 on DxOMark’s tests. They noted that camera succeeds in grabbing great photos in low light situations, the autofocus is fast and accurate, white balance and color are good in outdoor conditions, the flash works well, and images are properly exposed. However, the HDR+ technology included tends to introduce some irregularities in low light conditions, in some high dynamic scenes the camera may blow out some areas, and occasionally the autofocus doesn’t quite finish its work before an image is captured.

On the video capture side, DxOMark noted the camera has a low noise level in all conditions while maintaining good exposure, white balance and color rendering. However, during high motion videos the camera has a tendency to introduce a strong jello effect. They also noted that in some situations, like during big changes in illumination or when tracking movement, refocus efforts are visible. In low light conditions, fine detail may be lost and color shading may be visible.

Based on these strong scores, it looks like Google struck a good balance between packing in more pixels versus making the available pixels work better.

source: DxOMark

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