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TL;DR
- Google has proven off its digicam testing facility in a CNET video.
- The video reveals a extra sensible method to testing smartphone cameras.
Many smartphone manufacturers have their very own digicam testing setups, permitting them to fine-tune their photograph and video expertise. We seldom get an in depth take a look at these amenities, although, however Google has now peeled the curtain again on its lab setup.
CNET was allowed to tour Google’s digicam testing facility for its Pixel telephones, and the tech large opted for a extra sensible method to its digicam units. The corporate confirmed off cafe and front room units which have been used to check the Night time Sight Video/Video Enhance options on the Pixel 8 Professional versus the Pixel 7 Professional.
The lighting within the cafe and front room units could be managed right down to depth and shade temperature, permitting Google to check its Pixel cameras in all kinds of indoor scenes. In truth, the outlet particularly talked about Google’s capacity to simulate lighting conditions just like the late night or dawn.
“It seems easy on a regular basis scenes like mood-lit dinners or a romantic night, these are actually difficult for cameras,” mentioned Isaac Reynolds, group product supervisor for the Pixel digicam. He pointed to challenges like deciding which individual to concentrate on in a scene, in addition to guaranteeing candle flickering doesn’t have an effect on publicity in a video.
How else does Google check its Pixel cameras?
The corporate confirmed off the way it exams shade copy for Video Enhance too, as a number of folks performed Monopoly in a room with combined lighting (full with a shade chart and different props within the scene).
Google says it additionally exams {hardware} in these conditions. It offers the instance of grease being utilized in smartphone digicam elements to make sure the varied mechanisms are working easily. It notes that this grease can pool in a single space of the telephone digicam when the system is in the identical place for some time (e.g. flat on a desk), leading to focusing/shot inconsistencies at first. So these inconsistencies additionally have to be ironed out with testing.
Both means, that is an attention-grabbing take a look at Google’s Pixel digicam testing setup. However we do hope the corporate is placing loads of effort into testing different components of the Pixel expertise too, equivalent to efficiency, battery life, and connectivity.