- I’m not sure what possessed me, but I took two smartphones with me during a hiking trip to Banff, Canada, one of the most beautiful places in the world.
- Those phones were the OnePlus 7 Pro and the Google Pixel 3 XL.
- I documented the trip by taking photos with each phone at the same times and places so I could definitively tell which smartphone had the best camera.
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On a recent hiking trip to Banff, Canada — one of the most beautiful places in the world — I decided to bring along two of the best smartphone cameras: the OnePlus 7 Pro, and Google’s Pixel 3 XL.
While I took photos with each phone at the same time and place, the OnePlus 7 Pro simply didn’t deliver the types of photos I was looking for, as it was seemingly trying too hard to make photos pop by overly processing them.
It’s pretty clear that the Pixel 3 XL took better photos, but it wasn’t so clear when I tried the previous OnePlus 6T against the Pixel 3 XL during a different trip to Hawaii.
For reference, the OnePlus 7 Pro photos were taken with the 9.5.7 update, when OnePlus had supposedly fixed the earlier issues with the camera.
Check out the photos below to see what I mean when I say that the OnePlus 7 Pro was trying too hard to take good photos.
Starting off with a bang, the OnePlus 7 Pro makes Lake Moraine in Banff, Canada, really pop compared to the Pixel 3 …
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… with that said, the Pixel 3’s photo has a greater range of lighting, which gives the photo more depth.
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I’ve always said that the Pixel 3’s camera excels with lighting and depth, and it holds true against the OnePlus 7 Pro.
It looks like the OnePlus 7 Pro is trying to make the day appear less overcast than it actually was. Some might like that, but I think that trying to change things — like the weather — usually results in an overly processed look.
The OnePlus 7 Pro has an ultra-wide lens to capture more breathtaking scenery. But there’s a lot of blurriness around the edges of the photo, especially on the left. And the colors are wildly different than the OnePlus’ standard photo — they’re actually closer to the Pixel’s.
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