The OnePlus 11 is a superb flagship Android cellphone that packs some severe energy, a slick new design and nice extras like hyper-fast charging. Photography is a vital factor for any top-end cellphone and the OnePlus 11’s triple digicam array has taken some photographs which have seemed nice. You can learn extra within the full overview for the OnePlus 11, however I wished to see the way it stacks up in opposition to its most important rival, the Google Pixel 7 Pro. The Pixel 7 Pro earned a coveted CNET Editors’ Choice award final yr due to its nice specs and its very good digicam, so I knew it was going to be a enjoyable shootout to see which one takes the very best photographs.I charged each handsets up and headed off round lovely Edinburgh, Scotland, to see what’s what. OnePlus 11, most important digicam.
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Pixel 7 Pro, most important digicam.
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The OnePlus 11’s shot above is actually extra vibrant than the picture from the Pixel 7 Pro, however it seems to be oversaturated, with fairly a teal tone to the sky. As a outcome, the OnePlus picture seems to be much less pure. It’s one thing I discovered typically with the OnePlus 11 digicam in testing it for my overview. OnePlus 11, ultra-wide lens.
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Pixel 7 Pro, ultra-wide lens.
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Switching to the ultra-wide lens, the OnePlus 11 has once more produced a extra vibrant shot (see above). It’s not that it is a dangerous picture — in order for you brilliant, punchy photographs of your mates having enjoyable, it’s going to go well with you properly. But it is value retaining in thoughts in case you favor extra natural-looking photographs just like the one from the Pixel.OnePlus 11, most important digicam.
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Pixel 7 Pro, most important digicam.
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Both telephones captured brilliant and well-exposed scenes within the photographs above. But the HDR on the OnePlus 11 is just too aggressive in lifting the shadows, leading to fairly a “processed” look. It’s once more produced a blue sky that leans extra into teal tones, whereas the Pixel 7 Pro’s shot seems to be extra true-to-life total. OnePlus 11, ultra-wide lens.
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Pixel 7 Pro, ultra-wide lens.
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Take a glance above the place it is precisely the identical story after we swap to the ultra-wide lens; overly lifted shadows and toned down highlights leading to fairly an HDR look to the picture, to my eye.OnePlus 11, most important digicam.
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Pixel 7 Pro, most important digicam.
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I do not really feel the OnePlus 11 has executed nice within the picture above both, however principally because of the coloration steadiness which has resulted in fairly a teal-colored sky and a yellow-green tinge to the buildings on the left. OnePlus 11, 2x zoom.
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One of the issues I discovered most disappointing in my OnePlus 11 overview is that it lacks a correct telephoto zoom lens, as a substitute having only a 2x zoom for portrait photographs. I really like a zoom lens on a cellphone because it permits you to discover attention-grabbing compositions in your environment that may be misplaced to your mates and their wide-angle-only cellphone cameras. In the picture above, the OnePlus 11’s 2x lens solely goes up to now in getting a closer-up view of the buildings in opposition to the river. Pixel 7 Pro, 5x optical zoom.
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With its 5x optical zoom, the Pixel 7 Pro can get a a lot nearer view. Check out the Pixel’s picture above. I at all times get pleasure from taking photographs with the Pixel’s zoom lens as I really feel I can get much more inventive with the zoom than I can with only a wide-angle lens. Where the OnePlus 11 excels although is in its evening mode photographs.OnePlus 11, evening mode.
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Pixel 7 Pro, evening mode.
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The OnePlus 11 has achieved a brighter picture above, which is particularly noticeable on the primary constructing within the heart of the body. I feel the colours look higher too, and there is typically extra element to be seen all through the picture. OnePlus 11, evening mode.
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Pixel 7 Pro, evening mode.
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And it is the identical within the photographs above. The OnePlus 11 captured a a lot brighter shot, with clouds within the evening sky being significantly noticeable. OnePlus 11, evening mode.
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Pixel 7 Pro, evening mode.
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Both pictures above endure from important flares when capturing towards brilliant mild sources, however most telephones are likely to have this downside. It’s not likely any worse on both cellphone, so it is simply one thing you will want to bear in mind when capturing at evening. Which is the higher digicam cellphone?Throughout my testing, I’ve discovered that the OnePlus 11 fairly persistently delivers photographs which can be extremely saturated and present heavy-handed HDR processing that lifts shadows and tones down highlights to a generally unrealistic extent. By distinction, the Pixel 7 Pro’s pictures are extra true to life, with correct colours and extra satisfying shadow areas that have not been ‘fastened’ (learn: lightened) by the digicam software program. However, it is necessary to understand that that is largely subjective. As a photographer, imaging abilities are a high precedence for me in a cellphone. I desire a digicam that takes extra real looking photographs, with extra “neutral” distinction and publicity, in order that I’ve a greater picture to probably apply my very own edits or results to afterward. As a outcome, I favor the photographs from the Pixel 7 Pro. But if images is perhaps much less of a priority and also you as a substitute need vibrant, punchy pictures straight out of the digicam you can immediately share with household and associates, then maybe you will benefit from the vivid look of the OnePlus 11’s footage. It’s actually bought the sting in terms of evening mode too. What’s not subjective although is the dearth of a much bigger zoom on the OnePlus 11. That 2x lens is ok for portraits, however it’s nothing in contrast with the very good 5x zoom on the Pixel 7 Pro, which might be my favourite digicam lens discovered on any of in the present day’s high telephones. The Pixel 7 Pro looks like I’m placing a full digicam bag of apparatus in my pocket; an excellent ultra-wide, an excellent normal zoom and a very good telephoto. With it, I do know I can seize attention-grabbing compositions in nearly any atmosphere I discover myself in and it is why the OnePlus 11 does not really feel like a totally succesful images cellphone.
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