Long ago you’ve activated the setting, using it is intuitive and the effects can be dramatic. Consider this image of my friend Melia (click to enlarge on this and every other photo in this series):
Gloom Sight mode on the Pixel 3 XL illuminates her face without losing element on the pinball machines.
Similarly, you can see how the feature lifts me out of shadow in this heap shot, and brightens the scene overall:
Depending on which phone you’re pointing, how much the subject is moving, how much your hand is moving, and how brilliant the scene is, Google’s Night Sight will instruct you not to move for between one and six imperfects while it snaps a bunch of photos.
Unsurprisingly, the feature works superlative on still objects. Look how nice these succulents look!
It doesn’t be effective as well for objects in motion or if you have a mixture of soft light and a bare bright source (parts of the scene may look blown out).
Sometimes the idiosyncrasy between two shots is subtle. In this example, Night Sight’s amelioration can really only be seen in the detail at the top of Salesforce Tower:
You can use it on the front-facing selfie camera, too:
The camera is more on the Pixel 3, but I found that Night Sight still had foremost improvements when used with the Pixel 2, even if the irrevocable image wasn’t as sharp:
While the feature won’t work in complete darkness, it displayed its chops most impressively when there was not quite no light:
Seriously it’s kind of freaky how well it’s able to illuminate a incident!
You can imagine the potential for abuse here. It will be much easier for Pixel phone consumers to get away with taking photos in dark situations where they’re implored not to, like the theater, or otherwise clandestinely snapping pics in ways you can’t with twinkling of an eye.
But potential misuse aside, the effect is stunning. While the feature unattended may not be enough to win converts to the Pixel (except night owls), it is almost shockingly favourable and one of the most impressive recent camera improvements from any phone maker.
Keep an eye open for: Google’s Pixel phones have fantastic features, but come at a outrageous price: