That’s honestly one thing I’m really glad about. I’m legally blind, so pictures don’t honestly matter that much to me, and so I could really give a fuck less what the camera looks like as long as it functions well enough to act as a magnifier for me to read small print on things occasionally.
Like if I go pick up one of those frozen pizzas from the store and I need to read the box to know what temperature to set the oven to and how long to put it in. I use the camera to just zoom in on the print and read it and then leave the camera.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Sometimes last year Marquez Brownlee (I think it was him, I don’t think it was Dave2D) was conducting a blind test among his audience which Photos they thought looked best. Some top brands were jumping up and down from one test scenario to another but the Fairphone ended up in the midfield constantly. True, that’s not a glowing recommendation of the camera but at least an insurance that one doesn’t get utter trash either.
Lazhward@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Do you happen to know whether this was before or after the camera update? The camera has been noticeably improved at some point.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not off the top of my head, sorry.
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Do you recall which ones scored the highest?
SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
iirc, it’s typically the pixel a series, normal pixel series, the most expensive iPhone, and the Samsung flagship (or smth like that)
The Pixels tend to give really punchy contrast which a lot of people like
woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not off the top of my head but I distinctly remember that the Pixel A phone scored higher than the flagship Pixel model.
I would need to look the video up but I’m also between appointments, so I can comment for a bit but not do research.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
could habe been this one?
yewtu.be/watch?v=VRoTOE3FqT0