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sicario666

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Tonight, I was trying to take a picture. A label on my air conditioner. It was dark outside so I needed the flash. This is the first time I've taken a picture in darkness, the flash did not work until I turned it on. Is there no auto flash on this device? I sure hope so because it's a let down if there isn't.
 

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Night Sight often obviates the need for a flash -- was it set to Night Sight, or was "None" selected under the More Light category?

In most of my low light photos, Night Sight does a much better job than using the flash, which typically washes things out.
 

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Night Sight often obviates the need for a flash -- was it set to Night Sight, or was "None" selected under the More Light category?

In most of my low light photos, Night Sight does a much better job than using the flash, which typically washes things out.
I'll have to try again with night sight. It needs something
 
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This sort of depends, on what type of pics you're going for, IMHO/IME.
If you want details, say in portrait type shots, or words on a dark bronze plaque (couple of many examples), the flash is almost always the way to go....
Night-sight is great, fantastic even, but it's not replacing a flash, anytime soon, again IME/IMHO.
 

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Tonight, I was trying to take a picture. A label on my air conditioner. It was dark outside so I needed the flash. This is the first time I've taken a picture in darkness, the flash did not work until I turned it on. Is there no auto flash on this device? I sure hope so because it's a let down if there isn't.
Probably no auto flash.

The "flash" on a phone isn't *really* intended to be used as a camera flash, especially on something like a Pixel with a good camera and exceptional image processing. 99 times out of 100 all using the *flash* will do is make your photo look worse, and Google is very aware of this.
 
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