Picture flash

[sicario666]

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.

 

[B. Diddy]

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.

 

[sicario666]

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

 

[PGrey]

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.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

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.