Why I'm not a fan of modern smartphone photography

[Mooncatt]

I guess this is the future of smartphone photography, where you press a button and the phone gives you an image it thinks you want instead of the shot you actually took.

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"I had a full panic attack in the street."

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This is part of why I'll miss LG and have zero desire for a Google or Samsung device. I don't want, much less need, all the computational photography gimmicks being added to phones.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Will this occur if HDR is turned off?

 

[Mooncatt]

Will this occur if HDR is turned off?

That's not a result you'd get from HDR.

 

[Morty2264]

I can see what you are saying. Sometimes you just want a point and shoot or the camera might deliver some unnecessary frills to your subject. Did the Pixel 2 line do this as well? I thought my photos looked pretty natural with my Pixel 2 -- but then again, I'm not a photographer.

 

[Laura Knotek]

That's not a result you'd get from HDR.

What setting needs to be disabled so this doesn't happen, or is there no way to even disable it?

 

[Mooncatt]

What setting needs to be disabled so this doesn't happen, or is there no way to even disable it?

I've not used a phone that has such gimmicks, or at least not turned on by default. So I wouldn't know.