Google Pixel 5 vs Sony Xperia 1 ii Camera Comparison

In this video I show you photos and video from the front and rear cameras of the Google Pixel 5 and Sony Xperia 1 ii in good and low light conditions.
Sony Xperia 1 ii: shop-links.co/174741208503390...
Google Pixel 5: shop-links.co/174741194779549...
Xperia 1 ii Videos: • Sony Xperia 1 ii
Timecodes:
00:00 - Rear camera video (4k 30fps, Indoors)
00:47 - Main wide camera
03:58 - Main wide camera (portrait)
04:47 - Ultrawide camera photos
05:27 - Pixel 5 2x digital zoom vs. Xperia 1ii 70mm telephoto
06:00 - Rear camera video (1080p 30fps)
08:03 - Rear camera video (4k 30fps)
09:33 - Video stabilization (Pixel 5 active stabilization vs Xperia 1ii steady shot)
10:11 - Front camera photos (auto & portrait)
11:15 - Front camera video (1080p 30fps)
12:00 - Rear camera low light photos (Main camera)
14:13 - Rear camera low light photos (Ultrawide camera)
15:06 - Rear camera low light video (1080p)
15:59 - Rear camera low light video (4k 30fps)
17:41 - Front camera low light photos
18:45 - Front camera low light video (1080p 30fps)
20:00 - Final Thoughts (Indoor, front video 1080p 30fps)
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[@AlanRangel5]

Pixel seems to keep HDR activated all the time. I loved the shadows contrast on the Xperia.

[@justforcomments3155]

Great review! Glad I found this channel

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks!

[@sneakwastaken]

Amazin video. I don't think anyone else on KZbin offers what you do with a video like this.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlphaRakamaTech]

Wow impressive results for the pixel 5, however I do like the dynamic range better for the blue skies on the Xperia. But pixel night mode really shines here. Thanks for sharing

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks Alpha! Sony takes long exposures, but definitely needs a dedicated night mode to compete these days.

[@budgetgadgetsg]

both are awesome ..great review

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks!

[@PaulColella]

Great video! I'm very interested in the 1 III so hoping to see an equally great comparison somewhere for that once it's released. Love what Sony is doing with their phones, but it's hard to give up the ease of point and shoot of a Pixel. Great to have manual mode, but capturing events as they happen is more in line with the way we all use our phone cameras. Hoping the III addresses this and I can make that my new device!

[@GrantLikesTech]

I don't think Sony is bothering to target the point and shoot crowd anymore. They've been marketing towards pro photographers for awhile now, which is too bad.

[@PaulColella]

@@GrantLikesTech that would be a huge mistake seeing at that demographic is probably 99 percent of the cell phone market. 🤔

[@SonyEnthusiast]

Watching in 4k on my Sony Xperia 1 II 💪

[@GrantLikesTech]

Awesome! Love that display.

[@Timmahh85]

Great shots and impressive results all the way through. But I could use a bit more information and opinion from you when the difference in the pictures show more clearly. Especially around shades and low light settings, as to which one comes closer to the real picture of what you see yourself. I’d like to know this as well with your portraits and selfies, as the skin tone is different, but which one is the true picture?

[@linzawwin5139]

More prefer Sony day light , pixel much better low light and focus much better.

[@YgorCortes]

Here you are again making a ridiculously amazing video, and here I am again stating how ridiculously bad the Xperia did in terms of dynamic range, portrait mode, low light, video stabilisation in 4k and focus. I really really don't get it lol. I liked the colours from it though! Also the Pixel's front facing video was so bad, damn... Thanks a lot for this fantastic video. Freaking love your channel! 👏

[@GrantLikesTech]

Lol, thanks Ygor! Can never satisfy you. 😉

[@BrbZrk_2]

Pixel has less inconsistencies. But i prefer the natural lighting to be captured like on the Xperia and not erase the sun and make every photo a painting thank you.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Fair enough, we all like what we like.

[@andrea_9201]

It depends on where you focus... I think that between them you can barely notice differences, they are both really good. But definitely the portrait mode is superior in Pixel

[@sciencetechnology9167]

Good review 👍

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks! 👍

[@adamadabo1940]

Merci grâce à vous nous faisons notre choix

[@bendror8302]

Thank you very much, I have been waiting a long time for such a comparison. I liked the Sony more, the Pixel is also good but there is over-sharpness sometimes.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks Ben! Appreciate you hanging in there patiently.

[@machsta14]

Great video. I have both these phones and got similar results when I tested them yesterday. The pixel is a great all rounder, but what it does to blues and greens I find frustrating but then again it's the 'pixel' look. It also has some noise in most images. The Sony takes a natural shot but I find it's not as consistent even if you know what you're doing. They really need to improve the auto mode. Yeah I use pro mode a fair bit but sometimes you just want to point and shoot. Also the grant facing portrait mode is just awful 😂🤦🏾‍♂️. No denying that. I still prefer the Sony overall even with its flaws. Great video thanks for taking the time to put this together!

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks for sharing your experience, Adam. Hoping they make those improvements in future phones, but not going to hold my breath.

[@BarryJohnson]

As always thanks for the video Grant. It's the Pixel 5 for me all day. The last 1080p 30 fps was surprising to me. I am not sure why Sony chose so much smoothing.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks Barry and that's with smoothing off. Sony has made zero improvements to their front camera for years.

[@BarryJohnson]

@@GrantLikesTech Jesus! I am sure you mentioned it but I missed that. I would love for Sony to do a Google play edition. I love what they do with their phones but the cameras are hit and miss into many areas for me.

[@ghayes220]

Pixel seems much sharper and more realistic to me. The Sony takes nice shots, except that things seem to completely disappear in the shadows. Stabilization looked better on the Pixel. No comparison on the night shots. Pixel much better. I thought the Sony did better with front facing in daylight, but not at night.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Hey George, appreciate you stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Hope you had a nice holidays and have a happy new year!

[@Timmahh85]

He did start off with saying he did a point and shoot test. As I’ve gathered from other videos, even with the pro modes on auto, Sonys computation isn’t the best, but if you tweak the settings with manual control, you get camera-like settings and can make the pictures way better than automatic shots. If it’s better than pixel I don’t know though.

[@bosenngantor9160]

@@Timmahh85 But tweaking those setting's everytime is take significantly much more time to do, I mean if I can got excellent photo with pizel by 1 second quick snap compared to tweaking the setting's everytime (even if I can got the better picture if I know how to used it), probably I still sticks to first choice tho. I used Sony's mirrorless, but I absolutely don't want to thinkering about setting when I used smartphone, well okay I still sometimes tweaking the exp value before shoot, but I'm not a proffessional, I used smartphone camera 99,9% for quick snap moments.

[@tanitaro1095]

Sony

[@danidarklord666]

As a sony fan, I do agree the Pixel is better here. But I still love the sony for its colors. Sony really need to improve their auto mode. Great video btw👍

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks, appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts.

[@jayannaveendrajayasinghe8273]

Good luck Best video ❤

[@L0nkero]

Pixel 5 is definitely the better overall performer here but Sony is not far from it, I believe that Sony could improve the auto mode performance and bring it on par with Google if they just would see the effort, of course playing with Pro-mode could work as well. Happy new owner of Xperia 1 Mark II here. :)

[@GrantLikesTech]

Yes, Sony hasn't prioritized point and shoot features/performance and it shows.

[@v4tv]

I really want to see what the Pixel line can do with a new sensor. The sensor in this Xperia is almost twice the size of the Pixel 5.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Don't we all 🤞🏼

[@tjp.marasigan2966]

Pixel uses computational images, same in iPhone 12, Huawei etc. , its a image gimmick not from the sensor itself Sony only use the stock image sensor

[@adeniyiajayi756]

Great video man. Your video is always very detailed and enjoyable. Sony xperia 1 ii has really improved. Almost on par with Pixel 5. Am surprised at this

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to watch!

[@kapilbusawah7169]

Ah I really wish you did some testing in cinema Pro and Photography Pro. They updated those apps and the dynamic range in both pro honestly rivals iPhones. I'd imagine the people who buy this phone are doing so because they want to use these features since Apple and Samsung are the most mainstream manufacturers. Sony is quite expensive as well so the demographic that buys it really do utilise those apps. They have great tools in there. Standard app is quite garbage in comparison to the pro apps. James Lavish did a great video on the very topic in fact

[@GrantLikesTech]

All acknowledged at the beginning of the video. All photos were taken in Photo Pro app. Cinema pro is 21:9 and needs work like color grading to look decent. Samples in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKu3moanfLN6h6c

[@Timmahh85]

I’ve seen James work as well, and yes, he can get some amazing photos out of the pro apps from sony if he tweaks the settings. I got it from him, that if you really like to tweak with settings, the sony is the better camera in many conditions. But to me, I also really like the point and shoot style, so seeing how much difference there is, is important, as I also want some true pictures that isn’t just digitally fixed to look good, but be false on the eyes. Some of the low light pictures and portraits show different results, but the question to me is, how that would look with minimal tweaking on the sony pro apps :)

[@GrantLikesTech]

Photos taken in photo pro as stated.

[@MrPanda-ke9rf]

Cinema pro need skillful hand and additional gear like nd filter for better result.. if it in wrong hand the result might be worst than stock app

[@apep4810]

When you take a selfie, both have difference color production, specialy on your shirt, which one is more realistic color?

[@Gpk_16]

Which one have better camera sir?!. Love from india ❤ please clear my doubts

[@Gadgetibles]

I don’t know why Sony can’t just compete with pixel phones in still photos .. and they make great camera lenses . There camera software just hasn’t caught up yet wit the competition but hardware and everything else .. their phones are amazing

[@EdwardLedger]

Sony Easily beat Pixel 5, Terms of Colors and Details as "Texture" (Pixel 5 got sharpness by AI and Auto Correction after the shot, thats make Pictures ugly with contrast border lines without anysense) a Real Camera shot like Sony and never like Pixel. Sony with latest Update improve the HDR quality of Pictures and Videos (You can test it right now with Android 11) and you will check how that Sony would easily beat the competitors with 12/16/64/108 mpx :D

[@adamadabo1940]

Thanks

[@adamadabo1940]

شكرا

[@alfred_2966]

Pixel oversharp the images, pop up the color and lighten the shadows or dark areas Sony in a much natural color, and still maintain the shadows area, which most photographers likes

[@GrantLikesTech]

Yup, like I keep saying, opposite approaches to imaging so it all depends on what you personally prefer.

[@victorrumyantsev3718]

Xperia 1 II is supposed to crash Pixel 5 is every single situation due to superior hardware. But it didn't which is very sad. The price difference between these two phones is significant enough to not even look at Sony flagships anymore. Sure Sony fans will continue to shout out loud about how computational photography is bad. Seriously I don't know why it is bad if so.

[@Lynn-zw7dr]

I have the iPhone 12 Pro Max and my old Pixel 4XL took better photos than the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Roll on October when I can buy Pixel 6 Pro! 👌🏻 👍🏻 UK

[@jessongraju6553]

Do you got android 11 update on X1ii? XPERIA improved a lot from the previous videos.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Still haven't received the 11 update on mine.

[@rizaanil5254]

What did they change or improve ?

[@jessongraju6553]

@@rizaanil5254, some of the users got that update.

[@YgorCortes]

@@GrantLikesTech oh, will you make a video showing the update? I'm very curious about it! I find Sony's software to be very very pretty!

[@ZooDar_Official]

Major upgrade since the z2

[@namelesssnitchy]

Sony is great but it really needs to work on its nightmode

[@2ears1mouth786]

What I find to be a let-down regarding the Xperia is that it's just inconsistent, unreliable, and doesn't respond as quickly. Also, what's up with the bricked video mode? I've got the phone, by the way. There's so little control. I just don't like it. I'd rather buy a used DSLR for £1,099 than this "DSLR smartphone". As a phone, the Pixel 5 is the better choice because it's reliable and consistent and does a fantastic job. It's also way better at getting the colours right. The Xperia is horrendous and it's almost impossible to fix the shockingly inaccurate colours in low light interior photos. Idk. I think the but of AI work that Google has done has paid off.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Xperia definitely isn't geared to point and shoot crowd. Takes more work to get good results, but that seems to be their audience and focus these days.

[@a--b]

@@GrantLikesTech Is it good to go with Lg V50 or Xperia 1 ii. My main intention is to have good camera. Please recommend. Thank you 🙏

[@scp-2681]

Xperia anti-shake problem? Why many photos are blurry？

[@rikaz73]

Sony is about going pro and using manual mode, no point going auto on Sony.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Addressed this in the beginning and end of the video and pretty much all my other Sony videos. If leaving this comment makes you feel better, then so be it.

[@rikaz73]

What's the point of addressing it if you're not going to compare it with pro manual mode?

[@GrantLikesTech]

@@rikaz73 you clearly weren't listening

[@JaganRana]

Take a chill pill Zakir, watching something else.

[@fuadardianto4863]

I don't know why, pixel always shoot the best in pictures, its looks natural and dslr like images

[@Sey357]

WOW 👑 SONY GOD FOREVER#1 ✌️ 👑

[@LionelLZJ]

low light photo, xperia 1 ii is struggling quite a lot

[@dellwhite9153]

Pixel is easily win with still using their old hardware + amazing software.. I love to see the next pixel device with large sensor with latest sd 888 platform.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Not sure what Google will do going forward. I suppose there's still the anticipation of their own chipset, but they've been very price conscious with their products, so it will be interesting.

[@shanirose9879]

I like pixel images.. It produce better dynamic range images and rich colours are really eye pleasing.. Sony images and videos looks really weak and not interest it..

[@GrantLikesTech]

Yup, simply depends on which you prefer.

[@MichaelAguila]

Excellent video. I think the pixel wins. Happy new year, busy

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thank you and happy new year to you too!

[@jessongraju6553]

Pixel has a good software optimization. So it shines by it's self correcting mistakes.But in sony, we have to correct the mistakes by manual controls. If a Google camera is available for XPERIA, it will be better for non professionals. Is is available? G cam for XPERIA 1ii

[@GrantLikesTech]

Don't think gcam works with Sony phones, but agree both take opposite approaches to imaging.

[@jessongraju6553]

@@GrantLikesTech, But why? Is it have camera 2 api support?

[@CoHuTo]

@@GrantLikesTech devs are constantly working on compatibility of Gcam mod with almost every brand and model. I'm pretty sure there are currently working versions of Gcam for the new line of Xperia phones.

[@Timmahh85]

@@CoHuTo if that is true, it would be cool to see how much it changes on the sony phones’ pictures

[@CoHuTo]

@@Timmahh85 there are some videos floating around the web with the latest xperias with working Gcam.

[@rusirubatuwatta8731]

Pixel is way better 🔥

[@guitardipu]

Pixel removed the actual darkness of the tree shadows, which is totally not natural.

[@khoale3745]

sony

[@KevinBenskin]

There both great phones with good camera quality but what's interesting is the Pixel lost to the Sony in some instances

[@GrantLikesTech]

Many if the top end phones these days have good enough cameras, especially in good light, that they can always go back and forth a bit.

[@jarragarcia5745]

pixel 💞

[@vladsantos5297]

Waiting for xperia 1ii vs the v60

[@GrantLikesTech]

Sadly, you're probably the only one.

[@muhamadyusuf2605]

Is it fair comparation?

[@GrantLikesTech]

Yes

[@jayannaveendrajayasinghe8273]

Sony cameras are real look and pixel cameras are Ai technology

[@c09yc47]

Pixel💥

[@zubairtech1452]

Pixel is best

[@AndrewSmith-yy4sd]

I knew the pixel was gona win. I just wasn't sure of the margin of victory, thanks Grant, nice video.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@bellasenjo1101]

No for pixel 5,over aggresive photo Not natural color,is bad

[@GrantLikesTech]

Respect your opinion and preference. Thanks for watching!

[@sfneesan6079]

anyway i bought both phones

[@dutchdude4630]

Wth pixel wins easy didnt expect that.

[@GrantLikesTech]

Can't be beat for point and shoot. Sony has chosen to focus on their pro camera apps and features.

[@datodaisuke2315]

The xperia looks more realistic

[@adamadabo1940]

Pixel

[@boybaha21]

pixel 5 is still better

[@zalri2380]

I like sony phone, but im using now xiaomi😆😆😆

[@GrantLikesTech]

Nice, which Xiaomi phone?

[@zalri2380]

Redmi note8 pro, but i have plan to buy a new release sony xperia mark 3 🙂

[@GrantLikesTech]

Nice, had that phone and it's also a very good value.

[@supaahflyy]

Does Sony have zero photo processing? The lack of HDR is inexcusable in 2021 geez. That's a 2016 level camera performance

[@GrantLikesTech]

Auto HDR was on, but Sony doesn't take an aggressive approach like other phones do.

[@Tanfo77]

Pixel is sharper in images.

[@Akaun-us6rs]

Almost same😅but pixel better

[@brj2326]

Pixel better then Sony

[@bellasenjo1101]

No for pixel 5,over aggresive photo Not natural color,is bad Photo in pixel back to the old sony phone ppphoto

[@GrantLikesTech]

Got you in the other comment.

[@sunnysunny501]

Pixel is magic, just too good. Sony not too far behind.

[@Mark..01]

The thing that amazes me about the Pixel 5 is taking night shots freehand. I try to keep it steady but when it's taking an exposure over a few seconds, no one can keep it still that long. Yet the P5 can still take a sharp, beautifully exposed photo. It almost feels like cheating and defying the laws of physics!

[@baylor3894]

Pixel 5 all day ❤️

[@mbuhlah2940]

Pixel ez win

[@gentle246gy]

Pixel all day

[@danfox9110]

Sony phones are just trash

[@nyanlars]

Sony Xperia II sucks