On my Pixel, I'm always torn with using GCam or another camera app. GCam photos are definitely better on small screens, but every time you zoom in, you get AI artifacts, letters that shouldn't be here. It basically reconstructs the image from the original and blurrier photo. The other apps without these transformation lead to better quality on zoomed photos but the overall preview looks less good. This is especially true when digital zoom is involved.

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sturza 7 days ago | parent [-]

Like this or worse? https://yager.io/comp/comp.html

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Sayrus 7 days ago | parent [-]

Way worse. At least here the text looks like the original.

Here is an example of what that looks like: https://imgur.com/Q4J5BHi

In case it isn't obvious due to the zoom and lack of context:

- The texture on the top and windshield don't exist, it's plain gray.

- The letters on the card actually read something, here it's gibberish. Sometimes half a letter, sometimes a texture that doesn't exist.

	▲	sturza 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		All the patterns in the photo look pixel by pixel generated(looking at the distorsion) versus a normal camera distorsion when you get at the edge of capability/zoom(smearing etc)