October 17, 2022

Pixel 6 camera: lenses

First of all, I do not have the Pixel 6 "pro". So I have two lenses rather than 3 (the "pro" adds a 4x telephoto lens). Each lens of course has its own sensor, so it is more reasonable to talk about different cameras than different lenses.
It works like this:

The main camera (in the center of the lens bar) has the "50 megapixel" sensor. It is actually 48 megapixels, but each 4 pixel group gets read out or averaged into a single pixel in the image file, so for all intents and purposes this is a 12 megapixel sensor. Pixels are 1.2 um on a 1/1.31 inch (19.39 mm) sensor.

The main lens itself has an 82 degree field of view (24mm equivalent) and is f/1.85

The ultrawide camera is to the side. It has a 12 megapixel sensor with 1.25 um pixels on a 1/2.86 inch (8.88 mm) sensor.

The lens itself has a 114 degree field of view (16mm equivalent) and is f/2.2

Video

The phone can shoot 4k video at 30 or 60 fps.
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