Pixel 5 versus Sony Xperia 5ii camera comparison: 

Considering both are using Sony sensors, but the Xperia's sensor is so much newer, it's technically the better camera. Blown away by Pixel's software optimization for the auto settings. Dream phone would be Pixel software in Xperia hardware

I spent months in watching camera comparison videos, I saw all in your channel, after all that I bought Pixel 4a. Seeing this video makes me feel so lucky for choosing Pixel. Great editing, great presenting, great music choice.

I looked side by side on a few images in the article and I've noticed that the quality of the Sony results have a out of camera feel and the Pixel has a phone photo quality. I didn't notice until I opened the images to really look at the images. Other than that the AI work on the Pixel is hands down better but add that to the Sony hardware and this will be an easy win for the Sony.

Xperia 5ii rear camera is really awesome but its selfie camera is not good as pixel selfie camera

Disagree, I have had both phones now, and have done some comparison, the Xperia 5 II and the pixel 5 have their own pros and cons on cameras, in most of scenarios, I prefer the Sony as more realistic and better than the pixel 5 with huge amount of detail, but in some rare scenarios say taking a photo through a dark room window, and the darkest (room) and the brightest bits (Sun) could be slightly better with the pixel 5, where you can find a little bit of more details. The review is very much biased.

If you'd use Photo Pro and Cinema Pro app ..the overall thing would be way different ..I have 5ii .. and i know how good back cam is ..but i do know front camera is not really that good

Xperia 5ii photos look cool tone at the same time pixel 5 photos little bit warm tone but it's look natural.

I prefer the natural & cinematic look of the Xperia. That selfie camera is balls though (but i don't really care about that)

6:51 pixel 5

This big gap is due to the fact that you have to shoot with Photo Pro in automatic mode and not with the regular app, Photo Pro shoots better even in automatic mode.

Pixel's software just kills the Sony's hardware. Great video 📸

You always come with great videos..treat to watch. Thanks for the review.

This phone isn't meant to me a pixel or iphone. It's meant to be used with the pro app. Not for the average consumer .

Pixel 5 appears to be better, but editing photos in Snapseed and Lightroom will produce less artifacts in Sony photos, because Sony's photos are simply more natural. I'm an Xperia user and can relate to that. Pixel's photos are simply over-enhanced and difficult to edit when the phone's software over compensates for the lack of light.

Really nice samples! That Sony ultrawide is certainly really nice, but other than that Pixel pretty much won in my eyes - even in video capture O.o

This guy is gentleman.

did you use the pro camera and video modes on the 5ii ..if you didnt then this test is moot. Sony camera is for foto enthusiasts not point and shoot. It amazes me that most reviewers use the stock camera ap in the Sony and call it a comparison.

Wow! Sony has better still camera mode and face recognition in image brightness processing. I also like the wider lens however when it comes to video mode, Pixel won the game especially in overall low light condition. That night scape Sony showed complete darkness in the sky but Pixel was in brighter yellowish from the lights. Pixel captured good details at night. Arg, hard to choose though. Btw, Sony won the clear voice recording.

Sony wins. Pixel does better job in stabilization, portrait mode, and uses HDR more often than Sony, maybe even always do it, and it gives more details on video, but photos look flat. Sony does better job in colors and volume, so it makes me feel like I am inside of photo, and videos look cinematic. I prefer Sony. Even selfie camera is better, but I known that it is bad)

That thumbnail photo looks terrible on Sony's side. Blown out and the sky is gray.

The Sony pic is overexposed.

The pixel is the point and shoot champ...the Sony is for those that want to use the pro mode and tinker with photos...tho I wish it was slightly better at auto photos. Both great.

The Pixel 5 for sure. Just proves it's not just about the specs

Sony create camera sensors sure but .Sony meant to use manually not auto

Sony have a lot of catching up to do on post processing. I considered getting the Xperia 5ii because there is a whole lot to like but happy with my choice of pixel 5. Great Content as always nick, would be interesting to see if the Xperia 5ii gets a stable gcam and what the results it could achieve 👍

The pixel has more pleasing exposure but at night the noise is very bad compared to the Xperia.

I own a pixel 5, and I'm going to say, it's been a let down. The camera is good because of software and the hardware is garbage, if you get one you'll realize this with just using the phone a couple times. The phone is touted for an amazing battery with the 765 snapdragon, however it is slow in processing. A lot of reviewers said, "you won't notice the difference" that is a lie. I had an xperia 5 and an s20fe. Both ran smoother and gave far better media consumption experiences. Battery saver mode on the phone is a joke because the phone becomes choppy as hell once it's activated. If you get an Xperia 5 ii, it will demolish the pixel 5 in hardware, media consumption, and overall experience. I have the normal xperia 5 and I go back to it constantly now. If you get the pixel, the point and shoot camera does a great job most of the time, but processor killed the quality of this phone. Software is amazing, but google like to be cheap and the speakers are garbage. I got the pixel 5 for 450 an I still feel like I got ripped off. An I enjoyed this phone quite a lot in the beginning, but you can't ignore the issues forever. Google's hardware is the main issue

This guy did a really good job on this video. Well done!

Hi, good review with many comparison pictures and videos. i only have one question, was the Camera/Cinema Pro app used on the xperia 5ii or the standard camera app? In other reviews it was said that with the standard camera app the pictures are not so good. Only with the Camera pro app you get good to very good photos. It's just not a smartphone to quickly take a picture, but more like a DSLR camera. you have to take your time for the right settings.

To me not much diff, pix 5 just looks over exposed - sony gives natural real colours

Have you tried gcam on the Xperia 5 ii? (if there is a working mod out there...) And do you prefer the Xperia or S20 FE?

All the Sony pics are either too dark or overblown, and the OIS is just not up to par. The Pixel 5 wins despite its "inferior" (read: better utilized) hardware.

which is more natural in skin tone?

Thankyou for this useful video. I personally found out tht the selfie is the only thing thr gonna makes me stay with pixel. Everything else,, sony neil it. I like how real it is with sony. Im actually bias for pixel but this video has makes me a sony fan. But i thnk ill wait for another updates till i switch my phone. I mean sony could fix their selfie. They looks like oppo whitewash. Btw, im still rock with pixel2xl.

I underestimated that Xperia 5ii has a bad selfie cuz Sony just didn't care about it but why would you use a selfie sample as thumbnail? Xperia 5ii still far superior when it comes to rear cameras.

Sony on a lot of the night shots makes the blacks look black and no fragments in the night sky. Also the white tones on sony were spot on more then the pixal in most of the shots. Day shot were almost identical but there were some blow outs of the sky. All done on auto mode which if any of you have had a sony you would know that this is a major improvement on the auto mode side of things. Pixal is a amazing camera phone . But they never upgraded the cameras from the 4 they just refined it evan more. If you are a person willing to take your time to find the perfect photo then use pro mode or a actual camera.. If you are walking around and want to get that shot real quick then go with the pixal or iphone or the samsung or evan lg v series. All give you amazing photos . If you are a selfie camera person don't buy the sony or the v series. Thank you for this video this was exactly what I wanted to see . The night shots. Excellent 👌

Using manual HDR improves the dynamic range of Xperia 5 II because the scene backlight from auto mode isn't always activated

awesome comparisions, love from india, i just come to know about camera of phones just from you!

google pixel is very good at night. but i ask myself if it is realistic at night? is it the same what you see with your bare eyes or is it like a night vision that is on?

Why not mention that the xperia can do 4k 120fps video?

Thanks, Nick. The Pixel 5 edges it, in my opinion, especially in night shots where there is much more shadow detail. I'm happy to have my choice reinforced of a recently purchased Pixel 4a 5g (same camera as the 5). My only issue with it is the lack of manual white balance, which means that interior shots under LED lighting (warm white) result in captures which are too cool, and often need editing to correct.

In my opinion I feel like the pixel won in every one of your picture comparisons.

I thought Xperia phones have HDR video built-in?

Maybe it's my eyes, but I feel in most shots, the Sony is the better image. Pixel is overly processed, or colourised. The night shots look towards day, that's not natural. The Sony front cam is trash. Did you use the camera app or the pro app, because there are major differences between them.

Photos go with the pixel for selfie, normal and 3x crop zoom, for wide angle, go with the 5mkii and video as well as it looks more detailed than the pixel even though it's not as bright In my opinion

Hi. Might I ask comparing the Xperia 5ii and the OnePlus 8T which one has better performance overall, louder speakers, better Battery life and overall better front & rear camera systems in terms of dynamic range, clearer audio when recording video, more warmer, more natural colours ,wider field of view in selfies (& rear cameras) ,less noise with zooming in and better low light photos?

Sony has poor dynamic range, wonder why they haven't figured it out but dynamic range matters a lot in both photos and videos.

Hi nice video! Have you used the standard camera app or the Photo Pro app on the Xperia?

Its more manual vs automatic. Wich google wins on automatic

7:59 that's the difference between the two, sony looking more dramatic and natural pixel looking more punchy and more pleasing to the eye, you can make a neutral photo to look like pixel, but can't undo the post processing on pixel to make it look like sony, so if you want your photos to always look ready and pleasing pixel is for you ,if you want to be creative and be the judge to how your photo should come out like sony is for you, both are great in their own way

The Sony looks over exposed to me. Can that be toned down? I usually shoot my cameras, and on my Sony XZ2 compact -1/3 to -1 because photos exposed at 0 are too blown out for me.

I think both cameras had misses. Sony's telephoto shots seemed off, Pixel 5 really good But I liked Sonys colors better in most situations. Night pics and video better for Sony too. I own pixel2 and love it. Not sure what I'll upgrade to.

I feel like the only good thing about Xperia 5 ii is that it has a better video quality in 4k30fps more then pixel5, for me though, what do you guys think?

Pixel managed to strike a balance between brightness and noise reduction in low-light video shooting. Xperia did a better job in zooming, thanks to the fundamental difference in hardware, which is expected.

Show some greatness of sony's photo pro app in comparison with iPhone 12pro max

Any idea why the Pixel 5 has a 16mp wide angle sensor but outputs the image at 12.2mp?

Me personally liked some of the Sony shots more. Stuff like Sony's eye AF, 20 FPS shooting, superior slow mo and 4K capabilities...plus pro camera / video apps would be enough to win me over. If I were a point and shoot kinda guy I'd probably choose the Pixel but I prefer controlling how I want my pics to look. I'm pretty confident I could take the same if not better shots with the Xperia albeit with a little more effort...tho I wouldn't even use that selfie camera 😂

Sony makes the camera sensors for every company

I see the xperia camera is still as bright as ever

Xperia is more like DSLR. I don't actually hate it. It's not that bad.

Jeez, the Sony pictures don't have white balance down. At the same time, I'm assuming you did everything in auto. Try lining up each photo the way you would do in real. Unless that's how you use it. I'm picky with my photos though. i make sure lighting is done before pressing _shoot._

The most important comparison... Sony NOT made in China

In most of your photos, I think the Pixel 5 did a better job, but that is because the Xperia 5 II is targeted at a more professional demographic (those who like to shoot in manual mode). Most of the photos in this video from the Xperia were over exposed, however you can probably set the exposure manually on that phone, unlike on the Pixel (which has basically no camera options)

Question! Sony's photos at @ 2:20 and 3:54 is really blown out with the sky basically being completely colourless. Does it's camera not have ANY exposure correction like the Pixel 5 or iPhone? Do you know if the Xperia 5iii has fixed this? Thanks!!!

Xperia 1 ii is for mobile photography enthusiast. You can fully control the settings in pro mode. That's what this phone is for

The camera of Sony Is Same to a flagship Like S22 or Iphone 13 But the main problem here is Software. If you are about To put Pixel rom in sony Xperia it will give you much better photos i think but still Without the pixel rom it still have such Classy details in every pic and since Google pixel is only for camera you can get way better gaming and features in sony so yeah it is a good phone

I think xperia’s selfie camera is very bad, but the video is better than pixel5. Sometimes the photo is better than the pixel and sometimes the pixel is better.

Are u sure the beauty mode isn't on with the Sony phone?

How many photo on Sony it can take in one charged? Just want to get some idea.thx

How bad is xperia video performance compare to pixel

I'll definitely go with Pixel.

After rate conversion, Pixel 5 is $880 in my country. Guess I'll have to wait more.

Again a good video Nick ! Knew before watching that the Pixel 5 would have won in all criterias 😉

It's a mixed bag from both phones to my opinion. Lack of computational photography /HDR / proper photo post-processing leads to very bad dynamic range and blown out highlights on Xperia 5 II. And that's very sad result for a nearly $1000 camera-focused flagship phone. I really like Xperia 5 II and I wish it was a bit like a Pixel in terms of camera system performance. Night shots without Night mode are remarkably good on Xperia. Selfie camera is rather a piece of junk there though.

How about video stabilization and quALITY?

The Xperia 5ii is very good with the rear cameras. The ultrawide camera is excellent. It's just disappointing that they didn't put a better quality front camera on it!

Awesome video! Thank you so much for this 🙏 Now I really really really don't understand how Sony is able to suck so incredibly bad when it comes to smartphone cameras. This is mind-blowingly disappointing 😰

Ive still yet to see a better camera phone than the Pixel. Iphone pro max 11 is the only close competitor.

The video is pretty biased. He isn't using the Xperia ii advanced camera settings and photo pro app to customize to get the best picture (Sony is marketing the phone to camera enthusiasts and not everyone as opposed to google) . If he were using the Xperia ii to customize settings and take photos as it's intended purpose then the camera pictures from the Sony would destroy the pixel In a landslide. but thats not what's being done in this video. if youre a consumer who is a "I don't wanna learn to use a camera and just want to push a button" type individual then this video and Google phone is for you and The Xperia ii is not. I repeat the Xperia ii is not an automatic camera phone it's INTENTIONALLY created for you to manually customize your settings to get the best picture as YOU see fit. Sony isn't trying to be mass market to please everyone person with their camera phone and that is totally fine. As a side note, Any phone maker Google, Apple, Samsung phones will ALWAYS outshine the Sony phones when using the standard quick mode due to their software. Quite frankly, Sony isn't to worried about that since pro photo enthusiasts prefer to customize all their settings in the firsr place and get the picture correct. personally if I I see anyone with an Xperia II or ANY xperia mark device I will immediately label them as part of the 'elite' crowd. great video even though it's a tad biased 👍. I saw the video on phandroid. I hope many see my comment. I'm less interested in any thumbs ups or thumbs downs. I do care about true honesty and thats what I want people to see. and many comments show huge misleading in saying the pixel 5 is the better phone when it really isn't.

What's that green house made of?

Which is best

It looks like Sony give the operator more control to make great photos via the app and post production. Where Google give more control to their software to do it. So I reckon if have the time to play with settings/editing, Sony would be better. Or if you really wanna good point and shoot camera, then Pixel would be better

Pixel 5 selfie backgrounds are so blurred its almost nauseating...

Sony’s auto mode sucks, I wouldn’t have time for pro mode. I prefer pixel but it over processes especially front camera and it’s camera doesn’t age well since is software. Falls apart after it stops getting updates

Pixel has more dynamic range, natural feel, lowlight performance. Sony oversharpens, overexposes, unnecessarily smoothes skin, but captures more detail (on rear camera).

Google pixel 5❤️

Как заядлый фотоман и любитель добиться правды, я ставил плюсик за каждую фотографию сони и пикселю. Не все используют селфи камеру как камеру для фоток в соц сети или на память, ее я взял в расчет отдельно. Оценивал абсолютно честно пиксель разнес в пух и прах по селфи камере конечно, сони стыд. По видео сони заметно меньше склеек и битых частей кадра. По фото сони с неплохим отрывом обходит но не критично. Жаль что новым сони место на мусорке, в сравнении со старыми они снимают хуже. Всем добра и объективной оценки!

Would be great if you could specify if you've used the Sony's pro camera app in Auto, it the basic camera app. This would make it a lot more meaningful for those that have been interested in the Sony.

I prefer the Sony, especially in low light. Pixel just looks like is cranking up the ISO. 7:11

Great video.

Had the 5ii, returned it because the default camera was just grim for someone coming from a 2 year old Huawei flagship. Apparently you have to use the two Pro apps to get the most out of it - which is just bullshxt for maybe 95% of users. Even Sony on their cameras know that you keep selection to one level through the dial, and they masterminded modes like "superior auto" that literally brings all the technical functionality of the camera to bear for the benefit of the consumer. First they were using inferior sensors to the ones they were supplying other manufacturers, and now their lack of investment in computational chops is showing.

Pixel 5 by domination

The Xperia Selfie looks soft and blurred

Overall the pixel phone seams to do better for dynamic range, detail & lens quality most noticeable in low light shots.

Which camera app was used on the Sony Xperia 5ii?

Sony xperia 👍🔥🔥

Normaly im a big Sony Fan but in this VS Sony sucks in all categories. I don't know... Buy or not

I prefer the rear Sony camera...the Google's looks abit unatural.

what it seems: daytime: Xperia lowlight: Pixel

I love this music and video comparison😍