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Optical image stabilization is missing
Nexus 5X has the best camera Google has put in a Nexus device yet, but it lacks one major feature: Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). It is the feature that ensures that your photos and videos don’t (largely) come out blurry even if your hands are shaking a little when you shoot.
Most premium (and even some mid-range) smartphones nowadays have this feature, so Google giving OIS a miss is certainly a disappointment for anyone looking forward to trying out the new Nexus phones’ camera. What’s more surprising is that both Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 smartphones had OIS.
Most premium (and even some mid-range) smartphones nowadays have this feature, so Google giving OIS a miss is certainly a disappointment for anyone looking forward to trying out the new Nexus phones’ camera. What’s more surprising is that both Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 smartphones had OIS.
And furthermore, it's annoying that they excuse it with their pixel size.
ReplyDelete1.55um pixels are great over previous 1.2um, in both dimensions it translates to 1.67X light absorption, so it's better, right? Wrong. Any entry level modern OIS gives 2.5 stops, that is 2 to the power of 2.5 or 5.66X more exposure time possible when not using a tripod. So no OIS kills any pixel size advantage.
5.66/1.67 = 3.4X LESS light when handheld. Light absorption in cameras is simple math, both Nexus devices are years behind competition in hand held photography in low light/indoors, which is for many, the main usage of the camera.