**Pixel 2XL vs Pixel Excel Camera Comparison**

In this article, we will delve into the camera capabilities of the Google Pixel 2XL and its competitor, the Pixel Excel. Both devices are touted as having exceptional cameras, but how do they compare to each other? Let's take a closer look.

**Low-Light Performance**

One of the key areas where the Pixel Excel shines is in low-light conditions. In a series of samples shot in very low lighting conditions, it became apparent that the Pixel Excel produces richer colors and sharper images compared to the original Pixel XL. This is particularly evident in scenes with backlight, where the Pixel Excel's image is more clearly defined. However, the Pixel 2XL still performs well in low-light conditions, especially when it comes to white balance.

**Portrait Mode**

Another significant difference between the two devices lies in their portrait mode capabilities. The Pixel Excel boasts an advanced portrait mode, which allows for beautifully blurred backgrounds and sharp subject focus. On the other hand, the original Pixel XL lacks this feature altogether. In contrast, both devices can produce excellent results in regular photography conditions, but the Pixel Excel's portrait mode sets it apart.

**Video Recording**

When it comes to video recording, both devices are capable of producing high-quality footage at 1080p and 4K resolutions. However, the Pixel Excel takes a significant leap forward with its optical image stabilization (OIS) feature, which provides smoother panning and walking shots. This is particularly noticeable when comparing the two devices in a quick walk test.

**Low-Light Video Recording**

In low-light video recording conditions, both devices still manage to produce excellent results, but there is a slight difference in color rendition between them. The Pixel Excel's image often takes on a slightly yellower tone, which can be beneficial for certain types of content. On the other hand, the original Pixel XL produces images that are more neutral.

**Front-Facing Camera**

The front-facing camera of both devices performs admirably, but it's worth noting that the Pixel Excel has its own advanced portrait mode feature for selfies. In indoor lighting conditions, this allows for beautifully blurred backgrounds and sharp subject focus.

**Screen Issues**

One notable issue with the original Pixel XL is a slight blue tint on white backgrounds when viewed at certain angles. However, Google has already announced plans to roll out a software update that will address this issue. The Pixel Excel, on the other hand, seems to be entirely free from such problems.

**Conclusion**

While both devices have their strengths and weaknesses, the Pixel Excel stands out for its exceptional portrait mode capabilities, optical image stabilization, and advanced low-light performance. However, it's worth noting that the original Pixel XL still produces excellent results in regular photography conditions, and the screen issues are a minor concern. For those seeking the best possible camera experience, the Pixel Excel may be the better choice – but for those on a budget or looking for more mainstream features, the original Pixel XL is still an excellent option.

**Final Thoughts**

We hope this article has provided you with a comprehensive understanding of the camera capabilities of both the Google Pixel 2XL and its competitor, the Pixel Excel. If you have any questions regarding these devices, please don't hesitate to post them in the comments section below. We will be releasing an FAQ video soon that addresses some of the most common queries about these devices. Thank you for watching, and we look forward to seeing you in our next video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys this is Ranchi doing a different kind of a test actually a half the original pixel excel on the left and this is the new pixel to excel on the right and even though original pixel actually had a very good camera and obviously the new one is starting to be one of the best camera smartphone so I decided by not this test them and see which one is better again I'm shooting this one with the front-facing camera again check though or do I'll be swapping between both the phones so that you get an idea and I'll be taking a lot of sample shots because I still feel the pixel excel is performing very well and now the price has fallen down obviously the pixel likes to excel will do slightly better in some areas but again if you are on a tight budget let's see how well this original pixel accelerators compared to the pixel to excel so again I'll now move to the rail facing camera and show you a lot of sample short side by side so that you can judge for yourself which one is doing a better job and if you already have a pixel XL does it make sense to upgrade to this newer pixel to excel so here are the pictures side by side and the pixel to excels the colors are slightly boosted but in terms of dynamic range I feel both of them are doing a good job as you can see the sky is easily visible with the clouds but in terms of colors the pixel XL to look closely at the flowers the color reproduction is slightly richer on the 2xl if you look at this picture the pixel to excel picture is slightly brighter and I think so that is due to the lens the two excel has F 1.8 aperture whereas the pixel excel as f/2 dot o so definitely the pictures from the to excel are slightly more vibrant and a little bit more saturated compared to the pixel excel this is actually a pretty difficult shot for most cameras smartphones and clearly here you could see the major difference the pixel to excel handled it a lot better than the pixel XL now moving to some indoor shots and here I feel both of them actually did a very good job as you can see and again in this picture also I feel both of them did a very good job constrain the indoor lighting conditions and this is the bouquet effect close-up shots and yes in this picture the pixel xn and even the to accelerate a very good job but in macro shots I feel it was a lot easier with the pixel 2x and I could actually go a lot closer to the subject but if I do that with the pixel X and it was getting a little bit blurred the color difference that I was talking is evident in this picture the pixel to excels produces a richer colors and the pixel to excel actually has the portrait mode whereas the pixel Excel simply does not have that the pixel to excel also has a portrait mode for the front-facing camera and I use the portrait mode for these front-facing camera pictures and I was amazed at the results and again the regular pixel does not have that portrait mode so these were the samples with the front-facing camera I also shot a picture with the portrait mode in indoor lighting conditions and even in indoor lighting conditions it did perform this is with the regular pixel that does not have that portrait mode now recording the video again on the left we have the pixel excel and on the right we have the pixel to excel and I'm recording this at 1080p yes both of them can do 4k video recording also I will do that later on but just quickly just showing you a sample at 1080p because I still feed many people shoot videos at 1080p let's see the focusing speeds and again both of them are doing a good job in my opinion there is a slight color difference but you guys let me know in the comment section now let's do a walk so this will be like if you are shooting a video at 1080p and walking how would be the stabilization because the new pixel to excel apart from electronic image stabilization also employs electro hardware that is optical image stabilization whereas the original pixel had just a is so this is a very quick walk test and let's also check the Explorer here and here so you be a judge and let me know which one is doing a better job now set both the cameras to 4k and we're just going to do the walk test so that huge VR judge which one is doing a better job in stabilization I'm just walking normally and there is a little bit of ven let's just go back laughs so you guys let me know in 4k which one do you think is doing a better job now some sample shots in low lighting conditions and in this picture I was surprised that both of them actually did a very good job and guys these are low lighting conditions and in this picture also as you can see both of them actually did a very good job so I decided to up the challenge a little bit and these pictures I shot in very very low lighting conditions to disable the flash and you'll notice that the pixel Excel the picture is slightly more on the yellower side when the lighting is very low it is very evident from this picture so in very low lighting conditions the white balance is actually better on the pixel 2xl but if you have to pick a winner and very low lighting conditions to pixel to excel pictures are slightly more sharper look at that command the backlight it is more clearly slightly sharper compared to the pixels but nevertheless I would say both of them actually perform very well now shooting this part of the video with the pixel accepts front-facing camera in as you can see this is an artificial lighting conditions so I mean in indoor lighting conditions of you shoot video with the front-facing camera this would be your experience again so this part of the video again with the front-facing camera of the pixel to excel and you guys let me know again you have seen a lot of samples with this original pixel XL also so what do you think regarding its camera performance do you think the pixel to excel camera is hugely superior yes it does have those portrait mode it works actually pretty well but apart from that what do you think I feel like even the original pixel XL camera is actually pretty good and I know many of you are asked will be asking me about the screen issues I would say there is one thing that I've noticed the screen if you tilt it there is that blue tent and it is very evident actually on white backgrounds that's what I've noticed if you look straight for example it won't be visible but if you tilted a little bit on the pixel to excell it is visible I think so that's a hardware effect regarding that muted colors have tweeted about it but Google picks Google team has already mentioned that a new software update will be rolled out that would be fixing those colors issues again I've just started testing this pixel to excel just a day so again after testing it for the next couple of days we'll try to post an FAQ video where I'll be answering most of the common questions so if you have some questions regarding this pixel 2xl do post them in the youtube comment section below and I'll try to include them in my FAQ video and if you are still not subscribed to this YouTube channel at that subscribe button again thanks for watching this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next videohi guys this is Ranchi doing a different kind of a test actually a half the original pixel excel on the left and this is the new pixel to excel on the right and even though original pixel actually had a very good camera and obviously the new one is starting to be one of the best camera smartphone so I decided by not this test them and see which one is better again I'm shooting this one with the front-facing camera again check though or do I'll be swapping between both the phones so that you get an idea and I'll be taking a lot of sample shots because I still feel the pixel excel is performing very well and now the price has fallen down obviously the pixel likes to excel will do slightly better in some areas but again if you are on a tight budget let's see how well this original pixel accelerators compared to the pixel to excel so again I'll now move to the rail facing camera and show you a lot of sample short side by side so that you can judge for yourself which one is doing a better job and if you already have a pixel XL does it make sense to upgrade to this newer pixel to excel so here are the pictures side by side and the pixel to excels the colors are slightly boosted but in terms of dynamic range I feel both of them are doing a good job as you can see the sky is easily visible with the clouds but in terms of colors the pixel XL to look closely at the flowers the color reproduction is slightly richer on the 2xl if you look at this picture the pixel to excel picture is slightly brighter and I think so that is due to the lens the two excel has F 1.8 aperture whereas the pixel excel as f/2 dot o so definitely the pictures from the to excel are slightly more vibrant and a little bit more saturated compared to the pixel excel this is actually a pretty difficult shot for most cameras smartphones and clearly here you could see the major difference the pixel to excel handled it a lot better than the pixel XL now moving to some indoor shots and here I feel both of them actually did a very good job as you can see and again in this picture also I feel both of them did a very good job constrain the indoor lighting conditions and this is the bouquet effect close-up shots and yes in this picture the pixel xn and even the to accelerate a very good job but in macro shots I feel it was a lot easier with the pixel 2x and I could actually go a lot closer to the subject but if I do that with the pixel X and it was getting a little bit blurred the color difference that I was talking is evident in this picture the pixel to excels produces a richer colors and the pixel to excel actually has the portrait mode whereas the pixel Excel simply does not have that the pixel to excel also has a portrait mode for the front-facing camera and I use the portrait mode for these front-facing camera pictures and I was amazed at the results and again the regular pixel does not have that portrait mode so these were the samples with the front-facing camera I also shot a picture with the portrait mode in indoor lighting conditions and even in indoor lighting conditions it did perform this is with the regular pixel that does not have that portrait mode now recording the video again on the left we have the pixel excel and on the right we have the pixel to excel and I'm recording this at 1080p yes both of them can do 4k video recording also I will do that later on but just quickly just showing you a sample at 1080p because I still feed many people shoot videos at 1080p let's see the focusing speeds and again both of them are doing a good job in my opinion there is a slight color difference but you guys let me know in the comment section now let's do a walk so this will be like if you are shooting a video at 1080p and walking how would be the stabilization because the new pixel to excel apart from electronic image stabilization also employs electro hardware that is optical image stabilization whereas the original pixel had just a is so this is a very quick walk test and let's also check the Explorer here and here so you be a judge and let me know which one is doing a better job now set both the cameras to 4k and we're just going to do the walk test so that huge VR judge which one is doing a better job in stabilization I'm just walking normally and there is a little bit of ven let's just go back laughs so you guys let me know in 4k which one do you think is doing a better job now some sample shots in low lighting conditions and in this picture I was surprised that both of them actually did a very good job and guys these are low lighting conditions and in this picture also as you can see both of them actually did a very good job so I decided to up the challenge a little bit and these pictures I shot in very very low lighting conditions to disable the flash and you'll notice that the pixel Excel the picture is slightly more on the yellower side when the lighting is very low it is very evident from this picture so in very low lighting conditions the white balance is actually better on the pixel 2xl but if you have to pick a winner and very low lighting conditions to pixel to excel pictures are slightly more sharper look at that command the backlight it is more clearly slightly sharper compared to the pixels but nevertheless I would say both of them actually perform very well now shooting this part of the video with the pixel accepts front-facing camera in as you can see this is an artificial lighting conditions so I mean in indoor lighting conditions of you shoot video with the front-facing camera this would be your experience again so this part of the video again with the front-facing camera of the pixel to excel and you guys let me know again you have seen a lot of samples with this original pixel XL also so what do you think regarding its camera performance do you think the pixel to excel camera is hugely superior yes it does have those portrait mode it works actually pretty well but apart from that what do you think I feel like even the original pixel XL camera is actually pretty good and I know many of you are asked will be asking me about the screen issues I would say there is one thing that I've noticed the screen if you tilt it there is that blue tent and it is very evident actually on white backgrounds that's what I've noticed if you look straight for example it won't be visible but if you tilted a little bit on the pixel to excell it is visible I think so that's a hardware effect regarding that muted colors have tweeted about it but Google picks Google team has already mentioned that a new software update will be rolled out that would be fixing those colors issues again I've just started testing this pixel to excel just a day so again after testing it for the next couple of days we'll try to post an FAQ video where I'll be answering most of the common questions so if you have some questions regarding this pixel 2xl do post them in the youtube comment section below and I'll try to include them in my FAQ video and if you are still not subscribed to this YouTube channel at that subscribe button again thanks for watching this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video\n"