Pixel 9 Pro

After my adventures with a couple of compact cameras, and seeing a very good discount offer (we use Google Fi as our phone carrier) I decided to use some of the money I had saved for an EDC camera to buy a new phone instead.

It is the new (ish) Pixel 9 Pro, which, as well as being a fabulous, flagship phone, has a triple camera set up (ultrawide, normal, telephoto)…

… that gives you manual controls and lets you download the RAW files, so you get all the sensor info so you can play around with them in Lightroom …

Surprisingly it lets you get some bokeh (though it is a little harsh), but these are not bad at all, and it lets you switch to saving as 12MP for normal, everyday use so you don’t use up all your storage, and takes nice panoramas too- it is also IP68 dust and weather-sealed!

I shall miss the folding convenience of my Z Flip 5, but I suspect it will go to another family member 😉 And while this is in no way as good as a proper camera, it is about as good as a phone camera gets- you can either let Google process the pics with their excellent algorithms, or do it your self with the RAW files- and this will be with me at all times.

It will be fun to see what I can get out of it as I get more used to it- and of course I will still take a real camera and glass when I want to go on a “photo walk”.