4 New Camera Tricks on Google’s Latest Pixel 11 Smartphones

谷歌最新 Pixel 11 手机的 4 个新相机技巧

Google’s Pixel Camera chief, Isaac Reynolds, thinks year-to-year upgrades to smartphone cameras are still critical, even though some detractors think they’re passé. “A person who is a casual photographer and desperately wants to be a hobbyist—they’re never going to break that ceiling unless you give them the tools,” he says. “The features that others call ‘meh’—for some people, those features are life-changing.”

谷歌 Pixel 相机负责人 Isaac Reynolds 认为，尽管一些批评者认为智能手机摄像头的年度升级已经过时，但它们仍然至关重要。“一个普通的摄影爱好者，如果非常渴望成为一名发烧友，除非你给他们提供工具，否则他们永远无法突破那个瓶颈，”他说。“那些被其他人称为‘平庸’的功能，对某些人来说，却是改变生活的。”

Take the 30X Super Res Zoom on the Pixel 7 Pro from 2022, which uses machine learning to stitch together multiple frames in a digitally zoomed photo to give you a result that’s much sharper than you’re used to. Reynolds says that because of this feature, Google now sees people using 30X zoom dramatically more than before.

以 2022 年 Pixel 7 Pro 上的 30 倍超分辨率变焦（Super Res Zoom）为例，它利用机器学习将数字变焦照片中的多个帧拼接在一起，从而提供比以往更清晰的成像效果。Reynolds 表示，正是因为这项功能，谷歌现在发现用户使用 30 倍变焦的频率比以前大幅增加。

The new Pixel 11 Pro, announced today, can zoom up to 120X, though in addition to the digital stitching, it relies on AI-generated pixels to fill in some details. Reynolds says maybe having that capability is enough to get someone interested in, say, wildlife photography. After experimenting on their phone, they’d be ready to invest in a professional camera and a big zoom lens.

今天发布的全新 Pixel 11 Pro 支持高达 120 倍变焦。除了数字拼接技术外，它还依赖 AI 生成的像素来填充部分细节。Reynolds 说，也许拥有这种能力足以让某人对野生动物摄影产生兴趣。在手机上尝试之后，他们或许就准备好投资购买专业相机和长焦镜头了。

“There’s a reason I work on low light and zoom every single year,” he says. “Because no matter how much I do it, when I do the user study with thousands of respondents, people always want more.”

“我每年都致力于改进弱光拍摄和变焦是有原因的，”他说。“因为无论我做得多好，当我针对数千名受访者进行用户调研时，人们总是想要更多。”

Every year, Google debuts a new Pixel phone, and every year, there’s a slew of new camera tricks—largely powered by software wizardry—to deliver better photos than ever before. Last year, there was the Pro Res Zoom, which bumped up digital zoom on the Pixel 10 Pro to 100X. Two years before that, Google introduced “Add Me,” which lets two people take a group photo together without asking a stranger to take the pic for them.

每年谷歌都会推出新款 Pixel 手机，每年也都会有一系列新的相机技巧——主要由软件魔法驱动——来提供比以往更好的照片。去年，Pixel 10 Pro 推出了 Pro Res Zoom，将数字变焦提升到了 100 倍。在此之前的两年，谷歌推出了“Add Me”功能，让两个人可以在不求助陌生人的情况下合影。

For the Pixel 11 series, Google has demonstrated a handful of upgrades that can drastically alter the look of your photos, and even take some of the work out of capturing photos. Here’s a closer look at a few top new camera capabilities on the Pixel 11 series.

在 Pixel 11 系列中，谷歌展示了一些可以彻底改变照片外观，甚至能减轻拍摄负担的升级功能。以下是 Pixel 11 系列几项顶级新相机功能的详细介绍。

Magic Capture

魔术捕捉 (Magic Capture)

So you want to capture a video of an important event—a concert of your favorite band, singing happy birthday to a loved one as a waiter brings a cake over, or your kid’s recital. Too often, you see people holding their phone up during these milestones, trying to capture the moment, instead of being present. That’s the problem Google’s new Magic Capture feature is trying to solve.

你想记录某个重要时刻的视频——比如你最爱乐队的演唱会、服务员端着蛋糕时为爱人唱生日歌，或者孩子的演出。你经常会看到人们在这些里程碑时刻举着手机试图捕捉瞬间，而不是身临其境地去感受。这正是谷歌新推出的“魔术捕捉”功能试图解决的问题。

This is a new mode that sits next to the Photo/Video tab in the Pixel camera app. Select Magic Capture, and it will kick off a two-minute video recording. Then, rather than keeping the phone planted in front of your face, hold or prop the phone up so it’s pointing at your subject, then ignore the phone. The idea is to let Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence models capture the scene and take photos on your behalf, so you can actually pay attention to what’s happening in front of you.

这是 Pixel 相机应用中位于“照片/视频”标签旁边的一个新模式。选择“魔术捕捉”，它将开始两分钟的视频录制。然后，你无需一直把手机举在脸前，只需将手机固定或放置在指向拍摄对象的位置，然后就可以不用管它了。其理念是让谷歌的 Gemini 人工智能模型代你捕捉场景并拍摄照片，这样你就可以真正专注于眼前发生的事情。

The result? You’ll get access to the full video (it’s restricted to 1080p, but anyone with a Pixel 11 Pro can use Google’s Video Boost technology to bump that to 4K). More important is the handful of photos you’ll get—in full quality—as if you tapped on the shutter button yourself during the best moments. Reynolds says Gemini does a remarkable job of identifying “peak” occurrences in the scene, analyzing more than 500 frames to find perfect shots you’ll want in your photo library.

结果如何？你将获得完整的视频（限制为 1080p，但任何拥有 Pixel 11 Pro 的用户都可以使用谷歌的 Video Boost 技术将其提升至 4K）。更重要的是，你将获得几张全质量的照片，就像你在最佳时刻亲自按下快门一样。Reynolds 表示，Gemini 在识别场景中的“巅峰”时刻方面表现出色，通过分析超过 500 帧画面，找出你想要存入相册的完美照片。

I gave it a whirl during a demo with some live dancers. Indeed, all I had to do was hold the phone to the side—not in my face—and after the dance was over, I looked at the camera roll and found some surprisingly well-composed shots. It even cropped images with light edits based on what Gemini thought was a better composition. It’s very much reminiscent of Google’s Clips, a 2018 camera that ultimately flopped but similarly used AI to capture family moments. Magic Capture feels more intentional, and perhaps more useful.

我在一场现场舞者的演示中试用了这个功能。确实，我只需要把手机放在一边——而不是举在脸前——舞蹈结束后，我查看相册，发现了一些构图出人意料地好的照片。它甚至根据 Gemini 认为更好的构图对图像进行了裁剪和轻微编辑。这让人想起谷歌 2018 年推出的 Clips 相机，尽管那款产品最终失败了，但它同样利用 AI 来捕捉家庭瞬间。而“魔术捕捉”感觉更有目的性，也可能更有用。

“I do think the dream is: ‘I don’t have to deal with it; AI can look at a hundred times as many frames as I can, let the models handle this,’” Reynolds says. “That is sort of the dream of so many people who refuse to take their phones out at an event because they don’t want their kid to remember their face hidden behind a camera.”

“我确实认为梦想是：‘我不必去操心；AI 可以查看比我多一百倍的帧数，让模型来处理这些，’”Reynolds 说。“这正是许多人的梦想，他们拒绝在活动中拿出手机，因为他们不想让孩子记住自己躲在相机后面的脸。”

Instant Night Sight

即时夜视 (Instant Night Sight)

Everyone knows that if you want to shoot a photo in low light, you have to stay as still as possible. Our smartphone cameras take a few seconds to capture multiple images and stitch them together, meaning small movements can end in a blurry mess. But Google says its new Tensor G6 processor on the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL can alleviate this problem by enabling a feature called Instant Night Sight.

大家都知道，如果你想在弱光下拍照，必须尽可能保持静止。我们的智能手机摄像头需要几秒钟来捕捉多张图像并将其拼接在一起，这意味着轻微的晃动都可能导致照片模糊。但谷歌表示，Pixel 11 Pro 和 Pixel 11 Pro XL 上搭载的新款 Tensor G6 处理器可以通过启用“即时夜视”功能来缓解这一问题。

Instant Night Sight is 4.5 times faster than the standard Night Sight available on other Pixel phones. Yes, that means there will still be a small shutter delay as the camera captures the photo, but the delay isn’t as pronounced as before. Much of this is thanks to new image-processing models tailored for the G6 chipset, which are bolstered by engine updates to Night Sight.

“即时夜视”比其他 Pixel 手机上的标准夜视功能快 4.5 倍。是的，这意味着相机在拍摄照片时仍会有轻微的快门延迟，但这种延迟不再像以前那么明显。这很大程度上归功于为 G6 芯片组量身定制的新型图像处理模型，以及夜视引擎的更新。

There are also hardware upgrades to a few cameras on the Pixel 11 series that provide greater light sensitivity, delivering brighter images in low light. Specifically, the Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro Fold have an upgraded 48-megapixel primary camera that absorbs 56 percent more light, and the new 48-megapixel telephoto camera on the Pixel 11 Pro has 30 percent more light sensitivity. It’s a shame Instant Night Sight is only available to the two Pro candybar Pixels.

Pixel 11 系列的几款摄像头还进行了硬件升级，提供了更高的感光度，从而在弱光下呈现更明亮的图像。具体来说，Pixel 11 和 Pixel 11 Pro Fold 配备了升级后的 4800 万像素主摄像头，进光量增加了 56%；而 Pixel 11 Pro 上全新的 4800 万像素长焦摄像头感光度提高了 30%。遗憾的是，“即时夜视”仅适用于两款 Pro 直板机型。

Camera Looks

相机风格 (Camera Looks)

Like Apple is doing with its Photographic Styles, Google is ceding more control to you, the photographer, in how your photos look. The Pixel Camera now features “Camera Looks,” and there are four main pillars: Original, Natural, Shadows, and Vanilla. Natural offers “relaxed details,” whereas Vanilla has a warm, golden glow; Shadow nets you deeper contr…

正如苹果在其“摄影风格”中所做的那样，谷歌正在将照片外观的更多控制权交给摄影师。Pixel 相机现在推出了“相机风格”，主要有四个核心选项：原始（Original）、自然（Natural）、阴影（Shadows）和香草（Vanilla）。“自然”提供“柔和的细节”，而“香草”则带有温暖的金色光泽；“阴影”为你带来更深邃的对比度……