Nexus 6P RAW vs JPG*
* Actually Custom vs In-Camera Processing
Although this is a comparison of RAW vs JPG, it's not about the file format. The comparison is really
External vs In-Camera image processing:
JPG files from your phone's camera are always processed by the the camera's firmware before being saved. This processing severely degrades the image.
RAW files completely bypass being processed by the camera's firmware, and are a direct representation of what hit the camera's sensor. This means any app can replace the processing normally done in your camera.
So, showing JPGs isn't really about how bad JPG is. It's showing you how bad the phone's
camera firmware is. It consistently ruins the image in two ways:
- Heavy noise reduction: mangles colors and detail; creates a chunky, blotchy appearance.
- Clipping shadows and highlights: Eats detail near dark or bright areas; causes large areas to become flat black or white; creates unnatural colors.
RAW Developed in Lightroom 6.0 (Luminance Noise Reduction OFF, Chroma Noise Reduction 25%)
Click on images to toggle between RAW / JPG
JPG
Outdoors Dusk IV (81 ISO)
JPG
Daytime (60 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cloudy II (85 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Lime (198 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cactus Flower (67 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cat. (243 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Bricks (660 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Office wall, spotlight. (144 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cameras (167 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Sand Toy (60 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cloudy (60 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Outdoors Dusk (60 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Outdoors Dusk II (69 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Outdoors Dusk III (85 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cloudy II Overexposed (Uncorrected) (85 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Cloudy II Overexposed (-2 EV) (85 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Indoors, Average Lighting (100 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop (Nexus 5X)
JPG
Mostly Darkness (1348 ISO) - JPG 50% Crop
JPG
Mostly Darkness II (1348 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Mostly Darkness III (1088 ISO) - JPG 17% Crop
JPG
Very Dark Indoors, Overexposed (1892 ISO) - JPG 67% Crop
JPG
Medium-Lit Indoors (60 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop
JPG
Overexposure Correction (Uncorrected) (494 ISO) - JPG 33% Crop
JPG
Overexposure Correction (-3 EV) (494 ISO) - JPG 33% Crop
JPG
Overexposure Correction II (-3 EV) (494 ISO) - JPG 40% Crop
JPG
Underexposure Correction (Uncorrected) (1348 ISO) - JPG 30% Crop
JPG
Underexposure Correction (+2 EV) (1348 ISO) - JPG 30% Crop
JPG
Extreme Darkness (3762 ISO) - JPG 100% Crop