Pixel 8 camera exposure not working [324114900]

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ca...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Feb 7, 2024 01:15AM

When you’re in your phone’s camera app, tapping anywhere on the viewfinder should manually adjust its focus and exposure of what you’re looking at. For example, if you tap on a dark area in your viewfinder, the exposure changes and the viewfinder gets brighter — making it easier to see your subject. If you tap on an area that looks too bright, it’ll get darker. For some reason, this doesn’t work as intended on the Pixel 8. Please fix

Many users have the same issue:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1akbaqs/no_one_ever_noticed_this_pixel_8_camera_bug_not/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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em...@gmail.com <em...@gmail.com> #2Feb 7, 2024 05:50AM

Agreed, you can download photos via the Google Drive API but this hasn't been incorporated into the Photos API yet...

li...@gmail.com <li...@gmail.com> #3Feb 7, 2024 09:43AM

There's already an issue tracking the missing EXIF data here:

https://issuetracker.google.com/111228390

Regarding the file at original quality - this is something that's on our list and will be addressed soon, please stay tuned. I'll update this bug once we have an update to share.

li...@gmail.com <li...@gmail.com> #4Feb 7, 2024 10:01AM

We have just released a new version of the Google Photos Library API that supports now this feature.

You can now use the "d" base URL parameter to download the original photo. See the base URL parameter guide for more details:

https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/access-media-items#image-base-urls
Thanks for your patience!

See our release notes for further detail:

https://developers.google.com/photos/library/support/release-notes#2018-07-31

li...@gmail.com <li...@gmail.com> #5Feb 7, 2024 10:12AM

I've been testing downloading images using the "d" parameter, but the files returned are not the original files that were uploaded. The release note above reads "d download parameter, to download the original image". The link to the developer documentation doesn't say that the "original" image will be downloaded. Please can you confirm if the d parameter should download the original image that was uploaded to the api, or if this behavior has since changed.

vi...@google.com <vi...@google.com> #6Feb 7, 2024 11:00AM

Status: Won't Fix (Obsolete)

I've tested this again, and the file download is a mutated version of the file uploaded to Photos. If I use the web browser and go to

photos.google.com, when I "Download" a photo it is byte-for-byte identical to the file I uploaded. If I use the API and attempt to get a copy, with the included "d" base URL, the file is mutated. Both some metadata is missing, as well the photo itself is modified (doing a pixel-for-pixel comparison shows subtle differences).

te...@gmail.com <te...@gmail.com> #7Feb 7, 2024 03:07PM

I can confirm this is still broken and using the 'd' parameter does not return the original photo.

mr...@gmail.com <mr...@gmail.com> #8Feb 7, 2024 04:52PM

This is still an issue

in...@remap.lv <in...@remap.lv> #9Feb 7, 2024 06:51PM

How is it marked as fixed? =d parameter still doesn't work

de...@gmail.com <de...@gmail.com> #10Feb 8, 2024 12:04AM

Same on Pixel 8 Pro

vs...@gmail.com <vs...@gmail.com> #11Feb 8, 2024 06:08AM

Same issue on Pixel 8. Running latest A14 with February patch.
On 1.0x you can't see each lightbulb in light. But on 1.1x you can

le...@gmail.com <le...@gmail.com> #12Feb 8, 2024 08:02AM

Same issues

am...@gmail.com <am...@gmail.com> #13Feb 8, 2024 11:04AM

Yes, having the same issue. Oddly, seems to work in any wide angle or zoom shot, just not in default lens mode

si...@gmail.com <si...@gmail.com> #14Feb 8, 2024 11:58AM

Sam issue

az...@gmail.com <az...@gmail.com> #15Feb 8, 2024 12:31PM

Same issue on p8pro....

ja...@gmail.com <ja...@gmail.com> #16Feb 8, 2024 06:39PM

Same issue on my Pixel 8 Pro

fo...@gmail.com <fo...@gmail.com> #17Feb 8, 2024 09:54PM

Same issue on my pixel 8. 0.5x and 2x working but 1x not.

[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]> #18Feb 8, 2024 11:54PM

Same here... Pixel 8 QPR2 Beta 2

ra...@gmail.com <ra...@gmail.com> #19Feb 9, 2024 12:32PM

Same Here Pixel 8

wi...@gmail.com <wi...@gmail.com> #20Feb 10, 2024 01:32PM

Same issue on pixel 8 pro

ve...@gmail.com <ve...@gmail.com> #21Feb 10, 2024 04:52PM

Confirming this issue is happening on my Pixel 8 as well.

st...@gmail.com <st...@gmail.com> #22Feb 11, 2024 12:00AM

Also confirm I have same issue on pixel 8 pro

sa...@gmail.com <sa...@gmail.com> #23Feb 12, 2024 10:49AM

Same issue with my pixel 8.

th...@gmail.com <th...@gmail.com> #24Feb 20, 2024 12:45PM

Indeed, auto exposure is bugged on Pixel 8 Pro with its main 1X camera. Tapping on bright or dark objects exposure don't change as it suppose to. This bug seems to be only for 1X, Ultra-Wide and Telephoto lenses works as suppose to.

kb...@gmail.com <kb...@gmail.com> #25Feb 20, 2024 12:48PM

Just checked on Pixel 8 and can confirm that main camera auto exposure with tapping/focus is in fact bugged and not working. While Ultra-Wide auto exposure works as it should.

th...@gmail.com <th...@gmail.com> #26Feb 20, 2024 04:02PM

Same issue on Pixel 8 Pro. Main 1X lens seem to be only affected.

ga...@gmail.com <ga...@gmail.com> #27Feb 21, 2024 01:45PM

This is still an issue on the Pixel 7 Pro!

je...@gmail.com <je...@gmail.com> #28Feb 26, 2024 08:21AM

I'm in the same boat taping to focus and auto adjusting exposure not working all the time in 1x lens.

Message last modified on Feb 26, 2024 08:39AM

di...@gmail.com <di...@gmail.com> #29Mar 5, 2024 07:41AM

Same issue. Seems to spread to the 2X zoom as well. .5 and 5x would adjust exposure accordingly. 1x and 2x does not.

th...@gmail.com <th...@gmail.com> #30Mar 14, 2024 04:56PM

Still not fixed on the newest Pixel Camera version.

Also, just recently noticed that Exposure locking for video does not work either with Pixel 8 Pro. Tapping and holding the Exposure lock indication shows up, but it does not lock the exposure. It only locks the exposure, when locking and then also changing the exposure. Do not know if it is a new change or a bug, but on Pixel 7 Pro there was no need to change the exposure for it to lock the exposure itself.

th...@gmail.com <th...@gmail.com> #31Mar 15, 2024 10:24AM

Just tested it again today, and it seem that after recent update this issue spread to 2X also. Ultra-wide 0.5X and Periscope 5X ranges seem to be working fine with auto exposure, but exactly at 1X and now 2X it does not work, while at 0.9X or 1.1X and 1.9X or 2.1X it works.

bx...@gmail.com <bx...@gmail.com> #32Apr 4, 2024 09:09AM

Same here with my pixel 8 pro. On top of that it seems the auto focus doesn't work well if I push the 5x past 8.5x, and it systematically under exposes subjects in the shadows. Frustrating.

ka...@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com> #33Sep 13, 2024 10:00AM

Pixel 8 Pro and it's been going on since a few days after I upgraded from iPhone... Will force quit, and gives a glitch during videos. Super frustrating.