Tag Archives: camera

Pixel 8 Pro (512GB) For 2024 — My Christmas Present To Myself.

by Anura Guruge
on January 2, 2024


Click to ENLARGE.

Getting myself a new Google Pixel phone for Christmas has become a new, annual tradition going back 5 years.

Nobody, but nobody can deny that I use my Pixel phones a LOT — not to make calls (which I do, rarely) nor to use any APPS. It is THE CAMERA. The Pixel is my goto CAMERA thought I also happen to have two other real cameras.

I get the Pixels for the camera. I have got used to the Pixel cameras. So, that is the justification.

I did not get a Pixel 3. I used my Pixel 2, my first Pixel for 2 years. But after that it was 4, 5, 6 Pro, 7 Pro & now 8 Pro.

Transitioning from an old Pixel to a new is getting easier and easier. Now you don’t even need to use a cable. All over Wi-Fi & it does most of it automatically. Pretty slick. Took me about an hour, all told — but I had to log into quite a few APPs and set-up biometrics.

So, as of today, my daily pictures, unless stated otherwise will be from this my new Pixel 8 Pro.

The New ‘Pixel Fold’ Is Not For I — & It Is NOT Sour Grapes.

by Anura Guruge
on May 12, 2023


Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google Store‘.


No, it is NOT the price, though I will readily confess that $1,800 does give one pause. But, given the trade-in I would get for my ‘Pixel 7 Pro‘ I could get it for around $1,000 which is not that different to what the ‘Pixel 7 Pro’ cost when I bought it (though I also had a trade-in for that).

It has ALL to do with how I use MY phone.

As some of you know I MAINLY (like 97% of the time) use my phone to take photos. That is it. My phone, these days, is MY camera.

I am NOT big into phone calls or TXTs. So, I can go for days, maybe even weeks, without EVER having use my phone as a phone! That is I.

I also don’t do e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, banking, etc. on my phone. Do those on my BIG, dual-monitor desktop PC. I also happen to have THREE 10.2″ Android tablets.

So, the Pixel Fold is neither here nor there for I.

IF it was 6.7″ when folded (i.e., same size as my 7 Pro) I would consider it.

Plus, they are saying battery life will not be as good as on the 7 Pro. That is not good. With the 7 Pro I get a day’s worth even when I am using it, extensively, to take pictures. A shorter battery life will make life more difficult.

So, for NOW, I am taking a pass on the Pixel Fold.


Google ‘Pixel 5’ Is Getting Treated To Some Exquisite Wallpaper — Ahead Of The Launch Of The ‘Pixel 6’.

by Anura Guruge
on September 18, 2021

Follow Anura Guruge on WordPress.com


Click to ENLARGE. This morning when I powered up my Pixel 5.

I have the setting that gives me a new wallpaper every morning.

A whole new modern/abstract art genre the last few days. I read somewhere that Google had developed a whole library of new, exciting wallpapers for the Pixel 6 & might preview some on the Pixel 5. This could be it.

I am impressed. The new wallpaper or not, I am planning of getting a Pixel 6 XL just for the latest camera (with its much better zoom).

Follow Anura Guruge on WordPress.com